Mary, Mother of Mercies, always ready to lead us to your Son, the fount of all mercy.

My soul glorifies the Lordmy spirit rejoices in God my Saviour; He looks on his servant in her lowliness;henceforth all ages will call me blessed.

The Almighty works marvels for me. Holy His name; His mercy is from age to age on those who fear him. He puts forth his arm in strength

And scatters the proud hearted. He casts the mighty from their thrones, and raises the lowly. He fills the starving with good things, sends the rich away empty.

He protects Israel, his servant, remembering his mercy, the mercy promised to our fathers, to Abraham and to his sons for ever.

Glory be to the Father,And to the Son,And to the Holy Spirit.As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,World without end. Amen

O God, who bestowed on Saint David the virtue of wisdom and the gift of eloquence, and made him an example of prayer and pastoral zeal; grant that, through his intercession,we may render you joyful praise.

Entrance antiphon

How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of himwho brings glad tidings of peace, bearing good news, announcing salvation!

…Lord, have mercy.

Lord, have mercy…Christ, have mercy.

Christ, have mercy…Lord, have mercy.

Lord, have mercyPenitential act

May almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins, and bring us to everlasting life.

All: Amen.Penitential act

The First Reading

A reading from the first Letter to the Philippians. 3:8-14

I believe nothing can happen that will outweigh the supreme advantage of knowing Christ

Jesus my Lord. For him I have accepted the loss of everything, and I look on everything as so much rubbish if only I can have Christ and be given a place in him. I am no

longer trying for perfection by my own efforts, the perfection that comes from the Law, but I want only the perfection that comes through faith in Christ, and is from God and based on

faith. All I want is to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and to share his sufferings by reproducing the pattern of his death. That is the way I can hope to take my

place in the resurrection of the dead. Not that I have become perfect yet: I have not yet won, but I am still running, trying to capture the prize for which Christ Jesus captured me. I

can assure you my brothers, I am far from thinking that I have already won. All I can say is that I forget the past and I strain ahead for what is still to come; I am racing for the

finish, for the prize to which God calls us upwards to receive in Christ Jesus.

The Word

of the Lord

Thanks be to God.

Happy the man who has placed his trust in the Lord.

The Psalm

Happy indeed is the man who follows not the counsel of the wicked;nor lingers in the way of sinnersnor sits in the company of scorners,but whose delight is the law of the Lord and who ponders his law day and night.

The Psalm

Happy the man who has placed his trust in the Lord.

The Psalm

He is like a tree that is plantedbeside the flowing waters,that yields its fruit in due seasonand whose leaves shall never fade;and all that he does shall prosper.

The Psalm

Happy the man who has placed his trust in the Lord.

The Psalm

Not so are the wicked, not so!For they like winnowed chaffshall be driven away by the wind.for the Lord guards the way of the just but the way of the wicked leads to doom.

The Psalm

Happy the man who has placed his trust in the Lord.

The Psalm

Praise to you, O Christ, king of eternal glory!If you make my word your home you will indeed be my disciples, and you will learn the truth, says the Lord. Praise to you, O Christ, king of eternal glory! Gospel

Acclamation

The Lord be with you.

And with your spirit. A Reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew 5:13-16

Glory to you, O Lord. The Gospel

Jesus said to his disciples, ‘You are the salt of the earth. But if salt becomes tasteless, what can make it salty again? It is good for nothing, and can only be thrown out to be

trampled underfoot by men.‘You are the light of the world. A city built on a hill-top cannot be hidden. No one lights a lamp to put it under a tub; they put it on the lamp-stand

where it shines for everyone in the house. In the same way your light must shine in the sight of men, so that, seeing your good works, they may give the praise to your Father

in heaven.’

The Gospel of the Lord

Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

The Peace of the Lord be with you always.

And with your spirit.

Let us offer each other the sign of peace

We Share God’s Peace

Hymn to St DavidYou who brought faith to the people of Wales, David we honour you, our Patron saint today. Pray for your sons and daughters that they might be filled with truth and holiness to follow Jesus faithfully.

Pray for your children who languish today without God, without Christ who have gone astray.Bring them back to serve Him, their Saviour and their Lord.May they repent and worship Him, the one true God.

From your throne in Heaven where you remain in peace, call down God’s blessing on all who seek His grace.Give to those who follow Christ Jesus joy in their hearts,Knowing one day they will reign with Him, nevermore to part.

God our Father, slow to anger,

abounding in mercy,

you find your way to us when we cannot find our way to you,

you are always faithful when we are unfaithful.

Jesus Christ, you entered the house of sinners,

you sat at the table of the poor,

you accepted the Cross, your throne of mercy.

Holy Spirit, you pour your healing gifts over our wounds,

you anoint us to bring good news to the poor,

you send us out as missionaries of mercy.

God of Mercies, have mercy on us, so that where sin abounds, your grace may abound all the more,

and we shall become merciful like you. Amen.

Divine Praises

Blessed be God. Blessed be His Holy Name. Blessed be Jesus Christ, true God and true Man.

Blessed be the Name of Jesus.Blessed be His Most Sacred Heart.Blessed be His Most Precious Blood.

Blessed be Jesus in the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar.Blessed be the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete.Blessed be the great Mother of God, Mary most Holy.

Blessed be her Holy and Immaculate Conception.Blessed be her Glorious Assumption.Blessed be the name of Mary, Virgin and Mother.

Blessed be St. Joseph, her spouse most chaste.Blessed be God in His Angels and in His Saints. Amen.