Prayer before Mass: Almighty and ever-living God, I approach the sacrament of Your only- begottenSon, 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 HolyEucharist. Mass Readings Lectures ReflectionFirst Reading Jeremiah 31:31-34
I will write my law in their hearts By these words he indicated the kind of death he
would die.
See, the days are coming – it is the Lord who speaks – when I
will make a new covenant with the House of Israel (and the House of Judah), but
not a covenant like the one I made with their ancestors on the day I took them
by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt. They broke that covenant of
mine, so I had to show them who was master. It is the Lord who speaks. No, this
is the covenant I will make with the House of Israel when those days
arrive – it is the Lord who speaks. Deep within them I will plant my Law,
writing it on their hearts. Then I will be their God and they shall be my
people. There will be no further need for neighbour to try to teach neighbour,
or brother to say to brother, ‘Learn to know the Lord!’ No, they will all know
me, the least no less than the greatest – it is the Lord who speaks –
since I will forgive their iniquity and never call their sin to mind.
Responsorial PsalmA pure heart create for me, O God
Second Reading Hebrews 5:7-9
He learned to obey and became source of salvation
During his
life on earth, Christ offered up prayer and entreaty, aloud and in silent
tears, to the one who had the power to save him out of death, and he submitted
so humbly that his prayer was heard. Although he was Son, he learnt to obey
through suffering; but having been made perfect, he became for all who obey him
the source of eternal salvation.
Gospel John 12:20-33
If a grain of wheat falls on the ground and dies, it
yields a rich harvest
Among those who went up to worship at the festival
were some Greeks. These approached Philip, who came from Bethsaida in Galilee,
and put this request to him, ‘Sir, we should like to see Jesus.’ Philip went to
tell Andrew, and Andrew and Philip together went to tell Jesus. Jesus replied
to them:
‘Now the hour has come
for the Son of Man to be glorified.
I tell you, most solemnly,
unless a wheat grain falls on the ground and dies,
it remains only a single grain;
but if it dies,
it yields a rich harvest.
Anyone who loves his life loses it;
anyone who hates his life in this world
will keep it for the eternal life.
If a man serves me, he must follow me,
wherever I am, my servant will be there too.
If anyone serves me, my Father will honour him.
Now my soul is troubled.
What shall I say:
Father, save me from this hour?
But it was for this very reason that I have come to
this hour.
Father, glorify
your name!’
A voice came from heaven, ‘I have glorified it, and I
will glorify it again.’ People standing by, who heard this, said it was a clap
of thunder; others said, ‘It was an angel speaking to him.’ Jesus answered, ‘It
was not for my sake that this voice came, but for yours.
‘Now sentence is being passed on this world;
now the prince of this world is to be overthrown.
And when I am lifted up from the earth,
I shall draw all men to myself.
By these words he indicated the kind of death he would
die.
My Father in heaven, thank you for your mercy, thank you for re-establishing your covenant. Thank you for your love and care for a simple creature like me. Father it is comforting to know thd you will plant you Law deep within me, you will write it in my heart. It is comforting to know that you will make me know you, you will forgive my iniquity and never call my sin to mind.
Loving Father in keeping your word and convenant you sent your Son my Lord Jesus Christ to redeem me. He shed his precious blood, the blood of the new covenant according to your promise to save your creatures. Thank you Father, thank you Lord Jesus Christ for your sacrifice. Keep me in mind, may Christ sacrifice be my sanctification. Father all glory is yours, glorify your name in my life through Jesus Christ my Lord.
Prayer before Mass: Almighty and ever-living God, I approach the sacrament of Your only- begottenSon, 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 HolyEucharist. Mass Readings Lectures Reflection
First Reading Jeremiah 31:31-34
I will write my law in their hearts
By these words he indicated the kind of death he
would die.
Responsorial Psalm
A pure heart create for me, O God
Second Reading Hebrews 5:7-9
He learned to obey and became source of salvation
During his life on earth, Christ offered up prayer and entreaty, aloud and in silent tears, to the one who had the power to save him out of death, and he submitted so humbly that his prayer was heard. Although he was Son, he learnt to obey through suffering; but having been made perfect, he became for all who obey him the source of eternal salvation.
Gospel John 12:20-33
If a grain of wheat falls on the ground and dies, it
yields a rich harvest
Among those who went up to worship at the festival
were some Greeks. These approached Philip, who came from Bethsaida in Galilee,
and put this request to him, ‘Sir, we should like to see Jesus.’ Philip went to
tell Andrew, and Andrew and Philip together went to tell Jesus. Jesus replied
to them:
for the Son of Man to be glorified.
I tell you, most solemnly,
unless a wheat grain falls on the ground and dies,
it remains only a single grain;
but if it dies,
it yields a rich harvest.
Anyone who loves his life loses it;
anyone who hates his life in this world
will keep it for the eternal life.
If a man serves me, he must follow me,
wherever I am, my servant will be there too.
If anyone serves me, my Father will honour him.
Now my soul is troubled.
What shall I say:
Father, save me from this hour?
But it was for this very reason that I have come to
this hour.
Father, glorify
your name!’
A voice came from heaven, ‘I have glorified it, and I
will glorify it again.’ People standing by, who heard this, said it was a clap
of thunder; others said, ‘It was an angel speaking to him.’ Jesus answered, ‘It
was not for my sake that this voice came, but for yours.
‘Now sentence is being passed on this world;
now the prince of this world is to be overthrown.
And when I am lifted up from the earth,
I shall draw all men to myself.
By these words he indicated the kind of death he would
die.
Loving Father in keeping your word and convenant you sent your Son my Lord Jesus Christ to redeem me. He shed his precious blood, the blood of the new covenant according to your promise to save your creatures. Thank you Father, thank you Lord Jesus Christ for your sacrifice. Keep me in mind, may Christ sacrifice be my sanctification. Father all glory is yours, glorify your name in my life through Jesus Christ my Lord.
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