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EUCHARISTIC ADORATION

THROUGH THE LITURGICAL YEAR (Vol. 8, n. 12)

6th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B *

February 12, 2012

 

“JESUS SAVIOR: He Touched the Leper”

 

 

(+) In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

(A moment of silence)

 

SONG: A Eucharistic hymn or any other appropriate song may be sung.

 

WORDS OF POPE PAUL VI

 

 The loving gesture of Christ, who approaches lepers comforting and curing them, has its full and mysterious expression in the passion. Tortured and disfigured by the sweat of blood, the flagellation, the crowning of thorns, the crucifixion, the rejection by the people he had helped, he identified himself with lepers, becomes the image and symbol of them, as the prophet Isaiah had foreseen, contemplating the mystery of the Servant of the Lord: He had no form or comeliness … He was despised and rejected by men … as one from whom men hide their faces … we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God and afflicted. But it is just from the wounds in Jesus’ tortured body and from the power of his resurrection that life and hope gush for all men stricken by evil and infirmity.

 

SILENT ADORATION

 

OPENING PRAYER

Leader: Lord, look with love upon your people, the love which our Lord Jesus Christ showed us when he suffered rejection and death on the cross. He thus identified himself with lepers and became the image and symbol of them. He is our compassionate Savior and the font of life, now and forever.

Assembly: Amen.

 

 

Part I

JESUS MASTER TRUTH

Listening to the Word

 

FIRST READING: Lv 13:1-2, 44-46

RESPONSORIAL PSALM

SECOND READING: I Cor 10:31-11:1

GOSPEL READING: Mk 1:40-45

 

POINTS FOR REFLECTION

 

In today’s Gospel, we see Jesus’ compassionate act to a leper. He touched the leper in response to his heart-rending plea for healing. His touch freed the suffering man, not only from his physical sores, but also from social ostracism and religious alienation. Christ’s touch of the leper evokes his ultimate saving act on the cross when he took upon himself the suffering and alienation of all those stricken by evil and infirmity. Jesus revealed his awesome love when he took upon himself the exquisite suffering of a leper in his intense loneliness and alienation. Upon the cross, our loving Lord identified himself with lepers and became the image and symbol of them

 

SONG: A Eucharistic hymn or any other appropriate song may be sung.

 

 

 

Part II

JESUS MASTER WAY

Confrontation with the Word

 

POINTS FOR THE EXAMINATION OF THE HEART

How do we react to people physically and spiritually afflicted with leprosy? Do we recognize the leprous elements in our modern society who bear the detestable sores of isolation and rejection, e.g. the poor and destitute, the homeless, the unattractive, the AIDS victims, etc.? Do we come to their aid?

 

 

PRAYING WITH THE WORD

Lord Jesus,

if you will, you can make me clean.

Touch me; heal me.

Cleanse me from the “leprosy of sin”.

Free me from the sores of rejection and isolation.

You are the wounded healer

and the bearer of new life

by your passion and death on the cross

and by the power of your resurrection.

You live forever and ever.

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

Priest: With trust and confidence, let us present our petitions to our loving God who gave us the gift of his Son, the Eucharistic Master. Let us say to him:

 

(R.) LORD, HEAR OUR PRAYER.

 

1.   For the Holy Father’s General Intention for this month of February – Access to Water: That all peoples may have access to water and other resources needed for daily life. We pray: (R.)

 

2.   For the Holy Father’s Mission Intention for this month of February -Health Workers: That the Lord may sustain the efforts of health workers assisting the sick and elderly in the world’s poorest regions. We pray: (R.)

 

3.   That God may cover with his protection our Holy Father, the Pope, and that the heavenly Father be his light, strength and consolation, especially in these difficult moments of Church history. We pray: (R.)

 

4.      That we may recognize the leprous elements in our modern society who bear the detestable sores of isolation and rejection, e.g. the poor and destitute, the homeless, the unattractive, the AIDS victims, etc. and come to their aid We pray: (R.)

 

5.      That those who work compassionately and minister to the victims of Hansen’s disease and other forms of affliction may be blessed abundantly by the Lord and may have the grace and strength they need to extend to them the healing touch of Christ. We pray: (R.)

 

6.      That as we celebrate today the Word Marriage Day we may great uphold the value of marriage and that the family, based on marriage between a man and a woman, may truly be a sanctuary for the creation and nurturing of children. We pray: (R.)

 

(Other prayers may be added.)

 

THE LORD’S PRAYER

 

CONCLUDING PRAYER

 

Leader: Lord, grant your people your protection and grace. Give them health of mind and body, perfect love for one another, and make them always faithful to you. Grant this through Christ our Lord.

Assembly: Amen.

 

FINAL SONG: A Eucharistic hymn or any other appropriate song may be sung.

Prepared by Sr. Mary Margaret Tapang PDDM

   

 

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