MASS FOR PERSECUTED CHRISTIANS RED NOVEMBER [DATE]

3.  Faith of the martyrs, we will love both friend and foe in all our strife, and preach thee, too, as love knows how, by saving word and faithful life!

R: Faith of the martyrs, holy faith,
We will be true to thee till death.<br>

ENTRANCE ANTIPHON Look to your covenant, O Lord,
and do not forget the life of your poor ones for ever.
Arise, O Lord, and defend your cause,
and forget not the cries of those who seek you!<br>

Responsory Our eyes are fixed on the Lord, pleading for his mercy.<br>

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION Alleluia, alleluia!

I have chosen you from the world, says the Lord, to go and bear fruit that will last.

Alleluia<br>

LET ALL MORTAL FLESH 1. Let all mortal flesh keep silence,
and with fear and trembling stand;
ponder nothing earthly minded,
for, with blessing in his hand,
Christ our God to earth descendeth,
our full homage to demand. Let All Mortal Flesh
Trans. Gerald Moultrie
Arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams
The English Hymnal, Oxford University Press.
Used with permission.<br>

2. King of kings, yet born of Mary, as of old on earth He stood, Lord of lords, in human vesture,
in the body and the blood. He will give to all the faithful His own self for heav'nly food.<br>

3. Rank on rank the host of heaven spreads its vanguard on the way, as the Light of light descendeth
from the realms of endless day, that the pow'rs of hell may vanish as the darkness clears away.<br>

4. At His feet the six-winged seraph, cherubim with sleepless eye, veil their faces to the Presence, as with ceaseless voice they cry,
“Alleluia, alleluia,
alleluia, Lord Most High!”<br>

COMMUNION ANTIPHON Everyone who acknowledges me before others
I will acknowledge before my heavenly Father, says the Lord.<br>

GODHEAD HERE IN HIDING Godhead here in hiding whom I do adore Masked by these bare shadows, shape and nothing more.
See, Lord, at thy service low lies here a heart
Lost, all lost in wonder at the God thou art. Adoro te Devote
St Thomas Aquinas
Trans. Gerard Manley Hopkins S.J.
Catholic Worship Book II, The Australian Episcopal Conference of the Roman Catholic Church
Used with permission.<br>

2. Seeing, touching, tasting are in thee deceived; How says trusty hearing? that shall be believed; What God's Son has told me, take for truth I do; Truth himself speaks truly or there's nothing true.<br>

3. On the cross thy godhead made no sign to men; Here thy very manhood steals from human ken: Both are my confession, both are my belief, And I pray the prayer made by the dying thief.<br>

4. I am not like Thomas, wounds I cannot see, But I plainly call thee Lord and God as he: This faith each day deeper be my holding of, Daily make me harder hope and dearer love.<br>

PRAYER FOR PERSECUTED CHRISTIANS Merciful Lord,

You call us to take up our crosses and follow after you on the Way of Love to Calvary.
However, there are many of our fellow Christians who suffer greatly for love of You and Your Church, some who will give their lives for you, and this is a hard path to follow.

We pray for them and ask you to be near to them. Comfort and console them, grant them peace and trust, make them firm in faith and generous in love. We pray for the conversion of their persecutors, healing of wounds, and that their courageous witness would be a light to the nations.

May we all testify to the joy of knowing and loving You, and come to Heaven as one.

Amen.<br>

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SOUL OF MY SAVIOUR 1. Soul of my Saviour, sanctify my breast; Body of Christ, be thou my saving guest; Blood of my Saviour, bathe me in thy tide; Wash me with water flowing from thy side. Anima Christi
Attr. Pope John XXII
Trans. Anonymous
Arranged by William Joseph Maher
Catholic Worship Book II, The Australian Episcopal Conference of the Roman Catholic Church
Used with permission.<br>

2. Strength and protection may thy Passion be; O Blessed Jesus, hear and answer me; Deep in thy wounds, Lord, hide and shelter me; So shall I never, never part from thee.<br>

3. Hear me, Lord Jesus, listen as I pray; "Lead me from night to never ending day. Fill all the world with love and grace divine, And glory, laud, and praise be ever thine."<br>