Eucharistic Procession – Corpus Christi – 4 June 2015
Brass Prelude
Address Archbishop Diarmuid Martin
Song Soul of my Saviour (W. J. Maher)
All sing: Soul of my Saviour, sanctify my breast
Body of Christ, be thou my saving guest
Blood of my Saviour, bathe me in thy tide,
Wash me ye waters streaming from his side.
Strength and protection, may his passion be,
O blessed Jesus, hear and answer me
Deep in thy wounds, Lord, hide and shelter me,
So shall I never, never part from thee.
Guard and defend me, from the foe malign
In death’s dread moments, make me only thine.
Call me, and bid me, come to thee on high
When I may praise thee, with thy saints for aye.
Reading Mark 14:12-16.22-26
On the first day of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb was sacrificed, his disciples said to Jesus, ‘Where do you want us to go and make the preparations for you to eat the passover? ‘So he sent two of his disciples, saying to them, ‘Go into the city and you will meet a man carrying a pitcher of water. Follow him, and say to the owner of the house which he enters, “The Master says: Where is my dining room in which I can eat the Passover with my disciples?” he will show you a large upper room furnished with couches, all prepared. Make the preparations for us there.’ The disciples set out and went to the city and found everything as he had told them and prepared the Passover.
And as they were eating he took some bread, and when he had said the blessing he broke it and gave it to them. ‘Take it,’ he said ‘this is my body.’ Then he took the cup, and when he had returned thanks he gave it to them, and all drank from it, and he said to them, ‘This is my blood, the blood of the covenant, which is to be poured out for many. I tell you solemnly, I shall not drink any more wine until the day I drink the new wine in the kingdom of God.’
After psalms had been sung they left for the Mount of Olives.
Opening Prayer Archbishop Diarmuid Martin
Let us pray,
God of love and providence,
You sent us your Son to be our nourishment and our strength.
Be with us as we begin our journey of adoration,
Help us to recognise Jesus in our sisters and brothers,
Comfort those who walk in sadness,
We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Prayer Moment One
Song I Am The Bread Of Life (Suzanne Toolan)
All sing: I am the bread of life
You who come to me shall not hunger
You who believe in me shall not thirst
No one can come to me
Unless the father beckons
And I will raise you up(3) on the last day.
I am the resurrection,
I am the life if you believe in me
Even though you die
You shall live forever.
And I will raise you up (3) on the last day.
Reflection Pope Francis – Corpus Christi 2013
‘So let us ask ourselves this evening, in adoring Christ who is really present in the Eucharist: do I let myself be transformed by him? Do I let the Lord who gives himself to me, guide me to going out ever more from my little enclosure, in order to give, to share, to love him and others?
Let us pray that participation in the Eucharist may always be an incentive:
to follow the Lord every day,
to be instruments of communion
to share what we are with him and with our neighbour.
Our life will then be truly fruitful.’
Song I Am Yours (Trevor Thomson)
All sing: Bread of life, wine of peace,
body and blood, soul and divinity.
Consume me completely, I am yours.
Reading John 6.35
Jesus said: “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.’
All sing: Bread of life, wine of hope …
Reflection Bread of Life (Joyce Rupp)
You are the sustaining Bread of Life
a ready provision of daily nutrition
supplying for our spiritual growth.
You are food for generous service,
sustenance for intimate union with you.
You come to us in various forms:
Eucharist and loving relationships,
In little and big touches of caring,
And in those subtle, inner stirrings
that enrich us with a deeper love of you.
All sing: Bread of life, wine of peace …
Prayer A Íosa Mhilis (Traditional)
All say: A Íosa, a mhuirnín mhilis,
Jesus, dearly beloved,
Ní suíochán duit mo theanga,
My tongue is no fit seat for you,
Ní lóistín duit mo chroí.
My heart is no fit lodging;
Ach bronn orm do bheannaitheacht
But only give me your blessedness
Is go bhfana sí agam choích
And let it remain with me forever
Prayer Moment Two
Song O Sacrament Most Holy (Arr. Ian Callanan)
All sing: O Sacrament most holy, O Sacrament divine
All praise and all thanksgiving be every moment thine.
I am the bread of life, come down from heav’n come down to bring life. All who eat this bread, will never hunger again.
All sing: O Sacrament most holy, O Sacrament divine
All praise and all thanksgiving be every moment thine.
I am the wine of hope, poured out for you, for life renewed. All who drink this cup, will never thirst again.
All sing: O Sacrament most holy, O Sacrament divine
All praise and all thanksgiving be every moment thine.
Reading John 6:11-14
Jesus took the loaves, gave thanks, and gave them out to all who were sitting ready; he then did the same with the fish, giving out as much as was wanted. When they had eaten enough he said to the disciples, ‘Pick up the pieces left over, so that nothing gets wasted’. So they picked them up, and filled twelve hampers with scraps left over from the meal of five barley loaves.
Song No Greater Love (Feargal King)
All sing: No greater love can we have than to lay down our life and to follow the path of the Lord.
Reflection Pope Francis – Corpus Christ 2013
‘Where does the multiplication of the loaves come from? The answer lies in Jesus’ request to the disciples to share. What do the disciples share? The little they have: five loaves and two fish. However it is those very loaves and fish in the Lord’s hands that feed the entire crowd. And it is the disciples themselves, bewildered as they face the insufficiency of their means, the poverty of what they are able to make available, who get the people to sit down and who — trusting in Jesus’ words — distribute the loaves and fish that satisfy the crowd. And this tells us that in the Church, but also in society, a key word of which we must not be frightened is “solidarity”, that is, the ability to make what we have, our humble capacities, available to God, for only in sharing, in giving, will our life be fruitful.
Song No Greater Love (Feargal King)
All sing: No greater love can we have than to lay down our life and to follow the path of the Lord.
Reflection Blessed Teresa of Calcutta
When you look at the crucifix, you understand how much Jesus loved you.
When you look at the sacred host you understand how much.
All sing: No greater love can we have …
Reflection St Angela of Foligno
Saint Angela of Foligno wrote that “If we but paused for a moment to consider attentively what takes place in this Sacrament, I am sure that the thought of Christ’s love for us would transform the coldness of our hearts into a fire of love and gratitude.”
Prayer
When we gather to listen to your words
All say: Jesus in your love transform us
When we share in the Eucharist
All say: Jesus in your love transform us
When we gather as a community of faith
All say: Jesus in your love transform us
When we are self-centred
All say: Jesus in your love transform us
When we are thoughtless
All say: Jesus in your love transform us
When we are dismissive
All say: Jesus in your love transform us
When we see the needs of others
All say: Jesus in your love transform us
When we act in solidarity as a family
All say: Jesus in your love transform us
When we share with generosity
All say: Jesus in your love transform us
Song If Ye Love Me (Thomas Tallis)
Prayer Moment Three
Song Lamb of God (Ian Callanan)
All sing: Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us. (2)
Reading Psalm 15
All say: Preserve me, God, I take refuge in you.
I say to the Lord: “You are my God.
O Lord, it is you who are my portion and cup;
It is you yourself who are my prize.”
Reflection My Cup (Joyce Rupp)
You are the container of our love,
the One with endless affection
pouring generously into our lives.
You are the container of hope,
the One who holds our possibilities
giving us reason to live fully.
You are the container of our faith,
the One who encloses our confidence,
lessening our fears and anxieties.
You, the Cup, contain all we need.
All sing: Lamb of God, you take away …
Reflection Catherine of Siena (1347-1380)
Father, I am hungry; for the love of God give this soul her food, her Lord in the Eucharist.
Song Agnus Dei (M-A Charpentier)
Prayer
All say: Gabh mo choimirce, a Choirp Íosa,
Show me your mercy, Body of Christ,
A abhlann naofa is mó mhaoin.
Sacred Host most precious.
Saor mo chlí ó chith na bpeacaí.
Free my breast from the rainfall of sin.
Ní fán mbith ní deacair daoibh.
Nothing on earth is beyond your power.
All sing: Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world,
Grant us peace. (2)
Prayer Moment Four
Psalm 115
All say: How can I repay the Lord
For his goodness to me?
The cup of salvation I will raise;
I will call on the Lord’s name.
A thanksgiving sacrifice I make:
I will call on the Lord’s name.
My vows to the Lord I will fulfil
Before all his people.
Song Canon of Praise (Johann Pachelbel/Adapted Hal Hopson)
Prayer
As we bless the Lord whose love and mercy is boundless we bring to mind those for whom we wish to pray and we entrust them into God’s embrace.
For all who are ill
All say : Jesus embrace them
For all who are lonely
All say : Jesus embrace them
For all who are mourning
All say : Jesus embrace them
For all who are anxious
All say : Jesus embrace them
For all who are depressed
All say : Jesus embrace them
For all who despair
All say : Jesus embrace them
For all who are unemployed
All say : Jesus embrace them
For all who are homeless
All say : Jesus embrace them
For all who are oppressed
All say : Jesus embrace them
Song The Heart of the Poor (David Haas)
All sing: Lord, show us the heart of the poor,
For they have shown us the true way to live.
Lord, show us the way of the poor,
To be the true Church of Christ.
Incensation
Song Tantum Ergo (Plainchant)
All sing: Tantum ergo sacramentum
veneremur cernui
et antiquum documentum
novo cedat ritui
praestet fides supplementum
sensuum defectui
Genitori, genitoque
laus et jubilatio,
salus, honor, virtus quoque
sit et benedictio
procedenti ab utroque
compar sit laudatio. Amen.
The Divine Praises Archbishop Diarmuid Martin
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.
Prayer Archbishop Diarmuid Martin
God most high,
you have blessed all generations
in Jesus our compassionate Saviour,
for through him you invite us to your kingdom,
welcome us to your table,
and provide us with nourishment in abundance.
Teach us to imitate your unfailing kindness
and to build up Christ’s body, the Church,
by generously handing on to others
the gifts we have received from your bounty.
We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Benediction
Song Ave Verum (Saint-Saens)
Postlude Brass Quartet