The Catholic Church and Personal Parish of Our Lady of Walsingham with Saint Cuthbert Mayne
THE BAPTISM OF THE LORD DWSM Readings and Propers p.128 INTROIT HYMN SONGS of thankfulness and praise, Manifest in making whole Jesu, Lord, to thee we raise, Palsied limbs and fainting soul; Manifested by the star Manifest in valiant fight, To the sages from afar; Quelling all the devil's might; Branch of royal David's stem Manifest in gracious will, In thy birth at Bethlehem; Ever bringing good from ill; Anthems be to thee addrest Anthems be to Thee addrest, God in Man made manifest. God in Man made manifest. Manifest at Jordan's stream Grant us grace to see thee, Lord, Prophet, Priest, and King supreme; Mirrored in thy holy word; And at Cana wedding-guest May we imitate thee now, In thy Godhead manifest; And be pure, as pure art thou; Manifest in power divine, That we like to thee may be Changing water into wine; At thy great Epiphany, Anthems be to thee addrest, And may praise thee, eyer blest, God in Man made manifest. God in Man made manifest. RESPONSORIAL PSALM The Lord will bless his people with peace. OFFERTORY HYMN The sinless one to Jordan came, and in the river shared our stain; God’s righteousness he thus fulfilled, How blest that mission then begun and chose the path his Father willed. to heal and save a race undone! Up rising from the waters there, Straight to the wilderness he goes and Father’s voice did then declare to wrestle with his people’s foes. that Christ, the Son of God, had come O Christ, may we baptised from sin, to lead his scattered people home. go forth with you a world to win: Above him see the heavenly Dove, grant us the Holy Spirit’s power the sign of God the Father’s love, to shield us in temptation’s hour. now by the Holy Spirit shed On you may all your people feed, upon the Son’s anointed head. and know you are the Bread indeed, who gives eternal life to those that with you died, and with you rose.
COMMUNION HYMN O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness! Bow down before him, his glory proclaim; with gold of obedience, and incense of lowliness, kneel and adore him: the Lord is his Name! Low at his feet lay thy burden of carefulness, high on his heart he will bear it for thee, and comfort thy sorrows, and answer thy prayerfulness, guiding thy steps as may best for thee be. Fear not to enter his courts in the slenderness of the poor wealth thou wouldst reckon as thine; for truth in its beauty, and love in its tenderness, these are the offerings to lay on his shrine. These, though we bring them in trembling and fearfulness, he will accept for the Name that is dear; mornings of joy give for evenings of tearfulness, trust for our trembling and hope for our fear. Repeat the First Verse PRAYER OF ST MICHAEL Holy Michael, Archangel, defend us in the day of battle. Be thou our defence against the wickedness and snares of the Devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray, and do thou, O Prince of the heavenly hosts, by the power of God, thrust down to hell Satan, and all wicked spirits, who wander through the world for the ruin of souls. Amen. THE ANGELUS The angel of the Lord brought tidings to Mary And she conceived by the Holy Ghost. Behold the handmaid of the Lord. be it unto me according to thy word. The Word was made flesh. And dwelt amongst us.
Hail Mary... Hail Mary...
Hail Mary...
Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Let us pray. We beseech thee O Lord, pour thy grace into our hearts: that, as we have known the Incarnation of thy Son Jesus Christ by the message of an Angel, so by his Cross and Passion we may be brought to the glory of his resurrection, through the same Christ our Lord. Amen. NOTICES
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9th Monday after the Baptism of The Lord Reception of The Body of Fr Mike Office of The Dead T 10th Tuesday after the Baptism of The Lord Office of The Dead FUNERAL MASS of Fr Mike Cain W 11th Wednesday after the Baptism of The Lord Th 12th Thursday after the Baptism of The Lord F 13th Friday after the Baptism of The Lord S 14th Saturday after the Baptism of The Lord Su 15th SECOND SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY
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Mattins will be said at 7.50 on Wednesday - Friday And 9.00 on Saturday and Sunday This week we say our farewells to Fr Mike as we come to pray for his soul and participate in the final rites. We will be very privileged to welcome Fr Mike’s family and friends to OLW and our Ordinary will come and celebrate The Funeral Mass. You are very welcome to The Offices and when we receive Fr Mike’s Body into Church and I hope, if work permits, we will all be there for the Mass itself. We are preparing the food for the refreshments after The mass so if you could help please let Lizzie know. There is also some tidying to do after Mass and so any help would be appreciated. An extract from Pope Benedict XVI on The Baptism of our Lord. This mystery of the life of Christ visibly demonstrates that his coming in the flesh is a sublime act of love by the Three Divine Persons. We can say that from this solemn event the creative, redemptive and sanctifying action of the Most Holy Trinity will be increasingly evident in the public ministry of Jesus, in his teaching, his miracles, and in his Passion, death and Resurrection. We read, in fact, in the Gospel according to St Matthew that “when Jesus was baptised, he went up immediately from the water, and
behold the heavens were opened [for him] and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and alighting on him; and lo, a voice from heaven, saying, ‘This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased’ ” (Mt 3: 16-17). The Holy Spirit “dwells” in the Son and testifies to his divinity, while the voice of the Father, coming from the heavens, expresses the communion of love. “The conclusion of the baptismal scene tells us that Jesus has received this true ‘anointing’, that he is the awaited Anointed One [the Christ]” (Jesus of Nazareth, New York 2007, pp. 25-26), which confirms Isaiah’s prophecy: “Behold my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights” (Is 42:1). He is truly the Messiah, the Son of the Most High who, emerging from the waters of the Jordan, establishes the regeneration in the Spirit and opens, to those who desire it, the possibility of becoming sons of God. Not by chance, in fact, does every baptized person acquire the character of son, based on the Christian name, an unmistakable sign that the Holy Spirit gives birth to man “anew” from the womb of the Church. Bl. Antonio Rosmini affirms that “the baptized undergoes a secret but very powerful operation, through which he is raised to the supernatural order, is placed in communication with God” (The Ruling Principle of Method Applied to Education, Turin 1857, n. 331). All this was fulfilled again at the celebration of the Eucharist this morning in the Sistine Chapel where I conferred the sacrament of Baptism on 21 newborn babies. Dear friends, Baptism is the beginning of the spiritual life which finds its fullness in the Church. At the favourable moment of the sacrament, while the ecclesial community is praying and entrusting to God a new son or daughter, parents and godparents commit themselves to welcoming the newly baptised, sustaining them in Christian formation and education. This is a great responsibility which comes from a great gift! Therefore, I desire to encourage all the faithful to rediscover the beauty of being baptised and of belonging to the large family of God, and to give a joyful witness of their faith so that this faith may produce fruits of good and harmony. Let us ask this through the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Help of Christians, to whom we entrust the parents who are preparing for their children’s Baptism, as well as the catechists. The entire community participates in the joy of rebirth in water and in the Holy Spirit!