![]() You shared with us this sacred meal for us to partake, and share with others, for our salvation. We praise you this night and thank you for the gift of your Eucharistic Presence. You are the Life, for without you we are nothing. You are the Truth, where we find all knowledge and wisdom we need to face everyday’s struggles. LEADER: Lord Jesus, you truly are the Way, which leads us to the Father. ![]() From now on, you do know him and have seen him.” If you really knew me, you would know my Father as well. No one comes to the Father except through me. Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. Thomas said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?” ![]() You know the way to the place where I am going.” And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. I am going there to prepare a place for you. In my Father’s house are many rooms if it were not so, I would have told you. You live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God forever and ever. Most of all, help us to live in the spirit of the wondrous sacrament of love and sacrifice for all. ![]() May we recognize your sacred presence in Holy Communion. Teach us to love you in every Altar at every Mass. May we reflect and ponder on your great love for us that made you offer yourself as a Holy and Living Sacrifice for all. LEADER: Lord Jesus, as we contemplate on the miracle of your precious Body and Blood, help us to revere this sacred mystery more in our daily life. Help us to respond to his love with all the fire of our being, and like you, to immerse ourselves in a loving gaze on him. Teach us to appreciate his closeness to us and the immeasurable friendship he shows us. Teach us to listen in silence to the words which he speaks to us and establish an intimate dialogue with him.ĪLL: Let us see the marvels which he desires to work in the depths of our souls. Teach us to look at Him, to look at him at length and quietly, in the tabernacle where he is present. LEADER: Holy Virgin, you who knew how to look at Jesus and penetrate the most profound depth of his person: Give us a profound attachment to Jesus in the Eucharist that his ardent desire to remain among us be met by our readiness to welcome Him. Let us recognize this friend, happy to live with us and share our human existence Īllow us to recognize the victim of Calvary who spares nothing of the gift of Himself to obtain for us pardon and holiness. Let us see the Good Shepherd who knows each one of us, watches over us and calls us by name Īllow us to listen to the incomparable Master who presents His doctrine and wishes to enlighten us in all things.ĪLL: Let us touch the Savior whose contact heals, and transforms bodies and souls LEADER: Holy Spirit, you who reveal Jesus to us, help us to discover him in his Eucharistic presence īeneath the veil of the Host, show us the powerful and generous Christ of the Gospels +In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit PRAYER GUIDE FOR VISITA IGLESIA & STATIONS OF THE CROSS The following prayers are used, namely (a) Stations of the Cross or (b) any devotional/personal prayer suit to the occasion. The tabernacle is usually empty on Good Friday.ĥ. Pilgrims on Good Friday may pray before the Stations of the Cross images/signages. People may pray there or proceed to the Stations of the Cross section.Ĥ. Pilgrims on Maundy Thursday must seek and locate the Altar of Repose platform and respect the Lord’s presence. (b) on Good Friday as long as it is before the 3PM service.ģ. One will visit Seven or Fourteen Roman Catholic churches. It can also be held while doing the Visita Iglesia (Holy Week Church Visits), where devotees can either visit 14 churches and pray in one station per church visited, or visit 7 churches and pray in 2 stations in each church. Filipinos usually hold the “Stations of the Cross” on Good Friday, the day in the Holy Week that commemorates Jesus’ death.
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