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WITH GRATITUDE AND HOPE
27 December 2009
went up according to festival rit, the holy Catholic Church, P –Lord God, bless all fami-
custom. After they had com- the communion of saints, the
pleted its days, as they were lies throughout the world.
forgiveness of sins, the resur- Bring all the members of ev-
returning, the boy Jesus re- rection of the body and the
mained behind in Jerusalem, ery family closer to you and
life everlasting. Amen! to one another, and keep
but his parents did not know
it. Thinking that he was in the Prayer of the Faithful them in your peace and love.
caravan, they journeyed for a Through Christ our Lord.
P –With confidence in the All –Amen!
day and looked for him Lord who made us members
among their relatives and ac- of a Christian family and of
quaintances, but not finding LITURGY OF
him they returned to Jerusa- the Church, let us pray for all
lem to look for him. After families in the world: THE EUCHARIST
three days they found him in All –Through the intercession
the temple, sitting in the of the Holy Family, Preparation of the Gifts
midst of the teachers, listening Lord, hear us! P –Pray, brethren . . .
to them and asking them C –For the great families of All –May the Lord accept the
questions, and all who heard the Church and humankind: sacrifice at your hands, for
him were astounded at his May all their members enjoy the praise and glory of his
understanding and his an- name, for our good and the
swers. When his parents saw the protection of Jesus,
Mary, and Joseph. Let us good of all his Church.
him, they were astonished,
and his mother said to him, pray! R.
Prayer over the Gifts
“Son, why have you done this C –For the families of the
to us? Your father and I have urban poor and migrants: P –Lord, accept this sacri-
been looking for you with May their members always fice; and through the prayers
great anxiety.” And he said to treasure the values of faith, of Mary, the virgin Mother of
them, “Why were you looking solidarity, and religious God, and of her husband, Jo-
for me? Did you not know faithfulness, in spite of the seph, unite our families in
that I must be in my Father’s economic difficulties. Let us peace and love.
house?” But they did not un- pray! R. We ask this in the name of
derstand what he said to Jesus the Lord.
them. C –For the new families that All –Amen!
He went down with them are being formed now: May
and came to Nazareth, and they find inspiration in the Preface of Christmas III
was obedient to them; and his family of Nazareth and live P –Father, all-powerful and
mother kept all these things to the full the teaching of St. ever-living God, we do well
in her heart. And Jesus ad- Paul on family life. Let us always and everywhere to
vanced in wisdom and age pray! R.
and favor before God and give you thanks through
man. C –For all those afflicted with Jesus Christ our Lord.
any kind of disease, espe- Today, in him, a new light
The Gospel of the Lord! cially Influenza H1N1: May has dawned upon the world:
All –Praise to you, Lord Jesus they experience our Christian God has become one with
Christ! concern and charity and be man, and man has become
Homily healed of their infirmities. Let one again with God.
us pray!* R. Your eternal Word has
Profession of Faith C –For all priests: May they taken upon himself our hu-
All–I believe in God, the Fa- grow daily in their commit- man weakness, giving our
ther almighty, Creator of ment to Christ the Good mortal nature immortal value.
heaven and earth. Shepherd so that they may So marvelous is this oneness
I believe in Jesus Christ, lead with pastoral love the between God and man that,
His only Son, our Lord. He flock entrusted to their care. in Christ, man restores to man
was conceived by the power Let us pray!* R. the gift of everlasting life.
of the Holy Spirit and born of In our joy we sing to your
the Virgin Mary. He suffered C –For all of us: May we glory with all the choirs of
under Pontius Pilate, was discover anew the grace that angels:
crucified, died and was bur- comes from our faith in the All –Holy, holy, holy . . .
ied. He descended to the love of the Hearts of Jesus
dead. On the third day, he and Mary and be trans- Acclamation
rose again. He ascended into formed into a people with
Christian morality and integ- P –Let us proclaim the
heaven and is seated at the mystery of faith.
right hand of the Father. He rity. Let us pray!* R. All –Dying you destroyed our
will come again to judge the C –Let us pray in silence for death, rising you restored
living and the dead. our personal intentions. our life. Lord Jesus,
I believe in the Holy Spi- (Pause) Let us pray! R. come in glory!
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