The Liturgy of the Word
The Catholic Epistle
The Catholic Epistle
The Catholic Epistle is read or chanted with this introduction.
Deacon
The Catholic Epistle of our father (...), my beloved:
After the Catholic Epistle is read, the reader concludes with this verse.
Following the reading of the Catholic Epistle, the congregation chant the Hymn before the Acts of the Apostles.
Deacon
My brethren, do not love the world nor the things that are in the world. The world shall pass away, and its desires; but whoever does the will of God abides forever. Amen.
Inaudible Prayer during the Catholic Epistle
The Priest asks the Lord to make us worthy to share in the inheritance with the Apostles and to walk in their footsteps.
Priest (Inaudible)
O Lord our God, Who, through Your holy apostles, has revealed to us the mystery of the gospel of the glory of Your Christ, and has given unto them according to the great and immeasurable gift of Your grace, that they proclaim among all nations the glad tidings of the unsearchable riches of Your mercy.
We ask You, O our Lord, to make us worthy to share with them in the inheritance. Grant us, at all times, to walk in their footsteps and imitate their struggle, and to join with them in their toil which they accepted for the sake of godliness.
Watch over Your holy Church which You founded through them, and bless the sheep of Your flock and cause this vine to increase, which Your right hand has planted, in Jesus Christ our Lord, through Whom the glory, honour, dominion and worship are due unto You, with Him and the Holy Spirit, the Life-giver, Who is coessential with You, both now and always, and unto the ages of ages. Amen