Downtown Catholic Eucharistic Holy Hour for Divine Sunday 2020

Exposition Hymn – O Salutaris O Salutaris Hostia O Saving Victim opening wide Quae caeli pandis ostium. The gate of heaven to all below. Our foes press on from every side; Bella premunt hostilia; Thine aid supply, Thy strength bestow. Da robur, fer auxilium. Uni trinoque Domino To Thy great name be endless praise Sit sempiterna gloria: Immortal Godhead, One in Three; Qui vitam sine termino, Oh, grant us endless length of days, In our true native land with Thee. Nobis donet in patria. Amen. Amen.

Opening Priest: Let us pray. Lord our God, in this great sacrament we come into the presence of Christ, your Son, born of the Virgin Mary and crucified for our salvation. May we who declare our in this fountain of love and mercy drink from it the water of everlasting life. Through Christ our Lord. All: Amen.

Period of Silent Reflection and Adoration

Recitation of the Chaplet of Opening : Priest: You expired, Jesus, but the source of life gushed forth for souls, and the ocean of mercy opened up for the whole world. O Fount of Life, unfathomable Divine Mercy, envelop the whole world and empty Yourself out upon us.

All: O Blood and Water, which gushed forth from the Heart of Jesus as a fountain of Mercy for us, I trust in You! (Repeat 3 times)

Our Father, Hail Mary and the Apostle's Creed

For each of the five decades (On each “Our Father” bead of the rosary, pray) Eternal Father, I offer you the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Your Dearly Beloved Son, Our Lord, Jesus Christ, in atonement for our sins and those of the whole world.

(On each of the 10 “Hail Mary” beads, pray) For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.

Trisagion (Repeated 3 times) Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us and on the whole world.

Closing Prayer Priest: Eternal God, in whom mercy is endless and the treasury of compassion inexhaustible, look kindly upon us and increase Your mercy in us, that in difficult moments we might not despair nor become despondent, but with great confidence submit ourselves to Your holy will, which is Love and Mercy itself. All: Amen.

Intercessions Priest: God is the Father of all mercies. In him we place our faith as we pray the following petitions:

For our Holy Father, Pope Francis, bishops, priests, and all the faithful: that each will bear witness to the love and mercy of God; We pray to the Lord: All: Lord, hear our prayer.

Priest: For all who have committed grave sin and who are afraid to go to confession: that their fears will dissolve in the face of Jesus’ longing to forgive and be reconciled to them; We pray to the Lord: All: Lord, hear our prayer.

Priest: For those who serve in public office: that they govern with true compassion for the lives of the most vulnerable among us— especially unborn children, the elderly, and persons with disabilities; We pray to the Lord: All: Lord, hear our prayer.

Priest: For parents: that, by their guidance and the witness of their own lives, they will teach their children how to love and forgive when they have been wronged; We pray to the Lord: All: Lord, hear our prayer.

Priest: For the protection of conscience rights and religious liberty, and that all people of good will may work together against the increasing threats to these fundamental rights; We pray to the Lord: All: Lord, hear our prayer.

Priest: For peace throughout the world, and especially in areas of open conflict: that ancient prejudices and hatreds will be replaced by a spirit of mercy and brotherhood; We pray to the Lord: All: Lord, hear our prayer.

Priest: For an end to the pandemic: that those who are afflicted might be relieved and that those whom the Lord has called to himself might be granted eternal salvation; We pray to the Lord: All: Lord, hear our prayer.

Priest: Almighty and merciful Father, we give you thanks for all of your many blessings, and we ask you to hear these petitions in the name of your Son, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. All: Amen.

Benediction Hymn – Tantum Ergo Tantum ergo Sacramentum Down in adoration falling, Veneremur cernui: Lo! the sacred Host we hail, Lo! oe'r ancient forms departing Et antiquum documentum Newer rites of grace prevail; Novo cedat ritui: Faith for all defects supplying, Praestet fides supplementum Where the feeble senses fail. Sensuum defectui. Genitori, Genitoque To the everlasting Father, Laus et iubilatio, And the Son Who reigns on high With the Holy Spirit proceeding Salus, honor, virtus quoque Forth from each eternally, Sit et benedictio: Be salvation, honor blessing, Procedenti ab utroque Might and endless majesty. Compar sit laudatio. Amen. Amen. V. Panem de caelo praestitisti eis. V. Thou hast given them bread from heaven. R. Omne delectamentum in se habentem. R. Having within it all sweetness.

Prayer V. Oremus: Deus, qui nobis sub sacramento V. Let us pray: O God, who in this wonderful mirabili, passionis tuae memoriam reliquisti: Sacrament left us a memorial of Thy Passion: grant, we implore Thee, that we may so venerate the sacred tribue, quaesumus, ita nos corporis et mysteries of Thy Body and Blood, as always to be sanguinis tui sacra mysteria venerari, ut conscious of the fruit of Thy Redemption. Thou who redemptionis tuae fructum in nobis iugiter livest and reignest forever and ever. sentiamus. Qui vivis et regnas in saecula saeculorum. R. Amen. R. Amen.

Benediction

Divine Praises Blessed be God. Blessed be the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete. Blessed be His Holy Name. Blessed be the great Mother of God, Mary most Blessed be Jesus Christ, true God and true Man. Holy. Blessed be the Name of Jesus. Blessed be her Holy and Immaculate Conception. Blessed be His Most Sacred Heart. Blessed be her Glorious Assumption. Blessed be His Most Precious Blood. Blessed be the name of Mary, Virgin and Mother. Blessed be Jesus in the Most Holy Sacrament of the Blessed be St. Joseph, her most chaste spouse. Altar. Blessed be God in His Angels and in His Saints.

Reposition of the Most Blessed Sacrament Hymn – Holy God, We Praise Thy Name Holy God, we praise your name; Lord of all, we bow before you; all on earth your scepter claim, all in heav’n above adore you. Infinite your vast domain, everlasting is your reign. Hark, the loud celestial hymn angel choirs above are raising; cherubim and seraphim in unceasing chorus praising, fill the heav’ns with sweet accord: “Holy, holy, holy Lord.” Holy Father, Holy Son, Holy Spirit, Three we name you; while in essence only One, undivided God we claim you, and adoring bend the knee, while we sing this mystery.