ST.

FRANCIS OF
ASSISI
FOUNDER OF THE THREE ORDERS

OCTOBER 10, 2015

IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY COLLEGE PARANAQUE
Excerpts from the English translation of The Roman Missal 2010,
International Committee on English in the Liturgy, Inc. All rights
reserved.
Excerpts from the Roman-Franciscan Missal 1974, Friars of
Franciscan Liturgical Projects, with the approval of the three orders of

St. Francis. All rights reserved.

INTRODUCTORY RITES
Commentator: Pax et Bonum! Peace and Goodwill! Welcome to this
Eucharistic Celebration. Today, we are celebrating the Mass in honor of
St. Francis of Assisi.
The seraphic patriarch of Assisi was a man especially raised up by God
in the middle ages with the mission to reconvert the world to Christ.
Francis was born in a stable, and heralded the world by angelic song;
he commenced his work with twelve followers, whom he sent two by
two to preach the Gospel. He espoused most high poverty, and
received the marks of the sacred wounds at La Verna. Men and women
of every grade of society, and thousands in consequence desired to
leave all and follow Francis in the footsteps of Jesus Christ as they
heard the message of charity, peace, and justice. Therefore he founded
the Order of Friars Minor, the Second Order or the Poor Clares, and the
Third Order, which bear his name.
Our main celebrant is Reverend Father (____________________). Please all
stand, and let us joyfully sing our entrance song.
When the people are gathered, the Priest approaches the altar with the ministers while the Entrance
Chant is sung. When he has arrived at the altar, after making a profound bow with the ministers, the
Priest venerates the altar with a kiss and, if appropriate, incenses the cross and the altar. Then, with
the ministers, he goes to the chair. When the Entrance Chant is concluded, the Priest and the faithful,
standing, sign themselves with the Sign of the Cross, while the Priest, facing the people.

Priest: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy
Spirit.
All: Amen!
Priest:
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the
communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
Or:
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Or:
The Lord be with you.
All: And with your spirit.
PENITENTIAL ACT
Then follows the Penitential Act, to which the Priest invites the faithful, saying:

Priest: Brethren (Brothers and Sisters) let us acknowledge our sins,

and so prepare ourselves to celebrate the sacred mysteries.

A brief pause for silence follows. Then all recite together the formula of general confession:

I confess to almighty God and to you, my brothers and sisters, that I

have greatly sinned, in my thoughts and in my words, in what I have
done and in what I have failed to do, (Striking their breast) through my
fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault; (Then they
continue) therefore I ask blessed Mary ever-Virgin, all the Angels and
Saints, and you, my brothers and sisters, to pray for me to the Lord our
God.
Or:

Priest: Brethren (brothers and sisters), let us acknowledge our

sins, and so prepare ourselves to celebrate the sacred mysteries.

A brief pause for silence follows. The Priest then says:

Priest: Have mercy on us, O Lord.

All: For we have sinned against you.
Priest: Show us, O Lord, your mercy.
All: And grant us your salvation.
Or:

Priest: Brethren (brothers and sisters), let us acknowledge our sins,

and so prepare ourselves to celebrate the sacred mysteries.
A brief pause for silence follows. The Priest, or a Deacon or another minister, then says the following
or other invocations with Lord, have mercy:

Priest: You were sent to heal the contrite of heart: Lord, have mercy.
All: Lord, have mercy.
Priest: You came to call sinners: Christ, have mercy.
All: Christ, have mercy.
Priest: You are seated at the right hand of the Father to intercede for
us: Lord, have mercy.
All: Lord, have mercy.
The absolution by the Priest follows:

Priest: May almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins, and
bring us to everlasting life.
All: Amen.
The Kyrie eleison (Lord, have mercy) invocations follow, unless they have just occurred in a formula
of the Penitential Act. This can be recited or sung.

Priest: Lord, have mercy.

All: Lord, have mercy.
Priest: Christ, have mercy.
All: Christ, have mercy.

Priest: Lord, have mercy.

All: Lord, have mercy.
GLORIA
Then, when it is prescribed, this hymn is either sung or said:

Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to people of good will.
We praise you, we bless you, we adore you, we glorify you, we give you
thanks for your great glory, Lord God, heavenly King, O God almighty
Father.
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 prayer; you are seated at
the right hand of the Father, have mercy on us.
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. Amen.
After the Gloria is concluded, the Priest, with hands joined, says:

Priest: Let us pray

And all pray in silence with the Priest for a while. Then the Priest, with hands extended, says the
Collect prayer.

Priest: Father, you helped our seraphic father Francis reflect the
image of Christ through a life of poverty and humility. May we follow
your son by walking in the footsteps of Francis of Assisi and by
imitating his joyful love.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you
in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever.
All: Amen.
Commentator: Please be seated and listen to the word of God.
LITURGY OF THE WORD
Then the reader goes to the ambo and reads the First Reading, while all sit and listen.

A reading from the book of Sirach (Sirach 1: 3-4, 6-7)

Behold him in whose time the house of God was renovated, in whose
days the temple was reinforced. In his time the reservoir was dug, the
pool with a vastness like the seas. He protected his people against the
enemy. Like as star shining among the clouds, like the full moon at the
holyday season; like the sun shining upon the temple, like the rainbow
appearing in the cloudy sky.

To indicate the end of the reading, the reader acclaims:

Reader: The Word of the Lord.

All: Thanks be to God.
The psalmist or cantor sings or says the Psalm, with the people making the response.

(Psalm 16: 1-2, 5, 7-8, 11)

Responsorial Psalm, let our response be:
YOU, LORD, ARE MY ALLOTED PORTION
Keep me, O God, for in you I take refuge; I say to the Lord, My Lord
are you. O Lord, my allotted portion and my cup, you it is who hold
fast my lot. (Response)
I bless the Lord who counsels me; even in the night my heart exhorts
me. I set the Lord ever before me; with him at my right hand I shall not
be disturbed. (Response)
You will show me the path to life, fullness of joys in your presence, the
delight at your right hand forever. (Response)
After this is the Second Reading. A reader reads it from the ambo, as above.

A reading from the letter of Paul to the Galatians (Galatians 6: 14-18)

Brothers, may I never boast of anything but the cross of our Lord Jesus
Christ! Through it, the world has been crucifies to me and I to the
world. It means nothing whether one is circumcised or not. All that
matters is that one is created anew. Peace and mercy on all who follow
this rule of life, and on the Israel of God. Henceforth, let no man
trouble me, for I bear the brand marks of Jesus in my body. Brothers,
may the favor of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.
To indicate the end of the reading, the reader acclaims:

Reader: The Word of the Lord.

All: Thanks be to God.
After the Second reading:

Commentator: Please all stand.

SEQUENCE
Lo, new signs of sanctity,
Deserving praise in high degree,
Wonderful and fair to see,
In Francis now behold!
To the newly gathered band,
Francis gives the Kings command,
And guided by his mighty hand,
The New Law does unfold.
Before the worlds astonished view

Arise the life and Order new

Whose holy rules again renew
The Evangelic state.
Francis to Christs law conforms,
The life monastic he reforms
And all the apostolic norms
He keeps inviolate.
Scants the measure for his food;
Scant his raiment, coarse and rude;
A cord his girdle plain and rude;
He goes with feet unshod.
For naught but poverty he yearns;
Fromm money he in loathing turns;
All earthly things now Francis spurns,
Despising all for God.
He seeks a place to weep apart,
And mourns in bitterness of heart
The time he lost while taking part
In earthly things so vain
Within a mountain cavern lone
He hides to weep, and lying prone,
Prays aloud with sigh and groan;
Then peace returns again
There in that rocky caves retreat,
Enrapt in contemplation sweet,
The wise judge spurns the earth beneath,
To heaven he aspires
His flesh by penance is subdued,
Transfigured wholly and renewed;
The scriptures are his daily food;
He scorns all base desires.
Then like a seraph from the height
Of heaven, comes the King of might;
The patriarch, in deep affright,
Beholds the vision dread.
It bears the marks of Christ, and lo!
While Francis stands in speechless woe
It pierces him, and blood does flow
From out the wounds so red.
His body, like Christs crucified,
Is signed on hands and feet.
His side, pierced though and through, is slowly dyed
In crimson streams of blood.
Prophetic secrets are now heard:
Great wisdom has the Lord conferred
Upon the saint; they mystic word
His soul with light does flood.

Now in those bleeding wounds, behold!

Black nails appear, cause pain untold.
Sharp are the points, and manifolds
The anguish and the woe.
No human instrument did ought
To make those wounds; they were not brought
To him by natures hand, nor wrought
By cruel hammer-blow.
(Short form starts here)
We pray you, by the crosss sign
Marked on your flesh, whereby twas yours
The world, the flesh, all things malign,
To conquer gloriously:
O Francis, take us to your care,
Protect us here from every snare,
That we your great reward may share
In heaven eternally.
O holy Francis, Father sweet,
Devoutly we your aid entreat.
May we and all your children meet,
Crowned victors in the strife.
In virtues path our footsteps train
And guide us where the saints now reign,
That we, your children, may attain
The joys of endless life.
Amen. Alleluia.
After the sequence, which could be in long or short form, follows the Alleluia or another chant laid
down by the rubrics, as the liturgical time requires. The Deacon, or the Priest, then proceeds to the
ambo, accompanied, if appropriate, by ministers with incense and candles. There he says:

Priest: The Lord be with you.

All: And with your spirit.
Priest: A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew.
And, at the same time, he makes the Sign of the Cross on the book and on his forehead, lips, and
breast. The people acclaim:

All: Glory to you, O Lord.

Then the Deacon, or the Priest, incenses the book, if incense is used, and proclaims the Gospel.

(Matthew 11: 25-30)

On one occasion Jesus spoke thus: Father, Lord of heaven and earth,
to you I offer praise; for what you have hidden from the learned and
the clever you have reveal the merest of children. Father, it is true. You
have graciously willed it so.
Everything has been given over to me by my Father. No one knows
the Father but the Son and anyone to whom the Son wished to reveal
him.
Come to me, all you who are weary and find life burdensome, and I
will refresh you. Take my yoke upon your shoulders and learn from me,
for I am gentle and humble of heart. Your souls will find rest, for my
yoke is easy and my burden light.
At the end of the Gospel, the Deacon, or the Priest, acclaims:

Priest: The Gospel of the Lord.

All: Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
Then follows the Homily, which is to be preached by a Priest or Deacon. After the homily are the
Intercessions (Prayers of the Faithful)

Commentator: Please all stand.

PRAYERS OF THE FAITHFUL
Priest: Saint Francis instructs us to present our needs to God in
petitions full of gratitude. For every petition we say:
LORD, HEAR OUR PRAYER
1. For the Church: that we may be fruitful garden, producing a
harvest rich in compassion, mercy, justice, and forgiveness. We
pray to the Lord.
2. For all the religious leaders: that they may faithfully imitate the
Good Shepherd and guide closer to God all who are entrusted to
their care. We pray to the Lord.
3. For a greater respect for human life, particularly for the unborn:
that God will open all hearts to the beauty of this precious gift.
We pray to the Lord.
4. For all who are struggling financially: that God will calm their fear
and guide them to new opportunities to peace and stability. We
pray to the Lord.
5. In the spirit of Saint Francis: that we may be ever better stewards
of all the gifts of Gods creations. We pray to the Lord.
6. For all our relatives and friends who have died, especially for
whom we remember in a special way at this Mass. We pray to the
Lord.

7. For the success of the Synod on Families to be held in October at

the Vatican. We pray to the Lord.
8. For our government and local officials including our school
administrators: that God will guide them in setting policies that
promote life, protect individual consciences, and advance the
common good. We pray to the Lord.
9. For peace throughout the world: that God will inspire and guide
all who are working to end violence and warfare so that all may
live in peace and safety. We pray to the Lord.
10.
For the special intentions mentioned in our petition book,
on our prayer line, and for petitions that anyone wishes to voice
at this time (Pause) We pray to the Lord
Priest: God, who created heaven and earth, protect what you have
planted. Guide your people who pray in the name of Jesus Christ our
Lord.
Commentator: Amen! Please be seated.
LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST
When all this has been done, the Offertory Chant begins. Meanwhile, the ministers place the corporal,
the purificator, the chalice, the pall, and the Missal on the altar.
It is desirable that the faithful express their participation by making an offering, bringing forward
bread and wine for the celebration of the Eucharist and perhaps other gifts to relieve the needs of the
Church and of the poor.
The Priest, standing at the altar, takes the paten with the bread and holds it slightly raised above the
altar with both hands, saying in a low voice:

Priest: Blessed are you, Lord God of all creation, for through your
goodness we have received the bread we offer you: fruit of the earth
and work of human hands, it will become for us the bread of life.
Then he places the paten with the bread on the corporal. The Deacon, or the Priest, pours wine and a
little water into the chalice, saying quietly:

Priest: By the mystery of this water and wine may we come to share
in the divinity of Christ who humbled himself to share in our humanity.
The Priest then takes the chalice and holds it slightly raised above the altar with both hands, saying in
a low voice:

Priest: Blessed are you, Lord God of all creation, for through your
goodness we have received the wine we offer you: fruit of the vine and
work of human hands, it will become our spiritual drink.
Then he places the chalice on the corporal. After this, the Priest, bowing profoundly, says quietly:

Priest: With humble spirit and contrite heart may we be accepted by

you, O Lord, and may our sacrifice in your sight this day be pleasing to
you, Lord God.
If appropriate, he also incenses the offerings, the cross, and the altar. A Deacon or other minister then
incenses the Priest and the people Then the Priest, standing at the side of the altar, washes his hands,

saying quietly:

Priest: Wash me, O Lord, from my iniquity and cleanse me from my

sin.
When all of this has been done, The Priest stands at the middle of the altar, facing the people,
extending and then joining his hands, he says:

Priest: Pray, brethren, that my sacrifice and yours may be acceptable

to God, the almighty Father.
All: May the Lord accept the sacrifice at your hands for the praise and
glory of his name, for our good and the good of all his holy Church.
Then the Priest, with hands extended, says the Prayer over the Offerings.

Priest: As we bring you these offerings, O Lord, we pray that we may

be rightly disposed for the celebration of the mystery of the Cross,
which Saint Francis so ardently embraced. Through Christ our Lord.

All: Amen.
THE EUCHARISTIC PRAYER
Then the Priest begins the Eucharistic Prayer. Extending his hands, he says:

Priest: The Lord be with you.

All: And with your spirit.
Priest: Lift up your hearts.
All: We lift them up to the Lord.
Priest: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
All: It is right and just.
The Priest, with hands extended, continues the Preface.

Priest: It is truly right and just, our duty and our salvation, always and
everywhere to give you thanks, Lord Holy Father, almighty and eternal
God.
You exalted your servant Francis through sublime poverty and humility
to the heights of evangelical perfection. You inflamed him with seraphic
love to exult with unspeakable joy over all the works of your creation.
Branding him with the sacred stigmata, you gave us the image of the
crucified Jesus Christ our Lord.
And so, with the Angels and Archangels, and with the great multitude
of the Saints, we sing the hymn of your praise, as without end we
acclaim:
At the end of the Preface he joins his hands and concludes the Preface with the people, singing or
saying aloud:

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.

Commentator: Please all kneel.

The Congregation will kneel. The Priest, with hands extended, says:

Priest: You are indeed Holy, O Lord, the fount of all holiness. Make
holy, therefore, these gifts, we pray, by sending down your Spirit upon
them like the dewfall, so that they may become for us the Body and
(+) Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ. At the time he was betrayed and
entered willingly into his Passion, he took bread and, giving thanks,
broke it, 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.
He shows the consecrated host to the people, places it again on the paten, and genuflects in
adoration.
After this, he continues:

Priest: In a similar way, when supper was ended, he took the chalice
and, once more giving thanks, he gave it 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.
He shows the chalice to the people, places it on the corporal, and genuflects in adoration. Then he
says:

Priest: The mystery of faith.

And the people continue, acclaiming (if not sung):

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, Savior of the world, for by your Cross and Resurrection
you have set us free.
Then the Priest, with hands extended, says:

Priest: Therefore, as we celebrate the memorial of his Death and

Resurrection, we offer you, Lord, the Bread of life and the Chalice of
salvation, giving thanks that you have held us worthy to be in your
presence and minister to you. Humbly we pray that, partaking of the
Body and Blood of Christ, we may be gathered into one by the Holy
Spirit. Remember, Lord, your Church, spread throughout the world, and
bring her to the fullness of charity, together with Francis our Pope, and
Jesse Mercado our Bishop, and all the clergy.

Remember also our brothers and sisters who have fallen asleep in the
hope of the resurrection, and all who have died in your mercy: welcome
them into the light of your face. Have mercy on us all, we pray, that
with the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, with Saint Joseph her
most chaste spouse, with the blessed Apostles, St. Francis of Assisi,
and all the Saints who have pleased you throughout the ages, we may
merit to be coheirs to eternal life, and may praise and glorify you
through your Son, Jesus Christ.
He takes the chalice and the paten with the host and, raising both, he says:

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,
forever and ever.
The people acclaim (if not sung):

All: Amen.
THE COMMUNION RITE
After the chalice and paten have been set down, the Priest, with hands joined, says:

Priest: At the Saviors command and formed by divine teaching, we

dare to say:
He extends his hands and, together with the people, continues (if not sung):

All: 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.
With hands extended, the Priest alone continues, saying:

Priest: 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 Savior, Jesus Christ.
The people conclude the prayer, acclaiming (if not sung):

All: For the kingdom, the power and the glory are yours now and
forever.
Then the Priest, with hands extended, says aloud:

Priest: 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 forever and ever.
All: Amen.
The Priest, turned towards the people, extending and then joining his hands, adds:

Priest: The peace of the Lord be with you always.

All: And with your spirit.
Priest: Let us offer each other the sign of peace.
And all offer one another a sign, in keeping with local customs, that expresses peace, communion, and
charity. Meanwhile the following is sung or recited:

All:
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.
Commentator: Please all kneel.
The Priest genuflects, takes the host and, holding it slightly raised above the paten or above the
chalice, while facing the people, says aloud:

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.
And he reverently consumes the Blood of Christ.

Commentator: Let us receive Jesus with reverence and gratitude.

After this, he takes the ciborium and approaches the communicants. The Priest raises a host slightly
and shows it to each of the communicants, saying: The Body of Christ. The communicant replies:
Amen. Then the communicant receives Holy Communion. While the Priest is distributing the Body of
Christ, the Communion Chant begins.
When the distribution of Communion is over, the Priest purifies the paten and the chalice. After the
purification, the Priest may return to the chair. 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.

CONCLUDING RITES
Standing at the altar or at the chair and facing the people, with hands joined

Priest: Let us pray

All pray in silence with the Priest for a while, unless silence has just been observed. Then the Priest,
with hands extended, says the Prayer after Communion,

Priest: Grant us, we pray, O Lord, through these holy gifts which we
have received, that, imitating the charity and apostolic zeal of Saint
Francis, we may experience the effects of your love and spread them
everywhere for the salvation of all. Through Christ our Lord.
All: Amen.
If they are necessary, any brief announcements to the people follow (Including Blessings for Birthday
and Anniversary Celebrants). Then the dismissal takes place. The Priest, facing the people and
extending his hands

Priest: The Lord be with you.

All: And with your spirit.
Priest: May almighty God bless you, the Father, and the Son, (+) and
the Holy Spirit.
All: Amen.
Then the Priest, with hands joined and facing the people, says:

Priest:
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.
All: Thanks be to God.
Then the Priest venerates the altar as usual with a kiss, as at the beginning. After making a profound
bow with the ministers, he withdraws. If any liturgical action follows immediately, the rites of
dismissal are omitted. After the Recessional Hymn, the following are to be said:

Commentator: Most Sacred Heart of Jesus.

All: Have mercy on us.
Commentator: Immaculate Heart of Mary.
All: Pray for us.
Commentator: Saints Francis and Saint Clare.
All: Pray for us.
Commentator: Venerable Father Simpliciano of the Nativity.
All: Pray for us.
Commentator: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the
Holy Spirit.
All: Amen!
Prepared by:
Mr. Carlos-Maria-Francisco B. Estrella
Liturgical and Spiritual Affairs Moderator
Immaculate Heart of Mary College - Paranaque
October 1, 2015 St. Therese of the Child Jesus