Liturgical Information
Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time (C)

Themes & Motives: love, universality, Christ's presence, prophecy

Introit:
Save us, Lord our God, and gather us together from the nations, that we may proclaim your holy name and glory in your praise. (Psalm 105:47)

Opening Prayer:
Lord our God,
help us to love you with all our hearts
and to love all men as you love them.
Grant 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.

• Jeremiah 1:4-5,17-19 [I have appointed you a prophet to the nations. /v.5]
• Psalm 71:1-2 / 3-4 / 5-6 / 15,17 [R. I will sing of your salvation. /v.15ab]
• I Corinthians 12:31 - 13:13 [But now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love. /v.13]
• Gospel Verse: Luke 4:18 [The Lord sent me to bring glad tidings to the poor, to proclaim liberty to captives.]
• Luke 4:21-30 [No prophet is welcome in his home town. /v.24]

Prayer over the Gifts:
Lord,
be pleased with the gifts we bring to your altar,
and make them the sacrament of our salvation.
We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.

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

By his birth we are reborn.
In his suffering we are freed from sin.
By his rising from the dead we rise to everlasting life.
In his return to you in glory
we enter into your heavenly kingdom.

And so, we join the angels and the saints
as they sing their unending hymn of praise:

  Holy, holy, holy Lord...

Communion Antiphon:
Happy are the poor in spirit; the kingdom of heaven is theirs! Happy are the lowly; they shall inherit the land. (Matthew 5:3-4)

Prayer after Communion:
Lord,
you invigorate us with this help to our salvation.
By this eucharist give the true faith continued growth
throughout the world.
We ask this in the name of Jesus the Lord. Amen.