would be efficacious to add the recitation of the most Holy Rosary before this Holy Hour.

OPENING SONG

(O SALUTARIS HOSTIA):

O salutaris Hostia, Quae caeli pandis ostium:
Bella premunt hostilia, Da robur, fer auxilium.

Uni trinoque Domino, Sit sempiterna gloria,
Qui vitam sine termino, Nobis donet in patria.
Amen.

Celebrant/Leader:

All praise, honor and glory be to God the Father, through Jesus Christ, our Savior, and his Holy Spirit.
All: Amen.

Celebrant/Leader: God our Father, give to our hearts the light of faith and the fire of love, so that we may worship You in a spirit of truth, our God and Lord, present in this sacrament, who lives and reigns for ever and ever.
All: Amen.

Celebrant/Leader: Lord Jesus, our prayers and worship at this time are sincerely and fervently directed to You, requesting that many of the faithful will answer Your call to serve You as a priest or religious.
All: Amen.

PRAYERS TO CHRIST THE KING:

Celebrant/Leader: Bless, Lord, Our Holy Catholic Church.
All: Grant her peace and watch over her all over the world.

Celebrant/Leader:

Bless our Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, Archbishop Terrence Prendergast, and the priests and religious and deacons of our diocese, and all other priests and religious and deacons everywhere. Renew them today in your Holy Spirit.
All: We beseech You, hear us.

Celebrant/Leader: Bless all men studying in seminaries. Give them perseverance in the pursuit of their vocation. Let them be the light and salt of the earth!
All: We beseech You, hear us.

Celebrant/Leader: Bless those in positions of authority, all those who direct us in the Apostolate on the national, diocesan or parochial levels.
All: We beseech You, hear us.

Celebrant/Leader: Bless our country--Make it vibrantly apostolic! Bless our Prime Minister and all those who govern us.
All: We beseech You, hear us.

Celebrant/Leader: Bless our Catholic endeavors to protect life from the moment of conception until we are called from this life by You.
All: We beseech You, hear us. Celebrant/Leader: Bless all who have gone before us, who nourished us both physically and spiritually, giving us examples of generosity and compassion in the gift of our faith.
All: We beseech You, hear us.

Celebrant/Leader:

Bless all of us here, make us holy and pleasing in Your sight. Give us the courage to be instruments of Your will every day.
All: We beseech You, hear us.

Celebrant/Leader: Bless our families, our studies, our work, and our play. Everything You have given us.
All: We beseech You, hear us.

Celebrant/Leader: Bless the parents and families of young men and women discerning God’s call. Give them a spirit of love and encouragement.
All: We beseech You, hear us.

Celebrant/Leader: Bless, Lord, the sick, the poor, those in jail, and all who suffer and are in danger.
All: We beseech You, hear us.

Celebrant/Leader: Bless those who are hungry, those who need shelter, and those who are in need of medical attention.
All: We beseech You, hear us.

Celebrant/Leader: Bless those who lack courage when challenged to live their faith, and those in most need of Your Grace.
All: We beseech You, hear us. Celebrant/Leader: For the intentions of our Holy Father.
All: We beseech You, hear us.

Celebrant/Leader:

For the intentions of our bishop.
All: We beseech You, hear us.

Celebrant/Leader: For the intentions of our parish priest.
All: We beseech You, hear us.

Celebrant/Leader:

For our own special intentions.
All: We beseech You, hear us.

Celebrant/Leader:

Sacred Heart of Christ the King, behold us at Your feet, adoring Your Divine Splendor. With deep gratitude we realize that You have chosen us, from among many, to be Yours--really Yours, Lord! And through the intercession of the Blessed Virgin, Our Mother, we consecrate ourselves to You. We want our souls to be immersed in Grace at all times. Give us the strength to bear our cross all through life. We want, Lord, to go against the current and follow You, who are the Way, the Truth, and the Life. Lord Jesus, teach us to pray. Give us a reverence and desire for the Holy Eucharist. Teach us to preach You by our example and in conversation. Grant, Lord, that we may open the door of Your Grace to all who are in need of it. Amen.

SCRIPTURE

Reader: A reading from the beginning of the book of the prophet Jeremiah:

The word of the Lord came to me thus: "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you. Before you were born I dedicated you, a prophet to the nations I appointed you." "Ah, Lord God!" I said, "I know not how to speak; I am too young." But the Lord answered me, "Say not ‘I am too young.’ To whomever I send you, you shall go; whatever I command you, you shall speak. Have no fear before them, because I am with you to deliver you, says the Lord." Then the Lord extended His hand and touched my mouth, saying, "See, I place My words in your mouth! This day I set you over nations and over kingdoms, to root up and to tear down, to destroy and to demolish, to build and to plan."
The Word of the Lord.
All: Thanks be to God.

Reader:

The Responsorial Psalm,

Go Out to All the World and Tell the Good News.
All: Go Out to All the World and Tell the Good News.

Reader: Praise the Lord, all you nations; Glorify Him, all you peoples!
All: Go Out to All the World and Tell the Good News.

Reader: For steadfast is His kindness toward us, And the fidelity of the Lord endures forever.
All: Go Out to All the World and Tell the Good News.

Reader:

A reading from the first letter of Peter.

Remain calm so that you will be able to pray. Above all, let your love for one another be constant, for love covers a multitude of sins. Be mutually hospitable without complaining. As generous distributors of God’s manifold Grace, put your gifts at the service of one another, each in the measure he has received. The one who speaks is to deliver God’s message. The one who serves is to do it with the strength provided by God. Thus, in all of you God is to be glorified through Jesus Christ; to Him be glory and dominion throughout the ages. Amen.

The Word of the Lord.
All: Thanks be to God.

Celebrant/Leader:

A reading from the Holy Gospel, According to Luke
All: Glory to You, O Lord.

Celebrant/Leader:

Jesus appointed a further 72 and sent them in pairs before him to every town and place he intended to visit. He said to them "The harvest is rich but the workers are few; therefore, ask the Harvest-Master to send workers to his harvest. Be on your way, and remember, I am sending you as lambs in the midst of wolves. Do not carry a walking staff or traveling bag; wear no sandals and greet no one along the way. On entering any house, first say ‘Peace to this house.’ If there is a peaceable man there, your peace will rest on him; If not, it will come back to you. Stay in one house eating and drinking what they have, for the laborer is worth his wage. Do not move from house to house. "In whatever city you go, after they welcome you, eat what they set before you, and cure the sick there. Say to them ‘The Reign of God is at hand.’ If the people of any town you enter do not welcome you, go into its streets and say, ‘We shake the dust of this town from our feet as testimony against you. But know that the Reign of God is near.’ I assure you, on that day, the fate of Sodom will be less severe than that of such a town." The Gospel of the Lord.
All: Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ.

( Homily

or Period of silence follows )

LITANY:

Celebrant/Leader: ALL
Lord, Have Mercy.... Lord, have mercy
Christ, Have Mercy.... Christ, have mercy
Lord, Have Mercy.... Lord, have mercy
Christ, hear us....Christ Graciously hear us
God, Our Father, in Heaven.....have mercy on us

All You Holy Priests ..... pray for us
All You Holy Religious..... pray for us
All You Holy Men and Women..... pray for us Lamb of God, You take away the sins of the world .....spare us O, Lord
Lamb of God, You take away the sins of the world .....graciously hear us, O Lord
Lamb of God, You take away the sins of the world ..... have mercy on us

Celebrant/Leader:

Grant, we beseech You, O Lord, that through the intercessions of Your Holy Mother and the saints, You hear, and answer our prayers. We are in need of an increase in vocations to Your priesthood in the archdiocese of Ottawa. We are ever mindful that it is through Your priests that the faithful are nourished with Your body and blood and Your continued work of salvation is accomplished on earth. We are confident You hear and will answer our prayers. We are eternally grateful for those presently serving our archdiocese and we ask Your choicest blessings upon them. Amen.

PRAYER FOR VOCATIONS:

All:

O Divine Jesus. You who taught us to pray to the Lord of the harvest that He send laborers into the harvest, grant to the Church in this archdiocese and throughout the world, many holy priests and religious. May they dedicate their talents, their strength, and their zeal to the salvation of souls and the Glory of Your Father. If it should so please You to choose one from our home to be a priest, brother or sister, we would thank You now and for all eternity.

FOR OUR PRESENT BISHOPS, PRIESTS, BROTHERS, SISTERS, DEACONS,

SEMINARIANS AND

NOVICES
Celebrant/Leader:

Almighty God, Look upon the face of Him who is the eternal High Priest, and have compassion on Your Bishops, Priests, Brothers, Sisters, Deacons, Seminarians and Novices in today’s world. Remember that they are but weak and frail human beings. Stir up in them the grace of their vocation. Keep them close to You lest the enemy prevail against them, so that they may never do anything in the slightest degree unworthy of their sublime vocation.
O Jesus, we pray for Your faithful and fervent Priests and religious, for the unfaithful and tepid ones; For those laboring at home and for those who are lonely and desolate; For those who are in Purgatory.
But above all, we recommend to You the Priests dearest to us; the Priest who baptized us; the Priests who absolved us from our sins; the Priests at whose Holy Masses we have assisted and who instructed us or helped us by their encouragement. We pray devoutly for all the Priests to whom we are indebted in any other way. O Jesus, keep them all close to Your heart and bless them abundantly in time and in eternity.
All: Amen.

Celebrant: Mary, Queen of the Clergy
All: Pray for us. Obtain for us many Holy Priests!

ADORATION FOLLOWS.

TANTUM ERGO SACRAMENTUM:

Tantum ergo sacramentum Veneremur cernui,
Et antiquum documentum Novo cedat ritui;
Praestet fides supplementum Sensuum defectui.

Genitori Genitoque Laus et jubilatio,
Salus, honor, virtus quoque Sit et benedictio;
Procedenti ab utroque Compar sit laudatio. Amen.

Celebrant/Leader: You have given them bread from heaven.
All:

Having all sweetness within it.

Celebrant/Leader:

Lord Jesus Christ, You gave us the Eucharist as the memorial of Your suffering and death. May our worship of this Sacrament of Your Body and Blood help us to experience the salvation You won for us and the peace of the kingdom, where You live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit, for ever and ever.
All: Amen.

The celebrant then blesses the people with the Eucharist,

kneels and together they all say the Divine Praises:

Blessed be God.

Blessed be His Holy Name.

Blessed be Jesus Christ, true God and true man.

Blessed be the Name of Jesus.

Blessed be His Most Sacred Heart.

Blessed be His Most Precious Blood.

Blessed be Jesus in the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar.

Blessed be the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete.

Blessed be the great Mother of God, Mary Most Holy.

Blessed be her Holy and Immaculate Conception.

Blessed be her glorious Assumption.

Blessed be the name of Mary, Virgin and Mother.

Blessed be Joseph, her most chaste spouse.

Blessed be God in His angels and in His saints.

Celebrant:

May the Heart of Jesus in the Most Blessed Sacrament be praised, adored and loved with grateful affection at every moment, in all the tabernacles of the world, even to the end of time.
All: Amen.

CLOSING HYMN

HOLY GOD, WE PRAISE THY NAME

Holy God, we praise Thy Name; Lord of all, we bow before Thee; All on earth, Thy scepter claim, All in Heaven above adore Thee. Infinite, Thy vast domain, Everlasting is they reign! Infinite, Thy vast domain, Everlasting is they reign!

Hark the glad celestial hymn Angel choirs above are raising; Cherubim and seraphim, In unceasing chorus praising, Fill the heavens with sweet accord: Holy, holy, holy Lord! Fill the heavens with sweet accord: Holy, holy, holy Lord!

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