Pentecost
Sunday Mass
During
the day
June 8,
2025 Cycle C
Red priestly vestments symbolize the appearance and indwelling
of the Holy Spirit.
The Spirit of God comes into the hearts of men and is the
complement of the Redemption.
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Liturgical Year Cycle C 2024-2025
The
Entrance Prayers:
On
Sunday, usually a hymn praising God is sung in place of
reciting a Psalm from the Bible which invites us to enter
more deeply into the mystery of God's love for us. The
recited weekday Psalm expresses a youthful heart and spirit,
delighted that we may come before the living God.
Entrance
Song / Entrance Psalm (Antiphon)
Entrance
Antiphon
Wisdom 1:7 The
Spirit of the Lord has filled the whole world and that which
contains all things understands what is said, alleluia.
The
Priest Approaches and Kisses the Altar: The
altar is a symbol of Christ. In it are cut five
crosses to recall the five wounds of Christ. The altar
also represents the Church and has embedded in it the relics
of her saints. The priest comes to the altar to
celebrate the Sacrifice in the Church's name. Because
of the glory surrounding the altar upon which the divine
Sacrifice will be made, the kiss of the priest unites the
Church to Christ, its Redeemer.
Priest:
In the
name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
All:
Amen.
Priest: Grace to you and peace from God our Father
and the Lord Jesus Christ.
All: And with your spirit.
The
Penitential Prayers:
We
recognize our guilt for past sins, express our sorrow for
them, and ask that Mary, the angels, the saints, and our
brothers and sisters in Christ pray for the Lord God's
mercy. (The priest may select from several forms).
Priest:
Brothers
and sisters, let us acknowledge our sins, and so prepare
ourselves to celebrate the sacred mysteries.
Priest: Have mercy on us, O Lord.
All: For we have sinned against you.
Priest: Show us, O Lord, your mercy.
All: And grant us your salvation.
The
Absolution:
Priest:
May
almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins, and bring us
to everlasting life.
All:
Amen.
The
Gloria: The
Glory of God prayers have existed from the second
century. They repeat the angels praise of God which
heralded the birth of Christ on earth. Our praise is
lifted again through the years as we rejoice at His coming
as Lord, God, the most high Jesus Christ, who at Christmas
took on our human nature while at the same time being the
son of Man. This ancient hymn expresses our recognition of
God's glory and love. It calls upon Christ as our holy
and divine mediator, and the Holy Spirit who forever binds
us together in God's love.
Priest
and All: Glory
to God in the highest, and peace to his people on earth.
Lord God, heavenly King, almighty God and Father, we worship
you, we give you thanks, we praise you for your glory.
Lord Jesus Christ, only Son of the Father, Lord God, Lamb of
God, you take away the sins of the world: have mercy on us; you
are seated at the right hand of the Father: receive our
prayer. 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.
The
Collect:
The
priest lifts the united prayers and petitions of the
congregation to God the Father through the merits of Jesus
Christ in the Holy Spirit.
Priest:
Let us
pray.
Priest: O God, who by the mystery of today's
great feast sanctify your whole Church in every people and
nation, pour out, we pray, the gifts of the Holy Spirit across
the face of the earth and, with the divine grace that was at
work when the Gospel was first proclaimed, fill now once more
the hearts of believers. Through our Lord Jesus Christ,
your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy
Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
Liturgy
of the Word
Christ
is made known to us through the Old Testament which prepares
us to recognize Him. In those days, God inspired men
who spoke His message. Now, the New Testament Gospel
reading announces His presence to us directly through His
Son. Both readings bring God's message to us.
Our responsibility is to respond.
The
First Reading:
From
the New Testament.
Acts of
the Apostles 2:1-11
When the
time for Pentecost was fulfilled, they were all in one place
together. And suddenly there came from the sky, a noise
like a strong driving wind, and it filled the entire house in
which they were. Then there appeared to them tongues as of
fire, which parted and came to rest on each one of them. And
they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in
different tongues, as the Spirit enabled them to proclaim.
Now there
were devout Jews from every nation under heaven staying in
Jerusalem. At this sound, they gathered in a large crowd,
but they were confused because each one heard them speaking in
his own language. They were astounded, and in amazement
they asked, “Are not all these people who are speaking
Galileans? Then how does each of us hear them in his
native language? We are Parthians, Medes, and Elamites,
inhabitants of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and
Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the districts of Libya
near Cyrene, as well as travelers from Rome, both Jews and
converts of Judaism, Cretans and Arabs, yet we hear them
speaking in our own tongues of the mighty acts of God.”
Priest/Reader:
The
Word of the Lord.
All:
Thanks
be to God.
The
Responsorial Psalm: This
Psalm praising God is a prayer to God, or recommends the
practice of virtue. It is sung as an interlude between
the scriptural readings. It provides yet another
instructional setting and invites the assembly to imitate
the cantor who sings a repeated response to the verses of an
ancient Psalm many of which are attributed to King
David. The verses are sung first by a cantor (song
leader) accompanied by instruments, the refrain is sung by
the people.
Responsorial
Psalm 104:1, 24, 29-30, 31, 34
Cantor: Lord, send
out your Spirit, and renew the face of the earth.
All: R/. Lord, send out your
Spirit, and renew the face of the earth.
Cantor: Bless the Lord, O my soul! O Lord, my
God, you are great indeed! How manifold are your works, O
Lord! The earth is full of your creatures.
All: R/. Lord, send out your
Spirit, and renew the face of the earth
Cantor: If you take away their breath, they
perish and return to their dust. When you send forth your
spirit, they are created, and you renew the face of the earth.
All: R/. Lord, send out your
Spirit, and renew the face of the earth.
Cantor: May the glory of the Lord endure
forever; may the Lord be glad in his works! Pleasing to
him be my theme; I will be glad in the Lord.
All: R/. Lord, send out your
Spirit, and renew the face of the earth.
The
Second Reading: From the
New Testament, from the Book of Revelation.
Second
Reading 1 Corinthians 12:3b-7, 12-13
Brothers
and sisters: No one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy
Spirit. There are different kinds of spiritual gifts but
the same Spirit; there are different forms of service but the
same Lord; there are different workings but the same God who
produces all of them in everyone. To each individual the
manifestation of the Spirit is given for some benefit.
As a body
is one though it has many parts, and all the parts of the body,
though many, are one body, so also Christ. For in one
Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or
Greeks, slaves or free persons, and we were all given to drink
of one Spirit.
The
Sequence:
A hymn of joy said or sung before the Gospel on certain
feast days.
Cantor:
Come, Holy
Spirit, come! And from your celestial home shed a ray of
light divine! Come, Father of the poor! Come, source
of all our store! Come, within our bosoms shine.
You, of comforters the best; You, the soul’s most welcome guest;
sweet refreshment here below; in our labor, rest most sweet;
grateful coolness in the heat; solace in the midst of woe.
O most blessed Light divine, shine within these hearts of Thine,
and our inmost being fill! Where you are not, we have
naught, nothing good in deed or thought, nothing free from taint
of ill. Heal our wounds, our strength renew; on our
dryness pour your dew; wash the stains of guilt away: Bend the
stubborn heart and will; melt the frozen, warm the chill; guide
the steps that go astray. On the faithful, who adore and
confess you, evermore in your sevenfold gifts descend; give them
virtue’s sure reward; give them your salvation, Lord; give them
joys that never end. Amen. Alleluia.
Priest/Reader:
The
word of the Lord.
All: Thanks
be to God.
The
Alleluia: An
ancient expression of joy anticipating the Lord's message we
will hear in the Gospel.
John
20:19-23
Cantor:
Alleluia!
Alleluia! Alleluia!
All: Alleluia! Alleluia!
Alleluia!
Cantor: Come, Holy Spirit, fill the
hearts of your faithful, and kindle in them the fire of your
love.
All: Alleluia! Alleluia!
Alleluia!
The Gospel: The
Liturgy of the Word is completed by the reading of the
Gospel. Before its reading, the members of the
assembly trace the sign of the cross upon the forehead to
indicate their mental acceptance of the Truth, on the lips
to indicate their readiness to announce it, and over the
heart to indicate their sincere desire to accept it into
their lives. The "Good News" of the Gospel tells that
God's kingdom has come for all to hear, accept, and announce
to the world for its salvation. It is God who is
speaking to us. Christ comes to teach us by the
example of His life and by His own words.
Priest: Cleanse
my heart and my lips, almighty God, that I may worthily proclaim
your holy Gospel. Through the words of the Gospel
may our sins be wiped away.
Priest: The Lord be with you.
All: And with our spirit.
Priest/Deacon: A reading
from the holy Gospel according to John.
All: Glory to
you, Lord.
The
Gospel: John 20:19-23
John wrote
to show that Christ was
On the
evening of that first day of the week, when the doors were
locked, where the disciples were, for fear of the Hews, Jesus
came and stood in their midst and said to them, “Peace be with
you.” When he had said this, he showed them his hands
and his side. The disciples rejoiced when they saw the
Lord. Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As
the Father has sent me, so I send you.” And when he had
said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the
Holy Spirit. Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them,
and whose sins you retain are retained.
Priest: The
Gospel of the Lord.
All: Praise
to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
Priest: Through the words of the Gospel may
our sins be wiped away.
The
Priest's Sermon: The
priest develops, explains, and comments upon the Master's
words, so our minds may be enlightened, and our hearts
enriched.
(A
priestly reflection upon this Gospel)
Profession
of Faith:
We state
in the Nicene Creed the principles of our faith in precise
and definite terms.
All: I
believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven
and earth, of all that is seen and unseen. 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 for
the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to
come. Amen.
General
Intercessions: We pray
for the needs of the pope, civic leaders, our own needs,
those of others, the sick, the dying, those who have died,
the church, and the world. The response of all to each
intercession: Lord, hear our prayer.
All: Lord,
hear our prayer.
The
Liturgy of the Eucharist
Gifts of
bread and wine symbolizing ourselves are presented to the
priest who will offer them to God the Father. Through
the Holy Spirit, they will become the Body and Blood of
Jesus Christ whom we receive in Holy Communion. Jesus
unites Himself with us for our spiritual nourishment and
strength. Today, when individuals do not present their
own personal offerings of bread and wine, the monetary
contribution symbolizes the material of their united
sacrifice. The priest makes and offering of the bread
and wine to God.
Preparation
of the Bread and Wine:
Priest: Blessed
are you, Lord God of all creation, for through your goodness we
have received the bread we offer you: fruit of the earth and
work of human hands, it will become for us the bread of
life.
All:
Blessed
be God for ever.
Priest: By the
mystery of this water and wine may we come to share in the
divinity of Christ, who humbled himself to share in our
humanity.
Priest:
Blessed
are you, Lord God of all creation, for through your goodness we
have received the wine we offer you; fruit of the vine and work
of human hands it will become our spiritual drink.
All: Blessed
be God for ever.
Priest: With
humble spirit and contrite heart may we be accepted by you, O
Lord, and may our sacrifice in your sight this day be pleasing
to you, Lord God.
The
Priest's Hands are Washed: This act
was traditionally necessary because the priest handled the
various gifts presented by the people. Now, the
cleansing act using water reminds the priest and ourselves
of the need to cleanse not only the hands but the
soul. Soon, the priest's hands will hold the actual
body of Christ, and we will become His dwelling place.
Priest: Wash me
O Lord, from my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.
Pray, brethren, that my sacrifice and yours may be
acceptable to God, the almighty Father.
All: May the
Lord accept the sacrifice at your hands for the praise and glory
of his name, for our good and the good of all his holy Church.
Prayer
over the Gifts:
Speaking
in our name, the priest asks the Father to accept the gifts
we offer through him.
Priest:
Grant,
we pray, O Lord, that, as promised by your Son, the Holy Spirit
may reveal to us more abundantly the hidden mystery of this
sacrifice and graciously lead us into all truth. Through
Christ our Lord.
Eucharistic
Prayer:
(Number
Two: The priest may select from several forms).
Priest: The
Lord be with you.
All: And
with your spirit.
Priest: Lift up
your hearts.
All: We lift
them up to the Lord.
Priest: Let us
give thanks to the Lord, our God.
All: It is
right and just.
Preface
Prayer:
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.
For,
bringing your Paschal Mystery to completion, you bestowed the
Holy Spirit today on those you made your adopted children by
uniting them to your Only Begotten Son. This same Spirit,
as the Church came to birth, opened to all peoples the knowledge
of God and brought together the many languages of the earth in
profession of the one faith.
Therefore,
overcome with paschal joy, every land, every people exults in
your praise and even the heavenly Powers, with the angelic
hosts, sing together the unending hymn of your glory, as they
acclaim:
Acclamation:
Priest
and All: 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.
The
priest repeats the words which Christ used at his Last
Supper when He changed the bread into His Body and the wine
into His Blood. His Body and Blood are truly present
but under the appearance of bread and wine. The death
of Christ is prolonged in each of those who receive Him
worthily. We apply His death to ourselves so that we
may share His glory. This moment is the most solemn on
earth because it is Divine act which enables us to apply to
ourselves the Cross which Christ willingly took upon
Himself.
We are
called to die to sin and lift our very selves to God so that
we become changed; to do as God would have us do, to become
what God would have us become. Our own little cross
can lift us into union with Christ's Cross so we may
Priest:
You are
indeed Holy, O Lord, the fountain of all holiness. Make
holy, therefore, these gifts, we pray, by sending down your
Spirit upon them like the dewfall, so that they may become for
us the Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ.
The Lord's Supper:
At the
time he was betrayed and entered willingly into his Passion, he
took bread and, giving thanks, broke it, and gave it to his
disciples, saying:
Take
this, all of you, and eat of it, for this is my Body, which
will be given up for you.
Take this, all of you,
and drink from it, for this is the chalice of my Blood, the
Blood of the new and eternal covenant, which will be poured
out for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins.
Do this in memory of me.
Memorial
Acclamation: (The
priest may select from several forms).
Priest: The
mystery of faith.
Priest /
All: We
proclaim your Death, O Lord, and profess your Resurrection until
you come again.
Memorial
Prayer: (The
priest may select from several forms).
Priest:
Recalls
Christ's Passion, Resurrection, Ascension, the Church, the
dead, and ourselves.
Therefore,
O Lord, as we celebrate the memorial of his Death and
Resurrection, we offer you, Lord, the Bread of life and the
Chalice of salvation, giving thanks that you have held us worthy
to be in your presence and minister to you. Humbly we pray
that, partaking of the Body and Blood of Christ, we may be
gathered into one by the Holy Spirit.
Remember,
your Church, spread throughout the world, and bring her to the
fullness of charity, together with _____ our Pope, and _____ our
Bishop, and all the clergy. Remember also our brothers and
sisters who have fallen asleep in the hope of the resurrection,
and all who have died in your mercy: welcome them into the light
of your face. Have mercy on us all, we pray, that with the
Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, with the blessed Apostles,
and all the Saints who have pleased you throughout the ages, we
may merit to be coheirs to eternal life, and may praise and
glorify you through your Son, Jesus Christ.
Doxology
Prayer of Praise:
Through
him, with him, and in him, O God, almighty Father, in the unity
of the Holy Spirit, all glory and honor is yours, for ever and
ever.
All:
Amen.
Communion
Rite
In the
Liturgy of the Eucharist, we symbolically offer ourselves to
the Lord through the gifts of bread and wine. At the
Consecration, we offer our very lives to be united the God
the Father through the Cross of Christ. In Communion,
we find that we have not died at all, but have come to
life. We have surrendered ourselves to God through His
Divine Son, Jesus Christ. In return become ennobled
and enriched. We give up time and we get eternity, we
give up our sin and we receive grace, we surrender our
self-will and receive the strength of the Divine Will, we
give up ourselves and we receive everything. For the
Son of God says to us that unless we receive Him we shall
not have Divine life in us. But it is not really we
who receive Christ as it is Christ who receives us, bringing
us into Himself.
God
makes His Cross the very means of our salvation and our
life. While we have crucified Him, His eternal love
cannot be extinguished. Christ willed to give us the
very life we crucified in our Redemption, the Consecration
of Holy Thursday into Communion, His death into our
everlasting life.
The
Lord's Prayer:
Priest:
At the
Savior's command and formed by divine teaching, we dare to say:
Priest
and All: Our
Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be they 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.
Priest:
Deliver us,
Lord, we pray, from every evil, graciously grant peace in our
days, that, by the help of your mercy, we may be always free
from sin and safe from all distress, as we await the blessed
hope and the coming of our Savior, Jesus Christ.
All:
For the
kingdom, the power and the glory are yours now and forever.
Prayer
for Peace:
Priest:
Lord Jesus
Christ, who said to your Apostles: Peace I leave you, my peace I
give you, look not on our sins, but on the faith of your Church,
and graciously grant her peace and unity in accordance with your
will. Who live and reign for ever and ever.
All: Amen.
Priest:
The peace
of the Lord be with you always.
All: And with your spirit.
Priest: Let us offer each other the sign of
peace.
Breaking
of the Bread:
Priest:
May
this mingling of the Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ
bring eternal life to us who receive it.
Priest
and All: 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.
Priestly
Preparation: Lord
Jesus Christ, Son of the living God, who, by the will of the
Father and the work of the Holy Spirit, through your Death gave
life to the world, free me by this, your most holy Body and
Blood, from all my sins and from every evil; keep me always
faithful to your commandments, and never let me be parted from
you.
Priest: Behold
the Lamb of God, behold him who takes away the sins of the
world. Blessed are those called to the supper of the Lamb.
Priest
and All: Lord, I
am not worthy that you should enter under my roof, but only say
the world and my soul shall be healed.
Priest: May the
Body of Christ keep me safe for eternal life.
May the Blood of Christ keep me safe for eternal
life.
Communion
Antiphon:
Acts of the Apostles 2:4, 11
They were
all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke of the marvels of God,
alleluia.
Communion
of the Faithful:
Priest: The
Body of Christ.
The
Faithful: Amen.
Priest/Deacon/
Extraordinary Eucharistic Minister: The
Blood of Christ.
Cleansing
of the Vessels:
Priest:
What
has passed our lips as food, O Lord, may we possess in purity of
heart, that what has been given to us in time may be our healing
for eternity.
Prayer
after Communion:
Priest: Let us
pray.
Priest: O God,
who bestow heavenly gifts upon your Church, safeguard, we pray,
the grace you have given, that the gift of the Holy Spirit
poured out upon her may retain all its force and that this
spiritual food may gain her abundance of eternal
redemption. Through Christ our Lord.
Concluding
Rite
Priest: The
Lord be with you.
All: Bow down
for the blessing.
Dismissal
Prayer: (The
priest may select from several forms)
Priest:
May God,
the Father of lights, who was pleased to enlighten the
disciples' minds by the out pouring of the Spirit, the
Paraclete, grant you gladness by his blessing and make you
always abound with the gifts of the same Spirit.
All: Amen.
Priest: May the wondrous flame that appeared above the
disciples, powerfully cleanse your hearts from every evil and
pervade them with its purifying light.
All: Amen.
Priest: And may God, who has been pleased to unite
many tongues in the profession of one faith, give you
perseverance in that same faith and, by believing, may you
journey from hope to clear vision.
All: Amen.
Dismissal
Prayer:
Priest:
And may the
blessing of almighty God, the Father, and the Son, and the Holy
Spirit, come down on you and remain with you for ever.
All: Amen.
O my Jesus,
forgive us our sins.