One World Praying “Children-and-Youth-of-the-Eucharist”before the Most Blessed Sacrament
Before Exposition (Introduction):We are here as one big family in this One World Praying “Children-and-Youth-of-the-Eucharist”program to pray like Blessed Francisco who was so fond of “Hidden Jesus”. We will pray, adore, make reparation, raise our petitions and thank before our Redeemer Jesus, who is God-the Supreme BeingReally Present here in Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity, FOR THE CONVERSION OF POOR SINNERS.1
We must bring the flame of Jesus’ love, even if it is a small one, to the hearts of children, and through the children to their parents, thus reopening the places of faith of our time.”2His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI, while imparting his Apostolic Blessing, sends his prayerful, best wishes to all those who share this Holy Hour. The Holy Father holds these devoted sons and daughters close to his heart and he prays that through the intercession of Our Lady of Fatima, they will always remain close to the Lord Jesus and His holy Church.3
Moderator: In the name of The Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Hymn: O Sacrament Most Holy, O Sacrament Divine all Praise and all thanks giving be every moment Thine.
We shall now recite the Eucharist Prayer, which the three Fatima children used to do often, (please repeat):“O Most Holy Trinity/ I adore Thee! / My God, my God, I love Thee/ in the Most Blessed Sacrament!” (3 times)
We will now recite the Angel’s Reparation and Pardon prayers. It is to be recitedlike 5 decades of the Holy Rosary with the Rosary beads.
On the Our Father beads:“Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son and the Holy Spirit, I adore Thee profoundly and offer Thee the Most Precious Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus Christ present in all the tabernacles of the world, in reparation for the outrages, sacrileges and the indifferences by which He is offended. And through the infinite merits of His Most Sacred Heart, and the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I beg of Thee the conversion of poor sinners”
On the Hail Mary beads (Pardon Prayer)“My God, I believe, I adore, I hope and I love Thee(instead of Hail Mary).
Instead of Holy Mary: I ask pardon of Thee for those who do not believe, do not adore, do not hope and do not love Thee” (10 times)
After the five decades, conclude with“Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, Have mercy on us and on the Whole World”(3 times)
The Angel had asked the Fatima shepherd children, then, which is also for us, now: “Make of everything you can a sacrifice, and offer it to God as an act of reparation for the sins by which He is offended, and in supplication for the conversion of sinners. You will thus draw peace upon your country”.4
During His Life on earth, children were very special to Our Lord, people brought their children to Jesus and He asked that they gather around Him, remarking,” Let the children come to Me. Do not shut them off. The reign of God belongs to such as these”.(Lk 18:16)……..
Let us follow this example of Blessed Francisco of consoling “Hidden Jesus” in the Blessed Sacrament as often as possible to be happy and peaceful byovercoming the evils of our times, by the power of the Holy Spirit! We shall receive the “consolation of their incomparable victory of their precious prayers!”5
In our prayer of petitions, we read in Timothy1, Chapter 2 “First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, requests and thanksgivings be offered to God for all people”
Let your response be “Lord, hear our prayer” R
1) We pray for our Holy Father Pope Benedict the 16th, Our Archbishop Filipe Neri, all priests,(mention names of your local priests), religious and the entire Church to carry out their mission to the fullest. Sanctify, strengthen, give them good health and configure them to your Sacred Heart… R
2) We pray for the political leaders at all levels to follow the principles of love, truth, justice, equality and righteousness…R
3) We pray for all those involved in murders, homicides, abortion that they be converted to turn against this evil…R
4) We pray for all those involved in euthanasia, suicides, scandal, wars, kidnapping, hostage taking, and terrorism that they be enlightened and repentant… R
5) We pray for those who abuse food, alcohol, tobacco and drugs that they give up there vices and convert themselves… R
6) In this Pastoral year, of our Archdiocese, dedicated to God’s creation, we pray that all God’s people respect creation especially human life and the environment, thus becoming true stewards, co-creators and co-redeemers in God’s plan…R
7) We pray to You Jesus, the Prince of Peace, for Peace in our families, communities, Parishes, States, country and the whole world…R
8) We pray for (discreetly mention the greatest problem in your School/ Church/ Community/ Family/ Catechism Classes, etc)...R
Spend few moments placing your needs at the feet of Our Eucharistic Lord in ‘Holy Silence’…He may want to tell you something in your heart…
We will now do the Entrustment Prayer (please repeat):
“O Virgin Mary/ My Mother/ I give to your Immaculate Heart/my body and my soul/ my thoughts and my actions// I want to be/ just what you/ want me to be/ and do just what/ you want me to do// I am not afraid /because you are/ always with me// Help me/ to love your Son, Jesus/ with all my heart/ and above all things// Take my hand in yours/ so I can always be with you// Amen//6
Concluding Prayer: Lord, we have spent these precious moments in Your august presence, keep our faith alive and burning bright, fill us with Your Mercy and abundant Graces. Mary, Mother of the Most Blessed Sacrament, we thank you for your Message of Fatima through the three shepherd children.
The Divine praises (please repeat each acclamation):
(customary to do before reposing the Most Blessed Sacrament and not after the tabernacle is closed)
Blessed be God.
Blessed be His Holy Name.
Blessed be Jesus Christ, true God and true Man.
Blessed be the name of Jesus.
Blessed be His Most Sacred Heart.
Blessed be His Most precious Blood.
Blessed be Jesus in the Most Holy Sacrament of the altar.
Blessed be the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete.
Blessed be the great Mother of God, Mary Most Holy.
Blessed be Her Holy and Immaculate Conception.
Blessed be Her Glorious Assumption.
Blessed be the Name of Mary, Virgin and Mother.
Blessed be St. Joseph Her Most Chaste Spouse.
Blessed be God in His Angles and in His Saints!
Tantum Ergo
Tantum ergo Sacramentum
Veneremur cernui:
Et antiquum documentum
Novo cedat ritui:
Praestet fides supplementum
Sensuum defectui.
Genitori, Genitoque
Laus et residen,
Salus, honor, virtus quoque
Sit et residenn:
Procedenti ab utroque
Compar sit residen.
Amen.
Down in adoration falling,
This great Sacrament we hail;
Over ancient forms of worship
Newer rites of grace prevail;
Faith will tell us Christ is present,
When our human senses fail.
To the everlasting Father,
And the Son who made us free,
And the Spirit, God proceeding
From them Each eternally,
Be salvation, honor, blessing,
Might and endless majesty.
Let us pray: O God who in this wondrous Sacrament have left us as memorial of Your Passion, grant us we beseech You, so to revere, the Sacred Mysteries of Your Body and Blood, that we may continually find in our souls, the fruit of Your redemption, who live and reign for ever and ever.
Amen.
BENEDICTION:… theMost Blessed Sacrament is incensed.
RECESSIONAL HYMN, IF POSSIBLE
Regulations to be followed: The posture of kneeling or ofbowing low at adoration expresses the recognition of our humility before the Almighty Lord (cf. Phil 2:10).When the priest and the faithful genuflect before the Eucharist (cf. IGMR, 43), they express their faith in the real presence of Jesus Christ in the sacrament of the altar. (cf.CCC, 1387). In kneeling before the Eucharist and adoring the Lamb who allows us to celebrate the Pasch with Him, we are taught not to bow down beforeman-made idols, and weare given the capacity to obey Him whom we recognize as the only Lord of the Church and the world in a spirit of fidelity, docility and veneration. Kneeling is an apt sign of reverence for the Blessed Sacrament. Our modest and fitting dress (avoiding shorts and indecent apparel) signifies our belief in and worship for the Holy Eucharist.For exposition of the Blessed Sacrament in the monstrance, four to six candles are lighted, as at Mass, and incense is used. For exposition of the Blessed Sacrament in the ciborium, at least two candles should be lighted and incense may be used.7
Notes
1cf.CCC, 1387
2Pope Benedict XVI (Bressanone, Italy, August 22, 2008)
3Archbishop Pietro Sambi, Apostolic Nuncio, USA, Prot. No. -4567, letter dated 8 February 2007.
4Imprimatur: Cardinal of CebuArchdiocese Philippines, His Excellency Ricardo J. CardinalVidal.These are prayers that the Angel of Peace taught the threeshepherd children, aged 6, 7 and 8 at Fatima, recited here in the form of a Chaplet. The 5 decades is for the 5 wounds of Jesus; 10 times is for the age group of around10 years .
5Pope Benedict XV, excerpt from the Homily to the Children of Europe, July, 1916.
6Imprimatur: Archbishop John C. Nienstedt, Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Nov 13, 2009.
7 From the offices of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, 15 October 2004.
ONE WORLD PRAYING CHILDREN-AND-YOUTH-OF-THE-EUCHARIST, a World Apostolate of Fatima PROGRAM FOR OUR TIMES byProf. Américo Pablo López Ortiz, International President of the World Apostolate of Fatima
One of the essential elements of the Fatima Message is the call to Eucharistic Reparation. The Angel of Peace taught Francisco, Jacinta and Lucia the wonders of Adoration to the Blessed Sacrament in reparation for their own sins and the sins of the world. Firstly, the Guardian Angel of Portugal, inculcated in the hearts of the three little children REVERENCE towards the Majesty of God, His presence and contemplation in PRAYER. Secondly, the Angel of Fatima prepared them through PENANCE, to open their hearts to God’s grace, learning to hate sin and seek God’s kingdom.
Thirdly, the children received Holy Communion in a mystical experience, under the two species. Children of seven, nine and ten years at that time, 1916, received “Jesus Hidden” under the two species. Their Holy Communion granted from heaven was a special grace that introduced them into God himself. Later, “they were immersed in the mystery of God” by the intercession of the Immaculate Heart of Mary that communicated them “a light that was God himself”. The Holy Trinity revealed to the three little children and their lives were transformed forever.
Blessed Francisco was called to a vocation of contemplative prayer and reparation “to console God’, to cure the wounds caused by sins to the Mystical Body of Christ, to repair the damages caused by sins and their terrible consequences in the spiritual life of the Church. By this vocation, Francisco preferred first to console “Hidden Jesus” before the tabernacle and then, second, to convert poor sinners.
Francisco focused on the sorrow and grief of the Blessed Mother, Mary, her opened heart and the solitude and melancholy of the Divine Presence in the Eucharist, offering his life, meditative prayer, penance, good deeds, charity and suffering, as a reparative victim, an “alter Christus” (another Christ), a young oblation to the Eternal Father. Blessed Francisco set the example as model of the Eucharistic Reparation requested by Our Lady of Fatima when she offered the Great Promise of her Immaculate Heart through the Communion of Reparation of the Five First Consecutive Saturdays, a promise of salvation for devoted souls, a promise of unity and strength for the Universal Church against inner dissentions, a promise for world peace and renewal of faith.
Through the Holy Hour of Children and Youth, at the imitation of Blessed Francisco Marto, many graces from heaven will be granted to overcome the present moral and spiritual crisis. Through the Eucharistic Reparation the world will be renewed and the Church will experience an outburst of New Evangelization to bring many souls to Jesus Christ. We only need to have faith and we will experience the major spiritual renewal from the Eucharist.
The World Apostolate of Fatima, an international public association of the faithful, approved permanently by the Holy See, has established a Children and Youth of the Eucharist Program. It has an ANNUAL WORLDWIDE CHILDREN’S AND YOUTH’S EUCHARISTIC HOLY HOUR, the First Friday in October. This day, or any other, our children and young people adore the Blessed Sacrament in a Holy Hour prepared and executed by them, following the example of Blessed Francisco, the child enamored of the Blessed Sacrament, “Hidden Jesus”, the best possible friend one could have. They also go to their Parish tabernacle as often as possible to “dialogue” with Jesus in the Eucharist, as He will touch their hearts with pure inspirations and consolations out of His great love for them. They observe the First Saturday’s of the Month devotion and bring their friends, relatives and neighbors to share in the Divine Presence. Take the initiative and start in your Parish/ School/ Community/ Family/ Catechism Classes, a group of young adorers of the Blessed Sacrament and you will share the great spirituality of the Message of Fatima, capable of transforming the lives of those searching for God.
→Once, after adoration for our country, a pain pierced my soul and I began to pray in this way: “Most merciful Jesus, I beseech You through the intercession of Your Saints, and especially the intercession of Your dearest Mother who nurtured You from childhood, bless my native land. I beg You, Jesus, look not on our sins, but on the tears of the little children, on the hunger and cold they suffer. Jesus, for the sake of these innocent ones, grant me the grace I am asking of You for my country.” At that moment, I saw the Lord Jesus, His eyes filled with tears, and He said to me: “You see, my daughter, what great compassion I have for them. Know that it is they who uphold the world.”– Entry #286 from the Diary of Saint Faustina.
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