20 May 2018 Solemnity of Pentecost Year B HHoly …

1 20 May 2018 Solemnity of Pentecost Year BEntrance Antiphon(To be recited only when no En-trance Hymn is sung.) The Spirit of the Lord has filled the whole world and that which contains all things un-derstands what is said. Alleluia!Greeting P May the love, grace, and peace of the Holy Spirit be with you all!All And with your spirit!Penitential ActP My brothers and sisters, let us realize how much we need the Holy Spirit in our life and in how many ways we have become unworthy of His presence in us. (Pause)P Lord jesus , you gave the Holy Spir it to you r disciples to be their Teacher and Ad-vocate.

2 Lord, have mercy!All Lord, have mercy!P Lord jesus , you gave your Church the Holy Spirit to lead her into the whole truth. Christ, have mercy!All Christ, have mercy!P Lord jesus , you gave your Church the Holy Spirit to be the sou rce of forgiveness and sanctification. Lord, have mercy!All Lord, have mercy!P May almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins, and bring us to everlasting Amen!GloriaAll Glory to God in the high-est, and on earth peace to peo-ple of good will. We praise you, we bless you, we adore you, we glorify you, we give you thanks for your great glory, Lord God, heavenly King, O God, almighty Father.

3 Lord jesus Christ, Only Begot ten Son, Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, you take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us; 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. 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!Collect (Opening Prayer)P O God, who by the mys-tery of today s great feast sanc-tify your whole Church in every people and nation, pour out, we pray, the gifts of the Holy Spirit across the face of the earth and, with the divine grace that was at work when the Gospel was first proclaimed, fill now once more the hearts of believers.

4 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 Amen!We live in a world torn by confl icting interests, jealousy, aggres-siveness, and so many forms of enslavement. All this is the consequence of SIN, from the fi rst to the latest sin that has darkened the horizon of mankind. Left to ourselves, we would have been unable to overcome such destructive forces. That is why God promised and sent the Holy Spirit, as the divine healing Power that can undo the tragedies of division, mistrust, hatred, and death brought about by human sinfulness.

5 As we commemorate the descent of the Holy Spirit over the disciples gathered in the Upper Room, let us open our hearts to Him so that we, too, may share in their wonderful experience. May the Holy Spirit fashion us to the likeness of jesus and into a community characterized by mutual acceptance, appreciation, solidarity, and Spirit, Strengthen Us!Holy Spirit, Strengthen Us!Liturgical Leafl et for an Active Participation in the Celebration of the Eucharist1st Reading Acts 2:1-11 The descent of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost Day fulfilled the promise made by jesus at the Last Supper and before he ascended into heaven.

6 From that moment on, mankind started be-coming the new people of God, characterized by harmony, soli-darity, and brotherly A proclamation from the Acts of the Apostles When the time for Pente-cost was fulfilled, the disciples were all in one place together. And suddenly there came from the sky a noise like a strong driving wind, and it filled the entire house in which they were. Then there appeared to them tongues as of fire, which parted and came to rest on each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in different tongues, as the Spirit enabled them to proclaim.

7 Now there were devout Jews from every nation un-der heaven staying in Jeru-salem. At this sound, they gath-ered in a large crowd, but they were confused because each one heard them speaking in his own language. They were astounded, and in amazement they asked, Are not all these people who are speaking Gal-ileans? Then how does each of us hear them in his native language? We are Parthians, Medes and Elamites, inhabit-ants of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphy-lia, Egypt and the districts of Libya near Cyrene, as well as travelers from Rome, both Jews and converts to Juda-ism, Cretans and Arabs, yet we hear them speaking in our own tongues of the mighty acts of God.

8 The Word of the Lord!All Thanks be to God! 20 May 2018are one body, so also Christ. For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, wheth-er Jews or Greeks, slaves or free persons, and we were all given to drink of one Spirit. The Word of the Lord!All Thanks be to God!SequenceCome, Holy Spirit, come!And from your celestial home Shed a ray of light divine!Come, Father of the poor!Come, source of all our store! Come, within our bosoms shine!You, of comforters the best;You, the soul s most welcome guest; Sweet refreshment here below;In our labor, rest most sweet;Grateful coolness in the heat; Solace in the midst of most blessed Light divine,Shine within these hearts of yours, And our inmost being fi ll!

9 Where you are not, we have naught,Nothing good in deed or thought, Nothing free from taint of our wounds, our strength renew;On our dryness, pour your dew; Wash the stains of guilt the stubborn heart and will;Melt the frozen, warm the chill; Guide the steps that go the faithful, who adoreAnd confess you, evermore In your sevenfold gift them virtue s sure reward;Give them your salvation, Lord; Give them joys that never end. Amen! Alleluia!Gospel Acclamation All Alleluia! Alleluia! Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and kindle in them the fire of your love.

10 Alleluia! Alleluia!Gospel Jn 20:19-23 St. John tells us that the Holy Spirit was the first gift that the Risen Christ gave to his Responsorial Psalm Ps 104R Lord, send out your Spirit, and renew the face of the earth! F Dm C FR. M. VelezLord, send out your Spi-rit, and re-new the face of the earth! Bb C F * Bless the Lord, O my soul! O Lord, my God, you are great indeed! How manifold are your works, O Lord! The earth is full of your creatures. R.* May the glory of the Lord endure forever; may the Lord be glad in his works!