Liturgical Information
Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B)

Themes & Motives: life, healing, faith, trust, light

Introit:
All nations, clap your hands. Shout with a voice of joy to God.  Psalm 47:2 [Roman Missal (Sacramentary)]

Omnes gentes plaudite manibus: iubilate Deo in voce exsultationis.
Ps. Quoniam Dominus excelsus, terribilis: Rex magnus super omnem terram. [Graduale Romanum, p.297]

Omnes gentes plaudite manibus: iubilate Deo in voce exsultationis.
Ps. Quoniam Dominus excelsus, terribilis: Rex magnus super omnem terram. [Gregorian Missal, p.487]

Choose one Antiphona ad introitum and Psalmus from any of the eight Masses for Ordinary Time [Graduale simplex, pp.215-252]

Opening Prayer:
Father,
you call your children
to walk in the light of Christ.
Free us from darkness
and keep us in the radiance of your truth.
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.

Lectionary Readings:

• Wisdom 1:13-15; 2:23-24 [By the envy of the devil, death entered the world. /v.24]
• Psalm 30:2,4 / 5-6 / 11, 12a,13b [R. I will praise you, Lord, for you have rescued me. /v.2a]
• II Cor 8:7,9,13-15 [Though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor. /v.9]
• Gospel Verse: see II Tm 1:10 [Our Savior Jesus Christ destroyed death and brought life to light through the Gospel.]
• Mark 5:21-43 ["Little girl, I say to you, arise!" /v.41]

Offertory Antiphon:
As though it were holocausts of rams and bullocks, or thousands of fat lambs, so let our sacrifice be in your presence today as we follow you unreservedly; for those who trust in you cannot be put to shame.  Daniel 3:40 **
     Verses of  Psalm 128  or  Psalm 125  can also be sung between repetitions of the antiphon.

Sicut in holocausto arietum at taurorum, et sicut in millibus agnorum pinguinum: sic fiat sacrificium nostrum in conspectu tuo hodie, ut placeat tibi: quia non est confusio confidentibus in te Domine. [Graduale Romanum, p.299]

Sicut in holocausto arietum at taurorum, et sicut in millibus agnorum pinguinum: sic fiat sacrificium nostrum in conspectu tuo hodie, ut placeat tibi: quia non est confusio confidentibus in te Domine. [Gregorian Missal, p.489]

Choose one Antiphona ad offertorium and Psalmus from any of the eight Masses for Ordinary Time [Graduale simplex, pp.215-252]

Prayer over the Gifts:
Lord God,
through your sacraments
you give us the power of your grace.
May this eucharist
help us to serve you faithfully.
We ask this in the name of Jesus the Lord. Amen.

Preface for Sundays in Ordinary Time V: [Creation]
Father, all-powerful and ever-living God,
we do well always and everywhere to give you thanks.

All things are of your making,
all times and seasons obey your laws,
but you chose to create man in your own image,
setting him over the whole world in all its wonder.
You made man the steward of creation,
to praise you day by day for the marvels of your wisdom and power,
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

We praise you, Lord, with all the angels
in their song of joy:

  Holy, holy, holy Lord...

Communion Antiphon:
O bless the Lord, my soul, and all that is within me bless his holy name.  Psalm 103:1
    -- or --
Father, I pray for them: may they be one in us, so that the world may believe it was you who sent me.  Jn 17:20-21
[Roman Missal (Sacramentary)]

(B/C) Inclina aurem tuam, accelera, ut eruas nos.  Psalm 31:3ab [Graduale Romanum, p.300]
     Psalm 31:2,3cd,6,7,8ab,8c-9,20ab,20cd,21ab,21cd,24,25 can also be sung between repetitions of this antiphon.

(B/C) Inclina aurem tuam, accelera, ut eruas nos.  Psalm 31:3ab [Gregorian Missal, p.491]

Choose one Antiphona ad communionem and Psalmus from any of the eight Masses for Ordinary Time [Graduale simplex, pp.215-252]

Prayer after Communion:
Lord,
may this sacrifice and communion
give us a share in your life
and help us to bring your love to the world.
Grant this through Christ our Lord. Amen.

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