January 8th
Morning Prayer with Mass
Entry
The Father’s voice was heard from the cloud:
This is my Son, the beloved. Listen to him. Listen to him.
Glory to the Father, glory to the Son,
Glory to the Holy Spirit now and for ever.
Amen.
We light our candle for peace and say together:
Lord God,
we pray for the Holy Land,
For Syria and the Yemen
and all the troubled counties of the Middle East and Africa,
where peoples lives are threatened or taken from them
by violence or war.
We pray for refugees
and for all who need to show mercy.
Psalm 8: What is man that you should keep him in mind, mortal man that you should care for him?
When I see the heavens which your hands have made,
moon and stars and everything which you arranged,
what is man that you should keep him in mind,
mortal man that you should ever care for him?
What is man that you should keep him in mind, mortal man that you should care for him?
You have made him little less than any god,
you have blest and honoured him above all things
you have given him a share in your power,
you have put creation underneath his feet.
What is man that you should keep him in mind, mortal man that you should care for him?
Let us pray
God, our Father,
when your Only-Begotten Son revealed himself in flesh and blood,
we came to know him as one of us.
May he transform us inwardly until we bear his likeness,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God for ever and ever.
Amen.
We pause for a short time of private prayer then continue with the 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
To welcome the Gospel we sing
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. We saw his star as it rose and have come to do him homage; we saw his star as it rose. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
Intercessions:
Let us celebrate Christ’s loving kindness. He came to free his creation from the slavery of sin and give us the freedom of children of God. So, we ask him: – Let your birth free us from evil.
Lord, you exist from all eternity but you entered a new life in time:
constantly renew us by the mystery of your birth: –
Let your birth free us from evil.
Without ceasing to be God you took on human nature:
may we share ever more in your divinity. –
Let your birth free us from evil.
Light of the nations, teacher of holiness,
may your words be a lantern guiding our footsteps. –
Let your birth free us from evil.
Word of God, made flesh in Mary’s womb and born into this world,
dwell always in our hearts through faith. –
Let your birth free us from evil.
We pray for our own intentions
for the sick
for our dead,
and for those who mourn.
Preparation of the Gifts:
O Lord, hear my prayer. . . . .
Sanctus –
memorial –
Doxology
Agnus Dei
Communion:
You alone are holy and you alone are Lord
And you alone are the Most High, Jesus Christ our Lord.
After Communion:
Blest be the Lord the God of Israel, who came to us and brought us back from sin.
God raised for us a Saviour who is mighty; his Saviour-Son from David’s house and line.
God promised this through holy men and women
who spoke for him down through the mists of time.
Blessing: May the Lord bless us, and keep us from all harm,
and may he lead us to eternal life.
Psalm 8 : Words taken from The Psalms : A New Translation published by William Collins & Co Ltd (c) The Grail. Music Gerry Fitzpatrick © Kevin Mayhew. Love came down: Christina Rosetti (1885). Intercessions: from the Prayer of the Church.
