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EUCHARISTIC ADORATION

THROUGH THE LITURGICAL YEAR

Third Sunday of Lent, Year A

March 8, 2026

“JESUS SAVIOR: He Is the Water of Life”

 

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

(A moment of silence)

 

SONG: A Lenten song, a Eucharistic hymn or another appropriate song may be sung.

 

WORDS OF SAINT AUGUSTINE

Wearied by his journey, Jesus sat down beside a well. It was about the sixth hour. Already divine mysteries begin. Not for nothing is Jesus wearied; not for nothing does the Power of God suffer fatigue. Not for nothing does he who refreshes the weary endure weariness. Not for nothing is he wearied, whose absence makes us weary, whose presence gives us strength … It was for your sake that Jesus was wearied by his journey. In Jesus we encounter divine power together with weakness … The power of Christ created you; the weakness of Christ recreated you … You must be strong in his weakness, for there is more power in divine weakness than in human strength.

 

SILENT ADORATION

OPENING PRAYER

Leader: God,

you have taught us to overcome our sins

by prayer, fasting and works of mercy.

When we are discouraged by our weakness

give us confidence in your love.

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: Ex 17:3-7

RESPONSORIAL PSALM

GOSPEL READING: Jn 4:5-42

 POINTS FOR REFLECTION 

In today’s Gospel episode, the weariness and thirst of Jesus in the midday heat as he sits by Jacob’s well calls to mind his experience of acute thirst as he hangs upon the wood of the Cross, in the merciless heat of the sun at Mount Calvary. Jesus’ thirst at Sychar, which has made him request the Samaritan woman a drink, points to his ultimate thirst on the “tree of affliction”. In his death, he is like water draining away. In his utter abandonment on the Cross he yearns and thirsts for the salvation of souls. In a great miracle of love, the death of Jesus on the Cross fulfills his promise to the Samaritan woman: “Whoever drinks the water I shall give will never thirst; the water I shall give will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life” (Jn 4:14). By his death on the cross, Jesus becomes the font of eternal life.

 

SONG: A Lenten song, a Eucharistic hymn or another appropriate song may be sung.

 

Part II

JESUS MASTER WAY

Confrontation with the Word

 

POINTS FOR THE EXAMINATION OF THE HEART

Am I grateful to Jesus for the gift of living water? Like the Samaritan woman, does my encounter with Jesus at the spring of living water transform me into a missionary of Good News?

 

PRAYING WITH THE WORD

(Adapted from the Ambrosian Preface)

 Leader: O loving Lord,

in order to offer us the mystery of your humility,

you asked the Samaritan woman for a drink.

You deigned to thirst for her faith

and caused the gift of faith

to be born in her.

By asking her for water,

you lit within her the fire of the love of God.

Look upon us with immense mercy

that we may have the strength

to forsake the deep darkness of sin.

May we spurn the waters of harmful passion

and thirst unceasingly for you,

the fountain of life and the source of all goodness.

We give you thanks,

we adore and praise you, now and forever.

Assembly: Amen.

 

SONG: A Lenten song, a Eucharistic hymn or another appropriate song may be sung.

  

Part III

JESUS LIFE

Acting upon the Word

 

PERSONAL PRAYER

CONTEMPLATING WITH MARY THE FACE OF CHRIST: The Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary may be prayed in part or in full.

 

THE WAY OF SOLIDARITY: PRAYER OF INTERCESSION

Leader: With trust and confidence, let us present our petitions to our loving God who manifested his great love for us through the paschal sacrifice of his Son Jesus Christ. Let us say to him:

(R.) LORD, HEAR OUR PRAYER.

1. For the Holy Father’s General Intention for this month of March: for disarmament and peace. Let us pray that nations move toward effective disarmament, particularly nuclear disarmament, and that world leaders chose the path of dialogue and diplomacy instead of violence. We pray: (R)

2. That we may feel deeply the “thirst” of Jesus for souls, be receptive to God’s gift of living water and truly live the meaning of baptism as the sacrament of regeneration and the renewal by the Holy Spirit. We pray: (R.)

3. That by our acts of charity we may slake the various “thirsts” of the needy people in our society, and may help provide clean water for the many poor in various developing countries. We pray: (R.)

4. That the deep spiritual thirst of humankind for eternal life may be fully satisfied and that by our acts of justice and peace we may let “the love of God poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit” flourish and bear abundant fruit. We pray: (R.)

5. That God may provide life-giving waters for drought stricken lands and make human toil fruitful, that our efforts to promote the integration of creation may be blessed by the Lord, and that the faithful departed may rejoice in the green pastures of everlasting life. We pray: (R.)

(Other prayers may be included.)

 

THE LORD’S PRAYER

CONCLUDING PRAYER

Leader: Almighty and eternal God,

may your Church increase in true joy.

May the candidates for baptism

and all the family of man

be reborn into the life of your kingdom.

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: A Lenten song, a Eucharistic hymn or another fitting song may be sung.   

 

 

 

 

 

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EUCHARISTIC ADORATION

THROUGH THE LITURGICAL YEAR

Fourth Sunday of Lent, Year A

March 15, 2026

“JESUS SAVIOR: He Gives Sight to the Blind”

 

 

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

(A moment of silence)

 

SONG: A Lenten song, a Eucharistic hymn or another appropriate song may be sung.

 

WORDS OF SAINT AMBROSE

No man is without sin. Consequently, anyone who takes refuge in baptism acknowledges that he is but human. Christ, then, put mud on you, that is, he gave you a reverential fear, prudence, and a consciousness of your own weakness, and he said to you: ‘Go to Siloam.’ What is “Siloam”? It means (says the evangelist) “Sent.” In other words, then: Go to the fountain where they preach the Cross of Christ the Lord; go to the fountain in which Christ has paid the ransom for the sins of all. You went, you washed, you came to the altar; you began to see what you had not seen before. In short, your eyes were opened in the fountain of the Lord and by the preaching of the Lord’s Passion. You seemed previously to be blind of heart; now you began to see light.

 

SILENT ADORATION

OPENING PRAYER

Leader: God our Father,

your Word, Jesus Christ, spoke peace to a sinful world

and brought mankind the gift of reconciliation

by the suffering and death he endured.

Teach us, the people who bear his name,

to follow the example he gave us.

May our faith, hope and charity

turn hatred to love, conflict to peace, death to eternal life.

We ask this through Christ our Lord.

Assembly: Amen.

 

Part I

JESUS MASTER TRUTH

Listening to the Word

 

FIRST READING: 1 Sm 16:1b, 6-7, 10-11a

RESPONSORIAL PSALM

GOSPEL READING: Jn 9:1-41

POINTS FOR REFLECTION 

The beautiful episode of the encounter of the Man Born Blind with Jesus the font of light is a saving event that mirrors our own progressing faith journey as Christian disciples: from the darkness of sin to the light of grace; from a glimmer of messianic recognition to the more radiant and limpid light of faith; from spiritual intuition to the mature stance of oblation and worship; from an object of healing and mercy to a sacrificial witness on behalf of Christ, the giver of life-giving light. Indeed, the Son of Man who would be lifted up on the saving Cross was already drawing to himself those in need of healing and redemption. Jesus’ compassionate act of healing of the Man Born Blind is a vital proof of Jesus’ claim: “I am the light of the world; anyone who follows me will not be walking in the dark; he will have the light of life.”

 

SONG: A Lenten song, a Eucharistic hymn or another appropriate song may be sung.

 

 

Part II

JESUS MASTER WAY

Confrontation with the Word

 

POINTS FOR THE EXAMINATION OF THE HEART

In what way are we the Man Born Blind? What are the aspects of blindness in us that seek the healing light of Christ? In what way are we the recipient of Christ’s healing act of making the blind see the “light”? Have we truly lived and appreciated the beauty and the challenge of being baptized Christians, with our lofty vocation as children of Light and as the light of Christ in today’s world? 

 

PRAYING WITH THE WORD 

Loving Father,

we thank you for Jesus, the Messiah prefigured by David.

He is the ultimate “consecrated one”

filled with the radiant light of the Holy Spirit.

“Anointed” for the healing of the world,

Jesus offered the light of faith to the Man of Born Blind,

who responded deeply to it.

Together with the Man Born Blind,

we are healed at the pool Siloam

and journey from blindness to faith.

Loving God, full of majesty and love,

give us the grace to be faithful to our baptismal vocation.

Transform us

into courageous torchbearers of faith and messengers of light.

We adore you and thank you;

we worship and serve you;

we love you and glorify you, now and forever.

Amen.

 

SONG: A Lenten song, a Eucharistic hymn or another appropriate song may be sung.

  

 

Part III

JESUS LIFE

Acting upon the Word

 

PERSONAL PRAYER

CONTEMPLATING WITH MARY THE FACE OF CHRIST: The Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary may be prayed in part or in full.

 

THE WAY OF SOLIDARITY: PRAYER OF INTERCESSION

Leader: With trust and confidence, let us present our petitions to our loving God who manifested his great love for us through the paschal sacrifice of his Son Jesus Christ. Let us say to him:

(R.) LORD, HEAR OUR PRAYER.

1. For the Holy Father’s General Intention for this month of March: for disarmament and peace. Let us pray that nations move toward effective disarmament, particularly nuclear disarmament, and that world leaders chose the path of dialogue and diplomacy instead of violence. We pray: (R)

2. That by our prayer and acts of charity to the poor, the sick and the needy, we may become “torchbearers of faith” and “messengers of light” in today’s world. We pray: (R.)

3. That healed from spiritual blindness, we may appreciate the beauty and dignity of our baptismal consecration and respond to the challenge of Christian discipleship, even in persecution and duress. We pray: (R.)

4. That the candidates for baptism may be receptive to God’s gift of the light of faith and be united with Christ, the font of living water and the light of the world. We pray: (R.)

5. That all laudable efforts to help the blind and vision impaired may be blessed by the Lord; that those experiencing spiritual blindness due to ignorance and prejudices may be healed; and that all of us may have a greater vision “to see” the beauty of creation and the goodness of God. We pray: (R.)

(Other prayers may be included.)

 

THE LORD’S PRAYER

CONCLUDING PRAYER

Leader: Father of mercy,

you helped the Man Born Blind to believe in your Son

and through that faith to reach the light of your Kingdom.

Free the “elect” catechumens preparing for baptism

and all baptized Christians

from the falsehood that surrounds and blinds them.

Let truth be the foundation of our lives.

We ask this through Christ our Lord.

Assembly: Amen.

 

FINAL SONG: A Lenten song, a Eucharistic hymn or another fitting song may be sung.   

 

 

 

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Prepared by Sr. Mary Margaret Tapang, PDDM

 

 

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