EUCHARISTIC ADORATION
THROUGH THE LITURGICAL YEAR (Vol. 2, n. 22)
2nd Sunday of Easter, Year B
April 23-29, 2006
“Of One Heart and Mind”
(+) In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
(A moment of silence)
SONG: Any suitable Eucharistic hymn or any appropriate song may be sung.
WORDS OF KARL ADAM
(Cf. Meditation on the Sunday Gospels, Year B, ed. John Rotelle, NY: New York City Press, 1966, p. 55)
The power of the risen Christ extended not only to the heights of the spirit but the very roots of all being, there where life itself wells up from a thousand springs, and where death lurks. The most sweeping, thrilling realization which impressed itself on the consciousness of the disciples was that in the new life of their risen Lord they were sure of their own eternal life. The resurrection of the Lord was truly a cosmic event for them, because it guaranteed not only their own resurrection, but also the raising of the dead of the whole earth.
SILENT ADORATION
OPENING PRAYER
Leader: Let us pray as Christians thirsting for the risen life.
(Pause for silent prayer.)
Heavenly Father and God of mercy,
we no longer look for Jesus among the dead,
for he is alive and has become the Lord of life.
From the waters of death you raise us with him
and renew your gift of life within us.
Increase in our minds and hearts
the risen life we share with Christ
and help us to grow as your people
toward the fullness of eternal life with you.
We ask this through Christ our Lord.
Assembly: Amen.
Part I
JESUS MASTER TRUTH
Listening to the Word
FIRST READING: Acts 4:32-35
RESPONSORIAL PSALM
GOSPEL READING: Jn 20:19-31
PERSONAL REFLECTION
(As a tool for personal reflection, please visit the PDDM Website: www.pddm.org // www.pddm.us for BREAKING THE BREAD OF THE WORD [Series 4, n. 22]: A Lectio Divina Approach to the Sunday Liturgy. The Biblico-Liturgical Reflections are an aid for a deeper understanding of the Gospel reading.)
SONG: Any Eucharistic hymn or suitable song of praise may be sung.
Part II
JESUS MASTER WAY
Confrontation with the Word
POINTS FOR THE EXAMINATION OF THE HEART
Leader: We open our hearts to listen to the promptings of the living Word. Let us ask ourselves with limpid honesty:
A. What is the effect of Christ’s resurrection in my personal life and in the life of the community? How receptive and willing I am to respond to the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, the Risen Lord’s Easter gift to the Church?
B. What is the relevance of Luke’s idyllic picture of the “springtime of the Church”? How do I respond to this challenge? Am I willing to live to the full the Christian call to communal charity? Do I strive to be truly “of one heart and mind” with the faith community that cares for the needy?
C. What do I do as part of the Easter people to create a world in which no one has any need? Am I a prophetic presence of the Risen Lord in today’s materialistic and consumerist world? How do I share with today’s poor and needy the graces that flow out from the glorified Jesus, the font of Divine Mercy?
PRAYING WITH THE WORD
Leader: Loving Father,
your Son Jesus Christ is alive and present in our midst.
His vivifying Spirit, the Easter gift,
renews us in our minds and hearts.
We adore you, thank you and praise you
for the beauty of the Easter mystery
that you have accomplished in Jesus Christ and in his Holy Spirit.
Help us to grow increasingly into a faith-community
that is “of one heart and mind”.
May we efficaciously build a more just and caring world
and gently and lovingly care for the poor and respond to each other’s needs.
As your Christian disciples of today,
help us to be a limpid sign of the “new creation”
and continually bear wonderful fruits of Easter glory.
Assist us to be efficacious channels of the peace and divine mercy
that flows out from Jesus, the Risen Lord,
who lives and reigns forever and ever.
Assembly: Amen.
Part III
JESUS LIFE
Acting upon the Word
PERSONAL PRAYER
CONTEMPLATING WITH MARY THE FACE OF CHRIST: The Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary may be prayed in part or in full.
THE WAY OF SOLIDARITY: PRAYER OF INTERCESSION
Leader: On this great Easter feast, a feast of renewal and salvation, let us present our humble petitions to God the Father, who raised his Son Jesus from the dead, and implore with confidence.
(R.) LORD, HEAR OUR PRAYER!
1. That united in faith and love with the Risen Lord, we may relish his gift of peace. We pray: (R.)
2. That we may be filled with the power and energy of the Holy Spirit, the Easter gift. We pray: (R.)
3. That we may be effective channels of the grace that flows from the heart of the Risen Lord, the font of Divine Mercy. We pray: (R.)
4. That the Easter idyll of the sharing and caring faith-community in the “springtime of the Church” be a lived reality in our times. We pray: (R.)
5. That the Easter people in every time and space may strive to create a world in which no one has any need. We pray: (R.)
6. That our prophetic stance of communal charity be an acute reproach to a materialistic and consumerist society that we deplore. We pray: (R.)
7. That we be freed from the sin of selfishness and from the temptations of hoarding goods. We pray: (R.)
8. That we may truly be a community united in mind and heart – the first fruits of a new creation. We pray: (R.)
(Other prayers may be added.)
THE LORD’S PRAYER
CONCLUDING PRAYER
Leader: God of mercy,
may the Easter mystery we celebrate
be effective throughout our lives.
Grant this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God forever and ever.
Assembly: Amen.
FINAL SONG: Any suitable Eucharistic hymn or song of praise may be sung.
Prepared by Sr. Mary Margaret Tapang PDDM
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