Memorial of Saint Alphonsus Liguori, Bishop and Doctor of the Church - August 1, 2025

INTROIT:
Come with Praise
(Dan Schutte)

Chorus:
Come with praise, people of God!
Come with your heart’s thanksgiving.
Sing for joy, house of the Lord!
Sing of your bounteous blessing!

Verse 1: SA
Come, you poor of the land,
all who live with hearts of hunger,
Come and taste the love of the Lord
and you will be filled.

Chorus:
Come with praise, people of God!
Come with your heart’s thanksgiving.
Sing for joy, house of the Lord!
Sing of your bounteous blessing!

Verse 2: TB
Come, you captives of fear,
all who bear the yoke of hatred,
God has heard the cry of your soul
and broken your chains.

Chorus:
Come with praise, people of God!
Come with your heart’s thanksgiving.
Sing for joy, house of the Lord!
Sing of your bounteous blessing!

Verse 3:
Come you wounded and worn,
all who know the face of sorrow,
God will heal the pain of your heart
and gladden your soul.

Chorus:
Come with praise, people of God!
Come with your heart’s thanksgiving.
Sing for joy, house of the Lord!
Sing of your bounteous blessing!

KYRIE:
Lord, Have Mercy
(Prof. Lester Delgado)

Cantor: Lord, have mercy
Choir: Lord, have mercy

Cantor: Christ, have mercy
Choir: Christ, have mercy

Cantor: Lord, have mercy
Choir: Lord, have mercy

GLORIA:
Glory to God
(Dom Bulan, SJ)

Antiphon:
Glory to God in the highest
and on Earth peace to people of goodwill
Glory to God in the highest
and on Earth peace to people of goodwill

Verse 1/Cantor:
We praise you, we bless you,
we adore you, we glorify you,
we give you thanks for your great glory,
O Lord God, heavenly King,
O God, almighty Father

Antiphon:
Glory to God in the highest
and on Earth peace to people of goodwill
Glory to God in the highest
and on Earth peace to people of goodwill

Verse 2/Cantor:
Lord Jesus Christ,
only Begotten 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 pray'r;
You are seated at the right hand of the Father:
have mercy on us.

Antiphon:
Glory to God in the highest
and on Earth peace to people of goodwill
Glory to God in the highest
and on Earth peace to people of goodwill

Verse 3/Choir:
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.

Antiphon:
Glory to God in the highest
and on Earth peace to people of goodwill
Glory to God in the highest
and on Earth peace to people of goodwill

Coda:
and on Earth peace to people of goodwill
Amen!

FIRST READING:
(Leviticus 23:1, 4-11, 15-16, 27, 34b-37)

The LORD said to Moses,
"These are the festivals of the LORD which you shall celebrate
at their proper time with a sacred assembly.
The Passover of the LORD falls on the fourteenth day of the first month,
at the evening twilight.
The fifteenth day of this month is the LORD's feast of Unleavened Bread.
For seven days you shall eat unleavened bread.
On the first of these days you shall hold a sacred assembly
and do no sort of work.
On each of the seven days you shall offer an oblation to the LORD.
Then on the seventh day you shall again hold a sacred assembly
and do no sort of work."

The LORD said to Moses, "Speak to the children of Israel and tell them:
When you come into the land which I am giving you,
and reap your harvest,
you shall bring a sheaf of the first fruits of your harvest
to the priest, who shall wave the sheaf before the LORD
that it may be acceptable for you.
On the day after the sabbath the priest shall do this.

"Beginning with the day after the sabbath,
the day on which you bring the wave-offering sheaf,
you shall count seven full weeks,
and then on the day after the seventh week, the fiftieth day,
you shall present the new cereal offering to the LORD.

"The tenth of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement,
when you shall hold a sacred assembly and mortify yourselves
and offer an oblation to the LORD.

"The fifteenth day of this seventh month is the LORD's feast of Booths,
which shall continue for seven days.
On the first day there shall be a sacred assembly,
and you shall do no sort of work.
For seven days you shall offer an oblation to the LORD,
and on the eighth day you shall again hold a sacred assembly
and offer an oblation to the LORD.
On that solemn closing you shall do no sort of work.

"These, therefore, are the festivals of the LORD
on which you shall proclaim a sacred assembly,
and offer as an oblation to the LORD burnt offerings and cereal offerings,
sacrifices and libations, as prescribed for each day."

RES.PSALM:
(Psalm 81:3-4, 5-6, 10-11ab)

(2a) Sing with joy to God our help,
Sing with joy to God.

Take up a melody, and sound the timbrel,
the pleasant harp and the lyre.
Blow the trumpet at the new moon,
at the full moon, on our solemn feast.

Sing with joy to God our help,
Sing with joy to God.

For it is a statute in Israel,
an ordinance of the God of Jacob,
Who made it a decree for Joseph
when he came forth from the land of Egypt.

Sing with joy to God our help,
Sing with joy to God.

There shall be no strange god among you
nor shall you worship any alien god.
I, the LORD, am your God
who led you forth from the land of Egypt.

Sing with joy to God our help,
Sing with joy to God.

ALLELUIA:
(1 Peter 1:25 / Mass of St. Therese)

The word of the Lord remains forever;
this is the word that has been proclaimed to you.

GOSPEL:
(Matthew 13:54-58)

Jesus came to his native place and taught the people in their synagogue.
They were astonished and said,
"Where did this man get such wisdom and mighty deeds?
Is he not the carpenter's son?
Is not his mother named Mary
and his brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas?
Are not his sisters all with us?
Where did this man get all this?"
And they took offense at him.
But Jesus said to them,
"A prophet is not without honor except in his native place
and in his own house."
And he did not work many mighty deeds there
because of their lack of faith.

OFFERTORIUM:
Lord, We Gather Today
(Prof. Lester Delgado)

Verse 1:
Lord, we gather today
In Your house, we kneel down and pray
We ask for your mercy as we open our hearts
To receive Your forgiveness, O Lord

Verse 2:
Lord, we lift up to You
All these gifts we offer for Your glory
We will eat this living bread,
We will drink this saving cup
And feel your presence O Lord

Refrain (2x):
As we offer this bread
and as we bring You this wine
Bless them Lord Jesus, feed us now, give us life
Send us Your Spirit, the source of our lives
And together we will serve You with love

SANCTUS:
Holy
(Manoling Francisco)

Holy, Holy, Holy
Lord God of host
Heaven and earth are full of your glory,
full of your glory

Hosanna in the highest!
Hosanna in the highest!

Blessed is he who comes in the name
of the Lord

Hosanna in the highest!
Hosanna in the highest!
Hosanna in the highest!
Hosanna in the highest!

MYSTERIUM FIDEI:
When We Eat this Bread
(Manoling Francisco)

When we eat this bread
and drink this cup
we proclaim your death, O Lord
Until you come again

Until you come again
we proclaim your death, O Lord

GRAN AMEN:
Amen
(Arnel Aquino, SJ)

Amen, amen, amen
Amen, amen, amen

PATER NOSTER:
Our Father/For the Kingdom
(Manoling Francisco)

Our Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name;
thy kingdom come,
thy 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, deliver us from evil.

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

AGNUS DEI:
Lamb of God
(Manoling Francisco)

Lamb of God,
you take away the sins of the world,
have mercy, have mercy on us.

Lamb of God,
you take away the sins of the world,
have mercy, have mercy on us.

Lamb of God
you take away of sins of the world,
grant us peace,
grant us peace.

COMMUNIO 1:
Christ, My Brother
(Eduardo Hontiveros)

Verse 1:
I saw you, Christ, the other day,
I looked and then I walked away,
Forgive my blindness, Lord, I pray:
I failed to recognize you, Jesus.

Refrain:
Please help me, Lord, to understand
That in each person lives my neighbor,
The Christ who bids us love each other,
And reach to each a helping hand.

Verse 2:
I meet Christ on the avenue,
His hair all matted up like glue,
His coat was tattered through and through
But Christ was reaching gently to me. 

Refrain:
Please help me, Lord, to understand
That in each person lives my neighbor,
The Christ who bids us love each other,
And reach to each a helping hand.

Verse 3:
The newsboy shouting on his beat,
The widow begging down the street,
The plow-man sweating in the heat,
This is the Christ who comes to greet me.

Refrain:
Please help me, Lord, to understand
That in each person lives my neighbor,

Coda:
The Christ who bids us love each other,
The Christ who bids us love each other,
The Christ who bids us love each other,
And reach to each a hel---ping hand.

COMMUNIO 2:
The Supper of the Lord
(Laurence Rosania)

Chorus:
Precious body, precious blood
Here in bread and wine
Here the Lord prepares the feast divine
Bread of love is broken now
Cup of life is poured
Come share the supper of the Lord

Verse 1/SA:
This is the bread of God
Coming down from heav'n
Giving life to us, to all the world

Chorus:
Precious body, precious blood
Here in bread and wine
Here the Lord prepares the feast divine
Bread of love is broken now
Cup of life is poured
Come share the supper of the Lord

Verse 2/TB:
I am the li-ving spring of eternal life
You that drink from me shall not thirst again

Chorus:
Precious body, precious blood
Here in bread and wine
Here the Lord prepares the feast divine
Bread of love is broken now
Cup of life is poured
Come share the supper of the Lord

Verse 3:
I am the bread of heav'n
giving life to you
You that eat this bread shall never die.

Chorus:
Precious body, precious blood
Here in bread and wine
Here the Lord prepares the feast divine
Bread of love is broken now
Cup of life is poured
Come share the supper of the Lord

Verse 4:
All those who feed on me
Have their life in me
As I have my life in the li-ving God

Chorus:
Precious body, precious blood
Here in bread and wine
Here the Lord prepares the feast divine
Bread of love is broken now
Cup of life is poured
Come share the supper of the Lord

RECESSIO:
Hymn to the Sacred Heart
(Traditional)

Verse 1:
O Sacred heart, O love Divine
Do keep us near to Thee
And make our love so like to Thine
That we may holy be

Refrain:
Heart of Jesus hear
O heart of love Divine
Listen to our pray'r
Make us always Thine

Verse 2:
O temple pure, O house of gold
Our heaven here below
What sweet delight, what wealth untold
From Thee do ever flow

Refrain:
Heart of Jesus hear
O heart of love Divine
Listen to our pray'r
Make us always Thine

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