+AMDG PRESENTATION BROTHERS & PRESENTATION FAMILY Prayer for Peace in Nigeria ‘Come Holy Spirit of Peace’ Students at Presentation Brothers Secondary School (PBSS), Tafawa Balewa, Bauchi State, Nigeria Opening Hymn ♫ Lord Bless Africa ♫ ♫ Nkosi Sikelel’ iAfrika ♫ ( Current English Translation) (Current Xhosa Translation) Nkosi Sikelel’iAfrika Lord, bless Africa Maluphakanyisw’ uphondo Iwayo May her spirit rise high up Hear thou our prayers Yiva imathandazo yethu Lord bless us. Lnkosi Sikelela Nkosi Sikelela. Nkosi Sikelel’ iAfrika Lord, bless Africa Maluphakanyisw’ uphondo Iwayo May her spirit rise high up Hear thou our prayers Yiva imathandazo yethu Nkosi Sikelela Lord bless us Your family. Thina lusapho Iwayo. Chorus: Chorus: Descend, O Spirit Yihla moya, yihla moya Descend, O Holy Spirit Yihla moya oyingcwele Lord bless us Nkosi Sikelela Your family. Thina lusapho lwayo (Repeat) (Repeat)
Opening Prayer God, our Father, we pray for peace throughout the world, especially in those countries where people suffer warfare and violence. In particular we pray for the gift of peace for the people of Nigeria. We remember those who have lost loved ones through violence. We raise up to you those who have suffered injury or harm. We pray for the young women abducted by people of violence. Lord, may they be returned safely to their families. Turn the hearts of the violent ones to peace. God of love, bless in a special way our Presentation Brothers, associates and students in Nigeria. Protect them, keep them safe and strengthen them as they continue to witness to your love. We make this prayer through Christ, Our Lord. Amen. Psalm 10 Antiphon The Lord cares for the weak and oppressed In the Lord I have taken refuge. The Lord is in his holy temple, How can you say to my soul: the Lord, whose throne is in heaven. ‘Fly like a bird to its mountain. His eyes look down on the world; his gaze tests mortal men. See the wicked bracing their bow; The Lord tests the just and the wicked: the lover of violence he hates. they are fixing their arrows on the He sends fire and brimstone on the wicked; string to shoot upright men in the dark. he sends a scorching wind as their lot. Foundations once destroyed, what can the just do? The Lord is just and loves justice: the upright shall see his face. The Lord cares for the weak and oppressed Antiphon Psalm 14 Antiphon Blessed are the pure in heart: they shall see God. Lord, who shall be admitted to your tent he who does no wrong to his brother, and dwell on your holy mountain? who casts no slur on his neighbour, who holds the godless in disdain, He who walks without fault; but honours those who fear the Lord; he who acts with justice and speaks the truth from his heart; he who keeps his pledge, come what may; he who does not slander with his tongue; who takes no interest on a loan and accepts no bribes against the innocent. Such a man will stand firm forever. Antiphon Blessed are the pure in heart: they shall see God.
Canticle Antiphon God chose us in his Son and made us his adopted sons. Blessed be the God and Father In him we have redemption through of our Lord Jesus Christ, his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, who has blessed us in Christ according to the riches of his grace with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly which he lavished upon us. places. He has made known to us in all He chose us in him wisdom and insight the mystery of before the foundation of the world, his will according to his purpose that we should be holy which he set forth in Christ. and blameless before him. His purpose he set forth in Christ, He destined us in love as a plan for the fullness of time, to be his sons through Jesus Christ, to unite all things in him, according to the purpose of his will, things in heaven and things on earth. to the praise of his glorious grace which he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved. Antiphon God chose us in his Son and made us his adopted sons. Magnificat My soul glorifies the Lord, He fills the starving with good things, my spirit rejoices in God, my Saviour. sends the rich away empty. He looks on his servant in her lowliness; henceforth, all ages will call me blessed. He protects Israel, his servant, remembering his mercy, The Almighty works marvels for me. the mercy promised to our fathers, Holy his name! to Abraham and his sons forever. His mercy is from age to age, on those who fear him. He puts forth his arm in strength and scatters the proud-hearted. He casts the mighty from their thrones and raises the lowly. Intercessions A time of shared prayer for our Presentation Family in Nigeria. Response to each intercession: Come, Holy Spirit of Peace. Our Father… Memorare…
Final Prayer A Blessing for Peace As the fever of day calms toward twilight That those who enjoy May all that is strained in us come to ease. the privilege of peace Might not forget their tormented We pray for all who suffered violence today, brothers and sisters. May an unexpected serenity surprise them. That the wolf might lie down For those who risk their lives each day for with the lamb, peace, May their hearts glimpse providence That our swords be beaten at the heart of history. into ploughshares That those who make riches And no hurt or harm be done from violence and war Anywhere along the holy mountain. Might hear in their dreams Glory be to the Father…. the cries of the lost. That we might see through Our Lady of the Presentation, Pray for us our fear of each other Blessed Edmund Rice, Pray for us A new vision to heal our fatal attraction to aggression. Prayer for Nigeria in Distress All powerful and Merciful Father, You are the God of Justice, love and peace. You rule over all the nations of the earth. Power and might are in your hands and no one can withstand you. We present our country Nigeria before you. We praise and thank you for you are the source of all we have and are. Lord, we are weighed down not only by uncertainties, but also by moral, economic and political problems. Listen to the cries of your people who confidently turn to you. God of infinite goodness, our strength in adversity, our health in weakness, our comfort in sorrow, be merciful to us your people. Spare this nation from chaos, anarchy and doom. Bless us with your kingdom of justice, love and peace. We ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Blessed Cyprian Michael Tansi, Pray for us. Blessed Cyprian Michael Tansi was to make Mount St. Bernard’s Cistercian Abbey, near Nottingham, England, his adopted home. He was born in Aguleri in Nigeria in 1903 and was baptised aged 9 years old. Aged 22 he entered the diocesan seminary and after ordination he worked zealously in Eastern Nigeria and would spend whole days hearing confessions. In 1950 he was given permission to try his vocation as a contemplative monk in England. Although he had hoped to found a monastery in his homeland, his health failed him. He died in 1964 and is widely revered as a holy man of God. Cyprian Michael Tansi was beatified by St John Paul II in 1998.
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