Altar
Server Prayer: Father in
heaven, Your Son Jesus Christ showed his love for you by
serving his brothers and sisters in need. I now ask you to give
me your help I serve you and your people Open my mouth to praise you in
word and song. Open my ears to hear your word. Open my hand to do your work
well. Take from me all evil and distracting thoughts.
Help me to know what I should do and do it well. Help me to serve
reverently at your Holy Altar and give you praise and glory now and
for ever. Amen
I, John, saw another
angel rising where the sun rises, carrying the seal of the living God; he
called in a powerful voice to the four angels whose duty was to devastate land
and sea, ‘Wait before you do any damage on land or at sea or to the trees,
until we have put the seal on the foreheads of the servants of our God.’ Then I
heard how many were sealed: a hundred and forty-four thousand, out of all the
tribes of Israel.
After that I saw a huge
number, impossible to count, of people from every nation, race, tribe and
language; they were standing in front of the throne and in front of the Lamb,
dressed in white robes and holding palms in their hands. They shouted aloud,
‘Victory to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!’ And all the
angels who were standing in a circle round the throne, surrounding the elders
and the four animals, prostrated themselves before the throne, and touched the
ground with their foreheads, worshipping God with these words, ‘Amen. Praise
and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honour and power and strength to our
God for ever and ever. Amen.’
One of the elders then spoke, and asked me, ‘Do you know who these people are, dressed in white robes, and where they have come from?’ I answered him, ‘You can tell me, my lord.’ Then he said, ‘These are the people who have been through the great persecution, and they have washed their robes white again in the blood of the Lamb.’
SUCH ARE THE MEN WHO SEEK YOUR FACE, O LORD
Think of the love that the
Father has lavished on us, by letting us be called God’s children;
and that is what we are Because the world refused to
acknowledge him, therefore it does not acknowledge us.
My dear people, we
are already the children of God but what we are to be in the future has
not yet been revealed;all we know is, that when it
is revealed we shall be like him because we shall see him as
he really is.
Surely everyone who entertains
this hope must purify himself, must try to be as pure as Christ.
‘How happy are the poor in spirit; theirs is the
kingdom of heaven.
Happy the gentle: they shall have the earth for their
heritage.
Happy those who mourn: they shall be comforted.
Happy those who hunger and thirst for what is right:they shall be satisfied.
Happy the merciful: they shall have mercy
shown them.
Happy the pure in heart: they shall see God.
Happy the peacemakers: they shall be called sons of
God.
Happy those who are persecuted in the cause of right: theirs
is the kingdom of heaven.
‘Happy are you when people abuse you and persecute you
and speak all kinds of calumny against you on my account. Rejoice and be glad,
for your reward will be great in heaven.’ Reflection
Father, all powerful and ever living God, today we rejoice in the holy men and women of every time and place. May their prayers bring us your forgiveness and love. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God for ever and ever. Pauline Prayer of the 'Church
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