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EUCHARISTIC ADORATION

THROUGH THE LITURGICAL YEAR

Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A

October 18, 2026

WORLD MISSION SUNDAY

“JESUS SAVIOR: He Teaches Us to Repay What Belongs to God”

 

 

(+) 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 LAWRENCE OF BRINDISI 

Christ undoubtedly gave Caesar what was Caesar’s and God what was God’s … Those therefore who resemble Christ in their lives, conduct, and practice of virtues, they are the ones who truly manifest the divine image, for the way to recover this image is by being absolutely just. Give to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s and to God the things that are God’s; that is, give each what belongs to him.

 

SILENT ADORATION  

OPENING PRAYER

 Leader: Almighty and compassionate Father,

you have called us by name and we belong to you.

We desire to respond fully to your compassionate love.

We have been chosen by you for an awesome purpose.

Help us to spread the Gospel

through our witness of faith, labor of love and enduring hope

in our Lord Jesus Christ.

We praise and bless you, now and forever.

Assembly: Amen.

 

Part I

JESUS MASTER TRUTH

Listening to the Word 

 

FIRST READING: Is 45:1, 4-6

RESPONSORIAL PSALM

SECOND READING: I Thes 1:1-5b

GOSPEL READING: Mt 22:15-21

POINTS FOR REFLECTION

The Gospel reading (Mt 22:15-21) underlines Jesus’ teaching: “Repay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God.” This is an invitation for us to embrace our total belonging to God. Just as the image of Caesar stamped on a Roman coin indicates that the coin belongs to Caesar, the image of God stamped on every human being asserts that each one belongs to God. Beloved and chosen by him, we live in the world as instruments of his saving plan and promote the coming of his kingdom on earth. Our total belonging to God thus enables us to have legitimate and compassionate concern for the good of human society and the well-being of all.

  

SONG: A Eucharistic hymn, a song of praise, or another fitting 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 with limpid honesty: 

1. What is the state of our personal relationship with God and of our human community with God? How does the present political and social situation affect and shape our relationship with our Creator and saving God?

2. Are we deeply aware that the divine image stamped on every human person intensely obliges us to love and serve God with absolute dedication? How does this avowal of belonging to God affect our daily life?

3. How do we treasure the image of God within us? Is our life filled with thanksgiving for Jesus Christ, the icon of God, who gave his life for us that we may render to God the things that are God’s?

 

PRAYER

(Cf. prayer for the Grail.)

Leader: Jesus said: “Then repay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God.”

Assembly: Lord Jesus,

I give you my hands to do your work.

I give you my feet to go your way.

I give you my eyes to see as you do.

I give you my tongue to speak your words.

I give you my mind that you may think in me.

I give you my spirit that you may pray in me.

Above all, I give you my heart that you may love in me,

your Father, and all mankind.

I give you my whole self that you may grow in me,

so that it is you, Lord Jesus, who live and work in me.

 

SONG: A Eucharistic hymn, a song of praise, or another fitting 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 pray to God who cares for all, and with earnest humility say: 

(R.) LORD, HEAR OUR PRAYER.

1. For the Holy Father’s General Intention for this month of October: for mental health ministry. Let us pray that the mental health ministry be established throughout the Church, helping to overcome the stigma and discrimination of persons with mental illness. We pray: (R.)

2. That as we continue to celebrate the Jubilee Year of Saint Francis, we may become peacemakers: unarmed and disarming witnesses of the peace that comes from Christ. May we have the grace to promote justice and peace, and the care of creation, we pray: (R.)

3. That as we celebrate World Mission Sunday, we may have the grace to be truly “one in Christ … united in mission” and docile to the Holy Spirit, may be courageous in bearing witness to the Gospel. We pray: (R.)

4. That all creatures may give glory and praise to God and render to him all that is due, and that all Christians may heed the Gospel admonition: “Repay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God.” We pray: (R.)

5. That the Church may be energized and able to respond efficaciously to the pastoral challenges of family in the context of evangelization. We pray: (R.)

6. That the urgent needs of the poor and the marginalized, the youth and the aged, the victims of violence and religious persecution, may evoke the compassionate care of the world community and galvanize them into charitable action. We pray: (R.)

7. That we may discover the most efficacious means to defend life and heal it; that drought-stricken lands may receive life-giving waters to make them fruitful; and that our beloved dead may rest in peace. We pray: (R.)

(Other prayers may be added.)

 

LORD’S PRAYER

CONCLUDING PRAYER

Leader: Almighty and compassionate Father,

may the Eucharist we celebrate, live and adore,

help us to remain faithful and just.

By the strength of your Holy Spirit,

enable us to render the love and service that is due to you

as the font of life and all goodness.

May we follow the example of Jesus,

your wonderful living image,

and be totally consecrated to you.

We ask this through Christ our Lord.

Assembly: Amen.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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EUCHARISTIC ADORATION

THROUGH THE LITURGICAL YEAR

Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A

October 25, 2026

“JESUS SAVIOR: He Teaches Us the Great Commandment of Love”

 

 

(+) 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. TERESA OF AVILA

The Lord asks only two things of us: love for his Majesty and love for our neighbor. It is for these two virtues that we must strive, and if we attain them perfectly we are doing his will and so shall be united with him … The surest sign that we are keeping these commandments is, I think, that we should really be loving our neighbor: for we cannot be sure if we are loving God, although we may have good reasons for believing that we are, but we can know quite well if we are loving our neighbor. And be certain that, the farther advanced you find you are in this, the greater the love you will have for God.

 

SILENT ADORATION

 OPENING PRAYER

Leader: Almighty and ever-living God,

give us the grace of perfect love

that we may respond to you with all our heart - the center of knowing and feeling, with all our soul - the principle of life and seat of energy,

and with all our mind - the center of perception.

May we love our neighbor as ourselves.

Help us to carry out devotedly what you ask of us.

May we come to share in the fullness of joy in eternal life.

We ask 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.

 

Part I

JESUS MASTER TRUTH

Listening to the Word 

 

FIRST READING: Ex 22:20-26

RESPONSORIAL PSALM

SECOND READING: I Thes 1:5c-10

GOSPEL READING: Mt 22:34-40

POINTS FOR REFLECTION

Jesus’ summary of the Law consists of two commandments that encourage love of God (Dt 6:5) and love of neighbor (Lev 19:18). Jesus is faithful to the Jewish tradition and deeply committed to a spirituality that emphasizes the essentials. The two commandments highlighted by Jesus are really one. The radical newness in Jesus’ retort to the Pharisees consists in putting the love of God and the love of neighbor as one.

The authors of the Days of the Lord, vol. 4 remark: “You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. Particular and detailed prescriptions derive from this first commandment written in the Law (Dt 6:5). But all together, they can neither limit nor even foresee all concrete applications. To love – with all one’s heart, with all one’s soul, and with all one’s mind – has nothing to do with discharging a series of predetermined obligations. Love is constant attention to the other; it is inventive … The second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself … The second commandment, which is like the first, must be understood and practiced in the same perspective as the first. Doing what is contrary to our neighbor’s good, in any domain whatever, never corresponds to God’s will, to the love we owe him.”

 

SONG: A Eucharistic hymn, a song of praise, or another fitting 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 with limpid honesty: 

1. Do we love God with all our heart, with all our soul, and with all our mind? Do we love him with everything we have: a love that is whole-hearted, dynamic, and carried out with conviction, courage and commitment?

2. How do we carry out the fraternal and social aspect of the divine command of love? Do we love our neighbor as ourselves? Do we see the intimate connection between our faith in God and our relationship with our neighbor? Do we realize that it is really when we love God that human beings become deeply lovable?

3. In humility, do we ask the Lord God to grant us this perfect love of neighbor? Do we endeavor to shoulder some trial in order to relieve our neighbor of it? Do we treasure the love that our Spouse had for us when he died a grievous death on the cross to save us?

 

PRAYER

Leader: Jesus said: “You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind … You shall love your neighbor as yourself” (Mt 22:37, 39).

Assembly: “This is my prayer to thee, my Lord – strike, strike at the penury in my heart. Give me strength never to disown the poor or bend my knees before insolent might, and give me the strength to surrender my strength to thy will with love.” (Rabindranath Tagore)

Leader: Jesus said: “You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind … You shall love your neighbor as yourself” (Mt 22:37, 39).

Assembly: “Grant me to recognize in other men, Lord God, the radiance of your face.” (Teilhard de Chardin)

Leader: Jesus said: “You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind … You shall love your neighbor as yourself” (Mt 22:37, 39).

Assembly: “Give us patience and fortitude to put self aside for you in the most unlikely people: to know that every man’s and any man’s suffering is our own first business, for which we must be willing to go out of our way and leave our own interests” (Caryll Houselander)

 

SONG: A Eucharistic hymn, a song of praise, or another fitting song may be sung.

 

Part III

JESUS LIFE

Acting upon the Word  

 

PERSONAL PRAYER

CONTEMPLATING WITH MARY THE FACE OF CHRIST: The Rosary’s Glorious Mysteries may be prayed in part or in full.

 

THE WAY OF SOLIDARITY: PRAYER OF INTERCESSION

Leader: Let us pray to God who cares for all, and with earnest humility say: 

(R.) LORD, HEAR OUR PRAYER.

1. For the Holy Father’s General Intention for this month of October: for mental health ministry. Let us pray that the mental health ministry be established throughout the Church, helping to overcome the stigma and discrimination of persons with mental illness. We pray: (R.)

2. That as we continue to celebrate the Jubilee Year of Saint Francis, we may become peacemakers: unarmed and disarming witnesses of the peace that comes from Christ. May we have the grace to promote justice and peace, and the care of creation, we pray: (R.)

3. That we may better understand the demands of God’s twofold command of love of him and love of neighbor and that we may we follow Christ’s example of sacrificial love and offer our life for our brothers and sisters, especially those most in need. We pray: (R.)

4. That all may come to know that only Jesus Master, the Way, Truth and Life, is the true Teacher and follow him whom the Father has sent us, saying: “This is my beloved Son; hear him.” We pray: (R.)

5. That the sick may recover; that wars and violence may cease; that the enslaved may be freed; that the grieving may be comforted; that the thirsty land may be watered and the hungry be fed; that the poor souls in purgatory may experience the joy of eternal light. We pray: (R.)

(Other prayers may be added.)

 

LORD’S PRAYER

CONCLUDING PRAYER

Leader: God, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is the Way, the Truth and the Life, make us learn the lofty wisdom of the Gospel in the spirit of the apostle Paul, so that we may make all nations his disciples, through the same Christ our Lord.

Assembly: Amen.

 

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

 

 

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Prepared by Sr. Mary Margaret Tapang, PDDM

 

 

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