ASH WEDNESDAY

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Celebrating the Life of Sister Deirdre O Loan
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CHRIST BE OUR LIGHT
Longing for light, we wait in darkness Longing
for truth, we turn to you Make us your own, your
holy people Light for the world to see.    
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CHRIST BE OUR LIGHT
Christ be our light! Shine in our hearts Shine
through the darkness Christ be our light! Shine
in your church, gathered today.
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CHRIST BE OUR LIGHT
Longing for peace, our world is troubled. Longing
for hope, many despair. Your word alone has power
to save us Make us your living voice.    
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CHRIST BE OUR LIGHT
Christ be our light! Shine in our hearts Shine
through the darkness Christ be our light! Shine
in your church, gathered today.
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INTRODUCTORY RITES
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of
the Holy Spirit. ALL Amen. 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.
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PENITENTIAL PRAYER
Celebrant Brothers and sisters, let
us acknowledge our sins, and so prepare ourselves
to celebrate the sacred mysteries. (Pause)
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PENITENTIAL PRAYER
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,
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(strike your chest and say)
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 sisters, to pray for me to
the Lord our God.
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PENITENTIAL PRAYER
Celebrant May almighty God have mercy on us,
forgive us our sins, and bring us to everlasting
life. All Amen
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KYRIE (Lord Have Mercy)
Lord, have mercy Christ, have mercy Lord, have
mercy
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GLORIA
Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace
to people of good will. We praise you, we bless
you, we adore you, we glorify you, We give you
thanks for your great glory.
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Lord God, heavenly King, O God, almighty
Father. Lord Jesus Christ, Only Begotten Son,
Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, you
take away the sins of the world, have mercy on
us
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you take away the sins of the world, receive our
prayer you are seated at the right hand of the
Father, have mercy on us.
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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.
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OPENING PRAYER
Let us pray Look upon us, O God, Creator and
ruler of all things, and, that we may feel the
working of your mercy, grant that we may
serve you with all our heart.
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OPENING PRAYER
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who
lives and reigns with you in the unity of the
Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. All
Amen.
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(Please be seated)
FIRST READING Ex 327-11, 13-14 A reading from
the Book of Exodus
The Lord spoke to Moses, Go down now, because
your people whom you brought out of Egypt have
apostasised. They have been quick to leave the
way I marked out for them they have made
themselves a calf of molten metal and have
worshipped it and offered it sacrifice.
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Here is your God, Israel, they have cried, who
brought you up from the land of Egypt! I can see
how headstrong these people are! Leave me, now
my wrath shall blaze against them and devour
them of you, however, I will make a great
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But Moses pleaded with the Lord his God. Lord,
he said, why should your wrath blaze out against
this people of yours whom you brought out of the
land of Egypt with arm outstretched and mighty
hand?
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Remember Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, your servants
to whom by your own self you swore and made this
promise I will make your offspring as many as
the stars of heaven, and all this land which I
promised I will give to your descendants, and it
shall be their heritage for ever.
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So the Lord relented and did not bring on his
people the disaster he threatened. The Word of
the Lord. ALL Thanks be to God.
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RESPONSORIAL PSALM (Ps. 513-4, 12-13, 17,19)
RESPONSE I will leave this place and go to my
father. ALL I will leave this place and go to
my father.
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• Have mercy on me, O God, in your kindness
• In your compassion blot out my offence.
• O wash me more and more from my guilt and
  cleanse me from my sin.
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• I will leave this place and go to my father.

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• A pure heart create for me, O God,
• put a steadfast spirit within me.
• Do not cast me away from your presence,
• nor deprive me of your holy spirit.
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• I will leave this place and go to my father.

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• O Lord, open my lips
• and my mouth shall declare your praise.
• My sacrifice is a contrite spirit
• a humbled, contrite heart you will not spurn.
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• I will leave this place and go to my father.

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SECOND READING (Tm. 112-17)A reading from the
letter of St. Paul to the Timothy
I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me
strength, and who judged me faithful enough to
call me into his service even though I used to be
a blasphemer and did all I could to injure and
discredit the faith.
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Mercy, however, was shown me, because until I
became a believer I had been acting in ignorance
and the grace of our Lord filled me with faith
and with the love that is in Christ Jesus.
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Here is a saying that you can rely on and nobody
should doubt that Christ Jesus came into the
world to save sinners. I myself am the greatest
of them and if mercy has been shown to me,
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it is because Jesus Christ meant to make me the
greatest evidence of his inexhaustible patience
for all the other people who would later have to
trust in him to come to eternal life.
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To the eternal King, the undying, invisible and
only God, be honour and glory for ever and ever.
Amen. The Word of the Lord ALL Thanks be to God
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(Please rise)
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
Alleluia, Alleluia! May the Father of our Lord
Jesus Christ enlighten the eyes of our mind, so
that we can see what hope his call holds for
us. Alleluia!
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GOSPEL READING
The Lord be with you. ALL And with your
spirit. A reading from the holy Gospel according
to Luke (Lk, 151-10) ALL Glory to you, O Lord.
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The tax collectors and the sinners were all
seeking the company of Jesus to hear what he had
to say, and the Pharisees and the scribes
complained, This man they said welcomes
sinners and eats with them. So he spoke this
parable to them
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What man among you with a hundred sheep, losing
one, would not leave the ninety-nine in the
wilderness and go after the missing one till he
found it? And when he found it, would he not
joyfully take it on his shoulders and then, when
he got home, call together his friends, and
neighbours?
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Rejoice with me, he would say, I have found my
sheep that was lost. In the same way, I tell
you, there will be more rejoicing in heaven over
one repentant sinner than over ninety-nine
virtuous men who have no need of repentance.
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Or again, what woman with ten drachmas would
not, if she lost one, light a lamp and sweep out
the house and search thoroughly till she found
it? And then, when she had found it, call
together her friends and neighbours?
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Rejoice with me, she would say I have found
the drachma I lost. In the same way, I tell you,
there is rejoicing among the angels of God over
one repentant sinner. The Gospel of the
Lord. All Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
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HOMILY
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PROFESSION OF FAITH
I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, maker
of heaven and earth, of all things visible and
invisible. I believe in one Lord Jesus
Christ, the Only Begotten Son of God, Born of
the Father before all ages.
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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,
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(all bow saying) 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,
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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.
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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.
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I believe in one, holy, catholic and apostolic
Church. I confess one Baptism for the forgiveness
of sins and I look forward to the resurrection of
the dead and the life of the world to come. ALL
Amen.
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PRAYER OF THE FAITHFUL
Celebrant Jesus is now with the Father,
interceding for us. The power of his presence
helps us turn to him confidently with our
prayers.
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PRAYER OF THE FAITHFUL
Celebrant My dear friends, as we thank God for
the gift of Sister Deirdre's life, and for the
dedication and love she has shown to all those
whose lives she has touched, we turn to our
loving God and place our needs before Him.
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PRAYER OF THE FAITHFUL

• I. Theme for the soul of Sister Deirdre (Clare
  Tan)
• Dear God, we thank You for the gift of Sister
  Deirdre, her life and her love for us all.
  Welcome her now into Your heavenly home where she
  will know peace and happiness forever. We give
  thanks for the person, Sister Deirdre was to all
  of us who knew her and we pray that we may
  emulate her in the quality of our relationships
  and our outreach to others like she did. We pray
  to the Lord.
• All Lord, hear our prayer

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PRAYER OF THE FAITHFUL

• 2. Theme for the family and friends of Sister
  Deirdre (Erica Lien)
• Dear God, we pray for the family and friends of
  Sister Deirdre that you will bless each of them
  and their family and give them the strength and
  courage to live by her example of love,
  generosity and kindness. We pray to the Lord.
• All Lord, hear our prayer

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PRAYER OF THE FAITHFUL

• 3. Theme for the IJ Sisters (Therese La Brooy)
• Dear God, we pray for our IJ Sisters, that your
  Holy Spirit will continue to guide each one of
  them to live their vocation with joy and love. We
  pray that many more young people may follow in Sr
  Deirdres and the IJ Sisters footsteps of being
  religious Sisters. We pray to the Lord.
• All Lord, hear our prayer

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PRAYER OF THE FAITHFUL

• 4. Theme for the IJ Board of Management and IJ
  Homes and Childrens Centres
• Dear God, we pray for your continued guidance to
  the members of the IJ Boards. Bless them with
  Your wisdom and guidance as they support the IJ
  Schools and IJ Homes and Centres. Bless also all
  who work in the CHIJ Schools and IJ Homes and
  Childrens Centres that they may inspire, like Sr
  Deirdre did, generations of children who will
  uphold and live the Christian values and
  principles in their lives. We pray to the Lord.
• All Lord, hear our prayer

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PRAYER OF THE FAITHFUL

• 5. Theme for all of us gathered here (Micah
  Kwek)
• Dear God, grant us who are gathered here the joy
  of friendship and love. Give us, Lord, your
  strength and your peace. Bless our families with
  peace, love and happiness. We pray to the Lord.
• All Lord, hear our prayer

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PRAYER OF THE FAITHFUL

• Friar John
• Let us now pray for our personal intentions. We
  pray to the Lord
• All Lord, hear my prayer

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PRAYER OF THE FAITHFUL
Conclusion God our Father, we stand here with
our hopes and fears, our cares and concerns,
listen to us, deepen our hope and grant us your
peace. May everything we do begin with your
inspiration and continue with your help, so that
all our prayers and works may begin in you and by
you be happily ended through Christ our
Lord. ALL Amen.
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Liturgy of the Eucharist
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TAKE MY HANDS
Take my hands and make them as your own, and use
them for your kingdom here on earth. Consecrate
them to your care, anoint them for your service
where you may need your gospel to be sown.
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TAKE MY HANDS
Take my hands, they speak now for my heart, and
by their actions they will show their love. Guard
them on their daily course, be their strength and
guiding force to ever serve the Trinity above.
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TAKE MY HANDS
Take my hands, I give them to you, Lord. Prepare
them for the service of your name. Open them to
human need and by their love they'll sow your
seed so all may know the love and hope you
gave.Take my hands, take my hands, O Lord
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(Please rise)
LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST
Invitation to Prayer Pray, brethren, that my
sacrifice and yours may be acceptable to God, the
almighty Father.
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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.
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Prayer over the Offerings Look with favour on our
supplications, O Lord, and in your kindness
accept these, your servants offerings, that
what each has offered to the honour of your
name may serve the salvation of all. Through
Christ our Lord. Amen.
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The Lord be with you. ALL And with your
spirit. Lift up your hearts. ALL We lift them
up to the Lord. Let us give thanks to the Lord
our God. ALL It is right and just.
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PREFACE
Celebrant 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.
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PREFACE
Celebrant For after his Resurrection he plainly
appeared to all his disciples and was taken up
to heaven in their sight, that he might make us
sharers in his divinity.
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PREFACE
Celebrant Therefore, overcome with paschal
joy, every land, every people exults in your
praise and even the heavenly Powers, with the
angelic hosts, sing together the unending hymn of
your glory, as they acclaim
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SANCTUS (HOLY HOLY)
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
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EUCHARISTIC PRAYER I
Celebrant To you, therefore, most merciful
Father, we make humble prayer and petition
through Jesus Christ, your Son, our Lord That
you accept and bless these gifts, these
offerings, these holy and unblemished
sacrifices,
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EUCHARISTIC PRAYER I
which we offer you firstly for your holy catholic
Church. Be pleased to grant her peace, to guard,
unite and govern her throughout the whole world,
together with your servant Francis, our Pope and
William, our Archbishop, and all those who,
holding to the truth, hand on the catholic and
apostolic faith.
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EUCHARISTIC PRAYER I
Remember, Lord, your servants, and all gathered
here, whose faith and devotion are known to you.
For them, we offer you this sacrifice of praise
or they offer it for themselves and all who are
dear to them for the redemption of their souls,
in hope of health and well-being, and paying
their homage to you, the eternal God, living and
true.
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EUCHARISTIC PRAYER I
Celebrating the most sacred day on which your
Only Begotten Son, our Lord, placed at the right
hand of your glory our weak human nature, which
he had united to himself, and in communion with
those whose memory we venerate, especially the
glorious ever-Virgin Mary, Mother of our God and
Lord, Jesus Christ,
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EUCHARISTIC PRAYER I
and blessed Joseph, her Spouse, your blessed
Apostles and Martyrs, Peter and Paul, Andrew, and
all your Saints we ask that through their merits
and prayers, in all things we may be defended by
your protecting help. Therefore, Lord, we pray
graciously accept this oblation of our service,
that of your whole family
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EUCHARISTIC PRAYER I
order our days in your peace, and command that we
be delivered from eternal damnation and counted
among the flock of those you have chosen.
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EUCHARISTIC PRAYER I
Be pleased, O God, we pray, to bless,
acknowledge, and approve this offering in every
respect make it spiritual and acceptable, so
that it may become for us the Body and Blood of
your most Beloved Son, our Lord Jesus Christ.
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EUCHARISTIC PRAYER I
On the day before he was to suffer, he took
bread in his holy and venerable hands, and with
eyes raised to heaven to you, O God, his almighty
Father, giving you thanks, he said the blessing,
broke the bread and gave it to his disciples,
saying
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EUCHARISTIC PRAYER I
TAKE THIS, ALL OF YOU, AND EAT OF IT, FOR THIS
IS MY BODY, WHICH WILL BE GIVEN UP FOR YOU.
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EUCHARISTIC PRAYER I
In a similar way, when supper was ended, he took
this precious chalice in his holy and venerable
hands, and, once more giving you thanks, he said
the blessing and gave the chalice to his
disciples, saying TAKE THIS, ALL OF YOU, AND
DRINK FROM IT, FOR THIS IS THE CHALICE OF MY
BLOOD,
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EUCHARISTIC PRAYER I
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.
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MEMORIAL ACCLAMATION
Celebrant The mystery of faith ALL
We proclaim your Death, O Lord, and profess your
Resurrection until you come again
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EUCHARISTIC PRAYER I
Therefore, O Lord, as we celebrate the memorial
of the blessed Passion, the Resurrection from
the dead, the glorious Ascension into heaven, of
Christ, your Son, our Lord, we, your servants
and your holy people, offer to your glorious
majesty from the gifts that you have given us,
this pure victim, this
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EUCHARISTIC PRAYER I
holy victim, this spotless victim, the holy
Bread of eternal life and the Chalice of
everlasting salvation. Be pleased to look upon
these offerings with a serene and kindly
countenance, and to accept them, as once you
were pleased to accept the Gifts of Abel the
just, the sacrifice of Abraham,
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EUCHARISTIC PRAYER I
our father in faith, and the offering of your
high priest Melchizedek, a holy sacrifice,
spotless victim. In humble prayer we ask you,
almighty God command that these gifts be borne
by the hands of your holy Angel to your altar on
high in the sight of your divine majesty,

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EUCHARISTIC PRAYER I
so that all of us, who through this participation
at the altar receive the most holy Body and Blood
of your Son, may be filled with every grace and
heavenly blessing.
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EUCHARISTIC PRAYER I
Remember also, Lord, your servants, who have gone
before us with the sign of faith and rest in the
sleep of peace. Grant them, O Lord, we pray, and
all who sleep in Christ, a place of refreshment,
light and peace.
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EUCHARISTIC PRAYER I
To us, also, your servants, who, though sinners,
hope in your abundant mercies, graciously grant
some share and fellowship with your holy
Apostles and Martyr with John the Baptist,
Stephen, Matthias, Barnabas, and all your
Saints admit us, we beseech you,
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EUCHARISTIC PRAYER I
into their company, not weighing our merits, but
granting us pardon, through Christ our Lord.
Through whom you continue to make all these
good things, O Lord you sanctify them, fill them
with life, bless them, and bestow them upon us.
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DOXOLOGY
Through him, and with him, and in him, O God,
almighty Father, in the unity of the Holy
Spirit, all glory and honour is yours, for ever
and ever. ALL Amen.
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(Please rise)
THE COMMUNION RITE
At the Saviours command and formed by divine
teaching, we dare to say
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Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy
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.
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Celebrant Deliver us, Lord, we pray, from every
evil, graciously grant peace in our days, that,
by the help of your mercy, we may always be free
from sin and safe from all distress, as we await
the blessed hope and the coming of our Saviour,
Jesus Christ.
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ALL For the kingdom, the power and the glory
are yours now, and for ever.
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Celebrant 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.
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SIGN OF PEACE
The peace of the Lord be with you always. ALL
And with your spirit. Let us offer each other
the sign of peace.
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PEACE BE WITH YOU
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AGNUS DEI (Lamb of God)
Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world,
have mercy on us (x2) Lamb of God, you take away
the sins of the world, grant us peace
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(Please kneel)
INVITATION TO COMMUNION
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. ALL Lord, I am not
worthy that you should enter under my roof,
but only say the word and my soul shall be
healed.
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COMMUNION
Communion is only for Baptised Catholics who have
received the Sacrament of the Eucharist.
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(Please be seated)
COMMUNION HYMN
CENTER OF MY LIFE
O Lord, you are the center of my life I will
always praise you I will always serve you I
will always keep you in my sight
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CENTER OF MY LIFE
Keep me safe O God, I take refuge in you. I say
to the Lord "You are my God, My happiness lies
in you alone, My happiness lies in you alone.
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CENTER OF MY LIFE
O Lord, you are the center of my life I will
always praise you I will always serve you I
will always keep you in my sight
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CENTER OF MY LIFE
I will bless you, Lord, you give me counsel, And
even at night direct my heart. I keep you, Lord,
ever in my sight Since you are at my right I
shall stand firm.
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CENTER OF MY LIFE
O Lord, you are the center of my life I will
always praise you I will always serve you I
will always keep you in my sight
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CENTER OF MY LIFE
You will show me the path of life, the fullness
of joy in your presence, at your right hand, at
your right hand happiness forever.
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CENTRE OF MY LIFE
O Lord, you are the center of my life I will
always praise you I will always serve you I
will always keep you in my sight
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(Please be seated)
THANKSGIVING HYMN
LET NOTHING DISTURB YOU
Let nothing disturb you or take away your
peace Make your home in God Let nothing alarm
you or hold your heart in fear Know that all
things fade away For God is unchanging God is
ever true God who loves you so
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LET NOTHING DISTURB YOU
So be patient with what is And everything is
yours All you need, our God will give For with
God in your heart, and your faith strong in
him Know you will forever live
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LET NOTHING DISTURB YOU
For God is unchanging God is ever true God who
loves you so Let nothing disturb you or take away
your peace Make your home make your home make
your home in God Amen
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(Please rise)
PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION
Let us pray May the working of this heavenly
gift, O Lord, we pray, take possession of our
minds and bodies, so that its effects, and not
our own desires, may always prevail in
us. Through Christ our Lord. ALL Amen.
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CONCLUDING RITES
The Lord be with you. ALL And with your
spirit. May almighty God bless you, the Father,
and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. ALL Amen.
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CONCLUDING RITES
Go forth, the Mass is ended. ALL Thanks be to
God.
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(Please rise)
RECESSIONAL HYMN
ALL IS WELL
When our life on earth is ended and the last day
of the world. We shall all be gathered in the
presence of our God. And in the things which now
are hidden, Which we cannot understand, We will
then see clearly God's loving, guiding hand.
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ALL IS WELL
None of us will say "If we had known these
things, There need not have been the
pain." Instead there will be joy at the amazing
love In everything ordained. And we'll
cry, "Lord, may you be blessed for all is
well. Lord, may you be blessed for all is
well. Lord, may you be blessed for all is well.
All is well forever."
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ALL IS WELL
For in spite of all our pain and the sorrow we
endure, God is truly with us and his love
forever sure. It is his will that we should
know We are always in his care - God holds us in
such love. We never need despair.
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ALL IS WELL
None of us will say "If we had known these
things, There need not have been the
pain." Instead there will be joy at the amazing
love In everything ordained. And we'll
cry, "Lord, may you be blessed for all is
well. Lord, may you be blessed for all is
well. Lord, may you be blessed for all is well.
All is well forever."
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ALL IS WELL
Lord, may you be blessed for all is well. Lord,
may you be blessed for all is well. Lord, may
you be blessed for all is well. All is well
forever."
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Thank you to each of you for Celebrating the
Life of Sister Deirdre O Loan with us