Our next monthly Holy Hour is from 7-8 PM on November 3 in the church.
Theme: Justice and Peace
Worship Aid
Procession Song: “Peace Is Flowing Like A River”
Verse 1. Peace is flowing like a river,
flowing out through you and me
Flowing out into the desert,
setting all the captives free
Verse 2. Justice is flowing like a river,
flowing out through you and me
Flowing out into the desert,
setting all the captives free
Words and Music: Unknown, Public Domain
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
(All kneel when the Blessed Sacrament is placed into the monstrance)
Opening antiphon:
The kingdom of God is not a matter of eating or drinking but of justice, peace, and the joy that is given by the Holy Spirit.
Let us, then, make it our aim to work for peace and to strengthen one another. (Romans 14:17,19)
First Meditation Song: “God Of The Hungry”
Verse 1: God of all the hungry millions, God who suffers with the poor,
Still our greed keeps us from sharing with the hungry at our door.
All who thirst will thirst no longer when we do as you would do.
May we care for all our people; help us know that they are you.
Verse 2: God who travels with the stranger, greeted by our apathy,
Teach us to embrace all people; all can live with dignity.
You have bid us clothe the naked, bringing hope in all we do.
May we welcome all your people; help us know that they are you.
Verse 3: God who loves the sick, the dying; they are precious in your sight.
We will bring them your compassion, fill their living with your light.
God who brings the captive freedom, free our hearts to love anew.
May we comfort all your people; help us know that they are you.
Words: Based on Matthew 25:35-40, Music: Scott Soper
℗ 1989 OCP
First Meditation:
How can I ease either the physical or spiritual hunger of those in my community?
Silent Adoration/Reflection
Responsorial Psalm
(Ps. 72)
Response:Justice shall flourish in his time, and fullness of peace forever.
Gospel
Luke 4:16-21
Homily
Second Meditation Song: "All of Your Ways Are Peace"
All of Your ways are peace, all of Your ways are peace.
Though we are pressed on every side, we trust that You are peace.
All of Your ways are true, all of Your ways are true.
Though we have heard so many lies, we trust Your words are true.
All of Your ways are just, all of Your ways are just.
Though we may say it through our tears, we trust that You are just.
All of Your ways are peace (x4)
Words and Music by Paul Zach, Isaac Wardell, John Swinton, and Dan Marotta
℗ 2020 The Porter's Gate, exclusively distributed by Integrity Music
Second Meditation:
How can God help me to be more of a person of peace and justice?
Silent Adoration/Reflection
Chaplet of Divine Mercy
Opening Prayers (all): You expired, Jesus, but the source of life gushed forth for souls, and the ocean of mercy opened up for the whole world.
O Fount of Life, unfathomable Divine Mercy, envelop the whole world and empty Yourself out upon us.
O Blood and Water, which gushed forth from the Heart of Jesus as a fount of mercy for us, I trust in You! (Said three times)
Our Father ...
Hail Mary ...
The Apostles’ Creed: I believe in God, the Father almighty, Creator of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord,
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died and was buried;
He descended into hell;
on the third day He rose again from the dead;
He ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of God the Father almighty;
from there He will come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting.
Amen.
Before Each Decade:
Leader: Eternal Father, I offer you the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Your Dearly Beloved Son, Our Lord, Jesus Christ,
All: in atonement for our sins and those of the whole world.
For each bead of the Decade:
Leader: For the sake of His sorrowful Passion,
All: have mercy on us and on the whole world.
After Five Decades :
(all): Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us and on the whole world. (Said three times)
Closing prayer (all):
Eternal God, in whom mercy is endless and the treasury of compassion inexhaustible, look kindly upon us and increase Your mercy in us, that in difficult moments we might not despair nor become despondent, but with great confidence submit ourselves to Your holy will, which is Love and Mercy itself
Benediction and Reposition of the Blessed Sacrament
(All kneel)
Adoration Hymn (all):
Tantum ergo Sacramentum
Veneremur cernui,
Et antiquum documentum
Novo cedat ritui;
Praestet fides supplementum,
Sensuum defectui.
Genetori Genitoque
Laus et jubilatio,
Salus, honor, virtus quoque
Sit et benedictio:
Procedenti ab utroque
Compar sit laudatio.
Amen.
Presider: You have given them Bread from heaven.
All: Having within it all Sweetness.
Prayer before Benediction
(all):
Lord Jesus Christ, you gave us the Eucharist as the memorial of your suffering and death.
May our worship of this sacrament of your Body and Blood
help us to experience the salvation you won for us
and the peace of the kingdom
where you live with the Father and the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever.
Amen
Benediction
Divine Praises
(all):
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 most chaste spouse.
Blessed be God in his angels, and in his saints.
Reposition chant:
Presider: May the heart of Jesus, in the most Blessed Sacrament, be praised, adored, and loved with grateful affection, at every moment,
in all the tabernacles of the world, even to the end of time.
All: Amen.
Reposition
Concluding Hymn
Holy God, we praise thy name;
Lord of all, we bow before thee:
All on earth thy scepter claim,
All in heaven above adore thee.
Infinite thy vast domain,
Everlasting is thy reign!
Infinite thy vast domain,
Everlasting is thy reign!