11th Sunday in Ordinary Time - 13 June 2021
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ENTRANCE ANTIPHON  Ps 26:7,9
 
O Lord, hear my voice,
for I have called to you; be my help.
Do not abandon or forsake me,
O God, my Saviour!
 
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​​​The priest introduces the Mass
PENITENTAL ACT

​​I confess to almighty God
and to you, my brothers and sisters,
that I have greatly sinned,
in my thoughts and in my words,
in what I have done and in what I have
  failed to do,
through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault;
therefore I ask blessed Mary ever-Virgin,
all the Angels and Saints, 
and you, my brothers and sisters,
to pray for me
to the Lord our God
 
May almighty God have mercy on us,
​forgive us our sins,
​and bring us to everlasting life.
Amen.
KYRIE

Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.
   Christ, have mercy. Christ, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.
 
GLORIA
Glory to God in the highest,
and on earth peace to people of good will.
We praise you,
we bless you,
we adore you,
we glorify you,
we give you thanks for your great glory,
Lord God, heavenly King,
O God, almighty Father.
Lord Jesus Christ, Only Begotten Son,
Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father,
you take away the sins of the world,
have mercy on us;
you take away the sins of the world,
receive our prayer;
you are seated
    at the right hand of the Father,
have mercy on us.
For you alone are the Holy One,
you alone are the Lord,
you alone are the Most High,
Jesus Christ,
with the Holy Spirit,
in the glory of God the Father.
Amen.
COLLECT
Let us pray.
O God, strength of those who hope in you, graciously hear our pleas, and, since without you mortal frailty can do nothing, grant us always the help of your grace, that in following your commands we may please you by our resolve and our deeds. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.
 (sit)
 ITURGY OF THE WORD
A reading from the prophet Ezekiel   17:22-24

The Lord says this:
 
‘From the top of the cedar,
from the highest branch I will take a shoot
and plant it myself on a very high mountain.
I will plant it on the high mountain of Israel.
It will sprout branches and bear fruit,
and become a noble cedar.
Every kind of bird will live beneath it,
every winged creature rest
in the shade of its branches.
And every tree of the field will learn that I, the Lord, am the one
who stunts tall trees and makes the low ones grow, 
who withers green trees and makes the withered green.
I, the Lord, have spoken, and I will do it.’
 
The word of the Lord
Thanks be to God

RESPONSORIAL PSALM  91
 
   It is good to give you thanks, O Lord.
 
It is good to give thanks to the Lord
to make music to your name, O most high,
to proclaim your love in the morning
and your truth in the watches of the night.  R/
 
The just will flourish like the palm-tree
and grow like a Lebanon cedar.  R/
 
Planted in the house of the Lord
they will flourish in the courts of our God,
still bearing fruit when they are old,
still full of sap, still green.
In him, my rock, there is no wrong.  R/
 
A reading from the second letter of St Paul to the Corinthians 5:6-10
 
We are always full of confidence when we remember that to live in the body means to be exiled from the Lord, going as we do by faith and not by sight – we are full of confidence, I say, and actually want to be exiled from the body and make our home with the Lord. Whether we are living in the body or exiled from it, we are intent on pleasing him. For all the truth about us will be brought out in the law court of Christ, and each of us will get what he deserves for the things he did in the body, good or bad.
 
The word of the Lord
Thanks be to God

Alleluia Alleluia!
I call you friends, says the Lord,
because I have made known to you
everything I have learnt from my Father.
Alleluia!

THE HOLY GOSPEL
The Lord be with you.
And with your spirit.
A reading from the + Holy Gospel according Mark 4:26-34
 
Jesus said to the crowds, ‘This is what the kingdom of God is like. A man throws seed on the land. Night and day, while he sleeps, when he is awake, the seed is sprouting and growing; how, he does not know. Of its own accord the land produces first the shoot, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear. And when the crop is ready, he loses no time: he starts to reap because the harvest has come.’
 
He also said, ‘What can we say the kingdom of God is like? What parable can we find for it? It is like a mustard seed which at the time of its sowing in the soil is the smallest of all the seeds on earth; yet once it is sown it grows into the biggest shrub of them all and puts out big branches so that the birds of the air can shelter in its shade.’
 
Using many parables like these, he spoke the word to them, so far as they were capable of understanding it. He would not speak to them except in parables, but he explained everything to his disciples when they were alone
  
​​​​​The Gospel of the Lord.
Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

Sit for the Homily​
After the silence, stand for

THE CREED
I believe in one God,
   the Father almighty,
maker of heaven and earth,
   of all things visible and invisible.
 
I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ,
   the Only Begotten Son of God,
born of the Father before all ages.
   God from God, Light from Light,
true God from true God,
   begotten, not made,
consubstantial with the Father;
   through him all things were made.
For us men and for our salvation
   he came down from heaven,
 
and by the Holy Spirit
was incarnate of the Virgin Mary,
and became man.
 
For our sake he was crucified under
Pontius Pilate,  he suffered death
    and was buried,
and rose again on the third day
   in accordance with the Scriptures.
 
He ascended into heaven
and is seated at the right hand
    of the Father.
He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead
   and his kingdom will have no end.
 
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
   the Lord, the giver of life,
who proceeds from the Father
     and the Son,
   who with the Father and the Son is adored and glorified,
   who has spoken through the prophets.
 
I believe in one, holy, catholic
   and apostolic Church.
   I confess one Baptism
   for the forgiveness of sins
   and I look forward to the resurrection of the dead 
   and the life of the world to come. Amen.
 
During the preparation of the gifts a collection is taken
you may make your offering here
OFFERINGS ARE PREPARED   

Pray, brethren, that my sacrifice and yours
may be acceptable to God,
the almighty Father.
 
May the Lord accept the sacrifice
   at your hands
for the praise and glory of his name,
  for our good
    and the good of all his holy Church.
 
SANCTUS
​Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God of hosts.
Heaven and earth are full of your glory.
Hosanna in the highest.
 
Blessed is he who comes
     in the name of the Lord.
Hosanna in the highest. 
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THE MYSTERY OF FAITH
 
​When we eat this Bread and drink this Cup,
   we proclaim your Death, O Lord,
until you come again.

THE LORD’S PRAYER

Our Father who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name;
thy kingdom come,
thy will be done on earth
   as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread,
  and forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those
   who trespass against us;
and lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil. 
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AGNUS DEI 
Lamb of God,
  you take away the sins of the world,
    have mercy on us.
Lamb of God,
  you take away the sins of the world,
    have mercy on us.
Lamb of God,
  you take away the sins of the world,
    grant us peace. 
COMMUNION ANTIPHON  Ps 26:4
 
There is one thing I ask of the Lord,
   only this do I seek:
to live in the house of the Lord
   all the days of my life.​
THE ANGELUS
 
The Angel of the Lord brought tidings to Mary.
And she conceived by the Holy Spirit.
 
Hail Mary, full of grace; the Lord is with thee. 
Blessed art thou among women,
and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus!
Holy Mary, mother of God,
pray for us sinners now,
and at the hour of our death. Amen.

Behold the handmaid of the Lord.
Be it unto me according to thy Word.
Hail Mary, full of grace.....

And the Word was made flesh.
And dwelt among us.
Hail Mary, full of grace.....

Pray for us, Holy Mother of God.
That we made be made worthy
of the promises of Christ. 
 
Let us pray. 
We beseech you Lord, to pour your grace into our hearts,
that as we have known the incarnation of your Son, Jesus,
by the message of an angel, so by his + cross and passion,
we maybe brought to the glories of his resurrection.
Through the same, Jesus Christ our Lord.  Amen

​Excerpts from the English translation and chants of The Roman Missal © 2010, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved. From The Jerusalem Bible © 1966 by Darton Longman & Todd Ltd and Doubleday and Company Ltd. From The Psalms: A New Translation © 1963 The Grail (England) published by HarperCollins used by permission of the publishers. CCLI Music 564083, Streaming 2015412