Prayers for Reparation & Atonement	Week 3
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
Opening Song
Introduction
Almighty and merciful God, you have brought us together in the name of your Son to receive your mercy and grace in our time of need. Open our eyes to see the evil we have done. Touch our hearts and convert us to yourself.
Where sin has divided and scattered, may your love make one again; where sin has brought weakness, may your power heal and strengthen; where sin has brought death, may your Spirit raise to new life.
Give us a new heart to love you, so that our lives may reflect the image of your Son. May the world see the glory of Christ and come to know that he is the one whom you sent, Jesus Christ, your Son, our Lord.
±	Amen.
Exposition
(Procession from Place of Reservation)
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
The time of prayer before the Blessed Sacrament should include periods of silent prayer.
Penitential Act
Lord Jesus, you seek the lost:  Lord have mercy. 
±	Lord have mercy
Lord Jesus, you admonish the sinner:   Christ have mercy. 
±	Christ have mercy
Lord Jesus, you invite us to reconciliation,  Lord have mercy. 
±	Lord have mercy
Gospel	Matthew 11:25–30 	Lectionary Vol. 1: Sacred Heart, Year A, page 630
Psalm 26	26: 1. 7–9. 13–14. R. v. 1 	Lectionary Vol. 1: Second Sunday of Lent, Year A, page 228
±	The Lord is my light and my help.
The prayers of Intercession and/or the Litany of the Sacred Heart follow after a period of silent prayer.
Intercessions
The intercessions are read by a reader; the concluding prayer by the minister.
For the victims of abuse, for an openness of hearts and minds to speak the truth, that trust and hope, mercy and understanding will be restored. 
Lord, in your mercy.  
±	 Hear our prayer. 
For those who minister to survivors, that deceit will give way to understanding, that despair will give way to hope. 
Lord, in your mercy.
±	 Hear our prayer. 
For those who have abused children,  hat they have true sorrow for the harm they have done acknowledge their sin, break the cycle of abuse, and seek reparation.
Lord, in your mercy.  
±	 Hear our prayer. 
For Church scarred by abuse  eeking transformation, for church leaders called to reparation and renewal, that truth will set us free.  
Lord, in your mercy. 
±	 Hear our prayer. 
That throughout the whole world whatever is weak may be strengthened, whatever is broken restored, whatever is lost found, and what is sinful redeemed. 
Lord, in your mercy.  
±	 Hear our prayer. 
Concluding Prayer
Since you, O God, are with us,  nothing that has happened,  nothing still to come,  can rob us of our hope in Christ.
Sustain us, we beg you,  in these present trials;  bind us now, more than ever,  to you and to each other,  so that we may triumph by the power of him who loves us,  our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,  who lives and reigns with you  in the unity of the Holy Spirit,  God for ever and ever.
Litany of the Sacred Heart	see separate sheet
Reposition of the Blessed Sacrament
Reposition
Acclamation or Song