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SECOND OF FEBRUARY
FEAST OF THE PRESENTATION OF THE LORD
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ENTRANCE ANTIPHON
LATIN
Suscepimus,
Deus,
misericordiam tuam
in medio templi tui.
Secundum nomen tuum,
Deus,
ita et laus tua in fines terræ;
iustitia plena est dextera tua.
ENGLISH
Your merciful love,
O God,
we have received in the midst
of your temple.
Your praise,
O God,
like your name,
reaches the ends of the earth;
your right hand is filled with
saving justice.
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GLORIA
LATIN
Gloria in excelsis Deo
et in terra pax hominibus bonæ voluntatis.
Laudamus te,
benedicimus te,
adoramus te,
glorificamus te,
gratias agimus tibi propter magnam gloriam tuam,
Domine Deus, Rex cælestis,
Deus Pater omnipotens.
Domine Fili Unigenite, Iesu Christe,
Domine Deus,
Agnus Dei,
Filius Patris,
qui tollis peccata mundi,
miserere nobis,
qui tollis peccata mundi,
suscipe deprecationem nostram.
Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris, miserere nobis.
Quoniam tu solus Sanctus,
tu solus Dominus,
tu solus Altissimus,
Iesu Christe,
cum Sancto Spiritu: in gloria Dei Patris.
Amen.
ENGLISH
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.
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COLLECT
LATIN
Omnipotens sempiterne Deus,
maiestatem tuam
supplices exoramus,
ut,
sicut Unigenitus Filius tuus
hodierna die cum nostræ
carnis substantia
in templo est præsentatus
ita nos facias purificatis tibi
mentibus præsentari.
Per Dominum nostrum
Iesum Christum
Filium tuum,
qui tecum vivit et regnat
in unitate Spiritus Sancti,
Deus,
per omnia
sæcula sæculorum.
R.) Amen.
ENGLISH
Almighty ever-living God,
we humbly implore your majesty that,
just as your Only Begotten Son
was presented on this day
in the Temple
in the substance of our flesh,
so,
by your grace,
we may be presented to you
with minds made pure.
Through our Lord
Jesus Christ,
your Son,
who lives and reigns with you
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God,
for ever and ever.
R.) Amen.
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FIRST READING
MALACHI 3:1-4
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A READING FROM THE PROPHET MALACHI
(THE LORD YOU ARE SEEKING WILL SUDDENLY ENTER THE TEMPLE.)
The Lord God says this:
Look,
I am going to send my messenger
to prepare a way before me.
And the Lord you are seeking
will suddenly enter his Temple;
and the angel of the covenant
whom you are longing for,
yes,
he is coming,
says the Lord of hosts.
Who will be able to resist the day of his coming?
Who will remain standing when he appears?
For he is like the refiner’s fire
and the fuller’s alkali.
He will take his seat
as refiner and purifier;
he will purify the sons of Levi
and refine them like gold and silver,
and then they will make the offering of the Lord
as it should be made.
The offering of
Judah and Jerusalem
will then be welcomed
by the Lord
as in former days,
as in the years of old.
The word of the Lord.
R.) Thanks be to God.
