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FEAST OF THE EPIPHANY( Greek for “showing off”)

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ENTRY CAROLWe three kings of orient areBearing gifts we travel afar

Field and fountain, moor and mountain

Following yonder starO star of wonder, star of nightStar with royal beauty bright

Westward leading still proceedingGuide us to thy perfect light

Born a king on Bethlehem plainGold I bring to crown him again

king forever ceasing neverover us all to reign

O star of wonder, star of nightstar with royal beauty bright

westward leading still proceedingguide us to thy perfect light

Frankincense to offer have Iincense owns a deity nigh

prayer and praising all folk raisingworship him God most high.

Myrrh is mine, its better perfumebreathes a life of gathering gloomsorrowing, sighing, bleeding, dying

sealed in the stone cold tomb

PENITENTIAL RITE

Song of the Angels: Response

Gloria, gloria in excelsis Deo (x2)

THE WORD

for the Feast of the Epiphany

OLD TESTAMENT

Isaiah 60. 1 - 6…all shall come…bearing

gifts of gold and frankincense and myrhh…

Psalm 71: Response

All nations shall fall prostrate before you, O

Lord

EPISTLE

St Paul to the Ephesians 3. 2 – 6

Gentiles (us) are partners with the Jews

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION

Alleluia (x3)

Verse

Alleluia (x3)

GOSPEL

Matthew 2. 1 – 12

Astrologers from the East (Persia / Iran ?)

THE APOSTLES’ CREED1. I believe in God the Father Almighty, creator of heaven and earth.2. And in Jesus Christ, his only Son our Lord, 3.who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, 4.suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried. 5.He descended into hell; on the third day he rose again from the dead.6.He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of God the Father Almighty. 7.From there He will come to judge the living and the dead.8.I believe in the Holy Spirit, 9.the holy catholic church, the communion of saints, 10.the forgiveness of sins11.the resurrection of the body 12.and life everlasting. Amen

Normally there is no plate collection here.

If you wish to support your place of worship you should do this through your bank or by envelopes. Box in porch for visitors’ donations. TODAY: The Scottish Bishops require a plate collection for Justice & Peace work.

SUNDAY MASS 10 am & 6 pm in English6 Vigil and 12 noon in Polish

DAILY MASS 12 30

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Sat 12 30

EUCHARISTIC PRAYER

The Lord be with youAnd with your spiritLift up your heartsWe lift them up to the LordLet us give thanks to the Lord our GodIt is right and just

CHRISTMAS PREFACE

SANCTUS(Schubert)

Holy holy holy, Lord God of hosts (x2)Heaven and earth are full, full of your

gloryHosanna in the highest, hosanna in the

highestBlessed is He who comes, in the name

of the LordHosanna in the highest, hosanna in the

highest

PROCLAMATION OF FAITH(Schubert)

We proclaim your death O Lord and profess your resurrection until you come again, until you

come again.

GREAT AMEN

Tune: The First Nowell

COMMUNION

THE LORD’S PRAYER

You are invited to say this in the language in which you first learned

it

Sign of Peace

Agnus Dei qui tollis peccata mundi, miserere nobis (x2)

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

Agnus Dei qui tollis peccata mundi, dona nobis pacem

……grant us peace.

Please kneel

Behold the Lamb of God….. Lord I am not worthy that you

should enter under my roof, but only say the word and my soul shall be healed.

See amid the winter’s snow born for us on earth belowsee the tender Lamb appear promised from eternal

yearsHail thou ever blessed morn, hail redemption’s happy

dawnsing though all Jerusalem Christ is born in Bethlehem.Lo within a manger lies he who built the starry skies

he who throned on heights sublime sits amid the cherubim.

Say you holy shepherds say, what your joyful news today?

Wherefore have you left your sheep on the lonely mountain steep?

As we watched at dead of night, lo we saw a wondrous light

angels singing peace on earth told us of the Saviour’s birth.

Sacred infant all divine, what a tender love was thinethus to come from highest bliss, down to such a world

as this.

Virgin mother Mary blest by the joys that fill thy breastpray for us that we may prove worthy of the Saviour’s

love.

Rubens: Kings College, Cambridge

The first Noel the angels did sing

Was to certain poor shepherds in fields where they lay

In fields where they lay keeping their sheep

On a cold winter’s night that was so deep

Noel, noel, noel, noel, born is the King of Israel

They looked up and saw a star

Shining in the east beyond them far

And to the earth it gave great light

And so it continued both day and night

Noel…born is the King of Israel

And by the light of that same star

Three wise men came from country far

To seek for a king was their intent

And to follow the star wherever it went

Noel…born is the King of Israel

The let us all with one accordSing praises to our heavenly Lord

Who has made heaven and earth of nought

And with his blood us all has bought

Noel…born is the King of Israel

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