Mass For Various Needs or Occasions

Entrance Antiphon (Gn 1: 1, 27, 31)
In the beginning, when God created the heavens and the earth,

God created man in his image;

God looked at everything he had made, and he found it very good.

Collect
O God, Creator of all things,

who have commanded the human race to bear the burden of labor,

grant that the work we are beginning

may bring progress in this life

and, by your favor,

advance the spread of the Kingdom of Christ.

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 in the offerings presented here

nourish the human race with food

and renew it with your Sacrament,

grant, we pray,

that the sustenance they provide

may not fail us in body or in spirit.

Through Christ our Lord.

Communion Antiphon (Col 3: 17)
Whatever you do in word or deed,

do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ,

giving thanks to God the Father through him.

Prayer after Communion
Having been made partakers of this table of unity and charity,

we beseech your mercy, Lord,

that through the work you have given us to do

we may sustain our life on earth

and trustingly build up your Kingdom.

Through Christ our Lord.