for mercy, let us kneel
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Sa kaibuturan ng ating puso, tiklupin natin ang ating mga
tuhod sa paghingi natin
ng Awa.
FOR MERCY, LET US KNEEL
POPE FRANCIS’ PRAYER FOR THE JUBILEE
YEAR OF MERCY
Lord Jesus Christ, you have taught us to be merciful like the heavenly Father, and have told us that whoever sees you sees Him. Show us your face and we will be saved. Your loving gaze freed Zacchaeus and Matthew from being enslaved by money; the adulteress and Magdalene from seeking happiness only in created things; made Peter weep after his betrayal, and assured Paradise to the repentant thief. Let us hear, as if addressed to each one of us, the words that you spoke to the Samaritan woman: “If you knew the gift of God!”
You are the visible face of the invisible Father, of the God who manifests his power above all by forgiveness and mercy: let the Church be your visible face in the world, its Lord risen and glorified. You willed that your ministers would also be clothed in weakness in order that they may feel compassion for those in ignorance and error: let everyone who approaches them feel sought after, loved, and forgiven by God.
Send your Spirit and consecrate every one of us with its anointing, so that the Jubilee of Mercy may be a year of grace from the Lord, and your Church, with renewed enthusiasm, may bring good news to the poor, proclaim liberty to captives and the oppressed, and restore sight to the blind.
We ask this through the intercession of Mary, Mother of Mercy, you who live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit for ever and ever.
Amen.
You are the visible face of the invisible Father, of the God who manifests his power above all by forgiveness and mercy: let the Church be your visible face in the world, its Lord risen and glorified. You willed that your ministers would also be clothed in weakness in order that they may feel compassion for those in ignorance and error: let everyone who approaches them feel sought after, loved, and forgiven by God.
Ang Alibughang
Anak
11 At sinabi niya, May isang tao na may dalawang anak na
lalake: 12 At sinabi sa kaniyang ama ng bunso, Ama, ibigay mo sa akin ang bahagi
ng iyong kayamanang nauukol sa akin. At binahagi niya sa
kanila ang kaniyang pagkabuhay.
13 At hindi nakaraan ang maraming araw, ay tinipong lahat ng anak na
bunso ang ganang kaniya, at naglakbay sa isang malayong lupain; at doo'y
inaksaya ang kaniyang kabuhayan sa palunging pamumuhay. 14At nang
magugol na niyang lahat, ay nagkaroon ng isang malaking kagutom sa lupaing
yaon; at siya'y nagpasimulang mangailangan.
15 pumaroon siya at nakisama sa isa sa mga
mamamayan sa lupaing yaon; at sinugo niya siya sa
kaniyang mga parang, upang magpakain ng mga
baboy. 16.At ibig sana niyang mabusog ang kaniyang tiyan ng mga ipa na kinakain ng
mga baboy: at walang taong magbigay sa kaniya.
17Datapuwa't nang siya'y makapagisip ay sinabi niya, Ilang mga alilang upahan ng aking ama
ang may sapat at lumalabis na pagkain, at ako rito'y namamatay ng
gutom? 18 Magtitindig ako at paroroon sa aking ama, at aking
sasabihin sa kaniya, Ama, nagkasala ako laban sa langit, at sa iyong
paningin:
19 Hindi na ako karapatdapat na tawaging anak mo: gawin mo akong
tulad sa isa sa iyong mga alilang upahan. 20 At siya'y nagtindig, at
pumaroon sa kaniyang ama. Datapuwa't samantalang nasa
malayo pa siya, ay natanawan na siya ng kaniyang ama, at nagdalang habag, at tumakbo, at niyakap siya
sa leeg, at siya'y hinagkan
21 At sinabi ng anak sa kaniya, Ama, nagkasala ako laban sa
langit, at sa iyong paningin: hindi na ako karapatdapat na tawaging anak mo. 22 Datapuwa't sinabi ng
ama sa kaniyang mga alipin, Dalhin ninyo ritong madali ang
pinakamabuting balabal, at isuot ninyo sa kaniya; at lagyan ninyo ng singsing ang kaniyang kamay, at mga panyapak ang kaniyang
mga paa:
23 At kunin ninyo ang pinatabang guya, at inyong
patayin, at tayo'y magsikain, at mangagkatuwa: 24
Sapagka't patay na ang anak kong ito, at muling nabuhay;
siya'y nawala, at nasumpungan. At sila'y
nangagpasimulang mangagkatuwa.
“This is important: let us have the courage to trust in Jesus’ mercy, to trust in his patience and to seek
refuge always in the wounds of his love.”-Pope Francis on
mercy
“Our God is so eager to forgive that at the slightest sign of
repentance he is ready with his mercy. He does not forget the covenant
he made with our ancestors.”
-Pope Francis on mercy
“I have so often seen in my own life God’s merciful
countenance and his patience in action. I have also seen so
many people who find the courage to enter in the
wounds of Jesus by saying to him,
……continuation
“ Lord, I am here, accept my poverty, hide my sin in your
wounds and wash it away with your blood.” And I always see
that God does just this: He welcomes, consoles, cleanses and loves everyone coming to
him.”-Pope Francis on mercy
You Raise Me Up
Mercy is the very foundation of the Church’s life. All her pastoral activity should be caught up in
the tenderness she makes present to believers; nothing in
her preaching and in her witness to the world can be lacking in
mercy. The Church’s very credibility is seen in how she
shows merciful and compassionate love.
(MV, #10)
This exaltation of the virtues of mercy and compassion. In
Misericordae Vultus we have a systematic presentation of
virtues of mercy and compassion, starting from their very origin: God the Father, the source of all
mercy, and Jesus Christ, who is the “face of the Father’s
mercy.”
Dec. 8, 2015 - Nov. 20, 2016
(50th Anniversary of the closing of II Vatican Council)
“At the closing of the Jubilee Year of Mercy”, says Pope Francis, “ We shall be
filled with a sense of gratitude to the Most Holy Trinity for having granted
us an extraordinary time of Grace”
…continuation
And, “We will entrust the life of the Church, all humanity, and all the entire cosmos to
the Lordship of Christ, asking him to pour out
his mercy upon us.”
Biblical passages on Mercy,
At Awa ang dahilan na matatagpuan natin sa kasaysayan ng Bayan ng Diyos kasama ang
Israel.
Indeed, Jesus‘ entire life was a constant
manifestation of the Father‘s mercy and
compassion. He showed it especially in the manner
he related to people, particularly those who
were afflicted in any way.
Jesus spoke in a most striking manner of the Father‘s mercy toward sinners in the
parables of the Lost Sheep and the Lost Son, while through the parable of the ―Merciless Servant‖ he enjoined all human beings to imitate the Father‘s mercy in dealing with those who “owe
them something “The lesson is as clear as it is demanding: “Be merciful even
as your heavenly Father is merciful!” (Luke 6:36).
“Mercy is the very foundation of the
Church’s life.” And: “The Church’s very credibility
is seen in how she shows merciful and
compassionate love.”
Pope Francis reminds us that “we must, first of all, dispose
ourselves to listen to the Word of God.”
This should bring us to answer positively Pope Francis‘
passionate appeal to “open our eyes and see…the wounds of our brothers and sisters who
are denied their dignity…”, and to practice generously the
corporal and spiritual works of mercy, remembering that “they will serve as criteria upon which
we will be judged.” (#15)
The response to the Holy Father‘s invitation to be merciful through
appropriate attitudes and deed should be especially obvious during the
Lenten Season, which is a “privileged moment to celebrate and experience
God‘s mercy.” (#17) No one should feel excluded from experiencing God‘s
forgiveness, “and may no one be indifferent to the call to experience
mercy.” (#19)
Finally, Pope Francis reminds us that a Jubilee entails the granting of indulgences, a
“practice that will acquire an even more important
meaning in the Holy Year of Mercy.” (#22)
What the Holy Father has to say in Misericordiae Vultus about sin,
forgiveness and indulgences is truly memorable and worth reflecting
upon: ―Though we feel the transforming power of grace, we also feel the effects of sin, typical of our fallen state. Despite being forgiven, the conflicting consequences of our
sins remain.
to live the indulgences of the Holy Year means to approach the Father‘s
mercy with the certainty that his forgiveness
extends to the entire life of the believer…‖ (#22)
The Church and the saints, for their part,
come in as instruments and allies of God’s mercy, as a way “to
fortify the weakness of some.” (#22)
The long paragraph devoted to Mary, as the ―Mother of Mercy,‖
and ―the saints and blessed ones who made divine mercy their
mission on life,‖ are the icing on the cake in the exaltation of this
sublime virtue that enriches our lives, which has its origin in God,
and draws us so close to him. (#24)
LIVING THE YEAR OF MERCY: NINE PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS TO HELP
YOU WALK MORE VIRTUOUSLY THROUGH
THE JUBILEE YEAR
1. Go to confessio
n
2. Read conversion
stories
3. Perform works of mercy
4. Go on a
pilgrimage
5. Walk through a Holy Door
6. Obtain indulgen
ces
7. Contemplat
e God’s mercy in Scripture
8. Pray the Divine Mercy
Chaplet
9. Forgive those who have
hurt you
THE UTTER MERCY OF GOD (Psalm 51)
Psalms for a Pilgrim People by Jim Cotter
Refrain: Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
Enfold me in your love, dear God, yet pierce my heart with your mercy. In the cascading of your compassion scour away all that offends. Wash me thoroughly from my wickedness, and cleanse me from my sin. (Refrain)
Refrain: Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
My failures weigh heavy on my heart, my sin confronts me at the turning of the road. Against you alone have I sinned, my Beloved, doing what is evil and causing more harm. In the eyes of my victims your judgment is clear: there is nothing I can claim in your presence. (Refrain)
Refrain: Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
I was formed in the midst of a world gone wrong, from the moment of my conceiving I breathed my ancestors‘ sin. The truths to which I am blind are hidden so deep, so secretly: bring the light of your wisdom to the depths of my heart. (Refrain)
Refrain: Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
Bathe me in water that is fresh from the spring, wash me and I shall be whiter than snow. Make me hear of joy and gladness, that the bones which you have broken may dance again. Turn you face from my twists and deceits, blot out all my misdeeds. (Refrain)
Refrain: Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
Cast me not away from your presence, and take not you Holy Spirit from me. Give me the comfort of your help again, and strengthen me with your courage and hope. (Refrain)
Refrain: Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
Then I shall teach your ways to those around me, and others will be converted to your path. Deliver us all from guilt of bloodshed, O God, for you are the God of the world that is coming. In health and truth we shall sing of your justice. When you open my lips, O God, my mouth shall sing of you praise. (Refrain)
Refrain: Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
For you desire no animal sacrifices, no formal gifts out of mere duty. You do not delight in burnt offerings, nothing from our wealth can buy your favour. The sacrifice you ask is a troubled spirit; it is my pride that my yield. (Refrain)
Refrain: Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
My broken and contrite heart I bring, so foolish, self-centered, and vain; and yet it is all that I have. Even this gift you will not despise, for I hear again that you yearn for me, with a love I can barely imagine. (Refrain)
Refrain: Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
So do I give you the whole of myself, dependent as I am on the gift of your mercy. So may my giving to others be free of the motives of power, gifts that overwhelm or appease. May my heart be spontaneous giving, spreading delight and mutual embrace. Such is the way of the City of Peace, whose walls you call us to build. (Refrain)
Refrain: Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
All:Take us to yourself, Compassionate God, we who hurt so much in the depths of our being, caught up in the pain of life, and so often inflicting yet more in to others; embrace us with the hands that show still the mark of nails, your love swallowing up all our sins and pride. So we pray that broken bones may heal, in the dance of Jesus our redeemer.
Amen