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Eucharistic Day is a day lived by a Eucharistic Youth in which Jesus is the Sun, the center of the day.
 
Eucharistic Day is a day lived by a Eucharistic Youth in which Jesus is the Sun, the center of the day.
* The Eucharistic Day starts with the Morning Offering.
 
* The zenith of the Eucharistic Day are the Holy Mass and Holy Communion.
 
* The hours of the Eucharistic Day are marked with prayer, spiritual communion, sacrifice, apostolic works, rosary…
 
* The Eucharistic Day ends with spiritual bouquet and Night Offering
 
  
'''Jesus as the Sun of the Eucharistic Day'''
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: Morning Offering
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'''Three Moments of the Eucharistic Day'''
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:1. Day Offering
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:* The Eucharistic Day starts with the Morning Offering
 
:* Jesus is the Sunrise: opens a new horizon
 
:* Jesus is the Sunrise: opens a new horizon
: Holy Mass with Holy Communion
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:2. Holy Mass with Holy Communion
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:* The zenith/summit.
 
:* Jesus is the Sun at noon: the center of life
 
:* Jesus is the Sun at noon: the center of life
: Spiritual Bouquet & Night Offering
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:3. Spiritual Bouquet & Night Offering
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:* The Eucharistic Day ends with spiritual bouquet and Night Offering
 
:* At sunset: let Jesus in the Eucharist sets in our heart
 
:* At sunset: let Jesus in the Eucharist sets in our heart
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Beside the main "3 moments of the day", the hours of the Eucharistic Day are marked with prayer, spiritual communion, sacrifice, apostolic works, rosary, etc. 
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== Day Offering Prayer (Morning Prayer) ==
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== Day Offering ==
 
'''Day Offering Prayer'''
 
'''Day Offering Prayer'''
 
*Day Offering Prayer promotes individual consecration, a giving of oneself wholly to God and asking that the will of God may be done in all things.
 
*Day Offering Prayer promotes individual consecration, a giving of oneself wholly to God and asking that the will of God may be done in all things.
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In making the Examen, we recall each day lived with God, precisely because Jesus has lived the same day with His heart opened up to each one of us.
 
In making the Examen, we recall each day lived with God, precisely because Jesus has lived the same day with His heart opened up to each one of us.
  
== The Act of Contrition ==
 
'''Acknowledge Our Sin'''
 
*Recognizing our sins is an important part of our spiritual growth.
 
*Unless we acknowledge our sins and ask for God’s forgiveness, we cannot receive the grace that we need to become better Christians.
 
 
'''Contrition'''
 
*Among the penitent’s acts, contrition is the first step.
 
*There are two types of contrition:
 
**Imperfect (''where our sorrow comes more out of fear of God’s punishments or perhaps from the dreadful nature of the sin itself'').
 
**Perfect (''where we are truly sorry for our sins out of our love for God'').
 
***This means more than just being sorry for the sins of the past; it means working hard to avoid those and other sins in the future.
 
***It is sorrow of the soul and detestation for the sin committed together with the resolution not to sin again.
 
***When it arises from a love by which God is loved above all else, contrition is called ‘perfect’ (''contrition of charity'').
 
***Such contrition remits venial sins.
 
***It also obtains forgiveness of mortal sins if it includes the firm resolution to have recourse to sacramental confession as soon as possible.
 
 
'''The Act of Contrition'''
 
*Both types of contrition are reflected in the Act of Contrition, a Catholic prayer expressing sorrow for sins.
 
*It is used in liturgical services, in private, and especially in the examination of conscience.
 
*It is part of the Sacrament of Penance prayed by the penitent.
 
*After the priest assigns a penance and before he gives the penitent absolution.
 
*It is customarily said before one goes to bed at night.
 
*It generally includes:
 
**''an expression of sorrow,''
 
**''an acknowledgement of wrongdoing, and''
 
**''a promise to amend one’s life and avoid sin''.
 
*It expresses in words a deeply personal “act” that engages a person’s affections and will.
 
 
'''The Act of Contrition (Simplified Form)'''
 
 
''O my God, I am heartily sorry for having offended you, and I detest all my sins, because of Your just punishments, but most of all because they offend You, my God, who are all-good and deserving of all my love.''
 
''I firmly resolve, with the help of Your grace, to sin no more and to avoid the near occasion of sin. Amen.''
 
 
'''The Act of Contrition (Modern)'''
 
 
''My God, I am sorry for my sins with all my heart. In choosing to do wrong and failing to do good, I have sinned against you whom I should love above all things.''
 
''I firmly intend, with your help, to do penance, to sin no more, and to avoid whatever leads me to sin. Our Savior Jesus Christ suffered and died for us. In His name, my God, have mercy. Amen.''
 
 
'''The Act of Contrition (Traditional)'''
 
 
''O my God, I am heartily sorry for having offended Thee, and I detest all my sins, because I dread the loss of Heaven, and the pains of Hell; but most of all because I love Thee, my God, Who art all good and deserving of all my love.''
 
''I firmly resolve, with the help of Thy grace, to confess my sins, to do penance, and to amend my life. Amen.''
 
 
'''Definition of Words Used in the Act of Contrition'''
 
*'''Heartily:''' very; strongly; to a great degree
 
*'''Offended:''' to have displeased someone; in this case, God, who nonetheless cannot be injured by our offense
 
*'''Detest:''' to dislike greatly or intently, even to the point of physical illness
 
*'''Dread:''' to regard with great fear or a sense of horror
 
*'''Resolve:''' to set one’s mind and will on something; in this case, to steel one’s will to make a full, complete, and contrite confession and to avoid sin in the future.
 
*'''Penance:''' an outward act that represents our contrition for our sins, through a form of temporal punishment (punishment within time, as opposed to be eternal punishment of Hell)
 
*'''Amend:''' to improve; in this case, to improve one’s life in cooperation with God’s grace so that one conforms his will to God’s will
 
  
 
== Spiritual Communion ==
 
== Spiritual Communion ==
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[[The Hail Mary]]</br>
 
[[The Hail Mary]]</br>
 
[[The Glory Be]]</br>
 
[[The Glory Be]]</br>
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[[Act of Contrition]]</br>

Revision as of 20:35, 29 October 2019

Eucharistic Day is a day lived by a Eucharistic Youth in which Jesus is the Sun, the center of the day.


Three Moments of the Eucharistic Day

1. Day Offering
  • The Eucharistic Day starts with the Morning Offering
  • Jesus is the Sunrise: opens a new horizon
2. Holy Mass with Holy Communion
  • The zenith/summit.
  • Jesus is the Sun at noon: the center of life
3. Spiritual Bouquet & Night Offering
  • The Eucharistic Day ends with spiritual bouquet and Night Offering
  • At sunset: let Jesus in the Eucharist sets in our heart

Beside the main "3 moments of the day", the hours of the Eucharistic Day are marked with prayer, spiritual communion, sacrifice, apostolic works, rosary, etc.



Day Offering

Day Offering Prayer

  • Day Offering Prayer promotes individual consecration, a giving of oneself wholly to God and asking that the will of God may be done in all things.
  • It turns all we do into service to God, particularly our prayers, works, joys, and sufferings.
  • It is an offer of all things, not just for ourselves, but for others too.

Day Offering Prayer (Traditional)

O Jesus, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I offer You my prayers, works, joys, and sufferings of this day in union with the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass throughout the world.

I offer them for all the intentions of Your Sacred Heart: the salvation of souls, reparation for sin, and the reunion of all Christians. I offer them for the intentions of our bishops and of all Apostles of Prayer, and in particular for those recommended by our Holy Father this month.

Lạy Trái Tim Cực Thánh Đức Chúa Giêsu. Con nhờ Trái Tim Cực Sạch Đức Bà Maria mà dâng cho trái tim Chúa mọi lời con cầu xin, mọi việc con làm, mọi sự khó con chịu trong ngày hôm nay. Cho được đền vì tội lỗi con và cầu nguyện theo ý Chúa. Khi dâng mình tế lễ trên bàn thờ, con lại dâng các sự ấy cho Trái Tim Chúa có ý cầu nguyện cách riêng theo ý Đức Giáo Hoàng. Amen.

The prayer specifies several purposes for the individual consecration:

  1. The intentions of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
  2. The salvation of the world
  3. Reparation for sin
  4. The reunion of all Christians
  5. The intention of our bishops
  6. The intentions of all Apostles of Prayer
  7. The monthly intentions of our Holy Father

The Sacred Heart of Jesus

With this prayer, we must live through the lens of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

  • Transforming sufferings into fire, into life, and into love.
  • Open to the world vulnerable, and simultaneously pierced and burning with love.

Suffering

Jesus’ suffering and death on the cross

  • Atonement (made reparation) for the signs of the whole world once and for all
  • Penetrates all time and all places

As His followers, baptized into His Church, His Body, we participate in His suffering. By uniting with Jesus’ suffering, our sufferings have a special merit to repair (or make reparation for) the damages caused by sin.

At Mass

  • At Mass, where Jesus’ sacrifice is re-presented in the Eucharist, we unite with Him (most pleasing gift to the Father) in a real way.
  • Our response to His gift of self is to give ourselves to Him, in this way the Morning Offering is profoundly Eucharistic.
  • In the Spirit of Christ, we offer ourselves to God for the good of all.

Day Offering Prayer (New-2008)

God, our Father, I offer You my day.

I offer You my prayers, thoughts, words, actions, joys, and sufferings in union with Your Son Jesus’ Heart, who continues to offer Himself in the Eucharist for the salvation of the world.

May the Holy Spirit, who guided Jesus, be my guide and my strength today so that I may be a witness to Your love.

With Mary, the mother of our Lord and of the Church, I pray especially for this month’s intentions as proposed by the Holy Father.

Through the Power of the Holy Spirit Dwelling in Our Hearts

  • Pope Paul VI suggested that more emphasis be placed on the Holy Spirit, who dwells in the Church and in the hearts of the faithful as a temple, prays in them, and gives witness to their adoption as children.
  • Since then, the invocation to the Holy Spirit has become an integral part of the daily offering. The transformation the daily offering is the work of the Holy Spirit.

Night Offering Prayer

Night Offering Prayer

Trời đã xế chiều, Giêsu ơi con nhờ tay Mẹ Maria, mà dâng lên Chúa, dâng chúc lời cám ơn, dâng trót cả xác hồn. Các việc con làm, các lời con xin, cùng với mọi khó nguy con chịu trót một ngày qua. Cùng với bóng chiều tà, Giêsu Maria, con hòa ca, dâng về nơi bao la. Chúa ban phép lành, một đêm ngủ an bình, hồn trong xác tươi xinh.

  • The Night Offering Prayer promotes individual consecration, a giving of oneself wholly to God asking that the will of God may be done in all things.
  • It turns all we do into service to God, particularly our prayers, works, joys, and sufferings.
  • It is an offer of all things, not just for ourselves, but for others too.

Purpose

The purpose of the night offering is to:

  • Thank God for the day; and
  • Ask God for a good night.

The Reflection

Most Important Part

The most important part of the night offering is the examination of conscience and perfect contrition.

St. Pope John XXIII Examination of Conscience box

Past Present Future
  • Sins committed
  • Works omitted
  • Time wasted
  • Life is short
  • Hard to enter Heaven
  • Few are saved because few choose the narrow path
  • Death
  • Judgment
  • Heaven
  • Hell

Ignatius’ Steps for Examen

After quieting yourself, feel God’s presence a few moments

  • Give thanks
  • Ask for light from the Holy Spirit
  • Review the events of your day
  • Repent for harm done
  • Ask for help tomorrow

Review and Contemplate on Your Day

Reflect on Every Activity

  • What happened? (Memory)
    • Reflection
  • How did you feel? (Emotion)
    • Use our emotions and feelings to embrace your spirit
    • What is significant in all the noise?
  • What does it mean to you? (Understanding)
    • Open your mind and imagination
      • See the possibility to turn things around
      • Review your day, reflect on the insights, and improve tomorrow

Improve and Be Holy Each Day

  • Remember the events of the day
  • WWJD
  • Prepare for tomorrow

In making the Examen, we recall each day lived with God, precisely because Jesus has lived the same day with His heart opened up to each one of us.


Spiritual Communion

The Most Excellent Way

  • We can approach Jesus in prayer, meditation, reading, reflecting, in the confessional, and in various sacraments.
  • The most excellent way to approach Jesus is through Holy Communion.

Holy Communion

  • Other sacraments are signs of grace. In Holy Communion, we receive the source of all grace, Jesus Himself.
  • No event in earthly life is more important than receiving Jesus in Holy Communion.

Receive Holy Communion

  • When we receive Holy Communion, we witness and receive the greatest gift of love.
    • Let the Eucharist sink into our heart and deepen our experience and our love.
  • When we receive actual Communion and spiritual Communion, we receive a great privilege of having Jesus to be with us, inside us, and be part of us.
    • Jesus slowly transforms us to become more like Him.

Actual Communion

  • Receiving actual Communion requires:
    • True desire
    • No mortal sin
    • Fasting for one hour
  • We can receive actual Communion once daily and once more if we participate in another Mass.

Spiritual Communion

  • Receiving spiritual Communion requires true desire.
  • Prepare for spiritual Communion with perfect contrition (with the Act of Contrition).
  • We can receive spiritual Communion as many times as we want (make preparation).
  • Spiritual Communion can never replace nor equal to actual Communion, but is an excellent method of prayer.

Spiritual Communion Prayer

Jesus Christ in the Holy Eucharist, I love You and I adore You. Dwell in my soul and remain with me always.




See also

Sign of the Cross
The Our Father
The Hail Mary
The Glory Be
Act of Contrition