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Holy Hour Prayers and Readings for April 9, 2021

 

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Opening Prayer All: Lord, Jesus Christ, we are here to worship you, present in the Blessed Sacrament of the altar. Through this act of adoration, we want to re-affirm our love for you. May our prayers of thanksgiving tell you how grateful we are for all that you have done for us and for our loved ones. May our presence in some way make amends to you for our past indifference and neglect of you in our daily lives. Give us the ability to see our need of you and of each other. Through this encounter with you, help us to live together as you want us to live, united by love, by understanding, and by mutual concern. We ask you to bless your chosen ones among us—the poor, the sick, and the lonely. Finally, Savior of us all, help us to use these minutes here with you as a time of rededication. Make our love for you and for all the driving force of our lives so that others may see you through us. Amen. 2 minutes of silent prayer Reading 1: Luke 24:1-12 But at daybreak on the first day of the week [the women] took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. They found the stone rolled away from the tomb; but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. While they were puzzling over this, behold, two men in dazzling garments appeared to them. They were terrified and bowed their faces to the ground. They said to them, “Why do you seek the living one among the dead? He is not here, but he has been raised. Remember what he said to you while he was still in Galilee, that the Son of Man must be handed over to sinners and be crucified, and rise on the third day.” And they remembered his words. Then they returned from the tomb and announced all these things to the eleven and to all the others. The women were Mary Magdalene, Joanna, and Mary the mother of James; the others who accompanied them also told this to the apostles, but their story seemed like nonsense and they did not believe them. But Peter got up and ran to the tomb, bent down, and saw the burial cloths alone; then he went home amazed at what had happened. 2-5 minutes of silent prayer

 

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(verse 1, 3)

 

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2-5 minutes of silent prayer Reading 2: Responsorial Psalm (sung)

2-5 minutes of silent prayer

 

             

 

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Reading 3: Luke 24:13-32 Now that very day two [disciples] were going to a village seven miles from Jerusalem called Emmaus, and they were conversing about all the things that had occurred. And it happened that while they were conversing and debating, Jesus himself drew near and walked with them, but their eyes were prevented from recognizing him. He asked them, “What are you discussing as you walk along?” They stopped, looking downcast. One of them, named Cleopas, said to him in reply, “Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know of the things that have taken place there in these days?” And he replied to them, “What sort of things?” They said to him, “The things that happened to Jesus the Nazarene, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people, how our chief priests and rulers both handed him over to a sentence of death and crucified him. But we were hoping that he would be the one to redeem Israel; and besides all this, it is now the third day since this took place. Some women from our group, however, have astounded us: they were at the tomb early in the morning and did not find his body; they came back and reported that they had indeed seen a vision of angels who announced that he was alive. Then some of those with us went to the tomb and found things just as the women had described, but him they did not see.” And he said to them, “Oh, how foolish you are! How slow of heart to believe all that the prophets spoke! Was it not necessary that the Messiah should suffer these things and enter into his glory?” Then beginning with Moses and all the prophets, he interpreted to them what referred to him in all the scriptures. As they approached the village to which they were going, he gave the impression that he was going on farther. But they urged him, “Stay with us, for it is nearly evening and the day is almost over.” So he went in to stay with them. And it happened that, while he was with them at table, he took bread, said the blessing, broke it, and gave it to them. With that their eyes were opened and they recognized him, but he vanished from their sight. Then they said to each other, “Were not our hearts burning (within us) while he spoke to us on the way and opened the scriptures to us?” 2-5 minutes of silent prayer

 

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Verse 1, 4

 

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2-5 minutes of silent prayer Reading 4: Luke 24:33-49 So [the disciples] set out at once and returned to Jerusalem where they found gathered together the eleven and those with them who were saying, “The Lord has truly been raised and has appeared to Simon!” Then the two recounted what had taken place on the way and how he was made known to them in the breaking of the bread. While they were still speaking about this, he stood in their midst and said to them, “Peace be with you.” But they were startled and terrified and thought that they were seeing a ghost. Then he said to them, “Why are you troubled? And why do questions arise in your hearts? Look at my hands and my feet, that it is I myself. Touch me and see, because a ghost does not have flesh and bones as you can see I have.” And as he said this, he showed them his hands and his feet. While they were still incredulous for joy and were amazed, he asked them, “Have you anything here to eat?” They gave him a piece of baked fish; he took it and ate it in front of them. He said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the law of Moses and in the prophets and psalms must be fulfilled.” Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures. And he said to them, “Thus it is written that the Messiah would suffer and rise from the dead on the third day and that repentance, for the forgiveness of sins, would be preached in his name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things. And (behold) I am sending the promise of my Father upon you; but stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.”

 

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Litany of the Resurrection Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Christ, have mercy. Christ, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. God the Father in heaven, have mercy on us. God the Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy on us. God the Holy Spirit, have mercy on us. Holy Trinity, one God, have mercy on us. Lord Jesus Christ, true Passover Lamb, have mercy on us. Jesus, who rebuilt the temple of your body in three days, have mercy on us. Jesus, who arose on the third day in fulfillment of your word, have mercy on us. Jesus, whose resurrection an angel announced to the women at the empty tomb, have mercy on us. Jesus, who showed yourself to your disciples after your resurrection, have mercy on us. Jesus, who displayed the truth of your resurrection with many miracles, have mercy on us. Jesus, whose resurrection the apostles preached, and confirmed with their blood, have mercy on us. Jesus, who has given us a sure hope of eternal life by your resurrection, have mercy on us. Jesus, who remained with your disciples forty days after your resurrection, have mercy on us. Jesus, who ascended from the Mount of Olives to your Father and ours, have mercy on us. Jesus, who has prepared mansions in your Father’s house for your servants, have mercy on us. Jesus, who will come again at the end of time to judge the living and the dead, have mercy on us. We sinners pray, hear us, Lord Jesus. That we may truly rise from the grave of our sins, hear us, Lord Jesus. that we may conquer our evil desires, and die to our sins, hear us, Lord Jesus. that we may grow in knowledge and love of your holy teaching, hear us, Lord Jesus. that we may serve you in holiness and righteousness all the days of our life, hear us, Lord Jesus. that our sorrows may, like yours, one day be turned into eternal joy, hear us, Lord Jesus. that we may not desire things on earth, but things in heaven, hear us, Lord Jesus. that we may awake at last from the grave to the resurrection to eternal life, hear us, Lord Jesus. that at the general resurrection we may have a share in your kingdom, hear us, Lord Jesus. Son of God, we pray, hear us, Lord Jesus. Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world, spare us, O Lord. Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world, graciously hear us, O Lord. Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world, have mercy on us. Lord, have mercy. Christ, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.

 

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Light up our eyes, O Lord, lest we sleep the sleep of death. Save us, we pray, O Lord! O Lord, we pray, give us success! Lord, hear my prayer, and let my cries come before you. Let us pray. Almighty God, through your only Son Jesus Christ you overcame death and opened to us the gate of eternal life. Grant that we who celebrate with joy the day of the Lord’s resurrection, may be raised from the death of sin by your life-giving Spirit; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen. Intercessions Dear brothers and sisters, let us pray for the needs of the world. For the holy Church of God, that the Lord may graciously watch over her and care for her, and lead and guide her, let us pray to the Lord. Lord, graciously hear us. For those who do not believe in the Resurrection, that they will receive the gift of faith and come to believe that Jesus Christ is our Lord and Savior, let us pray to the Lord. Lord, graciously hear us. For all of the peoples of the world, that the Lord may graciously end the pandemic and heal the sick and the suffering, let us pray to the Lord. Lord, graciously hear us. For our nation, that the Lord may graciously heal the divisions in our country, guide all elected officials in fulfilling their duties, and help them to work together selflessly for the common good of the people, let us pray to the Lord. Lord, graciously hear us.

 

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For ourselves and our parish community, that the Lord may graciously forgive us our sins, lead and guide us in all things, and protect us from all harm, let us pray to the Lord. Lord, graciously hear us. Now, let us pray using the words that Jesus taught us. Our Father, . . . . Chant - Tantum Ergo (Pange lingua chant tune)

Tantum ergo Sacramentum Veneremur cernui: Et antiquum documentum Novo cedat ritui: Praestet fides supplementum Sensuum defectui. Genitori, Genitoque Laus et iubilatio, Salus, honor, virtus quoque Sit et benedictio: Procedenti ab utroque Compar sit laudatio. Amen Presider: You have given them Bread from heaven. Response: Having all sweetness within it. Presider: 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, one God forever and ever.

Response: Amen

  

 

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 Eucharistic Blessing

 Divine Praises

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 of the Blessed Sacrament

 

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Closing Hymn Holy God, we praise thy name;

Lord of all, we bow before thee!

All on earth thy scepter claim,

All in heav’n above adore thee;

Infinite, thy vast domain,

Everlasting is thy reign.

Hark! the loud celestial hymn

Angel choirs above are raising,

Cherubim and seraphim,

In unceasing chorus praising;

Fill the heavens with sweet accord:

Holy, holy, holy, Lord.

 

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