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THIRD OF DECEMBER
MEMORIAL OF SAINT FRANCIS XAVIER
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GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
Alleluia, alleluia!
Go, make disciples of all the nations,
says the Lord;
I am with you always;
yes, to the end of time.
Alleluia!
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GOSPEL READING
MARK 16:15-20
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A READING FROM THE HOLY GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MARK
(GO OUT TO THE WHOLE WORLD, PROCLAIM THE GOOD NEWS.)
Jesus showed himself to the Eleven,
and he said to them,
“Go out to the whole world; proclaim the Good News to all creation.
He who believes and is baptised will be saved;
he who does not believe will be condemned.
These are the signs that will be associated with believers:
in my name they will cast out devils;
they will have the gift of tongues;
they will pick up snakes in their hands,
and be unharmed should they drink deadly poison;
they will lay their hands on the sick, who will recover.”
And so the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven:
there at the right hand of God he took his place,
while they, going out, preached everywhere,
the Lord working with them and confirming the word by the signs that accompanied it.
The Gospel of the Lord.
R.) Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
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PRAYER OVER THE OFFERING
Receive, O Lord, these offerings we bring you
in commemoration of Saint Francis Xavier,
and grant that, as he journeyed to distant lands
out of longing for the salvation of souls,
so we, too, bearing effective witness to the Gospel,
may, with our brothers and sisters,
eagerly hasten towards you.
Through Christ our Lord.
R.) Amen.
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COMMUNION ANTIPHON
What I say to you in the darkness
speak in the light, says the Lord,
what you hear whispered,
proclaim on the housetops.
PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION
May your mysteries, O God,
kindle in us that fire of charity
with which Saint Francis Xavier burned
for the salvation of souls,
so that, walking ever more worthily in our vocation,
we may obtain with him the reward you promise
to those who labour in your harvest.
Through Christ our Lord.
R.) Amen.
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