Pentecost
1. OPENING PRAYER
+ Eternal Father, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, we wish to unite ourselves with Jesus, now offering His Precious Body & Blood in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass throughout the world for the needs of the Holy Church, the conversion of sinners, the relief of the souls in Purgatory and for the special intentions, we here implore:
- For the intentions of Pope Francis, Bishop Vasa, Our Clergy, Religious, & Seminarians of our Diocese, we pray to the Lord. R/ Lord hear our prayer.
- For vocations to Holy Matrimony, Holy Orders, and the Religious life, we pray to the Lord. R/ Lord hear our prayer.
- For the courage to become more Christ-like men and do God’s Holy Will, we pray to the Lord. R/ Lord hear our prayer.
- For the sick & those suffering in our families & parishes, we pray to the Lord. R/ Lord hear our prayer.
- For an end to abortion, we pray to the Lord. R/ Lord hear our prayer.
- For the special intentions that each of us brings tonight, we pray to the Lord. R/ Lord hear our prayer.
Almighty Father, may the petitions of our apostolate be pleasing in your sight, for we make them with trust in you. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, One God, forever and ever. AMEN
St. Joseph, Terror of Demons, pray for us!
St. Josemaria Escriva, pray for us!
St. Michael the Archangel, pray for us! +
2. CHECK-IN (Spiritual Game Plan)
3. READINGS (Pentecost)
Reading 1 Acts 2:1-11 When the time for Pentecost was fulfilled, they were all in one place together. And suddenly there came from the sky a noise like a strong driving wind, and it filled the entire house in which they were. Then there appeared to them tongues as of fire, which parted and came to rest on each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in different tongues, as the Spirit enabled them to proclaim. Now there were devout Jews from every nation under heaven staying in Jerusalem. At this sound, they gathered in a large crowd, but they were confused because each one heard them speaking in his own language. They were astounded, and in amazement they asked, “Are not all these people who are speaking Galileans? Then how does each of us hear them in his native language? We are Parthians, Medes, and Elamites, inhabitants of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the districts of Libya near Cyrene, as well as travelers from Rome, both Jews and converts to Judaism, Cretans and Arabs, yet we hear them speaking in our own tongues of the mighty acts of God.”
Reading 2 1 Corinthians 12:3b-7, 12-13 Brothers and sisters: No one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit. There are different kinds of spiritual gifts but the same Spirit; there are different forms of service but the same Lord; there are different workings but the same God who produces all of them in everyone. To each individual the manifestation of the Spirit is given for some benefit. As a body is one though it has many parts, and all the parts of the body, though many, are one body, so also Christ. For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slaves or free persons, and we were all given to drink of one Spirit.
Gospel John 20: 19-23 On the evening of that first day of the week, when the doors were locked, where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst and said to them, “Peace be with you.” When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.” And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them, and whose sins you retain are retained.”
4. ANNOUNCEMENTS
5. CLOSING PRAYER
+Saint Joseph, Terror of Demons, cast thy solemn gaze upon the devil and all his minions and protect us with thy mighty staff. Thou fled through the night to avoid the devil’s wicked designs; now with the power of God, smite the demons as they flee from thee! Grant special protection, we pray, for children, fathers, mothers, families, and the dying. By God’s grace, no demon dares approach while thou art near, so we beg of thee, Saint Joseph, always be near to us! AMEN