7th July 2017

Catholic High School

School Opening Mass 2018
ANTIPHON – Ps 46: 2 Entrance Hymn

All peoples, clap your

hands.
Cry to God with shouts of
joy!

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 LET US STAND

ENTRANCE HYMN
Sing A New Song
SING A NEW SONG EH

Sing a new song unto the

Lord
Let your song be sung
From mountains high
Sing a new song unto the
Lord
Singing Alleluia
SING A NEW SONG EH

Yahweh’s people dance for

joy,
O Come before the Lord
And play for him
On glad tambourines
And let your trumpet sound
SING A NEW SONG EH

Sing a new song unto the

Lord
Let your song be sung
From mountains high
Sing a new song unto the
Lord
Singing Alleluia
SING A NEW SONG EH

Rise, O Children, from your

sleep
Your savior now has come
He has turned your sorrow
to joy
And filled your soul with
song
SING A NEW SONG EH

Sing a new song unto the

Lord
Let your song be sung
From mountains high
Sing a new song unto the
Lord
Singing Alleluia
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GREETING (SET 1)

Priest:
The grace of our Lord Jesus
Christ, and the love of God,
and the communion of the Holy
Spirit be with you all.
R:
And with your spirit.
PENITENTIAL ACT (1)
PENITENTIAL ACT (1) Fr. Anthony Thomas No.1

Priest :
Brethren (brothers and
sisters), let us acknowledge
our sins, and so prepare
ourselves to celebrate the
sacred mysteries.
A brief pause for silence follows.
PENITENTIAL ACT (1) Fr. Anthony Thomas No.1

R:
I confess to almighty God
and to you, my brothers and
sisters,
PENITENTIAL ACT (1) Fr. Anthony Thomas No.1

R:
that I have greatly sinned,
in my thoughts and in my
words,
PENITENTIAL ACT (1) Fr. Anthony Thomas No.1

in what I have done and in

what I have failed to do,
PENITENTIAL ACT (1) Fr. Anthony Thomas No.1

And striking their breast,

they say
through my fault, through my
fault,
through my most grievous
fault;
PENITENTIAL ACT (1) Fr. Anthony Thomas No.1

therefore I ask blessed Mary

ever-Virgin,
all the Angels and Saints,
PENITENTIAL ACT (1) Fr. Anthony Thomas No.1

and you, my brothers and

sisters,
to pray for me to the Lord
our God.
PENITENTIAL ACT (1)

Priest :
May almighty God have mercy
on us,
forgive us our sins,
and bring us to everlasting
life.
R: Amen.
PENITENTIAL ACT (1)

Priest: Lord, have mercy.

R: Lord, have mercy.
PENITENTIAL ACT (1)

Priest: Christ, have mercy.

R: Christ, have mercy.
PENITENTIAL ACT (1)

Priest: Lord, have mercy.

R: Lord, have mercy.
LET US PRAY
FIRST READING
1 John 3: 11-21
This is the message as you
heard it from the beginning:
that we are to love one
another;
not to be like Cain, who
belonged to the Evil One
and cut his brother’s throat;
cut his brother’s throat
simply for this reason,
that his own life was evil and
his brother lived a good life.
You must not be surprised
brothers, when the world
hates you;
we have passed out of death
and into life,
and of this we can be sure
because we love our
brothers.
If you refuse to love, you
must remain dead;
to hate your brother is to be
a murderer;
and murderers as you know,
do not have eternal life in
them.
This has taught us love –
that he gave up his life for
us;
and we, too, ought to give up
our lives for our brothers;
If a man who was rich
enough in this world’s goods
saw that one of his brothers
was in need, but closed his
heart to him, how could the
love of God be living in him?
My children,
our love is not to be just
words or mere talk, but
something real and active;
only by this can we be
certain that we are children
of the truth
and be able to quieten our
conscience in his presence,
whatever accusations it may
raise against us, because
God is greater than our
conscience and he knows
everything;
My dear people,
if we cannot be condemned
by our own conscience;
we need not be afraid in
God’s presence.
 EH

Lector:
The Word of the Lord.

R:
Thanks be to God.
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RESPONSORIAL PSALM
Psalm 99
 Response
Cry out with joy to the
Lord, all the earth.
Cry out with joy to the Lord,
all the earth;
Serve the Lord with
gladness.
Come before him, singing for
joy.
 Response
Cry out with joy to the
Lord, all the earth.
Know that he, the Lord, is
God.
He made us, we belong to
him,
we are his people, the sheep
of his flock.
Go within the gates, giving
thanks.
Enter his courts with songs
of praise.
Give thanks to him and bless
his name.
 Response
Cry out with joy to the
Lord, all the earth.
Indeed, how good is the
Lord,
eternal his merciful love.
He is faithful from age to
age.
 Response
Cry out with joy to the
Lord, all the earth.
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GOSPEL ACCLAMATION

Cantor:
Alleluia, alleluia!
Alleluia!

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GOSPEL ACCLAMATION

All:
Alleluia, alleluia!
Alleluia!

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GOSPEL ACCLAMATION

Cantor:
Gospel Verse

At various times in the past

and in various different ways,
God spoke to our ancestors
through the prophets;
but in our own time, the last
days,
he has spoken to us through
his Son.
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION

All:
Alleluia, alleluia!
Alleluia!

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 Fr. Anthony Thomas No.1

Priest: The Lord be with you.

All: And with your spirit.
 Fr. Anthony Thomas No.1

Priest:
A reading from the holy
Gospel according to John.
All: Glory to you, O Lord.
 GOSPEL
John 1: 43-51
After Jesus had decided to
leave for Galilee, he met
Philip and said. ‘Follow me.’
Philip came from the same
town, Bethsaida, as Andrew
and Peter. Philip found
Nathanael and said to him,
“We have found the one
Moses wrote about in the
Law, the one about whom the
Prophets wrote: he is Jesus
son of Joseph, form
Nazareth.” ‘From Nazareth?”
said Nathanael. ‘Can anything
good come from that place?’
‘Come and see; replied Philip.
“When Jesus say Nathanael
coming he said of him,
“There is an Israelite who
deserves the name, incapable
of deceit.’ ‘How do you know
me?’ said Nathanael.
‘Before Philip came to call
you,’ said Jesus, ‘I saw you
under the fig tree.’ Nathanael
answered, ‘Rabbi, you are the
Son of God, you are the King
of Israel.’
Jesus replied, ‘You believe
that just because I said: I saw
you under the fig tree. You
will see greater things than
that.”
And then he added, ‘I tell you
most solemnly, you will see
heaven laid open and, above
the Son of Man, the angels of
God ascending and
descending.’
 EH

Priest:
The Gospel of the Lord.

R:
Praise to you Lord
Jesus Christ.
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 GENERAL INTERCESSIONS

Lord hear our prayer.

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PREPERATION OF GIFTS (2)
LORD I OFFER MY LIFE TO
YOU

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LORD I OFFER MY LIFE TO YOU O
H

All that I am,

all that I have
I lay them down before you,
oh Lord
LORD I OFFER MY LIFE TO YOU O
H

All my regrets,
all my acclaims
The joy and the pain,
I'm making them yours
LORD I OFFER MY LIFE TO YOU O
H

Lord, I offer my life to you

Everything I've been through
Use it for your glory
LORD I OFFER MY LIFE TO YOU O
H

Lord I offer my days to you

Lifting my praise to you

As a pleasing sacrifice
Lord I offer you my life
LORD I OFFER MY LIFE TO YOU O
H

Things in the past,

things yet unseen
Wishes and dreams that
are yet to come true
LORD I OFFER MY LIFE TO YOU O
H

All of my heart,
all of my praise
My heart and my hands
are lifted to you
LORD I OFFER MY LIFE TO YOU O
H

Lord, I offer my life to you

Everything I've been through
Use it for your glory
LORD I OFFER MY LIFE TO YOU O
H

Lord I offer my days to you

Lifting my praise to you

As a pleasing sacrifice
Lord I offer you my life
 Fr. Anthony Thomas No.1

Priest:
Pray, brethren (brothers and
sister), that my sacrifice and
yours may be acceptable to
God, the almighty Father.
 Fr. Anthony Thomas No.1

R:
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.
 Fr. Anthony Thomas No.1

Priest:
The Lord be with you.

R:
And with your spirit.
 Fr. Anthony Thomas No.1

Priest:
Lift up your hearts.

R:
We lift them up to the Lord.
 Fr. Anthony Thomas No.1

Priest:
Let us give thanks to the
Lord our God.

R:
It is right and just.
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HOLY, HOLY (1)

Holy, Holy, Holy Lord

God of Hosts.
Heaven and earth are full
of your glory.
Hosanna in the highest.
HOLY, HOLY (2)

Blessed is he who comes

in the name of the Lord.
Hosanna in the highest.
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MEMORIAL ACCLAMATION
MEMORIAL ACCLAMATION

When we eat this Bread and

drink this Cup, we proclaim
your Death, O Lord, until
you come again.
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 EH

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.
Amen.
THE LORD’S PRAYER

Our Father, who art in

heaven,
hallowed be thy name;
thy kingdom come,
thy will be done on earth as
it is in heaven.
THE LORD’S PRAYER

Give us this day our daily

bread,
and forgive us our
trespasses,
as we forgive those who
trespass against us;
THE LORD’S PRAYER

and lead us not into

temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
Deliver us, Lord, we pray, from
every evil, graciously grant peace in
our days, that, by the help of your
mercy, we may be always free from
sin and safe from all distress, as we
await the blessed hope and the
coming of our Saviour, Jesus
Christ.
All:
For the kingdom,
the power,
and the glory are yours,
now and forever.
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.
 Fr. Anthony Thomas No.1

R:
Amen.
 Fr. Anthony Thomas No.1

Priest:
The peace of the Lord be
with you always.
R:
And with your spirit.
Priest:
Let us offer each other the
sign of peace.
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Lamb of God,
you take away the sins of
the world,
have mercy on us.
Lamb of God,
you take away the sins of
the world,
have mercy on us.
Lamb of God,
you take away the sins of
the world,
grant us peace.
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Priest:
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.
R:
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 is a sacred sign
of our unity with the Church
founded by Jesus Christ.
Baptised and practising
Catholics may receive Holy
Communion.
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ANTIPHON Entrance Hymn

Bless the Lord, O my soul,

and all within me, his holy
name.

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THANKSGIVING HYMN
Give Thanks
GIVE THANKS CH

Give thanks with a

grateful heart,
Give thanks to the
Holy One,
Give thanks, because
He's given Jesus
Christ, His Son
GIVE THANKS CH

Give thanks with a

grateful heart,
Give thanks to the
Holy One,
Give thanks, because
He's given Jesus
Christ, His Son
GIVE THANKS CH

And now let the weak say,

"I am strong"
Let the poor say "I am rich”
Because of what the Lord
has done for us
GIVE THANKS CH

And now let the weak say,

"I am strong"
Let the poor say "I am rich”
Because of what the Lord
has done for us
GIVE THANKS CH

Give thanks with a

grateful heart,
Give thanks to the
Holy One,
Give thanks, because
He's given Jesus
Christ, His Son
GIVE THANKS CH

Give thanks with a

grateful heart,
Give thanks to the
Holy One,
Give thanks, because
He's given Jesus
Christ, His Son
GIVE THANKS CH

And now let the weak say,

"I am strong"
Let the poor say "I am rich”
Because of what the Lord
has done for us
GIVE THANKS CH

And now let the weak say,

"I am strong"
Let the poor say "I am rich”
Because of what the Lord
has done for us
 PRIEST’S
ANNOUNCEMENT
FINAL BLESSING
 Fr. Anthony Thomas No.1

Priest:
The Lord be with you.

R:
And with your spirit.
 Fr. Anthony Thomas No.1

All:
Thanks be to God.
RECESSIONAL HYMN
Shine, Jesus Shine
SHINE, JESUS SHINE RH

Lord, the Light of Your Love

is shining,
In the midst of the darkness
shining
SHINE, JESUS SHINE RH

Jesus, Light of the World,

shine upon us,
Set us free by the truth
You now bring us,
Shine on me, shine on me
SHINE, JESUS SHINE RH

Shine, Jesus shine,

Fill this land with the
Father's glory.

Blaze, Spirit blaze,

Set our hearts on fire.
SHINE, JESUS SHINE RH

Flow, river flow,

Flood the nations with
grace and mercy

Send forth Your word,

Lord and let there be light
SHINE, JESUS SHINE RH

Lord I come to Your

awesome presence,
From the shadows into
Your radiance
SHINE, JESUS SHINE RH

By the blood I may enter

Your brightness,
Search me, try me,
consume all my darkness
Shine on me, shine on me
SHINE, JESUS SHINE RH

Shine, Jesus shine,

Fill this land with the
Father's glory.

Blaze, Spirit blaze,

Set our hearts on fire.
SHINE, JESUS SHINE RH

Flow, river flow,

Flood the nations with
grace and mercy

Send forth Your word,

Lord and let there be light