20th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR C MASS PRAYERS AND READINGS.

ENTRANCE ANTIPHON
Protéctor noster, áspice, Deus, et réspice in fáciem Christi tui, quia mélios est dies una in átriis tuis super millia.
Turn your eyes, O God, our shield; and look on the face of your anointed one; one day within your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere.
[–» Greeting]

COLLECT
O God, who have prepared for those who love you good things which no eye can see, fill our hearts, we pray, with the warmth of your love, so that, loving you in all things and above all things, we may attain your promises, which surpass every human desire. Through our Lord.

READINGS FOR YEAR C 2022, 2025, 2028, 2031

READING I
Jer 38:4–6, 8–10

In those days, the princes said to the king: “Jeremiah ought to be put to death; he is demoralizing the soldiers who are left in this city, and all the people, by speaking such things to them; he is not interested in the welfare of our people, but in their ruin.” King Zedekiah answered: “He is in your power”; for the king could do nothing with them. And so they took Jeremiah and threw him into the cistern of Prince Malchiah, which was in the quarters of the guard, letting him down with ropes. There was no water in the cistern, only mud, and Jeremiah sank into the mud.
Ebed-melech, a court official, went there from the palace and said to him: “My lord king, these men have been at fault in all they have done to the prophet Jeremiah, casting him into the cistern. He will die of famine on the spot, for there is no more food in the city.” Then the king ordered Ebed-melech the Cushite to take three men along with him, and draw the prophet Jeremiah out of the cistern before he should die.

The reader acclaims: The Word of the Lord. All reply: Thanks be to God, Deo grátias.

RESPONSORIAL PSALM
R. Lord, come to my aid!
Dómine, ad adiuvándum me festína!

I have waited, waited for the Lord,
and he stooped toward me.
R.
The Lord heard my cry.
He drew me out of the pit of destruction,
out of the mud of the swamp;
he set my feet upon a crag;
he made firm my steps.
R.
And he put a new song into my mouth,
a hymn to our God.
Many shall look on in awe
and trust in the Lord.
R.
Though I am afflicted and poor,
yet the Lord thinks of me.
You are my help and my deliverer;
O my God, hold not back!
R.

READING II
Heb 12:1–4

Brothers and sisters: Since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us rid ourselves of every burden and sin that clings to us and persevere in running the race that lies before us while keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus, the leader and perfecter of faith. For the sake of the joy that lay before him he endured the cross, despising its shame, and has taken his seat at the right of the throne of God. Consider how he endured such opposition from sinners, in order that you may not grow weary and lose heart. In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding blood.

The reader acclaims: The Word of the Lord. All reply: Thanks be to God, Deo grátias.

ALLELUIA
Oves meæ vocem áudiunt, dicit Dóminus, et ego cognósco eas, et sequúntur me.
My sheep hear my voice, says the Lord; I know them, and they follow me.
R. Alleluia.

The Deacon or the Priest says: The Lord be with you. The people reply: And with your spirit, Et cum spíritu tuo. And, after introducing the Gospel, all say: Glory to you, O Lord, Glória tibi, Dómine.

GOSPEL
Lk 12:49–53

Jesus said to his disciples: “I have come to set the earth on fire, and how I wish it were already blazing! There is a baptism with which I must be baptized, and how great is my anguish until it is accomplished! Do you think that I have come to establish peace on the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division. From now on a household of five will be divided, three against two and two against three; a father will be divided against his son and a son against his father, a mother against her daughter and a daughter against her mother, a mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.”

The Deacon or the Priest acclaims: The Gospel of the Lord. All reply: Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ, Laus tibi, Christe.

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[–» Creed, Universal Prayer][–» Offertory]

PRAYER OVER THE OFFERINGS
Receive our oblation, O Lord, by which is brought about a glorious exchange, that by offering what you have given we may merit to receive your very self. Through Christ our Lord.
[–» Eucharistic Prayer]
[–» Preface of Sundays in Ordinary Time or of Weekdays]

COMMUNION ANTIPHON
Apud Dóminum misericórdia, et copiósa apud eum redémptio.
With the Lord there is mercy; in him is plentiful redemption.
Or:
Ego sum panis vivus, qui de cælo descéndi, dicit Dóminus: si quis manducáverit ex hoc pane, vivet in ætérnum.
I am the living bread who came down from heaven, says the Lord. Whoever eats of this bread shall live forever.
[–» Communion]

PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION
Made partakers of Christ through these Sacraments, we humbly implore your mercy, Lord, that, conformed to his image on earth, we may merit also to be his coheirs in heaven. Who lives and reigns for ever and ever.
[–» Concluding Rite]

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