FIRST FRIDAY HOLY HOUR: JULY 2017
THEME: A NATION OF FIRM PURPOSE YOU KEEP IN PEACE
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:
Let us pray.
O God, who have revealed that peacemakers are to be called your children,
grant, we pray, that we may work without ceasing
to establish that justice which alone ensures true and lasting peace.
We make our prayer through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
V.SCRIPTURE PASSAGE
Lector/priest:
A reading from the book of the prophet Isaiah.
In the future, the mountain with the Lord's temple will be the highest of all. It will reach above the hills; every nation will rush to it.
Many people will come and say, “Let's go to the mountain of the Lord God of Jacob and worship in his temple.” The Lord will teach us his Law from Jerusalem, and we will obey him.
He will settle arguments between nations. They will pound their swords and their spears into rakes and shovels; they will never make war or attack one another.
People of Israel, let's live by the light of the Lord.
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 Pope Francis' "The Church of Mercy"
In the world, in society, there is little peace because dialogue is missing; we find it difficult to go beyond the narrow horizon of our own interests in order to open ourselves to a true and sincere comparison.
Peace requires a persistent, patient, strong, intelligent dialogue by which nothing is lost. Dialogue can overcome war. Dialogue can bring people of different generations who often ignore one another to live together; it makes citizens of different ethnic backgrounds and of different beliefs coexist. Dialogue is the way of peace. For dialogue fosters understanding, harmony, concord, and peace.
For this reason, it is vital that it grow and expand between people of every condition and belief, like a net of peace that protects the world and especially protects the weakest members.
(SILENT ADORATION – 15 minutes)
COMMENTATOR: Please all stand
VII.INTERCESSORY PRAYERS:
PRIEST: Let us pray for peace in our hearts and homes, in our nation and in the world.
ALL:
Lord Jesus, we come to you in our need. Create in us an awareness of the massive forces of conflict that threaten our world today.
And grant us a sense of urgency to activate the forces of goodness, of justice, of love, and of peace.
Where there is armed conflict, let us stretch out our arms to our brothers and sisters.
Where there is abundance, let there be simple lifestyle and sharing.
Where there is poverty, let there be dignified living and constant striving for just structures.
Where there is selfish ambition, let there be humble service.
Where there is injustice, let there be atonement.
Where there is despair, let there be hope in the Good News.
Where there are wounds of division, let there be unity and wholeness.
Help us to be committed to the building of your kingdom, not seeking to be cared for but to care; not expecting to be served but to place ourselves in the service of the others; not aspiring to be materially secure but to place our security in Your love.
Teach us Your spirit, for it is only in loving imitation of You, Lord, that we can discover the healing springs of life that will bring about new birth to our earth and hope for the world.
Amen.
PRIEST: Our Lady, Queen of Peace.
ALL: Pray for us.
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.DIVINE PRAISES AND REPOSITION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENTThe Blessed Sacrament will be reposed towards the end of 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.