EUCHARISTIC ADORATION
THROUGH THE LITURGICAL YEAR (Vol. 3, n. 46)
28th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C
October 14-20, 2007
“A Journey of Healing”
(+) 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 other appropriate song may be sung.
INTRODUCTION
The figures of Naaman and the healed Samaritan leper, as beneficiaries of God’s grace of healing, remind us to trust God who can heal all our infirmities. The power of God’s healing does not have any limits. We are therefore challenged to embark on an inner journey towards the transformation and the wholeness of our person – a mysterious movement towards the comforting bosom of our loving God and his gift of eternal life. The healing stories of this Sunday inspire us to hope and faith - to an obedient and total response to the Word of God who has the power to bring about our cleansing, healing, restoration, redemption and glorification. Moreover, the liturgy of this Sunday invites us to praise and thanksgiving. Naaman and the Samaritan have shown us what it means to be thankful. Their journey of healing involved a return to the living God to acknowledge the marvels and benefits he had bestowed on them and to submit totally to his gracious will.
SILENT ADORATION
OPENING PRAYER
Leader: God our Father,
our strength in adversity,
our health in weakness,
our comfort in sorrow,
be merciful to your people.
Grant your servants continual health of mind and body.
Give us also new life and hope
as we trust in your kindness and seek your healing hand.
We ask 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: II Kgs 5:14-17
RESPONSORIAL PSALM
GOSPEL READING: Lk 17:11-19
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. 46]: 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
What was the malady that afflicted the Syrian general Naaman? Why did he journey to Israel? What happened when he finally plunged into the Jordan seven times at the word of Elisha, the man of God? What was the response of Naaman to the miraculous healing he had experienced? Why was Naaman’s healing a journey of faith? How does his healing experience inspire our own life?
2 What was the prayer uttered by the ten lepers upon meeting Jesus who was on his way to Jerusalem? How did Jesus respond to their invocation? How did the lepers receive and act upon Jesus’ command to show themselves to the priests? Why did the healed Samaritan go to Jesus? How did the Samaritan avow that God, in the person of Jesus, is the source of healing? Does the response of thanksgiving and recognition inspire us?
3 What are the afflictions and maladies that affect us? Do we turn to Jesus for healing? Do we acknowledge him as the channel of God’s mercy and healing? Are we willing to experience a journey from darkness and illness towards healing and love, towards praise and thanksgiving? Do we strive to be an instrument of God’s healing to a broken, fragmented and ailing world? Are we able to render praise and thanksgiving to God who heals us of all our brokenness and illnesses?
PRAYING WITH THE WORD
Leader: Loving God,
you are the font of healing.
Heal us of our sins and infirmities.
We believe that your love can restore us to good health.
Free us from the sickness that threatens us
and from the evils that endanger our life.
Drive away the leprosy of sin and all physical and moral ills.
Let the healing word of Jesus Christ, your beloved Son,
cleanse us and vivify us.
May his compassionate hand comfort us
and his touch alleviate our sorrows.
We bless you, we praise you, and we thank you.
Like the healed lepers, Naaman and the Samaritan,
who both experienced the journey of healing,
fill us with the joy of hope, faith and thanksgiving.
We glorify you, now and forever.
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: With trust and confidence, let us present our petitions to our loving God who gave us the gift of his Son, the Eucharistic Master. Let us say to him:
(R.) LORD, HEAR OUR PRAYER.
1. For the Holy Father’s General Intention for this month of October: MINORITY CHRISTIANS: That Christians who are in minority situations may have strength and courage to live their faith and persevere in bearing witness to it. We pray: (R.)
2. For the Holy Father’s Mission Intention for this month of October: WORLD MISSIONARY DAY: That World Missionary Day may kindle a greater missionary awareness in every baptized person. We pray: (R.)
3. That those seeking physical, moral and spiritual healing may be filled with the love of God and experience the transforming power of his healing. We pray: (R.)
4. That we may be freed from the leprosy of sin and the evils of injustice. We pray: (R.)
5. That God may preserve us in good health and make us instruments of his healing. We pray: (R.)
6. That we may be filled with praise and thanksgiving for the marvelous works that the healing God accomplishes in the world, in the Church and in our personal lives. We pray: (R.)
(Other prayers may be added.)
THE LORD’S PRAYER
CONCLUDING PRAYER
Leader: Father of mercy,
you always answer your people in their sufferings.
We thank you for your kindness
and ask you to free us from all evil,
that we may serve you in happiness all our days.
We ask 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.
FINAL SONG: Any Eucharistic hymn or song of praise may be sung.
Prepared by Sr. Mary Margaret Tapang PDDM
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