Service of Veneration of the image of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour and Benediction
HYMN : As I Kneel Before You
As I kneel before you,
As I bow my head in prayer,
Take this day, make it yours
and fill me with your love.
Refrain:
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.
(Repeat Refrain)
As I kneel before you,
And I see your smiling face,
Ev'ry thought, ev'ry word
Is lost in your embrace.
(Repeat Refrain)
OPENING PRAYER
Priest: Brethren (and Sisters) we have come before the Icon of our Mother of Perpetual Succour, that she will pray with us to God, in praise, in petition, and in thanksgiving.
All: Dear Mother of Perpetual Succour, throughout your life you were open to God’s Holy Spirit : faithful in prayer, willing in obedience and generous love. Pray for us, that we may be open to God’s word and filled with the Holy Spirit. You were faithful in prayer; pray that we may follow Christ your Son with the same spirit of prayer, a willing heart, and in love for him who first loved us
Congregation Sits for LITURGY OF THE WORD: A READING FROM THE BOOK OF PROVERBS, CH.8 V.22 - 31
Mary, seat of Wisdom
Thus speaks the Wisdom of God :
The Lord created me when his purpose first unfolded, before the oldest of his works. From everlasting I was firmly set, from the beginning, before the earth came into being. The deep was not, when I was born, There were no springs to gush with water. Before the mountains were settled, before the hills I came to birth; before he made the earth, the countryside, or the first grains of the world’s dust.n When he fixed the heavens firm, I was there, when He drew a ring on the surface of the deep, when He thickened the clouds above, when He fixed fast the springs of the deep, when He assigned the sea its boundaries -and the waters will not invade the shore- When He laid down the foundations of the earth, I was by His side , a master craftsman, delighting Him day by day, Ever at play in His presence, At play everywhere in His world, delighting to be with the sons of men.
This is the word of the Lord.
RESPONSORIAL PSALM
RESPONSE:
I will walk in the presence of the Lord in the land of the living.
I trusted even when I said
“I am sorely afflicted,”
And when I said in my alarm:
“there is no one I can trust.”
How can I repay the lord
For all his goodness to me?
The cup of salvation I will raise;
I will call on the Lord’s name.
My vows to the Lord I will fulfil
Before all His people
O precious in the eyes of the Lord
Is the death of His faithful.
Your servant, Lord, your servant am I
You have loosened my bonds.
A thanksgiving sacrifice I will make;
I will call on the Lord’s name.
My vows to the Lord I will fulfil
Before all His people,
In the courts of the house of the Lord,
In your midst, O Jerusalem
Congregation stands for the
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
Alleluia, Alleluia!
Blessed are you, Virgin Mary, Who believed that the promise made you the moment your greeting reached my ear, the child in my womb leapt for joy. Yes, blessed is she who believed that the promise made her by the Lord would be fulfilled.”
GOSPEL READING: St. Luke. Ch.1 v.39-45
Mary set out at that time and went as quickly as she could to a town in the hill country of Judah.
Mary set out at that time and went as quickly as she could to a town in the hill country of Judah. She went into Zechariah’s house and greeted Elizabeth. Now as soon as Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the child leapt in her womb and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. She gave a loud cry and said, “of all women you are the most blessed, and blessed is the fruit of your womb. Why should I be honoured with a visit from the mother of my Lord?
As I kneel before you,
As I bow my head in prayer,
Take this day, make it yours
and fill me with your love.
Refrain:
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.
(Repeat Refrain)
As I kneel before you,
And I see your smiling face,
Ev'ry thought, ev'ry word
Is lost in your embrace.
(Repeat Refrain)
OPENING PRAYER
Priest: Brethren (and Sisters) we have come before the Icon of our Mother of Perpetual Succour, that she will pray with us to God, in praise, in petition, and in thanksgiving.
All: Dear Mother of Perpetual Succour, throughout your life you were open to God’s Holy Spirit : faithful in prayer, willing in obedience and generous love. Pray for us, that we may be open to God’s word and filled with the Holy Spirit. You were faithful in prayer; pray that we may follow Christ your Son with the same spirit of prayer, a willing heart, and in love for him who first loved us
Congregation Sits for LITURGY OF THE WORD: A READING FROM THE BOOK OF PROVERBS, CH.8 V.22 - 31
Mary, seat of Wisdom
Thus speaks the Wisdom of God :
The Lord created me when his purpose first unfolded, before the oldest of his works. From everlasting I was firmly set, from the beginning, before the earth came into being. The deep was not, when I was born, There were no springs to gush with water. Before the mountains were settled, before the hills I came to birth; before he made the earth, the countryside, or the first grains of the world’s dust.n When he fixed the heavens firm, I was there, when He drew a ring on the surface of the deep, when He thickened the clouds above, when He fixed fast the springs of the deep, when He assigned the sea its boundaries -and the waters will not invade the shore- When He laid down the foundations of the earth, I was by His side , a master craftsman, delighting Him day by day, Ever at play in His presence, At play everywhere in His world, delighting to be with the sons of men.
This is the word of the Lord.
RESPONSORIAL PSALM
RESPONSE:
I will walk in the presence of the Lord in the land of the living.
I trusted even when I said
“I am sorely afflicted,”
And when I said in my alarm:
“there is no one I can trust.”
How can I repay the lord
For all his goodness to me?
The cup of salvation I will raise;
I will call on the Lord’s name.
My vows to the Lord I will fulfil
Before all His people
O precious in the eyes of the Lord
Is the death of His faithful.
Your servant, Lord, your servant am I
You have loosened my bonds.
A thanksgiving sacrifice I will make;
I will call on the Lord’s name.
My vows to the Lord I will fulfil
Before all His people,
In the courts of the house of the Lord,
In your midst, O Jerusalem
Congregation stands for the
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
Alleluia, Alleluia!
Blessed are you, Virgin Mary, Who believed that the promise made you the moment your greeting reached my ear, the child in my womb leapt for joy. Yes, blessed is she who believed that the promise made her by the Lord would be fulfilled.”
GOSPEL READING: St. Luke. Ch.1 v.39-45
Mary set out at that time and went as quickly as she could to a town in the hill country of Judah.
Mary set out at that time and went as quickly as she could to a town in the hill country of Judah. She went into Zechariah’s house and greeted Elizabeth. Now as soon as Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the child leapt in her womb and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. She gave a loud cry and said, “of all women you are the most blessed, and blessed is the fruit of your womb. Why should I be honoured with a visit from the mother of my Lord?
HYMN: Mary from thy sacred image
Mary from thy sacred image,
With those eyes so sadly sweet.
Mother of Perpetual Succour,
See us kneeling at thy feet.
In thine arms thy Child thou bearest
Source of all thy joy and woe;
What thy bliss, how deep thy sorrow,
Mother thou alone canst know.
On thy face He is not gazing,
Nor on us is turned His glance;
For His anxious look He fixes,
On the cross and reed and lance.
To thy hand His hands are clinging
As a child would cling in fear,
Of that vision of the torments,
Of his passion drawing near.
And for him thine eyes are pleading,
While to us they look and cry:
“Sinners, see my child, your saviour,
Who for love of you will die.”
Yes, we hear your words sweet Mother,
But poor sinners we are weak;
At thy feet thy helpless children
Thy Perpetual Succour seek.
Succour us when stormy passions
Sudden rise within the heart;
Quell the tempest, calm the billows,
Peace secure to us impart.
Through this life of weary exile
Succour us in every need;
And when death shall come to free us,
Succour us, ah! then indeed.
LITANY
PRIEST: Let us now turn to Our Lady of Perpetual Succour asking her to pray for us:
You listened to the Lord ................................................RESPONSE Pray for us
You were obedient to God’s will (R)
You were overshadowed by the Spirit (R)
You conceived God’s Son (R)
You shared your joy with Elizabeth (R)
You were loved and cherished by Joseph (R)
You gave birth to Jesus in Bethlehem (R)
You raised the child Jesus (R)
You pondered the word of God (R)
You believed in your Son (R)
You saw Jesus suffer (R)
You stood by the cross (R)
You saw your Son die (R)
You visited His tomb (R)
You witnessed His glorious new life (R)
You rejoiced in His ascension into heaven (R)
You prayed for the coming of the Spirit (R)
You received the Holy Spirit at Pentecost (R)
You were there at the birth of the Church (R)
You completed the task God created you to do (R)
You were raised up to the glory of heaven (R)
PRAYER
Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, with the greatest confidence we come before your holy Icon to be inspired by the example of your life. We think of you at that moment when full of faith and trust, you accepted God’s call to be the Mother of His Son. Help us, your children to accept with joy our own calling in life. When you learned that your cousin Elizabeth was in need you immediately went to serve her and offer your help. Help us like you to be concerned for others. We think of you Mother at the foot of the cross. your heart must have bled to see your Son in agony. But your joy was great when he rose from the dead, victorious over the powers of evil. Mother of Sorrows, help us through the trials and disappointments of life. Help us not to lose heart. May we share with you and your Son the joy of having faced up to all the challenges of life. AMEN.
ACT OF THANKSGIVING
PRIEST: Let us pause for a moment and call to mind what God has done for us …………..
And let us now give thanks for the goodness of creation and for the graces we have received.
For the beauty of all that you have made RESPONSE: We give thanks.
For your loving mercy (R)
For our salvation (R)
For the consolation of the Holy Spirit (R)
For the promise of your glory (R)
For our family and friends (R)
For our faith (R)
For Mary, our Mother of Perpetual Succour. (R)
PRIEST: Now let us praise and thank God in the words used by Mary herself.
Congregation stands to sing:
THE Lourdes MAGNIFICAT:
My soul now glorifies
The Lord who is my Saviour,
Rejoice for who am I,
That God ha shown me favour.
The world shall call me blessed
And ponder on my story,
In me is manifest God's greatness
And his glory.
For those who are is his friends
And keep his laws most holy,
His mercy is never ends,
And he exalts the lowly.
But by his power the great
The proud, the self-conceited,
The kings who sit in state,
Are humbled and defeated
He feed the starving poor,
He guides his holy nation,
Fulfulling what he swore,
Long since in revelation.
The glorify with me
The Lord who is my Saviour
One Holy Trinity
Forever and forever.
PRIEST: Let us pray:
ALL: Lord Jesus Christ, you have given us your mother Mary to be our Mother ready at every moment to help us; grant as we pray before her image and call on her help that we may always be faithful to the graces that are ours through your death and resurrection. May the life they bring us be to your
glory on earth and our eternal happiness in heaven. AMEN.
BENEDICTION
Hymn: O SALUTARIS
O Salutaris Hostia,
Quae coeli pandis ostium!
Bella premunt hostilia;
Da robur, fer auxilium.
Uni trinoque Domino
Sit sempiterna Gloria!
Qui vitam sine termino
Nobis donet in patria. AMEN
A SHORT PERIOD OF SILENT PRAYER NOW ENSUES FOLLOWED BY:
HYMN:TANTUM ERGO
Tantum ergo Sacramentum
Veneremur cernui:
Et antiquum documentum
Novo cedat ritui:
Praestet fides supplementum
Sensuum defectui.
Genitori, Genitoque
Laus et iubilatio,
Salus, honor, virtus quoque
Sit et benedictio:
Procedenti ab utroque
Compar sit laudatio. Amen.
R. Thou hast given them bread from heaven.
V. Having within it all sweetness.
Let us pray: O God, who in this wonderful Sacrament left us a memorial of Thy Passion: grant, we implore Thee, that we may so venerate the sacred mysteries of Thy Body and Blood, as always to be conscious of the fruit of Thy Redemption. Thou who livest and reignest forever and ever. R. Amen.
The priest , vested with stole, cope and humeral veil now blesses the congregation,
making the sign of the cross with the monstrance.
THE DIVINE PRAISES
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 Angels and in His Saints
(The Blessed Sacrament is reposed)
RECESSIONAL HYMN : Lourdes Hymn
Immaculate Mary, thy praises we sing;
Who reignest in splendor with Jesus our King.
Ave, ave, ave, Maria! Ave, ave, Maria!
In heaven, the blessed thy glory proclaim;
On earth we, thy children, invoke thy fair name.
Ave, ave, ave, Maria! Ave, ave, Maria!
Thy name is our power, thy virtues our light,
Thy love is our comfort, thy pleading our might.
Ave, ave, ave, Maria! Ave, ave, Maria!
We pray for our Mother, the Church upon earth,
And bless, dearest Lady, the land of our birth.
Ave, ave, ave, Maria! Ave, ave, Maria!
Mary from thy sacred image,
With those eyes so sadly sweet.
Mother of Perpetual Succour,
See us kneeling at thy feet.
In thine arms thy Child thou bearest
Source of all thy joy and woe;
What thy bliss, how deep thy sorrow,
Mother thou alone canst know.
On thy face He is not gazing,
Nor on us is turned His glance;
For His anxious look He fixes,
On the cross and reed and lance.
To thy hand His hands are clinging
As a child would cling in fear,
Of that vision of the torments,
Of his passion drawing near.
And for him thine eyes are pleading,
While to us they look and cry:
“Sinners, see my child, your saviour,
Who for love of you will die.”
Yes, we hear your words sweet Mother,
But poor sinners we are weak;
At thy feet thy helpless children
Thy Perpetual Succour seek.
Succour us when stormy passions
Sudden rise within the heart;
Quell the tempest, calm the billows,
Peace secure to us impart.
Through this life of weary exile
Succour us in every need;
And when death shall come to free us,
Succour us, ah! then indeed.
LITANY
PRIEST: Let us now turn to Our Lady of Perpetual Succour asking her to pray for us:
You listened to the Lord ................................................RESPONSE Pray for us
You were obedient to God’s will (R)
You were overshadowed by the Spirit (R)
You conceived God’s Son (R)
You shared your joy with Elizabeth (R)
You were loved and cherished by Joseph (R)
You gave birth to Jesus in Bethlehem (R)
You raised the child Jesus (R)
You pondered the word of God (R)
You believed in your Son (R)
You saw Jesus suffer (R)
You stood by the cross (R)
You saw your Son die (R)
You visited His tomb (R)
You witnessed His glorious new life (R)
You rejoiced in His ascension into heaven (R)
You prayed for the coming of the Spirit (R)
You received the Holy Spirit at Pentecost (R)
You were there at the birth of the Church (R)
You completed the task God created you to do (R)
You were raised up to the glory of heaven (R)
PRAYER
Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, with the greatest confidence we come before your holy Icon to be inspired by the example of your life. We think of you at that moment when full of faith and trust, you accepted God’s call to be the Mother of His Son. Help us, your children to accept with joy our own calling in life. When you learned that your cousin Elizabeth was in need you immediately went to serve her and offer your help. Help us like you to be concerned for others. We think of you Mother at the foot of the cross. your heart must have bled to see your Son in agony. But your joy was great when he rose from the dead, victorious over the powers of evil. Mother of Sorrows, help us through the trials and disappointments of life. Help us not to lose heart. May we share with you and your Son the joy of having faced up to all the challenges of life. AMEN.
ACT OF THANKSGIVING
PRIEST: Let us pause for a moment and call to mind what God has done for us …………..
And let us now give thanks for the goodness of creation and for the graces we have received.
For the beauty of all that you have made RESPONSE: We give thanks.
For your loving mercy (R)
For our salvation (R)
For the consolation of the Holy Spirit (R)
For the promise of your glory (R)
For our family and friends (R)
For our faith (R)
For Mary, our Mother of Perpetual Succour. (R)
PRIEST: Now let us praise and thank God in the words used by Mary herself.
Congregation stands to sing:
THE Lourdes MAGNIFICAT:
My soul now glorifies
The Lord who is my Saviour,
Rejoice for who am I,
That God ha shown me favour.
The world shall call me blessed
And ponder on my story,
In me is manifest God's greatness
And his glory.
For those who are is his friends
And keep his laws most holy,
His mercy is never ends,
And he exalts the lowly.
But by his power the great
The proud, the self-conceited,
The kings who sit in state,
Are humbled and defeated
He feed the starving poor,
He guides his holy nation,
Fulfulling what he swore,
Long since in revelation.
The glorify with me
The Lord who is my Saviour
One Holy Trinity
Forever and forever.
PRIEST: Let us pray:
ALL: Lord Jesus Christ, you have given us your mother Mary to be our Mother ready at every moment to help us; grant as we pray before her image and call on her help that we may always be faithful to the graces that are ours through your death and resurrection. May the life they bring us be to your
glory on earth and our eternal happiness in heaven. AMEN.
BENEDICTION
Hymn: O SALUTARIS
O Salutaris Hostia,
Quae coeli pandis ostium!
Bella premunt hostilia;
Da robur, fer auxilium.
Uni trinoque Domino
Sit sempiterna Gloria!
Qui vitam sine termino
Nobis donet in patria. AMEN
A SHORT PERIOD OF SILENT PRAYER NOW ENSUES FOLLOWED BY:
HYMN:TANTUM ERGO
Tantum ergo Sacramentum
Veneremur cernui:
Et antiquum documentum
Novo cedat ritui:
Praestet fides supplementum
Sensuum defectui.
Genitori, Genitoque
Laus et iubilatio,
Salus, honor, virtus quoque
Sit et benedictio:
Procedenti ab utroque
Compar sit laudatio. Amen.
R. Thou hast given them bread from heaven.
V. Having within it all sweetness.
Let us pray: O God, who in this wonderful Sacrament left us a memorial of Thy Passion: grant, we implore Thee, that we may so venerate the sacred mysteries of Thy Body and Blood, as always to be conscious of the fruit of Thy Redemption. Thou who livest and reignest forever and ever. R. Amen.
The priest , vested with stole, cope and humeral veil now blesses the congregation,
making the sign of the cross with the monstrance.
THE DIVINE PRAISES
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 Angels and in His Saints
(The Blessed Sacrament is reposed)
RECESSIONAL HYMN : Lourdes Hymn
Immaculate Mary, thy praises we sing;
Who reignest in splendor with Jesus our King.
Ave, ave, ave, Maria! Ave, ave, Maria!
In heaven, the blessed thy glory proclaim;
On earth we, thy children, invoke thy fair name.
Ave, ave, ave, Maria! Ave, ave, Maria!
Thy name is our power, thy virtues our light,
Thy love is our comfort, thy pleading our might.
Ave, ave, ave, Maria! Ave, ave, Maria!
We pray for our Mother, the Church upon earth,
And bless, dearest Lady, the land of our birth.
Ave, ave, ave, Maria! Ave, ave, Maria!
