BORN OF THE SPIRIT
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 Acts 4:23-31
They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to proclaim the word of God boldly
As soon as Peter and John were
released they went to the community and told them everything the chief priests
and elders had said to them. When they heard it they lifted up their voice to
God all together.
‘Master,’ they prayed ‘it is you who made heaven and earth and sea, and everything in them; you it is who said through the Holy Spirit and speaking through our ancestor David, your servant:
‘Master,’ they prayed ‘it is you who made heaven and earth and sea, and everything in them; you it is who said through the Holy Spirit and speaking through our ancestor David, your servant:
Why this arrogance among the
nations,
these futile plots among the
peoples?
Kings on earth setting out to
war,
princes making an alliance,
against the Lord and against
his Anointed.
‘This is what has come true: in this
very city Herod and Pontius Pilate made an alliance with the pagan nations and
the peoples of Israel, against your holy servant Jesus whom you anointed, but
only to bring about the very thing that you in your strength and your wisdom
had predetermined should happen. And now, Lord, take note of their threats and
help your servants to proclaim your message with all boldness, by stretching
out your hand to heal and to work miracles and marvels through the name of your
holy servant Jesus.’ As they prayed, the house where they were assembled
rocked; they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to proclaim the
word of God boldly. ‘This is what has come true: in this very city Herod
and Pontius Pilate made an alliance with the pagan nations and the peoples of
Israel, against your holy servant Jesus whom you anointed, but only to bring
about the very thing that you in your strength and your wisdom had predetermined
should happen. And now, Lord, take note of their threats and help your servants
to proclaim your message with all boldness, by stretching out your hand to heal
and to work miracles and marvels through the name of your holy servant Jesus.’
As they prayed, the house where they were assembled rocked; they were all
filled with the Holy Spirit and began to proclaim the word of God boldly.
Responsorial Psalm
Blessed are they who put their trust in God
Gospel John 3:1-8
Unless a man is born from
above, he cannot see the kingdom of God
There was one of the Pharisees called Nicodemus, a leading Jew, who came to Jesus by night and said, ‘Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who comes from God; for no one could perform the signs that you do unless God were with him.’ Jesus answered:
‘I tell you most solemnly,
unless a man is born from
above,
he cannot see the kingdom of
God.’
Nicodemus said, ‘How can a
grown man be born? Can he go back into his mother’s womb and be born again?’
Jesus replied:
‘I tell you most solemnly,
unless a man is born through
water and the Spirit,
he cannot enter the kingdom of
God:
what is born of the flesh is
flesh;
what is born of the Spirit is
spirit.
Do not be surprised when I
say:
You must be born from above.
The wind blows wherever it
pleases;
you hear its sound,
but you cannot tell where it
comes from or where it is going.
That is how it is with all who
are born of the Spirit.’
My Prayer: Heavenly Father, fill me with your Holy Spirit that I may know the mystery of your Kingdom. Spirit of wisdom, knowlege and truth guide me.Father what is born of flesh will surely die, whoever that is born of the spirit lives and beholds your glory. Be with me my Father in heaven. Lord Jesus Christ the way and truth, my master come to my help. Thank Lord Jesus Christ for loving me. Lord I trust in you.
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