GOSPEL - Mt 6:7-15
Jesus said to his disciples: “In praying, do not babble like the pagans, who think that they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them. Your Father knows what you need before you ask him. “This is how you are to pray: ‘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.’ “If you forgive others their transgressions, your heavenly Father will forgive you. But if you do not forgive others, neither will your Father forgive your transgressions.”
The Chaplet of Mercy is recited using ordinary rosary beads of five decades.
Begin with the Our Father, the Hail Mary, and the Apostle’s Creed.
Then, on the large bead before each decade pray:
Eternal Father, I offer You the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity
of Your Dearly Beloved Son, Our Lord, Jesus Christ
in atonement for our sins and those of the whole world.
On the ten small beads of each decade pray:
For the sake of His sorrowful Passion,
have mercy on us and on the whole world.
Conclude with:
Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, Have mercy on us and on the whole world. Pray three times
Begin with the Our Father, the Hail Mary, and the Apostle’s Creed.
Then, on the large bead before each decade pray:
Eternal Father, I offer You the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity
of Your Dearly Beloved Son, Our Lord, Jesus Christ
in atonement for our sins and those of the whole world.
On the ten small beads of each decade pray:
For the sake of His sorrowful Passion,
have mercy on us and on the whole world.
Conclude with:
Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, Have mercy on us and on the whole world. Pray three times
Thursday is dedicated to the Blessed Sacrament
STUDY - An excerpt from Link to Liturgy Lesson Our Father and the Sacraments
The Sacraments are the answer to the petitions in the Our Father. If we take the Our Father petitions and list them from end to beginning, they fit with the Sacraments.
Deliver us from evil; led us not into temptation
Baptism – by which we are born into the new life in Christ.
Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us
Reconciliation – by which sins after Baptism are forgiven.
Anointing of the Sick - sustains the divine life within us in the hour of our death, and in times of sickness.
Give us this day our daily bread
The Holy Eucharist – by which Christ associates his Church and all her members with the sacrifice of the cross.
Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done, one earth as it is in Heaven
Confirmation – by which we are more perfectly bound to the Church and enriched with a special strength of the Holy Spirit. By Confirmation members of the Body of Christ are strengthened to continue the saving mission of Jesus Christ. To do His will.
Holy Matrimony – by which a man and a woman form with each other an intimate communion of life and love. By Holy Matrimony the line of those who receive the divine life is maintained.
Holy Orders – by which the task of serving in the name and in the Person of Christ is conferred. By Holy Orders the line of those who transmit the divine life is maintained.
