246 APPENDIX II A reading from the Letter of St. Paul to the Ephesians Ephesians 4:17, 20-24 So I declare and testify in the Lord that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds; that is not how you learned Christ, assuming that you have heard of him and were taught in him, as truth is in Jesus, that you should put away the old self of your former way of life, corrupted through deceitful desires, and be renewed in the spirit of your minds, and put on the new self, created in God’s way in righteousness and holiness of truth. The word of the Lord. All: Thanks be to God. 8. After the reading, the celebrant gives the homily. 9. The intercessions are then said. INTERCESSIONS PRIEST’S Relying on the intercession of INTRODUCTION the Virgin Mary Immaculately Conceived, let us humbly pour forth our prayers to God. The deacon (or if there is no deacon: a lector, or one of the lay faithful) announces the intentions: INTENTIONS 1. That we will have a great childlike trust in the Providence of Almighty God, let us pray to the Lord. Response: Lord, hear our prayer. 2. That through the grace of Christ we may root out all sin from our lives and so be pleasing to God in all we do, let us pray to the Lord. ℟. 3. That we may be strengthened in faith, hope, and charity so as to always devotedly serve our Heavenly Father, let us pray to the Lord. ℟.
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