Twenty-fifth Sunday
in Ordinary Time
September 21, 2025 Cycle C
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Introductory Acts Of Worship
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)
I am the salvation of the people, says the Lord.
Should they cry to
me in any distress, I will hear them, and I will be their Lord
forever.
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: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and
the love of God,
and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
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/All: I confess to almighty God and
to you , my
brothers and sisters, that I have greatly sinned, in my
thoughts and in my
words, in what I have done and in what I have failed to do,
through my fault,
through my fault, through my most grievous fault; therefore I
ask blessed Mary
ever Virgin, all the Angels and Saints, and you, my brothers
and sister, to
pray for me to the Lord our God.
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.
O God, who founded all the commands of your sacred Law
upon love of you
and of our neighbor, grant that, by keeping your precepts, we
may merit to
attain eternal life. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your
Son, who lives
and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God,
forever 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 Old Testament.
Amos 8:4-7
Hear this, you who trample upon the needy and destroy the
poor of the
land! “When will the new moon be over,” you ask, “that
we may sell our
grain, and the Sabbath, that we may display the wheat?
We will diminish
the ephah, add to the shekel, and fix our scales for
cheating! We will
buy the lowly for silver, and the poor for a pair of sandals;
even the refuse
of the wheat we will sell!” The Lord has sworn by the
pride of Jacob:
Never will I forget a thing they have done!
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 113:1-2, 4-6, 7-8
Cantor: Praise the Lord, praise the Lord who lifts up the poor.
All R/. Praise the Lord, praise the Lord
who lifts up the
poor.
Cantor: Praise,
you
servants of the Lord, praise the name of the Lord.
Blessed be the name of
the Lord both now and forever.
All R/. Praise the Lord, praise the
Lord who lifts up
the poor.
Cantor: High above all nations is the Lord;
above the
heavens is his glory. Who is like the Lord, our God, who
is enthroned on
high and looks upon the heavens and the earth below?
All R/. Praise the Lord, praise the
Lord who lifts up
the poor.
Cantor: He raises up the lowly from the
dust; from the
dunghill he lifts up the poor to seat them with princes, with
the princes of
his own people.
All R/. Praise the Lord, praise the
Lord who lifts up the
poor.
The Second Reading: Taken from
the
New Testament.
Second Reading 1 Timothy 2:1-8
Beloved: First of all, I ask that supplications,
prayers,
petitions, and thanksgivings be offered for everyone, for
kings and for all in
authority, that we may lead a quiet and tranquil life in all
devotion and
dignity. This is good and pleasing to God our savior,
who wills everyone
to be saved and to come to knowledge of the truth. For
there is one
God. There is also one mediator between God and men, the
man Christ
Jesus, who gave himself as ransom for all.
This was the testimony at the proper time. For this
I was appointed
preacher and apostle – I am speaking the truth, I am not
lying, - teacher of
the Gentiles in faith and truth.
It is my wish, then, that in every place the men should
pray, lifting up
holy hands, without anger or argument.
The Alleluia: An ancient expression of joy anticipating the Lord's
message we will hear
in the Gospel.
2 Corinthians 8:9
Cantor: Alleluia!
Alleluia!
Alleluia!
All: R/.
Alleluia!
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Cantor: Though our Lord Jesus
Christ was rich, he
became poor, so that by his poverty you might become rich.
All: R/.
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.
Gospel Luke 16:1-13
Written to explain that
Christ came to save everyone.
“For the children of this world are more prudent in
dealing with their own
generation than are the children of light. I tell you,
make friends for
yourselves with dishonest wealth, so that when it fails, you
will be welcomed
into eternal dwellings. The person who is trustworthy in
very small
matters is also trustworthy in great ones; and the person who
is dishonest in
very small matters is also dishonest in great ones. If,
therefore, you
are not trustworthy with dishonest wealth, who will trust you
with true
wealth? If you are not trustworthy with what belongs to
another, who will
give you what is yours? No servant can serve two
masters. He will either
hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise
the other.
You cannot serve both God and mammon.”
Priest: The Gospel of the Lord.
All: Praise
to you, Lord
Jesus Christ.
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: Receive with favor, O Lord, we pray,
the offerings of
your people, that what they profess with devotion and faith
may be theirs
through these heavenly mysteries. Through Christ our
Lord.
Eucharistic Prayer: (Number Three: 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,
through Christ our Lord. For out of compassion for the
waywardness that
is ours, he humbled himself and was born of the Virgin; by the
passion of the
Cross he freed us from unending death, and by rising from the
dead he gave us
life eternal. 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:
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.
Priest: You are indeed Holy, O Lord, and all
you have created
rightly gives you praise, for through your Son our Lord Jesus
Christ, by the
power and working of the Holy Spirit, you give life to all
things and make them
holy, and you never cease to gather a people to yourself, so
that from the
rising of the sun to its setting a pure sacrifice may be
offered to your name.
Priest: Therefore, O Lord, we humbly implore you: by the same
Spirit graciously
make holy these gifts we have brought to you for consecration,
that they may
become the Body and Blood of your Son our Lord Jesus Christ,
at whose command
we celebrate these mysteries.
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 earn the joys of everlasting happiness with God
the Father.
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.
In a similar way, when supper was ended, he took the
chalice and, once
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giving thanks, he gave it to his
disciples, saying:
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: When we eat this Bread and drink this
Cup, we proclaim
your Death, O Lord, 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 the
saving Passion of
your Son, his wondrous Resurrection and Ascension into heaven,
and as we look
forward to his second coming, we offer you in thanksgiving
this holy and living
sacrifice. Look, we pray, upon the oblation of your
Church and,
recognizing the sacrificial Victim by whose death you willed
to reconcile us to
yourself, grant that we, who are nourished by the Body and
Blood of your Son
and filled with his Holy Spirit, may become one body, one
spirit in Christ.
May he make of us an eternal offering to you, so that we
may obtain an
inheritance with your elect, especially with the most Blessed
Virgin Mary,
Mother of God, with blessed Joseph, her Spouse, with
your blessed
Apostles and glorious Martyrs and with all the Saints, on
whose constant
intercession in your presence we rely for unfailing help.
May this Sacrifice of our reconciliation, we pray, O
Lord, advance the
peace and salvation of all the world. Be pleased to
confirm in faith and
charity your pilgrim Church on earth, with your servant, _____
our Pope and,
_____ our Bishop, the Order of Bishops, all the clergy, and
the entire people
you have gained for your own. Listen graciously to the
prayers of this
family, whom you have summoned before you: in your compassion,
O merciful
Father, gather to yourself all your children scattered
throughout the world.
To our departed brothers and sisters and to all who were
pleasing to you
at their passing from this life, give kind admittance to your
kingdom.
There we hope to enjoy forever the fullness of your glory
through Christ our
Lord, through whom you bestow on the world all that is good.
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, we 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.
Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world, grant
us peace.
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:
Psalm 119:4-5
You have laid down your precepts to be carefully kept;
may my ways be firm
in keeping your statutes.
Communion of the Faithful:
Priest: The Body of Christ.
The Faithful: Amen.
Priest/Deacon/
Extraordinary Eucharistic Minister: The Blood of Christ.
The Faithful: Amen.
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: Graciously raise up, O Lord, those you
renew with this
Sacrament, that we may come to possess your redemption both in
mystery and in
the manner of our life. through Christ our Lord.
Concluding Rite
Greeting:
Priest: The Lord be with you.
All: And
with your
spirit.
Priest: Bow
down for the
blessing.
Blessing:
Priest: May the God of all consolation order
your days in his
peace and grant you the gifts of his blessing.
All: Amen.
Priest: May he free you always from every
distress and
confirm your hearts in his love.
All: Amen.
Priest: So that on this life's journey you
may be effective
in good works, rich in the gifts of hope, faith and charity,
and may come
happily to eternal life.
All: Amen.
Final Blessing:
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.
Dismissal Prayer:
O my
Jesus, forgive us
our sins.