Liturgical Leaflet for an Active Participation in the Celebration of the Eucharist

6 August 2017 Transfiguration of Our Lord Year A

PARISH PRIESTS SUNDAY

JESUS, SON AND SERVANT OF THE FATHER

J esus transfiguration on Mount Tabor was a memorable event

not only in his life but also in the lives of the three privileged
disciples: Peter, James, and John. The event was for Jesus a mo-
ment of revelation and glory. It was also an arming experience for
the three disciples whose faith in Jesus would soon be subjected to a
serious test during his passion and death.
Jesus transfiguration should likewise be an arming experience for
all of us who need to relate to him as the sure source of our salvation
and inspiration, especially in moments of crisis and discouragement.
May our participation in this Eucharist make us share in Jesus strength.
Today is John Vianney Sunday or Parish Priests Sunday a day
devoted to honor all parish priests, but in a special manner our own
parish priest. In gratitude for their vital service, let us oer this Eucha-
rist for our own parish priest and all those who exercise this fatherly
ministry throughout the world.

P Lord Jesus, you taught us and bring us to everlasting life.

that those who welcome All Amen!
their neighbor welcome
you. For the times we Gloria
Entrance Antiphon chose to forget this great All Glory to God in the high-
(To be recited only when no Entrance truth, Lord, have mercy!
Hymn is sung.)
est, and on earth peace to people
All Lord, have mercy! of good will. We praise you,
In a resplendent cloud the we bless you, we adore you, we
Holy Spirit appeared. The P Lord Jesus, you taught us
that you consider as done glorify you, we give you thanks
Fathers voice was heard: This for your great glory, Lord God,
is my beloved Son, with whom I to yourself what we do to
heavenly King, O God, almighty
am well pleased. Listen to him. our brothers and sisters.
Father.
For the times we have
Lord Jesus Christ, Only Be-
Greeting failed to see and love you
in them, Christ, have mer- gotten Son, Lord God, Lamb of
P May the peace and grace of God, Son of the Father, you take
our Lord Jesus Christ who res- cy!
All Christ, have mercy! away the sins of the world, have
cued us from eternal damnation mercy on us; you take away the
be with you all! P Lord Jesus, you taught us sins of the world, receive our
All And with your spirit! that we should love you prayer; you are seated at the right
Penitential Act above everything and ev- hand of the Father, have mercy
erybody else. For the times on us. For you alone are the Holy
P As we prepare to celebrate we have reversed this prior-
the transguration of our Lord, One, you alone are the Lord, you
ity, Lord, have mercy! alone are the Most High, Jesus
let us realize the disguring ef- All Lord, have mercy!
fect of sin in our lives and ask the Christ, with the Holy Spirit,
Lord to purify and heal us from P May almighty God have in the glory of God the Father.
our sins. (Pause) mercy on us, forgive us our sins, Amen!
 Collect (Opening Prayer) away, his kingship shall not be pleased. We ourselves heard
destroyed. this voice come from heaven
P O God, who in the glorious while we were with him on the
Transguration of your Only The Word of the Lord!
All Thanks be to God! holy mountain. Moreover, we
Begotten Son conrmed the possess the prophetic message
mysteries of faith by the witness that is altogether reliable. You
Responsorial Psalm Ps 97
of the Fathers and wonderfully will do well to be attentive to it,
pregured our full adoption to R The Lord is king, the Most as to a lamp shining in a dark
sonship, grant, we pray, to your High over all the earth! place, until day dawns and
servants, that, listening to the the morning star rises in your
voice of your beloved Son, we hearts.
may merit to become co-heirs The Word of the Lord!
with him. Who lives and reigns All Thanks be to God!
with you in the unity of the Holy
Spirit, one God, for ever and Gospel Acclamation
ever.
AllAmen! All Alleluia! Alleluia!
This is my beloved Son
with whom I am well
pleased; listen to him.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
* The Lord is king; let the Gospel Mt 17:1-9
1st Reading Dn 7:9-10.13-14 earth rejoice; let the many
The episode of the trans-
In the passage we are about islands be glad. Clouds and
darkness are round about him, figuration gave Peter, James, and
to hear, the author describes a John the much needed enlighten-
vision of Gods majesty and the justice and judgment are the
foundation of his throne. R. ment about the identity of Jesus
enthronement of One like a Son and his unique mission as the
of Man, the future king of the * The mountains melt like Servant of the Lord.
universe whose kingship will last wax before the Lord, before P The Lord be with you!
forever. This prophetic vision is the Lord of all the earth. The All And with your spirit!
used in todays liturgy to signify heavens proclaim his justice, P A proclamation from the
that Jesus Christ is the glorious all peoples see his glory. R. holy Gospel according to
Son of Man. Matthew
* Because you, O Lord, are
R A proclamation from the the Most High over all the All Glory to you, O Lord!
Book of the Prophet Daniel earth, exalted far above all Jesus took Peter, James,
As I watched: Thrones gods. R. and John his brother, and led
were set up and the Ancient them up a high mountain by
One took his throne. His cloth- 2nd Reading 2 Pt 1:16-19 themselves. And he was trans-
ing was snow bright, and the The experience of Jesus figured before them; his face
hair on his head as white as transfiguration on Mount Tabor shone like the sun and his
wool; his throne was flames never faded from the memory of clothes became white as light.
of fire, with wheels of burn- the Apostle Peter who had wit- And behold, Moses and Eli-
nessed it with James and John. jah appeared to them, convers-
ing fire. A surging stream of ing with him. Then Peter said
fire flowed out from where Occasionally, he referred to it
in his preaching and writing, to Jesus in reply, Lord, it is
he sat; thousands upon thou- good that we are here. If you
sands were ministering to him,
as we hear it in todays Second
Reading. wish, I will make three tents
and myriads upon myriads here, one for you, one for Mo-
attended him. The court was R A proclamation from the ses, and one for Elijah. While
convened and the books were Second Letter of Peter he was still speaking, behold,
opened. Beloved: We did not fol- a bright cloud cast a shadow
As the visions during the low cleverly devised myths over them, then from the cloud
night continued, I saw one when we made known to you came a voice that said, This is
like a Son of man coming, on my beloved Son, with whom I
the power and coming of our
the clouds of heaven; when he am well pleased; listen to him.
reached the Ancient One and Lord Jesus Christ, but we had
When the disciples heard this,
was presented before him, been eyewitnesses of his maj- they fell prostrate and were
the one like a Son of man re- esty. For he received honor very much afraid. But Jesus
ceived dominion, glory, and and glory from God the Father came and touched them, saying,
kingship; all peoples, nations, when that unique declaration Rise, and do not be afraid.
and languages serve him. His came to him from the majes- And when the disciples raised
dominion is an everlasting do- tic glory, This is my Son, my their eyes, they saw no one else
minion that shall not be taken beloved, with whom I am well but Jesus alone.

6 August 2017
 As they were coming down May the exemplary behavior of sacrifice at your hands, for the
from the mountain, Jesus its members be a source of inspi- praise and glory of his name,
charged them, Do not tell the ration and enlightenment to the for our good and the good of all
vision to anyone until the Son rest of mankind. Let us pray! R. his holy Church.
of Man has been raised from C For the Holy Father and all
the dead. our religious leaders: May they Prayer over the Offerings
The Gospel of the Lord! succeed in their efforts to incul- P Sanctify, O Lord, we pray,
All Praise to you, Lord Jesus cate love for prayer and obedi- these offerings here made to cel-
Christ! ence to the teaching of the Gos- ebrate the glorious Transgura-
pel. Let us pray! R. tion of your Only Begotten Son,
Homily C For the terminally sick who and by his radiant splendor,
Profession of Faith are tempted to despair: May they cleanse us from the stains of sin.
(Nicene Creed) nd in the transguration of Je- Through Christ our Lord.
sus the encouragement and the All Amen!
All I believe in one God, the strength they need to prepare
Father almighty, maker of heaven themselves for their nal en- Preface
and earth, of all things visible and counter with him. Let us pray! of the Transfiguration
invisible. R.
I believe in one Lord Jesus P The Lord be with you!
Christ, the Only Begotten Son of C For the youth who feel that All And with your spirit!
God, born of the Father before all their parents and teachers do not P Lift up your hearts!
ages. God from God, Light from understand them: May they nd All We lift them up to the Lord!
Light, true God from true God, the solution to their relational P Let us give thanks to the
begotten, not made, consubstan- problems in the teaching and Lord our God!
tial with the Father; through him example of Jesus. Let us pray! R. All It is right and just!
all things were made. For us men C For our parish priest, (name), P It is truly right and just,
and for our salvation he came his assistant(s) and the other our duty and our salvation, al-
down from heaven, (bow)* and priests who exercise their min- ways and everywhere to give
by the Holy Spirit was incarnate istry in our parish: May the Lord you thanks, Lord, holy Father, al-
of the Virgin Mary, and became reward them for the generosity mighty and eternal God, through
man. * For our sake he was cru- with which they look after our Christ our Lord.
cied under Pontius Pilate, he spiritual needs by breaking for us For he revealed his glory in
suffered death and was buried, the supernatural bread of Gods the presence of chosen witnesses
and rose again on the third day in Word, the Eucharist, and all the and lled with the greatest splen-
accordance with the Scriptures. dor that bodily form which he
other sacraments. Let us pray! R. shares with all humanity, that
He ascended into heaven and is
seated at the right hand of the C For our community: May the scandal of the Cross might
Father. He will come again in we all respond with gratitude be removed from the heart of his
glory to judge the living and the and generous cooperation to the disciples and that he might show
dead and his kingdom will have priestly ministry of our parish how in the Body of the whole
no end. priest and his assistants, and Church is to be fullled what so
I believe in the Holy Spirit, may we be for them a source of wonderfully shone forth rst in
the Lord, the giver of life, who consolation at all times. Let us its Head.
proceeds from the Father and the pray! R. And so, with the Powers of
Son, who with the Father and the heaven, we worship you con-
C Let us pray in silence for our stantly on earth, and before your
Son is adored and gloried, who personal intentions. (Pause)
has spoken through the prophets. majesty without end we acclaim:
Let us pray! R. All Holy, holy, holy . . .
I believe in one, holy, catholic
and apostolic Church. I confess P Lord God, grant that we
one Baptism for the forgiveness may gladly listen to the teaching Memorial Acclamation
of sins and I look forward to the of Your transgured Son and P The mystery of faith!
resurrection of the dead and the put it into practice, that we may All We proclaim your Death,
life of the world to come. Amen! come to rejoice in his presence in O Lord, and profess your
the Kingdom of Light where he Resurrection until you
Prayer of the Faithful lives and reigns forever and ever. come again!
All Amen!
P Jesus was transgured
while he was praying. Mind-
ful of the power of prayer, let us
condently address our petitions
to the Source of all blessings say- All Our Father . . .
ing: P Deliver us, Lord . . .
Preparation of the Gifts
All For the kingdom, the
All Merciful God, hear us! P Pray, brethren . . . power, and the glory are
C For the Universal Church: All May the Lord accept the yours, now and forever.

Transfiguration of Our Lord (A)

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Breaking of the Bread works! serve the Lord.
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was transfigured in front of his
disciples. He is the Lamb of God
who takes away the sins of the
world. Blessed are those called THE TRANSFIGURATION
to the Supper of the Lamb.
All Lord, I am not worthy AS REVELATION
that you should enter under
my roof, but only say the word
AND ENCOURAGEMENT
and my soul shall be healed.

Communion Antiphon
T he transfiguration of
Jesus in front of his
disciples on Mount Tabor
but also to us, whose faith
may be even weaker than
that of Peter, James and
(To be recited only when no Com- revealed to them who he re- John. It tells us that no mat-
munion Hymn is sung.) ally was Gods Son and ter how bad things may look,
When Christ appears, we the promised Messiah. Jesus will overcome every
shall be like him, for we shall Such a wonderful reality had difculty because he is the
see him as he is. remained hidden for so many very Son of God. It also tells
years under a layer of ordi- us that Gods love for us is
nariness that had brought greater than all our problems
Prayer after Communion everybody to conclude that and will eventually lead us to
P May the heavenly nourish- Jesus was just a good man brighter days and, actually, to
ment we have received, O Lord, who eventually had become eternal salvation.
we pray, transform us into the a fascinating storyteller and
Jesus transfiguration
a faith healer.
likeness of your Son, whose radi- tells us that in each of us,
ant splendor you willed to make The dazzling brightness too, there is a core of
manifest in his glorious Trans- radiating from Jesus per- divinity and greatness that
guration. son and the voice from is waiting to be revealed.
the cloud that called him That core of divinity was
Who lives and reigns for ever Son and Beloved pro-
and ever. implanted in us at our bap-
claimed that Jesus was tism when we became Gods
All Amen! indeed the Servant/Mes- adopted children. It has to
siah who was fulfilling the be brought to the light
prophecies and promises of day and shine in all its
of old. He was no less than splendor as we endeavor
Gods beloved Son who to remove from ourselves
had come with a message the layers of selfishness,
P The Lord be with you. of salvation that would give materialism, sensuality,
All And with your spirit! meaning and direction to pride, and aggressiveness
P Bow your heads and pray the entire human family a that our own sins and the
for Gods blessing. (Pause) message to be heeded by sins of others has heaped
everybody. on us.
May almighty God make
you always aware of His That message was As we undergo this trans-
saving wisdom! addressed not only to the formation, we will become
All Amen! three disciples who soon ever more similar to our
would have their faith tested inspiring pattern, Jesus our
P May He strengthen your at seeing their Teacher ar- Savior.
faith with His love, so that rested, brutalized and killed,

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