Our next monthly Holy Hour is from 7-8 PM on September 1 in the church.
Theme: The Dignity of Labor
Worship Aid
Procession Song: “Sweet Hour of Prayer”
Verse 1. Sweet hour of prayer, Sweet hour of prayer that calls me from a world of care
And bids me at my Father's throne; Make all my wants and wishes known
In seasons of distress and grief; My soul has often found relief
And oft escaped the tempter's snare; By Thy return, sweet hour of prayer
Words: William Walford, Music: William B. Bradbury;
Public Domain.
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
(All kneel when the Blessed Sacrament is placed into the monstrance)
Opening antiphon:
The kingdom of God is [a matter of] justice, peace and the joy that is given by the Holy Spirit.
Whoever serves Christ in this way pleases God and wins the esteem of men. Let us, then, make it our aim to work for peace and to strengthen one another.
(Romans 14:17-19)
First Meditation Song: “Your Labor Is Not In Vain”
Verse 1: Your labor is not in vain though the ground underneath you is cursed and stained
Your planting and reaping are never the same But your labor is not in vain.
Refrain: For I am with you, I am with you. I am with you, I am with you
For I have called you, called you by name. Your labor is not in vain.
Verse 2: Your labor is not unknown though the rocks they cry out and the sea it may groan.
The place of your toil may not seem like a home but your labor is not unknown.
Repeat refrain
Verse 3: The vineyards you plant will bear fruit the fields will sing out and rejoice with the truth,
for all that is old will at last be made new: the vineyards you plant will bear fruit.
Repeat refrain
Verse 4: The houses you labored to build will finally with laughter and joy be filled.
The serpent that hurts and destroys shall be killed and all that is broken be healed.
Repeat refrain
Words and Music: Wendel Kimbrough, Paul Zach, Isaac Wardell, and Aaron Keyes
© 2017 Porter's Gate Publishing (BMI), Hymns From the Porter's Gate (ASCAP), and Porter's Gate Publications (SESAC).
First Meditation:
What talents that Jesus has given me have borne fruit in my life?
Silent Adoration/Reflection
Responsorial Psalm
(Ps. 90)
Response: Fill us with your love, O Lord, and we will sing for joy!
Gospel
Mark 6:1-6
Homily
Second Meditation Song: "In The Fields of the Lord"
Verse 1:
In the fields of the Lord, our work is rest,
He is moving in our hands and feet to bless.
In the fields of the Lord, in the fields of the Lord, in the fields of the Lord our work is rest.
Verse 2:
In the vineyards of the Lord our work is light.
He is tending every leaf and every vine.
In the vineyards of the Lord, in the vineyards of the Lord, in the vineyards of the Lord our work is light.
Verse 3:
In the garden of the Lord our work is sound,
He is weaving every thorn into a crown.
In the garden of the Lord, in the garden of the Lord, in the garden of the Lord our work is sound.
Verse 4:
At the harvest of the Lord the fields are white,
He will wipe away the tears from ev’ry eye.
At the harvest of the Lord, at the harvest of the Lord, at the harvest of the Lord the fields are white.
Words and Music: Audrey Assad and Isaac Wardell
© 2017 Porter's Gate Publishing (BMI), Hymns From the Porter's Gate (ASCAP), and Porter's Gate Publications (SESAC).
Second Meditation:
HIn what ways do I see God helping me with my daily work?
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!