I WILL NEVER FORGET YOU
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 Isaiah 49:8-15
On the day of salvation I will
help you
Thus says the Lord: At the
favourable time I will answer you, on the day of salvation I will help you. (I
have formed you and have appointed you as covenant of the people.) I will restore the land and assign you the estates
that lie waste.
I will say to the prisoners,
‘Come out’, to those who are in darkness, ‘Show yourselves.’ On every roadway
they will graze, and each bare height shall be their pasture. They will never
hunger or thirst, scorching wind and sun shall never plague them; for he who pities them will
lead them and guide them to springs of water. I will make a highway of all the
mountains, and the high roads shall be banked up. Some are on their way from
afar, others from the north and the west, others from the land of Sinim.
Shout for joy, you heavens;
exult, you earth! You mountains, break into happy cries! For the Lord consoles his
people and takes pity on those who are afflicted. For Zion was saying, ‘The
Lord has abandoned me, the Lord has forgotten me.’
Does a woman forget her baby
at the breast, or fail to cherish the son of her womb? I will never forget you.
Responsorial Psalm
The dead will hear the voice of Son of God, and all who hear it will live
Jesus said to the Jews, ‘My
Father goes on working, and so do I.’ But that only made them even more intent
on killing him, because, not content with breaking the sabbath, he spoke of God
as his own Father, and so made himself God’s equal.
To this accusation Jesus
replied: ‘I tell you most solemnly, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can
do only what he sees the Father doing: and whatever the Father does the Son
does too. For the Father loves the Son and shows him everything he does
himself, and he will show him even greater things than these, works that will
astonish you. Thus, as the Father raises the
dead and gives them life, so the Son gives life to anyone he chooses; for the
Father judges no one; he has entrusted all judgement to the Son, so that all
may honour the Son as they honour the Father. Whoever refuses honour to the Son
refuses honour to the Father who sent him.
I tell you most solemnly, whoever
listens to my words, and believes in the one who sent me, has eternal life; without
being brought to judgement he has passed from death to life. I tell you most solemnly, the
hour will come – in fact it is here already – when the dead will hear
the voice of the Son of God, and all who hear it will live. For the Father, who is the source
of life, has made the Son the source of life; and, because he is the Son of
Man, has appointed him supreme judge. Do not be surprised at this, for the hour
is coming when the dead will leave their graves at the sound of his voice: those
who did good will rise again to life; and those who did evil, to condemnation. I can do nothing by myself; I
can only judge as I am told to judge, and my judging is just, because my aim is to do not my
own will, but the will of him who sent me.’
Thank you heavenly Father for lovng me so much. Lord Jesus Christ be merciful to me a sinner.
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