FIRST FRIDAY HOLY HOUR: June 2019

THEME: The Youth and the Eucharist

I. OPENING SONG: If the Holy Hour is done before the Mass, an appropriate song
may be chosen.
If the Holy Hour will be begin after the Post Communion
Prayer, there is no need for an Opening Hymn. The priest
proceeds with the exposition of the Blessed Sacrament while the
assembly sings the O Salutaris…

II. INTRODUCTION (c/o PRIEST) – the priest says a few words to set the
mood for the celebration and help the
people prepare.

III. EXPOSITION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT

O salutárisHóstia
Quæcælipandisóstium.
Bella premunthostília;
Da roburferauxílium.

UnitrinóqueDómino
Sit sempitérnaglória:
Qui vitam sine término,
Nobisdonet in pátria.
Amen.
IV. OPENING PRAYER

Priest: O Sacrament most holy, O Sacrament divine.

All: All praise and all thanksgiving be every moment thine.

Our Father… Hail Mary…Glory…

Priest: Lord our God, make us truly aware of the wonder of your presence
in this great sacrament of your love. May we grow in our
appreciation of time with you and listen to your voice within us. We
ask this through Christ our Lord.

(Pause for a few quiet moments of adoration.)

V. SCRIPTURAL READING

From the letter of St. Paul to the Ephesians

Lector: A Reading from the Letter of St. Paul to the Ephesians

For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every
family in heaven and on earth is named, that according to the riches of
his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with might through his
Spirit in the inner man, and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through
faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have power to
comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height
and depth, and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge,
that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

Lector: The word of the Lord

All: Thanks be to God.

VI. POINTS FOR REFLECTION

What is The Sacrament of the Eucharist?

(from the Youth Catechism of the Catholic Church)

Holy Sacrifice, Holy Mass, the Sacrifice of the Mass: The one sacrifice
of Christ, which completes and surpasses all sacrifices, is made present in
the celebration of the Eucharist. The Church and the faithful, through their
self-offering, unite themselves with Christ’s sacrifice. The word Mass
comes from the Latin dismissal, Ite, missa est , “Go now, you are sent.”

The Lord’s Supper: Every celebration of the Eucharist is still the one
supper that Christ celebrated with his disciples and, at the same time, the
anticipation of the banquet that the Lord will celebrate with the redeemed at
 the end of time. We men do not make the worship service; the Lord is the
one who calls us to worship God and is mysteriously present in the liturgy.

The breaking of bread: “The breaking of bread” was an old Jewish ritual
at meals, which Jesus employed at the Last Supper to express his gift of self
“for us” (Rom 8:32). In the “breaking of bread” the disciples recognized
him again after the Resurrection. The early Church called their liturgical
feasts “the breaking of bread”.

Eucharistic assembly: The celebration of the Lord’s Supper is also an

assembly of “thanksgiving”, in which the CHURCH finds her visible
expression.

Memorial of the Lord’s Passion, death, and Resurrection: In the

celebration of the Eucharist, the congregation does not celebrate itself;
rather it discovers and celebrates again and again the presence of Christ’s
saving passage through suffering and death to life.

Holy and Divine Liturgy, Sacred Mysteries: In the celebration of the

Eucharist, the Church in heaven and on earth unite in one feast. Because the
Eucharistic Gifts in which Christ is present are, so to speak, the holiest
thing in the world, we also speak about the Most Blessed Sacrament.

Holy Communion: Because we unite ourselves with Christ at Holy Mass,

and through him are united with one another, we speak about Holy
Communion (communio = fellowship).

(SHORT MOMENT OF REFLECTION - 5 to 7 minutes)

COMMENTATOR: Please all stand

VII. INTERCESSORY PRAYERS

Response: Alleluia

L: You are the Bread of Life. R

You are the Bread of salvation. R.

You are the Blood that redeems us. R.

 You are the Bread that feeds us. R.

You are the Blood that quenches our thirst. R.

You are the Bread that comforts us. R.

You are the Bread that heals us in body and mind. R.

You are the Bread that gives us strength. R.

You are the source of our joy. R.

You are the source of our hope. R.

You are the source of our love.R.

PRIEST: At the Savior’s command and formed by divine teaching, we dare to

say:

All: Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom
come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day
our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those
who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver
us from evil.
COMMENTATOR: Let us all kneel for the Benediction

VIII. BENEDICTION
Tantum ergo sacraméntum
venerémurcernui,
etantíquumdocuméntum
novocedatrítui;
praestet fides suppleméntum
sensuumdeféctui.

GenitóriGenitóque
laus et iubilátio,
salus, honor, virtusquoque
sit et benedictio;
procedénti ab utróque
compar sit laudátio.
Amen.
PRIEST: You have given us the Bread from heaven

ALL: The Source of all happiness

PRIEST: Let us pray.

Lord Jesus Christ, you gave us the Eucharist as the memorial of

your suffering and death. May our worship of this sacrament of
your body and blood help us to experience the salvation you won
for us and the peace of the kingdom where you live with the Holy
spirit, one God, forever and ever.

ALL: Amen

IX. THE DIVINE PRAISES

The Blessed Sacrament will be reposed towards the end of the Divine Praises

Blessed be God.
Blessed be His Holy Name.
Blessed be Jesus Christ, true God and true Man.
Blessed be the Name of Jesus.
Blessed be His Most Sacred Heart.
Blessed be His Most Precious Blood.
Blessed be Jesus in the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar.
Blessed be the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete.
Blessed be the great Mother of God, Mary most holy.
Blessed be her holy and Immaculate Conception.
Blessed be her glorious Assumption.
Blessed be the name of Mary, Virgin and Mother.
Blessed be St. Joseph, her most chaste Spouse.
Blessed be God in his angels and in his saints.

REPOSITION

FINAL SONG: O SACRAMENT MOST HOLY, O SACRAMENT

DIVINE

O Sacrament Most Holy, O Sacrament Divine.

All praise and all thanksgiving
Be every moment thine; Be every moment thine.