This document contains the Canticle of Mary, also known as the Magnificat, which is a song of praise spoken by Mary upon learning she would bear Jesus. It expresses Mary's joy at being chosen by God and declares God's power in exalting the humble and filling the hungry with good things while sending the rich away empty. The document also includes prayers, readings, and Gospel passages for a Lenten mass focused on themes of listening to God, hardening not one's heart, and casting out demons through the power of God rather than Satan.

2. My soul glorifies the Lord,
my spirit rejoices in God
my Saviour.
He looks on his servant in
her lowliness; henceforth
all generations will call me
blessed.
CANTICLE OF MARY

3. The almighty works
marvels for me. Holy his
name!
His mercy is from age to
age, on whose who fear
him. He puts forth his
arm in strength and
scatters the proud
hearted.

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

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

6. 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

8. I am the salvation of the
people, says the Lord.
Should they cry to me in
any distress, I will hear
them and I will be their
Lord for ever.
Entrance AntiphonEntrance Antiphon

10. Lord have mercy
Lord have mercy
Christ have mercy
Christ have mercy
Lord have mercy
Lord have mercy

11. Penitential ActPenitential Act
MayAlmighty God have
mercy on us, forgive us our
sins, and bring us to
everlasting life.
Amen

13. Isaiah 58,6-12 ( 1st Reading)
1st Reading1st Reading

14. Thursday 3rd week ofThursday 3rd week of
LentLent
A reading from the BookA reading from the Book
of the Prophet Jeremiahof the Prophet Jeremiah
7:23-287:23-28

15. These were my orders:
“Listen to my voice, then I
will be your God and you
shall be my people.
Follow right to the end
the way that I mark out
for you, and you will
prosper.”But they did

16. not listen, they did not
pay attention; they
followed the dictates of
their own evil hearts,
refused to face me, and
turned their backs on me.
From the day your
ancestors came out of the

17. land of Egypt until
today,day after day I have
persistently sent you all
my servants the prophets.
But they have not
listened to me, have not
paid attention; they have
grown

18. stubborn and behaved
worse than their
ancestors. You may say
all these words to them:
they will not listen to you;
you may call them: they
will not answer. So tell
them this “here is the
nation

19. that will not listen to the
voice of the Lord its God
nor take correction.
Sincerity is no more, it
has vanished from their
mouths.”

20. Isaiah 58,6-12 ( 1st Reading)
The word ofThe word of
the Lordthe Lord

21. O that today you
would listen to his
voice!
“Harden not your
hearts.”
R,R,

22. Come, ring out our joy to
the Lord;
hail the rock who
saves us.
Let us come before him,
giving thanks, with songs
let us hail the Lord.
Psalm 94: 1-2, 6-9Psalm 94: 1-2, 6-9

23. O that today you
would listen to his
voice!
“Harden not your
hearts.”
R,R,

24. Come in; let us bow and
bend low; let us kneel
before the God who made
us:
for he is our God and we
the people who belong
to his pasture,
the flock that is led by
his hand.

25. O that today you
would listen to his
voice!
“Harden not your
hearts.”
R,R,

26. O that today you would
listen to his voice!
‘Harden not your
hearts as at Meribah, as
on that day at Massah in
the desert when your
fathers put me to the test;
when they tried me,
though they saw my
work.’

27. O that today you
would listen to his
voice!
“Harden not your
hearts.”
R,R,

28. Praise to you, O Christ,
king of eternal glory! x 2
Shake off all your sins— it
is the Lord who speaks—
and make yourself a new
heart and new spirit.
Praise to you, O Christ,
king of eternal glory!
Verse before The GospelVerse before The Gospel

29. .
The Lord be with you.The Lord be with you.
And with your spiritAnd with your spirit
A reading from the Holy
Gospel according to Luke
11:14-23
Glory to you O’LordGlory to you O’Lord

30. Jesus was casting out a
devil and it was dumb; but
when the devil had gone
out the dumb man spoke,
and the people were
amazed. But some of them
said, ‘It is through
Beelzebul,the prince

31. of devils, that he casts
out devils.’ Others asked
him, as a test, for a sign
from heaven; but,
knowing what they were
thinking, he said to them,
‘Every kingdom divided
against itself is

32. heading for ruin, and a
household divided against
itself collapses. So too
with Satan: if he is
divided against himself,
how can his kingdom
stand? – Since you
assert that it is through

33. Beelzebul that I cast out
devils. Now if it is through
Beelzebul that I cast out
devils, through whom do
your own experts cast
them out? Let them be
your judges then. But if it
is through

34. the finger of God that I
cast out devils, then know
that the kingdom of God
has overtaken you. So
long as a strong man fully
armed guards his own
palace, his goods are
undisturbed; but

35. when someone stronger
than he is attacks and
defeats him, the stronger
man takes away all the
weapons he relied on and
shares out his spoil.

36. He who is not with me is
against me; and he who
does not gather with me
scatters.”

37. Praise to you,Praise to you,
Lord Jesus ChristLord Jesus Christ

39. And with
your spirit
Let us offer each
other the sign of
Peace
The Peace of the
Lord be with you
always
WE share God’s PeaceWE share God’s Peace

41. God, our Father
slow to anger,
abounding in
mercy, you find
your way to us
when we can not
find our way to you.
You are always
faithful even when
we are unfaithful.

42. Jesus Christ, you
entered into the
house of sinners,
you sat at the
table of the poor,
you accepted the
Cross your throne
of mercy.

43. Holy Spirit , you
pour your healing
gifts over our
wounds, you anoint
us to bring good
news to the poor,
you sent us out as
missionaries of
mercy.

44. God of mercies,
have mercy on us,
so that where sins
abounds your
grace may abound
all the more, and
we shall become
merciful like you.
Amen