People's Booklet - Installation of Most Rev. Patrick O'Regan - Book - Page 15
LITURGY OF THE WORD
First Reading
Ecclesiasticus 4:11-18
Read by Pauline Connelly
Wisdom brings up her children and cares for
those who seek her.
Whoever loves her loves life, those who seek her
from early morning are filled with joy.
Whoever holds her fast inherits glory, and the
Lord blesses the place she enters.
Those who serve her minister to the Holy One;
the Lord loves those who love her.
Those who obey her will judge the nations,
and all who listen to her will live secure. If they
remain faithful, they will inherit her; their
descendants will also obtain her. For at first she
will walk with them on tortuous paths; she will
bring fear and dread upon them, and torment
them by her discipline until she trusts them, and
she will test them with her ordinances. Then
she will come straight back to them again and
gladden them, and will reveal her secrets to
them.
The word of the Lord.
All:
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Thanks be to God.
Responsorial Psalm
Psalm 42
All sing the Antiphon after it is sung by the
Cantor and after each verse.
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so my soul
longs for you, my
God.
My soul is thirsting for God,
the God of my life.
When can I enter
and see the face of God? R
These things will I remember
as I pour out my soul;
how I would lead the joyful crowd
into the house of God. R
O send forth your light and your truth:
let these be my guide.
They bring me to your holy mountain,
the place where you dwell. R
And I will come to the altar of God,
the God of my joy.
My rescue, I will thank you on the harp,
O God, my God. R
CELEBRATION OF THE EUCHARIST AND INSTALLATION
Second Reading
1 Corinthians 1:18-25
Gospel Acclamation
All stand
Read by Sr Brigette Sipa RSJ
For the message about the cross is foolishness to
those who are perishing, but to us who are being
saved it is the power of God. For it is written,
“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the
discernment of the discerning I will thwart.”
Where is the one who is wise? Where is the
scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has
not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did
not know God through wisdom, God decided,
through the foolishness of our proclamation, to
save those who believe.
For Jews demand signs and Greeks desire
wisdom, but we proclaim Christ crucified: a
stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to
Gentiles, but to those who are the called, both
Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and
the wisdom of God. For God’s foolishness is
wiser than human strength and God’s weakness
is stronger than human strength.
Cantor, then All:
Cantor:
Happy are you,
O blessed Virgin Mary;
without dying you won the
martyr’s crown beside
the cross of the Lord.
All:
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
The word of the Lord.
All:
Thanks be to God.
ST FRANCIS XAVIER’S CATHEDRAL MONDAY 25 MAY 2020
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