First reading
Isaiah 56:1, 6–7
I will bring foreigners to my holy mountain.
Responsorial psalm
Psalm 66(67):2–3, 5–6, 8
R. O God, let all the nations praise you!
Second reading
Romans 11:13–15, 29–32
With Israel, God never takes back his gifts or revokes his choice.
Gospel acclamation
Matthew 4:23
Jesus preached the Good News of the kingdom and healed all who were sick.
Gospel
Matthew 15:21–28
The Canaanite woman debates with Jesus and saves her son.
Images from the Word
- Take pity on me
- The house-dogs
- Great faith
- House of prayer
- To show mercy
Liturgical notes
[The offering,] by which, in this very memorial, the Church - and in particular the Church here and now gathered - offers in the Holy Spirit the spotless Victim to the Father. The Church’s intention, however, is that the faithful not only offer this spotless Victim but also learn to offer themselves, and so day by day to be consummated, through Christ the Mediator, into unity with God and with each other, so that at last God may be all in all.
—General Instruction of the Roman Missal, §79
Throughout the eucharistic prayer, all the assembled faithful have an important part to play: to offer praise and thanks to God, and to offer themselves to God. In this way, we exercise our priestly role of offering sacrifice to God. As we then approach the altar during the Communion procession, our humble offering is consecrated by our union with the Body and Blood of Christ. By our physical presence at Mass, we are able to become the acceptable sacrifice to our God.
‘Made partakers of Christ through these Sacraments, we humbly import your mercy, Lord, that, conformed to his mage on earth, we may merit also to be his coheirs in heaven.’
—prayer after Communion