The Lourdes for Healing

The Sorrows and Joys of St. Joseph February 5, 2021 The Cathedral of Our Lady of Lourdes Order of Service

Priests are present to hear confessions during the Novena service. If you would like to receive this Sacrament, please form a line along the wall of the Cathedral.

OPENING HYMN Sing We of the Blessed Mother OMNE DIES

FIRST READING Hebrews 5:7-9

RESPONSORIAL PSALM Psalm 31 Howard Hughes, SM

PRAISE TO YOU, LORD CHRIST Frank Schoen

GOSPEL Matthew 1:18-23

SERMON Reverend Father Darrin Connall, V.G.

MARIAN MOTET Sancta Maria, Mater Dei, K. 273 Wolfgang A. Mozart (1756-1791) Sancta Maria, mater Dei, , Mother of God, ego omnia tibi debeo, I owe all to you, sed ab hac hora singulariter And from this hour me tuis servitiis devoveo; I devote myself only to your service. Te patronam, You as a protector, te sospitatricem, eligo. you as a preserver I choose. Tuus honor et cultus Your worship and honor aeternum mihi cordi fuerit, will be eternally in my heart, quem ego numquam deseram which I shall never desert neque ab aliis mihi subditis nor submit, from others liable to me, verbo factoque violari patiar. to it being violated by deed and by word. Sancta Maria tu pia Holy Mary, pious, me pedibus tuis advolutum recipe, receive me, begging at your feet, in vita protege, in life protect me, in mortis discrimine defende. defend me from the risk of death. Amen. Amen.

INTERCESSIONS

ADORATION OF THE CROSS Adagio from String Quartet, Op. 11 Samuel Barber (1910-1981) Popule meus Tomás Luis de Victoria (c.1548-1611)

Popule meus, quid feci tibi? My people, what have I done to you. Aut in quo contristavi te? Responde mihi. Or how have I grieved you? Answer me!

Because I led you out of the land of Egypt, you have prepared a Cross for your Savior.

Hagios o Theos. Deus. Holy is God. Hagios Ischyros. Sanctus fortis. Holy and Mighty. Hagios Athanatos, eleison himas. Holy and Immortal One, have mercy on us. Sanctus immortalis, miserere nobis. Holy and Immortal One, have mercy on us.

Because I led you out through the desert forty years and fed you with manna and brought you into a land of plenty, you have prepared a Cross for your Savior.

Hagios o Theos… Holy is God.

What more should I have done for you and have not done? Indeed, I planted you as my most beautiful and chosen vine and you have turned very bitter for me, for in my thirst you gave me vinegar to drink and with a lance you pierced your Savior’s side.

Hagios o Theos. . . Holy is God.

FINAL AND BLESSING

PLEASE NOTE: The Novena Service tomorrow (Saturday) will be in the context of the 4:00 p.m. Vigil and Father Connall will be the celebrant and homilist.

Prayer before a

Look down upon me, good and gentle Jesus, while before Thy face I humbly kneel, and with burning soul pray and beseech Thee to fix deep in my heart lively sentiments of faith, hope, and charity, true contrition for my sins, and a firm purpose of amendment: while I contemplate with great love and tender pity Thy five wounds, pondering over them within me, having in mind the words which David Thy prophet said of Thee, my Jesus: “They pierced my hands and my feet: they numbered all my bones.”  We adore you O Christ and we bless you, because by Your Holy Cross You have redeemed the world.