Anima Christi, is one of my favourite prayers. I love to end this prayer with the words, I may praise Thee to all eternity. (Here the words are:-forever and ever-I let it be, I could not find this prayer in its many versions with the words I always end my prayer with.)
Remember
Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. John 15:1
These days-the days of online mass, I have been able to complete my prayers within the celebration of the mass itself. With remembering all the names, it does take a bit of time and when you pray, hurry is never good. Because, God is never in a hurry.
The Celebration of the Mass. WHEN THE PRIEST Says:
Priest- Let us Pray.
(Being an online mass, I click the pause button and I am able to pray with all the names-)
I pray for all the order and ranks of our Priests and Nuns.
I pray for Pope Francis and Pope Benedict.
I pray for Cardinal Oswald Gracious.
I pray for Bishop John, Bishop Dominic Savio, Bishop Barthol and Bishop Allwyn.
I pray for all the Priests i know including my Mt. Carmel Priests, Fr. Reuben, Fr. Daniel, Fr. Christopher and Fr. Joe.
I pray for all our sick and aged Priests and Nuns.
And I pray for all our Priests and Nuns. I pray for all of their protection from all evil, protection from all people with evil intentions.
I pray for their protection from diseases, viruses and corona and its variants.
I pray for their protection from all calamities, disasters, drastic things, accidents, tragedies and violence.
I pray for Gods grace and will in their lives.
I pray suffer me Lord, for the love of You, suffer me for the love of all Your Priests and Nuns.
When I forget a certain part of prayer, Jesus tells me; your prayers are always before me. When I am sick, the Spirit of God reminds me what to pray, I do not get worried. I know my prayers are always with God.
WHEN His Lordship Bishop Dominic Savio Says:
We shall place all the intentions of the people and we shall place your intentions here on the Paten along with this bread and wine and ask the Lord to transform us into Himself just as He will transform this Bread and wine into His own Body and Blood. (At this point, The Spirit of God reminds me-The mass is the Sacrifice of Jesus on the Cross. I am told this very moment, that I would need to write what I pray and when I pray during the celebration of the mass). In obedience to The Spirit of God, I write, I add my every prayer during the celebration of the mass!
Priest- Blessed are you, Lord God of all creation, for through your goodness we have received the bread we offer you: fruit of the earth and work of human hands, it will become for us the bread of life.
(I click the pause button)(I offer up my fears, the very many insults, the accusations, the betrayals, the injustices done to me, my failures, my memories. Then I tell Jesus, Your promises, they are my hope-my dreams, my joy-my expectancy and with Your promises of restoration, I offer it all to You, my life in totality-everything is Yours. It always was, is and it always will be, to eternity I am Yours.)
People: Blessed be God forever!
Before the wine is offered to the Father, the Priest adds a drop of water into the chalice.
The wine represents the divine nature; water represents our human nature, so that the mixing of the water and wine signifies the Incarnation of Christ. We pray that we also become one with Christ.
Priest- Blessed are you, Lord God of all creation, for through your goodness we have received the wine we offer you: fruit of the vine and work of human hands it will become our spiritual drink.
(I bring in the Universal Church, I bring in all of Gods children, all of us, all from around the world.)
I offer our fears, our worries, our troubled times, our insecurities, our cries of agony, the betrayals, the humiliations, our failures, our torments, the injustices that we experience, our feelings of abandonment, our anxieties, our depressions, our anguish, our brokenness, our memories, our joys, our hopes and our dreams. I bring us all before the Almighty God-remembering everybody in this offering, so it goes to God in unison!)
I offer up the people who died (whatever the causes) during this time of Covid-19, those who are dying and the sufferings of all their families. I offer all of their torments, their despairing thoughts, their agonies and their feeling of abandonment.
People: Blessed be God forever!
Priest- Pray my sisters and brothers that my sacrifice and yours may be acceptable to God the almighty father.
People: May the Lord accept this sacrifice at your hands
for the praise and glory of His name
for our good and the good of all His Holy Church.
(Many of us hurry with our responses, maybe we hurry because we think we will forget. The Priest, He is always here to guide us, incase we do go wrong. Please make your response with the deepest understanding.)
Priest- TAKE THIS, ALL OF YOU, AND EAT OF IT, FOR THIS IS MY BODY, WHICH WILL BE GIVEN UP FOR YOU.
I pray for all our Priests and Nuns, of all orders and of all ranks. I pray for both our Popes (Pope Francis & Pope Benedict).
I pray for Cardinal Oswald Gracias.
I pray for Bishop John, Bishop Dominic Savio, Bishop Barthol and Bishop Allwyn.
I pray for all the Priests i know including my Mt. Carmel Priests, Fr. Reuben, Fr, Daniel, Fr. Christopher and Fr. Joe.
I pray for all our sick and aged Priests and Nuns.
I pray for all our Priests and Nuns.
I pray for all of their protection from all evil. And for Gods Grace and Will in their lives.
At the online mass, I click the pause button. After having prayed the above, I place my hand on Jesus (The Body of Christ) and pray for every Priest that I know by name and pray for their complete healing from all infirmities, illnesses. I pray for their good health.
Priest- TAKE THIS, ALL OF YOU AND DRINK FROM IT, FOR THIS IS THE CHALICE OF MY BLOOD, THE BLOOD OF THE NEW AND ETERNAL COVENANT, WHICH WILL BE POURED OUT FOR YOU AND FOR MANY FOR THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS. DO THIS IN MEMORY OF ME.
(I click the pause button once more. I place my hand on Jesus and I pray for my family and extended family)
(With my hand still on Jesus (the Chalice with the Blood of Jesus in), I pray for all the people (each person) I know who are sick, praying for their complete healing from all the infirmities in their bodies. I pray for their good health.)
Priest- Remember also our brothers and sisters who have fallen asleep in the hope of the resurrection and all who have died in your mercy, welcome them in the light of your face. Have mercy on us all.
(I pray- Lord until I come to participate in the next celebration of the mass, I offer this mass and all the masses offered universally for all the souls in Purgatory and the souls who will leave the world today. I pray for Your mercy on all, that all be saved. Suffer me Lord, for the love of You, Suffer me Lord, for the love of all souls, that all be saved. That no soul be lost. Your mercy, Lord. Thank You, Lord.)
(I pray in this manner, so that I do not ever miss in praying each day for souls, they are in that time-sealed in prayers, till the time I come for the next celebration of the mass. I know my prayers are always in the presence of God-and i pray for every soul to be with God.)
This was a long, long time back, I don’t know the time, but I would often whisper a prayer to Jesus. I am not a brave person. But I always prayed to suffer with Jesus. Finally, Jesus responded with ‘It’s not for you to ask’.
That quietened me for some time, understanding that Jesus had a reason. Problem I realized in my life is, I have never learnt to ask the right questions? This is what I need to have done is ask Jesus, for what Jesus meant. But what I did was the opposite, I sat shocked.
‘It’s not for you to ask’. (it could mean - taken by the first 4 words.) I’ll explain…
This is not what I have in mind for you. Ask for something else.
Later Jesus explained it to me. I am still learning to ask the right questions. I sometimes fail. But the Spirit of God, holds me.
But Matthew 7:7 - Ask, and it will be given you;
One of the days, in what seems to be so very long back, I realized I could pray for souls. I did not wish to see any soul lost. I asked of Jesus, to let me suffer for all the souls and I told Jesus, I desire to help.
It was a dream, where in my dream, I opened the Living room door and souls came gushing in. They came to see me. They were all bright and all joyous. Numerous enough. I honestly cannot give you a count. All I know is, they were too many and they were passing too swiftly. They came to let me know, they came to tell me, the power of Prayers and sacrifice.
Jesus accepted my prayer.
A few years later...
18th April, 2019, Maundy Thursday.
08:00 – celebration of the mass.
Fr. Reuben, Fr. Christopher and Fr. Alvaro.
Fr. Daniel’s absence…
After receiving the Body of Christ, Jesus permits me to see His presence in people who receive HIM. I felt the souls all of them. Jesus shares this with me and makes me see how precious they are.
11:00-An hour with the LORD!
(Jesus has specifically directed me to mention each and every detail as they have happened).
COMMUNION
Priest- Then he takes the Host, breaks It over the Paten, and places a small piece in the chalice, saying quietly: May this mingling of the Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ bring eternal life to us who receive it.
(The breaking of the Host reminds us that Christ was broken and died for us.)
Thank You, Abba Father.
Thank You, Jesus.
Thank You, Holy Spirit.
REMEMBER: 1.
We are here on a beautiful journey-Heavenwards and in this journey we are to pray for each other. (as the line below, in yellow, in this prayer indicates)
I confess to almighty God and to you, my brothers and sisters, that I have greatly sinned, in my thoughts and in my words, in what I have done and in what I have failed to do, ((And, striking…) through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault; (Then we continue)) therefore I ask blessed Mary ever-Virgin, all the Angels and Saints, and you, my brothers and sisters, to pray for me to the Lord our God.
REMEMBER: 2.
This is how we must always come to God, with a complete AWE and a total REVERENCE!
When we sing THE SANCTUS, our response must be from the overflow of our Heart and must be full of reverence.
1."Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God of hosts. Heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest.
2. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest."
“Holy” represents The Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit – the Holy Trinity.
The first part of the “Sanctus” signals to our entrance into heavenly worship.
The second part signals that in the Eucharist we are entering into Christ’s sacrifice.
(There are cantors-who don’t realize there is a second part to the Sanctus.)
REMEMBER: 3.
Christ has Died, Christ is Risen, Christ will Come Again! (I always add this to The Mystery of Faith... these words are so important to me)
Our focus and trust should be CHRIST. This is our confidence. This is our FAITH!
At the end of the celebration of the Mass, I love to visit Jesus in The Tabernacle. It is my favourite place in the Church. My words to Jesus in the Tabernacle, ‘Never let me be parted from You’.
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