Mass For Various Needs or Occasions
For Giving Thanks to God
Entrance Antiphon
(Eph 5: 19-20)
Sing and make music to the Lord in your hearts,
always thanking God the Father for all things
in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Collect
O God, who always listen mercifully
to your servants in distress,
we humbly beseech you, as we give thanks for your kindness,
that, free from all evil,
we may constantly serve you in gladness.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God, for ever and ever.
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Prayers Over the Offerings
O Lord, who gave us your Son
to rescue us graciously from death and from every evil,
accept, we pray, in mercy this sacrifice,
which we offer you in thanksgiving
for our deliverance from distress.
Through Christ our Lord.
Communion Antiphon
(Ps 138 (137): 1)
I will thank you, Lord, with all my heart,
for you have heard the words of my mouth.
Prayer after Communion
Almighty God, who through this Bread of Life
are pleased to free your servants from the bond of sin
and in your compassion to restore their strength,
grant us to advance without hindrance towards the hope of glory.
Through Christ our Lord.
Excerpts from the English translation of
The Roman Missal © 2010,
International Commission on English in the Liturgy (ICEL).
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