MIDDAY PRAYER - GIỜ KINH TRƯA

Leader:   In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spitit,

Assembly:  Amen.

Leader: Praise and thanks every moment,

Assembly: To the most holy and most divine Sacrament.

Most Holy Eucharistic Heart of our Lord Jesus Christ,

present among us as our Master, together with our

Superior, the Immaculate Virgin Mary,

direct, rule, and guide us. Amen.

L: Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, our divine Superiors,

A: Assist us and guide us. Amen.

L: Saint Hannibal,

A: Pray for us.

L: Send, O Lord,

A: Holy Apostles into Your Church.

THE ANGELUS

L: The Angel of the Lord declared to Mary.

A: And she conceived by the Holy Spirit.

 Hail Mary..

L: Behold the handmaid of the Lord.

A: Be it done to me according to your word. 

Hail Mary...

L: And the word was made flesh.

A: And dwelt among us.

Hail Mary...

L: Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God.

A: That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

LET US PRAY

Pour forth, we beseech you O Lord,

Your grace into our hearts, that we, 

to whom the Incarnation of Christ Your Son,

was made known by the message of an angel.

May by His passion and cross,

be brought to the glory of His resurrection.

Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.

L: O Mary, Mother of the Church,

A: Pray for us and obtain for us many and holy vocations.

REGINA COELI 

(During Easter Season instead of the Angelus)

L: Queen of heaven, rejoice, alleluia.

A: The Son whom you merited to bear, alleluia.

L: Has risen as he said, alleluia.

A: Pray for us to God, alleluia.

L: Rejoice and be glad, O Virgin Mary, alleluia.

A: For the Lord has truly risen, alleluia.

LET US PRAY

O God, who by the resurrection of your Son,

our Lord Jesus Christ, you deigned to fill the world with joy, grant,

we beg you, that through the intercession of the Virgin

Mary, his Mother, we may obtain the joys of everlasting

life. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.

SPIRITUAL COMMUNION

My Jesus,

I believe that you are in the Most Blessed Sacrament,

I love you above all things, and I desire you in my soul. Give me your holy love,

final perseverance, and do not permit that I separate myself from you. Amen.

Or:

Lord our God,

you are the bread of life and the bond of unity.

May your Eucharistic presence strengthen our community in fraternal communion

and make it a sign of your salvific love before the world. Amen.

Or:

O sweet Heart of Jesus,

I implore that I may love you always, more and more,

O beloved who is not loved,

O Beloved who is unknown;

My Jesus, when will you take me to you?

My good Jesus, my sweet love, pierce and inflame my heart

that it may burn with love only for you.

May the love of Jesus be always our life and our all! 

May you always be our hope! Amen.

Or:

O most gentle Heart of Jesus,

by saying: “Pray the Lord of the harvest to send workers into his harvest,” 

you made us trust that you will hear us

when we ask you this great grace.

In obedience to the command of your divine zeal, 

we beseech you, deign to send good workers to the holy Church.

For this purpose, we address to you the most effective of all prayers you have taught us.

Our Father…

Or:

O Jesus' gentle heart,

in your entire mortal life you sought always the glory of your Father.

Deign to send to your holy Church good evangelical workers,

who will incessantly glorify your Father

who is in heaven with the holiness of their life and apostolic work.

Our Father...

Or:

O most gentle Heart of Christ,

You were and are so thirsty for souls,

that it was not enough to give yourself entirely for us,

but you left your eternal priesthood on earth for the salvation of all.

Draw holy ministers filled with true zeal to gain innumerable souls for you.

Our Father…

GOOD GOSPEL WORKERS

MONDAY

Lord our God, from whom all holy desires, good counsels and just deeds come, give all people that peace which the world cannot give so that eager to be in your service, they may live in your protection. O God, inflame your ministers with your love, fill them so that they may win souls for with your Holy Spirit you with their ministry of the Word and the sanctity of their lives. With divine inspirations, foresee and bring your to a good end the deeds of your ministers so that each action is begun by you and for your sake is brought to a successful end. Amen.

TUESDAY

O God, you want all men to be saved and to arrive at the knowledge of truth. Look how great is your harvest: send your laborers that the Gospel may be proclaimed to all creatures and that your people, gathered together by the Word of Life and strengthened by the power of the Sacraments, walk in the path of salvation and love. In a new Pentecost, infuse your Spirit of piety and fortitude and give your people worthy ministers of the altar, strong and meek preachers of the Word that saves. Make mature the seeds of Vocation, which generously sow in the fields of the Church that you may choose as ideal in life to many serve you and their brethren. Amen.

WEDNESDAY

Holy Spirit, you formed the generous and pure soul of Mary, open the same path to many young men and women fascinated with ideals. Show them the beauty of a life consecrated to the Lord, the marvelous strength and the fruitfulness of total offering. Let the call resound in the most profound depths of their waiting hearts. Make them welcome this urgent call as a marvelous gift. Reveal to them the admirable and meek face of Jesus inviting them. Show them the immense need for souls rich in charity. For the joy and good of the Church, send new apostles to our age. Amen.

THURSDAY

O Lord, awaken in every member of your Church a strong missionary enthusiasm so that Christ may be proclaimed to those who have not yet known Him and to those who no longer believe. Give rise to many vocations and sustain with your grace the missionaries in their work of evangelization. Grant each one of us the sense of responsibility toward the missions and above all the understanding that our first duty for the propagation of faith is to live a profound Christian life. Amen.

FRIDAY

Eternal Shepherd, you do not abandon your fold, but you guard and protect it always by means of your holy apostles and you guide it through time under the leadership of those whom you yourself have chosen to be vicars of your Son and whom you have constituted your pastors. We pray that many will welcome your voice and continue to bring life to the Church with the generosity of their responses. Amen.

SATURDAY

O Mary, we entrust to you the apostolate of the laity, the ministry of the priests and the witnessing of the religious. We pray to you that the priestly and religious vocation may be widely felt and followed for the glory of God and the vitality of the Church. May the new springtime of vocations, their new growth in the Church, become a significant proof of your motherly presence in the mystery of Christ in our times, and in the mystery of the Church throughout the world. Amen.

SUNDAY

O Lord Jesus Christ, you have established your Church on the foundations of the Apostles so that through the centuries, she may be visible sign of your holiness. In your Name, bring all men to truth that they may find the way to heaven. Look upon your Church, which is suffering for the lack of priests. We pray you to continually bless and enrich the Church with the gift of vocations. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

PRAYER TO ST. HANNIBAL

St. Hannibal Mary,

our beloved Founder and Father,
outstanding apostle of the prayer for vocations

and true father of the orphans and the poor,

listen to the prayer we trustingly address to you. 

Intercede for us, your children,

arise in our heart a deep longing for sanctity,
help us to follow more closely Christ of Rogate,

in the commitment to the prayer

imploring the Lord of the harvest's workers,

And in the service of the little ones and the poor:

You were filled with the grace of the Spirit,
teach us to draw the oil for our lamps from
the sources of God's Word and Liturgy;

Inspire us with a deep faith 

in the mystery of the Eucharist,
a tender and devout love

for the Virgin Mary and the Saints,

our exemplary models as workers of the harvest;

strengthen us in the fidelity

and in the unity of the charism,

and obtain for us the grace of new

and holy vocations to announce

the Gospel of the Rogate to all peoples,

For the of the Holy Trinity. Amen.

Or:

Lord, Holy Father, Master of the harvest,

you called St. Hannibal Mary

to share the compassion of your Son
Jesus for the tired and exhausted crowds who were like
sheep without a shepherd.

You inspired him with the unceasing prayer
for the workers of the harvest of souls
and a preferential love for the little ones and the poor:
Through his intercession, increase the number of holy
apostles in your Church and grant to us, who revere
him as our Founder and Father to share the fullness of
his spirit of prayer for vocations and his ardent love for
neighbor. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

FOR OUR BENEFACTORS

Our Father...

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. Amen.

Hail Mary...

Hail, Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you.
Blessed are you among women,
and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners,
now and at the hour of our death.
Amen.

Glory…

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.

As it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.

L: St. Anthony of Padua, most faithful friend of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
A: Pray for us and for all those who recommend themselves to us.

CONCLUDING PRAYER

 L: Lord Jesus,

 A: Deliver us from every mortal and venial sin.

 L: Praise and thanks every moment,

 A: To the most holy and most Divine Sacrament.

 L: Mary, Mother of Vocations,

 A: Pray for us.

 L: St. Hannibal,

 A: Pray for us.

 L: Send, O Lord,

 A: Holy Apostles into your Church.