1. Opening Hymn, silence,
2. Announce: Today's
theme is call. Living this
call and trying to be faithful to his mission these so many years we have come
to the presence of the Lord to re-receive again this call and to experience the
power of the Lord’s grace accompanying us in the evening of our journey.
3. Adoration prayer, silence, call prayer, silence
3. Adoration prayer, silence, call prayer, silence
4. Hymn: (on call)
5. We shall now pray Psalm 139 and our
response will be:
(Choose stanzas from GNB: 1-3; 4-6; 13,15-16;
23-24 with an appropriate refrain –short- after each stanza. 2 persons may
alternate)
6. Announce: As
we listen to the call of Samuel, we too shall re-experience our call/ along
with Samuel/ who heard it/ while he was sleeping in the temple. So, let's
have an attitude of attentive listening and receptive silence. Reader:1Sam
3/1-10a: read with breaks and refrain
vv. 1-5: Refrain: “Listen …” vv. 6-7: Refrain: “Listen …” vv. 8-9: Refrain: “Listen …” vv. 10a up to “Samuel, Samuel..”: Refrain: “Here I am”
7. Announce: After each prayer our response will be: "Here I am, Lord, you have called me." (Recite or sing this line if you can in the tune of “Here I am, Lord..”)
vv. 1-5: Refrain: “Listen …” vv. 6-7: Refrain: “Listen …” vv. 8-9: Refrain: “Listen …” vv. 10a up to “Samuel, Samuel..”: Refrain: “Here I am”
7. Announce: After each prayer our response will be: "Here I am, Lord, you have called me." (Recite or sing this line if you can in the tune of “Here I am, Lord..”)
(May be said by three
persons, slowly pausing, meaningfully)
a) Speak, Lord,/ your servant is listening!… Help us to get rid of /our useless anxieties,/ our irrational fears/ and the protective shell of our habits. We pray:
a) Speak, Lord,/ your servant is listening!… Help us to get rid of /our useless anxieties,/ our irrational fears/ and the protective shell of our habits. We pray:
b) Speak, Lord,/ your servant is listening!… Open our
doors/ to the ONE we do not know,/ your Son Jesus,/ and open our hearts/ to
your word of tenderness. We pray:
c) Speak, Lord,/ your servant is listening!… The words of response are not yet on our lips,/ but you know them already, Lord. Let us have your love and grace/ and our response will be/ steady and unconditional. We pray.
8. Canticle: Paraphrase of Mt 25. Response: “What so ever …
(2 persons can alternate)
c) Speak, Lord,/ your servant is listening!… The words of response are not yet on our lips,/ but you know them already, Lord. Let us have your love and grace/ and our response will be/ steady and unconditional. We pray.
8. Canticle: Paraphrase of Mt 25. Response: “What so ever …
(2 persons can alternate)
9. Intercessions: Announce: Our
response after each prayer will be: “Help us, Lord, say yes to you”
10. Concluding Prayer: Lord God, you founded your Church on twelve
men,/ poor in everything,/ who were sent out into the world/ as defenceless
shepherds. You call us again/ to this adventure of faith and mission.
Let your word never be adulterated/ by the power of this world. Let your
word, Lord, continue/ to be the light of our lives,/ and even if its cutting
edge/ must cause the loss of what enslaved us,/ be gracious and grant
us/ to follow you/ unwaveringly/ for you bring justice to the poor/ and
defend the rights of the oppressed. We make this...
After disposal
11) Let us conclude our morning prayer with a Marian Hymn: T 20, V.1 and refrain
11) Let us conclude our morning prayer with a Marian Hymn: T 20, V.1 and refrain
