St Augustine Zhao Rong and his Companions, Martyrs…pray for us

Saint Cnut, King and Martyr, Patron of Denmark…ora pro nobis

Entrance Antiphon Cf. Ps 47: 10-11 Your merciful love, O God, we have received in the midst of your temple. Your praise, O God, like your name, reaches the ends of the earth; your right hand is filled with saving justice.

Genesis 44:18-21, 23b-29; 45:1-5 ‘God sent me before you to Egypt to preserve life.’

God called down a famine on the land; he broke their staff of bread. He had sent a man ahead of them, Joseph, sold as a slave. (Psalm 105(104) )

Gospel Acclamation Mark 1:15 Alleluia, alleluia. The kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel. Alleluia.

Entrance Antiphon There was a man of venerable life, Benedict, blessed by grace and by name, who, leaving home and patrimony and desiring to please God alone, sought out the habit of holy living.

Saint Benedict, Abbot, Co-Patron of Europe …ora pro nobis

Fear the LORD, you his holy ones. They lack nothing, those who fear him. The rich suffer want and go hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no blessing. (Psalm 34(33) )

Gospel Acclamation Matthew 5:3 Alleluia, alleluia. Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Alleluia.

And everyone who has left houses, or brothers or sisters, or father or mother, or children or lands for my name’s sake, will receive a hundredfold and will inherit eternal life.’ (Mat 19:29)