An Interior Pilgrimage with The Interior Liturgy…
The Second Movement:
the Liturgy of Consecration at the Altar of the Heart.
At the altar of the heart, the call is to consecration to Christ: to receive Him, to be as Christ in this world and to suffer with Him. This corresponds to the Consecration, the Eucharistic Prayer at the Altar, in the Mass, when the bread and the wine become Christ.
- The 4th Station, the Station of Consecration at the Altar:
“Give us this day our daily bread.” - The 5th Station, the Station of Consecration in Suffering:
“Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.”
The 4th Station of the Interior Liturgy: The Station of Consecration at the Altar of the Heart.
Our petition: “Give us this day our daily bread.”
The sacrament of the 4th Station is Holy Eucharist, which nourishes us with the food of eternal life.
Meditation:
We pray for our daily bread – what bread are we hungering for? What is the food we seek? What is the life we want to nourish, and nurture? We look around us and see so many chasing the toys and the trinkets of this passing world. Is that the life we want to build up? We see so many working for worldly ambitions, for higher places in the eyes of mortal men, for praises and honors that are fickle and fleeting. Set our eyes and hearts on you, oh Lord! Give us the Bread that endures into eternity, the Food of the Kingdom of God!
Responsory:
Verse: Truly, truly, I say to you, you seek me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate your fill of the loaves. Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to eternal life, which the Son of man will give to you; for on him has God the Father set his seal. (Jn 6:26-27)
Response: Give us this day our daily bread.
Verse: For the bread of God is that which comes down from heaven, and gives life to the world. I am the bread of life; he who comes to me shall not hunger, and he who believes in me shall never thirst. (Jn 6:33, 34)
Response: Give us this day our daily bread.
Verse: I am the bread of life. This is the bread which comes down from heaven, that a man may eat of it and not die. I am the living bread which came down from heaven; if any one eats of this bread, he will live for ever; and the bread which I shall give for the life of the world is my flesh. (Jn 6:48,50-51)
Response: Give us this day our daily bread.
Prayer:
Our Father, who art in heaven,
Hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come,
Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread,
(pause)
And forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.
Lead us not into temptation,
But deliver us from evil.
Amen.
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Dear Thomas,
You ask, in this 4th station: “– what bread are we hungering for? What is the food we seek? What is the life we want to nourish, and nurture?”
By His Grace, I answer: I hunger for The Bread of Life, the Bread come down from heaven, Jesus in His Word and in His Eucharist! He is both the food I seek and the Life I want to nourish within my soul, and help nurture in others by sharing Him. Without Him I can do nothing. Yet, with Him I can learn to do our Father’s Will — all things are possible with God.
“O Jesus, living in Mary, come and live in your servants, in the spirit of holiness, in the fullness of your power, in the perfection of your ways, in the truth of your virtues, in the communion of your mysteries. Rule over every adverse power, in your Spirit, for the glory of the Father. Amen.” — Prayer of Fr. Jean Jean Jacques Olier, S.S. (1608-1657)
By: Deborah on June 30, 2017
at 12:42 pm
Dear Thomas,
The 4th station, the station of Consecration at the altar of the heart, means more now, but how can I articulate its deeper meaning?
Perhaps it is hunger to have only the Father’s Will for my food. Perhaps it is a hunger to die to self and truly live in Christ. Mary is my model and so I remain with her at the foot of His Cross with the eyes of my heart on Him, and the ears of my heart, listening …
By: Deborah on March 16, 2020
at 7:16 pm