Liturgical Music
8|16|2026 - Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time [A]
Entrance: Gather the People
Refrain:
Gather the people, enter the feast
All are invited, the greatest and least
The banquet is ready now to be shared
Join in the heavenly feast that God has prepared
Verse 1:
Around this table we dine as kin
Beloved family of God
We share the body of Christ the Lord
Here we become what we eat [Refrain]
Verse 2:
Around this table we tell great tales,
the wondrous stories of grace.
We hold the mem’ry of Christ, the Lord.
So we become what we eat. [Refrain]
Verse 3:
Around this table God’s bounty falls
on all who hunger and thirst.
We drink the fullness of Christ, the Lord,
So we become what we eat. [Refrain]
GLORIA
Refrain:
Glory to God in the highest,
and on earth peace to people of good will.
Verse 1:
We praise you,
we bless you,
we adore you,
we glorify you,
we give you thanks for your great glory,
Lord God, heavenly King,
O God, almighty Father.
Verse 2:
Lord Jesus Christ, Only Begotten Son,
Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father,
you take away the sins of the world,
have mercy on us;
you take away the sins of the world,
receive our prayer;
you are seated at the right hand of the Father,
have mercy on us.
Verse 3:
For you alone are the Holy One,
you alone are the Lord,
you alone are the Most High,
Jesus Christ,
with the Holy Spirit,
in the glory of God the Father.
Amen, Amen.
Lectionary: 118
1st reading
Isaiah 56:1, 6-7
Thus says the LORD:
Observe what is right, do what is just;
for my salvation is about to come,
my justice, about to be revealed.
The foreigners who join themselves to the LORD,
ministering to him,
loving the name of the LORD,
and becoming his servants—
all who keep the sabbath free from profanation
and hold to my covenant,
them I will bring to my holy mountain
and make joyful in my house of prayer;
their burnt offerings and sacrifices
will be acceptable on my altar,
for my house shall be called
a house of prayer for all peoples.
The word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
Responsorial Psalm
Psalm 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8
R. (4) O God, let all the nations praise you!
May God have pity on us and bless us;
may he let his face shine upon us.
So may your way be known upon earth;
among all nations, your salvation.
R. O God, let all the nations praise you!
May the nations be glad and exult
because you rule the peoples in equity;
the nations on the earth you guide.
R. O God, let all the nations praise you!
May the peoples praise you, O God;
may all the peoples praise you!
May God bless us,
and may all the ends of the earth fear him!
R. O God, let all the nations praise you!
2nd reading
Romans 11:13-15, 29-32
A reading from the Letter of Saint Paul to the Romans
Brothers and sisters:
I am speaking to you Gentiles.
Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles,
I glory in my ministry in order to make my race jealous
and thus save some of them.
For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world,
what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?
For the gifts and the call of God are irrevocable.
Just as you once disobeyed God
but have now received mercy because of their disobedience,
so they have now disobeyed in order that,
by virtue of the mercy shown to you,
they too may now receive mercy.
For God delivered all to disobedience,
that he might have mercy upon all.
The word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
Gospel Acclamation: ALLELUIA
Cf. Matthew 4:23
R. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
Jesus proclaimed the Gospel of the kingdom
and cured every disease among the people.
R. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
Gospel
Matthew 15:21-28
The Lord be with you. And with your spirit
A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew
Glory to you, O Lord.
At that time, Jesus withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon.
And behold, a Canaanite woman of that district came and called out,
"Have pity on me, Lord, Son of David!
My daughter is tormented by a demon."
But Jesus did not say a word in answer to her.
Jesus' disciples came and asked him,
"Send her away, for she keeps calling out after us."
He said in reply,
"I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel."
But the woman came and did Jesus homage, saying, "Lord, help me."
He said in reply,
"It is not right to take the food of the children
and throw it to the dogs."
She said, "Please, Lord, for even the dogs eat the scraps
that fall from the table of their masters."
Then Jesus said to her in reply,
"O woman, great is your faith!
Let it be done for you as you wish."
And the woman's daughter was healed from that hour.
The Gospel of the Lord.
Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
NICENE CREED
I believe in one God,
the Father almighty,
maker of heaven and earth,
of all things visible and invisible.
I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ,
the Only Begotten Son of God,
born of the Father before all ages.
God from God, Light from Light,
true God from true God,
begotten, not made, consubstantial with the Father;
through him all things were made.
For us men and for our salvation
he came down from heaven,
(ALL BOW)
and by the Holy Spirit was incarnate of the Virgin Mary, and became man.
For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate,
he suffered death and was buried,
and rose again on the third day
in accordance with the Scriptures.
He ascended into heaven
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again in glory
to judge the living and the dead
and his kingdom will have no end.
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life,
who proceeds from the Father and the Son,
who with the Father and the Son is adored and glorified,
who has spoken through the prophets.
I believe in one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church.
I confess one Baptism for the forgiveness of sins
and I look forward to the resurrection of the dead
and the life of the world to come.
Amen.
Offertory: The Cry of the Poor
Refrain:
The Lord hears the cry of the poor.
Blessed be the Lord.
Verse 1:
I will bless the Lord at all times,
with praise ever in my mouth.
Let my soul glory in the Lord,
who will hear the cry of the poor. [Refrain]
Verse 2:
Let the lowly hear and be glad:
the Lord listens to their pleas;
and to hearts broken, God is near,
who will hear the cry of the poor. [Refrain]
Verse 3:
Ev’ry spirit crushed, God will save;
will be ransom for their lives;
will be safe shelter for their fears,
and will hear the cry of the poor. [Refrain]
Verse 4:
We proclaim your greatness, O God,
your praise ever in our mouth;
Ev’ry face brightened in your light,
for you hear the cry of the poor. [Refrain]
Communion: Taste and See
Refrain:
Taste and see, taste and see
the goodness of the Lord.
Oh, taste and see, taste and see
the goodness of the Lord, of the Lord.
1. I will bless the Lord at all times.
Praise shall always be on my lips;
my soul shall glory in the Lord;
for God has been so good to me. [Refrain]
2. Glorify the Lord with me.
Together let us all praise God's name.
I called the Lord, who answered me;
from all my troubles I was set free. [Refrain]
3. Worship the Lord, all you people.
You’ll want for nothing if you ask.
Taste and see that the Lord is good;
in God we need put all our trust. [Refrain]
Meditation: The Jesus Song
Refrain 1:
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God,
have mercy on me, have mercy on me.
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God,
have mercy on me, have mercy on me. Amen [2x]
Refrain 2:
Jesus, I trust in you.
Jesus, I trust in you.
You are the Son of the living God.
Jesus, I trust in you.
Jesus, I trust in you.
Final:
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God,
have mercy on me, have mercy on me.
Amen
Final: Blest Be the Lord
Refrain:
Blest be the Lord; blest be the Lord,
the God of mercy, the God who saves.
I shall not fear the dark of night,
nor the arrow that flies by day.
Verse 1:
He will release me from the nets of all my foes.
He will protect me from their wicked hands.
Beneath the shadow of his wings I will rejoice
to find a dwelling place secure. [Refrain]
Verse 2:
I need not shrink before the terrors of the night,
nor stand alone before the light of day.
No harm shall come to me, no arrow strike me down,
no evil settle in my soul. [Refrain]