Mass For Various Needs or Occasions

Entrance Antiphon (Mt 13: 33)
The Kingdom of Heaven is like yeast that a woman took
and mixed with three measures of wheat flour,
until the whole batch was leavened.

Collect
O God, who have sent the power of the Gospel
like leaven into the world,
grant that your faithful,
whom you have called to live amid the world and its affairs,
may be fervent with the Christian spirit
and, through the tasks they carry out in this present age,
may constantly build up your Kingdom.
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 God, who willed to save the whole world
by the sacrifice of your Son,
grant through the power of this oblation
that your servants living in the lay state,
whom you do not cease to call to the apostolate,
may imbue the world with the spirit of Christ
and be the leaven of its sanctification.
Through Christ our Lord.

Communion Antiphon (Ps 100 (99): 2)
Cry out with joy to the Lord, all the earth.
Serve the Lord with gladness.
Come before him, singing for joy, alleluia.

Prayer after Communion
As we draw upon the fullness of your grace,
we pray, O Lord,
that your faithful,
who by your will are engaged in the things of this world,
may be strengthened by the power of the Eucharistic Banquet,
to be tireless witnesses to the truth of the Gospel
and may ever make your Church present and active
amid the affairs of this age.
Through Christ our Lord.