{"id":18064,"date":"2026-04-09T21:14:31","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T20:14:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stbedesclaytongreen.co.uk\/?page_id=18064"},"modified":"2026-05-22T21:44:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T20:44:49","slug":"second-sunday-of-easter-or-sunday-of-divine-mercy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stbedesclaytongreen.co.uk\/?page_id=18064","title":{"rendered":"Pentecost Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MAS_MAS_N5_Under_title\"><strong>O God, who by the mystery of today\u2019s great feast<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>sanctify your whole Church in every people and nation,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>pour out, we pray, the gifts of the Holy Spirit<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>across the face of the earth<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>and, with the divine grace that was at work<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>when the Gospel was first proclaimed,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>fill now once more the hearts of believers.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>God, for ever and ever.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"MAS_MAS_N155_Reading_introduction\"><em>They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MAS_MAS_N75_Reading_Title\"><strong>A reading from the Acts of the Apostles <span class=\"GREP_IMBRIQUES_Rouge_9_bold_N130\">2:1-11<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"GREP_IMBRIQUES_WG_Approche_Lettrine_N210\">W<\/span><span class=\"Petites_CAP_N10\">hen the day <\/span>of Pentecost arrived, the Apostles were all together in one place. And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested on each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance. Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men from every nation under heaven. And at this sound the multitude came together, and they were bewildered, because each one was hearing them speak in his own language. And they were amazed and astonished, saying, \u201cAre not all these who are speaking Galileans? And how is it that we hear, each of us in his own native language? Parthians and Medes and Elamites and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabians\u2014we hear them telling in our own tongues the mighty works of God.\u201d<br \/>\n<em>The word of the Lord.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"MAS_MAS_N125_Psalm_title\"><strong>Psalm <span class=\"GREP_IMBRIQUES_Chiffre_psaume_super_titre_N240\">104\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"GREP_IMBRIQUES_Chiffre_psaume_super_titre_N240\"><br \/>\n<\/span><strong><span class=\"Rouge_N25\"><span class=\"GREP_IMBRIQUES_Refrain_R_N170\">R<\/span><\/span><span class=\"Rouge_N25\"><span class=\"GREP_IMBRIQUES_Refrain_barre_N165\">\/<\/span><\/span>Send forth your Spirit, O Lord, and renew the face of the earth.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MAS_MAS_N140_Psalm_Refrain\"><strong><span class=\"Rouge_N25\">Or:<\/span> Alleluia.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MAS_MAS_N135_Psalm_Text\">Bless the <span class=\"PetitesCAP2-N11-Rouge-slash-N280\">Lord<\/span>, O my soul!<br \/>\nO <span class=\"PetitesCAP2-N11-Rouge-slash-N280\">Lord<\/span> my God, how great you are!<br \/>\nHow many are your works, O <span class=\"PetitesCAP2-N11-Rouge-slash-N280\">Lord<\/span>!<br \/>\nThe earth is full of your creatures.<br \/>\n<strong><span class=\"Rouge_N25\"><span class=\"GREP_IMBRIQUES_Refrain_R_N170\">R<\/span><\/span><span class=\"Rouge_N25\"><span class=\"GREP_IMBRIQUES_Refrain_barre_N165\">\/<\/span><\/span>Send forth your Spirit, O Lord, and renew the face of the earth.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MAS_MAS_N135_Psalm_Text\">You take away their breath, they die,<br \/>\nreturning to the dust from which they came.<br \/>\nYou send forth your spirit, and they are created,<br \/>\nand you renew the face of the earth.<br \/>\n<strong><span class=\"Rouge_N25\"><span class=\"GREP_IMBRIQUES_Refrain_R_N170\">R<\/span><\/span><span class=\"Rouge_N25\"><span class=\"GREP_IMBRIQUES_Refrain_barre_N165\">\/<\/span><\/span>Send forth your Spirit, O Lord, and renew the face of the earth.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MAS_MAS_N135_Psalm_Text\">May the glory of the <span class=\"PetitesCAP2-N11-Rouge-slash-N280\">Lord<\/span> last for ever!<br \/>\nMay the <span class=\"PetitesCAP2-N11-Rouge-slash-N280\">Lord<\/span> rejoice in his works!<br \/>\nMay my thoughts be pleasing to him.<br \/>\nI will rejoice in the <span class=\"PetitesCAP2-N11-Rouge-slash-N280\">Lord<\/span>.<br \/>\n<strong><span class=\"Rouge_N25\"><span class=\"GREP_IMBRIQUES_Refrain_R_N170\">R<\/span><\/span><span class=\"Rouge_N25\"><span class=\"GREP_IMBRIQUES_Refrain_barre_N165\">\/<\/span><\/span>Send forth your Spirit, O Lord, and renew the face of the earth.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"MAS_MAS_N155_Reading_introduction\"><em>In one Spirit we were all baptised into one body.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MAS_MAS_N75_Reading_Title\"><strong>A reading from the First Letter of Saint Paul to the Corinthians <span class=\"GREP_IMBRIQUES_Rouge_9_bold_N130\">12:3b-7, 12-13<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"GREP_IMBRIQUES_WG_Approche_Lettrine_N210\">B<\/span><span class=\"Petites_CAP_N10\">rothers and sisters: <\/span>No one can say \u201cJesus is Lord\u201d except in the Holy Spirit. Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who empowers them all in everyone. To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. For in one Spirit we were all baptised into one body\u2014Jews or Greeks, slaves or free\u2014and all were made to drink of one Spirit.<br \/>\n<em>The word of the Lord.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"MAS_MAS_N125_Psalm_title\"><strong>Sequence Veni, Sancte Spiritus<br \/>\n<\/strong><span class=\"GREP_IMBRIQUES_HY_PS_Lettrine_N290\" lang=\"fr-FR\">H<\/span>oly Spirit, Lord of light,<br \/>\nfrom the clear celestial height<br \/>\nthy pure beaming radiance give.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MAS_MAS_N135_Psalm_Text\">Come, thou Father of the poor,<br \/>\ncome with treasures which endure,<br \/>\ncome, thou light of all that live.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MAS_MAS_N135_Psalm_Text\">Thou, of all consolers best,<br \/>\nthou, the soul\u2019s delightful guest,<br \/>\ndost refreshing peace bestow.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MAS_MAS_N135_Psalm_Text\">Thou in toil art comfort sweet,<br \/>\npleasant coolness in the heat,<br \/>\nsolace in the midst of woe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MAS_MAS_N135_Psalm_Text\">Light immortal, light divine,<br \/>\nvisit thou these hearts of thine,<br \/>\nand our inmost being fill.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MAS_MAS_N135_Psalm_Text\">If thou take thy grace away,<br \/>\nnothing pure in man will stay;<br \/>\nall his good is turned to ill.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MAS_MAS_N135_Psalm_Text\">Heal our wounds, our strength renew;<br \/>\non our dryness pour thy dew;<br \/>\nwash the stains of guilt away.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MAS_MAS_N135_Psalm_Text\">Bend the stubborn heart and will;<br \/>\nmelt the frozen, warm the chill;<br \/>\nguide the steps that go astray.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MAS_MAS_N135_Psalm_Text\">Thou, on us who evermore<br \/>\nthee confess and thee adore,<br \/>\nwith thy sevenfold gifts descend:<\/p>\n<p class=\"MAS_MAS_N135_Psalm_Text\">Give us comfort when we die;<br \/>\ngive us life with thee on high;<br \/>\ngive us joys that never end.<\/p>\n<p class=\"UK-JOUR_UK_N20_MASS_Alleluia\"><strong><span class=\"GREP_IMBRIQUES_Rouge_slash_N280\">Alleluia,<\/span><span class=\"GREP_IMBRIQUES_Rouge_slash_N280\"> alleluia.<\/span><\/strong> Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and kindle in them the fire of your love.<strong> <span class=\"GREP_IMBRIQUES_Rouge_slash_N280\">Alleluia.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"MAS_MAS_N155_Reading_introduction\"><em>As the Father has sent me, even so I am sending you. Receive the Holy Spirit.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MAS_MAS_N75_Reading_Title\"><strong>A reading from the holy Gospel according to John <span class=\"GREP_IMBRIQUES_Rouge_9_bold_N130\">20:19-23<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"GREP_IMBRIQUES_WG_Approche_Lettrine_N210\">O<\/span><span class=\"Petites_CAP_N10\">n the evening <\/span>of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being locked where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, \u201cPeace be with you.\u201d When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again, \u201cPeace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I am sending you.\u201d And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, \u201cReceive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you withhold forgiveness from any, it is withheld.\u201d<br \/>\n<em>The Gospel of the Lord.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"MAS_MAS_N55_Renvoi\"><strong>Credo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MAS_MAS_N50_Prayer_Title\"><strong>Prayer over the Offerings<br \/>\n<\/strong>Grant, we pray, O Lord,<br \/>\nthat, as promised by your Son,<br \/>\nthe Holy Spirit may reveal to us more abundantly<br \/>\nthe hidden mystery of this sacrifice<br \/>\nand graciously lead us into all truth.<br \/>\nThrough Christ our Lord.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MAS_MAS_N50_Prayer_Title\"><strong>Preface of Pentecost: The mystery of Pentecost<br \/>\n<\/strong>It is truly right and just, our duty and our salvation,<br \/>\nalways and everywhere to give you thanks,<br \/>\nLord, holy Father, almighty and eternal God.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MAS_MAS_N70_Prayer_Text_1mm_avant\">For, bringing your Paschal Mystery to completion,<br \/>\nyou bestowed the Holy Spirit today<br \/>\non those you made your adopted children<br \/>\nby uniting them to your Only Begotten Son.<br \/>\nThis same Spirit, as the Church came to birth,<br \/>\nopened to all peoples the knowledge of God<br \/>\nand brought together the many languages of the earth<br \/>\nin profession of the one faith.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MAS_MAS_N70_Prayer_Text_1mm_avant\">Therefore, overcome with paschal joy,<br \/>\nevery land, every people exults in your praise<br \/>\nand even the heavenly Powers, with the angelic hosts,<br \/>\nsing together the unending hymn of your glory,<br \/>\nas they acclaim:<\/p>\n<p>Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God of hosts,<br \/>\nHeaven and earth are full of your glory,<br \/>\nHosanna in the highest,<br \/>\nBlessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, Hosanna in the highest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MAS_MAS_N50_Prayer_Title\"><strong>Communion Antiphon <span class=\"GREP_IMBRIQUES_Lecture_Titre_Ref_N150\">Ac 2:4, 11<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong>They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke of the marvels of God, alleluia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MAS_MAS_N50_Prayer_Title\"><strong>Prayer after Communion<br \/>\n<\/strong>O God, who bestow heavenly gifts upon your Church,<br \/>\nsafeguard, we pray, the grace you have given,<br \/>\nthat the gift of the Holy Spirit poured out upon her<br \/>\nmay retain all its force<br \/>\nand that this spiritual food<br \/>\nmay gain her abundance of eternal redemption.<br \/>\nThrough Christ our Lord.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MAS_MAS_N15_Rouge_9_Bold\">T<strong>o dismiss the people the Deacon or, if there is no Deacon, the Priest himself sings or says:<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Go forth, the Mass is ended, alleluia, alleluia.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MAS_MAS_N15_Rouge_9_Bold\">Or:<\/p>\n<p class=\"MAS_MAS_N60_Entrance_Communion_Antiphon\"><strong>Go in peace, alleluia, alleluia.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MAS_MAS_N15_Rouge_9_Bold\"><strong>And the people reply:<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong><span class=\"Minion_Bold_Noir_N60\">Thanks <\/span><span class=\"Minion_Bold_Noir_N60\">be to God, alleluia, alleluia.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MAS_MAS_N15_Rouge_9_Bold\">With Easter Time now concluded, the paschal candle is extinguished. It is desirable to keep the paschal candle in the baptistery with due honour so that it is lit at the celebration of Baptism and the candles of those baptised are lit from it.<\/p>\n<p>It is after the Ascension. The remaining apostles \u201chave kept [the Father\u2019s] word\u201d; \u201cthey have believed that [the Father] sent Jesus\u201d. They witness to the Father\u2019s glory by enacting their own sort of triumphal entry into Jerusalem, redolent of Christ\u2019s on Palm Sunday. It was triumphant \u201cwhen they had entered the city\u201d because the Eleven were deeply united in faith and charity, resolved to do the will of the Father. It is not a coincidence how their actions mimic those of the Saviour: they go to the Upper Room and there devote themselves to prayer with one accord. Persecution is soon to follow, but they will rejoice to the extent that they \u201cshare Christ\u2019s sufferings\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MAS_MAS_N65_Prayer_Text\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>O God, who by the mystery of today\u2019s great feast sanctify your whole Church in every people and nation, pour out, we pray, the gifts of the Holy Spirit across the face of the earth and, with the divine grace &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/stbedesclaytongreen.co.uk\/?page_id=18064\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-18064","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stbedesclaytongreen.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stbedesclaytongreen.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stbedesclaytongreen.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stbedesclaytongreen.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stbedesclaytongreen.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18064"}],"version-history":[{"count":87,"href":"https:\/\/stbedesclaytongreen.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18064\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18207,"href":"https:\/\/stbedesclaytongreen.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18064\/revisions\/18207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stbedesclaytongreen.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}