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SACCRE Pentecost Triduum 2008

Friday, 09 to Sunday 11 May 2008

Church of the Risen Christ (91 Toa Payoh Central)

"If any one thirst, let him come to me and drink" (John 7:37)

Friday
09 May 2008

33 AD.

Soon after witnessing the glorious Ascension of Jesus, the disciples were filled with hope and faith. They gathered together “in one accord devoted themselves to prayer, together with Mother Mary” (cf. Acts 1:14), praying with expectation for the coming of the Holy Spirit, as promised by Jesus

“You shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be my witnesses” (Acts 1:8)

This was the beginning of the Church’s most ancient novena prayer, Novena to the Holy Spirit – the “Pentecost Novena”.

Saturday
10 May 2008

2008 AD.

That same promise of Jesus to His disciples is echoed today by the successor of Peter, Pope Benedict XVI, to all young people of the Church, in the occasion of the World Youth Day (WYD) 2008, inviting young people to open their hearts to the person of the Holy Spirit and to commit themselves wholeheartedly to the mission of the Church in the world.

Sunday
11 May 2008

The year 2008 also marks the 41st Anniversary of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal (CCR) and at the same time ends the first 40-year of the Charismatic Renewal in the Catholic Church. The beginning of this 2nd 40-year period is deemed as a significant moment, especially for SACCRE Youth, as part of the “Joshua Generation” of the CCR worldwide (cf. Deutronomy 34; Joshua 1).

With this joy and gratitude, SACCRE Youth invites you to join us praying the “Pentecost Novena”; starting from the Friday after the Ascension (2 May 2008) until the eve of Pentecost (10 May 2008) as a preparation for the Pentecost 2008.

PENTECOST NOVENA 2008

  1. Opening Prayer:
    “Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of Your faithful, and enkindle in them the fire of Your love.
    Send forth Your Spirit, and they shall be created, and You shall renew the face of the earth.
    God, Who by the light of the Holy Spirit, did instruct the hearts of Your faithful, grant that by that same Holy Spirit, we may be truly wise and ever rejoice in His consolation, through Christ our Lord. Amen”
  2. Gospel Reading: From the Mass reading of the day
  3. Silence
  4. Intercession: Please refer to the list of intentions
  5. Closing Prayer: Prayer for a New Pentecost
    “O Lord, renew Your wonders in our days, as by a New Pentecost.
    Grant to Your Holy Church that,
    being of one mind and steadfast in prayer with Mary, the Mother of Jesus, and following the lead of saint Peter, she may advance the reign of our Lord Jesus Christ,
    the reign of truth and justice, the reign of love and peace. Amen”

INTENTIONS

  1. Unity within the Catholic Church and unity among Christians
    Come Holy Spirit, make us one.
    May your Holy Church and all Christians seek unity of heart and mind so that the world may know and believe that Jesus Christ is Lord.
  2. Bishop, priests and religious
    Come Holy Spirit, guide and lead the shepherds of the Church.
    May the Holy Father, Bishops, priests and religious of Your Church continue to exercise their ministry with love, wisdom and humility.
  3. The Church as God's instrument for Evangelization
    Come Holy Spirit, principal agent of evangelization.
    O Lord, breathe your Spirit in your Church so that she may advance the reign of our Lord Jesus Christ through her witness and proclamation.
  4. Youth, Young adult and Campus Ministry
    Come Holy Spirit, Love eternal.
    May every youth/young adult and campus ministry in the Archdiocese become a meeting place of young people with Jesus, a 'school for holiness' and a place for young people to 'discover their personal vocation to be Church'.
  5. Flourishing of vocation
    Come Holy Spirit, the Sanctifier.
    O Lord, we pray that you fan into flame the desire for holiness among young people that we shall see flourishing of holy vocation to priesthood, religious, married and single life in our Archdiocese.
  6. Young workers in God’s Vineyard
    Come Holy Spirit, the eternal flame.
    O Lord, we pray that you raise up more young people to labor in Your Vineyard, we pray that You grant courage and perseverance to these young workers to allow themselves to be ‘a grain of wheat that falls and dies’ for a new springtime in the Archdiocese.
  7. Every young person in the Church
    Come Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Pentecost.
    In the power of Your Spirit, we pray that every young person of the Church may discover a personal relationship with Jesus and use their gifts and charisms of Your Spirit for the building up of the body of Christ, the Church.
  8. Young Catholics leaving the Church
    Come Holy Spirit, the soul of the Church.
    May Your Spirit guide and lead every young person leaving the Church to come home and share again with us the joy of the Eucharistic communion
  9. Every young person in Singapore
    Come Holy Spirit, the Living Water.
    O Lord, we pray that every young person in Singapore, regardless of race, language or religion, may be invited to know and love Jesus, the only Lord and Savior of the world.