Jesus Christ High Priest

Thursday after Pentecost
OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST,

THE ETERNAL HIGH PRIEST
Feast
INTERCESSIONS
Invitatory
Father of mercies and God of all consolation, you fill with your
Ant. Let us give glory to Christ who has an eternal priesthood. kindness all who approach you. As we begin this day, through Christ
and with him and in him, we your children pray:
Invitatory Psalm, as in the Ordinary.
Lord, graciously hear us.
Morning Prayer
Jesus Christ, Son of the living God,
PSALMODY — lead us into the light of your truth.
Christ, Word of God, you are with the Father for ever;
Ant. 1 Through the blood of the Cross of Christ, the Father has — stir up in your faithful the will to proclaim the Gospel.
established peace with all things, whether on earth or in Jesus, Anointed of the Father in the Holy Spirit,
heaven. — consecrate your Church in holiness.
Psalms and canticle of Sunday, Week I. Christ, High Priest of the New Covenant,
Ant. 2 All things were created through Christ and in Christ. — clothe Priests with your holiness, to the glory of the Father.
Ant. 3 He has put all things under his feet and has made him Head Christ, Wisdom of God, our peace and reconciliation,
over the whole Church, which is his Body. — grant that we may be made one in heart and mind in your Church.
Christ, Eternal Priest, who glorify the Father,
READING Hebrews 10:5-7 — grant that in you our offering may be rendered as praise to your
eternal glory.
On coming into the world, Jesus said:
“Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, Our Father…
but a body you have prepared for me;
Holocausts or sin offerings you took no delight in. PRAYER
Then I said, ‘As is written in the book,
I have come to do your will O God.’” O God, who for your glory
and the salvation of the human race
First he says, “Sacrifices and offerings, holocausts and sin offerings, willed to establish Christ as the eternal High Priest,
you neither desired nor delighted in.” These are offered according to grant that the people he has gained for you by his Blood
the law. Then he says, “Behold, I come to do your will.” He takes may, through their participation in his memorial,
away the first to establish the second. By this “will,” we have been experience the power of his Cross and Resurrection.
consecrated through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for Who lives and reigns with you
all. in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God, for ever and ever.
RESPONSORY
Behold I come, that I may do your will.

— Behold I come, that I may do your will.
Your law is in my inmost heart.
— That I may do your will.
Glory to the Father…
— Behold I come…
CANTICLE OF ZECHARIAH
Ant. May they all be one, Father, so that the world

may believe it was you who sent me.
Evening Prayer Psalm 110:1-5, 7
PSALMODY The Lord's revelation to my Master:

"Sit on my right:
Ant. 1 The Lord has sworn an oath, and he will not your foes I will put beneath your feet."
change: You are a priest for ever.
The Lord will yield from Zion
your scepter of power:
rule in the midst of all your foes. Canticle
Colossians 1:12-20
A prince from the day of your birth
on the holy mountains; Let us give thanks to the Father
from the womb before the dawn I begot you. for having made you worthy
to share the lot of the saints
The Lord has sworn an oath he will not change. in light.
"You are a priest for ever,
a priest like Melchizedeck of old." He rescued us
from the power of darkness
The Master standing at your right hand and brought us
will shatter kings in the day of his wrath. into the kingdom of his beloved Son.
Through him we have redemption,
He shall drink from the stream by the wayside the forgiveness of our sins.
and therefore he shall lift up his head.
He is the image of the invisible God,
Ant. 1 The Lord has sworn an oath, and he will not change: You the first-born of all creatures.
are a priest for ever. In him everything in heaven and on earth was created,
things visible and invisible.
Ant. 2 God, who is rich in mercy, has brought us to life together in
Christ. All were created through him;
all were created for him.
Psalm 111 He is before all else that is.
In him everything continues in being.
I will thank the Lord with all my heart
in the meeting of the just and their assembly. It is he who is head of the body, the church;
Great are the works of the Lord, he who is the beginning,
to be pondered by all who love them. the first-born of the dead,
so that primacy may be his in everything.
Majestic and glorious his work,
his justice stands firm for ever. It pleased God to make absolute fullness reside in him
He makes us remember his wonders. and, by means of him, to reconcile everything in his person,
The Lord is compassion and love. both on earth and in the heavens,
making peace through the blood of his cross. Glory...
He gives food to those who fear him;
keeps his covenant ever in mind. Ant. 3 Christ is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all
He has shown his might to his people creation.
by giving them the lands of the nations.
READING Hebrews 10:19-23
His works are justice and truth,
his precepts are all of them sure, Brothers, since through the blood of Jesus we have confidence of
standing firm for ever and ever; entrance into the sanctuary by the new and living way he opened for
they are made in uprightness and truth. us through the veil, that is, his flesh, and since we have "a great priest
over the house of God," let us approach with a sincere heart and in
He has sent deliverance to his people absolute trust, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience
and established his covenant for ever. and our bodies washed in pure water. Let us hold unwaveringly to our
Holy his name, to be feared. confession that gives us hope, for he who made the promise is
trustworthy.
To fear the Lord is the first stage of wisdom;

all who do so prove themselves wise.
His praise shall last for ever!
Ant. 2 God, who is rich in mercy, has brought us to life together in RESPONSORY
Christ.
Ant. 3 Christ is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all
creation.
— Let us have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of the children of God.
— Through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Glory to the Father…
— Let us have peace…
and I consecrate myself for them, so that they may also be

CANTICLE OF MARY consecrated in the Truth.
Ant. Father, I pray for them, because they are yours INTERCESSIONS
Through Christ, let us pour forth our prayers to God the Father, who
directs all things by his will and blesses all who trust in him.
With confidence we ask that you hear us.
Christ, Word of the Father,

— place on our lips the prayer we are about to offer.
Christ our Priest, Bread of Life,
— grant your chosen ones to live the gift of their own priesthood, as
they bring their self-oblation to perfection in you.
Christ in glory, always interceding for us with the Father,
— keep us faithful in prayer, lest laborers should be lacking for your
harvest.
Christ the Lord, sent by the Father,
— grant that in you all may find life and the way of the Kingdom.
Our Father…
PRAYER
O God, who for your glory

and the salvation of the human race
willed to establish Christ as the eternal High Priest,
grant that the people he has gained for you by his Blood
may, through their participation in his memorial,
experience the power of his Cross and Resurrection.
Who lives and reigns with you
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God, for ever and ever.

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Thursday after Pentecost

OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST,

Behold I come, that I may do your will.

Ant. May they all be one, Father, so that the world

Evening Prayer Psalm 110:1-5, 7

PSALMODY The Lord's revelation to my Master:

To fear the Lord is the first stage of wisdom;

and I consecrate myself for them, so that they may also be

With confidence we ask that you hear us.

Christ, Word of the Father,

O God, who for your glory

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