*Let us pray: Let Your grace and pity guide our hearts, we beg You, O
Lord. For without You we cannot please You. Through Our Lord, Jesus
Christ, Your Son, Who lives and reigns with You in the unity of the Holy
Ghost, world without end. Amen.
THE EPISTLE
The Epistle is a letter. Most of these letters were written by Saint
Paul. The priest now reads one of these. You may read the following:
Dear children: Be happy, be good, be brave; agree with one another, and be at peace. The grace of Our Lord Jesus Christ, God's love, and the wisdom of the Holy Ghost be with you all. Amen.
Thanks be to God.
The altar-boy carries the book to the left side of the altar. The priest bows at the middle of the altar and says a prayer.
THE GOSPEL
The priest goes to the left and reads from the book.
Stand
While Jesus was speaking to the people, mothers brought their children to Him, that He might bless them. The disciples told them not to bother Jesus. But Jesus said, "Suffer the little children to come to Me and forbid them not. For of such is the kingdom of heaven." And Jesus blessed the children.