REVERENCE FOR GOD'S HOUSE
PRAYER BEFORE HOLY MAS S Act of Love before Mass FRIDAY 33RD WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR B 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. Readings Lectures Reflection First Reading 1 Maccabees 4:36-37, 52-59 Judas and his brothers purify the sanctuary and dedicate its Judas and his brothers said, ‘Now that our enemies have been defeated, let us go up to purify the sanctuary and d