Archdiocese
of CHIETI-VASTO
Basilica Shrine of the Holy Face of
Manoppello
Rosary for Italy
July 2020
Introduction
1st Reader:
Beloved, we are at
the Shrine of the Holy Face of Manoppello, in the Archdiocese of Chieti -
Vasto, joining in this great prayer for Italy and the world, afflicted by the
coronavirus, with the Rosary led by Archbishop Mons. Bruno Forte and broadcast
by TV2000 and Radio InBlu.
Archbishop: We want
to contemplate with Mary, Mother of the Church, the Face of the Savior, the
Lord Jesus, who looks at us from His sudarium, preserved here for centuries, to
give us His joy and peace. Three new priests, recently ordained, will help us
in prayer.
We address the Lord,
with words drawn from the prayer that Pope Benedict XVI desired to compose
after his visit to this place on September 1, 2006:
Lord Jesus, show us,
we pray you, your face ever new, mysterious mirror of God's infinite mercy, ...
God's human face burst into history to reveal the horizons of eternity ... We wish
to draw from your eyes, which look at us with
tenderness and compassion,
the strength of love and peace that shows
us
the way of life and the courage to follow you without fear or
compromise, to become witnesses of your
Gospel, with concrete gestures of welcome, love and forgiveness ... Mary, Mother of the Holy Face, help us to have
hearts enraptured by divine beauty,
so that,
transformed by the encounter with
Christ, we might give ourselves unreservedly to our brothers
and sisters, especially to the poor and the suffering, whose faces
reflect the hidden presence of your Son Jesus, who lives and reigns forever and
ever. Amen!
2nd Reader: Let us
contemplate in the prayer of the rosary this evening the glorious mysteries.
They recall the experience that began the Christian movement in history: the
encounter with the Risen One who shows Himself to those fearful ones who fled
on Good Friday. (cf. Acts 1:3). This encounter was so decisive that their
existence was totally transformed: their fear was replaced by courage; their
desertion replaced by being sent out; the ones who fled became witnesses, to
the very end, in lives unreservedly given to him whom they had betrayed in the
"hour of darkness".
The accounts transmitted
by the Gospels and by Paul give us access to the characters who experienced the
apparitions during which there were always three stages, which precisely the glorious
mysteries allow us to contemplate with the Virgin Mother: the initiative of the
Risen One, the process of recognition by the disciples, and their mission,
which makes them witnesses of what they have "heard and seen with their
eyes and contemplated and touched with their hands" (cf. 1 Jn:1:1).
First Glorious
Mystery
Archbishop: in the
first glorious mystery we contemplate the resurrection of Jesus.
The first day after
the Sabbath, early in the morning, they went to the tomb, bringing with them
the spices they had prepared. They found the stone rolled away from the tomb;
but, when they went in, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. While
they were still perplexed about this, suddenly two men appeared to them in
dazzling apparel. Fearful, the women bowed their faces to the ground, the men
said to them, "Why do you seek the living among the dead? He is not here,
he has risen." (cf. Lk 24:1-6)
2nd Reader: The
initiative that gives the world new life is from the Risen One: it is he who
has conquered death and who shows himself alive (cf. At 1.3). It is he, living
a new life, who "appears." The experience that marked the life of the
first witnesses of the Christian faith was not the result of their feeling
wounded by the death of the Master, but had a character of
"objectivity", was something that "happened" to them, not
something that "became" in them. The Son, who consigned himself to
death for our sake, rose to life to make us share in the new life in His
Spirit, the anticipation and foretaste of eternal life when God’s love will be everything
in everyone.
Archbishop:
Let us pray
Lord Jesus Christ,
the love that drove you to surrender yourself to death for us and to give us
Your new risen life, enraptures us and leads us to love you. Forgive all our
guilt, cleanse us of all selfishness, free us from all fear, give us Your grace
to love You and Your Father and our neighbor in the strength of Your Spirit.
The ever-new initiative of Your risen Love helps us to advance joyfully,
pilgrims with You, in the communion of Your Church, towards the promised and
expected homeland of heaven. Amen. Hallelujah!
Archbishop: Our Father
Hail Mary... (10 times)
Glory to the
Father...
Second Glorious Mystery
Archbishop:
In the second glorious
mystery we contemplate the ascension of Jesus into heaven.
Reader: "The
Lord Jesus, after he had spoken with them, was taken up to heaven and sat down at
the right hand of God"(Mk:16: 19).
2nd Reader: In the
Risen Jesus, the disciples recognize the one who was crucified: this
recognition makes their fear turn into courage and they become new creatures,
capable of loving the new life received as a gift more than life itself, ready
even for martyrdom. The ascension of Jesus thus marks the beginning in time of
the Christian mission. As He ascends to heaven, his own recognize themselves as
being sent to the ends of the earth to bring to all the good news of salvation given
in Him.
Archbishop:
Let us take as our
own words those of the beautiful prayer of St. Elizabeth of the Trinity, open
to the horizons that the Ascension of Jesus reveals to us:
"My God,
Trinity that I adore, help me to forget entirely about myself to rest in You,
in a stillness as if my soul were already in eternity; that nothing can disturb
my peace or make me leave You, my unchanging Good, and every moment you take me
deeper into the depths of Your mystery. Pacify my soul, make it your heaven,
Your favorite abode and the place of Your rest: that I may never leave you
alone, but be totally in You, in everything alert in faith, in total adoration,
in complete abandonment to Your creative action... O my Three, my All, my Bliss,
Infinite Solitude, Immensity in which I lose myself, I hand myself over to you
as prey.. Bury yourself in me to bury me in you, in
expectation of coming to contemplate in Your light the abyss of Your greatness.
Amen!" (Elevation to the Holy Trinity: November 21, 1904).
Archbishop: Our
Father
Hail Mary... (10 times)
Glory to the
Father...
Third Glorious
Mystery
Archbishop: In the
third glorious mystery, we contemplate the descent of the Holy Spirit in the
Cenacle.
Reader: "As the
day of Pentecost was coming to an end, they were all together in the same
place. Suddenly a sound came from the sky, like a strong driving wind that fell
upon them, and filled the whole house where they were. Then tongues appeared as
if of fire distributing and resting on each of them; and they were all filled
with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave
them the power to express themselves." (Cf. Acts 2:1-4)
2nd Reader: The
encounter with the Risen Jesus changes the lives of the disciples and is able
to change the life of anyone who will believe in Him because He - filled with
the Holy Spirit by God the Father – sends forth the Spirit on all flesh. Thanks
to this outpouring of the Spirit, the consignments to the Cross are overturned:
where infidelity towards love had triumphed through Judas’ act of betrayal, God's
fidelity triumphed, which sends into our hearts the Spirit of His charity .(cf.
Rm 5:5); where power and the Law had handed over to death the subversive and the
blasphemer, now reigns the freedom of the children and the gift of Grace, which
overcomes every captivity of life and heart.
Archbishop:
Let us pray
Come, Holy Spirit!
Renew us in our souls, make us witnesses to the life that comes from above.
You, the perfect gift of the Lover and the Beloved in their creating and
redeeming love, come to open us to the surprises of the Lord, anticipating in
us, poor and pilgrims, the glory of the homeland, glimpsed in the hope of
faith, but not yet possessed in the full joy of the Kingdom. Father of the
poor, sweet guest of the soul, sweet relief, always send forth anew into us the
life that has conquered and will conquer death. Amen! Hallelujah!
Archbishop: Our
Father
Hail Mary... (10 times)
Glory to the Father...
Fourth Glorious
Mystery
Archbishop:
In the fourth glorious mystery we contemplate
the Assumption of Mary into heaven
Reader: "My
soul magnifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God, my savior, because he
has looked upon the humility of his servant. From now on, all generations will
call me blessed. Great things the Almighty has done for me and Holy is his
name; from generation to generation his mercy upon those who fear him. He puts
forth his arm in strength, he scatters the proud in the conceit of their heart;
he casts down the powerful from their thrones, raises up the humble; (Cf. Lk 1:
47-52).
2nd Reader: In Mary,
abiding in Grace, covered by the overshadowing of the Spirit, as St. Paul VI
once said, "the purest rays of human beauty come together with those which
are superhuman, yet open to all, of supernatural beauty" (May 16, 1975).
In her assumption to heaven, she has revealed to us the eternal future that the
Lord reserves for those who welcome His love and, believing and loving,
participate in the power of His resurrection. In the dogma of the Assumption,
not only is Mary's total biography confessed, but the promise is also made that
anyone who believes and loves will be able to participate one day in God's
eternal beauty.
Archbishop:
Let us pray
Mary, formed by
Grace, the fragment in whom the Lord has made his dwelling in history, help us
to enter the womb of the Trinity, which enveloped You in the hour of the Annunciation
and welcomed you in Your Assumption into heaven, so that we too may receive
divine gifts in the contemplative depth of life and bear witness, humbly and
joyfully, by the works and days of our lives, to the infinite love of the three
times holy God. Amen.
Archbishop: Our
Father
Hail Mary... (10 times)
Glory to the
Father...
Fifth Glorious
Mystery
Archbishop: In the
fifth glorious mystery we contemplate the Coronation of Mary Queen of heaven
and earth.
Reader: "A
great sign then appeared in the sky: a woman clothed with the sun, with the
moon under her feet and on her head a crown of twelve stars" (Rev. 12:1).
2nd Reader: The
woman “clothed with the sun” of Revelation is an inseparably linked figure of
the people of the first covenant, Israel, and that of the Church, and no less
indicates She who is the Mother of the Messiah, the woman Mary, icon of every
believer who lets himself be flooded with divine light and reads life and
history under the sun of God. By contemplating she who is "clothed with
the sun", each of us can be helped to welcome the light of the One who is risen,
so that the history of the world, the history of the Church in time and the
life of each one can find meaning, support and beauty in the living God. The
Assumption is therefore the Mother of our hope, the anticipation of the destiny
of anyone who believing, loves, and loving unites himself to the glorious
destiny of the Son.
Archbishop:
Let us pray
Virgin, Mother and
Bride, Queen of heaven and earth, intercede for us now and at the hour of our
death, so that we too may one day sing
with You and all the Saints, together with those entrusted to us in faith, the
new song of the Lamb, on the Sunday without sunset of the heavenly city,
radiant in joy and shining with the beauty of ever victorious divine Love. Amen.
Archbishop: Our
Father
Hail Mary... (10 times)
Glory to the
Father...
Soloist: O my Jesus,
forgive us our sins, All: save us from
the fires of hell, bring all souls to heaven, especially those most in need of
Your mercy.
Prayer to invoke
liberation from evils in time of Coronavirus
Lord Jesus, Savior
of the world, hope that will never disappoint us, take pity on us and free us
from all evil! Please overcome the scourge of this virus, heal the sick,
preserve the healthy, support those who work for the health of all, and welcome
in Your peace those who have left this life. Show us Your Face of Mercy and
save us in Your great love. We ask you this through the intercession of Mary, your
Mother and ours, who faithfully accompanies us. You who live and reign for ever
and ever. Amen.
Litany of Loreto
Lord have mercy Lord have mercy,
Christ have mercy Christ have mercy
Lord have mercy. Lord
have mercy
Christ hear us. Christ
hear us
Christ graciously
hear us, Christ
graciously hear us
God the Father of
Heaven Have mercy on us
God the Son,
Redeemer of the World
Have mercy on us
God the Holy Spirit
Have mercy on us
Holy Trinity, one
God
Have mercy on us
Holy Mary Pray
for Us
Holy Mother of God,
Holy Virgin of
Virgins,
Mother of Christ,
Mother of the
Church,
Mother of mercy,
Mother of divine
grace,
Mother of Hope,
Mother most pure
Mother most chaste
Mother inviolate
Mother undefiled
Mother most amiable
Mother most admirable
Mother of good counsel
Mother of our
Creator,
Mother of our
Savior,
Virgin most prudent
Virgin most
venerable
Virgin most renowned
Virgin most powerful
Virgin most merciful
Virgin most faithful
Mirror of justice
Seat of Wisdom
Cause of our joy
Temple of the Holy
Spirit,
Tabernacle of
eternal glory
Dwelling totally consecrated
to God
Mystical rose
Tower of David
Tower of Ivory
House of Gold
Ark of the Covenant
Gate of heaven,
Morning Star,
Health of the sick,
Refuge of sinners,
Solace of migrants
Comforter of the afflicted,
Help of Christians,
Queen of Angels,
Queen of Patriarchs,
Queen of Prophets,
Queen of Apostles,
Queen of Martyrs,
Queen of true
Christians,
Queen of Virgins,
Queen of all Saints,
Queen conceived
without original sin,
Queen assumed into
heaven,
Queen of the Holy Rosary
Queen of the Family
Queen of Peace.
Lamb of God who takes
away the sins of the world, spare us, O Lord.
Lamb of God who
takes away the sins of the world, graciously hear us, O Lord.
Lamb of God who
takes away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.
Pray for us, Holy
Mother of God.
That we may be made
worthy of the promises of Christ.
Archbishop:
Let us pray- Grant,
we beseech Thee, O Lord God, that we Thy servants may enjoy perpetual health of
mind and body, and by the glorious intercession of the Blessed Mary, ever
Virgin, be delivered from present sorrow and enjoy everlasting happiness.
Through Christ Our Lord. Amen
Archbishop:Our
Father
Hail Mary...
Glory to the
Father...
Prayer To Our Lady of
Miracles
Venerated in THE
BASILICA Shrine - MADONNA DEI MIRACOLI
IN CASALBORDINO (CH)
Archbishop: We
conclude with a prayer to Our Lady of Miracles, so revered by our people, who
often go on pilgrimage to the Shrine where on June 11, 1570 the Virgin appeared
to a farmer, Alexander Muzio, asking him to faithfully live the Eucharist on
Sunday and to spread the love for it, and where the community of the
Benedictine Fathers uninterruptedly lift up to God their praises and their
intercession for all of us.
Mary, mother of the
little ones and the poor, turn to us the gaze of Your maternal tenderness and
cover us with the mantle of Your mercy. In You, earth and heaven met in the
gift of God's incarnate Love. Through Your intercession and Your example, accomplish
in us the miracle of the faith that welcomes, the love that offers, the hope
that lights up the days. You, sanctuary of the God three times Holy, help us to
be a living temple of the glory of the Father, imitators of the Son in the
grace of the Spirit, who covered You with His shadow to abide in us, children
in Your Son. Amen.
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