Altar
Server Prayer: Father in
heaven, Your Son Jesus Christ showed his love for you by
serving his brothers and sisters in need. I now ask you
to give me your help I serve you and your people Open my mouth to praise
you in word and song. Open my ears to hear your word. Open my hand to do your
work well. Take from me all evil and distracting thoughts.
Help me to know what I should
do and do it well. Help me to serve reverently at your Holy Altar
and give you praise and glory now and for ever. Amen
Grow strong in the Lord, with
the strength of his power. Put God’s armour on so as to be able to resist the
devil’s tactics. For it is not against human enemies that we have to struggle,
but against the Sovereignties and the Powers who originate the darkness in this
world, the spiritual army of evil in the heavens. That is why you must rely on
God’s armour, or you will not be able to put up any resistance when the worst
happens, or have enough resources to hold your ground. So stand
your ground, with truth buckled round your waist, and integrity
for a breastplate, wearing for shoes on your feet the
eagerness to spread the gospel of peace and always carrying the shield
of faith so that you can use it to put out the burning arrows of the evil one.
And then you must accept salvation from God to be your helmet and
receive the word of God from the Spirit to use as a sword. Pray all the
time, asking for what you need, praying in the Spirit on every possible
occasion. Never get tired of staying awake to pray for all the saints; and pray
for me to be given an opportunity to open my mouth and speak without fear and
give out the mystery of the gospel of which I am an ambassador in chains; pray
that in proclaiming it I may speak as boldly as I ought to.
Blessed be the Lord, my rock.
Some Pharisees came up to
Jesus. ‘Go away’ they said. ‘Leave this place, because Herod means to kill
you.’ He replied, ‘You may go and give that fox this message: Learn that today
and tomorrow I cast out devils and on the third day attain my end. But for
today and tomorrow and the next day I must go on, since it would not be right
for a prophet to die outside Jerusalem. ‘Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you
that kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often have I
longed to gather your children, as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and
you refused! So be it! Your house will be left to you. Yes, I promise you, you
shall not see me till the time comes when you say: ‘Blessings on him who comes
in the name of the Lord!’ Mass Reflection
Have mercy on me Lord for I need you. Cleanse me Lord that I may be do your will.
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