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Latin Mass Instructions For The Fifth Sunday After Easter May17, 2009
In thanks for the redemption the Church sings at the Introit: With the voice of joy make this to beheard. Alleluia. Publish to the utmost the bounds of the earth: that the Lord hath redeemed his people.Alleluia. Alleluia (Isaiah 48:20). Shout with joy to God, all the earth: sing a psalm to his name: giveglory to his praise (Psalm 65). Glory be to the Father, &c.
PRAYER OF THE CHURCH
: O God, from whom all that is good proceeds: grant that Thy people, by Thy inspiration, may resolve on what is right, and by Thy direction, put it into practice. Throughour Lord Jesus Christ &c.
EPISTLE
:But be ye doers of the word and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.For if a man be a hearer of the word and not a doer, he shall be compared to a man beholding his owncountenance in a glass.For he beheld himself and went his way and presently forgot what manner of man he was.But he that hath looked into the perfect law of liberty and hath continued therein, not becoming aforgetful hearer but a doer of the work: this man shall be blessed in his deed.And if any man think himself to be religious, not bridling his tongue but deceiving his own heart, thisman's religion is vain.Religion clean and undefiled before God and the Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows intheir tribulation and to keep one's self unspotted from this world.
EXPLANATION:
True piety, as St James here says, consists in fulfilling the divine will heard and recognized; insubduing the tongue, the most dangerous and injurious of all our members; in love and charity towardsthe poor and destitute, and in contempt of the world, against the false principals, foolish customs, andscandalous examples of which we should guard, that we may not become infected and polluted bythem. Test thyself, whether thy life be of this kind. O Jesus! Director of the soul! Give me the grace of true piety as St James describes its practice.
GOSPEL:
And in that day you shall not ask me any thing. Amen, amen, I say to you: if you ask the Father anything in my name, he will give it you.Hitherto, you have not asked any thing in my name. Ask, and you shall receive; that your joy may befull.These things I have spoken to you in proverbs. The hour cometh when I will no longer speak to you in proverbs, but will shew you plainly of the Father. In that day, you shall ask in my name: and I say notto you that I will ask the Father for you. For the Father himself loveth you, because you have loved meand have believed that I came out from God. I came forth from the Father and am come into the world:again I leave the world and I go to the Father. His disciples say to him: Behold, now thou speakest plainly and speakest no proverb. Now we know that thou knowest all things and thou needest not thatany man should ask thee. By this we believe that thou camest forth from God.
What is meant by asking in the name of Jesus?
 
By this is meant praying with confidence in the merits of jess, "Who
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as St Cyril says, "being Godwith the Father 
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gives us the good, and as mediator carries our petitions to His Father." The Churchtherefore ends all her prayers with the words: "Through our Lord, Jesus Christ." It is also meant to pray for that which Christ Himself wishes to have given us, that is, whatsoever belongs to our soul'ssalvation; for to pray for temporal things merely in order to live happily in this world, is not pleasing toChrist and avails us nothing. "He who prays for what hinders salvation," writes St Augustine, "doesnot pray in the name of Jesus." Thus Jesus said to His disciples: Hitherto you have asked nothing inmy name, "because," as St Gregory says, "They did not ask for that which conduces to eternalsalvation."
Why is it that sometimes God does not hear our prayers?
Because we often pray for things that are injurious, and like a good father, God denies them to us, inorder to give us something better; because he wishes to prove our patience and perseverance in prayer; because we generally do not pray as we ought, for to be pleasing to God, prayer should be made whenin a state of grace and with confidence in Christ's merits, for the prayer of a just man availeth muchwith God (James 5:16); we must pray with humility and submission to the will of God, with attention,fervor, sincerity, and with perseverance.
When should we especially pray?
 At morning, noon, and night, before and after meals, and as often as the clock strikes; for as God thinksevery moment of us and overloads us with His grace, it is but right, that we should think often duringthe day of Him, with thanks for His blessings. We should also prayer during the Church service, or if  prevented from attending Church, at home; in time of severe temptation; at the reception of the holySacraments; when commencing any important undertaking, and at the hour of death.
 How can we in accordance with Christ's teachings (Luke 18:1), pray at all time?
But raising our hearts to God at different times during the day, for which purpose the aspirations, asthey are called, are very useful, these are acts of faith, hope, love, humility, &c., which are aroused inour hearts; by short ejaculations as: "O Jesus! grant me to love Thee! Thee only do I desire to love! O be merciful to me! Lord hasten to help me!" and by making the good intention, when commencing our work, to do all for the love of God, according to His most holy will.
What is the signification of the different ceremonies Catholics use at their prayers?
The general signification is, that God must be served, honored, and adored, not only with the soul butwith the body as well; when we pray aloud, we mean to praise God, not only with the mind but alsowith our lips; when we pray with bowed and uncovered head, with folded, uplifted, or outstretchedhands, with bent knees, bowed and prostrate body, we show our reverence and subjection to themajesty of God, before whom we are but dust and ashes, cannot enough humble ourselves. Thesedifferent ceremonies of prayer are frequently mentioned in both the Old and New Testament, and Christand His apostles used them, as for instance, the bending of the knees, falling on the face &c.What is the best prayer?The "Our Father," which Christ Himself taught us, and commands us to repeat. It is, therefore, whensaid with devotion, the most powerful of prayers (Matt 6; Luke 11).
 
SHORT EXPLANATION OF THE "OUR FATHER".
Of what does the Our Father consist?
It consists of an address, as an introduction to the prayer, and of seven petitions in which is containedall that we should ask for the honor of God, and our own salvation. The address is this: "Our Father who art in heaven."
To what does the word "Father" encourage us?
To the love of God who made us, by His Son, His children, and heirs of his kingdom; to thankfulnessfor the immeasurable grace of our creation, preservation, redemption, and sanctification; to confidencein the infinite goodness and mercy with which God, the best Father, watches over us; and to the firmresolution of remaining always the good children of this good Father.
What does the word "Our" signify?
That in the communion of saints we should pray for and with all the children of God; that we should behumble and preserve brotherly love towards all men.
Why, since God is everywhere present, is it said, "Who art in heaven?"
T remind us that we are not yet in our fatherland, and that our true home is heaven; to urge us to longwith all desire for heaven, where our Father is, and where He has prepared us our inheritance.
For what do we ask in the first petition: "Hallowed be Thy name?"
That we and all men may truly know, love, and serve God; thus we ask: that all unbelievers may beconverted to God, and to the knowledge of truth; that all heresies and seducing arts may lose their  power; that all vices may be uprooted, and all sinners brought to true repentance, and the practice of virtue; that we ourselves may say, think, do nothing which is unbecoming in a child of God; and that allChristians may become more and more pious and saintly.
For what do we pray in the third petition: "Thy kingdom come?"
That the Church of God, the kingdom of Christ, may reach over the whole earth, and the kingdom of sin and the devil may be destroyed; that Christ may reign in our hearts and in the hearts of all; and thatGod may deign to receive us, having well ended our course on earth, into the kingdom of heaven.
For what do we ask in the third petition: "Thy Will be done on earth as it is in heaven?"
We ask for heavenly strength, that the will of God ,may be done by us as cheerfully and joyfully as it is by the angels and saints in heaven, and that we may humbly resign ourselves to it in all things, however hard it may be to do so. We connect this petition of promise, that we will not only be faithful to God'scommandments, but that we will also accept and bear all that His holy providence may impose upon usor upon others.In these three petitions we seek, as taught by Christ, first the kingdom of God, that all the rest may be
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