July Adoration: The Eucharist

The Eucharist is the central sacrament in the life of the Church. We participate in the Eucharist to renew the covenant that God established with humanity in the shedding of his Son’s blood - He with us, we with Him and we, as a people, with each other - we participate with open hands and mouths, as poor children who need to be nourished and enriched. While participating we turn our eyes to contemplate and our hearts to love, and to be with and meet our brothers and sisters in faith. There we gather to sing and to give thanks. From it we go out into the world to be Eucharist among people.

- O God, come to my aid.

- Lord, make haste to help me

- Glory to the Father...

- As it was in the beginning...

God summons us.

Come, celebrate the Word,

come; welcome the truth.

Come, celebrate hope,

come to the Paschal Supper and

in communion sing the New Covenant.

Come, sing the victory,

come, renew friendship and

in communion sing the New Covenant.

Silence for adoration.

Psalm.

O Christ, you are a priest, but not of the caste of Levi, who lived separately, dedicated to offer sacrifices and sacred offerings in the temple at the appointed times.

You are a priest incarnate, a priest of the street and the field, of the house and the meeting, of the hospital and the prison, of the school and the factory, a priest of life.

You are not a priest of the distant God, nor of the most holy and just God.

You are a priest of the close and compassionate God, of the God who reaches out his hand, who looks at humans with affection.

A priest who wants no other temples than those that love builds with living stones in the midst of the people.

There are no new sacrifices, there is friendship and feast, banquet of life and love; offerings that please God.

There, the people, like Christ, offer the work and the pain, the life and the death of each day, like Christ, eternal priest, according to the law of the Spirit.

Silence to meditate.

Reading.

The Eucharist, the bread that is broken, the body of Christ that is given, is an experience of solidarity that reaches its fullness through Christian love. Those of us who break bread and share communion with Christ must practice solidarity in a living and constant way. Every particle of this bread, which is a fruit of a love in solidarity, is also a seed of solidarity. For the Eucharist is food shared, life shared, a family that is enlarged by opening the eyes of those who participate in it, so that they recognize that they have many more brothers and sisters than they thought. (A. Caritas E,97).

Silence for reflection.

Petitions.

- That our Eucharistic celebrations may strengthen our commitment to sharing and solidarity...

- That all of us who celebrate the Eucharist may bring help and hope to the poorest and most excluded...

- Add your own intentions…

Our Father.

Prayer.

Father of goodness, hear our prayers and grant to your children who receive Jesus Christ the abundance of your mercy. Through Christ Our Lord, Amen.