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5th Sunday of Lent - 3rd Scrutiny

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We will be using readings from Cycle A during weeks 3-5 of Lent as the Elect (those who are preparing to be baptized) experience the Scrutinies, a series of rites that help the Elect continue to prepare for baptism and entrance into the Church.
This week, the Third Scrutiny will take place at the Saturday 5pm Mass.

Our Lenten mass parts will be sung from Missa Simplex by Richard Proulx.

Introductory Rite

Entrance Antiphon

(cantor) Give me justice, O God, and plead my cause against a nation that is faithless. From the deceitful and cunning rescue me, for you, O God, are my strength.

Processional Hymn - 479 - Lord, Who Throughout these Forty Days

Lord, who throughout these forty days
For us did fast and pray,
Teach us to overcome our sins,
And close by you to stay.

And through these days of penitence,
And through your Passiontide,
For evermore, in life and death,
O Lord! with us abide.

Abide with us that, that through this life
Of doubts and hopes and pain,
An Easter of unending joy
We may at last attain!

Text: Claudia F. Hernaman, 1838-1898, alt.

Sign of the Cross

Greeting

Kyrie

Cantor: Kyrie, eleison
All: Kyrie, eleison.
Cantor: Christe, eleison.
All: Christe, eleison.
Cantor: Kyrie, eleison.
All: Kyrie, eleison.

Collect

This prayer concludes the Introductory Rite of mass.

(please sit)

Liturgy of the Word

First Reading - Ez. 37: 12-14

Thus says the Lord GOD:
O my people, I will open your graves and have you rise from them, and bring you back to the land of Israel.
Then you shall know that I am the LORD,
when I open your graves and have you rise from them, O my people!
I will put my spirit in you that you may live,
and I will settle you upon your land; thus you shall know that I am the LORD.
I have promised, and I will do it, says the LORD.

The Word of the Lord

ALL: Thanks be to God

Responsorial Psalm –
Psalm 130

R. With the Lord there is mercy and fullness of redemption.

Out of the depths I cry to you, O LORD;
LORD, hear my voice!
O let your ears be attentive
to the sound of my pleadings.
R. With the Lord there is mercy and fullness of redemption.

If you, O LORD, should mark iniquities,
LORD, who can stand?
But with you is found forgiveness,
that you may be revered.
R. With the Lord there is mercy and fullness of redemption.

I long for you, OLORD;
my soul trusts in his word.
My soul hopes in the Lord more than watchmen for daybreak.
Let Israel hope for the LORD.
R. With the Lord there is mercy and fullness of redemption.

For with the LORD is mercy,
in him is plentiful redemption;
It is he who will redeem Israel
from all its iniquities.
R. With the Lord there is mercy and fullness of redemption.

Contributors: Michel Guimont
Tune: © 1994, GIA Publications, Inc.

2nd Reading – Romans 8:8-11

Brothers and sisters:
Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
But you are not in the flesh; on the contrary, you are in the spirit, if only the Spirit of God dwells in you.
Whoever does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him.
But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the spirit is alive because of righteousness.
If the Spirit of the one who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, the one who raised Christ from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies also, through his Spirit dwelling in you.

The Word of the Lord

ALL: Thanks be to God

Gospel Acclamation

Cantor: Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ, King of Endless glory!

ALL: Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ, King of Endless glory!

(Cantor) I am the resurrection and the life, says the Lord;
whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will never die.

ALL: Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ, King of Endless glory!

Gospel –
John 11: 3-7. 17, 20-27, 33b-45

Priest or Deacon: The Lord be with you.
ALL: And with your spirit.

Priest/Deacon: A reading from the Gospel according to John.
ALL: Glory to you, O Lord (while make a small sign of the Cross on the forehead, lips, and chest).

The sisters of Lazarus sent word to Jesus, saying,
“Master, the one you love is ill.”
When Jesus heard this he said,
“This illness is not to end in death, but is for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”
Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. So when he heard that he was ill,
he remained for two days in the place where he was. Then after this he said to his disciples,
"Let us go back to Judea.”

When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus
had already been in the tomb for four days.
When Martha heard that Jesus was coming,
she went to meet him; but Mary sat at home.
Martha said to Jesus,
“Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.
But even now I know that whatever you ask of God, God will give you.”
Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise.”
Martha said,
“I know he will rise, in the resurrection on the last day.”
Jesus told her,
“I am the resurrection and the life;
whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will live, and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?”
She said to him, “Yes, Lord.
I have come to believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, the one who is coming into the world.”

He became perturbed and deeply troubled, and said,
“Where have you laid him?”
They said to him, “Sir, come and see.”
And Jesus wept.
So the Jews said, “See how he loved him.”
But some of them said,
“Could not the one who opened the eyes of the blind man have done something so that this man would not have died?”

So Jesus, perturbed again, came to the tomb.
It was a cave, and a stone lay across it.
Jesus said, “Take away the stone.”
Martha, the dead man’s sister, said to him,
“Lord, by now there will be a stench; he has been dead for four days.”
Jesus said to her,
“Did I not tell you that if you believe you will see the glory of God?”
So they took away the stone.
And Jesus raised his eyes and said,
“Father, I thank you for hearing me.
I know that you always hear me;
but because of the crowd here I have said this, that they may believe that you sent me.”
And when he had said this,
He cried out in a loud voice,
“Lazarus, come out!”
The dead man came out, tied hand and foot with burial bands, and his face was wrapped in a cloth.
So Jesus said to them,
“Untie him and let him go.”

Now many of the Jews who had come to Mary and seen what he had done began to believe in him.

The Gospel of the Lord.

ALL: Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

Homily (please sit)

3rd Scrutiny of the Elect

(please sit)

Liturgy of the Eucharist

Offertory Hymn - 482 - The Cross of Jesus

Come, O God, renew your people,
We who long to see your face.
Strengthen hearts that have grown feeble;
Fill our lives with truth and grace.
Only you can win our freedom;
Only you can bring us peace.
Only in the cross of Jesus
Will the captives find release.

Deep within create a new heart;
Melt away the winter chill.
Help us now to make a new start,
Help us now to know your will.
Washed in waters of forgiveness,
Cleansed in water of new birth,
Lead us to the cross of Jesus,
Bringing life to all the earth.

In the darkness that surrounds us
We have lost you from our sight.
Even though your love has found us,
We embrace the powers of night.
Scatter now our deepest darkness.
Guide our hearts into the light.
Join us to the cross of Jesus,
Help us set our living right.

Call us forth to walk in justice.
Rescue us from sin and grave.
Through the power of your Spirit,
Breathe in us the breath that saves.
Strengthen us in our communion,
One in Word and cup and bread.
Here within the cross of Jesus,
All who hunger will be fed.

Sanctus

The Sanctus acclamation is sung to conclude the introduction of the eucharistic prayer.

(all sing)
Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God of hosts.
Heaven and earth are full of your glory.
Hosanna in the highest.
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
Hosanna in the highest.

Memorial Acclamation

The acclamation follows the priest’s invitation: The Mystery of Faith.

(all sing)
Save us, Savior of the world,
for by your Cross and Resurrection,
you have set us free.

Doxology:

The Eucharistic prayer concludes:

Priest: Through him, and with him, and in him, O God, almighty Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all glory and honor is yours, for ever and ever.

All (sung): Amen, amen, amen!
Amen, amen, amen!

Our Father

All: Our Father, who art in heaven,
Hallowed by your name.
Your kingdom come,
Your will be done
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread,
and forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass
against us,
and lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.

Priest: ... and the coming of our Savior, Jesus Christ.

All: For the kingdom, the power and the glory are yours now and for ever.

Sign of Peace

Priest The peace of the Lord be with you always.
All: And with your spirit.
To each other: Peace be with you.
(all may exchange a sign of peace)

Lamb of God (sung)

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.

Invitation to Communion

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.

All: Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof, but only say the word and my soul shall be healed.

Communion Antiphon

He who lives and believes in me will not die forever, said the Lord.

Musical settings copyright © 1996, 2011 by Richard Rice. All rights reserved. Antiphon texts from The Sacramentary (1985); English translation prepared by the International Commission on English in the Liturgy.

Communion Hymn - 945 - I Am the Bread of Life

I am the bread of life
You who come to Me shall not hunger
And who believe in Me shall not thirst
No one can come to Me
Unless the Father beckons
And I will raise you up
And I will raise you up
And I will raise you up on the last day
The bread that I will give
Is My flesh for the life of the world
And if you eat of this bread
You shall live forever
You shall live forever
And I will raise you up
And I will raise you up
And I will raise you up on the last day
Unless you eat of the flesh
of the Son of Man
and drink of his blood,
and drink of his blood,
you shall not have life within you.
And I will raise you up
And I will raise you up
And I will raise you up on the last day
I am the resurrection
I am the life
If you believe in Me
Even though you die
You shall live forever
And I will raise you up
And I will raise you up
And I will raise you up on the last day
Yes Lord we believe
That You are the Christ
The Son of God
Who has come
Into the world
And I will raise you up
And I will raise you up
And I will raise you up on the last day

Communion Hymn 2 (if needed) - Let Us Return to the Lord

Come, let us return to the Lord.
You who are torn, God will heal you;
You who are crushed, God will bind you up.

Let us know, let us press on to know the Lord,
For God’s appearing is as sure as the dawn.
God will come just as the faithful showers fall,
Just as the spring rains that water the earth.
God desires steadfast love, not sacrifice,
Knowledge of God instead of offerings.

Recessional Hymn - 469 - Remember You Are Dust

Turn away from sin
and be faithful to the Gospel.
Remember you are dust
and to dust you shall return.

Repent, the kingdom is at hand.
Repent, the kingdom is at hand.

Blow the trumpet in Zion.

Now, the acceptable time.
Now, the acceptable time.

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Missa Simplex
English translation of response from Lectionary for Mass, copyright © 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved. Music © 2010, 2011, World Library Publications.

Contributors: Richard T Proulx, International Commission on English in the Liturgy (ICEL)