Sunday, November 4, 2012

Devotion for today: Pray the Office for the Dead (Liturgy of the Hours) Part Two

Antiphon 3: As the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so the Son gives life to whom he wills.

Canticle: Philippians 2:6-11
Though he was in the form of God,
Jesus did not deem equality with God
something to be grasped at.

Rather, he emptied himself
and took the form of a slave,
being born in the likeness of men.

He was known to be of human estate,
and it was thus that he humbled himself,
obediently accepting even death,
death on a cross!

Because of this,
God Highly exalted him
and bestowed on him the name
above every other name,

so that at Jesus’ name
every knee must bend
in the heavens, on the earth,
and under the earth,
and every tongue proclaim
to the glory of God the Father:
JESUS CHRIST IS LORD!

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.

Antiphon 3: As the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so the Son gives life to whom he wills.


READING: 1 Corinthians 15:55-57
O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting? But thanks be to God who has given us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

RESPONSORY
Lord, in your steadfast love, give them eternal rest.
--Lord, in your steadfast love, give them eternal rest.

You will come to judge the living and the dead.
–Give them eternal rest.

Glory to the Father and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
–Lord, in your steadfast love, give them eternal rest.

CANTICLE OF MARY

Antiphon: Our Crucified and risen Lord has redeemed us, alleluia.

(Make the sign of the Cross)

My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord,
my spirit rejoices in God my Savior
for he has looked with favor on his lowly servant.

From this day all generations will call me blessed:
the Almighty has done great things for me,
and holy is his Name.

He has mercy on those who fear him
in every generation.

He has shown the strength of his arm,
he has scattered the proud in their conceit.

He has cast down the mighty from their thrones
and has lifted up the lowly.

He has filled the hungry with good things,
and the rich he has sent away empty.

He has come to the help of his servant Israel
for he has remembered his promise of mercy,
the promise he made to our fathers,
to Abraham and his children forever.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen

Antiphon: Our Crucified and risen Lord has redeemed us, alleluia.

INTERCESSIONS

We acknowledge Christ the Lord through whom we hope that our lowly bodies will be made like his in glory, and we say:
Lord, you are our life and resurrection.

Christ, Son of the living God, who raised up Lazarus, your friend, from the dead:
–raise up to life and glory the dead whom you have redeemed by your precious blood.

Christ, consoler of those who mourn, you dried the tears of the family of Lazarus, of the widow’s son, and the daughter of Jairus,
–comfort those who mourn for the dead.

Christ, Savior, destroy the reign of sin in our earthly bodies, so that just as through sin we deserved punishment,
–so through you we may gain eternal life.

Christ, Redeemer, look on those who have no hope because they do not know you,
–may they receive faith in the resurrection and in the life of the world to come.

You revealed yourself to the blind man who begged for light of his eyes,
–show your face to the dead who are still deprived of your light.

When at last our earthy home is dissolved,
–give us a home, not of earthly making, but built of eternity in heaven.

Our Father, who art in heaven...(recite the whole prayer)

Prayer


Almighty and merciful God,
may our dearly departed share in the victory of Christ
who loved us so much that he died and rose again
to bring us new life.

We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.

Conclusion

May the Lord bless us, protect us from all evil, and bring us to everlasting life.
–Amen.

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