Shared Prayer May 19, 2024
Congregation of Jesus and Mary
Friends and associates of Versailles
Province of France
Congregation of Jesus and Mary
Friends and associates of Versailles
Province of France
The friends and associates of Versailles form a small group, including three associates, linked to the "Bienheureux Ancel" Eudist community. Their missions are often linked to Eudist Catholic educational establishments.
They are particularly pleased to propose this prayer for May 19, 2024, the solemnity of Pentecost! We invoke the Holy Spirit together, friends, associates, incorporated members and candidates from every province.
Mettons nous en présence de l´Esprit Saint dans un moment de silence, puis louons-le avec cette prière composée par Saint Jean Eudes :
Seigneur Jésus, que le pouvoir de l´Esprit-Saint pénètre en nous totalement pour que nous n´œuvrions pas selon notre désir mais par votre action constante et votre puissance. Amen
(O.C. lll, 273)
That evening, on the first day of the week, when the doors of the place where the disciples were staying were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them. He said to them, "Peace be with you!"
After saying this, he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples were filled with joy at seeing the Lord.
Jesus said to them again: "Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, so I send you."
When he had said this, he breathed on them and said, "Receive the Holy Spirit.
Whose sins you remit, they will be remitted; whose sins you uphold, they will be upheld."
"A Christian is a temple of the Holy Spirit: don't you know, says Saint Paul, that your bodies are the temple of the Holy Spirit (I Cor 6:19)?
And because you are children of God, he has sent the Spirit of his Son into your hearts (Gal 4:6).
The Holy Spirit has been given to us to be :
the spirit of our spirit,
the heart of our heart
and the soul of our soul,
and to be always with us and in us as in his temple.
Let us carefully consider these truths and engrave them well beforehand in our hearts, so as to excite us:
* to bless and love God for the infinite obligations we owe him for having made us Christians;
* to detest our past sins and ingratitude;
*and henceforth to lead a life worthy :
-the perfection of the Father whose children we are,
-the holiness of the Head of whom we are members,
-the purity of the Spirit whose temple we are.
Today, Lord, through the mystery of Pentecost, you sanctify your Church among all peoples and nations; spread the gifts of the Holy Spirit over the immensity of the world, and continue in the hearts of believers the work of love you began at the beginning of the preaching of the Gospel.
V/ Bless the Lord, alleluia, alleluia.
We give thanks to God, hallelujah, hallelujah.
