Liturgy Book World Youth Day Rio de Janeiro | 2013 INDEX Official WYD Prayer 5 JulY 26th | Friday 132 Liturgy of the Hours 132 Message of His Holiness Benedict XVI 6 Daily Mass 146 Message from the Archbishop Orani João Tempesta 17 Way of the Cross 149 WYD 2013 Hymn 19 JulY 27th | Saturday 160 Liturgy of the Hours 160 st JulY 21 | Sunday 20 Daily Mass 170 Liturgy of the Hours 20 Vigil with the Pope 174 Daily Mass 16th Sunday in ordinary time th JulY 28 | Sunday 180 nd JulY 22 | MOnday 42 Liturgy of the Hours 180 Liturgy of the Hours 42 Daily Mass | Final Mass with the Pope 197 Daily Mass| Memorial of Saint Mary Magdalene 49 th JulY 29 | MOnday 222 rd JulY 23 | Tuesday 53 Liturgy of the Hours 222 53 Liturgy of the Hours Daily Mass |Memorial of Saint Martha 238 Daily Mass| Opening Mass with th Archbishop Orani João Tempesta 71 JulY 30 | Tuesday 243 Liturgy of the Hours 243 JulY 24rd | WeDnesday 97 Liturgy of the Hours 97 Daily Mass 114 Patrons of the Day 261 JulY 25rd | THursday 118 The Order of the Mass 264 Liturgy of the Hours 118 Appendix 280 Daily Mass | Feast of Saint James, Apostle 124 extra Music 282 Papal welcoming ceremony 128 Guide to Confessions 285 2 3 OFFICIAL PRAYER Oh Father, You sent Your Eternal Son to save the world, and You chose men and women, so that through Him, with Him and in Him, they might proclaim the Good News of the Gospel to all nations. Grant us the necessary graces, so that, by the power of the Holy Spirit, the joy of being evangelists, which the Church needs in the Third Millennium, may shine in the faces of all young people. Oh Christ, Redeemer of humanity, the image of Your open arms on the top of Corcovado, welcomes all people. In Your pas- chal offering, You led us, by the Holy Spirit, to encounter the Fa- ther as His children. Young people, who are nourished by the Eucharist, who hear You in Your Word and meet You as their brother, need your infinite mercy to walk along the paths of this world as disciples and missionaries of the New Evangelization. Oh Holy Spirit, Love of the Father and of the Son, with the splendor of Your Truth and the fire of Your Love, shed Your Light upon all young people so that, inspired by their experience at World Youth Day, they may bring faith, hope and charity to the four corners of the earth, becoming great builders of a culture of life and peace as well as catalysts of a new world. Amen! 5 MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI I invite you to prepare for World Youth Day in Rio de Janeiro by medi- FOR THE TWENTY-EIGHTH WORLD tating even now on the theme of the meeting: “Go and make disciples of all nations!” (Matthew 28:19). This is the great missionary mandate that YOUTH DAY 2013 Christ gave the whole Church, and today, two thousand years later, it remains as urgent as ever. This mandate should resound powerfully in your hearts. The year of preparation for the gathering in Rio coincides with the Year of Faith, which began with the Synod of Bishops devot- ed to “The New Evangelization for the Transmission of the Christian Faith”. I am happy that you too, dear young people, are involved in this missionary outreach on the part of the whole Church. To make Christ known is the most precious gift that you can give to others. “Go and make disciples of all nations!” (cf. Mt 28:19) 1. A pressing call History shows how many young people, by their generous gift of self, made a great contribution to the Kingdom of God and the development of this world by proclaiming the Gospel. Filled with enthusiasm, they Dear young friends, brought the Good News of God’s Love made manifest in Christ; they used the means and possibilities then available, which were far inferior to those we have today. One example which comes to mind is Blessed I greet all of you with great joy and affection. I am sure that many of José de Anchieta. He was a young Spanish Jesuit of the sixteenth cen- you returned from World Youth Day in Madrid all the more “planted tury who went as a missionary to Brazil before he was twenty years and built up in Jesus Christ, firm in the faith” (cf. Col 2:7). This year in old and became a great apostle of the New World. But I also think of our Dioceses we celebrated the joy of being Christians, taking as our those among yourselves who are generously devoted to the Church’s theme: “Rejoice in the Lord always” (Phil 4:4). And now we are preparing mission. I saw a wonderful testimony of this at World Youth Day in for the next World Youth Day, which will take place in Rio de Janeiro, Madrid, particularly at the meeting with volunteers. Brazil, in July 2013. Many young people today seriously question whether life is something Before all else, I invite you once more to take part in this important good, and have a hard time finding their way. More generally, however, event. The celebrated statue of Christ the Redeemer overlooking that young people look at the difficulties of our world and ask themselves: beautiful Brazilian city will be an eloquent symbol for us. Christ’s open is there anything I can do? The light of faith illumines this darkness. It arms are a sign of his willingness to embrace all those who come to him, helps us to understand that every human life is priceless because each and his heart represents his immense love for everyone and for each of us is the fruit of God’s love. God loves everyone, even those who of you. Let yourselves be drawn to Christ! Experience this encounter have fallen away from him or disregard him. God waits patiently. In- along with all the other young people who will converge on Rio for the deed, God gave his Son to die and rise again in order to free us radically next World Youth Day! Accept Christ’s love and you will be the wit- from evil. Christ sent his disciples forth to bring this joyful message of nesses so needed by our world. salvation and new life to all people everywhere. 6 7 MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI The Church, in continuing this mission of evangelization, is also count- faith. We cannot be true believers if we do not evangelize. The procla- ing on you. Dear young people, you are the first missionaries among mation of the Gospel can only be the result of the joy that comes from your contemporaries! At the end of the Second Vatican Council– meeting Christ and finding in him the rock on which our lives can be whose fiftieth anniversary we are celebrating this year – the Servant of built. When you work to help others and proclaim the Gospel to them, God Paul VI consigned a message to the youth of the world. It began: then your own lives, so often fragmented because of your many activi- “It is to you, young men and women of the world, that the Council ties, will find their unity in the Lord. You will also build up your own wishes to address its final message. For it is you who are to receive the selves, and you will grow and mature in humanity. torch from the hands of your elders and to live in the world at the pe- riod of the most massive transformations ever realized in its history. It What does it mean to be a missionary? Above all, it means being a dis- is you who, taking up the best of the example and the teaching of your ciple of Christ. It means listening ever anew to the invitation to fol- parents and your teachers, will shape the society of tomorrow. You will low him and look to him: “Learn from me, for I am gentle and hum- either be saved or perish with it”. It concluded with the words: “Build ble in heart” (Mt 11:29). A disciple is a person attentive to Jesus’ word with enthusiasm a better world than what we have today!” (Message to (cf. Lk 10:39), someone who acknowledges that Jesus is the Teacher who Young People, 8 December 1965). has loved us so much that he gave his life for us. Each one of you, there- fore, should let yourself be shaped by God’s word every day. This will Dear friends, this invitation remains timely. We are passing through a make you friends of the Lord Jesus and enable you to lead other young very particular period of history. Technical advances have given us un- people to friendship with him. precedented possibilities for interaction between people and nations. But the globalization of these relationships will be positive and help the I encourage you to think of the gifts you have received from God world to grow in humanity only if it is founded on love rather than on so that you can pass them on to others in turn. Learn to reread your materialism. Love is the only thing that can fill hearts and bring people personal history. Be conscious of the wonderful legacy passed down together.