Holy Hour

Prayer Session for

Vocations
September 20, 2015
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Theme:
Who is the Greatest?
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Commentator:
In
the
Eucharist, the Son of God
comes to meet us and desires
to become one with us;
Eucharistic
Adoration
is
simply
the
natural
consequence
of
the
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which is itself the Church's

supreme
act
of
adoration.
Receiving the Eucharist means
adoring him whom we receive.
Only in this way do we become
one with him,
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and are given, as it were, a

foretaste of the beauty of the
heavenly liturgy. The act of
adoration outside Mass prolongs
and intensifies all that takes place
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during the liturgical celebration

itself. Indeed, only in adoration
can a profound and genuine
reception mature. And it is
precisely this personal encounter
with
the
Lord
that
then
strengthens the social mission

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contained in the Eucharist, which

seeks to break down not only the
walls that separate the Lord and
ourselves, but also and especially
the walls that separate us from
one
- Pope Benedict XVI

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With these words, Our Holy

Father clearly calls the faithful to
pray before Christ in the Blessed
Sacrament. It is in this personal
encounter with Jesus, itself a
reflection of the encounter in the
reception of Communion,

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that gives the faithful the strength

to respond to Jesus invitation to
Come, follow me! It is also in
this encounter with Jesus
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that we make our most urgent

desires known to Him, for He
sees into the depths of our hearts
and leads us to a deeper unity
with Himself.
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Opening Hymn
(O Salutaris)
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Presider:
In the name of the Father, and of
the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
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Commentator:
Amen

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Presider:
Lord we ask you to open our
hearts and minds to your Spirit.
Help us to realize that your call to
us as Christians is a call to
holiness. Direct us to follow Christ
more closely.

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Guide us in discovering new ways

to make your Word come alive in
our lives and in the lives of young
people.
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Bless all who minister in our

parish and lead others to respond
to Gods call to ministry. We ask
this through Christ our Lord.
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Commentator:
Amen

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Presider:
I love You, O my God, and my
sole desire is to love You until the
last breath of my life. I love You,
O infinitely lovable God, and I
prefer to die loving You than to
live one instant without loving
You.

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I love You, O my God, and I do

not desire anything but heaven so
as to have the joy of loving You
perfectly. I love You, O my God,
and I fear hell, because there will
not be the sweet consolation of
loving You.
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O my God, if my tongue cannot

say in every moment that I love
You, I want my heart to say it in
every beat. Allow me the grace to
suffer loving You, to love your
suffering,
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and one day to die loving You and

feeling that I love You. And as I
approach my end, I beg you to
increase and perfect my love of
You. Amen.
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Commentator:
Please be seated for the Liturgy
of the Word.
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(Scriptural readings and

music)
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Alleluia
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Matthew 16:13-20
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Praise to you Lord, Jesus

Christ
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Silence
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Commentator:
Please kneel

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Presider:
Lord, your sons and
daughters kneel before
you in humility and trust.
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Assembly:
Look with compassion on us as
we confess our sins. Heal our
wounds; stretch out a hand of pity
to save us and raise us up.
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Keep us free from harm as

members of Christs body, as
sheep of your flock, as children of
your family.
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Do not allow the enemy to

triumph over us or death to claim
us for ever, for you raised us to
new life in baptism.
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Hear, Lord, the prayers we offer

from contrite hearts. Have pity on
us as we acknowledge our sins.
Lead us back to the way of
holiness.

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Protect us now and always from

the wounds of sin. May we ever
keep safe in all its fullness the gift
your love once gave us and your
mercy now restores.

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We ask this through Christ our

Lord. Amen.

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Silence
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Prayer for Priests by St.

Therese of the Child Jesus
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O Almighty Eternal God, Look

upon the face of Thy Christ, and
for the love of Him, Who is the
Eternal High Priest, have pity on
Thy priests. Remember, O most
compassionate God, that they are
but weak and frail human beings.
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Stir up in them the grace of their

vocation which is in them by the
imposition of the Bishops hands.
Keep them close to Thee,
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lest the enemy prevail against

them, so that they may never do
anything in the slightest degree
unworthy
of
their
sublime
vocation.
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O Jesus, I pray to Thee, for Thy

faithful and fervent priests; for Thy
unfaithful and tepid priests; for
Thy priests laboring at home or
abroad in distant mission fields;
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for Thy tempted priests, for Thy

lonely and desolate priests; for
Thy young priests; for Thy aged
priests; for Thy sick priests; for
Thy dying priests; for the souls of
Thy priests in purgatory.
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the priests dearest to me: the

priest who baptized me; the
priests who absolved me from my
sins; the priests at whose Masses
I assisted and who gave me Thy
Body and Blood in Holy
Communion;
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the priests who taught and

instructed me or helped and
encouraged me; all the priests to
whom I am indebted in any other
way,
particularly
[name
a
particular priest of your choosing
here].
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O Jesus, keep them all close to

Thy heart, and bless them
abundantly in time and in eternity.
Amen.
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Parents Prayer for Family

Vocations
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Merciful God, fulfill our desire that

our home may become the
nursery of vocation to the
priesthood or the religious life,
that our home be a seminary or
novitiate filled with the Holy Spirit
and productive of Christian virtue,
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and that we may be God-fearing

and pious parents to whom after
you, our children can trace their
vocations. Grant that we may
never fail to utter the encouraging
words influencing our children
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toward consecrated lives thus

cooperating in Your Divine plan.
You have promised a hundredfold
and with everlasting life
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to those who leave father and

mother, brothers and sisters for
Your sake and remember us who
have given one of Yours to you.
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