Liturgical Information
Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (A)

Themes & Motives: salvation, deliverance, faith, mercy

Introit:
The Lord is my light and my salvation. Who shall frighten me? The Lord is the defender of my life. Who shall make me tremble? [Psalm 27:1-2]

Opening Prayer:
God of wisdom and love,
source of all good,
send your Spirit to teach us your truth
and guide our actions
in your way of peace.
We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

• Hosea 6:3-6 [For I delight in loyalty rather than sacrifice. /v.6]
• Psalm 50:1,8 / 12-13 / 14-15 [R. To the upright I will show the saving power of God. /v.23b]
• Romans 4:18-25 ["A father of many nations have I made you." /v.18]
• Gospel Verse: See Lk 4:18 [The Lord sent me to bring glad tidings to the poor, and to proclaim liberty to captives.]
• Matthew 9:9-13 [I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners. /v.13]

Offertory Antiphon: **
Give light to my eyes that I may not sleep in death lest my enemy say, "I have overcome him." [Psalm 13:4b-5a]
     Verses of  Psalm 13  can also be sung between repetitions of the antiphon.

Prayer over the Gifts:
Lord,
look with love on our service.
Accept the gifts we bring
and help us grow in Christian love.
Grant this through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Preface for Sundays in Ordinary Time II: [The Mystery of Salvation]
Father, all-powerful and ever-living God,
we do well always and everywhere to give you thanks
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Out of love for sinful man,
he humbled himself to be born of the Virgin.

By suffering on the cross
he freed us from unending death,
and by rising from the dead
he gave us eternal life.

And so with all the choirs of angels in heaven
we proclaim your glory
and join in their unending hymn of praise:

  Holy, holy, holy Lord...

Communion Antiphon:
God is love, and he who lives in love, lives in God, and God in him. [I John 4:16]

Prayer after Communion:
Lord,
may your healing love
turn us from sin
and keep us on the way that leads to you.
We ask this in the name of Jesus the Lord. Amen.

** An official, approved English translation of the Offertory Antiphon has never been published. The offertory antiphon used here is cited in Latin, (Illumina oculos meus) in the Graduale Romanum and (Illumina oculos meos, Domine) in the Graduale simplex. The English is from the New American Bible, a Scripture translation approved for liturgical use in the United States.

The English translation of the Introit, Opening Prayer, Psalm Refrain, Gospel Verse, Prayer over the Gifts, Preface, Communion Antiphon and Prayer after Communion from The Roman Missal, Copyright 1973, International Committee on English in the Liturgy, Inc. All rights reserved.

Excerpts from the First Reading, Second Reading and Gospel are taken from the New American Standard Bible ® © Copyright 1973 The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission.