Pallottine Prayers on Wednesday

Pallottine Prayers on Wednesday:

"St. Vincent Pallotti, Witness of Faith, Model of the Apostolate"

Morning Prayer

L.	Lord, teach us to pray.
R.	In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Praise of the Lord

L.	Lord, Father of heaven, we honour and praise your Name. You are the morning and the evening, the beginning and the end of all time, origin and source of all that was made. We thank you for the night's rest and for the light of this new day.
R.	Lord Jesus Christ, Light of the world, we honour and praise your Name. You are the Way that we follow today. You are the Truth that guides us. You are the Life that we seek. We thank you for your redeeming Word by which you enlighten and guide us.
L.	Lord, Creator Spirit, we honour and praise your Name. You awaken our senses and thoughts. You give us the power to perceive ideas, the power to think clearly and to have a sensitive conscience. We thank you for the love you kindle in our hearts.
R.	Holy and eternal God, we honour and praise your Name. We implore you this morning to be with us today in joy and in sorrow, in success and in failure. We thank you for this new day. Amen.

Reflection

A. The Preamble states about Saint Vincent Pallotti:

"In every age, God has been generous in giving special gifts of the Holy Spirit to certain men and women, in order to continue the mission of Christ for the salvation of all and to promote the growth of the Church. During the first half of the nineteenth century, St. Vincent Pallotti was among those whom God enriched with his gifts and inspiration for the purpose of aiding the Church in fulfilling her mission. The charism of Pallotti has become the heritage of the Union of Catholic Apostolate. Its members make his ideals their own and accept his mission." (Preamble a, e)

or:

B. Pope John XXIII speaks of Saint Vincent Pallotti:

"The loving saint who displayed such remarkable love is one of the outstanding figures in the field of apostolic activity of the nineteenth century. He designed new ways to lead people to recognize and love God in their lives. His undertakings, especially the Union of Catholic Apostolate, are extraordinarily rich in religious experience and instruction. All who are devoted to the Apostolate have the obligation to pass on to others the love of God, to foster a fraternal spirit and to work towards the fulfilment of their ideas with true and constant enthusiasm." (Cfr. Acta SAC V[1962-64]366-368)

Pause

Apostolic Prayer of St. Vincent Pallotti

Angelus or during the Easter season: Regina Coeli

1	Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
2	As it was in the beginning, is now and will be for ever. Amen.
1	Angel of God,
2	whom God has appointed my guardian, enlighten, protect, direct and govern me this day. Amen.

Conclusion

L.	May the Lord bless us, and preserve us from all evil. May he keep us faithful in his service.
R.	To Him be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.

Prayer during the Day

L.	Lord, we come to adore you.
R.	In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Adoration

L.	Lord Jesus Christ, you have entrusted to us the Holy Sacrament. In it we receive the Bread of Life and the Cup of salvation.
R.	You said to us: "This is my Body which will be given up for you; this is my Blood which will be shed for you" (Cfr. Lk 22:19). We believe in you, we adore you.
L.	Lord Jesus Christ, you have entrusted to us this Holy Eucharist. By the power of this Sacrament we are able to proclaim the Good News of your redemptive life, passion, death and resurrection.
R.	You said, "Where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there with them" (Mt 18:20)
L.	Lord Jesus Christ, you have entrusted to us this Holy Eucharist. Through it we become united to you. You are with us.
R.	You are both our food and our drink; you let us become one with you and one another. Thus, you live in us and we live in you. Amen.

Reflection

A. In the preamble we read about the charism of Saint Vincent Pallotti:

"Because of the worsening crisis of faith in his time, and because of the growth of the Church's work in the missions, St. Vincent Pallotti saw the urgent need to revive the faith of Catholics, to renew their love and to unite all in Christ. To achieve this objective he considered it indispensable to secure the collaboration of all the members of the Church: clergy, religious and laity, and to unify their efforts in order to promote with greater effectiveness the apostolic mission in the Church." (Preamble b, c)

or:

B. Archbishop Spalding of Baltimore wrote about Saint Vincent Pallotti:

"He was well known in all of Rome because of his extraordinary holiness. His complete unselfishness was coupled with penance. His love for all never faltered or slackened. No difficulty, no cross could shake his patience. The touching trait of his character was his all-penetrating love of God and of Jesus Christ. This love was the driving force of all his endeavours; it was the the true life and soul of all his actions, it was the key to his serenity, the font of his courage and that inner peace that spontaneously radiated from his behaviour." (Letter 20 Jan. 1871 to Raphael Melia, quoted in "Life of Fr. Pallotti", by R. Melia, pp. VI-VII)

Pause

Prayer

L.	Father in heaven, we thank you. Your Son, Jesus Christ, became a man and lived among us. He shared our life and was like us in all things but sin. He called people into his service.
R.	Lord, we thank you for all who have sanctified themselves in the imitation of your Son. They have taken his message to heart. They have shared his love with others.
L.	The saints fulfilled your will. You transformed their lives more and more into the life of your Son whose cross they carried.
R.	Lord, we thank you for your servant, Vincent Pallotti, whom you gave us as our father.
L.	St. Vincent Pallotti is for us the call and the model. He is your witness. Like him we are called to follow Christ and take up his cross. In his spirit we are to carry the Good News to all nations and peoples.
R.	We implore you: grant that we will never cease to regard him as our model Like him let us spread faith and love among all. Like him let us worship and glorify you with unending love. Amen.

Angelus or during the Easter season: Regina Coeli

1	Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
2	As it was in the beginning, is now and will be for ever. Amen.
1	Angel of God,
2	whom God has appointed my guardian, enlighten, protect, direct and govern me this day. Amen.

Psalm 130(129) or Psalm 51(50) & Closing Petitions

Evening Prayer

L.	Lord, we come to thank you.
R.	In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Introduction

L.	Eternal, ever-living God, we gather here before you. Your presence makes our community holy.
R.	We greet you on the evening of this day. Humbly we praise your name.
L.	You have given to the world and to the Church the witness of St. Vincent Pallotti.
R.	Help us to embrace this witness and to make it a reality in our lives. Grant that it may help us to experience your Divine Love for us.
L.	God, our Father our hearts are reluctant and slow to follow the good example set by others. We seek to excuse ourselves before you by blaming our our own weakness or the weakness of others.
R.	Send us the light of your Holy Spirit to help us understand that each of us will have to answer to you personally for what we have done with our lives. For this we ask your help, through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Examen

Reflection

A. Our Founder St. Vincent Pallotti writes:

"The Fundamental Law of our little Society is the life of our Lord Jesus Christ whom we must imitate with the greatest possible perfection in all that he did in his public and hidden life for the honour of our heavenly Father, for the sanctification of our souls and for the souls of all." (OOCC III 40)

or:

B. A companion relates about the hour of Saint Vincent Pallotti's death:

"St Vincent Pallotti implored the infinite mercy of God through the merits of Jesus Christ and of of the Immaculate Queen of Apostles to bestow the blessings of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit on his companions and the whole world. Then he exhorted them to love and imitate Christ by a life of humility, obedience and sacrifice. He edified all by his graciousness and touching kindness, seemingly indicating his farewell. As a final word he added: 'The Society will develop and be blessed by God. You will see. I tell you this not simply because I trust that it will happen, but because I am certain of it'." (Oral tradition, quoted in the "Sommario del processo apostolico per la beatificazione de Vincenzo Pallotti", p. 163)

Let us reflect that Jesus is offered to us as a model in our thoughts, in our speech, in our behaviour. (*Pause*)
Do we think of God's presence frequently and with reverence? (*Pause*)
Do we call upon him often, humbly and trustfully? (*Pause*)
Let us give thanks for the opportunity to share in the most noble of all tasks: to work for the eternal salvation of our neighbour. (*Pause*)

Prayer

L.	In this evening hour, Lord Jesus Christ, we come together. You called us and we have followed.
R.	The time of prayer means communion with you. We praise your Name and call upon your mercy.
L.	Our hearts accuse us: You gave yourself to others lovingly: but we think of ourselves. You carry the cross for us: but we run away. We confess our guilt and weakness: Lord forgive us.
R.	Lord, you alone give us the strength to be your witnesses to the world. You proclaim the Word, you give us your sacraments. You call us to share the bread of your heavenly gifts with all your people.
L.	Lord, your saints responded to your love. They fulfilled your commandments and became a blessing for all who seek you, for all who devote themselves to the suffering and to the poor.
R.	The saints fought the good fight and kept the faith. You crowned them with eternal life.
L.	Teach us to follow you as they did, to become all things to all people (Cfr 1Cor 9:22).
R.	Lord, we thank you for this day and ask you to protect us this night. Amen.

Intercessions: Keep us this night, Lord...
or Intercessions: Let us pray for vocations...

Blessing

L.	Lord our God, give us the peace of eternity, the morning without evening, the light without darkness. Time does not touch you, the Creator of time. Give us rest during the hours of this night. Give us peace in the course of days and years give us peace to the end of time.
R.	Amen.
S.	"God is love and those who abide in love abide in God, and God abides in them." (1 John 4:16). May Almighty God, the Father + and the Son and the Holy Spirit bless and protect us and all our brothers and sisters in the Union.
R.	Amen.

If no priest or deacon is present, this formula of blessing is replaced by the Leader as follows:

L.	"God is love and those who abide in love abide in God, and God abides in them." (1 John 4:16). The Lord bless us, and keep us from all evil, and bring us to everlasting life.
R.	Amen.

Te Deum