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Sunday Reflection + Our Vincentian virtue this week: Humility
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Marian Saturday
Today we meditate on a reflection about the Hail Mary from St. Alphonsus Liguori's book, The Glories of Mary.
Music:
Stabat Mater
Hail Mary, Gentle Woman (Instrumental)
Song of Zechariah (Chant) **For those of you who love the Sr. Mary Gemma version of the Canticle of Zechariah, don't worry, her version will be back after Easter, this is just our Lenten version
Theme: Lenten Prayerful Meditation Music
Lead: Liz
O Sacred Head Surrounded | Chant | Passion Chorale
Author (attributed to): Bernard of Clairvaux
O sacred Head surrounded
By crown of piercing thorn!
O bleeding Head, so wounded,
Reviled and put to scorn!
The pow'r of death comes o'er you,
The glow of life decays,
Yet angel hosts adore you
And tremble as they gaze.
In this, your bitter passion,
Good Shepherd, think of me
With your most sweet compassion,
Unworthy though I be:
Beneath your cross abiding
For ever would I rest,
In your dear love confiding,
And with your presence blest
I see your strength and vigor
All fading in the strife,
And death with cruel rigor,
Bereaving you of life;
O agony and dying!
O love to sinners free!
Jesus, all grace supplying,
O turn your face on me.
Again We Keep This Solemn Fast | Lenten Hymn | St. Gregory the Great
Again we keep this solemn fast, a gift of faith from ages past,
These forty days that, year-by-year, bid contrite hearts to Christ draw near.
The law and prophets from of old in figured ways this Lent foretold,
Which Christ, all ages’ Lord and Guide, in these last days has sanctified.
More sparing, therefore, let us make the words we speak, the food we take,
Our sleep, our laughter, ev’ry sense; learn peace through holy penitence.
Let us avoid each harmful way that lures the careless mind astray;
By watchful prayer our spirits free from scheming of the Enemy.
We pray, O blessed Three in One, Our God while endless ages run,
That this, our Lent of forty days, may bring us growth and give you praise.
Lord Who Throughout These Forty Days | Lenten Hymn | Claudia Hernaman
Lord, who throughout these forty days,
For us did fast and pray,
Teach us with you to mourn our sins,
And close by you to stay.
As you with Satan did contend,
And did the vict'ry win,
O give us strength in you to fight,
In you to conquer sin.
As you did hunger bear and thirst,
So teach us, gracious Lord,
To die to self, and always live
By your most holy word.
And through these days of penitence,
And through your Passion-tide,
Forevermore, in life and death,
O Lord, with us abide.
Abide with us that when this life
Of suffering is past,
An Easter of unending joy
We may attain at last!
Parce Domine | Gregorian Chant
Refrain: Spare, O Lord, spare Thy people, lest Thou be angry with us forever.
Let us bow down before the avenging wrath; let us weep before the Judge; let us cry forth in prayer of supplication, and all fall prostrate in prayer.
By our sins we have offended thy clemency, O God; pour out on us thy pardon from on high, Thou Who dost forgive.
Offering an acceptable time, give streams of tears to wash the sacrifice of our heart, which joyful charity enkindles.
Hear, thou merciful Creator, the tearful prayers poured forth during this holy fast of forty days.
Beloved searcher of hearts, thou knowest the infirmities of men; show pardoning grace to those who return to thee.
Reflection: Fr. Jason
Prayer Lead: Liz
MUSIC
City Lights- By Gjeilo City
Be Not Afraid (Piano Instrumental)- Royalty Free
REFLECTION
- Gary Medley
MUSIC
- Teach me Your Ways by Chris Muglia (www.chrismuglia.com)
NOTES
- Check out our newest feature, VIRTUE GUIDES with Fr. Joe Williams on our LENT menu. This week our saint is Mother Teresa
Today we welcome the newest member to our God Minute team, Fr. Kevin Fausz. He is a classmate of Fr. Ron's and will be sharing a reflection with us each month. Check out his picture and bio on our TEAM menu on the app and website!
REFLECTION
- Fr. Kevin Fausz
MUSIC
NOTES
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Reflection: Sr. Kara
Prayer Lead: Liz
MUSIC
What a Wondrous Love is This (Instrumental)- Royalty Free
Goodness of God (Instrumental)- Bethel Music
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Marian Saturday
Today we pray a full rosary of the Sorrowful Mysteries featuring a special way to pray the Hail Mary sent in to us by a TGM community member.
HERE is the video for this Rosary.
The added lines are as follows:
The First Sorrowful Mystery - "Who suffered a bitter agony"
The Second Sorrowful Mystery - "Who was scourged most cruelly"
The Third Sorrowful Mystery - "Who was crowned in mockery"
The Fourth Sorrowful Mystery - "Who carried the cross and our burdens"
The Fifth Sorrowful Mystery - "Who died for us sinners"
Music:
Stabat Mater
Lose You (Instrumental)
Theme: Lent inspired songs
Lead: Liz
MUSIC
Dust We Are and Shall Return
Written & performed by: The Brilliance
From dust we’ve come and
Dust we are and shall return
Be still my soul and let it go
Just let it go
Glory to God
Glory to God in the highest
Glory to God
Glory to God in the highest
Naked we came and shall
Return into the grave
Be still my soul and let it go
Just let it go
Be still my soul
Lord make me whole
Lord make me whole
Glory to God
Glory to God in the highest
Glory to God
Glory to God
John Arndt, David Gungor, Kate Gungor © 2012 Integrity Worship Music/The Brilliance
Forty Days and Forty Nights
A new arrangement of the Lenten hymn
Performed by: Engage Worship
Forty days and forty nights
Thou wast fasting in the wild;
Forty days and forty nights
Tempted, and yet undefiled.
Sunbeams scorching all the day;
Chilly dew-drops nightly shed;
Prowling beasts about Thy way;
Stones Thy pillow; earth Thy bed.
Should not we Thy sorrow share
And from worldly joys abstain,
Fasting with unceasing prayer,
Strong with Thee to suffer pain?
Then if Satan on us press,
Jesus, Savior, hear our call!
Victor in the wilderness,
Grant we may not faint nor fall!
So shall we have peace divine:
Holier gladness ours shall be;
Round us, too, shall angels shine,
Such as ministered to Thee.
Keep, O keep us, Savior dear,
Ever constant by Thy side;
That with Thee we may appear
At the eternal Eastertide.
Lyrics: “Forty Days and Forty Nights” by George H Smyttan (1822-1870).
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