EUCHARISTIC ADORATION
THROUGH THE LITURGICAL YEAR (Vol. 3, n. 19)
Easter Sunday, Year C
April 8-14, 2007
“He Rose From The Dead”
(+) In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
(A moment of silence)
SONG: Any Eucharistic hymn, Easter hymn or any appropriate song may be sung.
WORDS OF GERRIC OF IGNY
(Cf. Journey with the Father, ed. Edith Barnecut, New York: New City Press, 1994, p. 48-49)
The Lord is risen! For myself, when I looked upon the dead Jesus I was overwhelmed by despairing grief, but in the living God, as scripture says, my heart and my flesh rejoice. It is with no mean profit to faith, no slight dividend of joy, that Jesus returns to me from the tomb, for I recognize the living God where only a little while ago I mourned a dead man. My heart was sorrowing for him as slain, but now he is risen, not only my heart but my flesh also rejoices in the confident hope of my own resurrection and immortality. I slept and I arose, Christ says. Awake then, my sleeping soul, and rise from the dead, and Christ will give you light! As the new sun rises from below, the grace of the resurrection already casts its radiance over the whole world, a radiance reflected in the eyes of those who have watched for him since daybreak, a dawn that ushers in the day of eternity. This is the day that knows no evening, the day whose sun will never set again. Only once has the sun gone down, and now once and for all it has ascended above the heavens, leading death captive in its train.
SILENT ADORATION
OPENING PRAYER
Leader: God our Father , by raising Christ your Son you conquered the power of death and opened for us the way to eternal life. Let our celebration today raise us up and renew our lives by the Spirit that is within us. Grant this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever.
Assembly: Amen.
Part I
JESUS MASTER TRUTH
Listening to the Word
FIRST READING: Acts 10:43a, 37-43
RESPONSORIAL PSALM
GOSPEL READING: Jn 20:1-9
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. 19]: 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, Easter hymn or song of praise may be sung.
Part II
JESUS MASTER WAY
POINTS FOR THE EXAMINATION OF THE HEART
A. What is the significance of the Easter event of Christ’s resurrection in my life? Why is Easter the real Passover of the Lord? How do I participate personally, intimately and efficaciously in the rising of Christ to new life?
B. How do I celebrate this year’s Easter Sunday as part of the Christian worshipping community? Do I endeavor to fill it with joy, meaningful symbols and rituals, and acts of charity? How do I contribute to celebrate as a Christian community our new life in the Risen Christ? Do we live up to our vocation as an Easter people, happy and content that “Alleluia” is our song?
C. What transformation occurred in Peter as a result of the Easter event? What “newness” and breakthrough happened to him on account of his experience with the glorified Jesus, with whom he ate and drank after he rose from the dead? How did he become an instrument of Easter joy to the Gentile household of the Roman centurion Cornelius of Caeserea? Like the apostle Peter, how does our personal experience of the Risen Lord make us bearers of the Easter faith and joy?
PRAYING WITH THE WORD
(Cf. P. de la Tour du Pin, Une lutte pour la vie, N.R.F., Paris: Gallimard, 1970, 306-07: Fiche de chant I 77 // Days of the Lord, vol. 3, Collegeville: The Liturgical Press, 1993, p. 67)
Leader: Light of the world, O Jesus, although we have never seen your open tomb, whence comes this light among us, this feast among feasts, if not from you the risen one?
Assembly: Christ indeed from death is risen, our new life obtaining. Have mercy, victor King, ever reigning! Amen. Alleluia.
Leader: When someone we meet says to us: where is your Christ today and his miracle? We respond: whence comes the Spirit that turns us toward his Passover, if not from him?
Assembly: Christ indeed from death is risen, our new life obtaining. Have mercy, victor King, ever reigning! Amen. Alleluia.
Leader: Our hearts burn when your love descends and whispers to us: Love has come, the day will come in the hearts of all creatures, and the Lord will appear.
Assembly: Christ indeed from death is risen, our new life obtaining. Have mercy, victor King, ever reigning! Amen. Alleluia.
Leader: And if someone says to us: Now show us a worthy sign beyond yourselves! The sign is that at his return we must do what he loves in order to testify that he is love.
Assembly: Christ indeed from death is risen, our new life obtaining. Have mercy, victor King, ever reigning! Amen. Alleluia.
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: With trust and confidence, let us present our petitions to our loving God who raised his Son Jesus from the dead. Let us say to him:
(R.) LORD, HEAR OUR PRAYER.
1. For the Holy Father’s General Intention for this month of April: That allowing themselves to be enlightened by the Holy Spirit, all Christians may answer enthusiastically and faithfully to the universal call to sanctity. We pray: (R.)
2. For the Holy Father’s Mission Intention for this month of April: That the number of priestly and religious vocations may grow in North America and the countries of the Pacific Ocean in order to adequately meet the pastoral and missionary needs of those populations. We pray: (R.)
3. For all peoples and for the entire creation: That they may truly experience the transforming Easter event of Christ’s resurrection as the font of new life, healing and integration. We pray: (R.)
4. For those who endeavor to render concrete service to those who are hurting in body and in spirit: That they may truly be channels of Gospel joy and bearers of Easter faith. We pray: (R.)
5. For Dale Brennan’s NEEDHELP NOW publication and all those who use the modern means of communication to respond to the cries of the needy and to proclaim the good news of Easter: That their endeavors may be blessed with success and apostolic fruitfulness. We pray: (R.)
6. For all of us gathered here before the sacramental presence of the Risen Lord, the Eucharistic Master: That as an Easter people we may truly be conscious and take pride that “Alleluia” is our song. We pray: (R.)
(Other prayers may be added.)
THE LORD’S PRAYER
CONCLUDING PRAYER
Leader: Father of love,
watch over your Church
and bring to the glory of the resurrection
those who yearn for the gift of new life in the Risen Lord Jesus Christ,
who lives and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, forever and ever.
Assembly: Amen.
FINAL SONG: Any Eucharistic hymn, Easter hymn or song of praise may be sung.
Prepared by Sr. Mary Margaret Tapang PDDM
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