{"id":2384,"date":"2006-10-19T21:42:30","date_gmt":"2006-10-19T21:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/2006\/10\/20-october-votive-mass-of-the\/"},"modified":"2017-07-01T07:53:03","modified_gmt":"2017-07-01T06:53:03","slug":"20-october-votive-mass-of-the","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/2006\/10\/20-october-votive-mass-of-the\/","title":{"rendered":"20 October, Votive Mass of the Most Precious Blood"},"content":{"rendered":"

W\"5salzbu1.jpg\"<\/a>e will be celebrating the Votive Mass of the Most Precious Blood today, without however forgetting Saint Paul of the Cross, founder of the Congregation of the Passion. In the following text, Saint Paul of the Cross is counseling a lady who, after having made her confession, was beset with doubts. He recommends confident recourse to the Blood of Christ over all else.<\/p>\n

“You fear that you have not made good confessions because of lack of sorrow and purpose of amendment, and that you did not confess correctly. However, you tell me that you did what you could to confess your sins as they are in God\u2019s sight. At least that was the way you wished to set them forth.
\nO true God! Do you not see that this fear has no foundation whatever, and that the devil is raising it to block your spiritual gain by making you stumble in the service of God? Cast out this empty fear and trust in your dear Savior, who has washed you in his Most Precious Blood, one drop of which is enough to wash away the stains of a thousand worlds, even of all possible worlds. Help yourself by ejaculatory prayers, with darts of love toward God, and words of childlike confidence: \u201cO Jesus, love of my soul, I trust in you! In you I believe; you I love! O Dear Blood of Jesus! O Precious Blood! O Sweetest Blood! in you are my hopes! Ah, yes, my Dear Savior, you have washed me, you have made me clean in the sacrament of Penance. You have forgotten my sins. It were utter folly to doubt that! O Dear Wounds! Most Holy Wounds, Divine Wounds! you are the object of my hopes! I do hope, yes, my God. And were I even at the gates of hell, I would hope in you!\u201d
\nI have given you these words as examples. They will serve to cast out these fears that come from little confidence in God. Use them with a gentle spirit.”<\/em><\/p>\n


\nENTRANCE ANTIPHON
\nMR
\nYou have redeemed us, O Lord, by your Blood,
\nout of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation,
\nand have made us a kingdom to our God (Rev 5:9-10).
\nACT OF PENITENCE
\nBrothers and sisters, let us acknowledge our sins,
\nthat we may be ready to celebrate the sacred mysteries.
\nYour Blood, O Lord, pleads more eloquently
\nthan the blood of Abel (Heb 12:24).
\nKyrie, eleison.
\nYour Blood, O Christ, flowed with water
\nfrom your open side (Jn 19:34).
\nChriste, eleison.
\nYour Blood, O Lord, makes white
\nthe robes of the saints (Rev 7:14).
\nKyrie, eleison.
\nMay Almighty God have mercy on us,
\nand lead us, with our sins forgiven,
\ninto eternal life.
\nCOLLECT
\nO God, who
\nby the Precious Blood of your only-begotten Son,
\nredeemed all men,
\nsafeguard within us the work of your mercy,
\nso that we, in celebrating the mystery of our salvation,
\nmay be found worthy of reaping its fruit.
\nThrough our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
\nwho lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
\nGod, forever and ever.
\nGENERAL INTERCESSIONS
\nThat the Church, made bold by the Precious Blood of Christ,
\nmay invite all men and women
\nto experience the healing and pardon of God
\nand the mystery of his presence in the sacraments,
\nto the Lord we pray: Christ, hear us. R. CHRIST, GRACIOUSLY HEAR US.
\nThat the faithful of the world
\nmay take up the Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary
\nand, trusting in her intercession,
\nimplore peace for the world,
\nto the Lord we pray: Christ, hear us. R. Christ, graciously hear us.
\nThat the Blood of Christ offered in this Holy Sacrifice,
\nmay plead more eloquently than the blood of Abel
\nfor the peace of the world
\nand for an end to the bloodshed of violence and war,
\nto the Lord we pray: Christ, hear us. R. CHRIST, GRACIOUSLY HEAR US.
\nThat the fearful may find confidence in the Precious Blood of Christ;
\nthe sorrowing, comfort;
\nand the sick and dying, hope,
\nto the Lord we pray: Christ, hear us. R. CHRIST, GRACIOUSLY HEAR US.
\nThat the Passionist priests, brothers, nuns, and sisters
\nmay remain faithful to the charism of Saint Paul of the Cross,
\nwho, for the sake of the Church,
\nlived in penance, austerity, solitude, and apostolic labours,
\ncarrying always the Passion of Christ in his heart,
\nto the Lord we pray: Christ, hear us. R. CHRIST, GRACIOUSLY HEAR US.
\nThat in this Eucharist we may pass over
\ninto the presence of the Father,
\ntrusting in the everlasting mercy
\nobtained for us by the Blood of the Lamb,
\nto the Lord we pray: Christ, hear us. R. CHRIST, GRACIOUSLY HEAR US.
\nCOLLECT AT THE GENERAL INTERCESSIONS
\nThrice-holy God,
\ngrant us, we entreat you,
\nto come into your presence free from fear,
\nmade bold by the outpouring of your Holy Spirit
\nand by the Precious Blood of Christ,
\nour sacrificial Lamb and our High Priest
\nwho is Lord forever and ever.
\nPRAYER OVER THE OFFERINGS
\nAs we bring to your majesty, O Lord, the gifts of our oblation,
\nlet us approach Jesus, the Mediator of the New Covenant,
\nand be renewed, in these mysteries,
\nby the saving sprinkling of his Blood.
\nThrough Christ our Lord.
\nPREFACE
\nIt is truly right and just, our duty and our salvation,
\nalways and everywhere to give you thanks,
\nLord, holy Father, almighty and eternal God.
\nThrough the saving passion of your Son
\nthe whole world has been called
\nto acknowledge and to praise your majesty;
\nfor in the ineffable power of the Cross
\nthe judgment of the world
\nand the power of the Crucified shines forth.
\nAnd so, Lord, with Angels and all saints
\nwe praise you and joyfully proclaim:
\nOr:
\nIt is truly right and just, our duty and our salvation,
\nalways and everywhere to give you thanks,
\nLord, holy Father, almighty and eternal God,
\nthrough Christ our Lord.
\nWhen, with a wondrous love,
\nhe was lifted up on the Cross,
\nhe handed himself over for us;
\nthen from his pierced side he poured forth blood and water,
\nthe source of the sacraments of the Church;
\nThus all people, drawn to the open heart of the Saviour,
\nmay ever draw water with joy
\nfrom the springs of salvation.
\nAnd so, with all the Saints and Angels,
\nwe praise you together,
\nas we ceaselessly proclaim:
\nCOMMUNION ANTIPHON
\nMR
\nThe chalice of blessing which we bless,
\nis it not the communion of the Blood of Christ?
\nAnd the bread which we break,
\nis it not the partaking of the Body of the Lord (1 Cor 10:15).
\nPRAYER AFTER COMMUNION
\nRefreshed, O Lord, by the food and drink of salvation,
\nwe beseech you that we may be ever steeped in the Blood of our Saviour
\nthat it may become within us
\na fountain of water springing up to eternal life.
\nThrough Christ our Lord.
\nOr:
\nRefreshed by heavenly food and drink,
\nwe beseech you, Almighty God,
\nthat you would defend against the terror of the enemy
\nthose whom you have redeemed by the Precious Blood of your Son
\nwho lives and reigns forever and ever.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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