Second Sunday in Ordinary Time - 17 January 2021
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​ENTRANCE HYMN

​Thy hand, O God, has guided
  Thy flock, from age to age;
The wondrous tale is written,
  Full clear, on every page;
Our fathers owned thy goodness,
  And we their deeds record;
And both of this bear witness:
  One Church, one Faith, one Lord.
 
Thy heralds brought glad tidings
  To greatest, as to least;
Thy bade men rise, and hasten
  To share the great King's feast;
And this was all their teaching,
  In every deed and word,
To all alike proclaiming
  One Church, one Faith, one Lord.
 
Thy mercy will not fail us,
  Nor leave thy work undone;
With thy right hand to help us,
  The victory shall be won;
And then, by men and angels,
  Thy name shall be adored,
And this shall be their anthem,
  One Church, one Faith, one Lord.
 
+ In the name of the Father, and of the Son,
and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

The Lord be with you.
And with your spirit.
The priest introduces the Mass

Penitential 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

Almighty ever-living God, who govern all things,
both in heaven and on earth,
mercifully hear the pleading of your people
and bestow your peace on our times.
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.
LITURGY OF THE WORD
A reading from the first book of Samuel    3:3-10.19

Samuel was lying in the sanctuary of the Lord where the ark of God was, when the Lord called, Samuel! Samuel! He answered, Here I am. Then he ran to Eli and said, Here I am, since you called me. Eli said, I did not call. Go back and lie down. So he went and lay down. Once again the Lord called, Samuel! Samuel! Samuel got up and went to Eli and said, Here I am, since you called me. He replied, I did not call you, my son; go back and lie down. Samuel had as yet no knowledge of the Lord and the word of the Lord had not yet been revealed to him. Once again the Lord called, the third time. He got up and went to Eli and said, Here I am, since you called me. Eli then understood that it was the Lord who was calling the boy, and he said to Samuel, Go and lie down, and if someone calls say, Speak, Lord, your servant is listening.  So Samuel went and lay down in his place.
 
The Lord then came and stood by, calling as he had done before, Samuel! Samuel! Samuel answered, Speak, Lord, your servant is listening.
 
Samuel grew up and the Lord was with him and let no word of his fall to the ground.
 
The word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

RESPONSORIAL  PSALM 39
 
Here I am Lord, I come to do your will.
 
I waited, I waited for the Lord
and he stooped down to me;
he heard my cry.
He put a new song into my mouth,
praise of our God.   R/
 
You do not ask for sacrifice and offering,
but an open ear.
You do not ask for holocaust and victim.
Instead, here am I.  R/
 
In the scroll of the book it stands written
that I should do your will.
My God, I delight in your law
in the depths of my heart.    R/
 
Your justice I have proclaimed
in your great assembly.
My lips I have not sealed;
you know it, O Lord.  R/
 
A reading from the first letter of St Paul to the Corinthians     6:13-15.17-20
 
The body is not meant for fornication; it is for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. God, who raised the Lord from the dead, will by his power raise us up too.
 
You know, surely, that your bodies are members making up the body of Christ; anyone who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with him.
 
Keep away from fornication. All the other sins are committed outside the body; but to fornicate is to sin against your own body. Your body, you know, is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you since you received him from God. You are not your own property; you have been bought and paid for. That is why you should use your body for the glory of God.
 
The word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.  (Stand)

ALLELUIA, ALLELUIA! 
Speak, Lord, your servant is listening:
you have the message of eternal life. 
ALLELUIA!

THE HOLY GOSPEL
The Lord be with you.
And with your spirit
A reading from the + Holy Gospel according to John    1:35-42
Glory to you, O Lord.                 
 
As John stood with two of his disciples, Jesus passed, and John stared hard at him and said, 'Look, there is the lamb of God.' Hearing this, the two disciples followed Jesus. Jesus turned round, saw them following and said, 'What do you want?' They answered, 'Rabbi,' - which means Teacher - 'where do you live?' 'Come and see' he replied; so they went and saw where he lived, and stayed with him the rest of that day. It was about the tenth hour.
 
One of these two who became followers of Jesus after hearing what John had said was Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter. Early next morning, Andrew met his brother and said to him, 'We have found the Messiah' - which means the Christ - and he took Simon to Jesus. Jesus looked hard at him and said, 'You are Simon son of John; you are to be called Cephas' - meaning Rock.
  
​​​The Gospel of the Lord.
Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
Sit for the Homily
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   
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I, the Lord of sea and sky,
  I have heard my people cry.
All who dwell in dark and sin
       my hand will save.
  I, who made the stars of night,
I will make their darkness bright,
  Who will bear my light to them?
Whom shall I send?
 
     Here I am Lord, Is it I Lord?
       I have heard you calling in the night.
     I will go, Lord, if you lead me.
       I will hold your people in my heart.
 
I, the Lord of snow and rain,
  I have borne my people's pain.
I have wept for love of them.
       They turn away.
  I will break their hearts of stone,
Give them hearts for love alone.
  I will speak my word to them.
Whom shall I send? 
 
I, the Lord of wind and flame,
  I will send the poor and lame.
I will set a feast for them,
       my hand will save.
  Finest bread I will provide,
Till their hearts be satisfied.
  I will give my life to them.
Whom shall I send?
 
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 HYMN
 
Let all mortal flesh keep silence,
  and with fear and trembling stand;
ponder nothing earthly minded,
  for with blessing in His hand
Christ our God to earth descendeth,
  our full homage to demand.
 
King of kings, yet born of Mary,
  as of old on earth He stood,
Lord of lords, in human vesture -
  in the body and the blood.
He will give to all the faithful
  His own self for heavenly food.
 
Rank on rank the host of heaven
  spreads its vanguard on the way,
as the Light of light descendeth
  from the realms of endless day,
that the pow'rs of hell may vanish
  as the darkness clears away.
 
At His feet the six-winged seraph,
  cherubim, with sleepless eye,
veil their faces to the Presence,
  as with ceaseless voice they cry,
“Alleluia, alleluia!
  Alleluia, Lord most high!”
 
​THE ANGELUS
 
The Angel of the Lord brought tidings to Mary.
And she conceived by the Holy Spirit.
 
Hail Mary, full of grace…..
Holy Mary, mother of God….

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

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

Pray for us, Holy Mother of God.
That we may 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 may be brought to the glories of his resurrection.
Through the same, Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen.