FIRST FRIDAY HOLY HOUR:
June 2024
"Make our hearts like yours"
I. OPENING SONG: If the Holy Hour is done before the Mass, an appropriate song may be chosen.
If the Holy Hour will be begin after the Post Communion Prayer, there is
no need for an Opening Hymn. The priest proceeds with the exposition of
the Blessed Sacrament while the assembly sings the O Salutaris…
II. INTRODUCTION (c/o PRIEST) – the priest says a few words to set the mood for the
celebration and help the people prepare.
III. EXPOSITION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT
O saving Victim op’ning wide
The gate of heaven to men below!
Our foes press on from ev’ry side
Your aid supply,
Your strength bestow.
To Your great name
be endless praise.
Immortal God-head,
one in three;
Oh, grant us endless
length of days
In our true native land
with Thee.
Amen…
IV. OPENING PRAYER
Priest: God our Father,
in your Son Jesus Christ you have shown us
that love is not just an empty word.
Here in this eucharist you tell us again
how he placed himself into the hands of people
and shed his blood for us on the cross.
What more could he do?
Help us to see fully with eyes of faith
how much more he did for us
by rising again from the dead
and giving us life and hope and joy.
Let us never be separated from his love,
let it grow in us day after day
and overflow on our brothers and sisters.
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We ask this in the name of Jesus the Lord.
ALL: Amen
COMMENTATOR: Let us pause for a moment for silent adoration. (3 minutes)
V. SCRIPTURE PASSAGE
Priest: A reading from the Holy Gospel according to John
Then the Jewish authorities asked Pilate to allow them to break the legs of
the men who had been crucified, and to take the bodies down from the
crosses. They requested this because it was Friday, and they did not want
the bodies to stay on the crosses on the Sabbath, since the coming
Sabbath was especially holy. So the soldiers went and broke the legs of the
first man and then of the other man who had been crucified with Jesus. But
when they came to Jesus, they saw that he was already dead, so they did
not break his legs. One of the soldiers, however, plunged his spear into
Jesus' side, and at once blood and water poured out. (The one who saw
this happen has spoken of it, so that you also may believe. What he said is
true, and he knows that he speaks the truth.) This was done to make the
scripture come true: “Not one of his bones will be broken.” And there is
another scripture that says, “People will look at him whom they pierced.”
ALL: Praise to Your, Lord Jesus Christ.
COMMENTATOR: Please be seated and silently meditate on the message of
the Word of God.
VI. REFLECTION
From a homily by St. Josemaria Escriva
Let us realize all the richness hidden in the words “the Sacred Heart of
Jesus.” When we speak of a person’s heart, we refer not just to his
sentiments, but to the whole person in his loving dealings with others. In
order to help us understand divine things, Scripture uses the expression
“heart” in its full human meaning, as the summary and source, expression
and the ultimate basis of one’s thoughts, words and actions. One is worth what
one’s heart is worth. . . .
So, when we talk about the heart of Jesus, we stress the certainty of God’s
love and the truth of his commitment to us. When we recommend devotion
to the Sacred Heart, we are recommending that we should give our whole
selves to Jesus, to the whole Jesus — our souls, our feelings and thoughts,
our words and actions, our joys.
That is what true devotion to the heart of Jesus means. It is knowing God
and ourselves. It is looking at Jesus and turning to him, letting him
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encourage and teach and guide us. The only difficulty that could beset this
devotion would be our own failure to understand the reality of an incarnate
God.
VII. Personal Reflection and Meditation (5mins)
COMMENTATOR: Please all stand
VIII. INTERCESSORY PRAYERS:
PRIEST: Let us pray to our Lord Jesus Christ that our faith and love may
not waver and that our hearts may become constant, like his. Let
us say:
Response: LORD, MAKE OUR HEARTS LIKE YOURS.
Lector: Lord, we have come to know and appreciate in you a heart that is
just
and fair to all. Help us to discriminate wisely between right and
wrong, the true and the false, that we may always judge and act in
accordance with the values of justice and love, we pray…
Lord, you are the model and fulfillment of all that we are called to
be.
Renew our humanity, cleanse our intentions, steep us in your self-
forgetting love, make us straightforward and pure of heart, we
pray…
Lord, you are the source from which we drink. Do not allow us to
seek
ourselves, dispose us to sacrifice ourselves for others, make us
attentive to those who need us, the poor, the weak, the defenseless,
we pray…
Lord, you are dependable. Give us your strength when we waver,
raise us up when we stumble, make us reliable and worthy of
people’s trust, give us a deep sense of responsibility toward
ourselves and the community, we pray…
PRIEST: Lord, we are certain of you. Fill us with the riches of humanity and
grace with which your heart overflows and be our Lord for ever.
ALL: Amen
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PRIEST: At the Savior’s command and formed by divine teaching, we
dare to say:
Our Father…
COMMENTATOR: Let us all kneel for the Benediction
VIII. BENEDICTION
Tantum Ergo Sacramentum
VeneremurCernui
EtAntiqum Documentum
Novo Cedatritui,
Praestet fides supplementum
Sensuumdefectui
Genitori, genitoque
Lausetjubilatio
Salus honor, virtusquoque
Sit et benediction
Procedenti ab utroque
Compar sit laudation,
Amen, amen!
PRIEST: You have given us the Bread from heaven
ALL: Having all sweetness within it
PRIEST: Let us pray.
Lord Jesus Christ, you gave us the Eucharist as the memorial of your
suffering and death. May our worship of this sacrament of your body
and blood help us to experience the salvation you won for us and the
peace of the kingdom where you live with the Holy spirit, one God,
forever and ever.
ALL: Amen
IX. DIVINE PRAISES AND REPOSITION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT
The Blessed Sacrament will be reposed towards the end of the Divine Praises
Blessed be God.
Blessed be His Holy Name.
Blessed be Jesus Christ, true God and true Man.
Blessed be the Name of Jesus.
Blessed be His Most Sacred Heart.
Blessed be His Most Precious Blood.
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Blessed be Jesus in the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar.
Blessed be the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete.
Blessed be the great Mother of God, Mary most holy.
Blessed be her holy and Immaculate Conception.
Blessed be her glorious Assumption.
Blessed be the name of Mary, Virgin and Mother.
Blessed be St. Joseph, her most chaste Spouse.
Blessed be God in his angels and in his saints.
REPOSITION
FINAL SONG: O SACRAMENT MOST HOLY, O SACRAMENT DIVINE
O Sacrament Most Holy,
O Sacrament Divine.
All praise and all thanksgiving
Be every moment thine.
Be every moment thine.
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