Blest Are We
Blest Are We


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Holy Week

It is fitting to celebrate the sacrament of Reconciliation, to be reconciled with God and the Church community before entering the sacred time of the Easter Triduum. Reconciliation services are one way to celebrate God’s mercy and forgiveness and to ask forgiveness of one another. This prayer celebration can serve as preparation.

See Liturgical Calendar–Seasons–Holy Week for additional background information and prayer.

Go to Prayer Celebration
"Following God’s Commandments" Prayer Celebration Notes

Focus Examination of conscience using the Ten Commandments

Materials

Prayer table, Bible, candle, music

Music "Hold Us in Your Mercy," "With Hope and Healing" (Meditation), Blest Are We CD 7 & 8; "Be With Me, Lord," Michael Joncas (OCP Publications); "Eye Has Not Seen," Marty Haugen (GIA Publications)

Reading

Luke 6:27-36

Preparation Before the celebration, review the Ten Commandments with your group. Select a leader, a reader to announce each commandment, and another person to read the questions that follow each commandment. Print out and photocopy "Following God’s Commandments" for each participant.

Adaptation Have participants work in small groups to write prayers of petition based on each of the Ten Commandments. These can be read after the Examination of Conscience questions in place of the group response.

Additional Materials For a full year of liturgies, from which this one was adapted, see

Prayer Celebrations, Middle School

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Used as a resource for this liturgy, see also

Jesus Did Not Celebrate Christmas – A Guide for Christians to Jewish Holidays

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ORDER NUMBER: 0-9709574-0-8

Blest Are We CD, Level/Grade 7-8

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ORDER NUMBER: 0-382-36394-9

Blest Are We Song Book for Grades 1-8, School Edition

Words and melody for students; contains music for grades 1-6 (school) and 7-8 (parish and school)

Call RCL Benziger at 1-877-ASK-4-RCL (1-877-275-4725).

ORDER NUMBER: 0-382-36617-4

Blest Are We Accompaniment Book for Grades 1-8, School Edition

Contains accompaniment music for grades 1-6 (school) and 7-8 (parish and school)

Call RCL Benziger at 1-877-ASK-4-RCL (1-877-275-4725).

ORDER NUMBER: 0-382-36618-2