EUCHARISTIC ADORATION
THROUGH THE LITURGICAL YEAR (# 29)
A Weekly Pastoral Tool for the YEAR OF THE EUCHARIST
11th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A
June 12-18, 2005
“A Call to Ministry”
(+) In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
(A moment of silence)
SONG: Any suitable Eucharistic hymn or any appropriate song may be sung.
WORDS OF LUCIEN CERFAUX
God has a habit of doing great things with nothing. God loves to create. The saints understood this and they accomplished great works with nothing at all, like God, because in their work they followed God’s methods … When the apostolate is thus understood, it weighs heavily in the balance of God and the spiritual destiny of the world … It is neither the surface nor the width that counts. It is the depth. The apostolate is measured by the plumb line, not the tape measure. Jesus chose the twelve that they might be always with him, and that he might send them out to preach. An apostle is truly an apostle only when he remains united to our Lord … The apostolate is just the glow of sanctity. Apostles should be doubly holy, once for themselves, and once for others.
SILENT ADORATION AND PRAYER
OPENING PRAYER
(From the prayer, “Way of Humanity”, composed by Blessed Alberione)
Assembly: Divine Master,
send good laborers into that great harvest of yours.
Jesus, Apostle of the Father, make me feel the longing of your heart:
that there be only one fold, only one shepherd.
There are the apostolates of the interior life, of suffering and of prayer,
of example and of social communications, of word and of vocations,
the apostolate of charity in truth.
Mary, arouse in everyone a strong desire for salvation
in Christ and in the Church.
Amen.
Part I
JESUS MASTER TRUTH
Listening to the Word
GOSPEL READING: Mt 9:36-10:8
PERSONAL REFLECTION
(As a tool for personal reflection, please visit the PDDM Website: www.pddm.org // www.pddm.us for BREAKING THE BREAD OF THE WORD [# 29]: A Lectio Divina Approach to the Sunday Liturgy. The Biblico-Liturgical Reflections are an aid for a deeper understanding of the Gospel reading.)
SONG: Any Eucharistic hymn or suitable song of praise may be sung.
Part II
JESUS MASTER WAY
Confrontation with the Word
POINTS FOR THE EXAMINATION OF THE HEART
Leader: Jesus is the compassionate Shepherd and the ultimate Harvest-Master. Enfolded by his gentle and transforming presence, let us now look deep into our hearts and ask ourselves:
1. Are our hearts moved with pity at the sad plight of today’s troubled and abandoned crowds, who are like sheep without a shepherd? Do we imitate Jesus’ compassionate response? Do we pray to obtain vocations?
2. Do we believe that Jesus calls us anew and gives us “authority over unclean spirits to drive them out and to cure every disease and illness” (Mt !0:1)? How do we make use of this God-given power to alleviate the world’s afflictions?
3. Do we fully embrace the Christian vocation to ministry and service? Do we regard with value the role of today’s Church-related vocations? How do we take heed of Jesus’ exhortation: “Without cost you have received; without cost you are to give” (Mt 10:8)?
SONG: Any suitable song may be sung.
Part III
JESUS LIFE
Acting upon the Word
PERSONAL PRAYER
CONTEMPLATING WITH MARY THE FACE OF CHRIST: The Mysteries of Light of the Rosary may be prayed in part or in full.
THE WAY OF SOLIDARITY: PRAYER OF INTERCESSION
Leader: Filled with the compassionate mercy of the Good Shepherd and the ultimate Harvest-Master, let us turn to the Father in supplication and say:
(R.) LORD, HEAR OUR PRAYER.
1. That those who are troubled and abandoned may experience the compassionate mercy of the true Shepherd; we pray: (R.)
2. That those who are called to a life of intimate Christian discipleship may be filled with spiritual power to heal the broken-hearted and to vanquish all forms of evil and injustice; we pray: (R.)
3. That we may rejoice in the vision of an abundant harvest and that our ardent prayer, “Send good laborers to the Lord’s harvest” may be answered; we pray: (R.)
4. That our apostolic workers may always heed Jesus’ exhortation, “Without cost you have received; without cost you are to give”; we pray: (R.)
5. The Holy Father’s General Intention for this month of June: FOR THE MILLIONS OF REFUGEES IN THE WORLD: That they receive brotherly love and concrete aid from all Christians; we pray: (R.)
6. The Holy Father’s Mission Intention for this month of June: FOR CHRISTIANS: That they come to an ever-deeper realization that the Most Holy Eucharist is the pulsing heart of the Church; we pray: (R.)
(Other prayers may be added.)
THE LORD’S PRAYER
CONCLUDING PRAYER
(Prayer to Obtain Vocations, composed by Blessed Alberione)
Assembly: Jesus, Divine Master, who said: “The harvest indeed is great, but the laborers are few”, we lovingly accept your invitation: “Pray the Heavenly Father to send forth laborers into his harvest.” Inspire a devout crusade for vocations: “All the faithful for all vocations.” More priests! May they be the salt of the earth, the light of the world, the city placed on the mountaintop for the salvation of humanity redeemed by your blood. More religious, both men and women, to fill the earth with religious houses which welcome your favored children, and which will be centers of light and warmth, sources of piety, gardens of saints, singing “glory to God and peace to men and women of good will”. Mary, “God’s chosen one”, Mother and guardian of holy vocations, pray with us, pray for us, and for all those called by God. Amen.
FINAL SONG: Any suitable Eucharistic hymn or song of praise may be sung.
Prepared by Sr. Mary Margaret Tapang PDDM
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