CONSECRATED PEOPLE
Prayer before Mass: Almighty and ever-living God, I approach the sacrament of Your only-begotten Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ. I come sick to the doctor of life, unclean to the fountain of mercy, blind to the radiance of eternal light, and poor and needy to the Lord of heaven and earth. Lord, in Your great generosity, heal my sickness, wash away my defilement, enlighten my blindness, enrich my poverty, and clothe my nakedness. May I receive the Bread of Angels, the King of kings and Lord of lords, with humble reverence, with the purity and faith, the repentance and love, and the determined purpose that will help to bring me to salvation.
May I receive the sacrament of the Lord’s Body and Blood, and its reality and power. Kind God, may I receive the Body of Your only-begotten Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, born from the womb of the Virgin Mary, and so be received into His mystical body and numbered among His members.
Loving Father, as on my earthly pilgrimage I now receive Your beloved Son under the veil of a sacrament, may I one day see Him face to face in glory, who lives and reigns with You forever. Amen. By Knights of the Holy Eucharist. Readings Lectures Reflection
First Reading Deuteronomy 26:16-19
You will be a people consecrated to the Lord
Moses said to the people: ‘The Lord your God today commands you to observe these laws and customs; you must keep and observe them with all your heart and with all your soul.
'You have today made this declaration about the Lord: that he will be your God, but only if you follow his ways, keep his statutes, his commandments, his ordinances, and listen to his voice. And the Lord has today made this declaration about you: that you will be his very own people as he promised you, but only if you keep all his commandments; then for praise and renown and honour he will set you high above all the nations he has made, and you will be a people consecrated to the Lord, as he promised.’
Responsorial Psalm
They are happy who follow God’s law!
Gospel Matthew 5:43-48
Pray for those who persecute you
Heavenly Father, give me the grace to obey your command. Help me observe your laws and may I observe them with all my heart and with all my soul. For my Lord Jesus Christ reminded me that I must love you with all my heart and with all my soul, I must love myneighbour as myself. For it is the greatest commandment.
Lord make me know your way, teach me your statutes, your commandments, your ordinances. Open my ears , my heart that I may listen to your voice. I am your child consecrated to you. Set me high my Father above my expectations. I must love my enemies, I must pray for my persecutors, then I will be your child and you my Father. Help me to be perfect Father just as you my heavenly Father is perfect. Father I praise and honor you, for to you alone be all glory.
Thank you Lord Jesus Christ my Lord for loving me. Thank you heavenly Father for your mercy, compassion and love for all your creatures.
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