A Rosary Each Day This Week for the U.S. Catholic Bishops

USCCB ^ | 6-10-02 | Salvation

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This has been running through my mind for the last couple of days.

Will you join with me to say a Rosary each day this week and throughout the USCCB conference in Texas that The Holy Spirit will provide guidance and courage for the Bishops during this difficult time?

Here is a prayer from another thread. Please feel free to post prayers, thoughts, about the USCCB meeting.

From another thread:

"In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit...

"Immaculate Mary, most Holy Mother of God and of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, we the people of the United States of America at this historic moment stand before you in a humbled condition of love, loyalty, affection, and thankfulness.

To your Immaculate Heart we recommit and dedicate ourselves throughout the entire American nation.

To your Son Jesus Christ we pledge to serve His teaching, His church, and to work for His kingdom on earth.

O Mary, to you do we flee for protection. Surround the American family with your maternal care; enfold us in your arms. Give to this American land, built on the blood and tears of so many faithful forebears, a peaceful and praiseworthy existence in truth, love, justice, and freedom.

O Mary, we submit to you as the Patroness of our beloved country. O Mary, Help of Christians, enfold the Holy Father and the Catholic Church within your protective cloak; be our shield in the days ahead. Give to the Church true holiness and freedom. Obtain for our leaders holy zeal, the ability to face the truth, and the courage to correct all abuses. Stop the flood of atheism, greed, heresy, impurity, lukewarmness, materialism, and selfishness that threaten our nation. Show to those who have strayed from the Church the way to Our Lord Jesus Christ. Mother of God, accept our personal consecration to you and, through you, bind us forever to the Holy Trinity. Gather us all into your Immaculate Heart and unite us forever with Jesus. O Mary, we love you. Amen."

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http://www.usccb.org/comm/vigilpr2.pdf

Additional prayers on pages 26 through the top of page 42.

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Has this been posted?

http://www.usccb.org/bishops/charter.htm

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And has this been posted?

http://www.usccb.org/bishops/norms.htm

If not, they probably deserve their own threads.

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Thanks for all your work, Salvation.

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I know both you have posted litanies and other goodies before but I am not having much luck in finding the following three litanies that the Bishops are going to be saying:
Litany of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
Litany of the Most Holy Name of Jesus
Litany of the Most Precious Blood of Jesus

Anyone? Can you FReepmail me a source or post them on this prayer thread?

Thanks in advance........................Salvation

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Litany of the Most Precious Blood of Jesus

V/ Lord, have mercy.
R/ Lord, have mercy.
V/ Christ, have mercy.
R/ Christ, have mercy.
V/ Lord, have mercy.
R/ Lord, have mercy.

V/ Jesus, hear us.
R/ Jesus, graciously hear us.

V/ God, the Father of Heaven,
R/ have mercy on us.

V/ God, the Son, Redeemer of the world,
R/ have mercy on us.

V/ God, the Holy Spirit,
R/ have mercy on us.

V/ Holy Trinity, One God,
R/ have mercy on us.

R/ for ff: save us.

Blood of Christ, only-begotten Son of the Eternal Father,
Blood of Christ, Incarnate Word of God,
Blood of Christ, of the New and Eternal Testament,
Blood of Christ, falling upon the earth in the Agony,
Blood of Christ, shed profusely in the Scourging,
Blood of Christ, flowing forth in the Crowning with Thorns,
Blood of Christ, poured out on the Cross,
Blood of Christ, price of our salvation,
Blood of Christ, without which there is no forgiveness.
Blood of Christ, Eucharistic drink and refreshment of souls,
Blood of Christ, stream of mercy,
Blood of Christ, victor over demons,
Blood of Christ, courage of Martyrs,
Blood of Christ, strength of Confessors,
Blood of Christ, bringing forth Virgins,
Blood of Christ, help of those in peril,
Blood of Christ, relief of the burdened,
Blood of Christ, solace in sorrow,
Blood of Christ, hope of the penitent,
Blood of Christ, consolation of the dying,
Blood of Christ, peace and tenderness of hearts,
Blood of Christ, pledge of eternal life,
Blood of Christ, freeing souls from purgatory,
Blood of Christ, most worthy of all glory and honor,

Lamb of God, who take away the sins of the world.
R/ spare us, O Lord

Lamb of God, who take away the sins of the world,
R/ graciously hear us, O Lord.

Lamb of God, who take away the sins of the world,
R/ have mercy on us.

You have redeemed us, O Lord, in your Blood.
R/ And made us, for our God, a kingdom.

Let us pray. Almighty and eternal God, you have appointed your only-begotten Son the Redeemer of the world, and willed to be appeased by his Blood. Grant we beg of you, that we may worthily adore this price of our salvation, and through its power be safeguarded from the evils of the present life, so that we may rejoice in its fruits forever in heaven. Through the same Christ our Lord. R/ Amen.

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Since the Bishops are saying this during the conference I thought it might be appropriate for us to say it also.

Litany of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus

V/ Lord, have mercy.
R/ Lord, have mercy.

V/ Christ, have mercy.
R/ Christ, have mercy.

V/ Lord, have mercy.
R/ Lord, have mercy.

V/ Jesus, hear us.
R/ Jesus, graciously hear us.

R/ for ff: have mercy on us

God, the Father of Heaven,
God, the Son, Redeemer of the world,
God, the Holy Spirit,
Holy Trinity, One God,
Heart of Jesus, Son of the Eternal Father.
Heart of Jesus, formed by the Holy Spirit in the womb of the Virgin Mother,
Heart of Jesus, substantially united to the Word of God,
Heart of Jesus, of Infinite Majesty,
Heart of Jesus, Sacred Temple of God,
Heart of Jesus, Tabernacle of the Most High,
Heart of Jesus, House of God and Gate of Heaven,
Heart of Jesus, burning furnace of charity,
Heart of Jesus, abode of justice and love,
Heart of Jesus, full of goodness and love,
Heart of Jesus, abyss of all virtues,
Heart of Jesus, most worthy of all praise,
Heart of Jesus, king and center of all hearts,
Heart of Jesus, in whom are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge,
Heart of Jesus, in whom the Father was well pleased,
Heart of Jesus, of whose fullness we have all received,
Heart of Jesus, desire of the everlasting hills,
Heart of Jesus, patient and most merciful,
Heart of Jesus, enriching all who invoke you,
Heart of Jesus, fountain of life and holiness,
Heart of Jesus, propitiation for our sins,
Heart of Jesus, loaded down with opprobrium,
Heart of Jesus, bruised for our offenses,
Heart of Jesus, obedient to death,
Heart of Jesus, pierced with a lance,
Heart of Jesus, source of all consolation,
Heart of Jesus, our life and resurrection,
Heart of Jesus, our peace and reconciliation,
Heart of Jesus, victim for our sins,
Heart of Jesus, salvation of those who trust in you,
Heart of Jesus, hope of those who die in you,
Heart of Jesus, delight of all the Saints,

Lamb of God, who take away the sins of the world.
R/ spare us, O Lord.

Lamb of God, who take away the sins of the world,
R/ graciously hear us, O Lord.

Lamb of God, who take away the sins of the world,
R/ have mercy on us.

Jesus, meek and humble of heart.
R/ Make our hearts like to yours.

Let us pray. Almighty and eternal God, look upon the Heart of your most beloved Son and upon the praises and satisfaction which he offers you in the name of sinners; and to those who implore your mercy, in your great goodness, grant forgiveness in the name of the same Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you forever and ever. 

R/ Amen.

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Litany of the Most Holy Name of Jesus

V/ Lord, have mercy.
R/ Lord, have mercy.

V/ Christ, have mercy.
R/ Christ, have mercy.

V/ Lord, have mercy.
R/ Lord, have mercy.

V/ Jesus, hear us.
R/ Jesus, graciously hear us.

R/ for ff: have mercy on us

God, the Father of Heaven,
God, the Son, Redeemer of the world,
God, the Holy Spirit,
Holy Trinity, One God,
Jesus, Son of the living God,
Jesus, Splendor of the Father,
Jesus, Brightness of eternal Light,
Jesus, King of Glory,
Jesus, Sun of Justice,
Jesus, Son of the Virgin Mary,
Jesus, Most amiable,
Jesus, most admirable,
Jesus, the mighty God,
Jesus, Father of the world to come,
Jesus, angel of great counsel,
Jesus, most powerful,
Jesus, most patient,
Jesus, most obedient,
Jesus, meek and humble of heart,
Jesus, Lover of Chastity,
Jesus, our Lover,
Jesus, God of Peace,
Jesus, Author of Life,
Jesus, Model of Virtues,
Jesus, zealous for souls,
Jesus, our God,
Jesus, our Refuge,
Jesus, Father of the Poor,
Jesus, good Shepherd,
Jesus, true Light,
Jesus, eternal Wisdom,
Jesus, infinite Goodness,
Jesus, our Way and our Life,
Jesus, joy of the Angels,
Jesus, King of the Patriarchs,
Jesus, Master of the Apostles,
Jesus, Teacher of the Evangelists,
Jesus, Strength of Martyrs,
Jesus, Light of Confessors,
Jesus, Purity of Virgins,
Jesus, Crown of all Saints,

V/ Be merciful,
R/ spare us, O Jesus!

V/ Be merciful,
R/ graciously hear us, O Jesus!

R/ for ff: deliver us, O Jesus

From all evil,
From all sin,
From your wrath,
From the snares of the devil,
From the spirit of fornication,
From everlasting death,
From the neglect of your inspirations,
Through the mystery of your holy Incarnation,
Through your Nativity,
Through your Infancy,
Through your most divine Life,
Through your Labors,
Through your Agony and Passion,
Through your Cross and Dereliction,
Through your Sufferings,
Through your Death and Burial,
Through your Resurrection,
Through your Ascension,
Through your Institution of the Most Holy Eucharist,
Through your joys,
Through your Glory,
Lamb of God, who take away the sins of the world,
R/ spare us, O Jesus!

Lamb of God, who take away the sins of the world,
R/ graciously hear us, O Jesus!

Lamb of God, who take away the sins of the world,
R/ have mercy on us, O Jesus!

Jesus hear us.
R/ Jesus, graciously hear us.

Let us pray. O Lord Jesus Christ, you have said, "Ask and you shall receive; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you"; mercifully attend to our supplications, and grant us the grace of your most divine love, that we may love you with all our hearts, and in all our words and actions, and never cease to praise you.

Make us, O Lord, to have a perpetual fear and love of your holy name, for you never fail to govern those whom you solidly establish in your love. You, who live and reign forever and ever. R/ Amen.

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thank you.

[Rita289]

Thank you for the ping. This is so very important.

[JMJ333]

very welcome.

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RADIO HIGHLIGHTS

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' (USCCB) Summer Session in Dallas, TX, June 13 & 14

EWTN will begin coverage with a live 60-minute preview show on Wednesday, June 12, from 10:00 – 11:00 PM (EDT) hosted by EWTN News Director Raymond Arroyo and his guest, Fr. James Gould. On Thursday and Friday, June 13 & 14, there will be a morning session and an afternoon session each day, with an encore of the Daily Mass between segments. We will also provide a wrap-up show on Saturday June 15, with encores through the weekend and Monday June 17. Wednesday 6-12: 10:00pm-11:00pm Preview Show (LIVE-1 hour)

Thursday 6-13:

10:00am-2:00pm Morning Session (LIVE-4 hours)

2:00pm-3:00pm Daily Mass (encore)

3:00pm-7:00pm Afternoon Session (LIVE-4 hours)

Friday 6-14:

10:00am-2:00pm Morning Session (LIVE-4 hours)

2:00pm-3:00pm Daily Mass (encore)

3:00pm-7:00pm Afternoon Session (LIVE-4 hours)

Saturday 6-15:

1:00pm-2:00pm Web of Faith 7:00pm-8:00pm USCCB Summer Session Highlights

Sunday 6-16:

3:00am-4:00am USCCB Summer Session Highlights

7:00pm-8:00pm USCCB Summer Session Highlights

Monday 6-17:

10:00am-11:00am USCCB Summer Session Highlights

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BTTT for prayers.

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What the Bishops are saying:

Holy Scripture


PSALM 51
Miserere mei, Deus
Have mercy on me, God, in your kindness.
In your compassion blot out my offense.
O wash me more and more from my guilt
and cleanse me from my sin.
My offenses truly I know them;
my sin is always before me.
Against you, you alone, have I sinned;
what is evil in your sight I have done.
That you may be justified when you give sentence
and be without reproach when you judge,
O see, in guilt I was born,
a sinner was I conceived.
Indeed you love truth in the heart;
then in the secret of my heart teach me wisdom.
O purify me, then I shall be clean;
O wash me, I shall be whiter than snow.
Make me hear rejoicing and gladness,
that the bones you have crushed may thrill.
From my sins turn away your face
and blot out all my guilt.
A pure heart create for me, O God,
put a steadfast spirit within me.
Do not cast me away from your presence,
nor deprive me of your holy spirit.

Give me again the joy of your help;
with a spirit of fervor sustain me,
that I may teach transgressors your ways
and sinners may return to you.
O rescue me, God, my helper,
and my tongue shall ring out your goodness.
O Lord, open my lips
and my mouth shall declare your praise.
For in sacrifice you take no delight,
burnt offering from me you would refuse,
my sacrifice, a contrite spirit.
A humbled, contrite heart you will not spurn.
In your goodness, show favor to Zion:
rebuild the walls of Jerusalem.
Then you will be pleased with lawful sacrifice,
[burnt offerings wholly consumed,
then you will be offered young bulls] on your altar.

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What the Bishops are praying:

PSALM 130
De profundis
Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord,
Lord, hear my voice!
O let your ears be attentive
to the voice of my pleading.
If you, O Lord, should mark our guilt,
Lord, who would survive?
But with you is found forgiveness:
for this we revere you.

My soul is waiting for the Lord.
I count on his word.
My soul is longing for the Lord
more than watchman for daybreak.
Let the watchman count on daybreak
and Israel on the Lord.
Because with the Lord there is mercy
and fullness of redemption,
Israel indeed he will redeem
from all its iniquity.

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1 KINGS 19:4-8
Strengthened by that food,
he walked to the mountain of God.
Elijah went a day’s journey into the desert, until he
came to a broom tree and sat beneath it. He prayed for
death saying: "This is enough, O LORD! Take my life,
for I am no better than my fathers." He lay down and
fell asleep under the broom tree, but then an angel
touched him and ordered him to get up and eat. Elijah
looked and there at his head was a hearth cake and a
jug of water. After he ate and drank, he lay down again,
but the angel of the LORD came back a second time,
touched him, and ordered, "Get up and eat, else the
journey will be too long for you!" He got up, ate, and
drank; then strengthened by that food, he walked forty
days and forty nights to the mountain of God, Horeb.

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AMOS 5:4, 14-15, 21-24
Seek good that you may live.
Thus says the Lord GOD:
Seek good and not evil,
that you may live;
Then truly will the LORD, the God of hosts,
be with you as you claim!
Hate evil and love good,
and let justice prevail at the gate;
Then it may be that the LORD, the God of hosts,
will have pity on the remnant of Joseph.
I hate, I spurn your feasts, says the LORD,
I take no pleasure in your solemnities;
Your cereal offerings I will not accept,
nor consider your stall-fed peace offerings.
Away with your noisy songs!
I will not listen to the melodies of your harps.
But if you would offer me burnt offerings,
then let justice surge like water,
and goodness like an unfailing stream.

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ISAIAH 52:13–53:12
He was pierced for our offenses.
See, my servant shall prosper,
he shall be raised high and greatly exalted.
Even as many were amazed at him—
so marred was his look beyond human semblance
and his appearance beyond that of the sons
of man—

so shall he startle many nations,
because of him kings shall stand speechless;
for those who have not been told shall see,
those who have not heard shall ponder it.
Who would believe what we have heard?
To whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?
He grew up like a sapling before him,
like a shoot from the parched earth;
there was in him no stately bearing to make us
look at him,
nor appearance that would attract us to him.
He was spurned and avoided by people,
a man of suffering, accustomed to infirmity,
one of those from whom people hide their faces,
spurned, and we held him in no esteem.
Yet it was our infirmities that he bore,
our sufferings that he endured,
while we thought of him as stricken,
as one smitten by God and afflicted.
But he was pierced for our offenses,
crushed for our sins;
upon him was the chastisement that makes us whole,
by his stripes we were healed.
We had all gone astray like sheep,
each following his own way;
but the LORD laid upon him
the guilt of us all.
Though he was harshly treated, he submitted
and opened not his mouth;

like a lamb led to the slaughter
or a sheep before the shearers,
he was silent and opened not his mouth.
Oppressed and condemned, he was taken away,
and who would have thought any more of
his destiny?
When he was cut off from the land of the living,
and smitten for the sin of his people,
a grave was assigned him among the wicked
and a burial place with evildoers,
though he had done no wrong
nor spoken any falsehood.
But the LORD was pleased
to crush him in infirmity.
If he gives his life as an offering for sin,
he shall see his descendants in a long life,
and the will of the LORD shall be accomplished
through him.
Because of his affliction
he shall see the light
in fullness of days;
through his suffering, my servant shall justify many,
and their guilt he shall bear.
Therefore I will give him his portion among the great,
and he shall divide the spoils with the mighty,
because he surrendered himself to death
and was counted among the wicked;
and he shall take away the sins of many,
and win pardon for their offenses.

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JOEL 2:12-18
Rend your hearts, not your garments.
Even now, says the LORD,
return to me with your whole heart,
with fasting, and weeping, and mourning;
Rend your hearts, not your garments,
and return to the LORD, your God.
For gracious and merciful is he,
slow to anger, rich in kindness,
and relenting in punishment.
Perhaps he will again relent
and leave behind him a blessing,
Offerings and libations
for the LORD, your God.
Blow the trumpet in Zion!
proclaim a fast,
call an assembly;
Gather the people,
notify the congregation;
Assemble the elders,
gather the children
and the infants at the breast;
Let the bridegroom quit his room
and the bride her chamber.
Between the porch and the altar
let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep,
And say, "Spare, O LORD, your people,
and make not your heritage a reproach,
with the nations ruling over them!
Why should they say among the peoples,
‘Where is their God?’"

Then the LORD was stirred to concern for his land
and took pity on his people.

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EZEKIEL 36:23-28
I shall pour clean water upon you to
cleanse you from all your impurities.
Thus says the LORD: I will prove the holiness of my
great name, profaned among the nations, in whose
midst you have profaned it. Thus the nations shall
know that I am the LORD, says the Lord GOD, when in
their sight I prove my holiness through you. For I will
take you away from among the nations, gather you
from all the foreign lands, and bring you back to your
own land. I will sprinkle clean water upon you to
cleanse you from all your impurities, and from all
your idols I will cleanse you. I will give you a new
heart and place a new spirit within you, taking from
your bodies your stony hearts and giving you natural
hearts. I will put my spirit within you and make you
live by my statutes, careful to observe my decrees. You
shall live in the land I gave your ancestors; you shall
be my people, and I will be your God.