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Presentation.......................................................................................................... 5
Abbreviations........................................................................................................ 6
Acknowledgements............................................................................................ 6
PART ONE: SALESIAN PRAYERS........................................................................... 7
1. DAILY RECURRENCES.......................................................................................... 8
Morning Offering..................................................................................................... 8
Angelus........................................................................................................................ 8
Regina Caeli (Easter Season)................................................................................. 8
Meditation.................................................................................................................. 9
Lectio Divina............................................................................................................ 12
Spiritual reading.................................................................................................... 13
Prayer before activities....................................................................................... 14
Prayer after activities......................................................................................... 15
Visit to the Blessed Sacrament.......................................................................... 15
Prayers for vocations........................................................................................... 16
Prayer to don bosco (at the end of vespers)................................................... 17
Rosary........................................................................................................................ 17
Prayer at the end of the day............................................................................... 18
2. Monthly recurrences.............................................................................. 18
After benediction: The divine praises............................................................... 18
Monthly recollection.......................................................................................... 19
Review of life (Scrutinies)................................................................................... 22
PRAYING WITH THE HEART OF DON BOSCO (SCRUTINIUM ORATIONIS)............ 22
THE FRATERNAL SPIRIT (SCRUTINIUM FRATERNITATIS).......................... 24
THE BEATITUDES OF THE POOR (SCRUTINIUM PAUPERTATIS)............. 27
Reconciliation service.......................................................................................... 29
Meeting of the House Council............................................................................. 34
Monthly commemoration of Mary Help of Christians................................. 35
Blessing of Mary Help of Christians................................................................. 36
Prayer for vocations – first thursday of the month.................................... 44
Sacred Heart – first friday of the month........................................................ 45
Prayer for the missions – 11th of the month.................................................. 47
Don Bosco – last day of the month.................................................................... 49
3. ANNUAL RECURRENCES.................................................................................. 51
Celebration at the beginning of the annual retreat................................... 51
Celebration at the end of the Retreat............................................................ 54
Prayer at a community gathering...................................................................... 57
Birthdays and Patronal Name Days of Confreres......................................... 58
PRAYER FOR A CONFRERE ON HIS BIRTHDAY..................................................... 58
PRAYER ON ONE’S OWN BIRTHDAY............................................................................ 58
PRAYER FOR A CONFRERE ON HIS NAME DAY..................................................... 58
4. SPECIAL OCCASIONS......................................................................................... 59
Installation of a Rector...................................................................................... 59
Installation of the new Provincial.................................................................. 63
Provincial Visitation and Extraordinary Visitation.................................... 64
Prayers to Patron Saints of our Congregation............................................. 67
ST JOSEPH..................................................................................................................................... 67
ST JOHN BOSCO......................................................................................................................... 68
ST FRANCIS OF SALES........................................................................................................... 68
ST MARY MAZZARELLO........................................................................................................ 69
ST DOMINIC SAVIO.................................................................................................................. 69
Prayer for the recognition of holiness........................................................... 69
Illness........................................................................................................................ 70
VISIT TO A SICK PERSON..................................................................................................... 71
RITE OF HOLY COMMUNION TO THE SICK.............................................................. 73
RITE OF ANOINTING OF THE SICK................................................................................ 75
RITE OF VIATICUM.................................................................................................................. 79
COMMENDATION OF THE DYING.................................................................................. 82
PRAYERS AFTER DEATH...................................................................................................... 84
Death......................................................................................................................... 84
PRAYER VIGIL FOR THE DECEASED............................................................................ 85
DAILY REMEMBRANCE OF THE DEPARTED........................................................... 88
VISIT TO THE CEMETERY................................................................................................... 89
PRAYER FOR A COMMUNITY GRIEVING A CONFRERE’S PASSING........... 90
PART TWO: THE LITURGICAL YEAR................................................................. 93
5. Season of Advent....................................................................................... 94
Advent Wreath Service........................................................................................ 94
Triduum in Preparation for the Immaculate Conception............................ 98
Christmas novena................................................................................................. 109
6. Season of Christmas............................................................................. 123
Proclamation of the Birth of Christ.............................................................. 123
31 December – Last day of the calendar year.............................................. 124
1 January – First day of the calendar year................................................... 127
Renewal of Baptismal Promises (on the Sunday of the Baptism of the Lord).......... 128
7. Season of Lent.......................................................................................... 133
Way of the Cross (Meditation on the Passion according to St Luke).... 133
Way of the Cross (St John Paul II)................................................................... 142
8. The Season of Easter............................................................................ 156
Via Lucis – The Way of Light............................................................................. 156
Novena in Preparation for Pentecost............................................................ 165
Preparation for the Solemnity of Pentecost.............................................. 177
9. Ordinary Time........................................................................................... 193
Novena in Preparation for the Feast of St John Bosco............................. 193
World Day of Prayer for Consecrated Life.................................................. 196
Availability for the Missions (Salesian World Mission Day).................. 199
Novena in Honour of Mary Help of Christians............................................. 202
