PRAYER BEFORE HOLY MASS Act of Love beforeMass
O my God, I love Thee with all my heart, with all my soul, with all my strength and with no other desire than to be inseparably united to Thee. It is through Thy Divine Son that this union is about to be realized within me. In Holy Communion I long to identify myself with Him, that it will no longer be myself, but Him, who lives in me; and when I have received Jesus within myself, then I shall love and be loved by Thee in that same measure, in which I am united to Him. Hasten then, to give me Thy Divine Son, at the hands of Thy priest, that through Jesus, I may unite myself forever to Thee, O God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
First Reading
Daniel Daniel 7:9-10,13-14
His robe was as white as snow
As
I watched:
Thrones were set
in place
and one of great
age took his seat.
His robe was white
as snow,
His throne was a
blaze of flames,
its wheels were a
burning fire.
A stream of fire
poured out,
issuing from his
presence.
A thousand
thousand waited on him,
ten thousand times
ten thousand stood before him.
A court was held
and the books were
opened.
And I saw, coming
on the clouds of heaven,
one like a son of
man.
He came to the one
of great age
and was led into
his presence.
On him was
conferred sovereignty,
glory and
kingship,
and men of all
peoples, nations and languages became his servants.
His sovereignty is
an eternal sovereignty
which shall never
pass away,
nor will his
empire ever be destroyed.
Responsorial Psalm
Gospel Acclamation
Alleluia, alleluia!
This is my Son, the Beloved:
he enjoys my favour.
Listen to him.
Alleluia! Mk. 7:5
Gospel Mark 9:2-10
This is my Son, the Beloved
Jesus took with
him Peter and James and John and led them up a high mountain where they could
be alone by themselves. There in their presence he was transfigured: his
clothes became dazzlingly white, whiter than any earthly bleacher could make
them. Elijah appeared to them with Moses; and they were talking with Jesus.
Then Peter spoke to Jesus: ‘Rabbi,’ he said ‘it is wonderful for us to be here;
so let us make three tents, one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah.’ He
did not know what to say; they were so frightened. And a cloud came, covering
them in shadow; and there came a voice from the cloud, ‘This is my Son, the
Beloved. Listen to him.’ Then suddenly, when they looked round, they saw no one
with them any more but only Jesus.
As they came down from
the mountain he warned them to tell no one what they had seen, until after the
Son of Man had risen from the dead. They observed the warning faithfully,
though among themselves they discussed what ‘rising from the dead’ could mean.
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