THE INTRODUCTORY RITES

C: Show us, O Lord, your mercy

P: And grant us your salvation.   
C. May almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins, and bring us to everlasting life.
P. Amen.
    
KYRIE (PS 339) -kneel-

       
OPENING PRAYER -stand-
C. Let us pray,
C. Grant, almighty God,through the yearly observance of holy Lent,that we may grow in understandingof the riches hidden in Christ and by worthy conduct pursue their ef - fects. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Ho-ly Spirit,one God, for ev-er and ev-er.
P. Amen.
   
READING I (Gn 9:8-15) -sit-
               

L.  A reading from the Book of Genesis
                       
God said to Noah and to his sons with him:
"See, I am now establishing my covenant with you
and your descendants after you
and with every living creature that was with you:
all the birds, and the various tame and wild animals
that were with you and came out of the ark.
I will establish my covenant with you,
that never again shall all bodily creatures be destroyed
by the waters of a flood;
there shall not be another flood to devastate the earth."
God added:
"This is the sign that I am giving for all ages to come,
of the covenant between me and you
and every living creature with you:
I set my bow in the clouds to serve as a sign
of the covenant between me and the earth.
When I bring clouds over the earth,
and the bow appears in the clouds,
I will recall the covenant I have made
between me and you and all living beings,
so that the waters shall never again become a flood
to destroy all mortal beings."

                  
L. The word of the Lord.
P. Thanks be to God
     
Sesudah air bah berfirmanlah Allah kepada Nuh dan kepada anak-anak Nuh yang bersama-sama dengan dia, "Camkanlah, Aku mengadakan perjanjian dengan kamu dan keturunanmu, dan dengan segala makhluk hidup yang ada besertamu, yakni burung-burung, ternak dan binatang-binatang liar di bumi, segala yang keluar dari bahteramu, segala binatang di bumi. Maka Kuadakan perjanjian-Ku dengan kamu, bahwa sejak kini segala yang hidup takkan dilenyapkan oleh air bah lagi dan tidak akan ada lagi air bah untuk memusnahkan bumi." Dan Allah berfirman, "Inilah tanda perjanjian yang Kuadakan antara Aku dan kamu serta segala makhluk hidup yang ada sertamu turun temurun untuk selama-lamanya: Busur-Ku akan Kutempatkan di awan sebagai tanda perjanjian antara Aku dan bumi. Apabila kemudian Kudatangkan awan di atas bumi dan busur itu tampak di awan, maka Aku akan mengingat perjanjian-Ku yang telah Kuadakan dengan kamu dan dengan segala makhluk yang hidup, segala yang bernyawa, sehingga segenap air tidak lagi menjadi air bah untuk memusnahkan segala yang hidup."

        
RESPONSORIAL PSALM (Ps 25:4b-5ab.6-7ab.8-9) -sit-
Refrein: 


1.Your ways, O LORD, make known to me;
teach me your paths,
Guide me in your truth and teach me,
for you are God my savior.
2. Remember that your compassion, O LORD,
and your love are from of old.
In your kindness remember me,
because of your goodness, O LORD.
3. Good and upright is the LORD,
thus he shows sinners the way.
He guides the humble to justice,
and he teaches the humble his way.
    

Ulangan: Jalanmu, ya Tuhan, adalah cinta dan kebenaran bagi mereka yang mematuhi perjanjianmu.
1. Tunjukkanlah lorong-lorong-Mu kepadaku, ya Tuhan, bawalah aku berjalan dalam kebenaran-Mu dan ajarlah aku, sebab Engkaulah Allah yang menyelamatkan aku, Engkau kunanti-nantikan sepanjang hari.
2. Ingatlah segala rahmat dan kasih-setia-Mu, ya Tuhan, sebab semuanya itu sudah ada sejak purbakala. Tetapi ingatlah kepadaku sesuai dengan kasih setia-Mu, oleh karena kebaikan-Mu, ya Tuhan.
3. Tuhan itu baik dan benar, sebab itu Ia menunjukkan jalan kepada orang yang sesat. Ia membimbing orang-orang yang rendah hati menurut hukum, dan mengajarkan jalan-jalan-Nya kepada orang-orang yang bersahaja.    

READING II (1Pt 3:18-22) -sit-
                          

L. A reading from the first Letter of Peter:
                                                                                                
Beloved:
Christ suffered for sins once,
the righteous for the sake of the unrighteous,
that he might lead you to God.
Put to death in the flesh,
he was brought to life in the Spirit.
In it he also went to preach to the spirits in prison,
who had once been disobedient
while God patiently waited in the days of Noah
during the building of the ark,
in which a few persons, eight in all,
were saved through water.
This prefigured baptism, which saves you now.
It is not a removal of dirt from the body
but an appeal to God for a clear conscience,
through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
who has gone into heaven
and is at the right hand of God,
                                
L. The word of the Lord.
P. Thanks be to God                  
        
Saudara-saudaraku terkasih, Kristus telah mati satu kali untuk segala dosa kita. Ia yang benar telah mati untuk orang-orang yang tidak benar, supaya Ia membawa kita kepada Allah; Ia telah dibunuh dalam keadaan-Nya sebagai manusia, tetapi dibangkitkan menurut Roh, dan di dalam Roh itu juga Ia pergi memberitakan Injil kepada roh-roh yang di dalam penjara, yaitu roh-roh mereka yang pada masa Nuh tidak taat kepada Allah, ketika Allah tetap menanti dengan sabar waktu Nuh sedang mempersiapkan bahteranya, di mana hanya sedikit, yaitu delapan orang, yang diselamatkan dari air bah itu. Air itu melambangkan pembaptisan yang kini menyelamatkan kamu, bukan dengan membersihkan kenajisan jasmani, melainkan dengan memohonkan hati nurani yang baik kepada Allah berkat kebangkitan Yesus Kristus, yang telah naik ke surga dan kini duduk di sebelah kanan Allah, setelah Ia menaklukkan segala malaikat, kuasa dan kekuatan kepada-Nya.
   
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION  -stand-

Verse. One does not live on bread alone,
but on every word that comes forth from the mouth of God.
    
Manusia hidup bukan saja dari roti, melainkan juga dari setiap sabda Allah.
    
GOSPEL (Mark 1:12-15) -stand-
C. The Lord be with you,
P. And with your spirit
C. A reading from the holy Gospel according to Mark
C. Glory to you, O Lord
P. The Spirit drove Jesus out into the desert,
and he remained in the desert for forty days,
tempted by Satan.
He was among wild beasts,
and the angels ministered to him.
After John had been arrested,
Jesus came to Galilee proclaiming the gospel of God:
"This is the time of fulfillment.
The kingdom of God is at hand.
Repent, and believe in the gospel."
C. The Gospel of the Lord
P. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
           
Sekali peristiwa Roh memimpin Yesus ke padang gurun. Di padang gurun itu Ia tinggal empat puluh hari lamanya dan dicobai oleh Iblis. Yesus berada di sana di antara binatang-binatang liar, dan malaikat-malaikat melayani Dia. Sesudah Yohanes Pembaptis ditangkap, datanglah Yesus ke Galilea memberitakan Injil Allah. Yesus memberitakan, "Waktunya telah genap. Kerajaan Allah sudah dekat. Bertobatlah dan percayalah kepada Injil!"
    
HOMILY -sit-   
   
hening sejenak
     
CREED (Nicea) -stand-  
C + P: 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
       
GENERAL INTERCESSIONS -stand-

C:  As we embrace the sacrifices of Lent, let us present to God our needs and the needs of the world
  
L: That the Church may show the world the way to God through repentance and prayer, we pray to the Lord..
P: Lord, Hear our Prayer

L: That world leaders may work together to seekpeace and justice for all, we pray to the Lord...
P: Lord, Hear our Prayer
  
L: That as God made a covenant with all living things, so we His people may grow in our respect for life, and actively protect it, we pray to the Lord...
P: Lord, Hear our Prayer
 
L: That that those suffering from illness and old age may have gentle care givers to attend to them and ease their pain, we pray to the Lord..
P:  Lord, Hear our Prayer

L: That the members of our parish familymay renew our covenant with God through sacrifice, reconciliation, and prayer, we pray to the Lord...
P: Lord, Hear our Prayer

L: That those who have died may rest in the loving presence of the saints and angels, we pray to the Lord...
P: Lord, Hear our Prayer

C: Gracious God, giver of all good gifts, receive these prayers.  Answer the needs of your people, and keep us in your care,  through Christ our Lord.  Amen.

P: Amen.
     


   

OFFERTORY HYMN:



       
PRAYER OVER THE OFFERING

P. 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.
C. Give us the right disposition, O Lord, we pray,to make these offer-ings,for with them we celebrate the beginning of this venerable and sac-red time.Through Christ our Lord. 
P. Amen.

  
Preface First Sunday of Lent:  [The Temptation of the Lord] -stand- 
C The Lord be with you.

P. And with your spirit. 

C. Lift up your hearts.

P. We lift them up to the Lord.

C. Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.

P. It is right and just.
C. It is truly right and just, our duty and our salvation, always and everywhere to give you thanks, Lord, holy Father, almighty and eternal God, through Christ our Lord. By abstaining forty long days from earthly food, he consecrated through his fast the pattern of our Lenten observance and, by overturning all the snares of the ancient serpent, taught us to cast out the leaven of malice, so that, celebrating worthily the Paschal Mystery, we might pass over at last to the eternal paschal feast. And so, with the company of Angels and Saints, we sing the hymn of your praise, as without end we acclaim:

         
SANCTUS  (PS 388) -stand-

     

THE LORD'S PRAYER (PS 402) -stand-

C. Praeceptis salutaribus moniti, et divina institutione formati, audemus dicere
C+P.

C. Libera nos, quaesumus, Domine, ab omnibus malis, da propitius pacem in diebus nostris, ut, ope misericordiae tuae adiuti, et a peccato simus semper liberi et ab omni perturbatione securi: exspectantes beatam spem et adventum Salvatoris nostri Iesu Christi

P. 

                 For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours, now and forever.
     
C. 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 live and reign for ever and ever.
P. Amen. 

C. The peace of the Lord be with you always.
P. And with your spirit.
 
SIGN OF PEACE
                 
AGNUS DEI (PS 409) -stand-

             
INVITATION TO COMMUNION   
C. Behold the Lamb of God, behold him who takes away the sins of the world. Blessed are those called to the supper of the Lamb.

P. Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof, but only say the word and my soul shall be healed.
                                
COMMUNION ANTIPHON 

   

PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION -stand-

C. Let us pray:
C.  Re- newed now with heavenly breadby which faith is nourished, hope increased, and charity strength- ened,we pray, O Lord,that we may learn to hunger for Christ,the true and living Bread, and strive to live by every wordthat proceeds from your mouth.Through Christ our Lord. A-men.
P. Amen. 



  
SOLEMN BLESSING  -stand-

C. The Lord be with you
P. And with your spirit
     

P. Amen.

C. And may the blessing of almighty God, the Father, and the Son, + and the Holy Spirit, come down on you and remain with you for ever.