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Our Lady, Help of Christians
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Liturgical Colour: White. Year: C(I).
| First reading |
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| Genesis 3:9-15,20 |
The mother of all those who live
After Adam had eaten of the tree the Lord God called to him. ‘Where are you?’ he asked. ‘I heard the sound of you in the garden;’ he replied ‘I was afraid because I was naked, so I hid.’ ‘Who told you that you were naked?’ he asked ‘Have you been eating of the tree I forbade you to eat?’ The man replied, ‘It was the woman you put with me; she gave me the fruit, and I ate it.’ Then the Lord God asked the woman, ‘What is this you have done?’ The woman replied, ‘The serpent tempted me and I ate.’
Then the Lord God said to the serpent, ‘Because you have done this,
‘Be accursed beyond all cattle,
all wild beasts.
You shall crawl on your belly and eat dust
every day of your life.
I will make you enemies of each other:
you and the woman,
your offspring and her offspring.
It will crush your head
and you will strike its heel.’
The man named his wife ‘Eve’ because she was the mother of all those who live.
| Responsorial Psalm |
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| Psalm 102(103):1-4,8-9,11-12 |
Lord, do not deal with us as our sins deserve, nor punish us for our faults.
or
The Lord is kind and merciful.
My soul, give thanks to the Lord
all my being, bless his holy name.
My soul, give thanks to the Lord
and never forget all his blessings.
Lord, do not deal with us as our sins deserve, nor punish us for our faults.
or
The Lord is kind and merciful.
It is he who forgives all your guilt,
who heals every one of your ills,
who redeems your life from the grave,
who crowns you with love and compassion.
Lord, do not deal with us as our sins deserve, nor punish us for our faults.
or
The Lord is kind and merciful.
The Lord is compassion and love,
slow to anger and rich in mercy.
His wrath will come to an end;
he will not be angry for ever.
Lord, do not deal with us as our sins deserve, nor punish us for our faults.
or
The Lord is kind and merciful.
For as the heavens are high above the earth
so strong is his love for those who fear him.
As far as the east is from the west
so far does he remove our sins.
Lord, do not deal with us as our sins deserve, nor punish us for our faults.
or
The Lord is kind and merciful.
| Second reading |
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| Ephesians 3:14-19 |
May Christ live in your hearts through faith
I pray, kneeling before the Father, from whom every family, whether spiritual or natural, takes its name:
Out of his infinite glory, may he give you the power through his Spirit for your hidden self to grow strong, so that Christ may live in your hearts through faith, and then, planted in love and built on love, you will with all the saints have strength to grasp the breadth and the length, the height and the depth; until, knowing the love of Christ, which is beyond all knowledge, you are filled with the utter fullness of God.
| Gospel Acclamation | cf.Lk2:19 |
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Alleluia, alleluia!
Blessed is the Virgin Mary, who kept the word of God
and pondered it in her heart.
Alleluia!
| Gospel | Luke 8:19-21 |
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'My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God'
The mother and the brothers of Jesus came looking for him, but they could not get to him because of the crowd. He was told, ‘Your mother and brothers are standing outside and want to see you.’ But he said in answer, ‘My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and put it into practice.’
Universalis podcast: The week ahead – from 25 to 31 May
Leo V, Leo VI, Leo VII, Leo VIII. Leo IX and Gregory VII and their reforms. Saint Philip Meri: his life and example. The kingdom of Heaven is like ginger beer. The fizz of the Catholic Reformation. And where are we? (19 minutes)
Episode notes.
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