6. Votive Mass of the Most Holy Name of Jesus
ENTRANCE ANTIPHON
Phil 2: 10-11
At the name of Jesus every knee should bend,
of those in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
and every tongue confess
that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
COLLECT
As we venerate the most holy Name of Jesus,
mercifully grant us, Lord,
that, savoring its sweetness in this life,
we may be filled with everlasting joy
in our heavenly homeland.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God, for ever and ever.
READING I
During the Easter Season
Sirach 51
Ex 3:11-15
I AM WHO AM sent me to you.
A reading from the Book of Exodus
Moses, hearing the voice of the Lord from the burning bush, said to him
“Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh
and bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?”
He answered: “I will be with you;
and this shall be your proof that it is I who have sent you:
when you bring my people out of Egypt,
you will worship God on this very mountain.”
Moses said to God, “But when I go to the children of Israel
and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’
and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ what am I to tell them?”
God replied , “I am who I am.
Then he added, “This is what you shall tell the children of Israel:
I AM sent me to you.”
God spoke further to Moses, “Thus shall you say to the children Israel:
The LORD, the God of your fathers,
the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob,
has sent me to you.
“This is my name forever;
this is my title for all generations.”
The word of the Lord.
Responsorial Psalm
Sir 51:8-12
I will ever praise your name and be constant in my prayers for you.
A reading from the Book of Sirach
I remembered the mercies of the LORD,
his kindness through ages past;
For he saves those who take refuge in him,
and rescues them from every evil.
So I raised my voice from the very earth,
from the gates of the netherworld, my cry.
I called out: O Lord, you are my father,
you are my champion and my savior;
Do not abandon me in time of trouble,
or leave me in the time of the proud without help.
I will ever praise your name
and be constant in my prayers to you.
Thereupon my prayer was heard
and you saved me from evil of every kind
and rescued me from the time of trouble.
For this reason I thank you and I praise you,
and bless the name of the LORD.
The word of the Lord.
Responsorial Psalm
During the Easter Season
Acts 3
Acts 4
Acts 5
Acts 3:1-10
In the name of Jesus the Nazarean, rise and walk.
A reading from the Acts of the Apostles
Peter and John were going up to the temple area
for the three o’clock hour of prayer.
And a man crippled from birth was carried
and placed at the gate of the temple called “the Beautiful Gate” every day
to beg for alms from the people who entered the temple.
When he saw Peter and John about to go into the temple,
he asked for alms.
But Peter looked intently at him, as did John,
and said, “Look at us.”
He paid attention to them, expecting to receive something from them.
Peter said, “I have neither silver nor gold,
but what I do have I give you:
in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazorean, rise and walk.”
Then Peter took him by the right hand and raised him up,
and immediately his feet and ankles grew strong.
He leaped up, stood, and walked around,
and went into the temple with them,
walking and jumping and praising God.
When all the people saw him walking and praising God,
they recognized him as the one
who used to sit begging at the Beautiful Gate of the temple,
and they were filled with amazement and astonishment
at what had happened to him.
The word of the Lord.
Responsorial Psalm
Acts 4:8-12
There is no salvation through any other name.
A reading from the Acts of the Apostles
Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, answered them,
“Leaders of the people and elders:
If we are being examined today
about a good deed done to a cripple,
namely, by what means he was saved,
then all of you and all the people of Israel should know
that it was in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazorean
whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead;
in his name this man stands before you healed.
He is the stone rejected by you, the builders,
which has become the cornerstone.
There is no salvation through anyone else,
nor is there any other name under heaven
given to the human race by which we are to be saved.”
The word of the Lord.
Responsorial Psalm
Acts 5:27-32, 40-42
A reading from the Acts of the Apostles
When the court officers had brought the Apostles in
and made them stand before the Sanhedrin,
the high priest questioned them,
“We gave you strict orders did we not,
to stop teaching in that name.
Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching
and want to bring this man’s blood upon us.”
But Peter and the Apostles said in reply,
“We must obey God rather than men.
The God of our ancestors raised Jesus,
though you had him killed by hanging him on a tree.
God exalted him at his right hand as leader and savior
to grant Israel repentance and forgiveness of sins.
We are witnesses of these things,
as is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey him.”
After recalling the Apostles, the Sanhedrin had them flogged,
ordered them to stop speaking in the name of Jesus,
and dismissed them.
So they left the presence of the Sanhedrin,
rejoicing that they had been found worthy
to suffer dishonor for the sake of the name.
And all day long, both at the temple and in their homes,
they did not stop teaching and proclaiming the Christ, Jesus.
The word of the Lord.
RESPONSORIAL PSALM
Psalm 113
Is 12:2-3, 4bcd, 5-6
℟. (4A) Praise the Lord and call upon his name.
God indeed is my savior;
I am confident and unafraid.
My strength and my courage is the LORD,
and he has been my savior.
With joy you will draw water
at the fountain of salvation.
℟. Praise the Lord and call upon his name.
Give thanks to the LORD, acclaim his name;
among the nations make known his deeds,
proclaim how exalted is his name.
℟. Praise the Lord and call upon his name.
Sing praise to the LORD for his glorious achievement;
let this be known throughout all the earth.
Shout with exultation, O city of Zion,
for great in your midst
is the Holy One of Israel!
℟. Praise the Lord and call upon his name.
Reading II
Verse Before the Gospel
Ps 113:1-2, 3-4, 5
℟. (2) Blessed be the name of the Lord forever.
or:
℟. Alleluia.
Praise, you servants of the LORD,
praise the name of the LORD.
Blessed be the name of the LORD
both now and forever.
℟. Blessed be the name of the Lord forever.
or:
℟. Alleluia.
From the rising to the setting of the sun
is the name of the LORD to be praised.
High above all nations is the LORD;
above the heavens is his glory.
℟. Blessed be the name of the Lord forever.
or:
℟. Alleluia.
Who is like the LORD, our God, who is enthroned on high
and looks upon the heavens and the earth below?
℟. Blessed be the name of the Lord forever.
or:
℟. Alleluia.
Verse Before the Gospel
READING II
1 Corinthians 1
Philippians 2
Colossians 3
1 Cor 1:1-3
With all those everywhere who call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
A reading from the first Letter of Saint Paul to the Corinthians
Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God,
and Sosthenes our brother,
to the church of God that is in Corinth,
to you who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be holy,
with all those everywhere who call upon the name of our Lord
Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours.
Grace to you and peace from God our Father
and the Lord Jesus Christ.
The word of the Lord.
Verse Before the Gospel
Phil 2:6-11
God bestowed on him the name that is above every name.
A reading from the Letter of Saint Paul to the Philippians
Christ Jesus, though he was in the form of God,
did not regard equality with God
something to be grasped.
Rather, he emptied himself,
taking the form of a slave,
coming in human likeness;
and found human in appearance,
he humbled himself,
becoming obedient to the point of death,
even death on a cross.
Because of this, God greatly exalted him
and bestowed on him the name
which is above every name,
that at the name of Jesus
every knee should bend,
of those in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
and every tongue confess that
Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.
The word of the Lord.
Verse Before the Gospel
Col 3:12-17
Do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus.
A reading from the Letter of Saint Paul to the Colossians
Brothers and sisters:
Put on, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved,
heartfelt compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience,
bearing with one another and forgiving one another,
if one has a grievance against another;
as the Lord has forgiven you, so must you also do.
And over all these put on love,
that is, the bond of perfection.
And let the peace of Christ control your hearts,
the peace into which you were also called in one Body.
And be thankful.
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly,
as in all wisdom you teach and admonish one another,
singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs
with gratitude in your hearts to God.
And whatever you do, in word or in deed,
do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus,
giving thanks to God the Father through him.
VERSE BEFORE THE GOSPEL
℟. Alleluia, alleluia.
1. Ps 96:2
Sing to the LORD and bless his name,
proclaim his salvation day after day.
2. Daniel 3:52b
Praise to your holy and glorious name,
may you be praised forever.
℟. Alleluia, alleluia.
GOSPEL
Matthew 1
Luke 2
John 14
Mt 1:18-25
You are to name him Jesus.
✠ A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew
This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about.
When his mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph,
but before they lived together,
she was found with child through the Holy Spirit.
Joseph her husband, since he was a righteous man,
yet unwilling to expose her to shame,
decided to divorce her quietly.
Such was his intention when, behold,
the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said,
“Joseph, son of David,
do not be afraid to take Mary your wife into your home.
For it is through the Holy Spirit
that this child has been conceived in her.
She will bear a son and you are to name him Jesus,
because he will save his people from their sins.”
All this took place to fulfill
what the Lord had said through the prophet:
Behold, the virgin shall be with child and bear a son,
and they shall name him Emmanuel,
which means “God is with us.”
When Joseph awoke,
he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him
and took his wife into his home.
He had no relations with her until she bore a son,
and he named him Jesus.
The Gospel of the Lord.
Prayer Over the Offerings
Lk 2:16-21
He was named Jesus.
✠ A reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke
The shepherds went in haste to Bethlehem and found Mary and Joseph,
and the infant lying in the manger.
When they saw this,
they made known the message
that had been told them about this child.
All who heard it were amazed
by what had been told them by the shepherds.
And Mary kept all these things,
reflecting on them in her heart.
Then the shepherds returned,
glorifying and praising God
for all they had heard and seen,
just as it had been told to them.
When eight days were completed for his circumcision,
he was named Jesus, the name given him by the angel
before he was conceived in the womb.
The Gospel of the Lord.
Prayer Over the Offerings
Jn 14:6-14
✠ A reading from the holy Gospel according to John
Jesus said to Thomas, “I am the way and the truth and the life.
No one comes to the Father except through me.”
“If you know me, then you will also know my Father.
From now on you do know him and have seen him.”
Philip said to Jesus,
“Master, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us.”
Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you for so long a time
and you still do not know me, Philip?
Whoever has seen me has seen the Father.
How can you say, ‘Show us the Father?’
Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me?
The words that I speak to you I do not speak on my own.
The Father who dwells in me is doing his works.
Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me,
or else, believe because of the works themselves.
Amen, amen, I say to you,
whoever believes in me will do the works that I do,
and will do greater ones than these,
because I am going to the Father.
And whatever you ask in my name, I will do,
so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
If you ask anything of me in my name, I will do it.”
The Gospel of the Lord.
PRAYER OVER THE OFFERINGS
Be pleased, almighty Father,
to accept our offerings in the Name of Jesus,
for we are confident that we shall receive
whatever we ask in your Son’s Name,
as he himself, with such kindness, promises.
Who lives and reigns for ever and ever.
COMMUNION ANTIPHON
Acts 4:12
There is no other name under heaven given among the human race
by which we must be saved.
PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION
Grant us in your mercy, O Lord, we pray,
that in these sacred mysteries
we may do worthy homage to the Lord Jesus,
for it is your will that at his Name
every knee should bend
and in him all people find salvation.
Who lives and reigns for ever and ever.
