Second Sunday of Advent

Welcome to St. Barnabas

We extend a warm welcome to all those who are in Church today and particularly to those who are visiting. We hope you enjoy our worship here and will stay for refreshments after the mass. There is an area in church for young children (2-7 years) with activities. Parents and carers are welcome to use this area.

Toilet facilities are available, please ask for directions.

Please make sure your mobile phone is switched to silent

Prayers for use before Mass

Almighty God, to whom all hearts are open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hidden: cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love you, and worthily magnify your holy name; through Christ our Lord. Amen.

O Lord Jesus Christ I have come here in obedience to your will, to offer this sacrifice which you have commanded us to make in memory of you, that I may feed upon your body and blood; that I may grow in grace and be your true servant.

I offer this Mass for………………. and all who need our prayers.

Bless the priest who will say Mass and all who join us in this celebration, that we may share in the worship of heaven which we offer to your Father in the power of the Holy Spirit, with all the angels and saints. We make this prayer for your honour and glory. Amen.

When the bell rings, please stand

As the clergy and servers make their way to the Altar we sing:

1 Long ago, prophets knew

Christ would come, born a Jew.

Come to make all things new;

Bear his People’s burden,

Freely love and pardon.

Ring, bells, ring, ring, ring!

Sing, choirs, sing, sing, sing!

When he comes,

When he comes,

Who will make him welcome?

2 God in time, God in man,

This is God’s timeless plan:

He will come, as a man,

Born himself of woman,

God divinely human.

Ring, bells, ring, ring, ring! etc

3 Mary, hail! Though afraid,

She believed, she obeyed.

In her womb God is laid;

Till the time expected

Nurtured and protected

Ring, bells, ring, ring, ring! etc

4 Journey ends! Where afar

Bethlem shines, like a star,

Stable door stands ajar,

Unborn Son of Mary,

Saviour, do not tarry!

Ring, bells, ring. ring, ring!

Sing, choirs, sing, sing, sing!

Jesus comes!

Jesus comes!

We shall make him welcome!

                                F.Pratt Green 1903

                                Tune Personent Hodie 

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

Amen.

The Lord be with you.

And with your spirit        

THE LIGHTING OF THE ADVENT CANDLE:

The Celebrant introduces the Mass and during the season of Advent a candle on the wreath is lit to mark the Sundays to Christmas and the following is sung:

The holly and the ivy

Are dancing in a ring,

Round the brightly coloured candles

And the white and shining King.

Oh one is for God’s people

In every age and day

We are watching for his coming,

We believe and we obey.

And two are for the prophets

And for the light they bring;

They are candles in the darkness,

All alight for Christ the King.

                                    J Eldridge & others 1992

                                    Tune 19^th C English Carol

The Celebrant then invites the people to confess their sins.

Priest:       Show mercy to us, loving Father. We have sinned against you,

please make us anew. In you love and your grace you forgive us:

Lord have mercy.

All:           Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy.

Priest:       Look not on our failings, Lord Jesus. We have sinned against you,

please make us anew. By your life and your death you redeem us,

Christ have mercy.

All:           Christ have mercy, Christ have mercy.

Priest:       Come fill our hearts, Holy Spirit. We have sinned against you,

please make us anew. Forgive us and heal us and save us,

Lord have mercy.

All:           Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy.

                                                                                      Soli Mass  Boyce & Stanley

May Almighty God, have mercy on us,

forgive us our sins and bring us to everlasting life.

Amen. 

The Collect:

Almighty and merciful God, may no earthly undertaking hinder those who set out in haste to meet your Son, but may our learning of heavenly wisdom gain us admittance to his company who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever.

Amen.

The First Reading:   (Please be seated)

A reading from the Prophet Baruch:                                                      Baruch 5:1-9

Take off the garment of your sorrow and affliction, O Jerusalem,

and put on for ever the beauty of the glory from God.

Put on the robe of the righteousness from God;

put on your head the crown of the glory of the Everlasting.

For God will show your splendour everywhere under heaven.

For your name will for ever be called by God:

‘Peace of righteousness and glory of godliness’.

Arise, O Jerusalem, stand upon the height

and look towards the east

and see your children gathered from west and east,

at the word of the Holy One,

rejoicing that God has remembered them.

For they went forth from you on foot,

led away by their enemies;

but God will bring them back to you,

carried in glory, as on a royal throne.

For God has ordered that every high mountain

and the everlasting hills be made low

and the valleys filled up to make level ground,

so that Israel may walk safely in the glory of God.

The woods and every fragrant tree

have shaded Israel at God’s command.

For God will lead Israel with joy

in the light of his glory,

with the mercy and righteousness that come from him.

The Word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

The Responsorial Psalm:

What great deeds the Lord worked for us! Indeed, we were glad.

When the Lord brought back the exiles of Sion, we thought we were dreaming.

Then was our mouth filled with laughter; on our tongues, songs of joy. R.

Then they said among the nations, ‘What great deeds the Lord worked for them!’

What great deeds the Lord worked for us! Indeed, we were glad. R.

Bring back our exiles, O Lord, as streams in the Negeb.

Those who are sowing in tears will sing when they reap. R.

They go out, they go out, full of tears, bearing seed for the sowing;

they come back, they come back with a song, bearing their sheaves. R.

The Second Reading:

A reading from the letter of St. Paul to the Philippians                 Phillppians1:3-6, 8-11

Brothers and sisters: I thank my God in all my remembrance of you, always in every prayer of mine for you all, making my prayer with joy, because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now. And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.

For God is my witness, how I yearn for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus. And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment, so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

The Word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

The Gospel Acclamation:    (Please Stand)            Sung        

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!

Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight;

all flesh shall see the salvation of God.

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!

The Gospel:

The Lord be with you.

And with your Spirit.

A reading from the holy Gospel according to St. Luke:                             Luke 3:1-6

Glory to you O Lord

In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene, during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John the son of Zechariah in the wilderness.

And he went into all the region around the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet,

‘The voice of one crying in the wilderness:

“Prepare the way of the Lord,

make his paths straight.

Every valley shall be filled,

and every mountain and hill shall be made low,

and the crooked shall become straight,

and the rough places shall become level ways,

and all flesh shall see the salvation of God.” ’

The Gospel of the Lord.

Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!

Please sit for the homily.

The Nicene Creed:  (Please stand) 

I believe in one God,

the Father almighty,

maker of heaven and earth,

of all things visible and invisible.

I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ,

the Only Begotten Son of God,

born of the Father before all ages.

God from God,

Light from Light,

true God from true God,

begotten, not made, consubstantial with the Father;

through him all things were made.

For us men and for our salvation he came down from heaven,

(At the words that follow, up to and including ‘and became man’, all bow.)

and by the Holy Spirit was incarnate of the Virgin Mary,

and became man.

For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate,

he suffered death and was buried,

and rose again on the third day

in accordance with the Scriptures.

He ascended into heaven

and is seated at the right hand of the Father.

He will come again in glory

to judge the living and the dead

and his kingdom will have no end.

I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life,

who proceeds from the Father and the Son,

who with the Father and the Son is adored and glorified,

who has spoken through the prophets.

I believe in one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church.

I confess one Baptism for the forgiveness of sins

and I look forward to the resurrection of the dead

and the life of the world to come. Amen.

The Prayers of the Faithful:  (Please stand, sit or kneel) 

The Celebrant introduces the Prayer of the Faithful

Lord, in your mercy             or             Lord, hear us

Hear our prayer                                 Lord, graciously hear us  

The Reader will add:

Hail Mary, full of grace. The Lord is with Thee.

Blessed art thou amongst women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us Sinners now

and at the hour of our death. Amen

After a short silence, the Celebrant concludes the Prayer of the Faithful.

The Preparation of the Gifts

A Collection will be taken at this point

for the mission and upkeep of this church.

St. Barnabas however does need your financial

support to survive, Please consider a regular donation

via the Parish Giving Scheme or Standing order.

Forms are by the north door.

You are also able to pay contactless or by

QR code on your phone.

The Celebrant prepares the altar with gifts of Bread and Wine, they are then censed

with incense together with the altar.

The Celebrant and people are also censed.

1 Wake, O wake! with tidings thrilling
The watchmen all the air are filling,
Arise, Jerusalem, arise!
Midnight strikes! no more delaying,
“The hour has come!” we hear them saying,
Where are ye all, ye virgins wise?
The Bridegroom comes in sight,
Raise high your torches bright!
Alleluia! The wedding swells loud and strong:
Go forth and join the festal throng!

2 Sion hears the watchmen shouting,
Her heart leaps up with joy undoubting,
She stands and waits with eager eyes;
See her Friend from Heaven descending,
Adorned with truth and grace unending!
Her light burns clear, her star doth rise.
Now come, thou precious Crown,
Lord Jesu, God’s own Son!
Hosanna! Let us prepare to follow there,
Where in thy supper we may share.

3 Every soul in thee rejoices,
From men and from angelic voices
Be glory given to Thee alone!
Now the gates of pearl receive us,
Thy presence never more shall leave us,
We stand with angels round Thy throne.
Earth cannot give below
The bliss Thou dost bestow.
Alleluia! Grant us to raise to length of days,
The triumph-chorus of thy praise.

                Philipp Nicolai 1556-1608

                Tune Wachet Auf J.S. Bach 1685-1750

Pray, brothers and sisters, that my sacrifice and yours may be acceptable to God the almighty Father.

May the Lord accept the sacrifice at your hands, for the praise and glory of his name, for our good and the good of all his holy Church. 

The Celebrant sings the prayers over the gifts and we respond:

Amen

The Eucharistic Prayer:                                      Sung

The Lord be with you:

And with your spirit

Lift up your hearts:

We lift them up to the Lord

Let us give thanks to the Lord our God

It is right and just.

The Celebrant continues to sing the preface:

The Sanctus And Benedictus:

Holy, holy, ho-ly, Lord God of hosts,

heaven and earth are full of your glo-ry.

Hosanna in the high-est.

Bless’ed is he who comes in the na-me of the Lord.

Hosanna in the high-est.

                                                         A New People’s Mass

The Celebrant continues with the Eucharistic Prayer

The mystery of faith:                                         

When we eat the bread and drink this cup,

we proclaim your death, O Lord,

until you come again.

The Celebrant continues until:

… Through Him, and with Him, and in Him,

O God almighty Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit,

all glory and honour is yours, for ever and ever.   Amen.

At the Saviour’s command and formed by divine teaching, we dare to say:

Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name;

thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses,

as we forgive those who trespass against us.

And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil.

Deliver us Lord, we pray, from every evil; graciously grant peace in our days, that, by the help of your mercy, we may be always free from sin and safe from all distress as we await the blessed hope and the coming of our Saviour, Jesus Christ.

For the kingdom, the power and the glory are yours, now and for ever.

The Sign of Peace:

Lord Jesus Christ, who said to your apostles: Peace I leave you, my peace I give you, look not on our sins, but on the faith of your Church, and graciously grant her peace and unity in accordance with your will. Who lives and reigns for ever and ever. Amen.

The peace of the Lord be with you always:

And with your spirit

The Agnus Dei:                                                  Sung

Lamb of God you take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.

Lamb of God you take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.

Lamb of God you take away the sins of the world, grant us peace.

                                                         A New People’s Mass

As the Celebrant shows us the consecrated Host he says:  

Behold the Lamb of God; behold him who takes away the sins of the world. Blessed are those who are called to the supper of the Lamb.

Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof,

but only say the word and my soul shall be healed.

The Celebrant first receives the Sacrament and then says the communion antiphon.

All baptised Christians who receive communion in their own churches are welcome to receive Holy Communion here.

If you require a gluten free host please tell one of the stewards.

When directed please come forward to receive Holy Communion. 

If you prefer a blessing, please come forward with your head bowed and arms crossed.

As you receive the Sacrament the priest/minister says:

The body of Christ.  /  The Blood of Christ and we reply  Amen.

During Communion the following hymn is sung

1 Ye servants of the Lord
Each for your Master wait,
Observant of his heavenly word,
And watchful at his gate.

2 Let all your lamps be bright,
And trim the golden flame;
Gird up your loins as in his sight,
For aweful is his name.

3.Watch! 'tis your Lord's command,
And while we speak, he's near;
Mark the first signal of his hand,
And ready all appear.

4.O happy servant he,
In such a posture found!
He shall his Lord with rapture see,
And be with honour crowned.

5.Christ shall the banquet spread
With his own royal hand,
And raise that faithful servant's head
Amidst the angelic band.

                        Philip Doddridge 1702-51

                        Tune Narenza

The Prayer after Communion:

The Celebrant says the prayer and we reply   

Amen.

Any Banns of Marriage and Notices may be read at this point.

THE BLESSING AND DISMISSAL:  (Please stand)

The Lord be with you.

And with your spirit.

The Celebrant gives the blessing and we reply:   

Amen.

Go forth, the mass is ended.

Thanks be to God.

The Celebrant sits to put on incense and then makes his way to the Shrine of Our Lady to sing the Angelus Domini.

The Angel of the Lord brought tidings to Mary: 

And she conceived by the Holy Spirit. 

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee;

blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners,

now and at the hour of our death. Amen. 

Behold the handmaid of the Lord:

Be it unto me according to Thy word. 

Hail Mary . . . 

And the Word was made Flesh.

And dwelt among us. 

Hail Mary . . . 

Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God,

That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ. 

Let us pray: 

Pour forth, we beseech thee, O Lord, thy grace into our hearts; that as we have known the incarnation of thy Son, Jesus Christ, by the message of an angel, so by his Cross and Passion we may be brought to the glory of His resurrection, through the same Christ, Our Lord. Amen.

As the clergy and servers leave we sing the final hymn:

1 Hills of the North, rejoice,
Echoing songs arise,
Hail with united voice
Him who made earth and skies:
He comes in righteousness and love,
He brings salvation from above.

2 Isles of the Southern seas,
Sing to the listening earth,
Carry on every breeze
Hope of a world's new birth:
In Christ shall all be made anew,
His word is sure, his promise true.

3 Lands of the East, arise,
He is your brightest morn,
Greet him with joyous eyes.
Praise shall his path adorn:
The God whom you have longed to know
ln Christ draws near, and calls you now.

4 Shores of the utmost West,
Lands of the setting sun,
Welcome the heavenly guest
ln whom the dawn has come:
He brings a never—ending light
Who triumphed o'er our darkest night.

5 Shout, as you journey on,
Songs be in every mouth.
Lo, from the North they come,
From East and West and South:
In Jesus all shall find their rest,
In him the sons of earth be blest.

C E Oakley 1832-65

Tune: Little Cornard

Do please join us for refreshments after this mass

in the Café area.

Prayers for use after Mass

O Lord Jesus Christ you have come into our lives

as a willing guest and humble servant:

Take us and make us yours now and always.

We offer you the time that lies before us;

for your honour and glory. Amen.

Soul of Christ, sanctify me; Body of Christ, save me;

Blood of Christ, inebriate me; water from the side of Christ, wash me;

Passion of Christ, strengthen me; O Good Jesus, hear me;

Within thy wounds hide me; suffer me not to be separated from thee;

From the malicious enemy defend me; at the hour of my death call me;

And bid me come to thee; that with thy saints I may praise thee; for all eternity. Amen.

NOTICES

Parish Christmas Cards:       Please help deliver these.

Monday 9^th December 7pm  IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE BVM Sung Mass 7pm                               with the Wagner Group.

St Barnabas needs your help

A BIG ‘THANK YOU’ to all who continue to support our church. Your support is more essential more than ever.

Have you considered joining the Parish Giving Scheme (PGS) this is by far the best way of regularly giving to St. Barnabas as we receive your donation and the gift aid straight away. Or you may consider paying by Standing Order?

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COMMUNICATION:

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