{"id":1178,"date":"2020-04-27T00:01:12","date_gmt":"2020-04-26T23:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stmargaretclitherowdulwich.org\/?p=1178"},"modified":"2020-04-26T17:15:16","modified_gmt":"2020-04-26T16:15:16","slug":"27-april-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.stmargaretclitherowdulwich.org\/index.php\/2020\/04\/27\/27-april-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"27 April 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

MONDAY WITHIN THE THIRD WEEK OF EASTER<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Sign of the Cross<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nIn the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.\r\nAmen.<\/strong>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Examen<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nBefore listening to the Word of God take a moment to reflect.\u00a0<\/em>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nFor what am I grateful to God for today? Where did I stray from God: through words, actions or things I did not do. How might I do better tomorrow? What grace do I ask from God in order to live more closely in his love?\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nYou may wish to conclude by saying:\u00a0<\/em>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nLord Jesus, you have revealed yourself as the way to the Father:\r\nLord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nYou have poured out on your people the Spirit of truth:\r\nChrist, have mercy. Christ, have mercy.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nYou are the Good Shepherd, leading us to eternal life:\r\nLord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Collect<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nGrant, we pray, almighty God,\r\nthat, putting off our old self with all its ways,\r\nwe may live as Christ did,\r\nfor through the healing paschal remedies\r\nyou have conformed us to his nature.\r\nWho lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,\r\none God, for ever and ever.\r\nAmen.<\/strong>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

First Reading<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

A reading from the Acts of the Apostles 6: 8-15<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

They could not get the better of Stephen because of his wisdom, and because it was the Spirit that prompted what he said.<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nStephen was filled with grace and power and began to work miracles and great signs among the people. But then certain people came forward to debate with Stephen, some from Cyrene and Alexandria who were members of the synagogue called the Synagogue of Freedmen, and others from Cilicia and Asia. They found they could not get the better of him because of his wisdom, and because it was the Spirit that prompted what he said. So they procured some men to say, ‘We heard him using blasphemous language against Moses and against God.’ Having in this way turned the people against him as well as the elders and scribes, they took Stephen by surprise, and arrested him and brought him before the Sanhedrin. There they put up false witnesses to say, ‘This man is always making speeches against this Holy Place and the Law. We have heard him say that Jesus the Nazarene is going to destroy this Place and alter the traditions that Moses handed down to us, ‘The members of the Sanhedrin all looked intently at Stephen, and his face appeared to them like the face of an angel.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe word of the Lord.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Responsorial Psalm<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Psalm 118: 23-24, 26-27, 29-30. R. v.1<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThey are happy whose life is blameless.<\/span>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThough princes sit plotting against me\r\nI ponder on your statutes.\r\nYour will is my delight;\r\nyour statutes are my counsellors. R.<\/strong>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nI declared my ways and you answered:\r\nteach me your statutes.\r\nMake me grasp the way of your precepts\r\nand I will muse on your wonders. R.<\/strong>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nKeep me from the way of error\r\nand teach me your law.\r\nI have chosen the way of truth\r\nwith your decrees before me. R.<\/strong>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Gospel Acclamation<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAlleluia, Alleluia!<\/strong>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nYou believe, Thomas, because you can see me.\r\nHappy are those who have not seen and yet believe.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAlleluia!<\/strong>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Gospel<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

A reading from the holy Gospel according to John 6: 22-29<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Do not work for food that cannot last, but work for food that endures to eternal life.<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAfter Jesus had fed the five thousand, his disciples saw him walking on the water. Next day, the crowd that had stayed on the other side saw that only one boat had been there, and that Jesus had not got into the boat with his disciples, by that the disciples had set off by themselves. Other boats, however, had put in from Tiberias, near the place where the bread had been eaten. When the people saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they got into those boats and crossed to Capernaum to look for Jesus. When they found him on the other side, they said to him, ‘Rabbi, when did you come here?’ Jesus answered:\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n‘I tell you most solemnly,\r\nyou are not looking for me\r\nbecause you have seen the signs\r\nbut because you had all the bread you wanted to eat.\r\nDo not work for food that cannot last,\r\nbut work for food that endures to eternal life,\r\nthe kind of food the Son of Man is offering you,\r\nfor on him the Father, God himself, has set his seal.’\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThen they said to him, ‘What must we do if we are to do the works that God wants?’ Jesus gave them this answer, ‘This is working for God: you must believe in the one he has sent.’\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe Gospel of the Lord.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Profession of Faith<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The Apostles’ Creed<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nI believe in God,\r\nthe Father almighty,\r\nCreator of heaven and earth,\r\nand in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord,\r\nwho was conceived by the Holy Spirit,\r\nborn of the Virgin Mary,\r\nsuffered under Pontius Pilate,\r\nwas crucified, died, and was buried;\r\nhe descended into hell;\r\non the third day he rose again from the dead;\r\nhe ascended into heaven,\r\nand is seated at the right hand of God the Father almighty;\r\nfrom there he will come to judge the living and the dead.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nI believe in the Holy Spirit,\r\nthe holy catholic Church,\r\nthe communion of saints,\r\nthe forgiveness of sins,\r\nthe resurrection of the body,\r\nand life everlasting. Amen,\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Prayers<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Intercessions<\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nPray for family and loved ones so that they may be held in God\u2019s compassionate care. Pray for other countries who are struggling with the effects of the COVID 19 virus.\u00a0<\/em>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nFor those in authority: may they offer advice with care and integrity, may they seek to protect the poor and vulnerable.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nLord, in your mercy. Hear our prayer<\/strong>.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nFor all who work in healthcare: give strength to all who look after the sick so that they may bring comfort and relief to the suffering.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nLord, in your mercy. Hear our prayer<\/strong>.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nFor the Church: may she offer prayers and consolation for all those affected.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nLord, in your mercy. Hear our prayer<\/strong>.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nFor our local community and all for those in need: may those who are isolated know the support and service of their neighbours.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nLord, in your mercy. Hear our prayer<\/strong>.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Lord\u2019s Prayer<\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOur Father, who art in heaven,\r\nhallowed by thy name;\r\nthey kingdom come,\r\nthy will be done\r\non earth as it is in heaven.\r\nGive us this day our daily bread,\r\nand forgive us our trespasses,\r\nas we forgive those who trespass against us;\r\nand lead us not into temptation,\r\nbut deliver us from evil.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Prayer for Spiritual communion<\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nI prostrate myself at your feet, O my Jesus, and I offer you the repentance of my contrite heart, which abases itself in its nothingness in Your Holy Presence. I adore you in the Sacrament of Your Love; I desire to receive You in the poor abode that my heart offers You. While waiting for the happiness of a Sacramental Communion, I want to possess You in spirit. Come to me, O my Jesus, that I may come to You. May Your love inflame my whole being, in life and in death. I believe in You. I hope in You. I love You.\r\nAmen.<\/strong>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Daily Prayer<\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nGod and Father,\r\nto those who go astray you reveal the light of your truth\r\nand enable them to return to the right path:\r\ngrant that all who have received the grace of baptism\r\nmay strive to be worthy of their Christian calling,\r\nand reject everything opposed to it.\r\nWe make our prayer through our Lord.\r\nThrough Christ our Lord.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Memorare<\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nRemember O most gracious Virgin Mary,\r\nthat never was it known that anyone\r\nwho fled to thy protection, implored thy help,\r\nor sought thy intercession was left unaided.\r\nInspired by this confidence, we fly unto thee,\r\nO Virgin of virgins, my Mother; to thee do we come,\r\nbefore thee do we stand sinful and sorrowful.\r\nO Mother of the Word incarnate, despise not our petitions,\r\nbut in thy mercy hear and answer us.\r\nAmen.<\/strong>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Prayer for the Year of the Word<\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nLiving God, you walk alongside us and speak to us throughout the Scriptures.\r\nYour Son, Jesus Christ, listens to our hopes and fears and shows us how to live for one another.\r\nSend us the Holy Spirit to open our hearts and minds, so that we may be your witnesses throughout the world.\r\nAmen.<\/strong>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nYour word is our path and your truth is our light.\r\nThis day and every day.\r\nOur Lady of the Annunciation. Pray for us.\r\nSt Matthew. Pray for us.\r\nSt. Jerome. Pray for us.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

A Prayer for protection in times of pandemic<\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nO Mary,\r\nyou always brighten our path\r\n<\/em>as a sign of salvation and of hope.\r\nWe entrust ourselves to you, Health of the Sick, who, at the Cross,\r\ntook part in Jesus\u2019 pain while remaining steadfast in faith.\r\nO loving Mother,\r\nyou know what we need,\r\nand we are confident you will provide for us as at Cana in Galilee.\r\nIntercede for us with your Son Jesus,\r\nthe Divine Physician,\r\nfor those who have fallen ill,\r\nfor those who are vulnerable,\r\nand for those who have died.\r\nIntercede also for those charged with protecting the health and safety of others\u00a0and for those who are tending to the sick and seeking a cure.\r\nHelp us, O Mother of Divine Love,\r\nto conform to the will of the Father\r\nand to do as we are told by Jesus,\r\nwho took upon himself our sufferings and carried our sorrows,\r\nso as to lead us, through the Cross,\r\nto the glory of the Resurrection.\r\nAmen.<\/strong>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nUnder thy protection, we seek refuge, O Holy Mother of God.\r\nIn our needs, despise not our petitions, but deliver us always from all dangers,\u00a0O glorious and blessed Virgin.\r\nAmen.<\/strong>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Conclusion<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nIn the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.\r\nAmen.\u00a0<\/strong>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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