Lourdes Prayer Book 2023

“Go and tell the priests to build a chapel here”

“Go and tell the priests to build a chapel here”

Pilgrimage Programme 2023

Saturday 15th July

Eve Arrivals

Sunday 16th July (15th Sunday of the Year)

0930 page 30 International Mass (Basilica St Pius X)

1430 Walking Tour of Lourdes

1600 page 33 Rosary for Vocations (Prairie)

1645 page 36 Blessing of the Pilgrimage Candle (Prairie)

2030 page 63 Marian Procession (Esplanade)

2130 Concert (Esplanade)

Monday 17th July

1015 page 37 Opening Mass (Esplanade Altar)

1115 Pilgrimage Photograph (Rosary Square)

1530 page 40 Stations of the Cross (Chemin de Croix)

1600 page 40 Stations of the. Cross (Prairie)

1700 page 63 Eucharistic Procession (Esplanade)

2100 page 64 Marian Procession (Esplanade)

Tuesday 18th July

0930 page 41 Mass & Anointing of the Sick (Chapel St Joseph)

1130 Passage through the Grotto (Grotte)

1500 page 46 Geste de l’eau (Prairie)

1700 page 63 Eucharistic Procession (Esplanade)

2030 page 48 Reconciliation Service (Chapel Saint Joseph)

Wednesday 19th July

1000 page 56 Grotto Mass (Grotte)

1500 Garden Party (Hotel Alba)

2100 page 64 Marian Procession (Esplanade)

Thursday 20th July

0930 page 59 Closing Mass (Chapel Sainte Teresa)

1100 Departures

Lourdes Prayerbook 2023

Welcome to our Pilgrimage from Bishop Patrick

Dear Pilgrims

It is good to be in Lourdes! I am always pleased when we are able, as a Diocese, to journey to this holy Grotto of Lourdes where Our Blessed Lady appeared to Saint Bernadette, and where she invites us to visit also.

Our Pilgrimage begins when the heart is moved to make the journey and take the first step; it is a great thing to begin that journey. Through the Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes we reach out to the sick, the lonely and the marginalised, members of our parishes and communities, as well as the active, able bodied and involved members too. How we journey as pilgrims takes many different forms, but each year we are supported by a medical team of volunteers and a great group of young people, as well as many other volunteers too, who give of their time to make it a very special experience for all. We come together as a Diocesan Pilgrim community journeying with Christ and Our Lady to this holy place that we call Lourdes. The experience of Lourdes, and volunteering at Lourdes, has helped many people, young and old alike, to have a real “Encounter” with Christ and to experience the power of the prayers of our Blessed Mother for themselves, and all whom they hold in prayer during their Pilgrimage to Lourdes.

May our time in Lourdes during this year’s Pilgrimage enable us to truly allow Christ into our lives, and may we hear more clearly that call of our Blessed Mother, to ‘come to this place’. With my prayers for each one of you, your families and friends,

Right Reverend Patrick McKinney Bishop of Nottingham

The Sanctuary of Lourdes

Lourdes nestles in the foothills of the Pyrenees, in South-Western France. In 1858, Bernadette Soubirous was gathering wood along with her companions at a place called Massabielle, close to the River Gave. She found herself at a grotto, and there she saw a “beautiful lady”. Eventually the lady identified herself – “I am the Immaculate Conception”.

Since then, millions have accepted the invitation to come to Lourdes –to pray, to process, to wash in the waters of the spring she discovered at the grotto - as a sign of hope, faith, and conversion.

For 90 years pilgrims have travelled from the Diocese of Nottingham to Lourdes. You are to be among those pilgrims – you are a welcome guest in this blessed place. May your pilgrimage be a time of peace and renewal.

Our Pilgrimage to Lourdes

The dictionary describes a pilgrim as a wanderer, one who travels to a sacred place. It is a journey of faith.

We regard our pilgrimage group as a family, people together from a wide social background, a variety of ages and life experiences. It is this diversity that reflects an extended family; the constant link is care for each other. Each individual has a contribution to make. Each one of us has something to give. Our different personalities combined make us strong, both as individuals and as a group of pilgrims on our journey of faith.

Mary’s

call for people to

“come in procession” can be regarded as asking that people “move out of their own familiar world, their own ordinary routine, their own narrow perspectives and join with people from other places, forming a community around the person of Jesus and becoming the true children of God”.

Some Practical Information

Pilgrimage

Please remember that Pilgrimage is a time for prayer, reflection and relaxation, and each of these aspects is acknowledged in our planned programme. It is not wise to regard the Pilgrimage as a spiritual marathon, where you have to attend ‘events’ most of the day, every day.

Medical Issues

If you have medical issues please speak with Deacon David Knight or Be Jackson, our two Health Team Leads Any member of the health team will be able to assist you, or provide details of what medical provision is available in Lourdes. All medical issues are dealt with confidentially.

Dehydration

Lourdes can be very hot in July so during the Pilgrimage try to drink plenty of water. Carry water where possible.

Sun protection

You will find that, at some of the liturgies and processions, you are out in the (very strong) sun for a considerable period of time, so make sure you have a hat, clothing that will protect your arms, face, neck and shoulders, and a high-factor sun block.

Processions

When we assemble for processions, please keep together, gathering behind the diocesan banners.

Torchlight (Marian) Procession

This takes place as darkness falls, and finishes after dark. Be aware that many people take part, most of them carrying lighted candles. Please be very careful.

Confession

A Chapel of Reconciliation is open every day in the Sanctuary. We also have our own Service of Reconciliation, including the opportunity for individual confession, on Tuesday evening.

Sanctuary information

Information about events in the Sanctuary can be found on Notice Boards by the Information Forum near Saint Joseph’s Gate.

Beggars

You may see some ‘beggars’ in Lourdes. Please do not give them any money as the Lourdes authorities already make provision for genuine cases.

Security

Please do take care of your belongings, for in Lourdes, as in any place where there are crowds, there may be pickpockets.

Road safety

There is a one-way system of traffic on many roads in Lourdes, but the thousands of pilgrims, and the many coaches, lorries, cars and wheelchairs, can make travelling in Lourdes difficult at times. Be alert at all times – always err on the side of caution. It is more important to get to somewhere safe and late, rather than not get there at all!!

Timings

Some of the timings for our liturgies and other events might change, due to circumstances outside of our control. Please be alert to any announcements of changes, usually made at the end of Masses, or during mealtimes in our hotel.

Telephones

If you want to ‘phone home whilst in Lourdes, the dialing code (for UK) is 00 44, then the appropriate dialing code for your area, leaving out the first 0. For example, a Nottingham number would be 00 44 115 followed by the rest of the number.

Lunch: 12.00 (12 noon)

Dinner: 19.00 (7pm)

Who’s Who?

Pilgrimage Leader Bishop Patrick McKinney

Pilgrimage Director: Father Gregory Tobin

Deputy Director: Father Simon Gillespie

Protection Co-ordinator: Mary Parr

Health Team Leads:

Bernadette (Be) Jackson

Deacon David Knight

Hospitalite Lead: Joe Hopkins

Schools’ Group Lead

Mary Parr

Sanctuary Lead

Charles Archer

Communications Lead

Naomi Roberts

Policy Documents

The policy documents which can be consulted deal with:

• Data Protection

• Health and Safety

• Health Care Policies

• Major Incident Policy

• Missing Person Policy

• Risk Assessments

• Safeguarding (Protection of Children & Vulnerable Adults)

Please speak with Father Simon if you’d like to read or have a copy of any of the policies listed above

Pastoral Theme of 2023

Go and tell the priests to build a chapel

The Sanctuary of Lourdes is suggesting as a pastoral theme the words that Mary, the Mother of God, entrusted to Bernadette Soubirous on 2nd March 1858 : “Go and tell the priests to build a chapel here and that people should come in procession.” Taking into account the content and the richness of these words and so as to make them more easily digestible for the pilgrims, they are being presented in three stages :

In 2022: “Go and tell the priests ...”

In 2023: “... to build here a chapel here…”

In 2024: “… and that people should come in procession.”

In focusing on “Go and tell the priests to build a chapel here” one of the keys to helping us make these words of Mary our own is essentially pastoral.

Indeed, when it comes to understanding the person of the Virgin Mary, we are all invited to turn to the teaching of the Church. However, when it comes to loving the Mother of God, we must turn to the experience of the holy and faithful People of God: the pilgrims themselves, and among them, par excellence, Bernadette Soubirous.

This also applies to priests. To understand who the priest is, we must turn to the teaching of the church. But, to love priests, we must contemplate the Mother of Jesus and the holy and faithful People of God. And, to love the priests of Lourdes, we are invited to make the experience of Bernadette our own.

The Facts

On 2nd March 1858, 1,650 people were gathered at the Grotto, before Bernadette even arrived. As soon as she arrived, Bernadette knelt down and, holding a candle in her hand, she slowly made a large sign of the Cross, then recited her rosary. Very quickly, her face lit up, proof that the Lady was there. At the end of the rosary, Bernadette performed the penitential gestures that the Lady had taught her. She kissed the ground as a sign of penance for sinners. Moving on her knees, she went to the spring, to drink and wash. Bernadette performed these gestures with reverence and her face was sad, but she also performed them slowly, as the many people inside the Grotto slowed her progress.

Soon after, her face lit up and, although she remained still, everyone understood that the Lady was there. And like a mother and her daughter, they shared a time of intimacy. Once this intimacy had made the meeting possible, finally there came the time of catechesis, teaching and even mission. This is how on Tuesday 2nd March 1858, the Lady asked Bernadette to, “Go and tell the priests to build a chapel here and that people should come in procession.”

During the 3rd apparition, Bernadette had received and accepted an invitation from the Lady: “Would you do me the honour of coming here for fifteen days?” And now during this, the 13th apparition, this personal, intimate although demanding dialogue, which was full of politeness, tenderness, and affection, was opened up to the whole Church, to the whole of humanity. Bernadette had just received, for the first time in her life, a mission that concerned other people: “Go and tell ...”

Ever since the 1st apparition, Bernadette had been confronted with numerous obstacles that she had to overcome. But her “mission” was undoubtedly what proved most difficult for her to accomplish. She left the Grotto, but did not go directly to the Cachot find her parents. Instead,

accompanied by two of her aunts, Bernadette went to the Lourdes presbytery, to see the priest of Lourdes, Father Peyramale.

It was a difficult time for her. Firstly, because it was the first time that she had met this man of impressive stature, but also because the reception the priest gave to Aunt Bernarde, Aunt Basile and Bernadette was far from warm.

Intimidated, Bernadette became a little flustered. To the extent that when she was leaving the priest's house, she realised that she had forgotten part of the request. Bernadette did not ask her aunts to accompany her when she returned to the parish priest, but instead went to the parish sacristan, Dominiquette Cazenave, to arrange a meeting with the priest. It was on the evening of 2nd March, that she told Father Peyramale her message: “Go and tell the priests to build a chapel here and that people should come in procession.” Bernadette left the presbytery radiant, and confided to Dominiquette, “I am very happy, I have done my errand.”

The messenger was undeniably weak, but it was because she passed on the message that we, too, can be at the Grotto of Lourdes today.

The pastoral mission of the Sanctuary of Lourdes must take on three fundamental realities, the meeting between Mary and Bernadette, the teaching of the Church, and the experience of the pilgrims. These three components must be clearly communicated so that everyone can benefit from the Sanctuary’s distinguishing grace.

But how do we define the grace of Lourdes? The question is badly phrased, but it is, at the same time, quite legitimate because you need to know what you are talking about. The question is badly phrased because it is not simply one grace among many. It is the primary grace of the Gospel: “Convert, for the Kingdom of Heaven has come near” (Matt.

3:2). The Kingdom, grace, reveals itself before the call to conversion, and it is the closeness of the Kingdom that gives rise to the choice: “Whoever has two coats must share with anyone who has none” (Luke 3:11). “Lord, to whom can we go? You have the words of eternal life” (John 6:68). Thus, the grace of conversion has been given to us in Lourdes, from the beginning of the Apparitions so that we might:

• experience it, for our good and that of others,

• choose God,

• welcome “a new heaven and a new earth” which gives a paschal meaning to our existence,

• come to share in the Kingdom.

“Go and Tell ….”

• What does ‘being given a mission’ mean to me?

• Have I ever taken the opportunity to spread the gospel, either on my own or with other people?

• What does it mean to me to be a missionary disciple of Christ?

Bernadette’s Words

“I am not here to make you believe me; but simply to tell you what I have seen and heard” said Bernadette to Abbe Fonteneau on 28th August 1858.

Biblical references

Jesus said to Mary Magdalene and the other Mary, “Do not be afraid, go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee: there they will see me” (Matthew 28:10).

Jesus said to Mary Magdalene: “Go to my brothers and tell them that I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God” (John 20:17).

“The Priests!”

• What do I expect from priests?

• How often do I take the opportunity to meet with a priest?

Bernadette’s Words

“The priest at the altar is always Jesus Christ on the cross” (N 528).

In Nevers, Bernadette said of Abbe Pomian, “He is a priest” and she added, “He is a father for our sisters of Lourdes” (N 201).

Biblical references

Having taken bread and given thanks, he broke it and gave it to them, saying, “Then he took a loaf of bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to them, saying, ‘This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.’ 20 And he did the same with the cup after supper, saying, ‘This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood” (Luke 22:19-20).

“Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained” (John20:22-23).

“To build”

• For me, what is important to build a community (family, parish, associations…)?

• How often do I take the opportunity to participate with others to build or develop together spiritually?

Bernadette’s Words

In the chapel (of the Convent of Nevers) Bernadette liked to hide in her nun’s veil by pulling it over each side of her face as far as possible. She said, "It's my own little chapel" (N 28).

Biblical reference

“You are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the cornerstone. In him the whole structure is joined together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord; in whom you also are built together spiritually into a dwelling-place for God” (Ephesians 2:20-22).

“Here”

• Can I see specific places around me where I could evangelise?

• What are the important areas of my life that have not yet been touched by the grace of the Gospel?

Bernadette’s Words

“Let us seek only the glory of God and his will” (N 98).

Biblical reference

“If I proclaim the gospel, this gives me no ground for boasting, for an obligation is laid on me, and woe betide me if I do not proclaim the gospel! For if I do this of my own will, I have a reward; but if not of my own will, I am entrusted with a commission.”, says Saint Paul (1 Corinthians 9:16-17).

The Chapel!

• Who was it who spoke to me, who showed me the Grotto of Lourdes for the first time (in Lourdes or outside of Lourdes)?

• Why do I come to Lourdes on pilgrimage either on my own or with others?

• During a pilgrimage, what do I expect to be able to experience in the sanctuary?

• Why am I drawn to Lourdes?

Bernadette’s Words

After the apparitions, Bernadette said, “I felt drawn towards the Lady, I don't know how or why; I cannot express the feelings that moved me at that moment” (N 215).

In Nevers, having become a nun, Bernadette said, “Every day, I go in spirit to the Grotto and I make my pilgrimage there” (N 616).

Biblical references

“The disciples devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers” (Acts 2:42).

“I looked, and there was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages” (Revelation 7:9).

The welcome: The pastoral mission of “proximity”

Bernadette's experience was linked to that of hospitality. Eighteen times, the Virgin Mary welcomed her at the Grotto of Lourdes. From the fourth apparition, she was also greeted by the men and women who were there praying. These few people were already forming the Church that welcomed Bernadette. This was a spiritual welcome. There were also those people who helped Bernadette get close to the Grotto without incident. This was a physical welcome.

Bernadette's experience was linked to that of hospitality. Eighteen times, the Virgin Mary welcomed her at the Grotto of Lourdes. From the fourth apparition, she was also greeted there by the women and men who were there praying. These few people were already forming the Church that welcomed Bernadette. This was a spiritual welcome. There were also those people who helped Bernadette get close to the Grotto without incident. This was a physical welcome.

The welcome in a Marian shrine is linked to the “proximity” of Mary of whom Saint John speaks in his Gospel: “... and the Mother of Jesus was there”, at the wedding in Cana, at the foot of the Cross. The welcome in Lourdes is linked to these words of Mary: “Would you do me the honour of coming here ...”

“I think, first of all, of the importance of the hospitality that is to be reserved for pilgrims. We know that increasingly often our Shrines are a destination not of organized groups, but of individual pilgrims or autonomous groups who set out to reach these holy places. It is sad when it happens that, on their arrival, there is no one to give them a word of welcome and to receive them as pilgrims who have made a journey, often long, to reach the Sanctuary. And worse still is when they find the door closed! It must not happen that more attention is paid to material and financial needs, forgetting that the most important reality is the pilgrims. They are the ones that count. The bread comes later, but first them. We must take care to ensure that each one feels “at home”, like a long-awaited family member who has finally arrived.” Pope Francis - Meeting with the rectors of the sanctuaries. November 2018.

Accompaniment: The pastoral mission of “compassion”

Bernadette never came to the Grotto alone. She was always accompanied, physically and spiritually. But we should bear in mind that this was also a physical act and a spiritual process for the people who accompanied Bernadette, it was a process open to prayer. Let us not forget either that throughout the apparitions, Bernadette was accompanied by priests, especially by Father Pomian, who would become her spiritual director.

This accompaniment is linked to the “compassion” of Mary. Mary's compassion for us is evident when, at the foot of the Cross, her

motherhood reaches out to all of humanity: “When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing beside her, he said to his mother, ‘Woman, here is your son.’” (John 19:26). In Lourdes, Mary's compassion manifests itself at the time of the penitential apparitions. It is at the heart of these apparitions that the spring is revealed, “Go and drink at the spring and wash yourself there”.

“The Sanctuary is above all – the second thing – a place of prayer. Most of our shrines are dedicated to Marian piety. Here the Virgin Mary opens the arms of her maternal love to listen to the prayer of each person and to fulfil it. The feelings that every pilgrim has in the depths of his heart are those that he finds also in the Mother of God. Here she smiles, giving consolation. Here she sheds tears with those who cry. Here she presents to each one the Son of God held tight in her arms as the most precious thing that any mother could possess. Here Mary becomes the companion on the path of every person who raises their eyes to her asking for grace, certain it will be granted. The Virgin responds to everyone with the intensity of her gaze, which artists have been able to paint, often guided in turn from above in contemplation.” (Pope Francis - Meeting with the Rectors shrines. November 2018).

The Church: The pastoral mission: “to allow people to experience the maternal face of the Church”

Welcoming and accompanying people to their meeting with the Lady brings us back to something beautiful, true, and ecclesial. It is always through the other person that we have access to the spring. We can be the one who reveals the source to others while, at the same time, being the one to whom the spring is revealed. We can be the one who gives the water and the one who receives the water. The encounter with the Blessed Virgin and, through her, with her Son Jesus Christ, takes place in the encounter with the other person. Jesus tells us this in the Gospel: “When two or three are gathered in my name, I am there among them”

(Matt 18:20). All this is given to us as a sign that allows us to glimpse something else: the new humanity.

The experience of being part of the Church is linked to the presence of Mary in the Upper Room: “All these were constantly devoting themselves to prayer, together with certain women, including Mary the mother of Jesus, as well as his brothers” (Acts 1:13-14). In Lourdes, this presence of Mary at the heart of the Church is given to us through her name: “I am the Immaculate Conception”. Mary, Virgin and Mother, custodian of the Word, is fruitful through the gift she makes of the Word. The Shrine, custodian of a grace, is fruitful through the gift of this grace.

“Mary was able to turn a stable into a home for Jesus, with poor swaddling clothes and an abundance of love. She is the handmaid of the

Father who sings his praises. She is the friend who is ever concerned that wine is not lacking in our lives. She is the woman whose heart was pierced by a sword and who understands all our pain. As mother of all, she is a sign of hope for peoples suffering the birth pangs of justice. She is the missionary who draws near to us and accompanies us throughout life, opening our hearts to faith by her maternal love. As a true mother, she walks at our side, she shares our struggles, and she constantly surrounds us with God’s love. Through her many titles, often linked to her shrines, Mary shares the history of each people which has received the Gospel and she becomes a part of their historic identity.” (Pope Francis - The Joy of the Gospel 286).

The Order of Mass

Greeting

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Peace be with you. And with your spirit.

Penitential Rite

Brethren (brothers and sisters), let us acknowledge our sins, and so prepare ourselves to celebrate the sacred mysteries. 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, through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault; 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.

May almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins, and bring us to everlasting life. Amen.

Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Christ, have mercy. Christ, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.

Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to people of good will. We praise you, we bless you, we adore you, we glorify you, we give you thanks for your great glory, Lord God, heavenly King, O God, almighty Father. Lord Jesus Christ, Only Begotten Son, Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, you take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us; you take away the sins of the world, receive our prayer; you are seated at the right hand of the Father, have mercy on us. For you alone are the Holy One, you alone are the Lord, you alone are the Most High, Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit, in the glory of God the Father. Amen.

Collect (Opening Prayer)

. . . for ever and ever. Amen.

© Christopher Walker; New Celtic Liturgy

The Liturgy of the Word

After the reading(s)

The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.

Before the Gospel

Sing alleluia, sing alleluia, sing alleluia to the Lord.

Sing alleluia, sing alleluia, sing alleluia to the Lord.

The Lord be with you. And with your spirit.

A reading from the holy Gospel according to N. Glory to you, O Lord.

After the Gospel

The Gospel of the Lord.

Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

The Prayer of the Faithful

Lord, in your mercy. Hear our prayer.

We seek the intercession of the Blessed Mother of God: Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now, and at the hour of our death. Amen.

The Liturgy of the Eucharist

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. Blessed be God forever.

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. Blessed be God for ever.

Pray brethren (brothers and sisters), that my sacrifice and yours may be acceptable to God, the almighty Father. May the Lord accept the sacrifice at your hands for the praise and glory of his name, for our good and the good of all his holy Church.

Preface Dialogue

The Lord be with you. And with your spirit. Lift up your hearts. We lift them up to the Lord. Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. It is right and just.

Sanctus

Holy, Holy, Holy Lord, God of hosts. Heaven and earth, are full of your glory, Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna, in the highest.

© Christopher Walker; New Celtic Liturgy

Memorial Acclamation

© Christopher Walker; New Celtic Liturgy

The Communion Rite

At the Saviour’s command and formed by divine teaching, we dare to say:

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

Deliver us, Lord, we pray, from every evil, graciously grant peace in our days, that, by the help of your mercy, we may be always free from sin and safe from all distress, as we await the blessed hope and the coming of our Saviour, Jesus Christ. For the kingdom, the power and the glory are yours now and for ever.

Missal Tone

Lord Jesus Christ, who said to your Apostles: Peace I leave you, my peace I give you, look not on our sins, but on the faith of your Church, and graciously grant her peace and unity in accordance with your will. Who live and reign for ever and ever. Amen.

The peace of the Lord be with you always. And with your spirit. Let us offer each other the sign of peace.

Agnus Dei

Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world: have mercy on us.

Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world: have mercy on us.

Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world: grant us peace.

Behold the Lamb of God, behold him who takes away the sins of the world. Blessed are those called to the supper of the Lamb. Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof, but only say the word and my soul shall be healed.

Those who are not Catholic, or who don’t usually receive Holy Communion in the Catholic Church are welcome to come forward for a blessing; please cross your arms over your chest to indicate this.

The Prayer after Communion . . .

for ever and ever. Amen.

Concluding Rites

The Lord be with you. And with your spirit. May almighty God bless you, the Father, and the Son, + and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Go forth, the Mass is ended. or Go and announce the Gospel of the Lord. or Go in peace, glorifying the Lord by your life. or Go in peace. Thanks be to God.

International Mass

Sunday 16th July: 9.30am : Basilica of Saint Pius X

Follow the scriptures, prayers and hymns on the screens around the Basilica. Sunday’s readings are given below, although different readings might be used at this International Mass

This year’s theme: “Go and tell the priests to build a Chapel”

First Reading

Isaiah 55:10-11

Thus says the Lord: ‘As the rain and the snow come down from the heavens and do not return without watering the earth, making it yield and giving growth to provide seed for the sower and bread for the eating, so the word that goes from my mouth does not return to me empty, without carrying out my will and succeeding in what it was sent to do.’

Second Reading

Romans 8:18-23

I think that what we suffer in this life can never be compared to the glory, as yet unrevealed, which is waiting for us. The whole creation is eagerly waiting for God to reveal his sons. It was not for any fault on the part of creation that it was made unable to attain its purpose, it was made so by God; but creation still retains the hope of being freed, like us, from its slavery to decadence, to enjoy the same freedom and glory as the children of God. From the beginning till now the entire creation, as we know, has been groaning in one great act of giving birth; and not only creation, but all of us who possess the first-fruits of the Spirit, we too groan inwardly as we wait for our bodies to be set free.

Matthew 13:1-23

Jesus left the house and sat by the lakeside, but such large crowds gathered round him that he got into a boat and sat there. The people all stood on the beach, and he told them many things in parables. He said, ‘Imagine a sower going out to sow. As he sowed, some seeds fell on the edge of the path, and the birds came and ate them up. Others fell on patches of rock where they found little soil and sprang up straight away, because there was no depth of earth; but as soon as the sun came up they were scorched and, not having any roots, they withered away. Others fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them. Others fell on rich soil and produced their crop, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. Listen, anyone who has ears!’

Then the disciples went up to him and asked, ‘Why do you talk to them in parables?’ ‘Because’ he replied, ‘the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven are revealed to you, but they are not revealed to them. For anyone who has will be given more, and he will have more than enough; but from anyone who has not, even what he has will be taken away. The reason I talk to them in parables is that they look without seeing and listen without hearing or understanding. So in their case this prophecy of Isaiah is being fulfilled:

You will listen and listen again, but not understand, see and see again, but not perceive. For the heart of this nation has grown coarse, their ears are dull of hearing, and they have shut their eyes, for fear they should see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their heart, and be converted and be healed by me.

‘But happy are your eyes because they see, your ears because they hear! I tell you solemnly, many prophets and holy men longed to see what you see, and never saw it; to hear what you hear, and never heard it. You, therefore, are to hear the parable of the sower. When anyone hears the word of the kingdom without understanding, the evil one comes and carries off what was sown in his heart: this is the man who received the seed on the edge of the path. The one who received it on patches of rock is the man who hears the word and welcomes it at once with joy. But he has no root in him, he does not last; let some trial come, or some persecution on account of the word, and he falls away at once. The one who received the seed in thorns is the man who hears the word, but the worries of this world and the lure of riches choke the word and so he produces nothing. And the one who received the seed in rich soil is the man who hears the word and understands it; he is the one who yields a harvest and produces now a hundredfold, now sixty, now thirty.’

Rosary for Vocations

Sunday 16th July : 4.00pm : Prairie

Gathering Hymn Anonymous

Immaculate Mary! Our hearts are on fire, That title so wondrous fills all our desire.

Ave, ave, ave, Maria!

Ave, ave, ave Maria!

We pray for God’s glory, may His Kingdom come! We pray for His Vicar, Our Father, and Rome.

We pray for our Mother, the Church upon earth, And bless, sweetest Lady, the land of our birth.

For poor, sick, afflicted thy mercy we crave; and comfort the dying thou light of the grave.

In grief and temptation, in joy or in pain, we’ll ask thee, our Mother, nor seek thee in vain.

In death’s solemn moment, our Mother, be nigh; as children of Mary O teach us to die.

As we pray the Luminous Mysteries of the Rosary we pray for vocations, especially our diocesan seminarians

Michael Furey

Cameron Macadam

Lukas Mickevicius

We also pray for those men studying for the permanent diaconate

Sam Garrity

Andrew Wakley, John Wynne-Higgins

Andrew Hunt

Chris Jones

Colin Page

Jorge Obina

Hymn

Kent Henry

When I look into Your holiness, when I gaze into Your loveliness (Your loveliness), when all things that surround become shadows, in the light of You (in the light of You).

When I've found the joy of reaching Your heart, (reaching Your heart), when my will becomes enthroned in Your love, (enthroned in Your love), when all things that surround become shadows, in the light of You.

I worship You,

I worship You (I worship You), the reason I live (the reason I live is to worship You), (worship You),

I worship You (You are my God),

I worship You (You), the reason I live is to worship You.

When I look into Your holiness (Your holiness), when I gaze into Your loveliness (Your loveliness), when all things that surround become shadows, (become shadows), in the light of You (in the light of You), (in the light of You).

When I've found the joy of reaching Your heart, (of reaching Your heart), when my will becomes enthroned in Your love, (enthroned in Your love), when all things that surround become shadows, in the light of You (it's the reason I live).

I worship You, I worship You, I worship You (I worship You), the reason I live is to worship You (I worship You), I worship You (with all of my heart, I'm going to worship You), I worship You (I worship You), the reason I live is to worship You.

Concluding Hymn

Maria Parkinson

As I kneel before you, as I bow my head in prayer, take this day, make it yours and fill me with your love.

Ave Maria, Gratia plena, Dominus tecum, benedicta tu.

All I have I give you, every dream and wish are yours, mother of Christ, mother of mine, present them to my Lord.

As I kneel before you, and I see your smiling face, ev’ry thought, ev’ry word is lost in your embrace.

Blessing and Lighting of the Pilgrimage Candle

Sunday 16th July : 4.45pm : Chapels of Light

Blessing and Lighting of the Pilgrimage Candle

Bernadette Farrell

Longing for light, we wait in darkness, longing for truth, we turn to you. Make us your own, your holy people, light for the world to see.

Christ be our light! Shine in our hearts. Shine through the darkness Christ be our light! Shine in your church gathered today.

Longing for peace, our world is troubled.

Longing for hope, many despair. Your word alone has power to save us. Make us your living voice.

Longing for food, many are hungry. Longing for water, many still thirst. Make us your bread, broken for others, shared until all are fed.

Longing for shelter, many are homeless.

Longing for warmth, many are cold. Make us your building, sheltering others, walls made of living stone.

Many the gifts, many the people, many the hearts that yearn to belong. Let us be servants to one another, helping your kingdom come.

Opening Mass of the Pilgrimage

Monday 17th July : 10.15am : Esplanade Altar

Entrance Hymn

Marty

Haugen

Let us build a house where love can dwell and all can safely live, a place where saints and children tell how hearts learn to forgive. Built of hopes and dreams and visions, rock of faith and vault of grace; here the love of Christ shall end divisions:

All are welcome, all are welcome, all are welcome in this place.

Let us build a house where prophets speak, and words are strong and true, where all God’s children dare to seek to dream God’s reign anew. Here the cross shall stand as witness and as symbol of God’s grace; here as one we claim the faith of Jesus:

Let us build a house where love is found in water, wine and wheat: a banquet hall on holy ground where peace and justice meet. Here the love of God through Jesus is revealed in time and space; as we share in Christ the feast that frees us:

Let us build a house where all are named, their songs and visions heard and loved and treasured, taught and claimed as words within the Word. Built of tears and cries and laughter, prayers of faith and songs of grace, let this house proclaim from floor to rafter:

Gloria Page 23

First Reading

1 Corinthians 3:9-11.16-17

Psalm

Psalm 83(84):3-5.10-11

Here God dwells with his people

Acclamation

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Gospel Luke 6:43-49

Homily

Presentation of the Offerings

Instrumental

Sanctus Page 26

Agnus Dei Spoken

Holy Communion Anonymous

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you, blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now, and at the hour of death, amen.

Gentle woman, quiet light, morning star, so strong and bright, gentle mother, peaceful dove, teach us wisdom, teach us love.

You were chosen by the Father, you were chosen for the Son, you were chosen from all women, and for woman, shining one.

Blessed are you among women, blest in turn all women, too.

Blessed they with peaceful spirits. Blessed they with gentle hearts.

Recessional Hymn

Mike Anderson

Sing it in the valleys, shout it from the mountain tops; Jesus came to save us, and his saving never stops. He is King of Kings, and new life he brings, sing it in the valleys, shout it from the mountain tops, (Oh!) shout it from the mountain tops.

Jesus you are by my side, you take all my fears. If I only come to you, you will heal the pain of years.

You have not deserted me, though I go astray. Jesus take me in your arms, help me walk with you today.

Jesus, you are living now, Jesus, I believe. Jesus, take me, heart and soul, Yours alone I want to be.

Stations of the Cross

Monday 17th July : 3.30pm : High Stations

Monday 17th July : 4.00pm : Prairie

Gathering Hymn

Afro-American Spiritual

Were you there when they crucified my Lord?

Were you there when they crucified my Lord?

O sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.

Were you there when they crucified my Lord?

Were you there when they nailed him to a tree?

Were you there when they pierced him in the side?

Were you there when the sun refused to shine?

Were you there when they laid him in the tomb?

After each Station

Taize

Jesus, remember me, when you come into your kingdom. Jesus, remember me, when you come into your kingdom.

Concluding Hymn

Afro-American Spiritual

Were you there when they rolled away the stone?

Were you there when they rolled away the stone?

O sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.

Were you there when they rolled away the stone?

Mass with the Anointing of the Sick

Tuesday 18th July : 9.30am : Saint Joseph’s Chapel

The Blessed Virgin Mary, Health of the Sick

Entrance Hymn

Daniel L Schutte SJ

Awake from your slumber! Arise from your sleep! A new day is dawning for all those who weep. The people in darkness have seen a great light. The Lord of our longing has conquered the night.

Let us build the city of God. May our tears be turned into dancing! For the Lord, our light and our Love, has turned the night into day!

We are sons of the morning; we are daughters of day. The One who has loved us has brightened our way. The Lord of all kindness has called us to be a light for his people to set their hearts free.

God is light; in him there is no darkness. Let us walk in his light, his children, one and all.

O comfort my people; make gentle your words. Proclaim to my city the day of her birth.

O city of gladness, now lift up your voice! Proclaim the good tidings that all may rejoice!

Sprinkling with Holy Water

Stephen Dean

Water of life, cleanse and refresh us; raise us to life in Christ Jesus.

First Reading

Isaiah 53:1-5.7-10

Psalm

Psalm 103:1-4.6-8.10

My soul, bless the Lord, who heals all your ills.

Acclamation

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Gospel

Luke 1:39-56

Homily

Preached by Bishop Patrick

Rite of Anointing

If you wish to be Anointed please indicate this to the Bishop or the priests.

The Bishop and priests will lay hands on your head in silence they will anoint the palms of your hands with holy oil

Laying-on of Hands

This is carried out in silence

During the Anointing

Carey Landry

Lay your hands gently upon us, let their touch render your peace; let them bring your forgiveness and healing, lay your hands, gently lay your hands.

You were sent to free the broken hearted. You were sent to give sight to the blind. You desire to heal all our illness. Lay your hands, gently lay your hands.

Lord, we come to you through one another. Lord, we come to you in all our need. Lord, we come to you seeking wholeness. Lay your hands, gently lay your hands.

Presentation of the Offerings

Anonymous

Lord, here I am to answer your call, Lord, here I am to serve and love you. I have left everything just to follow you. Here is my heart, here is my mind; Here is my soul, here is my whole self. I am for you and you alone.

Sanctus

Page 26

Agnus Dei Spoken

Holy Communion

Joanne Boyce & Mike Stanley

Bread of life, truth eternal, Broken now to set us free. The risen Christ, his saving power, is here in Bread and Wine for me.

Lord, I know I am not worthy to receive you. You speak the words and I am healed. Here at your table, love’s mystery: one bread, one cup, one family.

Lord by your cross, you reconciled us to the Father. We have only to believe. Your sacrifice, our victory, now by your blood we are redeemed.

Lord, you gave your people manna in the desert, still you fulfil our every need. Lord when we hunger, Lord, when we thirst, we come to you and we receive…………… (the)

Recessional Hymn

translated Mary Byrne (1881-1931), versified by Eleanor Hull (1860-1935), and others, adapted Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart, naught be all else to me save that thou art; thou my best thought in the day and night, waking or sleeping, thy presence my light.

Be thou my wisdom, be thou my true Word; I ever with thee, and thou with me, Lord; thou my great Father, and I thy true son; thou in me dwelling, and I with thee one.

Be thou my breast-plate, my sword for the fight; be thou my armour, and be thou my might, thou my soul’s shelter, and thou my high tower, raise thou me heavenward, O Power of my power.

Riches I heed not, nor man’s empty praise, thou mine inheritance through all my days; thou, and thou only, the first in my heart, high King of heaven, my treasure thou art!

High King of heaven, when battle is done, grant heaven’s joy to me, O bright heaven’s sun; Christ of my own heart, whatever befall, still be my vision, O Ruler of all.

Geste d’leau – Water Gesture

Tuesday 18th July : 3.00pm : Prairie

Gathering Hymn

Stephen Dean

Water of life, cleanse and refresh us; raise us to life in Christ Jesus.

All you who thirst, come to the waters, and you will never be thirsty again.

As rain from heav’n, so is God’s word, it waters the earth and brings forth life.

Dying with Christ, so we shall rise with him, death shall no longer have pow’r over us;

Turn to the Lord, cast off your wickedness, you will find peace in his infinite love.

Liturgy

John Foley SJ

O let all who thirst, let them come to the water. And let all who have nothing, let them come to the Lord: without money, without price.

Why should you pay the price, except for the Lord?

And let all who seek, let them come to the water. And let all who have nothing, let them come to the Lord: without money, without strife.

Why should you spend your life, except for the Lord?

And let all who toil, let them come to the water. And let all who are weary, let them come to the Lord: all who labour, without rest. How can your soul find rest, except for the Lord?

And let all the poor, let them come to the water, Bring the ones who are laden, bring them all to the Lord: bring the children without might. Easy the load and light: come to the Lord.

Concluding Hymn

J. P. Lecot, tr. W. Raymond Lawrence

Holy Virgin, by God’s decree, you were called eternally; that he could give his Son to our race. Mary, we praise you, hail full of grace.

Ave, ave, ave, Maria.

By your faith and loving accord, as the handmaid of the Lord, you undertook God’s plan to embrace. Mary, we thank you, hail full of grace.

Refuge for your children so weak, sure protection all can seek. Problems of life you help us to face. Mary, we trust you, hail full of grace.

To our needy world of today love and beauty you portray, showing the path to Christ we must trace. Mary, our mother, hail, full of grace.

Reconciliation Service

Tuesday 18th July : 8.30pm: Saint Joseph’s Chapel

Gathering Hymn

John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-92)

Father I have sinned help me find my way remember not my sin just let me hear you say.

I forgive you I love you you are mine take my hand go in peace sin no more beloved one.

Father I have turned my back and walked away depended on my strong and lived life my own way.

Father I have closed my heart to those in need though only for myself a victim of my greed.

Father I have loved if love's the word to use I’ve played so many games they left me so confused.

Father I've returned I'm home with you to stay standing by your door knowing that you'll say.

Reading

Second Corinthians 5:17-21

Psalm

Psalm 103:1-2. 3-4. 8-9. 13-14. 17-18a

O bless the Lord, my soul.

Acclamation

Gospel

John 19:25-27

Reflection and Examination of Conscience

During this time there is the opportunity for individual confession.

You are welcome to go to any of the priests around the chapel –if you simply wish to have a chat with one of the priests, they will be very welcome for that too.

You are welcome to stay until the end of the Service or simply leave after your confession and penance.

Examination of Conscience

Concerning God:

• Do I think of God as a loving Father?

• Do I respond in love to his goodness to me?

• Do I know Jesus as a brother, friend, a saviour, as Lord and God?

• Do I reflect on His words and actions; His life in the Gospels?

• Do I model my life on His values?

• Do I allow the Holy Spirit to enlighten me, guide, strengthen and console me?

Concerning the Church:

• Do I pray regularly each day, setting aside a certain amount of time to be with the Lord?

• Do I miss Sunday Mass when it is not convenient for me?

• Do I receive Jesus in the Eucharist without proper preparation or without thinking?

• Do I witness the faith in my daily living and by giving good example?

• Do I give my time, material goods and talents to build up the community in the Parish?

Concerning others:

• Do I take others for granted?

• Am I a different person in public to who I am in private?

• Do I harbour hurts and ills?

• Do I gossip and reveal the faults of others?

• Am I quick to praise, to blame or to console others?

Concerning myself:

• Am I lazy, selfish, proud or arrogant?

• Am I too materialistic?

• Am I insensitive to the needs of others?

• Am I compassionate, thoughtful, understanding to others?

• In my life do I live according to the Church’s moral teachings?

Acts of Contrition

The Rite of Penance gives various different Acts of Contrition; you might like to pray an alternative one this evening:

X Remember, Lord, your compassion and mercy you showed long ago. Do not recall the sins and failings of my youth. In your mercy remember me, Lord, because of your goodness.

X Wash me from my guilt and cleanse me of my sin. I acknowledge my offence; my sin is before me always.

X Father, I have sinned against you and am not worthy to be called your son. Be merciful to me, a sinner.

X Lord Jesus, you chose to be called the friend of sinners. By your death and resurrection free me from my sins. May your peace take root in my heart and bring forth a harvest of love, holiness and truth.

X Lord Jesus, you opened the eyes of the blind, healed the sick, forgave the sinful woman, and after Peter’s denial confirmed him in your love. Listen to my prayer: forgive all my sins, renew your love in my heart, help me to live in perfect unity with my fellow Christians that I may proclaim your saving power to all the world.

X Lord God, in your goodness have mercy on me; do not look on my sins, but take away all my guilt. Create in me a clean heart and renew within me an upright spirit.

X Lord Jesus, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner.

X O my God, because you are so good, I am very sorry that I have sinned against you, and with the help of your grace I will not sin again.

Hymns during Confessions

Gerald Markland

I will be with you wherever you go. Go now throughout the world! I will be with you in all that you say. Go now and spread my word!

Come, walk with me on stormy waters. Why fear? Reach out, and I'll be there.

And you, my friend, will you now leave me, or do you know me as your Lord? Your life will be transformed with power by living truly in my name.

And if you say: ‘Yes, Lord I love you,’ then feed my lambs and feed my sheep.

Gerald Markland

Do not be afraid, for I have redeemed you. I have called you by your name; you are mine.

When you walk through the waters I’ll be with you. You will never sink beneath the waves.

When the fire is burning all around you, you will never be consumed by the flames.

When the fear of loneliness is looming, then remember I am at your side.

When you dwell in the exile of the stranger, remember you are precious in my eyes.

You are mine, O my child, I am your Father, and I love you with a perfect love.

Gregory Norbet OSb (based on

Hosea)

Come back to me with all your heart. Don’t let fear keep us apart. Trees do bend, though straight and tall; so must we to others’ call.

Long have I waited for your coming home to me and living deeply our new life.

The wilderness will lead you to your heart, where I will speak. Integrity and justice with tenderness you shall know.

You shall sleep secure with peace; faithfulness will be your joy.

Come back to me with all your heart. Don’t let fear keep us apart. Trees do bend, though straight and tall; so must we to others' call.

John Foley SJ

Turn to me, O turn, and be saved, says the Lord, for I am God; there is no other, none beside me. I call your name.

I am God who comforts you; who are you to be afraid, of flesh that fades like the grass of the field soon to wither.

Listen to me, my people; give ear to me, my nation: a law will go forth from me, and my justice for a light to the people.

Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look at the earth down below. The heavens will vanish like smoke, and the earth will wear out like a garment.

E Vaughan (1827-1908)

God of mercy and compassion, look with pity upon me; Father, let me call thee Father, ‘tis thy child returns to thee.

Jesus Lord, I ask for mercy; let me not implore in vain: all my sins I now detest them, never will I sin again.

By my sins I have deserved death and endless misery, hell with all its pain and torments, and for all eternity.

By my sins I have abandon’d right and claim to heaven above, where the saints rejoice for ever, in a boundless sea of love.

See our Saviour, bleeding, dying, on the cross of Calvary; to that cross my sins have nail’d him, yet he bleeds and dies for me.

David J Evans

Be still, for the presence of the Lord, the holy one, is here. Come, bow before him now, with reverence and fear. In him no sin is found, we stand on holy ground. Be still, for the presence of the Lord, the holy one, is here.

Be still, for the glory of the Lord is shining all around; he burns with holy fire, with splendour he is crowned. How awesome is the sight, our radiant King of light!

Be still, for the glory of the Lord is shining all around.

Be still, for the power of the Lord is moving in this place, he comes to cleanse and heal, to minister his grace. No work too hard for him, in faith receive from him; be still, for the power of the Lord is moving in this place.

Alan Dale

God’s spirit is in my heart, who has called me and set me apart. This is what I have to do, what I have to do.

He sent me to give the Good News to the poor, tell prisoners that they are prisoners no more, tell blind people that they can see, and set the downtrodden free, and go tell ev’ryone the news that the Kingdom of God has come, and go tell ev’ryone the news that God's kingdom has come.

Just as the Father sent me, so I’m sending you out to be my witnesses throughout the world, the whole of the world.

Don’t carry a load in your pack, you don’t need two shirts on your back. A workman can earn his own keep, can earn his own keep.

Don’t worry what you have to say, don’t worry because on that day God’s spirit will speak in your heart, will speak in your heart.

Grotto Mass

Wednesday 19th : 10.00am : Grotto

Entrance Hymn

Anonymous

Immaculate Mary! Our hearts are on fire, That title so wondrous fills all our desire.

Ave, ave, ave, Maria!

Ave, ave, ave Maria!

We pray for God’s glory, may His Kingdom come! We pray for His Vicar, Our Father, and Rome.

We pray for our Mother, the Church upon earth, And bless, sweetest Lady, the land of our birth.

For poor, sick, afflicted thy mercy we crave; and comfort the dying thou light of the grave.

In grief and temptation, in joy or in pain, we’ll ask thee, our Mother, nor seek thee in vain.

In death’s solemn moment, our Mother, be nigh; as children of Mary O teach us to die.

Gloria Page 23

First Reading

Isaiah 7:10-14. 8:10

Psalm

39 (40):7-11

Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.

Acclamation

Page 24

Gospel

Luke 1:26-38

Homily

Presentation of the Offerings

Instrumental

Sanctus

Page 26

Agnus Dei

Spoken

Holy Communion

Claire Cloninger & Don Moen

Lord, I offer my life to You everything I've been through use it for Your glory Lord I offer my days to You lifting my praise to You as a pleasing sacrifice Lord I offer You my life.

Things in the past things in the past things yet unseen wishes and dreams that are yet to come true all of my hopes and all of my planes my heart and my hands are lifted to You.

Lord, I offer my life to You everything I've been through use it for Your glory Lord I offer my days to You lifting my praise to You as a pleasing sacrifice Lord I offer You my life.

And Lord, I offer my life to You everything I've been through use it for Your glory Lord I offer my days to You lifting my praise to You as a pleasing sacrifice Lord I offer You my life. Lord I offer You my life.

Recessional Hymn

Maria Parkinson

As I kneel before you, as I bow my head in prayer, take this day, make it yours and fill me with your love.

All I have I give you, every dream and wish are yours, mother of Christ, mother of mine, present them to my Lord.

As I kneel before you, and I see your smiling face, ev’ry thought, ev’ry word is lost in your embrace.

Ave Maria, Gratia plena, Dominus tecum, benedicta tu.

Closing Mass of the Pilgrimage

Thursday 20th July : 9.00am : Chapel Sainte Teresa

The Blessed Virgin Mary, Gate of Heaven

Entrance Hymn

John L Bell and Graham Maule

Will you come and follow me if I but call your name?

Will you go where you don’t know and never be the same?

Will you let my love be shown, will you let my name be known, will you let my life be grown in you and you in me?

Will you leave yourself behind if I but call your name?

Will you care for cruel and kind and never be the same?

Will you risk the hostile stare should your life attract or scare?

Will you let me answer prayer in you and you in me?

Will you let the blinded see if I but call your name?

Will you set the prisoners free and never be the same?

Will you kiss the leper clean, and do such as this unseen, and admit to what I mean in you and you in me?

Will you love the ‘you’ you hide if I but call your name?

Will you quell the fear inside and never be the same?

Will you use the faith you’ve found to reshape the world around, through my sight and touch and sound in you and you in me?

Lord, your summons echoes true when you but call my name. Let me turn and follow you and never be the same.

In your company I’ll go where your love and footsteps show. Thus I’ll move and live and grow in you and you in me.

Gloria Page 23

First Reading

Revelation 21:1-5

Psalm

Psalm 122:1-4.8-9

Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord.

Acclamation

Page 24

Gospel

Matthew 25:1-13

Homily

Presentation of the Offerings

Daniel L Schutte SJ

I, the Lord of sea and sky, I have heard my people cry. All who dwell in dark and sin my hand will save.

I who made the stars of night, I will make their darkness bright. Who will bear my light to them? Whom shall I send?

Here I am, Lord. Is it I, Lord?

I have heard you calling in the night.

I will go, Lord, if you lead me. I will hold your people in my heart.

I, the Lord of snow and rain, I have borne my people’s pain. I have wept for love of them. They turn away. I will break their hearts of stone, give them hearts for love alone. I will speak my word to them. Whom shall I send?

I, the Lord of wind and flame, I will send the poor and lame. I will set a feast for them. My hand will save. Finest bread I will provide till their hearts be satisfied. I will give my life to them. Whom shall I send?

Sanctus Page 26

Acclamation Page 27

Agnus Dei Spoken

Holy Communion

John B Foley, SJ

One bread, one body, one Lord of all, one cup of blessing which we bless. And we, though many, throughout the earth, we are one body in this one Lord.

Gentile or Jew, servant or free, woman or man, no more.

Many the gifts, many the works, one in the Lord of all.

Grain for the fields, scattered and grown, gathered to one, for all.

Recessional Hymn

Timothy Dudley-Smith

Tell out, my soul, the greatness of the Lord! Unnumbered blessings, give my spirit voice; tender to me the promise of his word; in God my Saviour shall my heart rejoice.

Tell out, my soul, the greatness of his name! Make known his might, the deeds his arm has done; his mercy sure, from age to age the same; his holy name - the Lord, the Mighty One.

Tell out, my soul, the greatness of his might! Powers and dominions lay their glory by. Proud hearts and stubborn wills are put to flight, the hungry fed, the humble lifted high.

Tell out, my soul, the glories of his word! Firm is his promise, and his mercy sure.

Tell out, my soul, the greatness of the Lord to children’s children and for evermore!

Eucharistic Procession of the Blessed Sacrament with the Blessing of the Sick

each afternoon at 5.00pm

This procession is the most characteristic ceremony of Lourdes. This adoration of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament is unique. Nowhere else in the world is the Blessed Sacrament honoured so publicly by so many pilgrims very day for months on end. The idea began with the first Grand Procession to the Grotto in 1862.

Try to sit so that you can see the large monitor screens, which will display the words of the chants and responses being used. At the end of the period of Adoration the Tantum ergo is sung:

Tantum ergo Sacramentum

Veneremur cenui

Et antiquum documentum

Novo cedat ritui

Praestet fidem supplementum

Sensuum defectui.

Genitori, genitoque

Laus et jubilation

Salus, honor, vitus, quoque

Sit et benediction;

Procedenti ab utroque

Compar sit laudation. Amen.

Marian Procession of the Rosary by Torchlight

each evening at 9.00pm

Every evening the Rosary is recited and hymns in honour of Our Lady are sung. The procession begins near to the Grotto and makes its way to Rosary Square. You are invited to walk in the procession behind the Nottingham banner.

Pater noster qui es in caelis

Sanctificetur nomen tuum

Adveniat regnum tuum

Fiat voluntas tua

Sicut in caelo et in terra

Panem nostrum quotidianum

Da nobis hodie

Et dimitte nobis debita nostra

Sicut et nos dimittimus

Our Father who art in heaven

Hallowed be thy name

Thy kingdom come

Thy will be done

On earth as it is in heaven

Give us this day

Our daily bread

And forgive us our trespasses

As we forgive those

Debitoribus nostris Who trespass against us

Et ne nos inducas in tentationem

And lead us not into temptation

Sed libera nos a malo. But deliver us from evil.

Ave Maria, gratia plena

Dominus tecum

Benedicta tu in mulieribus

Et benedictus frustus

Ventris tui, Jesus

Sancta Maria, Mater Dei

Ora pro nobis peccatoribus

Hail Mary, full of grace

The Lord is with thee

Blessed art thou amongst women

And blessed is the fruit

Of thy womb, Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God

Pray for us sinners

Nunc, et in hora mortis nostrae Now, and at the hour of our death. Gloria Patri, et Filio Glory be to the Father, and to the Son

Et Spiritus Sancto And to the Holy Spirit

Sicut erat in principio As it was in the beginning

Et nunc et semper Is now and ever shall be Et in saecula saeculorum. Amen World without end. Amen

Salve Regina, Hail, holy Queen

Mater misericordiae mother of mercy

vita dulcedo, hail our life et spes nostra, salve. our sweetness and our hope. Ad te clamamus, To thee do we cry exsules filii Hevae poor, banished children of Eve. Ad te suspiramus, To thee do we send up our sighs gementes et flentes, mourning and weeping in hac lacrimarum vale. in this veil of tears.

Eja ergo Turn then, advocata nostra, most gracious advocate illos tuos misericordes oculos thine eyes of mercy ad nos converte. towards us.

Et Jesum And after this, our exile, benedictum fructum ventris tui, show unto us the blessed fruit nobis post hoc exsilium ostende. of thy womb, Jesus.

O clemens, O clement,

O pia, O loving,

O dulcis Virgo Maria. O sweet Virgin Mary.

At the end of the Rosary the following prayers are prayed:

Pray for us O Holy Mother of God. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

Let us pray:

O God, whose only begotten Son, by his life, death and resurrection, has purchased for us the rewards of eternal life. Grant, we beseech thee, that meditating upon these mysteries of the Most Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary, we may both imitate what they contain and obtain what they promise. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.

Two other prayers which are sometimes prayed after the Rosary are:

The Memorare

Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to thy protection, implored thy help, or sought thine intercession was left unaided. Inspired by this confidence, I fly unto thee, O Virgin of virgins, my mother; to thee do I come, before thee I stand, sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in thy mercy hear and answer me. Amen.

Prayer to Saint Michael

Holy Michael the Archangel, defend us in the day of battle. Be our safeguard against the wickedness and snares of the Devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray, and do thou, O Prince of the heavenly hosts, by the power of God, thrust down into hell Satan, and all the evil spirits, who wander through the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.

Prayer for those in purgatory

May their souls and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.

The Rosary is divided into four sets of five decades each, as below. For each decade a piece of scripture is given, which can be read aloud at the start of the decade, and used as a focus of meditation during the recitation of the following Our Father, ten Hail Marys, and Glory Be.:

The Joyful Mysteries

1. The Annunciation (Lk 1:26-38)

2. The Visitation (Lk 1:39-56)

3. The Nativity (Lk 2:6-20)

4. The Presentation in the Temple (Lk 2:22-39)

5. The Finding of the Child Jesus in the Temple (Lk 2:41-51)

The Luminous Mysteries

1. The Baptism of Jesus (Mt 3:13-17)

2. The Wedding at Canna (Jn 2:1-12)

3. The Proclamation of the Kingdom of Heaven (Mk 2:3-12)

4. The Transfiguration (Lk 9:28-36)

5. The Institution of the Eucharist (Mt 26:26-29)

The Sorrowful Mysteries

1. The Agony in the Garden (Mt 26:36-46)

2. The Scourging at the Pillar (Mk 15:15)

3. The Crowning of Thorns (Jn 19:2-3)

4. The Carrying of the Cross (Lk 23:26-32)

5. The Crucifixion (Jn 19:17-37)

The Glorious Mysteries

1. The Resurrection (Mt 28:1-10)

2. The Ascension (Acts 1:6-11)

3. The Descent of the Holy Spirit (Acts 2:1-41)

4. The Assumption (Rev 12:1)

5. The Coronation of Our Lady as Queen of Heaven (Judith 13:18; 15:9-10)

Stations of the Cross

These texts are taken from the meditations of Saint Alphonsus of Liguori

ACT OF CONTRITION

My Lord Jesus Christ, you have made this journey to die for me with unutterable love, and I have so many times unworthily abandoned you; but now I love you with my whole heart, and because I love you I repent sincerely for having ever offended you. Pardon me, my God, and permit me to accompany you on this journey. You go to die for love of me; I wish also, my beloved Redeemer, to die for love of you. My Jesus, I will live and die always united to you.

FIRST STATION

Jesus is Condemned to Death

V. We adore Thee, O Christ, and we praise Thee. R. Because by Thy holy cross Thou hast redeemed the world.

Consider, that Jesus, after having been scourged and crowned with thorns, was unjustly condemned by Pilate to die on the cross. My adorable Jesus, it was not Pilate, no, it was my sins, that condemned you to die. I beseech you, by the merits of this sorrowful journey, to assist my soul in its journey toward eternity.

I love Thee, Jesus, my love above all things; I repent with my whole heart for having offended Thee. Never permit me to separate myself from Thee again. Grant that I may love Thee always; and then do with me what Thou wilt.

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women and blessed is the Fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

SECOND STATION

Jesus carries His Cross

V. We adore Thee, O Christ, and we praise Thee.

R. Because by Thy holy cross Thou hast redeemed the world.

Consider that Jesus, in making this journey with the cross on His shoulders, thought of us, and offered for us, to his Father, the death that he was about to undergo. My most beloved Jesus, I embrace all the tribulations that you have destined for me until death. I beseech you, by the merits of the pain you did suffer in carrying your cross, to give me the necessary help to carry mine with perfect patience and resignation.

I love Thee, Jesus, my love above all things; I repent with my whole heart for having offended Thee. Never permit me to separate myself from Thee again. Grant that I may love Thee always; and then do with me what Thou wilt.

Our Father, etc

THIRD STATION

Jesus Falls for the First Time

V. We adore Thee, O Christ, and we praise Thee.

R. Because by Thy holy cross Thou hast redeemed the world.

Consider this first fall of Jesus under his cross. His flesh was torn by the scourges, his head was crowned with thorns, and he had lost a great quantity of blood. He was so weakened that he could scarcely walk, and yet he had to carry this great load upon his shoulders. The soldiers struck Him rudely, and thus he fell several times in his journey. My beloved Jesus, it is not the weight of the cross, but of my sins, which has made you suffer so much pain. Ah, by the merits of this first fall, deliver me from the misfortune of falling into mortal sin.

I love Thee, Jesus, my love above all things; I repent with my whole heart for having offended Thee. Never permit me to separate myself from Thee again. Grant that I may love Thee always; and then do with me what Thou wilt.

Our Father, etc

FOURTH STATION

Jesus Meets His Mother

V. We adore Thee, O Christ, and we praise Thee.

R. Because by Thy holy cross Thou hast redeemed the world.

Consider, the meeting of the son and the mother, which took place on this journey. Jesus and Mary looked at each other, and their looks

became as so many arrows to wound those hearts which loved each other so tenderly. My most loving Jesus, by the sorrow you did experience in this meeting, grant me the grace of a truly devoted love for your most holy mother. And you, my Queen, who was overwhelmed with sorrow, obtain for me by your intercession a continual and tender remembrance of the Passion of your son.

I love Thee, Jesus, my love above all things; I repent with my whole heart for having offended Thee. Never permit me to separate myself from Thee again. Grant that I may love Thee always; and then do with me what Thou wilt.

Our Father, etc

FIFTH STATION

Simon Helps Jesus Carry His Cross

V. We adore Thee, O Christ, and we praise Thee. R. Because by Thy holy cross Thou hast redeemed the world.

Consider that the Jews seeing that at each step Jesus, from weakness, was on the point of expiring, and fearing that he would die on the way when they wished Him to die the ignominious death of the cross, constrained Simon the Cyrenian to carry the cross behind Our Lord. My most sweet Jesus, I will not refuse the cross as the Cyrenian did; I accept it, I embrace it. I accept in particular the death that you have destined for me with all the pains which may accompany it; I unite it to your death, I offer it to you. You have died for love of me, I will die for love of you, and to please you. Help me by you grace.

I love Thee, Jesus, my love above all things; I repent with my whole heart for having offended Thee. Never permit me to separate myself from Thee again. Grant that I may love Thee always; and then do with me

what Thou wilt. Our Father, etc

SIXTH STATION

Veronica Wipes the Face of Jesus

V. We adore Thee, O Christ, and we praise Thee. R. Because by Thy holy cross Thou hast redeemed the world.

Consider that the holy woman named Veronica, seeing Jesus so afflicted, and his face bathed in sweat and blood, presented him with a towel with which he wiped his adorable face, leaving on it the impression of his holy countenance. My most beloved Jesus, your face was beautiful before, but in this journey it has lost all its beauty, and wounds and blood have disfigured it. Alas! my soul also was once beautiful, when it received your grace in baptism; but I have disfigured it since by my sins. You alone, my redeemer, can restore it to its former beauty. Do this by your Passion, O Jesus.

I love Thee, Jesus, my love above all things; I repent with my whole heart for having offended Thee. Never permit me to separate myself from Thee again. Grant that I may love Thee always; and then do with me what Thou wilt.

Our Father, etc

SEVENTH STATION

Jesus Falls a Second Time

V. We adore Thee, O Christ, and we praise Thee.

R. Because by Thy holy cross Thou hast redeemed the world. Consider the second fall of Jesus under the cross a fall which renews the pain of all the wounds of the head and members of our afflicted Lord. My most gentle Jesus, how many times you have pardoned me, and how many times have I fallen again, and begun again to offend you! Oh, by the merits of this new fall, give me the necessary help to persevere in your grace until death. Grant that in all the temptations which assail me I may always commend myself to you.

I love Thee, Jesus, my love above all things; I repent with my whole heart for having offended Thee. Never permit me to separate myself from Thee again. Grant that I may love Thee always; and then do with me what Thou wilt.

Our Father, etc

EIGHTH STATION

Jesus Meets the Women of Jerusalem

V. We adore Thee, O Christ, and we praise Thee. R. Because by Thy holy cross Thou hast redeemed the world.

Consider that those women wept with compassion at seeing Jesus in so pitiable a state, streaming with blood, as He walked along. But Jesus said to them, "Weep not for me but for your children." My Jesus, laden with sorrows, I weep for the offenses that I have committed against you, because of the pains which they have deserved, and still more because of the displeasure which they have caused you, who have loved me so much. It is your love, more than the fear of hell, which causes me to weep for my sins.

I love Thee, Jesus, my love above all things; I repent with my whole heart for having offended Thee. Never permit me to separate myself from Thee again. Grant that I may love Thee always; and then do with me what Thou wilt.

Our Father, etc

NINTH STATION

Jesus Falls the Third Time

V. We adore Thee, O Christ, and we praise Thee.

R. Because by Thy holy cross Thou hast redeemed the world.

Consider the third fall of Jesus Christ. His weakness was extreme, and the cruelty of his executioners excessive, who tried to hasten his steps when he had scarcely strength to move. Ah, my outraged Jesus, by the merits of the weakness you did suffer in going to Calvary, give me strength sufficient to conquer all human respect and all my wicked passions, which have led me to despise your friendship.

I love Thee, Jesus, my love above all things; I repent with my whole heart for having offended Thee. Never permit me to separate myself from Thee again. Grant that I may love Thee always; and then do with me what Thou wilt.

Our Father, etc

TENTH STATION

Jesus is Stripped of His Garments

V. We adore Thee, O Christ, and we praise Thee.

R. Because by Thy holy cross Thou hast redeemed the world. Consider the violence with which the executioners stripped Jesus. His inner garments adhered to his torn flesh and they dragged them off so roughly that the skin came with them. Compassionate your Saviour thus cruelly treated, and say to him: My innocent Jesus, by the merits of the torment which you have felt, help me to strip myself of all affection to things of earth, in order that I may place all my love in you, Who are so worthy of my love.

I love Thee, Jesus, my love above all things; I repent with my whole heart for having offended Thee. Never permit me to separate myself from Thee again. Grant that I may love Thee always; and then do with me what Thou wilt.

Our Father, etc

ELEVENTH STATION

Jesus is Nailed to the Cross

V. We adore Thee, O Christ, and we praise Thee.

R. Because by Thy holy cross Thou hast redeemed the world.

Consider that Jesus, after being thrown on the cross, extended His hands, and offered to his eternal Father the sacrifice of his life for our salvation. These barbarians fastened him with nails; and then, raising the cross, left him to die with anguish on this infamous gibbet. My Jesus, loaded with contempt, nail my heart to your feet, that it may ever remain there to love you, and never more to leave you.

I love Thee, Jesus, my love above all things; I repent with my whole heart

for having offended Thee. Never permit me to separate myself from Thee again. Grant that I may love Thee always; and then do with me what Thou wilt.

Our Father, etc

TWELFTH STATION

Jesus Dies on the Cross

V. We adore Thee, O Christ, and we praise Thee. R. Because by Thy holy cross Thou hast redeemed the world.

Consider how thy Jesus, after three hours of agony on the cross, consumed at length with anguish, abandons himself to the weight of his body, bows His head, and dies. O my dying Jesus, I kiss devoutly the cross on which you did die for love of me. I have merited by my sins to die a miserable death, but your death is my hope. Ah, by the merits of your death, give me grace to die, embracing your feet and burning with love of you. I commit my soul into your hands.

I love Thee, Jesus, my love above all things; I repent with my whole heart for having offended Thee. Never permit me to separate myself from Thee again. Grant that I may love Thee always; and then do with me what Thou wilt.

Our Father, etc

THIRTEENTH STATION

Jesus is Taken Down from the Cross

V. We adore Thee, O Christ, and we praise Thee.

R. Because by Thy holy cross Thou hast redeemed the world.

Consider that, our Lord having expired, two of his disciples, Joseph and Nicodemus, took him down from the cross, and placed him in the arms of his afflicted mother, who received him with unutterable tenderness, and pressed him to her bosom. O Mother of Sorrow, for the love of this Son, accept me for your servant and pray to him for me. And you, my Redeemer, since you have died for me, permit me to love you; for I wish but you, my Jesus.

I love Thee, Jesus, my love above all things; I repent with my whole heart for having offended Thee. Never permit me to separate myself from Thee again. Grant that I may love Thee always; and then do with me what Thou wilt.

Our Father, etc

FOURTEENTH STATION

Jesus is Laid in His Tomb

V. We adore Thee, O Christ, and we praise Thee.

R. Because by Thy holy cross Thou hast redeemed the world.

Consider that the disciples carried the body of Jesus to bury it, accompanied by his holy mother, who arranged it in the sepulchre with her own hands. They then closed the tomb and all withdrew. Oh, my buried Jesus, I kiss the stone that encloses you. But you didst rise again the third day. I beseech you, by your resurrection, make me rise glorious with you at the last day, to be always united with you in heaven, to praise you and love you forever.

I love Thee, Jesus, my love above all things; I repent with my whole heart for having offended Thee. Never permit me to separate myself from

Thee again. Grant that I may love Thee always; and then do with me what Thou wilt.

Our Father, etc

CLOSING PRAYER TO JESUS CHRIST CRUCIFIED

Behold, O kind and most sweet Jesus, I cast myself on my knees in your sight, and with the most fervent desire of my soul, I pray and beg you to impress upon my heart lively sentiments of faith, hope, and charity, with true repentance for my sins, and a firm desire of amendment, while with deep affection and grief of soul I contemplate your five most precious wounds, having before my eyes that which David spoke in prophecy: "They pierced my hands and my feet; they have numbered all my bones." God has loved us from all eternity. So he says: "Remember I first loved you. You had not come to be, nor did the world yet exist, but I loved you already. From all eternity I have loved you." Amen.

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The Words of Our Lady to Saint Bernadette

Would you be kind enough to come here for a fortnight?

I cannot promise you the happiness this world gives but the happiness of the other Pray for the conversion of sinners

Would you kiss the ground

and crawl on your knees for sinners?

Would you eat the grass which is there for sinners?

Go and drink from the spring and wash yourself there

Go and tell the priest to build a chapel here and to have people come here in procession

I am the Immaculate Conception