novena for the security of pope francis day 7

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NOVENA AND HOLY HOUR FOR THESAFETY OF THE HOLY FATHER

EXPOSITION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT

OPENING HYMNO Salutaris Hostia,Quae caeli pandis ostium:Bella premunt hostilia,Da robur fer auxilium.

Uni trinoque Domino

Sit sempiterna gloriaQui vitam sine termino,Nobis donet in patria

The presider places the host in the monstrance. After placing the incense in thecenser, the presider kneels and incenses the holy Eucharist.

INVITATION TO PRAISE

Presider: Let us bless our heavenly Father,source of every good gift.

All: Glory to You, forever.

Presider: Let us bless Christ, the Eternal High Priest.All: Glory to You, forever.

Presider: Let us bless the Holy Spirit,Lord and Giver of life.

All: Glory to You, forever.

FOR THE INTENTIONS OF THE HOLY FATHER

Our FatherHail MaryGlory be


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INTRODUCTION TO THE CELEBRATIONThe presider briefly introduces the celebration in these or similar words.

Presider: As we kneel before the Lord,we lift up to him our intentions and in particular thesafe travel and security of our Holy Father.Through the intercession of our Blessed Mother, OurLady of Peace and Good Voyage and Saint Michaelthe Archangel, we pray that the Holy Father bedefended from all harm. May he be protected fromall threats so that he may be able to send his messageof mercy and compassion to all of us.

A moment of silent adoration follows. The congregation sits as the psalm is prayed

PRAYING OF THE PSALM

ANTIPHON: How blessed is the man who fears theLORD.

PSALM 112

Praise the LORD!

How blessed is the man who fears the LORD,Who greatly delights in His commandments.

His descendants will be mighty on earth;The generation of the upright will be blessed.

Wealth and riches are in his house,And his righteousness endures forever.

Light arises in the darkness for the upright;

He is gracious and compassionate and righteous.

It is well with the man who is gracious and lends;He will maintain his cause in judgment.

For he will never be shaken;


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The righteous will be remembered forever.

He will not fear evil tidings;His heart is steadfast, trusting in the LORD.

His heart is upheld, he will not fear,Until he looks with satisfaction on his adversaries.

He has given freely to the poor,His righteousness endures forever;His horn will be exalted in honor.

The wicked will see it and be vexed,

He will gnash his teeth and melt away;The desire of the wicked will perish.

Glory to the Father and to the Sonand to the Holy Spirit.

As it was in the beginning is nowand will be for ever. Amen

ANTIPHON: How blessed is the man who fears theLORD.

A period of silent reflection is observed

ANTIPHON 2: You will not be afraid of the terrorby night or the arrow that flies by you.

PSALM 91

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most HighWill abide in the shadow of the Almighty.will say to the LORD, My refuge and my fortress,

My God, in whom I trust!

For it is He who delivers you from the snare of thetrapper and from the deadly pestilence.


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He will cover you with His pinions,And under His wings you may seek refuge;

His faithfulness is a shield and bulwark.

You will not be afraid of the terror by night,Or of the arrow that flies by day;

Of the pestilence that stalks in darkness,Or of the destruction that lays waste at noon.

A thousand may fall at your sideAnd ten thousand at your right hand,

But it shall not approach you.

You will only look on with your eyesAnd see the recompense of the wicked.

For you have made the LORD, my refuge,Even the Most High, your dwelling place.

No evil will befall you,Nor will any plague come near your tent.

For He will give His angels charge concerning you,To guard you in all your ways.

They will bear you up in their hands,That you do not strike your foot against a stone.

You will tread upon the lion and cobra,The young lion and the serpent

you will trample down.

Because he has loved Me, therefore I will deliver him;I will set him securely on high,

because he has known My name.

He will call upon Me, and I will answer him;


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I will be with him in trouble;I will rescue him and honor him.

With a long life I will satisfy him

And let him see My salvation.

Glory to the Father and to the Sonand to the Holy Spirit.

As it was in the beginning is nowand will be for ever. Amen

ANTIPHON 2: You will not be afraid of the terrorby night or the arrow that flies by you.

A period of silent reflection is observed. After the silent reflection, all stand for theproclamation of the Gospel.

PROCLAMATION OF THE GOSPEL (15:1-7)

V. The Lord be with you.R. And with your spirit.

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A reading from the Holy Gospel according to LukeR. Glory to you, O Lord.

Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming near to

listen to him. And the Pharisees and the scribes were

grumbling and saying, This fellow welcomes sinners and

eats with them. So he told them this parable: Which one

of you, having a hundred sheep and losing one of them,

does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go

after the one that is lost until he finds it? When he has

found it, he lays it on his shoulders and rejoices. And

when he comes home, he calls together his friends and

neighbors, saying, rejoice with me, for I have found my


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sheep that was lost. Just so, I tell you, there will be more

joy in heaven over one repentant sinner who repents than

over ninety-nine righteous people who need no

repentance.

The Gospel of the Lord.

R. Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ.

HOMILY/SILENT REFLECTION/

SUGGESTED REFLECTION

FROM A MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESSPOPE FRANCIS

FOR THE CELEBRATION OF THEWORLD DAY OF PEACE

And you will all be brothers (Mt 23:8)

3. The question naturally arises: Can the men and women of this worldever fully respond to the longing for fraternity placed within them byGod the Father? Will they ever manage by their power alone to overcomeindifference, egoism and hatred, and to accept the legitimate differencestypical of brothers and sisters?

By paraphrasing his words, we can summarize the answer given by theLord Jesus: For you have only one Father, who is God, and you are allbrothers and sisters (cf. Mt 23:8-9). The basis of fraternity is found in

Gods fatherhood. We are not speaking of a generic fatherhood, indistinctand historically ineffectual, but rather of the specific and extraordinarilyconcrete personal love of God for each man and woman (cf. Mt 6:25-30).It is a fatherhood, then, which effectively generates fraternity, because thelove of God, once welcomed, becomes the most formidable means oftransforming our lives and relationships with others, opening us tosolidarity and to genuine sharing.


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In a particular way, human fraternity is regenerated in and by JesusChrist through his death and resurrection. The Cross is the definitive

foundational locus of that fraternity which human beings are not capable

of generating themselves. Jesus Christ, who assumed human nature inorder to redeem it, loving the Father unto death on the Cross (cf. Phil2:8), has through his resurrection made of us a new humanity, in fullcommunion with the will of God, with his plan, which includes the fullrealization of our vocation to fraternity.

From the beginning, Jesus takes up the plan of the Father, acknowledgingits primacy over all else. But Christ, with his abandonment to death forlove of the Father, becomes the definitive and new principle of us all; we

are called to regard ourselves in him as brothers and sisters, inasmuch aswe are children of the same Father. He himself is the Covenant; in hisperson we are reconciled with God and with one another as brothers andsisters. Jesus death on the Cross also brings an end to the separationbetween peoples, between the people of the Covenant and the people of theGentiles, who were bereft of hope until that moment, since they were not

party to the pacts of the Promise. As we read in the Letter to theEphesians, Jesus Christ is the one who reconciles all people in himself. Heis peace, for he made one people out of the two, breaking down the wall of

separation which divided them, that is, the hostility between them. Hecreated in himself one people, one new man, one new humanity (cf. 2:14-16).

All who accept the life of Christ and live in him acknowledge God asFather and give themselves completely to him, loving him above allthings. The reconciled person sees in God the Father of all, and, as aconsequence, is spurred on to live a life of fraternity open to all. InChrist, the other is welcomed and loved as a son or daughter of God, as a

brother or sister, not as a stranger, much less as a rival or even an enemy.In Gods family, where all are sons and daughters of the same Father,and, because they are grafted to Christ, sons and daughters in the Son,there are no disposable lives. All men and women enjoy an equal andinviolable dignity. All are loved by God. All have been redeemed by theblood of Christ, who died on the Cross and rose for all. This is the reason


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why no one can remain indifferent before the lot of our brothers andsisters.

A period of silent reflection is observed after the homily or suggested reflection.

INTERCESSIONS

Presider: As one family, we bring our petitions before ourheavenly Father, especially as we prepare and awaitfor the visit of our Holy Father, Pope Francis

Guide and protect your Church, Lord

For Pope Francis, that he may be protected from allharm and danger, we pray. R/

For government leaders, that they may strive in thebuilding up of justice and peace, we pray. R/

For all the people working for the Papal Visit, maythey be given the strength and perseverance in caryingout their task, we pray. R/

For all of us gathered here, that we may truly respondto the challenge of charity so that we may also beagents of mercy and compassion, we pray. R/

For all the people who have lost their loved ones, maythey continue to share the love that they haveexperience from the gift of life of their love ones, wepray. R/

THE LORDS PRAYER


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Presider: At the Saviors command and formed by divineteaching, we dare to say :

Our Father, who art in heaven,hallowed by 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 trespassesas we forgive those who trespass against us;and lead us not into temptation,but deliver us from evil.

CONCLUDING PRAYER

Presider: O God, who have revealed that peacemakers are tobe called your children, grant, we pray, that we maywork without ceasing to establish that justice whichalone ensures true and lasting peace. Through our

Lord Jesus Christ your Son, who lives and reignswith you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God forever and ever.

People: Amen

PRAYER FOR THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF THEHOLY FATHER


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Father of all goodness, you who have willed for thewelfare and unity of all your children, you who makeall things holy, we come to you dear Father filled

with hope and confidence entrusting the safety andsecurity of the holy father as he travels to and fromthe Philippines.

As he brings to us your message of mercy andcompassion, may we too lavish in this great gift thatyou have bestowed on us. May we also share thisblessing as we go out in our daily lives. May theseblessings lead us to the peace that we yearn for.

O loving Father, may each of us truly look after oneanother with a love that readily forgives and unitesus all back to you. Awaken your Church anew to bevigilant in ensuring the safety of the Holy Father andsafeguarding the sacred truths he upholds.

May we all become saints and heroes of our timepassing on the mission of proclaiming the gospel

your Son made known.

Through the intercession of the Blessed Mother, OurLady of Peace and Good Voyage, and of St. Michaelthe archangel, may we be protected from the snaresof the evil one and may only your peace reign in ourhearts.

We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ your Son,

who lives and reigns with you in the unity of theHoly Spirit, one God forever and ever. Amen

BENEDICTION

Tantum ergo Sacramentum


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Veneremur cernui: et antiquum documentumnovo cedat ritui:Praestet fides supplementumSensuum defectui

Genitori, GenitoqueLaus et jubilationsalus, honor, virtus quoque sit et benedictio:procedenti ad utroque comparsit laudatio.Amen.

The presider incenses the Blessed Sacrament. He then rises and sings or says thefollowing prayers.

Presider: Panem de caelo preastitisti eisAll: Omne delectamentum in se habentem

Presider: Oremus.

Pause for silent prayer.

Deus, qui nobissub sacramento mirabilispassionis tuae memoriam reliquisti;tribue quaesumus,

ita nos Corporis et Saguinis tuisacra mysteria venerari,ut redemptionis tuaefructum in nobis iugiter sentiamus.

Qui vivis et regnas in saecula saeculorum.

All: Amen.

After the prayer, the presider puts on the humeral veil, genuflects, and takes themonstrance. He then makes the sign of the cross with it over the people in silence.

After the benediction, the prayer of praise is said or sung by the presider togetherwith the assembly.

THE DIVINE PRAISES


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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 St. Josephher most chaste spouse.

Blessed be God in his angelsand in his saints. Amen.

The presider replaces the Blessed Sacrament in the tabernacle and genuflects while a

suitable hymn is being sung. The ministers then depart from the sanctuary.

O Sacrament most holyO Sacrament divineAll praise and all thanksgivingBe every moment thine!Be every moment thine!

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