Holy Hour for Vocations
ACT OF ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT
Leader: We adore you…
All: Most Holy Lord Jesus Christ, here and in all the churches throughout the world, and we bless you, for by your Holy Cross you redeemed the world.
Leader: O Sacred Banquet…
All: In which Christ is received, the memory of his Passion is renewed, the soul is filled with grace, and we are given a pledge of our future glory.
Leader: You gave them bread from heaven…
All: Which has all delight in itself.
Leader: Let us pray…
All: O God, who through this wonderful sacrament left us the memory of your Passion, we ask that you grant us such veneration of the mysteries of your Body and Blood that we may constantly feel within us the fruit of your redemption. You who live and reign, forever and ever. Amen.
FRANCISCAN APOSTOLIC HOUR
Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory Be
Leader: Let us praise and give thanks at every moment...
All: To the Most Holy and Divine Sacrament.
(repeated three times)
INTRODUCTION
The following is an hour in which we Franciscans have an audience with our Lord Jesus Christ.
By His infinite mercy, He endeavored to conquer us, and so we commit ourselves to be holy, to allow ourselves to be worked by the Holy Spirit on this Franciscan path, until we exclaim with our hearts: "My God and all my things." We also promise to collaborate with Christ in the salvation of our fellow human beings.
And that is why we are here…
• Before the Father: Creator of man and of sister nature; our desired goal.
• Before the Son: Redeemer of humanity; faith and hope of the Christian; Supreme King of all Franciscan souls.
• Before the Holy Spirit: Sublime Sanctifier. Guide of the joyful and loving way of the Cross. Illuminator of the divine will.
We want to praise and bless you; thank you for your love and the wonder of Grace; ask you for new gifts to adorn the Church, to better serve our brothers and sisters, to inspire them to holiness.
I PRESENTATION TO THE LORD
Guide: By the action of the Holy Spirit
and incorporated into Jesus Christ
Let us glorify the Father!
All: Glory to the Father, in the Son
Through the Holy Spirit
As it was in the beginning
Let us glorify him now and forever
Through the ages. Amen.
Guide: Lord Jesus Christ
Your Secular Franciscans have committed themselves
through faith in You to live the Franciscan Charism
"We want to be instruments of your peace
We want to love before seeking to be loved."
All: we want to know Jesus Christ
we want to love Jesus Christ
we want to help Jesus Christ
we want to suffer for Jesus Christ
Guide: We want to live in Jesus Christ.
All: we want to be yours, Lord,
truly yours;
those who do not doubt,
those who do not waver,
those who do not become discouraged,
those who do not remain in mediocrity
those who abhor hypocrisy and falsehood.
Guide: We want to be heralds of the great king.
That is why, now that you are with us
in fraternal intimacy.
All: We ask you to teach us,
to form us,
to conquer us,
to encourage us,
to ignite us with greater faith, hope, and love
in our apostolic endeavors.
Guide: Lord, you are our God and Master.
All: You alone have the words of eternal life.
May we know the gift of God!
Make us your most faithful friends!
Make us apostles of your kingdom,
living members of your Holy Church.
May we feel the joy of being apostles!
Give us the strength and love,
sincerity and transparency,
to say a Peace and Good
with a clean and pure heart! May we never forget
Those you have marked as our favorites:
The poor
The sick
The marginalized
The forgotten
Because we know you "poor and crucified"
And that is enough for us!
Guide: Lord
The charism you gave us
Indicates a deep love for the cross
And upon reaching the cross
We encounter your Mother
Our Mother
Mary Most Holy
Through her we bless you
And in her intercession we seek refuge
All: Lord
We approach your Holy Cross
Adoring the mystery of your Passion
We embrace your body, shattered
by torment
And bloodied by wounds
We would like to feel
On our guilty brows
The blood that flows in torrents from your wounds.
We seek your face, stained with dust
And from your parted lips
We gather that "I thirst"
That embraces your soul as divine.
In firm vigil, we surround your most holy Cross
To accompany you in your supreme hour
To pray with you for the Church
To offer ourselves with you as victims
To share your pains and longings
To console you in agony on the cross
And console you in the anguish of your Church;
to unload our sins and ingratitude
And to pay for the sins of Christians
And of all those Franciscan souls
Who have forgotten their commitment
Who have turned their backs on you
Who have buried your gift
For this we feel responsible
We will try to change our attitude
We will be docile to your Spirit
We will return to the Franciscan ideal
We will be your instruments in our brothers and sisters.
I sing
I was discovering a different path,
I felt a total emptiness in my soul.
I don't want loves that pass and die,
today I sing only to my immortal King.
I want to be a living Gospel,
to abandon myself in your arms, Lord.
To be like a child playing or falling asleep,
while his father wraps him in love.
Leader: We want Christ to reign over us!
All: Come, Lord Jesus!
Come, Lord Jesus!
Come, Lord Jesus!
Leader: Praise Jesus Christ!
All: Praise Jesus!
Praise Jesus!
Praise Jesus!
Leader: Thy kingdom come!
All: Our Father, thy kingdom come!
SECOND BIBLE READING (Matthew 6:25-34)
Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more precious than food, and the body more than clothing? Consider the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor store away in barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of much more value than they? Which of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?
And why do you worry about clothing? Consider how the lilies of the field grow. They neither toil nor spin; yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If this is how God clothes the grass, which today is in the field and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? So do not worry, saying, "What shall we eat?" or “What shall we drink?” or “What shall we wear?” The pagans pursue all these things, but your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. Therefore, do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has its own problems.
The Word of the Lord.
III PRAYER TO JESUS CHRIST
Guide: Sin wounds the heart of Christ,
deprives man of divine life;
robs him of the best of gifts;
offends the justice of God.
Let us ask the Lord for mercy
for all Christians today
for the religious of the First Order
for the religious of the Second Order
for us, the Secular Franciscans
for YouFra
for AdoFra
for NiFra
All: Lord, grant that we may love you
that we may never despise you
forgetting our charism.
Look upon us with eyes of mercy and forgiveness.
We feel the horror of our infidelities
and the infidelities of our brothers and sisters
and of Christians today. Do not look at the meanness of our lives
but at the love with which you loved us on the cross
Guide: For our incomprehensible weaknesses
for the contempt with which we sometimes hear your voice
All: Forgiveness, Lord, forgiveness.
Guide: For so many times
we have been unfaithful to your call
For our personal interests
For the meetings in which you are not present
for not forming fellowship
For so many unfounded criticisms
that destroy the love we have for one another
All: Forgiveness, Lord, forgiveness.
Guide: For those times when we hypocritically
appear as "saints"
For those times when we pretend to be with you
For our hypocritical and false postures
All: Forgiveness, Lord, forgiveness.
Guide: For the delay in accepting your demands
For the lukewarmness with which we walk your path
For the "buts" we put on your love
For our cowardice.
All: Forgiveness, Lord, forgiveness.
Guide: For the routine in our communions,
In our spiritual life,
In our Franciscanism.
For not wanting to pray in spirit and in truth.
All: Forgiveness, Lord, forgiveness.
Guide: For discouragement in the face of sacrifices,
For laziness in practicing good,
For weakness in eradicating our defects,
For our lack of faith and zeal in the apostolate,
For our apathy in winning souls,
For not having defended the rights of your Kingdom.
All: Forgiveness, Lord, forgiveness.
Guide: For all Christians who do not know you.
For those who blaspheme.
For those who believe they find joy in sin,
and are victims of the passions of the flesh,
and frequent immoral spectacles.
All: Forgiveness, Lord, forgiveness.
Leader: For those who hate us,
who hurt us with their criticism
and gossip that ignites enmity.
All: Forgiveness, Lord, forgiveness.
Leader: For the young people who enter into a home
For the families who live outside your law.
For the parents who neglect the
Christian education of their children.
All: Forgiveness, Lord, forgiveness.
Leader: For all our sins
For the sins of the Franciscan Family
For Christians today
For the sins of all people
Of the entire world
All: Forgiveness, Lord, forgiveness.
IV BEFORE JESUS CHRIST
Leader: Bless, Lord, our
Holy Mother the Catholic Church
All: Deign to pacify her, unite her,
guard her throughout
the world, enlivening her every day,
extending her to the ends of the earth, so that she,
through all of us, her members,
may glorify God the almighty Father.
Leader: Bless our Most Holy Pope (NN)
To the Bishops, successors of the apostles
To our Parish Priest (NN)
To the superiors of the First Order
All: We pray you, hear us
Leader: For the brothers who bear the burden
in leading our Order.
All: We pray you, hear us.
Leader: Bless our Minister General (NN)
That with wisdom and all the other gifts of the Holy Spirit, he may be able to assume the challenges and responsibilities of the SFO today, throughout the world.
All: We pray you, hear us.
Leader: Bless our National Minister (NN)
That he may be a faithful custodian of our Charism in the Secular Franciscan Order of Mexico.
All: We pray you, hear us.
Leader: Bless our Regional Minister (NN)
and the entire Regional Council, that they may reach out to all the Local Fraternities and provide them with the loving accompaniment and support they need.
All: We pray you, hear us.
Guide: Bless the activities in the hands of all the Local Councils of our Order; inspire and bless those that should be carried out.
All: We pray, hear us.
Guide: Bless our Local Minister (NN).
So that, together with the Council, he may discern Your will for our Fraternity.
All: We pray, hear us.
Guide: Bless our YouFra youth.
So that they may discern the correct path to which You call them, and so that with their youth and courage, they may strengthen our Orders.
All: We pray, hear us.
Guide: Bless our AdoFra adolescents.
So that we may not forget them and leave them vulnerable to influences that are not appropriate for them.
All: We pray, hear us.
Leader: Bless our children of the NiFra
So that we may care for them,
love them, and educate them as they deserve.
All: We pray, hear us.
Leader: Bless and help all our Fraternities.
All: We pray, hear us.
Leader: Bless our Spiritual Assistants.
All: We pray, hear us.
Leader: Bless our priests,
The young men of the Franciscan seminary.
All: We pray, hear us.
Leader: Bless our religious men and women,
The novitiates and houses of formation.
May they be a leaven of evangelical life
in our homeland!
All: We pray, hear us.
Leader: Bless our people and their leaders,
May there be justice within the Order.
May there be peace on earth.
All: We pray, hear us.
Guide: Bless our thirst to be holy
Our apostolic yearnings
Our family
Our studies
Our work
All our things.
All: We pray, hear us.
Guide: Bless our Order of Secular Franciscans,
So that we may know how to spread the Gospel
By first falling in love with it.
All: We pray, hear us.
Guide: Bless our active presence
in the Church and in society
So that, without straying from obedience, we may serve in the different callings, according to our abilities.
All: We pray, hear us.
Guide: Grant us, Lord, more vocations to our Way of Life. May we bear witness in the Church and in society, to attract more men, women, married, widowed, single, or diocesan priests to our Fraternities in the Secular Franciscan Order.
All: We pray, hear us.
Leader: Bless our Fraternity, Lord, with more vocations. So that more of us may praise and bless you, give you thanks, and serve you with greater humility.
All: We pray, hear us.
Leader: Instill in us authentic piety
Adherence to the Hierarchy
Joy and friendliness in our dealings with our brothers
Apostolic zeal and vigor so that we never sit idly by, and always work harder and better.
All: We pray, hear us.
Leader: Give us Christians who love you above all things. Souls in prayer, committed to you, faithful to the motto of Peace and Good.
All: We beg you, hear us.
Guide: For the bravest and most self-sacrificing among us
For the most cowardly among us
For those who need your grace the most
For those who think they need it the least
For those among us who work the least and sacrifice the least. For those who are content with what they have done.
All: We beg you, hear us.
Guide: For those who will mock us when we present our Franciscan ideal to them.
All: We beg you, hear us.
Guide: That we may know how to overcome failures with your grace. That we may know how to draw apostolic fruit from them. That we may not become proud of successes.
All: We beg you, hear us.
Guide: For the souls you have linked to our generosity. For the souls that, with your help, we will win over. For those who would know you, if we were more generous.
All: We beg you, hear us.
Leader: For those who care least for your kingdom.
For the Christians who do not know you.
For those who do not understand us.
For those who do not pity us.
All: We beg you, hear us.
Leader: Bless, Lord, the sick.
The poor, the prisoners.
Those who suffer and are in danger.
Our separated brothers and sisters.
The pagans.
And those who, without knowing you, always seek you.
All: We beg you, hear us.
Leader: For the apostolic plans.
The intentions of the Pope.
Of our Bishop.
Of our Spiritual Assistants.
Of the Councils of the Secular Franciscan Order.
For our particular intention.
All: We beg you, hear us.
Leader: Let us now meditate on the requests we have made, and the promise we made on the day of our Profession: that occasion when you consecrated yourself to the service of the Lord.
All: Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening.
(Pause and silence for 5 minutes)
Leader: Praise be to Jesus Christ.
All: Forever praised.
Leader: Rather than die,
All: Than separate ourselves from you.
O great and glorious God,
My Lord Jesus Christ,
I pray you, enlighten the darkness of my mind,
give me a right faith,
a sure hope,
and a perfect love!
Make me know you, O Lord!
So that in all things I may do everything
according to your true and holy will.
Amen.
My God and my all,
Who are you,
my sweetest Lord?
And who am I, little worm,
your servant? How I would love
to love you, my most holy Lord!
How I would love to love you,
my sweetest Lord!
My Lord and my God,
I gave you my whole
heart and my whole body,
and I ardently long to give you more,
if I knew what else to give you!
Oh Lord, I pray that the burning and sweet ardor of Your love may so absorb my mind, freeing it from all earthly attachment, that I may die for love of Your love, O You who for love of my love deigned to die!
Guide: Our Jesus Christ, make us apostles, teach us to pray, give us the desire to unite ourselves to You, teach us to preach You with our lives.
Grant, Lord, that we may open for all men a wide path to Your grace. Bring the world back to You, even if it costs us our lives.
Let us sing to the Love of all loves, let us sing to the Lord... Glory to Jesus Christ... Heaven and earth, bless the Lord...
The blessing is received with the Blessed Sacrament.
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