Sunday, March 26, 2023 / 5th Sunday of Lent - Cycle A

WELCOME:
With the celebration of this fifth Sunday of Lent, we begin the last week before Holy Week.
from this time of preparation and deep renewal of our lives, which should lead us to walk alongside Christ
carrying the cross, to die with Him and thus be able to rise with Him at Easter.
The Lord today, in the resurrection of Lazarus, announces to us our future resurrection, in which we also
our bodies will come back to life, participating in the life of Christ, that is, to live eternally. And thus, for the
believers, death is not thefthe end of life, but the passage to a life that lasts forever.
LITURGY OF THE WORD:
1st READING: (Ezekiel 37:12-14)
The return from exile is for the people of Israel to return to freedom, to return to life. The Prophet's vision announces
the return to Jerusalem and symbolizes the new life that Christ, the Messiah, brings.
RESPONSE PSALM:129, 1-5. 6c-8
R. In the Lord, there is mercy.
2nd READING: (Romans 8:8-11)
The voice of the Apostle tells us that man is led by the Spirit of God and that he truly has life.
even though the body dies.
GOSPEL:(John 11:1-45)
In the proclamation of the holy Gospel, Jesus himself shows us, in the resurrection of Lazarus, the foreshadowing of the
hers and also ours.
HOMILY
—PRAYER OF THE FAITHFUL:
CELEBRANT:

Brother, now is the opportune time, now is the day of salvation; let us therefore turn to our Father in Heaven who gives us
let us grant these days of forgiveness and present our communal prayer to him.
GUIDE:To each of the intentions we will respond by praying:
LORD, HEAR US AND GIVE US LIFE
Father, so that all men, recognizing that you are the owner of life and that you have given us life to...
let us live forever, let us find in the Church a sacrament andflicense of salvation, we ask you...
Father, so that through the words of Pope Francis and our bishops, we fight so that it may be the spirit of Christ.
the one who directs our body and our world, we ask you...
Father, so that in our homeland, we all free ourselves from that which enslaves us and by following Jesus, we can
to build a nation that lives according to the values of the Gospel, we ask you...
—Father, so that all who suffer may find in your Son true strength and relief, and in us the
authentic and fraternal brothers who with the timely gesture and word reach out to the lonely and abandoned brother,
we ask you...
Father, so that our entire community, overcoming, with the spirit of your Son, all the temptations of death.
that harass us every day and fighting against everything that is death and destruction, dying with Him, also with Him
may we attain resurrection and life, we ask you...
CELEBRANT:

Father of mercy, favorably listen to our petitions and grant us that the healthy practices of the
Lent prepares the hearts of your children, so that, celebrating the paschal mystery with dignity, we may extend
everywhere the announcement of your salvation. We ask you this through Jesus Christ, our Lord.
PRESENTATION OF THE OFFERINGS:
In order for our offering to be what the Father wants, it is essential that we present Him a heart that longs for a
authentic conversion and thus receive the grace of resurrection.
At the end of the 'Washing of Hands' and when the celebrant returns to the center of the altar and before the next prayer,
the assembly is asked to stand up
DIALOGUE OF THE PREFACE:At the beginning of the Preface (before "The Lord be with you")
Jesus has told us: "whoever believes in me, though he may die, shall live forever," for this reason, today more than ever, let us raise
our thanksgiving to the Father.
COMMUNION:
The Lord has spoken to us about the life that lasts forever in the Glory of God, and now He wants to give us, with His Body
and His Blood, a preview of that glory, when we rise to thefend of times.
We sing...
SPIRITUAL COMMUNION:
At the end of the distribution of communion.
Brothers:
All those who have not been able to come to receive Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament,
they can make a Spiritual Communion by praying the following prayer:
I believe, my Lord, that you are truly present.
in the Most Holy Sacrament of the altar.
I love you above all things and I wish
I ardently welcome you into my soul;
but, being unable to do sonow sacramentally,
Come at least spiritually to my heart.
And as if I had received you, I embraced you.
and I join everything to You;
Oh Lord, do not allow me to be separated from You.
Amen.
FAREWELL:

The Lord grants us one more week to prepare ourselves to live deeply the Holy Week, not the
let us not waste; let us prepare our hearts to receive the grace of salvation that He offers us.

We say goodbye singing...

Sunday, April 2, 2023 / Palm SundayCycle A

—WELCOME:
(For the Mass with the Blessing of Palms and procession)
Before the exit of the celebrant and the ministers to the outside of the temple.
With the celebration of this day called 'Palm Sunday in the Passion of the Lord', the Church begins to
this week that we call Holy; "Palm Sunday makes us relive the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem
as the celebration of Easter approached. The Gospel passage presents it to us as he enters the city.
surrounded by a joyful crowd. It can be said that, that day, the expectations reached their peak.
from Israel regarding the Messiah. These were expectations fueled by the words of the ancient prophets and
withfled by Jesus of Nazareth with his teaching and, especially, with the signs he had performed. At
Entering Jerusalem, Jesus knows, however, that the joy of the crowd introduces him into the heart
of themysteryof salvation. He is aware that he is going to meet death and will not receive a royal crown,
but a crown of thorns.
And this celebration today begins outside the temple, from where we will proceed with the branches.
blessed and high, towards the inside of it. This sign manifthis is our condition as Church, as People
of God, of Community, that together and in communion with the sacred minister, we go towards the true Life of the
eternity.
These branches that the Church will bless us today, at the end of the mass, we will take to our homes, not as
a superstitious sign of protection, but as an emblem with which we have today acclaimed Jesus, wanting to
to associate ourselves with His Passion and proclaiming Him our King.

Let us prepare to participate in such a way that the Lord Jesus, dead and resurrected, may reign fromfdefinitely in
our hearts, in our lives and in our things. Let us proceed orderly and silently towards the
exterior of the temple.
GREETING OF THE CELEBRANT
MONITION OF THE CELEBRANT

BLESSING OF THE PALMS:Even despite our sins, Christ wants to bless our lives.
Let us raise our branches high, as a sign of love for Jesus, who triumphs over our sins, over
our selfishness and about death itself.

CELEBRANT'S PRAYER
DEW OF THE BRANCHES IN SILENCE
GOSPEL: (Mt 21, 1-11)
After the Blessing of the Palms, outside the temple

Let us now listen, in the Holy Gospel, to the account of Jesus' entrance into Jerusalem. He is the Messiah, who
brings salvation, dying and rising for us. That is why He enters simply, because He does not come to
to dominate, He comes to serve.

THE CELEBRANT INVITES TO BEGIN THE PROCESSION

ENTRY INTO THE TEMPLE
Collective Prayer

WELCOME:
(For Masses without the Blessing of Palms)
Before the exit of the celebrant.

The Church celebrates Palm Sunday today in the Passion of the Lord, which marks the beginning of this week that
we call it Holy, and in that God calls us to holinessfwe will end, purefrepenting of our sins and deepening
our communion with Him and with our brothers.

SETTING:
After the initial greeting and before the penitential act.
By faith we come to understand the incomprehensibility of the Passion of the Lord; it tells us that it was necessary for
to obtain the forgiveness of sins. And the Lord today, in the account of the Passion, shows us cowardice and deceit.
from those who acclaim him on his entry to Jerusalem, and then ask for his death. Today we are called to a
trueffaithfulness; to not betray in secret what we accept and proclaim publicly today.
LITURGY OF THE WORD:
1st. READING: (Is 50, 4-7)
The Prophet speaks to us about a man who is completelyfto the Lord; who in the midst of suffering sustains
the hope in God. It is the announcement of what Jesus lived.
RESP. PSALM:(21, 8-9. 17-18a. 19-20. 23-24)
R. My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
2nd READING: Philippians 2:6-11
The path taken by Jesus to give us life was to lower himself, becoming like the most guilty, so that from his
death would come out of life.
GOSPEL:(Mt 26:3-5, 14-27, 66)
Let's listen now to the account of the Passion of Jesus, from which our life is born.
HOMILY
—PRAYER OF THE FAITHFUL:
CELEBRANT:
Dear brothers, withfAnd in the saving power of the love of God, let us humbly pray to our Father,
asking for Jesus, who goes up to Jerusalem to suffer his Passion, to heed our plea.
GUIDE:To each of the requests, we will respond by praying:
FATHER, HEAR OUR PRAYER
Good Father, we ask you for the Holy Church, so that it may always live with its gaze fixed on Christ,
learning on his cross, to be a donation for all men, and so that in his message we may recognize Him,
our King and Lord, who lives and acts in it, let us pray...
Father full of love, we ask you that, with Pope Francis, we have the courage to walk with the Cross of your
Son, edifdemanding the Church for the blood that has been shed upon the Cross and confessing the only glory: Christ
CrossfLet's pray...
Just Father, we ask you for our beloved homeland, so that the blood shed by Jesus reconciles us to
everyone who inhabits it, and we are willing, from our reality, to build a fraternal nation,
supportive and hardworking, from the values of the Gospel, let us pray...

Merciful Father, we ask you for the poor, the abandoned, the hopeless, those who suffer in
their bodies or in their spirits, and all those who participate, with their sufferings, in the cross of Christ, so that
find strength in the passion of the Lord, let us pray...

God of all comfort, we ask You for our entire community, that living in such a way these days
saints, joining more fully in the Passion of the Lord, let us be witnesses that Christ has died, but of
that Christ has risen and lives for us and thus our lives will be the best proclamation of the Good
New of his resurrection, let us pray...
CELEBRANT:God and our Father, grant us, along with these petitions, that we may always follow the
lessons from the Passion of your Son, so that we may also participate in his glorious resurrection. For
Jesus Christ, our Lord.
PRESENTATION OF THE OFFERINGS:
Today we have proclaimed Christ, King and Lord. Our offering must be afmy purpose offfidelity, no
betraying him as the inhabitants of Jerusalem did.
At the end of the 'Washing of Hands' and when the celebrant returns to the center of the altar and before the prayer.
next, the assembly is made to stand up
—DIALOGUE OF THE PREFACE:At the beginning of the Preface (before 'The Lord be with you')

Because we believe that the love of Jesus gives us life, because we are convinced that the truth has more.
stronger than the lie, because we need to learn to love as the Lord has loved us, let us proclaim now
with joy our thanksgiving.
COMMUNION:
This path of the cross that we pilgrimage is the only one that can lead us to Heaven. Let us travel it.
proclaiming Jesus as the only King and Lord, and feeding on His Body and Blood to strengthen ourselves in
this walking.
We sing...
SPIRITUAL COMMUNION:
At the end of the distribution of communion.
Brothers:
All those who have not been able to come to receive Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament,
they can make a Spiritual Communion by reciting the following prayer:
I believe, my Lord, that you are truly present.
in the Most Holy Sacrament of the altar.
I love you above all things and I wish
ardently receive you within my soul;
but, not being able to do itnow sacramentally,
Come at least spiritually to my heart.
And as if it had received you, it embraced me.
and I join everything to You;
Oh Lord, do not let me be separated from You.
Amen.
FAREWELL:
Let's end this celebration by remembering the importance of our participation in each one of the
liturgical celebrations of this Holy Week that we begin to walk through. Let us accompany Christ in his Passion
and let us fully live his resurrection in the celebration of the Easter Vigil.
We say goodbye singing...