Our next monthly Holy Hour is from 7-8 PM on July 7 in the church.
Theme: To God be the Glory
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. Love 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:
All of us, gazing with unveiled face on the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, as from the Lord who is the Spirit. (2 Corinthians 3:18)
First Meditation Song: “Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus”
Verse 1: O soul, are you weary and troubled? No light in the darkness you see?
There's light for a look at the Savior, And life more abundant and free!
Refrain: Turn your eyes upon Jesus, Look full in His wonderful face,
And the things of earth will grow strangely dim, In the light of His glory and grace.
Verse 2: Through death into life everlasting He passed, and we follow Him there;
O'er us sin no more hath dominion— For more than conqu'rors we are!
Repeat Refrain
Verse 3: His Word shall not fail you—He promised; Believe Him, and all will be well:
Then go to a world that is dying, His perfect salvation to tell!
Repeat Refrain 2x
Words and music: Helen H. Lemmel (Public Domain)
First Meditation:
How can I give glory to Jesus by spending more time with him this week?
Silent Adoration/Reflection
Responsorial Psalm
(Ps. 8)
Response: O Lord, our God, how wonderful your name in all the earth.
Gospel
Luke 10:25-37
Homily
Second Meditation Song: "Oh Give Thanks" (based on Psalm 107)
Verse 1: We were wand'ring in the desert with our souls so starved and weak
We were hungry for a homeland we did not know how to seek
But we lifted up our voices to the only One who hears
And the God of mercy came and brought us near
Verse 2: We were locked out of the garden, and our backs bent down with pain
In the shadow of death's darkness, we were slaves to sin and blame
Then we cried out in our labor to the only One who hears
And the God of mercy wiped away our tears
Refrain: Oh give thanks to the LORD for His love endures forever!
We were wandering and lost, and our Father brought us home
To a safe dwelling place, to a feast of joy and laughter
Oh give thanks to the LORD, for He is good!
Verse 3: We were fools in our rebellion, with our hunger strike of pride
We were sick and growing closer to the death we should have died
Then he heard of our condition, and he called us by our names
And the God of glory took away our shame
(Repeat Refrain)
Verse 4: We were far out on the ocean, making wealth and chasing dreams
But the waves of great destruction brought us tremb'ling to our knees
Then we cried like drunken sailors to the only One who hears
And the God of comfort took away our tears
(Repeat Refrain 2x)
Words and Music by Caroline Cobb Smith and Wendell Kimbrough
© 2016 Sing The Story Music
Second Meditation:
What blessings in my life have come from God?
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!