St. Margaret’s Church Hymns for Mass – Press Here

Christ the King Chapel Hymns for Mass – Press Here

FIRST READING (The law regarding the Passover meal.)
A reading from the Book of Exodus (12:1-8, 11-14)

The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, “This month shall stand at the head of your calendar; you shall reckon it the first month of the year. Tell the whole community of Israel: On the tenth of this month every one of your families must procure for itself a lamb, one apiece for each household. If a family is too small for a whole lamb, it shall join the nearest household in procuring one and shall share in the lamb in proportion to the number of persons who partake of it. The lamb must be a year-old male and without blemish. You may take it from either the sheep or the goats. You shall keep it until the fourteenth day of this month, and then, with the whole assembly of Israel present, it shall be slaughtered during the evening twilight. They shall take some of its blood and apply it to the two doorposts and the lintel of every house in which they partake of the lamb. That same night they shall eat its roasted flesh with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.

“This is how you are to eat it: with your loins girt, sandals on your feet and your staff in hand, you shall eat like those who are in flight. It is the Passover of the Lord. For on this same night I will go through Egypt, striking down every firstborn of the land, both man and beast, and executing judgment on all the gods of Egypt—I, the Lord! But the blood will mark the houses where you are. Seeing the blood, I will pass over you; thus, when I strike the land of Egypt, no destructive blow will come upon you.

“This day shall be a memorial feast for you, which all your generations shall celebrate with pilgrimage to the Lord, as a perpetual institution.” —The Word of the Lord.
R. Thanks be to God.

RESPONSORIAL PSALM (116:12-13, 15-16c, 17-18)
R. Our blessing-cup is a communion with the Blood of Christ. (Cf. 1Cor 10:16)

How shall I make a return to the Lord for all the good he has done for me? The cup of salvation I will take up, and I will call upon the name of the Lord. (R)

Precious in the eyes of the Lord is the death of his faithful ones. I am your servant, the son of your handmaid; you have loosed my bonds. (R)

To you will I offer sacrifice of thanksgiving, and I will call upon the name of the Lord. My vows to the Lord I will pay in the presence of all his people. (R)

SECOND READING (For as oft en as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the death of the Lord.)
A reading from the first Letter of Saint Paul to the Corinthians (11:23-26)

Brothers and sisters: I received from the Lord what I also handed on to you, that the Lord Jesus, on the night he was handed over, took bread, and, after he had given thanks, broke it and said, “This is my body that is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” In the same way also the cup, after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as oft en as you drink it, in remembrance of me.” For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the death of the Lord until he comes. — The Word of the Lord.
R. Thanks be to God.

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION (Jn 13:34)
R. Glory and praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
I give you a new commandment, says the Lord: love one another as I have loved you. (R)

GOSPEL (Jesus loved them to the end.)
A reading from the holy Gospel according to John (13:1-15)

Before the feast of Passover, Jesus knew that his hour had come to pass from this world to the Father. He loved his own in the world and he loved them to the end.

The devil had already induced Judas, son of Simon the Iscariot, to hand Jesus over. So, during supper, fully aware that the Father had put everything into his power and that he had come from God and was returning to God, Jesus rose from supper and took off his outer garments. He took a towel and tied it around his waist. Then he poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and dry them with the towel around his waist.

Jesus came to Simon Peter, who said to him, “Master, are you going to wash my feet?” Jesus answered and said to Peter, “What I am doing, you do not understand now, but you will understand later.” Peter said to Jesus, “You will never wash my feet.” Jesus answered Peter, “Unless I wash you, you will have no inheritance with me.” Simon Peter said to Jesus, “Master, then not only my feet, but my hands and head as well.” Jesus said to Peter, “Whoever has bathed has no need except to have his feet washed, for he is clean all over; so you are clean, but not all.” For Jesus knew who would betray him; for this reason, he said, “Not all of you are clean.”

So when Jesus had washed their feet and put his garments back on and reclined at table again, he said to them, “Do you realize what I have done for you? You call me ‘teacher’ and ‘master,’ and rightly so, for indeed I am. If I, therefore, the master and teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash one another’s feet. I have given you a model to follow, so that as I have done for you, you should also do.” —The Gospel of the Lord.
R. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

The Washing of Feet

After the Homily, where a pastoral reason suggests it, the Washing of Feet follows. The men who have been chosen are led by the ministers to seats prepared in a suitable place. Then the Priest (removing his chasuble if necessary) goes to each one, and, with the help of the ministers, pours water over each one’s feet and then dries them. Meanwhile some of the following antiphons or other appropriate chants are sung.

Antiphon 1 (Cf. Jn 13:4, 5, 15)

After the Lord had risen from supper, he poured water into a basin and began to wash the feet of his disciples: he left them this example.

Antiphon 2 (Cf. Jn 13:12, 13, 15)

The Lord Jesus, after eating supper with his disciples, washed their feet and said to them: Do you know what I, your Lord and Master, have done for you? I have given you an example, that you should do likewise.

Antiphon 3 (Jn 13:6, 7, 8)

Lord, are you to wash my feet? Jesus said to him in answer: If I do not wash your feet, you will have no share with me.

So he came to Simon Peter and Peter said to him:

Lord, are you to wash my feet? Jesus said to him in answer: If I do not wash your feet, you will have no share with me.

What I am doing, you do not know for now, but later you will come to know.

Lord, are you to wash my feet? Jesus said to him in answer: If I do not wash your feet, you will have no share with me.

Antiphon 4 (Cf. Jn 13:14)

If I, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet, how much more should you wash each other’s feet?

Antiphon 5 (Jn 13:35)

This is how all will know that you are my disciples: if you have love for one another.

Jesus said to his disciples:

This is how all will know that you are my disciples: if you

have love for one another.

Antiphon 6 (Jn 13:34)

I give you a new commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you, says the Lord.

Antiphon 7 (1 Cor 13:13)

Let faith, hope and charity, these three, remain among you, but the greatest of these is charity.

Now faith, hope and charity, these three, remain; but the greatest of these is charity.

Let faith, hope and charity, these three, remain among you, but the greatest of these is charity.

After the Washing of Feet, the Priest washes and dries his hands, puts the chasuble back on, and returns to the chair, and from there he directs the Universal Prayer. The Creed is not said.

The Liturgy of the Eucharist

At the beginning of the Liturgy of the Eucharist, there may be a procession of the faithful in which gift s for the poor may be presented with the bread and wine. Meanwhile the following, or another appropriate chant, is sung.

PRAYER OVER THE OFFERINGS

Grant us, O Lord, we pray,
that we may participate worthily in these mysteries,
for whenever the memorial of this sacrifice is celebrated
the work of our redemption is accomplished.
Through Christ our Lord.
Amen.

PREFACE I OF THE MOST HOLY EUCHARIST

(The Sacrifice and the Sacrament of Christ)

It is truly right and just, our duty and our salvation,
always and everywhere to give you thanks,
Lord, holy Father, almighty and eternal God,
through Christ our Lord.

For he is the true and eternal Priest,
who instituted the pattern of an everlasting sacrifice
and was the first to offer himself as the saving Victim,
commanding us to make this offering as his memorial.

As we eat his flesh that was sacrificed for us,
we are made strong,
and, as we drink his Blood that was poured out for us,
we are washed clean.

And so, with Angels and Archangels,
with Thrones and Dominions,
and with all the hosts and Powers of heaven,
we sing the hymn of your glory,
as without end we acclaim:

17-32. The special form of the Roman Canon with proper formulas for the Communicantes and Hanc igitur are in the Sacramentary. At an appropriate moment during Communion, the Priest entrusts the Eucharist from the table of the altar to Deacons or acolytes or other extraordinary ministers, so that afterwards it may be brought to the sick who are to receive Holy Communion at home.

COMMUNION ANTIPHON (1 Cor 11:24-25)

This is the Body that will be given up for you;
this is the Chalice of the new covenant in my Blood, says the Lord;
do this, whenever you receive it, in memory of me.

After the distribution of Communion, a ciborium with hosts for Communion on the following day is left on the altar. The Priest, standing at the chair, says the Prayer after Communion.

PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION

Let us pray (pause)

Grant, almighty God,
that, just as we are renewed
by the Supper of your Son in this present age,
so we may enjoy his banquet for all eternity.
Who lives and reigns for ever and ever.
Amen.

The Transfer of the Most Blessed Sacrament

After the Prayer after Communion, the Priest puts incense in the thurible while standing, blesses it and then, kneeling, incenses the Blessed Sacrament three times. Then, having put on a white humeral veil, he rises, takes the ciborium, and covers it with the ends of the veil.

A procession is formed in which the Blessed Sacrament, accompanied by torches and incense, is carried through the church to a place of repose prepared in a part of the church or in a chapel suitably decorated. A lay minister with a cross, standing between two other ministers with lighted candles leads off. Others carrying lighted candles follow. Before the Priest carrying the Blessed Sacrament comes the thurifer with a smoking thurible. Meanwhile, the hymn Pange, lingua (exclusive of the last two stanzas) or another eucharistic chant is sung.

When the procession reaches the place of repose, the Priest, with the help of the Deacon if necessary, places the ciborium in the tabernacle, the door of which remains open. Then he puts incense in the thurible and, kneeling, incenses the Blessed Sacrament, while Tantum ergo Sacramentum or another eucharistic chant is sung. Then the Deacon or the Priest himself places the Sacrament in the tabernacle and closes the door.

After a period of adoration in silence, the Priest and ministers genuflect and return to the sacristy.

At an appropriate time, the altar is stripped and, if possible, the crosses are removed from the church. It is expedient that any crosses which remain in the church be veiled.

Vespers (Evening Prayer) is not celebrated by those who have attended the Mass of the Lord’s Supper.

The faithful are invited to continue adoration before the Blessed Sacrament for a suitable length of time during the night, according to local circumstances, but after midnight the adoration should take place without solemnity.

44. If the celebration of the Passion of the Lord on the following Friday does not take place in the same church, the Mass is concluded in the usual way and the Blessed Sacrament is placed in the tabernacle.