{"id":2358,"date":"2006-10-12T08:39:43","date_gmt":"2006-10-12T08:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/2006\/10\/12-october-votive-mass-of-the-most-holy-eucharist\/"},"modified":"2016-03-24T07:57:53","modified_gmt":"2016-03-24T06:57:53","slug":"12-october-votive-mass-of-the-most-holy-eucharist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/2006\/10\/12-october-votive-mass-of-the-most-holy-eucharist\/","title":{"rendered":"12 October, Votive Mass of the Most Holy Eucharist"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"mass_mat.jpg\"<\/a>O God, Who under a wonderful Sacrament, hast left unto us whereby to show forth Thy Suffering Death, grant unto us, we beseech Thee, so reverently to handle the Sacred Mysteries of Thy Body and Thy Blood that we may always feel within ourselves the fruit of Thy Redeeming Work. Who livest and reignest with God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. (Translation of the Collect of Corpus Christi by the Marquess of Bute<\/em>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Already in the mystical invasion of 17th century France, Catherine de Bar (M\u00e8re Mechthilde du Saint\u2013Sacrement<\/em>, 1614\u20131698), foundress of the Benedictines of the Most Holy Sacrament, initiated a weekly rememoration of both Maundy Thursday and the festival of Corpus Christi. Whenever the rubrics allowed, Thursdays were marked by a Votive Mass and Office of the Most Holy Eucharist and by adoration of the Blessed Sacrament exposed in the monstrance, a rare privilege at the time. The Cistercians too marked Thursdays in the same way; Cistercian liturgical books contain a Votive Office of the Blessed Sacrament.<\/p>\n

During the Year of the Eucharist, I proposed a weekly Votive Mass of the Most Holy Eucharist whenever a free Thursday occurred in the calendar. It is a practice that I am continuing now that the Year of the Eucharist has come and gone, a way of recalling the Gift and Mystery of the Cenacle, and of stirring up that eucharistic amazement<\/em> that Pope John Paul II so desired to revive in the Church.<\/p>\n

ENTRANCE ANTIPHON
\nMR
\nThe Lord opened the gates of heaven
\nand rained down manna for them to eat;
\nhe gave them bread from heaven
\nand man ate the bread of angels (Ps 77:23-25).<\/p>\n

ACT OF PENITENCE
\nBrothers and sisters, let us acknowledge our sins,
\nthat we may be ready to celebrate the sacred mysteries.<\/p>\n

You are the living Bread, the food and feast of our souls.
\nKyrie, eleison.
\nYou are the Bread of Angels, the food of pilgrims on the way.
\nChriste, eleison.
\nYours is the Blood of the new and everlasting covenant.
\nKyrie, eleison.<\/p>\n

May Almighty God have mercy on us,
\nand lead us, with our sins forgiven,
\ninto eternal life.<\/p>\n

COLLECT
\nO God who in this wonderful sacrament
\nhave left us a memorial of your passion,
\ngrant us, we beseech you,
\nso to worship the sacred mysteries of your Body and Blood
\nthat we may constantly experience in our lives
\nthe fruit of your redemption.
\nWho live and reign with God the Father,
\nin the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, forever and ever.<\/p>\n

GENERAL INTERCESSIONS
\nFor the Church throughout the world;
\nthat illumined by the sacred mysteries
\nof the Body and Blood of Christ,
\nshe may announce to all men and women
\nthe promise of the divine Wayfarer to be with us always,
\nto the end of the age\u201d (cf. Mt 28:20),
\nto the Lord we pray: Christ, hear us. R. CHRIST, GRACIOUSLY HEAR US.<\/p>\n

For Christians serving in the government;
\nthat in the Eucharist, they may experience
\nthe presence of the Prince of Peace,
\nforming them in the light of His Gospel and of His Sacrifice,
\nto the Lord we pray: Christ, hear us. R. CHRIST, GRACIOUSLY HEAR US.<\/p>\n

For the elderly suffering loneliness;
\nfor immigrants and refugees in their struggles;
\nand for the sick and dying;
\nthat they may find healing, comfort, and hope
\nin the Sacred Body and Precious Blood of Christ,
\nto the Lord we pray: Christ, hear us. R. CHRIST, GRACIOUSLY HEAR US.<\/p>\n

For ourselves;
\nthat, formed by the Word of God
\nand sustained by the intercession of the Virgin Mary,
\nwe may celebrate, contemplate, and adore
\nthe Most Holy Eucharist,
\nto the Lord we pray: Christ, hear us. R. CHRIST, GRACIOUSLY HEAR US.<\/p>\n

COLLECT AT THE GENERAL INTERCESSIONS
\nAlmighty and ever-living God,
\nwho give to those who ask
\nthe grace of a lively faith in the mystery of the Eucharist,
\nfill us with the deepest possible reverence
\nfor this most holy Sacrament,
\nand by this celebration of your holy and life\u2013giving Mysteries,
\nimbue us with a holy amazement,
\nthat lost, all lost in wonder, we may praise you here below
\nand come at length to the heavenly supper of the Lamb.
\nThrough Christ our Lord.<\/p>\n

Or:
\nEnkindle in our hearts, O God, the desire for heaven
\nand give a burning thirst for eternal life
\nto us who, with profound adoration,
\nconfess the mystery of the Body and Blood of Christ.
\nWho lives and reigns forever and ever.<\/p>\n

PRAYER OVER THE OFFERINGS
\nLord, be gracious to your Church,
\nwe entreat you,
\nand grant her the gifts of unity and peace
\nwhich are mystically represented
\nby our sacrificial gifts.
\nThrough Christ our Lord.<\/p>\n

PREFACE
\nIt is truly right and just, our duty and our salvation,
\nalways and everywhere to give you thanks,
\nLord, holy Father, almighty and merciful God
\nthrough Christ our Lord.
\nHe is the true and everlasting priest
\nwho established for us the form of the eternal sacrifice;
\nhe offered himself to you as a victim for our salvation
\nand taught us to offer that same sacrifice as his memorial.
\nWhen we eat the Body sacrificed for us
\nwe are made strong
\nand when we drink the Blood poured out for us
\nwe are washed clean.
\nAnd so, with angels and archangels
\nand with all the powers of heaven,
\nwe glorify your holy Name,
\nin this, their ceaseless hymn of praise:<\/p>\n

PREFACE
\nIt is truly right and just, our duty and our salvation,
\nalways, here and everywhere to give you thanks,
\nLord, holy Father, almighty and eternal God,
\nthrough Christ our Lord.
\nAs he ate with his apostles at the Last Supper,
\nChrist offered himself to you as the Lamb without blemish,
\nthe acceptable sacrifice of perfect praise.
\nHe willed to continue throughout the ages
\nthe memorial of his saving cross.
\nIn this holy sacrament
\nyou feed and sanctify your people,
\nso that the human race that shares one earth
\nmay be enlightened by one faith
\nand joined together in one bond of love.
\nAnd so, we draw near to your table
\nand to so wonderful a sacrament,
\nto be flooded by the sweetness of your grace
\nand pass over into the likeness of heaven.
\nAnd therefore, with all the choirs of angels,
\nwe praise your glory, now and forever,
\nas with one voice, we sing:<\/p>\n

PREFACE
\nIt is truly right and just, our duty and our salvation,
\nalways, here and everywhere to give you thanks,
\nLord, holy Father, almighty and eternal God,
\nthrough Christ our Lord.
\nThis is the sacrifice begun by Abel the righteous,
\nand revealed in the Passover Lamb;
\nthe sacrifice made by Abraham
\nand shown forth by Melchisedek the priest;
\nthe sacrifice brought to perfect fullness
\nby Christ, true Lamb and eternal Priest.
\nAnd so, with angels and archangels,
\nand with all the powers of heaven,
\nwe glorify your holy Name
\nin this, their ceaseless hymn of praise:<\/p>\n

COMMUNION ANTIPHON
\nMR
\nI am the living bread
\nwhich came down from heaven, says the Lord;
\nif any one eats of this bread, he will live forever;
\nand the bread which I shall give
\nis my flesh for the life of the world (Jn 6:51).<\/p>\n

PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION
\nFill us, we beseech you, Lord,
\nthrough all eternity
\nwith the enjoyment of your divinity
\nwhich is foreshadowed in this life
\nby our partaking of your precious Body and Blood.
\nWho live and reign forever and ever.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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