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
I will make
you the light of the nations so that my salvation may reach to the ends of the
earth
Islands,
listen to me,
The Lord
called me before I was born,
from my
mother’s womb he pronounced my name.
He made my
mouth a sharp sword,
and hid me in
the shadow of his hand.
He made me
into a sharpened arrow,
and concealed
me in his quiver.
He said to me,
‘You are my servant (Israel)
in whom I
shall be glorified’;
while I was
thinking, ‘I have toiled in vain,
I have
exhausted myself for nothing’;
and all the
while my cause was with the Lord,
my reward with
my God.
I was honoured
in the eyes of the Lord,
my God was my
strength.
And now the
Lord has spoken,
he who formed
me in the womb to be his servant,
to bring Jacob
back to him,
to gather
Israel to him:
‘It is not
enough for you to be my servant,
to restore the
tribes of Jacob and bring back the survivors of Israel;
I will make
you the light of the nations
so that my
salvation may reach to the ends of the earth.’ Isaiah 49:1-6
Responsorial Psalm
My lips will tell of your help
'What you are going to do, do quickly'
While at supper with his disciples, Jesus was troubled in spirit and declared, ‘I tell you most solemnly, one of you will betray me.’ The disciples looked at one another, wondering which he meant. The disciple Jesus loved was reclining next to Jesus; Simon Peter signed to him and said, ‘Ask who it is he means’, so leaning back on Jesus’ breast he said, ‘Who is it, Lord?’ ‘It is the one’ replied Jesus ‘to whom I give the piece of bread that I shall dip in the dish.’ He dipped the piece of bread and gave it to Judas son of Simon Iscariot. At that instant, after Judas had taken the bread, Satan entered him. Jesus then said, ‘What you are going to do, do quickly.’ None of the others at table understood the reason he said this. Since Judas had charge of the common fund, some of them thought Jesus was telling him, ‘Buy what we need for the festival’, or telling him to give something to the poor. As soon as Judas had taken the piece of bread he went out. Night had fallen.
When he had gone Jesus said:
and in him God has been glorified.
If God has been glorified in him,
God will in turn glorify him in himself,
and will glorify him very soon.
‘My little children,
I shall not be with you much longer.
You will look for me,
And, as I told the Jews,
where I am going, you cannot come.’
Simon Peter said, ‘Lord, where are you going?’ Jesus
replied, ‘Where I am going you cannot follow me now; you will follow me later.’
Peter said to him, ‘Why can’t I follow you now? I will lay down my life for
you.’ ‘Lay down your life for me?’ answered Jesus. ‘I tell you most solemnly,
before the cock crows you will have disowned me three times.’ John 13:21-33,36-38
My God you are my strength you have honoured me though I am unworthy, my God you are my strength. You God my Father formed me in my mother's womb to be your servant. To you alone be all glory. Lord Jesus Christ my Lord, thank you for your sacrifice through your death and crucifixion to redeem me. I too have betrayed you by my sins, help me and grant me grace to obey God's command. May God's will be done in my life. Father in heaven be merciful to me.
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