EUCHARISTIC ADORATION
THROUGH THE LITURGICAL YEAR (Vol. 3, n. 50)
32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C
November 11-17, 2007
“He Will Raise Us Up …”
(+) 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.
WORDS OF ST. ATHANASIUS
Previously, before the coming of the Savior, death was frightening for the saints themselves, and everyone wept for the dead as if they were destined for corruption. But since the Savior has risen in his body, death has no fear: all those who believe in Christ spurn it as nothing, preferring to die rather than renounce their faith in Christ. They know very well that in dying they will not perish, but will live, and that the resurrection will make them incorruptible … They scorn death so much that they rush toward it eagerly, becoming witnesses of the victory over it won by the Savior in his resurrection.
SILENT ADORATION
OPENING PRAYER
Leader: Lord, hear our prayers.
By raising your Son from the dead,
you have given us faith.
Strengthen our hope
that we will all share in his resurrection.
We ask this in his name
for he lives and reigns forever and ever.
Assembly: Amen.
Part I
JESUS MASTER TRUTH
Listening to the Word
FIRST READING: II Mc 7:1-2, 9-14
RESPONSORIAL PSALM
GOSPEL READING: Lk 20:27-38
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. 50]: 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 are the feelings evoked in you as you listen to the martyrdom of the Jewish brothers and their mother? How did they give witness to their faith? What was the meaning and significance of their confession before the pagan king and their torturers? What is the personal meaning for you of the avowal made concerning the resurrection: “The King of the world will raise us up to live forever” (II Mc 7:2)?
2 What is the position of the Sadducees concerning the resurrection? Why did they engage Jesus in a hypothetical discussion? How did Jesus refute their position? Are there streaks of Sadducees in our ways of thinking today? How do we help today’s skeptics in their doubt and those who do not believe in resurrection and eternal life?
3 How does Jesus testify to the reality of resurrection? Why is Jesus Christ, the Risen Lord, the pledge of our resurrection? How do we deepen our faith in him as the font of eternal life? Do we look forward to the “resurrection of the body” and life everlasting? How do these “end realities” shape and affect the way we live in the here and now?
PRAYING WITH THE WORD
(Cf. Preface for Christian Death I)
Leader: Father, all-powerful and ever-living God, we do well always and everywhere to give you thanks through Jesus Christ our Lord. In him, who rose from the dead, our hope of resurrection dawned. The sadness of death gives way to the bright promise of immortality. Lord, for your faithful people life is changed, not ended. When the body of our earthly dwelling lies in death, we gain an everlasting dwelling in heaven.
Assembly: God of the living, in the Risen Lord Jesus Christ, we are truly alive. In him may we attain the fullness of life in your eternal Kingdom, now and forever. 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 November: RESPECT FOR LIFE – That medical researchers and legislators may have a deep respect for human life from its beginning to its natural conclusion. We pray: (R.)
2. For the Holy Father’s Mission Intention for this month of November: PEACE IN KOREA – That the Spirit of reconciliation and peace may grow in the Korean Peninsula. We pray: (R.)
3. For the victims of violence, hatred and war; for the victims of structuralized injustice and those suffering from any form of abuse; for the victims of man made and natural calamities, we pray: (R.)
4. For those who have lost hope and are in great despair and misery; for those who have lost vision of any kind of renewal and resurrection, we pray: (R.)
5. For those who promote justice and peace in this world; for those undergoing persecution and martyrdom for the sake of God’s kingdom, we pray: (R.)
6. For all our deceased brothers and sisters that they may rest in peace; for the bereaved whose pain is deep and unmitigated, we pray: (R.)
(Other prayers may be added.)
THE LORD’S PRAYER
CONCLUDING PRAYER
Leader: Father,
we celebrate your Son’s death for us
and his rising to eternal glory.
May his paschal mystery
free us from the shadow of death
and enable us to share in the joyful resurrection to come.
We ask this through Christ our Lord.
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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