EASTER III Hymn Sheet with Ordo

The Catholic Church and Personal Parish of Our Lady of Walsingham with Saint Cuthbert Mayne

THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER DWSM Propers & Readings p. 498 THE INTROIT HYMN Jesus lives! Thy terrors now can, O death, no more appal us; Jesus lives! by this we know thou, O grave, canst not enthral us. Alleluia!

Jesus lives! henceforth is death but the gate of life immortal; This shall calm our trembling breath, When we pass its gloomy portal. Alleluia!

Jesus lives! for us he died; Then, alone to Jesus living, Pure in heart may we abide, glory to our Saviour giving. Alleluia!

Jesus lives! our hearts know well nought from us his love shall sever; Life, nor death, nor powers of hell tear us from his keeping ever. Alleluia!

Jesus lives! to him the throne over all the world is given; May we go where he is gone, rest and reign with him in heaven. Alleluia!

OFFERTORY HYMN Just as I am, without one plea But that thy blood was shed for me, And that thou bidd'st me come to thee, O Lamb of God, I come.

Just as I am, though tossed about With many a conflict, many a doubt, Fightings within, and fears without, O Lamb of God, I come.

Just as I am, poor, wretched, blind; Sight, riches, healing of the mind, Yea all I need, in thee to find, O Lamb of God, I come.

Just as I am, thou wilt receive, Wilt welcome, pardon, cleanse, relieve: Because thy promise I believe, O Lamb of God, I come! I come!

Just as I am (thy love unknown Has broken every barrier down), Now to be thine, yea thine alone, O Lamb of God, I come.

Just as I am, of that free love The breadth, length, depth and height to prove, Here for a season then above, O Lamb of God, I come.

COMMUNION HYMNS THE LORD is risen indeed!

Now is his work performed; Now is the mighty Captive freed, And death's strong castle stormed.

The Lord is risen indeed!

Then hell has lost his prey; With him is risen the ransomed seed To reign in endless day.

The Lord is risen indeed!

He lives, to die no more; He lives, the sinner's cause to plead, Whose curse and shame he bore.

COME, let us join our cheerful songs With angels round the throne; Ten thousand thousand are their tongues, But all their joys are one.

'Worthy the Lamb that died,' they cry, 'To be exalted thus;' 'Worthy the Lamb,' our lips reply, 'For He was slain for us.'

Jesus is worthy to receive Honour and power divine; And blessings more than we can give Be, Lord, for ever thine.

Let all creation join in one To bless the sacred name Of him that sits upon the throne, And to adore the Lamb.

REGINA CAELI Joy to thee, O Queen of Heaven. Alleluia!

He whom thou wast meet to bear. Alleluia!

As he promised hath arisen. Alleluia!

Pour for us to God thy prayer. Alleluia!

Rejoice and be glad of Virgin Mary. Alleluia!

For the Lord is risen indeed. Alleluia!

Let us pray.

O God, Who by the Resurrection of Thy Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, hast brought joy to the world: grant we beseech Thee, that through his Mother the Virgin Mary, we may obtain the joys of eternal life. Through the same Christ, our Lord. Amen.

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Sundays: Year A Weekday: Year I

ST GEORGE, M, Patron England 12.00 ST Mark, Evangelist 18.30 rd Wednesday in 3 week of Easter 10.00 rd Thursday in 3 week of Easter 10.00 rd Friday in 3 week of Easter 10.00 St Catherine of Sienna, V, Dr, Patron of Europe 10.00 Mattins will be said at 7.50 Tuesday-Thursday And 9.00 Friday-Sunday

Reflections by Pope Benedict XVI on today’s Gospel The Gospel of this Sunday - the Third of Easter - is the famous account of the disciples of Emmaus (cf. Lk 24: 13-35). It tells the tale of two followers of Christ who, on the day after the Sabbath or the third day after his death, were leaving Jerusalem sad and dejected, bound for a village that was not far off called, precisely, Emmaus.

They were joined on their way by the Risen Jesus but did not recognise him. Realising that they were downhearted, he explained, drawing on the Scriptures, that the Messiah had to suffer and die in order to enter into his glory. Then entering the house with them, he sat down to eat, blessed the bread and broke it; and at that instant they recognised him but he vanished from their sight, leaving them marvelling before that broken bread, a new sign of his presence. And they both immediately headed back to Jerusalem to tell the other disciples of the event.

The locality of Emmaus has not been identified with certainty. There are various hypotheses and this one is not without an evocativeness of its own for it allows us to think that Emmaus actually represents every place: the road that leads there is the road every Christian, every person, takes. The Risen Jesus makes himself our travelling companion as we go on our way, to rekindle the warmth of faith and hope in our hearts and to break the bread of eternal life. In the disciples' conversation with the unknown wayfarer the words the evangelist Luke puts in the mouth of one of them are striking: "We had hoped..." (Lk 24: 21). This verb in the past tense tells all: we believed, we followed, we hoped..., but now everything is over. Even Jesus of Nazareth, who had shown himself in his words and actions to be a powerful prophet, has failed, and we are left disappointed.

This drama of the disciples of Emmaus appears like a reflection of the situation of many Christians of our time: it seems that the hope of faith has failed. Faith itself enters a crisis because of negative experiences that make us feel abandoned and betrayed even by the Lord. But this road to Emmaus on which we walk can become the way of a purification and maturation of our belief in God. Also today we can enter into dialogue with Jesus, listening to his Word. Today too he breaks bread for us and gives himself as our Bread. And so the meeting with the Risen Christ that is possible even today gives us a deeper and more authentic faith tempered, so to speak, by the fire of the Paschal Event; a faith that is robust because it is nourished not by human ideas but by the Word of God and by his Real Presence in the Eucharist.

Benedict XVI 2008