Visita Iglesia Prayer Guide
Visita Iglesia Prayer Guide
Introductory Prayers
Sign of the Cross
Please kneel
Presider: In nomine Patris + , et Filii + , et Spiritus Sancti + ,
Faithful: Amen.
Collect Prayer
Let us pray:
Presider:
Holy Spirit, you who reveal Jesus to us, help us to discover him in his Eucharistic presence;
Beneath the veil of the Host, show us the powerful and generous Christ of the Gospels;
Let us see the Good Shepherd who knows each one of us, watches over us and calls us by name;
Allow us to listen to the incomparable Master who presents His doctrine and wishes to enlighten us in all
things.
Faithful:
Let us touch the Savior whose contact heals, and transforms bodies and souls;
Let us recognize this friend, happy to live with us and share our human existence;
Allow us to recognize the victim of Calvary who spares nothing of the gift of Himself to obtain for us
pardon and holiness.
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.
Presider:
Holy Virgin, you who knew how to look at Jesus and penetrate the most profound depth of his person:
Teach us to look at Him, to look at him at length and quietly, in the tabernacle where he is present.
Teach us to listen in silence to the words which he speaks to us and establish an intimate dialogue with
him.
Faithful:
Let us see the marvels which he desires to work in the depths of our souls.
Teach us to appreciate his closeness to us and the immeasurable friendship he shows us.
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.
Presider:
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. May we reflect and ponder on your great love for us that made you
offer yourself as a Holy and Living Sacrifice for all. Teach us to love you in every Altar at every Mass.
May we recognize your sacred presence in Holy Communion. Most of all, help us to live in the spirit of
the wondrous sacrament of love and sacrifice for all.
Faithful: AMEN.
Gospel reading…
Reflection…
Prayer…
All:
Soul of Christ, sanctify me
Body of Christ, save me
Blood of Christ, inebriate me
Water from the side of Christ, wash me
Passion of Christ, strengthen me
O good Jesus, hear me
Within Thy wounds hide me
Permit me not to be separated from Thee
From the malignant enemy defend me
In the hour of my death call m
And bid me come unto Thee
That with thy Saints I may praise Thee
Forever and ever
Amen.
The Glory Be
Presider:
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
Faithful:
As it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever, Amen.
First Church
Gospel Reading (Stand)
Thomas said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?”
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
If you really knew me, you would know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have
seen him.”
Concluding Prayer
Faithful:
Lord Jesus, you truly are the Way, which leads us to the Father. You are the Truth, where we find all
knowledge and wisdom, we need to face every day’s struggles. You are the Life, for without you we are
nothing. We praise you this night and thank you for the gift of your Eucharistic Presence.
You never leave us alone. You shared with us this sacred meal for us to partake, and share with others, for
our salvation. Transform us to your image, and help us to live continually according to your law. May we
continuously show our love for the holy Eucharist, which is our way, truth and life in our daily struggles
until we come to see you in eternal glory. Amen.
Second Church
Gospel Reading (Stand)
Reader: A reading from the Holy Gospel according to John. (Jn 15, 1-8)
Faithful: Glory to you, O, Lord!
Reader:
“I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit,
while every branch that does bear fruit, he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. You are already
clean because of the word I have spoken to you. Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can
bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.
Concluding Prayer
Faithful:
We are truly connected to you, Lord Jesus. Like the vine and its branches, we continually receive the
grace and life from you alone. We especially remember this in the Holy Eucharist. Your body is the food
which nourishes our spirit and makes us live more according to your will.
We pray, Jesus! Continue to nourish us in body and spirit through the Bread of Life which you provide us
in every Mass we attend. Enliven in us the sacredness of this Sacrament that we may continuously live as
what you will. Amen.
Third Church
Gospel Reading (Stand)
Reader: A reading from the Holy Gospel according to John. (Jn 15, 9-17)
Faithful: Glory to you, O, Lord!
Reader:
“As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. If you obey my commands,
you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father’s commands and remain in his love. I have
told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. My command is this:
Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his
friends. You are my friends if you do what I command. I no longer call you servants, because a servant
does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from
my Father I have made known to you. You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go
and bear fruit—fruit that will last. Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in my name. This is
my command: Love each other. “
Concluding Prayer
Faithful:
You loved us, Lord Jesus. You loved us until your death. You loved us as friends. You loved us with an
ultimate love. This is far greater than anything we can feel or imagine! You commanded us to extend the
same love to others, without anything in reserve. Your love remains with us in the Eucharist, this love we
receive in every Communion when we eat your precious Body and drink your sacred Blood. This is the
great manifesto of your love for us.
Teach us to show greater love for you in the Holy Sacrifice. Make us receive you in a greater disposition,
prepared and in the state of grace. Everytime we sin against you, help us to be sorry first for our iniquities
before we accept you in Communion. Make every moment a loving one with your divine presence in us.
And when the priest tells us, Ite, Missa Est, guide us as we become a living Eucharist of love to our
brothers and sisters, even to the point of offering our lives for you and for them. Amen.
Fourth Church
Gospel Reading (Stand)
Reader: A reading from the Holy Gospel according to John. (Jn 15, 18-27)
Faithful: Glory to you, O, Lord!
Reader:
“If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, it would love
you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is
why the world hates you. Remember the words I spoke to you: ‘No servant is greater than his master.’ If
they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also.
They will treat you this way because of my name, for they do not know the One who sent me If I had not
come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. Now, however, they have no excuse for their
sin. He who hates me hates my Father as well. If I had not done among them what no one else did, they
would not be guilty of sin. But now they have seen these miracles, and yet they have hated both me and
my Father. But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: ‘They hated me without reason.’
Concluding Prayer
Faithful:
Throughout the years, Lord Jesus, a lot of people showed their hatred towards your Eucharistic presence.
Sacrileges done inside and outside the Church offended you so much. Many were led astray due to their
false interpretations of the Sacrament which you alone provide. This gave much offense to your
Eucharistic Presence, dear Lord.
Accept our sincere act of repentance for these and others wrongdoings of the world, Lord Jesus. We
promise to express our deep concern and love for this memorial of your saving work for us. This might
lead us to become the enemies of the world, but we know you’ll never leave us and that you’ll provide the
Consoling Spirit that will make us energized and prepared to defend your precious Body in words and
actions. Guide us, O Lord. We depend on your providence. Amen.
Fifth Church
Gospel Reading (Stand)
Reader: A reading from the Holy Gospel according to John. (Jn 17, 1-5)
Faithful: Glory to you, O, Lord!
Reader:
Jesus lifted his eyes toward heaven and prayed: “Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, that your
Son may glorify you. For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all
those you have given him. Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus
Christ, whom you have sent. I have brought you glory on earth by completing the work you gave me to
do. And now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world began.”
Concluding Prayer
Faithful:
May we be continuously strengthened by this glory – the Glory of God in our midst through the
Sacrament of Divine Love. May you continue to shine in glory in ever Mass we attend, in every sacred
host we receive. May we be glorified as well when we take you into ourselves. Transform our weak
bodies into glorified bodies like yours. And when death comes, call us to be in total happiness with you in
the Kingdom in Heaven where you live and reign forever. Amen.
Sixth Church
Gospel Reading (Stand)
Reader: A reading from the Holy Gospel according to John. (Jn 17, 6-19)
Faithful: Glory to you, O, Lord!
Reader:
Jesus lifted his eyes toward heaven and prayed: “I have revealed you to those whom you gave me out of
the world. They were yours; you gave them to me and they have obeyed your word. Now they know that
everything you have given me comes from you. For I gave them the words you gave me and they
accepted them. They knew with certainty that I came from you, and they believed that you sent me. I pray
for them. I am not praying for the world, but for those you have given me, for they are yours. All I have is
yours, and all you have is mine. And glory has come to me through them. I will remain in the world no
longer, but they are still in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them by the power of
your name—the name you gave me—so that they may be one as we are one. While I was with them, I
protected them and kept them safe by that name you gave me. None has been lost except the one doomed
to destruction so that Scripture would be fulfilled.
“I am coming to you now, but I say these things while I am still in the world, so that they may have the
full measure of my joy within them. I have given them your word and the world has hated them, for they
are not of the world any more than I am of the world. My prayer is not that you take them out of the world
but that you protect them from the evil one. They are not of the world, even as I am not of it. Sanctify
them by the truth; your word is truth. As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world. For
them I sanctify myself, that they too may be truly sanctified.”
Concluding Prayer
Faithful:
Lord Jesus, you are the eternal High Priest. In your sacrifice in Calvary, you gave a perfect sacrifice
which is sufficient for every time and place. Through the hands of the priest, you continuously give
yourself to us, and at the same time offer yourself to the Father.
We now pray and offer to you all your priests who tirelessly give us your Body and Blood in every Mass
we attend. Unworthy as they may be, keep them pure and worthy in mind, word and deed for them to
really celebrate the Sacrament of Love in persona Christi Capitis. Deliver them from every possible
temptation, and may they and their ministry inspire others to live a holy and pure life as you did here on
Earth. Amen.
Seventh Church
Gospel Reading (Stand)
Reader: A reading from the Holy Gospel according to John. (Jn 17, 6-19)
Faithful: Glory to you, O, Lord!
Reader:
Jesus lifted his eyes to Heaven and prayed: “My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who
will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I
am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. I have given them
the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one: I in them and you in me. May they be
brought to complete unity to let the world know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have
loved me.
“Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory, the glory you
have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world. “Righteous Father, though the
world does not know you, I know you, and they know that you have sent me. I have made you known to
them, and will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in them and
that I myself may be in them.”
Reflection (Kneel)
Concluding Prayer
Faithful:
Lord Jesus, you are in the Father, just as he is in you. In the Holy Eucharist, you continuously manifest
your total unity with us. This is one big grace that no mere mortal can understand, except for those
enlightened by your Word and Grace.
Closing Prayers
Praises of God
St. Francis of Assisi
Adoration
Presider: For each invocation, let our Faithful be: Give us your salvation
Presider:
Living Bread come down from heaven
Living Word of the Father
Giver of the Holy Spirit
Bridegroom of Holy Church
Redeemer of the world
Friend of the young and the poor
When You come on the last day
Faithful: AMEN.