Mass January 11, 2025 - 5:30 PM: The Baptism of the Lord

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Opening Song: Rain Down
Rain down, rain down, rain down your love on your people. Rain down, rain down, rain down your love, God of life. Rain down, rain down, rain down your love on your people. Rain down, rain down, rain down your love, God of life, down your love on your people. Rain down, rain down, rain down your love, God of life.
God of creation, we long for your truth; you are the water of life that we thirst. Grant that your love and your peace touch our hearts, all of our hope lies in you.
Rain down, rain down, rain down your love on your people.
Rain down, rain down, rain down your love, God of life.
Angels We Have Heard on High
Angels we have heard on high sweetly singing o’er the plains, and the mountains in reply echo back their joyous strains.
Gloria in excelsis Deo!
Gloria in excelsis Deo!
Come to Bethlehem and see Him whose birth the angels sing; come, adore on bended knee Christ, the Lord, the newborn King.
Gloria in excelsis Deo!
Gloria in excelsis Deo!
First reading:
A reading from the Prophet Isaiah
Comfort, give comfort to my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her service is at an end, her guilt is expiated; indeed, she has received from the hand of the LORD double for all her sins. A voice cries out: in the desert prepare the way of the LORD! Make straight in the wasteland a highway for our God! Every valley shall be filled in, every mountain and hill shall be made low; the rugged land shall be made a plain, the rough country, a broad valley. Then the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all people shall see it together; for the mouth of the LORD has spoken. Go up onto a high mountain, Zion, herald of glad tidings; cry out at the top of your voice, Jerusalem, herald of good news! Fear not to cry out and say to the cities of Judah: Here is your God! Here comes with power the Lord GOD, who rules by a strong arm; here is his reward with him, his recompense before him. Like a shepherd he feeds his flock; in his arms, he gathers the lambs, carrying them in his bosom, and leading the ewes with care.
The word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
Responsorial Psalm: O Bless the Lord, My Soul
O bless the Lord, O bless the Lord, my soul.
Second reading:
A reading from the Letter of Saint Paul to Titus
Beloved: The grace of God has appeared, saving all and training us to reject godless ways and worldly desires and to live temperately, justly, and devoutly in this age,
as we await the blessed hope, the appearance of the glory of our great God and savior Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us to deliver us from all lawlessness and to cleanse for himself a people as his own, eager to do what is good. When the kindness and generous love of God our savior appeared, not because of any righteous deeds we had done but because of his mercy, he saved us through the bath of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, whom he richly poured out on us through Jesus Christ our savior, so that we might be justified by his grace and become heirs in hope of eternal life. Lord of all, what has happened all over Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism that John preached, how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power. He went about doing good and healing all those saved us through the bath of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, whom he richly poured out on us through Jesus Christ our savior, so that we might be justified by his grace and become heirs in hope of eternal life.
Gospel:
A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke
The people were filled with expectation, and all were asking in their hearts whether John might be
the Christ. John answered them all, saying, “I am baptizing you with water, but one mightier than I is coming. I am not worthy to loosen the thongs of his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.” After all the people had been baptized and Jesus also had been baptized and was praying, heaven was opened and the Holy Spirit descended upon him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven, “You are my beloved Son; with you, I am well pleased.”
The Gospel of the Lord.
Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
Preparation of the Gifts: Come to the Water
Communion Song: Behold the Lamb
Closing Song: Joy to the World
Joy to the world! the Lord is come; let earth receive her King; let ev’ry heart prepare him room and heav’n and nature sing, and heav’n and nature sing, and heav’n, and heav’n and nature sing.
Joy to the world! the Savior reigns; let us our songs employ; while fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains repeat the sounding joy, repeat the sounding joy, repeat, repeat the sounding joy.