FIRST FRIDAY HOLY HOUR: SEPTEMBER2017
THEME: WE ARE ALL PARTS OF ONE BODY
I. OPENING SONG: If the Holy Hour is done before the Mass, an appropriate song may be chosen.
If the Holy Hour will be begin after the Post Communion Prayer, there is
no need for an Opening Hymn. The priest proceeds with the exposition of
the Blessed Sacrament while the assembly sings the O Salutaris…
II. INTRODUCTION (c/o PRIEST) – the priest says a few words to set the mood for the celebration and help the people prepare.
III.EXPOSITION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT
O saving Victim op’ning wide
The gate of heaven to men below!
Our foes press on from ev’ry side
Your aid supply,
Your strength bestow.
To Your great name
be endless praise.
Immortal God-head,
one in three;
Oh, grant us endless
length of days
In our true native land
with Thee.
Amen…
IV.OPENING PRAYER
Priest: O Sacrament most holy, O Sacrament divine.
All: All praise and all thanksgiving be every moment thine.
Our Father…
Hail Mary…
Glory…
Priest:Let us pray.
Gracious God,
Author of peace and lover of concord,
To know you is to live.
To serve you is to reign.
Defend us from all the assaults of our enemies,
That we who trust in your protection may have no foe to fear;
Through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
V.SCRIPTURE PASSAGE
Lector:A reading from the 1st Letter of St. Paul to the Corinthians.
All of you together are the one body of Christ, and each one of you is a separate and necessary part of it.Here is a list of some of the parts he has placed in his Church, which is his body:
Apostles,
Prophets—those who preach God’s Word,
Teachers,
Those who do miracles,
Those who have the gift of healing;
Those who can help others,
Those who can get others to work together,
Those who speak in languages they have never learned.
Is everyone an apostle? Of course not. Is everyone a preacher? No. Are all teachers? Does everyone have the power to do miracles?Can everyone heal the sick? Of course not. Does God give all of us the ability to speak in languages we’ve never learned? Can just anyone understand and translate what those are saying who have that gift of foreign speech?No, but try your best to have the more important of these gifts.
The Word of the Lord.
ALL: Thanks be to God.
COMMENTATOR:
Please be seated and silently meditate on the message of the Word of God. (5 minutes)
VI.POINTS FOR REFLECTION
(From Bp. Thomas Olmsted’s article: “Pope Francis’ Vision of Parish Life:
Christianity is not an ethical system but a community of faith whose origin and identity are founded in the three Persons of the Blessed Trinity. This is why the Holy Father writes,“The parish is not an outdated institution; precisely because it possesses great flexibility, it can assume quite different contours depending on the openness and missionary creativity of the pastor and the community.”
Jesus calls His followers to speak the truth in love, to go forth in His Name, to make disciples of all nations. As we respond to His charge, it is important to keep in mind His words (Mt 28:20),“Behold, I am with you always, until the end of the age.”Not by our own strength or our own plans does the Gospel reach the ends of the earth. It is all God’s work. His loving presence is the heart of the Good News.
The local Church, then, continually draws life and light from its Savior, who remains present through His Word and the Sacraments. As the Holy Father writes (#28),“It is a community of communities, a sanctuary where the thirsty come to drink in the midst of their journey, and a center of constant missionary outreach.”
(SILENT ADORATION – 15 minutes)
COMMENTATOR: Please all stand
VII.INTERCESSORY PRAYERS:
PRIEST: To our Lord, who calls us as one family of faith, we pray:
Responses:SON OF THE LIVING GOD, HEAR OUR PRAYER.
Lector:May the Church be open to constant reform and conversion, we pray:
May our moral lives be based on more than the avoidance of evil, we pray:
That we commit to the goodness of the body and the dignity of each person, we pray:
For the safety of those who travel and those who are living or working abroad, we pray:
PRIEST: At the Savior’s command and formed by divine teaching, we dare to say:
Our Father…
COMMENTATOR: Let us all kneel for the Benediction
VIII.BENEDICTION
Let us raise our voice
To proclaim our faith
Christ the Lord for us has died
Dying, He destroyed our death,
Rising, He restored our life.
O Lord Jesus, we await
Your last return in glory.
When we eat the bread
and we drink the cup
in the blessed Eucharist.
We meet You, our risen Savior
Giving life to us anew
Through life’s journey,
be with us,
to strengthen us forever.
Amen. Amen.
PRIEST: You have given us the Bread from heaven
ALL:The Source of all happiness
PRIEST:Let us pray.
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 Holy spirit, one God, forever and ever.
ALL:Amen
IX. THE 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
FINAL SONG: O SACRAMENT MOST HOLY, O SACRAMENT DIVINE
O Sacrament Most Holy,
O Sacrament Divine.
All praise and all thanksgiving
Be every moment thine.
Be every moment thine.