EUCHARISTIC ADORATION
THROUGH THE LITURGICAL YEAR (Vol. 2, n. 32)
13th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B
July 2-8, 2006
“He Wants To Give Life …”
(+) 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.
INTRODUCTION
(Cf. Carroll Stuhlmueller in Meditations on the Sunday Gospel, Year B, ed. By John Rotelle, NY: New City Press, 1996, p. 98-99)
Jesus restores life and health under seemingly impossible circumstances. In the gospel we find that Jesus also claimed these people as his own. He sought out the sick “little daughter” of the synagogue official. He was also “conscious that healing power had gone out of him”, when the woman with a long-term hemorrhage had touched him … Jesus drew public attention to the fact, however, not in any way to reprimand her, but rather to praise her faith. This faith he assured her, has cured you … Struggling with illness and seeking health were good actions. It was all the better to include the Lord in this search and to believe in the power of miracles. Jesus, in raising the little girl back to life, at once became conscious of her human needs. He told them to give her something to eat … Jesus was blessing our human existence; he was making it possible for us to enjoy physically the normal joys of life. We recall the words of the Book of Wisdom: The creatures of the world are wholesome.
SILENT ADORATION
OPENING PRAYER
Leader: Father,
he who knew no sin was made sin for us,
to save us and restore us to your friendship.
Look upon our contrite heart and afflicted spirit
and heal our troubled conscience,
so that in the joy and strength of the Holy Spirit
we may proclaim your praise and glory before all the nations.
We ask this through Christ our Lord.
Assembly: Amen.
Part I
JESUS MASTER TRUTH
Listening to the Word
FIRST READING: Wis 1:13-15
RESPONSORIAL PSALM
GOSPEL READING: Mk 5:21-43
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 [Series 4, n. 32]: 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: We open our hearts to listen to the promptings of the living Word. Let us ask ourselves with limpid honesty:
A. How do the following affirmations from the Book of Wisdom impact us personally and effectively: God did not make death; he does not rejoice in the destruction of the living; he formed us to be imperishable; he made us in his own image; etc.?
B. How do we respond to the miracles of healing and Jesus’ absolute stance for life that we hear in this Sunday’s Gospel reading? Are we ready to join Jesus in his ministry against death-dealing forces, in his defense and promotion of life-giving forces, and in his great celebration of life, that is God’s gift to us?
C. Do we commit ourselves to God, the giver of life? Do we allow ourselves to be possessed by God who wants to give us the fullness of life? How do we imitate Christ in his healing ministry and care for life? Do we let the life of Christ take total hold of us?
PRAYER
Leader: Loving Father,
you are the author of life.
You fashioned all things in your great love
and made the creatures of the world good and wholesome.
You formed us to be imperishable
for you have made us in your image and likeness.
By “the envy of the devil”,
sin and death entered into the world
and we experience the fragility and brokenness
of a human existence alienated from you.
But it is your will to save.
You want to give us the gift of true life.
In your Son Jesus Christ is the healing power
that overcomes the power of sin and death.
In the healing of the bleeding woman
and in the raising to life of the twelve-year old child,
we acknowledge the life-giving strength of Jesus
that is greater than the death-dealing forces of a broken world.
In Jesus, you vanquish the effects of sin.
In him, we celebrate the power of life
for he lives and reigns forever and ever.
Assembly: Amen.
Part III
JESUS LIFE
Acting upon the Word
PERSONAL PRAYER
CONTEMPLATING WITH MARY THE FACE OF CHRIST: The Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary may be prayed in part or in full.
THE WAY OF SOLIDARITY: PRAYER OF INTERCESSION
Priest: Let us pray to God who cares for all, and with earnest humility say:
(R.) LORD, IN YOU WE PLACE OUR TRUST.
1. Preserve the unity of your Church.
2. Be a source of vibrant life to Benedict, our Pope.
3. Enlighten N. _____, our bishop.
4. Call new workers to gather the harvest.
5. Fill our families with blessings.
6. Grant health to the sick.
7. Be present to those who are dying.
8. Bring exiles back to their homeland.
9. Guard us from natural disasters.
10. Give us clean air.
11. Give unfailing life to those who have died.
12. For the Holy Father’s General Intention for the month of July: FOR THOSE IN PRISON, IN PARTICULAR YOUNG PEOPLE: May they be helped by society to start a new life with new meaning.
13. For the Holy Father’s Mission Intention for the month of July: FOR ETHNIC AND RELIGIOUS GROUPS IN MISSION LANDS: May they live and work peacefully side by side to build societies with respect for human and spiritual values.
(Other prayers may be added.)
THE LORD’S PRAYER
CONCLUDING PRAYER
Leader: God, our Father,
our strength in adversity,
our health in weakness,
our comfort in sorrow,
be merciful to your people.
In your life-giving Son Jesus Christ,
give us health and strength
for we need to work for the coming of your kingdom of justice and love.
You live and reign forever and ever.
Assembly: Amen.
FINAL SONG: Any suitable Eucharistic hymn or song of praise may be sung.
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