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Spiritual Reflections

Fourth Week of Easter

Worthy is the Lamb

I, John, looked and heard the voices of many angels
who surrounded the throne
and the living creatures and the elders.
They were countless in number, and they cried out in a loud voice:
“Worthy is the Lamb that was slain
to receive power and riches, wisdom and strength,
honor and glory and blessing.”

Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth
and under the earth and in the sea,
everything in the universe, cry out:
“To the one who sits on the throne and to the Lamb
be blessing and honor, glory and might,
forever and ever.” The four living creatures answered, “Amen,”

the Book of Revelation

Praise to the Lord the Almighty

Praise to the Lord . HYMN

Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of creation!
O my soul, praise him, for he is my health and salvation!
Come, all who hear; brothers and sisters draw near,
join in glad adoration.

Praise to the Lord, who in all things so wondrously reigning;
sheltering thee under his wings, and so gently sustaining!
Has thou not seen all that is needful has been
sent by his gracious ordaining?

Praise to the Lord, who will prosper thy work and defend thee;
surely his goodness and mercy shall daily attend thee.
Ponder anew what the Almighty can do,
if with his love he befriends thee.

Praise to the Lord! O let all that is in me adore him!
All that has life and breath, come now with praises before him.
Let the Amen sound from his people again;
Gladly forever adore him.

Be Joyful Mary Heavenly Queen

Be Joyful Mary . Hymn

Be joyful, Mary, heav’nly Queen,
Be joyful, Mary!/Gaude, Maria!
Your grief is changed to joy serene, Alleluia!
Laetare, O Maria! ( Rejoice, rejoice, O Mary ! )

The Son you bore by heaven’s grace,
Be joyful, Mary!/Gaude, Maria!
Did by his death our guilt erase, Alleluia!
Laetare, O Maria! ( Rejoice, rejoice, O Mary ! )

The Lord has risen from the dead,
Be joyful, Mary!/Gaude, Maria!
He rose in glory as he said, Alleluia!
Laetare, O Maria! ( Rejoice, rejoice, O Mary ! )

You shall put on Immortality

1 Corinthians 15:54-58

When the perishable puts on the imperishable,
and the Mortal puts on Immortality,
then shall come to pass the saying that is written:
“Death is swallowed up in victory.”

“O death, where is thy victory? O death, where is thy sting?”
The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.
But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Therefore, my beloved, be steadfast, immovable
always abounding in the work of the Lord,
knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.