St Joseph's Chapel Fuengirola

The Priest alone says:

You are indeed Holy, O Lord,

and all you have created

rightly gives you praise,

for through your Son our Lord Jesus Christ,

by the power and working of the Holy Spirit,

you give life to all things 

and make them holy,

and you never cease 

to gather a people to yourself,

so that from the rising of the sun to its setting

a pure sacrifice may be offered 

to your name.

Therefore, O Lord, we humbly implore you:

by the same Spirit graciously make holy

these gifts we have brought to you 

for consecration,

that they may become the Body and  Blood

of your Son our Lord Jesus Christ,

at whose command we celebrate 

these mysteries.

For on the night he was betrayed

he himself took bread,

and, giving you thanks, he said the blessing,

broke the bread 

and gave it to his disciples, saying:

Take this, all of you, and eat of it,

for this is my Body,

which will be given up for you.

In a similar way, when supper was ended,

he took the chalice,

and, giving you thanks, he said the blessing,

and gave the chalice to his disciples, saying:

Take this, all of you, and drink from it,

for this is the chalice of my Blood,

the Blood of the new 

and eternal covenant,

which will be poured out 

for you and for many

for the forgiveness of sins.

Do this in memory of me.

After the words of Consecration the priest says:

The mystery of faith.

The people continue, acclaiming:

Either:

We proclaim your Death, O Lord,

and profess your Resurrection

until you come again.

Or:

When we eat this Bread 

and drink this Cup,

we proclaim your Death, O Lord,

until you come again.

Or:

Save us, Saviour of the world,

for by your Cross and Resurrection

you have set us free.

Therefore, O Lord, 

as we celebrate the memorial

of the saving Passion of your Son,

his wondrous Resurrection

and Ascension into heaven,

and as we look forward 

to his second coming,

we offer you in thanksgiving

this holy and living sacrifice.

Look, we pray, upon 

the oblation of your Church

and, recognizing the sacrificial Victim 

by whose death

you willed to reconcile us to yourself,

grant that we, who are nourished

by the Body and Blood of your Son

and filled with his Holy Spirit,

may become one body, one spirit in Christ.

May he make of us

an eternal offering to you,

so that we may obtain 

an inheritance with your elect,

especially with the most 

Blessed Virgin Mary, 

Mother of God,

with blessed Joseph, her Spouse,

with your blessed Apostles 

and glorious Martyrs

(with Saint N.: the Saint of the day 

or Patron Saint)

and with all the Saints,

on whose constant intercession 

in your presence

we rely for unfailing help.

May this Sacrifice of our reconciliation,

we pray, O Lord,

advance the peace 

and salvation of all the world.

Be pleased to confirm in faith and charity

your pilgrim Church on earth,

with your servant N. our Pope 

and N. our Bishop,

the Order of Bishops, all the clergy,

and the entire people 

you have gained for your own.

Listen graciously to the prayers of this family,

whom you have summoned before you:

in your compassion, O merciful Father,

gather to yourself all your children

scattered throughout the world.

To our departed brothers and sisters

and to all who were pleasing to you

at their passing from this life,

give kind admittance to your kingdom.

There we hope to enjoy for ever 

the fullness of your glory

through Christ our Lord,

through whom you bestow on the world 

all that is good.

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When this Eucharistic Prayer is used in Masses for the Dead, the following may be said instead:

Remember your servant N.

whom you have called (today)

from this world to yourself.

Grant that he (she) 

who was united with your Son 

in a death like his,

may also be one with him 

in his Resurrection,

when from the earth

he will raise up in the flesh 

those who have died,

and transform our lowly body

after the pattern of his own glorious body.

To our departed brothers and sisters, too,

and to all who were pleasing to you

at their passing from this life,

give kind admittance to your kingdom.

There we hope to enjoy for ever 

the fullness of your glory,

when you will wipe away 

every tear from our eyes.

For seeing you, our God, as you are,

we shall be like you for all the ages

and praise you without end,

through Christ our Lord,

through whom you bestow on the world 

all that is good.

– – – – – – – – – –

At the conclusion of the Eucharistic Prayer the Priest takes the chalice and the paten with the host and, raising both, he alone says:

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 Communion Rite

The Lord’s Prayer

The congregation stands and the Priest says:

At the Saviour’s command

and formed by divine teaching, 

we dare to say:

Together with the people, he continues:

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 from evil.

The Priest alone continues, saying:

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.

The people conclude the prayer, acclaiming:

For the kingdom,

the power and the glory are yours

now and for ever.

Then the Priest alone says aloud:

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.

The people reply:

Amen.

The Priest adds:

The peace of the Lord be with you always.

The people reply:

And with your spirit.

The Deacon, or the Priest, adds:

Let us offer each other the sign of peace.

And all offer one another the customary sign of peace:

Breaking of the Bread

During the breaking of the host the following is said:

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.

After the Lamb of God, the people kneel.

Invitation to Communion

After his private prayers of preparation the Priest genuflects, takes the host and, holding it slightly raised above the paten or above the chalice says aloud:

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.

And together with the people he adds once:

Lord, I am not worthy

that you should enter under my roof,

but only say the word 

and my soul shall be healed.

Communion

After the priest has reverently consumed the Body and Blood of Christ the communicants come forward in reverent procession, and make a preparatory act of reverence by bowing their head in honour of Christ’s presence in the Sacrament. They receive Holy Communion. The Priest says:

The Body of Christ.

The communicant replies:

Amen.

After the distribution of Communion, if appropriate, a sacred silence may be observed for a while, or a psalm or other canticle of praise or a hymn may be sung.

Prayer after Communion

Then, the Priest says:

Let us pray.

All stand and pray in silence. Then the Priest says the Prayer after Communion, at the end of which the people acclaim:

Amen.

The Concluding Rites

Any brief announcements to the people follow here. Then the dismissal takes place. Sometimes this takes a more elaborate form than that given below.

Blessing

The Lord be with you.

And with your spirit.

May almighty God bless you,

the Father, and the Son,  and the Holy Spirit.

Amen.

Dismissal

Then the Priest himself, says:

Either: Go forth, the Mass is ended.

Or: Go and announce the Gospel of the Lord.

Or: Go in peace, 

glorifying the Lord by your life.

Or: Go in peace.

The people reply:

Thanks be to God.