EUCHARISTIC ADORATION

THROUGH THE LITURGICAL YEAR (Vol. 3, n. 10)

5^th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C

February 4-10, 2007

“Here I am! Send Me!”

(+) In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

(A moment of silence)

SONG: Any Eucharistic hymn or any appropriate song may be sung.

INTRODUCTION

(Cf. Gerald Vann in Meditations on the Sunday Gospels, Year B, ed. John Rotelle, New York: New City Press, 1998, p. 82-83)

 Launch out into the deep, our Lord tells us; it can be a frightening thing, the first time you plunge into the sea, because you are in a new strange element; but if you go on you forget the fright and enjoy the thrill, the sense of freedom; and the strange element becomes friendly and buoyant even while it remains immense. That is what religion is meant to be like: it means not just knowing more things than you otherwise would, but knowing something underneath all things, knowing the secret heart of things, because you know the Presence, the Love, that is in and about all things. It means plunging into the divine life as a diver plunges into the sea. That is why our Lord said that he came that we might have life and have it more abundantly; if you plunge into this element you escape from the narrow confines of the selfish and the shallow, and move into immensity.

SILENT ADORATION

OPENING PRAYER

Leader:  God our Father,

it is your will that all peoples be saved

and come to the knowledge of truth.

May the men and women you have chosen

for a special mission in the Church,

respond to the gift of their vocation.

May they zealously cry out, “Here I am! Send me!”

Strengthened by your power and the experience of your holiness and glory,

may they leave everything behind

and follow Jesus in the way of saving and sacrificial love.

We ask this in the name of your Son

who lives and reigns forever and ever.

Assembly: Amen.

Part I

JESUS MASTER TRUTH

Listening to the Word

FIRST READING: Is 6:1-2a, 3-8

RESPONSORIAL PSALM

GOSPEL READING: Lk 5:1-11

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 5, n. 10]: 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 song of praise may be sung.

Part II

JESUS MASTER WAY

Confrontation with the Word

POINTS FOR THE EXAMINATION OF THE HEART

A.    Are we sensitive to various religious experiences that the loving God is giving us as gift? What have I learned from the religious experience of the prophet Isaiah? Like Isaiah, are we willing to have our “unclean lips” purged and thus experience a deep spiritual cleansing that would prepare us to be mission partners in God’s plan of salvation? How do we respond to the triple holiness of God?

B.     What did we learn from Peter and the apostles at the Lake of Gennesaret with Jesus? How does the episode of the miraculous catch of fish impinge on us? Are we ready to respond personally to Christ’s enigmatic command: “Put out into deep water and lower your nets for a catch”? Are we ready to risk the mysterious, the profound, the immense, the unknown, and the deep? Do we feel our unworthiness and vulnerability when the challenge of the “sacred” and the profound encounter us?

C.     When we hear the Lord say, “Whom shall I send? Who will go for us?” what is our response? Are we ready to declare with the words of prophet Isaiah, “Here I am; send me”? After having made the initial response to Jesus Master’s command to launch into the deep and cast our nets, are we ready to leave everything to follow him and become fishers of men?

PRAYING WITH THE WORD

Leader: O loving God, you are infinitely holy and your grandeur is immense and infinite. We adore you with the seraphim stationed in the heavenly temple and bow down in worship. We cry out to you, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts! All the earth is filled with your glory!” Let our unclean lips be purged of all that is not right and true.

Assembly: Heaven and earth are full of your glory! Hosanna in the highest!

Leader: Jesus Master, you meet us by the shore of our daily life experiences and invite us to put out into deep water for a catch. Give us the grace to venture into the profound, the unknown, the immense, the mysterious, and the infinitely sacred. May we plunge into the sea of divine life as a diver immerses himself into the deep blue sea. May we venture more and more into your life-giving immensity.

Assembly: Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!

Leader: We thank you, Lord, for giving us a glimpse of your holiness, power and glory. We listen eagerly to your voice, “Whom shall I send; and who will go for us?” We declare with alacrity:

Assembly: “Here I am, Lord; send me!”

Leader: We thank you, Jesus, for resounding the call to be partners in your saving plan and to work with you in your redemptive mission as fishers of men. We leave our nets and boats by the empty and lifeless shores and we follow you unreservedly.

Assembly: All I longed for I have found by the water; at your side I will seek other shores.

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 present our petitions to our loving God with trust and confidence and say to him:

(R.) LORD, HEAR OUR PRAYER.

1.      For the Holy Father’s General Intention for this month of February: That the goods of the earth, given by God for all people, may be used wisely and according to the criteria of justice and solidarity. We pray:  (R.)

2.      For the Holy Father’s Mission Intention for this month of February: That the fight against diseases and great epidemics in the Third World may find, in the spirit of solidarity, ever more generous collaboration on the part of the governments of all nations. We pray:  (R.)

3.      For Christian disciples in today’s world: that they may always be ready to respond to the call to minister to the poor and suffering with a hearty “Here I am, Lord! Send me!”. We pray:  (R.)

4.      For priestly and religious vocations in the Church and in the world today: that there may greater integrity and zeal in the life of service and witnessing. We pray:  (R.)

5.      For ordained priests who are called in a special way to be “fishers of men”: that they may always have the courage to launch out into the deep of God’s love and, leaving everything behind, follow Christ unreservedly in his ministry of pastoral charity. We pray:  (R.)

6.      For all of us gathered here: that God may always give us the gift of a profound experience of his holiness and grandiose glory, enabling us to recognize our inner self and inspiring us to be his partners in his saving plan. We pray:  (R.)

7.      For our faithful departed: that they may relish the beatific vision and fully participate in the heavenly liturgy, together with the angels and seraphs of the Lord of hosts. We pray:  (R.)

(Other prayers may be added.)

THE LORD’S PRAYER

CONCLUDING PRAYER

Leader: Loving Father,

hear our prayers.

Help us to embrace your will

and to launch out into the deep waters of your infinite love.

Give us to strength to leave everything behind

and to follow your Son unreservedly

so that we may reflect your peace and compassion

to those who yearn for your truth and life.

We ask this through Christ our Lord, your Son

who lives and reigns with you,

in unity with the Holy Spirit,

one God forever and ever.

Assembly: Amen.

FINAL SONG: Any Eucharistic hymn or song of praise may be sung.

Prepared by Sr. Mary Margaret Tapang  PDDM

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