Votive Mass

Entrance Antiphon (Cf. Ps 103 (102): 20)
Bless the Lord, all you his angels, mighty in power,
fulfilling his word and heeding his voice.

Collect
O God, who dispose in a marvelous order
ministries both angelic and human,
graciously grant
that our life on earth may be defended
by those who watch over us
as they minister perpetually to you in heaven.
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
We offer you a sacrifice of praise, O Lord,
humbly entreating,
that, as these gifts are borne by the ministry of Angels
into the presence of your majesty,
so you may receive them favorably
and make them profitable for our salvation.
Through Christ our Lord.

Preface of the Angels: God glorified through the Angels.

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,
and to praise you without end
in your Archangels and Angels.
For the honor we pay the angelic creatures
in whom you delight
redounds to your own surpassing glory,
and by their great dignity and splendor
you show how infinitely great you are,
to be exalted above all things,
through Christ our lord.
Through him the multitude of Angels extols your majesty,
and we are united with them in exultant adoration,
as with one voice of praise we acclaim:
   Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God of hosts . . .

Communion Antiphon (Ps 138 (137): 1)
In the presence of the Angels I will praise you, my God.

Prayer after Communion
Having been nourished with heavenly bread,
we beseech you humbly, O Lord,
that, drawing from it new strength,
under the protection of your Angels,
we may advance boldly along the way of salvation.
Through Christ our Lord.