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EUCHARISTIC ADORATION

THROUGH THE LITURGICAL YEAR (Vol. 20, n. 46)

28^th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B

October 13, 2024

  “JESUS SAVIOR: He Calls Us to a Radical Discipleship”

 

 

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

(A moment of silence)

 

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

 

INTRODUCTION

(Cf. Soren Kierkegaard in Meditations on the Sunday Gospels, ed. John Rotelle, New York: New York City Press, 1996, p. 128-129) 

To follow Christ means denying one’s self … Eternity will not ask about what worldly possessions you left behind in the world. But it will ask you what treasure you have accumulated in heaven; how often you have won the victory over your own temper; what self-control you have exercised over yourself, or whether you have been a slave; how many times you have mastered yourself in self-denial, or whether you never have done so; how often in self-abnegation you have been willing to sacrifice for a good cause, or whether you never have been willing; how frequently in self-abnegation you have forgiven your enemy, whether indeed seven times or seventy times seven; how frequently in self-abnegation you have borne injuries patiently; what you have suffered, not for your own sake, for the sake of your own selfish purposes, but what in self-abnegation you have suffered for God’s sake.”

  

SILENT ADORATION

OPENING PRAYER

Leader: Accept the prayers of your servants, Lord Jesus,

and prepare our hearts to praise your holy name,

for you are the Wisdom of God,

which surpasses all earthly goods.

Give us your wisdom

and help us to see the good that we need to do on behalf of your kingdom.

Make us worthy to sing you songs of thanksgiving,

now and forever.

Assembly: Amen.    

 

Part I

JESUS MASTER TRUTH

Listening to the Word

 

FIRST READING: Wis 7:7-11

RESPONSORIAL PSALM

GOSPEL READING: Mk 10:17-30

POINTS FOR REFLECTION

Today’s Gospel (Mk 10:17-30) is about the rich man in pursuit of eternal life. The man has responded to the demands of the commandments. For one who lives under the Old Covenant, such a response would have been sufficient. And, indeed, Jesus looks at him and loves him. But Jesus, the absolute treasure and font of all good, goes further. The incarnate Wisdom offers a new challenge and demands a greater response. The challenge is absolute discipleship, the following of Christ who is the absolute good. Christian discipleship involves renunciation of human assurances and security. Jesus is the true wealth besides which everything pales in comparison. To follow Jesus is to pursue and make a radical choice for absolute good. Jesus invites the rich man to make a fundamental option for the incomparable wealth of his person.

 

SONG: A Eucharistic hymn, a song of praise or any appropriate song 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: Do we yearn for the gift of wisdom? Do we beg the Lord to give us this precious gift? How do we respond to Christ’s radical challenge to make a fundamental option for his person? Do we believe in Christ’s exhortation: “With God all things are possible”? 

 

PRAYING WITH THE WORD

Lord God,

you made all things by your word.

Grant me Wisdom, the attendant at your throne.

Send her forth from your holy heavens

that she may be with me and work with me.

From your glorious throne dispatch her

that I may discern your compassionate plan for me.

Let your wisdom guide me

that I may have the strength to embrace

Christ’s call to radical discipleship

and be greatly filled

with heavenly treasures.

You live and reign, forever and ever.

Amen.

 

SONG: A Eucharistic hymn, a song of praise or any appropriate song may be sung.

 

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: Let us raise our voices in praise to our loving and merciful God and implore him with confidence. 

(R.) LORD, HEAR OUR PRAYER!

1. For the Holy Father’s General Intention for this month of October – for a shared mission: We pray that the Church continue to sustain in all ways a Synodal lifestyle, as a sign of co-responsibility, promoting the participation, the communion and the mission shared among priests, religious and lay people. We pray: (R.)

2. For the outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon the ongoing 2^nd assembly of the Synod of Bishops (October 2-27, 2024): that it may inspire the People of God to be true “pilgrims of hope”, advancing along the synodal path toward those who still await the Gospel proclamation. We pray: (R.)

3. For the victims of violence, hatred and war that the sufferings they have endured may generate love and forgiveness. We pray:  (R.)

4. For those blessed greatly with material and spiritual goods that they may endeavor to aid the poor and the needy. We pray:  (R.)

5. For those longing to be filled with the Wisdom of God that their spiritual needs may be fulfilled. We pray:  (R.)

6. For the victims of various natural and man-made calamities that they may receive the graces and resources they need on the long road to recovery; for lawmakers that they may cease to promulgate laws that are contrary to the divine will; for those who staunchly promote the moral and religious basis of the nation that God may continue to strengthen them; for the sick that they may be healed; and for our beloved dead that they may rest in peace. We pray: (R.) 

(Other prayers may be added.)

 

THE LORD’S PRAYER

CONCLUDING PRAYER

Leader: God our Father,

life of the faithful,

glory of the humble,

happiness of the just,

we give you thanks for the gift of Wisdom

and for sharing it with us in your Son Jesus Christ.

Strengthen our resolve to do good

with the blessing of the Eucharist,

the foretaste of eternal joy and the ultimate good that does not fade.

We ask this through Christ our Lord.

Assembly: Amen.

 

FINAL SONG: A Eucharistic hymn, a song of praise or any appropriate song may be sung. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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EUCHARISTIC ADORATION

THROUGH THE LITURGICAL YEAR (Vol. 20, n. 47)

29^th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B

WORLD MISSION SUNDAY

October 20, 2024

  “JESUS SAVIOR: He Gives His Life as a Ransom for Many”

 

 

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

(A moment of silence)

 

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

  

WORDS OF ST. JOHN CHRYSOSTOM

For the Son of man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many … The fact is that before the incarnation and self-abasement of Christ the whole world was in a state of ruin and decay, but when he humbled himself he lifted the world up. He annulled the curse, put an end to death, opened paradise, destroyed sin, flung wide the gates of heaven, and introduced there the first fruits of our race. He filled the world with faith in God, drove out error, restored truth, caused our first fruits to ascend a royal throne, and gained innumerable blessings beyond the power of myself or anyone else to describe in words. Before he humbled himself he was known only to the angels, but after his self-abasement he was recognized by the whole human race.

  

SILENT ADORATION

OPENING PRAYER

Leader: Almighty, ever-living God,

you have given the human race Jesus Christ

our Savior as a model of humility.

He fulfilled your will

by becoming man and giving his life on the cross.

Help us to bear witness to you

by following his example of suffering

and make us worthy to share his resurrection.

We ask this through Christ our Lord.

Assembly: Amen.

 

 

Part I

JESUS MASTER TRUTH

Listening to the Word

 

FIRST READING: Is 53:10-11

RESPONSORIAL PSALM

GOSPEL READING: Mk 10:35-45

 

POINTS FOR REFLECTION

The outrage of the other ten disciples at the ambitious streak of James and John is understandable for it mirrors their own selfish absurd expectations. The Divine Master, patient as ever, responds by rectifying his disciples’ selfishness and covert tendency to engage in a power game. To be a Christian disciple is to take an uncompromising stance against false values such as “lording it over others”. To be first and the greatest according to Christian norms is to excel in service – in serving the needs of others. Jesus’ challenge presented in today’s Gospel is particularly relevant to anyone in a leadership position in the Church. It is a call to “servant leadership”. The Bible scholar Philip Van Linden remarks: “The church’s leaders are meant to be the first to drink the cup, daily serving the needs of their brothers and sisters, whatever those needs are, wherever they are perceived.”

 

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

1. What is the role and meaning of suffering and sacrifice in our personal life and as a Christian disciple? What insights and personal implications can we glean from this Sunday’s “Song of the Suffering Servant”?

2. Do we look to Christ as the true Suffering Servant who brings about our full redemption? Do we contemplate him on the cross? Do we meditate and pray over his cup of redemptive suffering? Do we thank and praise Jesus Christ for all what he has done for us as our Savior?

3. Are we willing to drink the cup of his suffering? Do we live to the full our baptismal consecration and immersion into his paschal destiny? Do we believe that Christian vocation is an immersion into a life of service and perfect charity? Do we carry out our Christian mission of service and as a giver of life?

 

PRAYER FOR THE MARTYRS OF CENTRAL AMERICA

“I Praise You, Lord, for You Raised Me Up” (Psalm 30:2)

               

Almighty God, Lord of the Universe,

we raise up to you your priest Stanley Francis Rother

and all the martyrs of Central America.

Honor them with Sainthood in Your Church.

May we be empowered by your Holy Spirit

to so worthily fulfill our part of your plan of Salvation.

We pray in the name of Jesus.

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: Trusting in the Divine Master, the Wisdom of God incarnate, let us turn to him in prayer and say:

(R.) LORD, HEAR OUR PRAYER!

1. For the Holy Father’s General Intention for this month of October – for a shared mission: We pray that the Church continue to sustain in all ways a Synodal lifestyle, as a sign of co-responsibility, promoting the participation, the communion and the mission shared among priests, religious and lay people. We pray: (R.)

2. For the outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon the ongoing 2^nd assembly of the Synod of Bishops (October 2-27, 2024): that it may inspire the People of God to be true “pilgrims of hope”, advancing along the synodal path toward those who still await the Gospel proclamation. We pray: (R.)  

3. We pray that, in the spirit of World Mission Sunday, we may go forth to the nations as faithful servants and bring the Lord’s invitation to the feast of His Kingdom. We pray: (R.)

4. We pray for Fr. Stan Rother, the American missionary martyr in Guatemala and all modern day martyrs who suffered for the sake of others, that the blood they have outpoured may bring healing and liberation to the people in need of redemption. We pray:  (R.)

5. We pray that the spirit of redemptive sacrifice may live on in the hearts of Christian disciples. We pray:  (R.)

6. We pray for a greater willingness to seek dignity and greatness by serving the poor and by following the path of perfect charity. We pray:  (R.)

7. We pray for the grace to assist and imitate the martyrs of our own times and for the people who have evoked their sacrificial love. (R.)

(Other prayers may be added.)

 

THE LORD’S PRAYER

CONCLUDING PRAYER

 

Leader: God our Father,

in obedience to you,

your only Son accepted death on the cross

for the salvation of mankind.

We acknowledge the mystery of the cross on earth.

May we receive the gift of redemption in heaven.

Assembly: Amen.

  

FINAL SONG: Any suitable Eucharistic hymn or song of praise may be sung

 

 

 

 

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Prepared by Sr. Mary Margaret Tapang, PDDM

 

 

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