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SaintKatharineDrexelSocietyHolyHour

TheBasilicaofSaintMaryAlexandria,Virginia

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Schedule 7:30 pm - Liturgy of Word, reflection, petitions 7:40 - Silent reflection 7:45 - Holy Rosary 8:00 - Silent reflection 8:15 - Prayer of reparation & consecration 8:20 – Benediction

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Holy God, We Praise Thy Name

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Priest or Deacon: You have given them Bread from heaven

All: Having all sweetness within it 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 Saint Joseph, her most chaste spouse. Blessed be God in his angels and in his saints.

Benediction (8:20pm)

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Reading Readings subject to change

Matthew 5:1-12a

A reading from the Gospel according to Matthew

When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain, and after he had sat down, his disciples came to him. He began to teach them, saying: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are they who mourn, for they will be comforted. Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the land. Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be satisfied. Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. Blessed are the clean of heart, for they will see God. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. Blessed are they who are persecuted for the sake of righteous-ness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are you when they insult you and persecute you and utter every kind of evil against you falsely because of me. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward will be great in heaven.”

The Gospel of the Lord.

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Responsorial Psalm Psalm 72 R. Justice shall flourish in his time, and fullness of peace forever.

O God, with your judgment endow the king, and with your justice, the king's son; He shall govern your people with justice and your afflicted ones with judgment. R. Justice shall flourish in his time, and fullness of peace forever. The mountains shall yield peace for the people, and the hills justice. He shall defend the afflicted among the people, save the children of the poor. R. Justice shall flourish in his time, and fullness of peace forever. Justice shall flower in his days, and profound peace, till the moon be no more. May he rule from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth. R. Justice shall flourish in his time, and fullness of peace forever. All kings shall pay him homage, all nations shall serve him, For he shall rescue the poor one when he cries out, and the afflicted when he has no one to help him. R. Justice shall flourish in his time, and fullness of peace forever. He shall have pity for the lowly and the poor; the lives of the poor he shall save. From fraud and violence he shall redeem them, and precious shall their blood be in his sight. R. Justice shall flourish in his time, and fullness of peace forever.

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Prayer of Consecration – Pope John Paul II (1984)

In entrusting to you, oh Mother, the world, all individuals and peoples, we also entrust to you this very consecration of the world, placing it in your motherly Heart. Immaculate Heart! Help us to conquer the menace of evil, which so easily takes root in the hearts of the people of today, and whose immeasurable effects already weigh down upon our modern world and seem to block the paths to-wards the future!

From famine and war, deliver us. From nuclear war, from incalculable self-destruction, from every kind of war, deliver us. From sins against the life of man from its very beginning, deliver us. From hatred and from the demeaning of the dignity of the children of God, deliver us. From every kind of injustice in the life of society, both national and in-ternational, deliver us. From readiness to trample on the commandments of God, deliver us. From attempts to stifle in human hearts the very truth of God, deliver us. From the loss of awareness of good and evil, deliver us. From sins against the Holy Spirit, deliver us, deliver us. From sins against the Holy Spirit, deliver us, deliver us. Accept, Oh Mother of Christ, this cry laden with the sufferings of all individual human beings, laden with the sufferings of whole societies. Help us with the power of the Holy Spirit to conquer all sin: individual sin and the "sin of the world", in all its manifestations. Let there be revealed, once more, in the history of the world the infinite saving power of the Redemption: the power of merciful Love! May it put a stop to evil! May it transform consciences! May your Immaculate Heart reveal for all the light of Hope! Amen.

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Prayers of Reparation and Consecration (8:15 pm) A Prayer of Reparation – Pope Pius XI (1928) O sweetest Jesus, whose overflowing charity towards men is most ungratefully repaid by such great forgetfulness, neglect and contempt, see, prostrate before Thy altars, we strive by special honor to make amends for the wicked coldness of men and the contumely with which Thy most loving Heart is everywhere treated. At the same time, mindful of the fact that we too have sometimes not been free from unworthiness, and moved therefore with most vehement sorrow, in the first place we implore Thy mercy on us, being prepared by voluntary expiation to make amends for the sins we have ourselves committed, and also for the sins of those who wander far from the way of salvation, whether because, being ob-stinate in their unbelief, they refuse to follow Thee as their shepherd and leader, or because, spurning the promises of their Baptism, they have cast off the most sweet yoke of Thy law.

We now endeavor to expiate all these lamentable crimes together, and it is also our purpose to make amends for each one of them severally: for the want of modesty in life and dress, for impurities, for so many snares set for the minds of the innocent, for the violation of feast days, for the horrid blasphemies against Thee and Thy saints, for the insults offered to Thy Vicar and to the priestly or-der, for the neglect of the Sacrament of Divine love or its profanation by horri-ble sacrileges, and lastly for the public sins of nations which resist the rights and the teaching authority of the Church which Thou hast instituted. Would that we could wash away these crimes with our own blood!

And now, to make amends for the outrage offered to the Divine honor, we offer to Thee the same satisfaction which Thou didst once offer to Thy Father on the Cross and which Thou dost continually renew on our altars, we offer this con-joined with the expiations of the Virgin Mother and of all the Saints, and of all pious Christians, promising from our heart that so far as in us lies, with the help of Thy grace, we will make amends for our own past sins, and for the sins of others, and for the neglect of Thy boundless love, by firm faith, by a pure way of life, and by a perfect observance of the Gospel law, especially that of charity; we will also strive with all our strength to prevent injuries being offered to Thee, and gather as many as we can to become Thy followers. Receive, we be-seech Thee, O most benign Jesus, by the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Reparatress, the voluntary homage of this expiation, and vouchsafe, by that great gift of final perseverance, to keep us most faithful until death in our duty and in Thy service, so that at length we may all come to that father-land, where Thou with the Father and the Holy Ghost livest and reignest God for ever and ever. Amen.

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Communal Recitation of the Holy Rosary (7:45 pm) The Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary Intentions: In reparation for the sin of racism and for the unity of human society under the peaceful Lordship of Jesus Christ. The First Glorious Mystery – The Resurrection Scripture: (Mark 16:6) [The Angel] said to them, “Do not be amazed! You seek Jesus of Nazareth, the crucified. He has been raised; He is not here. Behold, the place where they laid him.” Fruit of the Mystery: Faith The Second Glorious Mystery – The Ascension Scripture: (Mark 16:19) So then the Lord Jesus, after He spoke to them, was taken up into heaven and took his seat at the right hand of God. Fruit of the Mystery: Hope The Third Glorious Mystery – Descent of the Holy Spirit Scripture: (Acts 2:4) And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in different tongues as the Spirit enabled them to pro-claim. Fruit of the Mystery: Love of God The Fourth Glorious Mystery – The Assumption of Mary Scripture: (Revelation 12:1) A great sign appeared in the sky, a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars Fruit of the Mystery: Grace of A Happy Death The Fifth Glorious Mystery – The Coronation of Mary Scripture: (Judith 15:9-10) When they came to her, all with one accord blessed her, saying: "You are the glory of Jerusalem! You are the great pride of Israel! You are the great boast of our nation! By your own hand you have done this. You have done good things for Israel, and God is pleased with them. May the Almighty Lord bless you forever!” And all the people said, “Amen!” Fruit of the Mystery: Trust In Mary’s Intercession

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Memorare – Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to your protection, implored your help, or sought your intercession was left unaided. Inspired with this confidence, I fly to you, O Virgin of virgins, my Mother. To you I come, before you I stand, sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in your mercy, hear and answer. Amen. Litany of Saints and Blesseds Who Will Help Us! Our Lady of Kibeho, pray for us! Our Lady of Akito, pray for us! Our Lady of Alexandria, pray for us! Our Lady of Guadalupe, pray for us! Our Lady of Victory, pray for us! St. Joseph, Terror of Demons, pray for us! St. Katherine Drexel, pray for us! St. Josephine Bakhita, pray for us! St. Augustine of Hippo, pray for us! St. Monica of Hippo, pray for us! St. Martin de Porres, pray for us! St. Charles Lwanga and Companions, pray for us! Venerable Henriette Delille, pray for us! Venerable Pierre Toussaint, pray for us! Venerable Father Augustus Tolton, pray for us! Servant of God Mother Mary Lange, pray for us! Servant of God Sister Thea Bowman, pray for us! Servant of God Julia Greeley, pray for us! St. John Paul the Great, pray for us! Amen.

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Prayer to Overcome Racism As in all things, we turn to prayer, asking Our Blessed Mother to intercede on our behalf: Mary, friend and mother to all, through your Son, God has found a way to unite himself to every human be-ing, called to be one people, sisters and brothers to each other. We ask for your help in calling on your Son, seeking for-giveness for the times when we have failed to love and re-spect one another. We ask for your help in obtaining from your Son the grace we need to overcome the evil of racism and to build a just society. We ask for your help in following your Son, so that prejudice and animosity will no longer in-fect our minds or hearts but will be replaced with a love that respects the dignity of each person. Mother of the Church, the Spirit of your Son Jesus warms our hearts: pray for us! [From the USCCB’s pastoral letter against Racism, “Open Wide Our Hearts; The Enduring Call to Love”]