Pope Francis LIVE Joins in Worldwide Prayers from Vatican with Urbi et Orbi Blessing to End the Coronavirus Pandemic - FULL Video

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Join Pope Francis in prayer and receive his extraordinary “Urbi et orbi” blessing and plenary indulgence on Friday at 6pm Rome time.

Faithful across the world joined Pope Francis spiritually in prayer on Friday, 27 March at 6 pm Rome time.

The initiative was announced by Pope Francis on Sunday during the Angelus when he said “I invite everyone to participate spiritually through the means of communication”.


Pope Francis prayed before an empty Square from the sagrato of St. Peter’s Basilica, the platform at the top of the steps immediately in front of the façade of the Church, as he explained when he made the announcement on Sunday and as he reiterated on Wednesday during the General Audience:

"We will listen to the Word of God, we will raise our supplication, we will adore the Blessed Sacrament, at the end I will impart the Urbi et orbi Blessing, and you will have the possibility of receiving a plenary indulgence."

It consisted in readings from the Scriptures, prayers of supplication, and adoration of the Blessed Sacrament; and will conclude with Pope Francis giving the Urbi et orbi Blessing, with the possibility of gaining a plenary indulgence for all those who listen to it live through the various forms of communication. This plenary indulgence will also be extended to those who may not be able to participate in the prayer through the media due to illness but who unite themselves in spiritual communion with the prayer.
EXTRAORDINARY MOMENT OF PRAYER
IN TIME OF EPIDEMIC CHAIRED BY THE HOLY FATHER FRANCIS
SAGRATO OF THE BASILICA OF SAIN PETER,
FRIDAY 27 MARCH 2020, 18.00
I. LISTENING TO THE WORD OF GOD


The Holy Father:
In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
R /. Amen.

Let's pray.
Almighty and merciful God,
look at our painful condition:
comfort your children and open our hearts to hope,
because we feel among us
your presence as Father.
For Christ our Lord.
R /. Amen.

Gospel

Listen to the Word of the Lord from the Gospel according to Mark

On that day, when evening came, Jesus said to his disciples: "Let's go to the other shore." And dismissed the crowd, they took him with him, as he was, in the boat. There were also other boats with him.
There was a great windstorm and the waves spilled into the boat, so much so that it was now full. He stood in the stern, on the pillow, and slept. Then they woke him up and said, "Master, don't you care that we're lost?"
He awoke, threatened the wind and said to the sea: "Be quiet, calm down!"
The wind stopped and there was great calm. Then he said to them, "Why are you afraid? Have you still no faith? »
And they were taken with great fear and said to each other: "Who is this man, then, that even the wind and the sea obey him?".


Homily (see below) of the Holy Father


II. EXPOSITION, ADORATION
AND EUCHARISTIC BLESSING

Litany:

Response: We adore you, Lord

True God and true man, truly present in this Holy Sacrament, We adore you, Lord
Our Savior, God-with-us, faithful and rich in mercy, We adore you, Lord
King and Lord of creation and history, We adore you, Lord
Winner of sin and death, We adore you, Lord
Friend of man, risen and alive at the right hand of the Father, We adore you, Lord


Response: We believe in you, O Lord

Only begotten son of the Father, descended from Heaven for our salvation, We believe in you, O Lord
Heavenly doctor, who bend over our misery, We believe in you, O Lord
Immolated lamb, which you offer to redeem us from evil, We believe in you, O Lord
Good Shepherd, who gives his life for the flock you love, We believe in you, O Lord
Live bread and immortality medicine, that gives us eternal life, We believe in you, O Lord


Response: Free us, O Lord

From the power of Satan and the seductions of the world, Free us, O Lord
From pride and the presumption of being able to do without you, Free us, O Lord
From the deceptions of fear and anguish, Free us, O Lord
From unbelief and despair, Free us, O Lord
From hardness of heart and the inability to love, Free us, O Lord


Response: Save us, O Lord

From all the evils that afflict humanity, Save us, O Lord
From hunger, famine and selfishness, Save us, O Lord
From diseases, epidemics and fear of the brother, Save us, O Lord
From devastating madness, from ruthless interests and violence, Save us, O Lord
From deception, from bad information and from manipulation of consciences, Save us, O Lord


Response: Console us, O Lord

Look at your church, which crosses the desert, Console us, O Lord
Look at humanity, terrified of fear and anguish, Console us, O Lord
Look at the sick and dying, oppressed by loneliness, Console us, O Lord
Look at the doctors and health professionals, exhausted from fatigue, Console us, O Lord
Look at politicians and administrators, who carry the weight of choices, Console us, O Lord


Response: Give us your Spirit, Lord

In the hour of trial and loss, Give us your Spirit, Lord
In temptation and fragility, Give us your Spirit, Lord
In the fight against evil and sin, Give us your Spirit, Lord
In the search for true good and true joy, Give us your Spirit, Lord
In the decision to remain in you and in your friendship, Give us your Spirit, Lord


Response: Open us to hope, Lord

If sin oppresses us, Open us to hope, Lord
If hatred closes our hearts, Open us to hope, Lord
If pain visits us, Open us to hope, Lord
If indifference worries us, Open us to hope, Lord
If death annihilates us, Open us to hope, Lord



Eucharistic blessing


The Holy Father: Let's pray. Lord Jesus Christ,
that in the admirable sacrament of the Eucharist
you left us the memorial of your Easter,
let us worship with living faith
the holy mystery of your body and your blood,
to always feel the benefits of redemption in us.
You who live and reign forever and ever.
R /. Amen.



PROCLAMATION OF INDULGENCE

The Cardinal:
The Holy Father Francis grants plenary indulgence, in the form established by the Church, to all those who receive the Eucharistic blessing, both through the different communication technologies, and by joining, even spiritually and with desire, to the present rite.


The Holy Father gives the blessing with the Blessed Sacrament.



Acclamation:

Blessed be God.
Blessed be His Holy Name.
Blessed be Jesus Christ, true God and true Man.
Blessed be the Name of Jesus.
Blessed be His Most Sacred Heart.
Blessed be His Most Precious Blood.
Blessed be Jesus in the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar.
Blessed be the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete.
Blessed be the great Mother of God, Mary most Holy.
Blessed be her Holy and Immaculate Conception.
Blessed be her Glorious Assumption.
Blessed be the name of Mary, Virgin and Mother.
Blessed be St. Joseph, her most chaste spouse.
Blessed be God in His Angels and in His Saints. Amen.
Source: http://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/2020/documents/ns_lit_doc_20200327_preghiera_it.html
FULL TEXT Homily of Pope Francis: 
“When evening had come” (Mk 4:35). The Gospel passage we have just heard begins like this. For weeks now it has been evening. Thick darkness has gathered over our squares, our streets and our cities; it has taken over our lives, filling everything with a deafening silence and a distressing void, that stops everything as it passes by; we feel it in the air, we notice in people’s gestures, their glances give them away. We find ourselves afraid and lost. Like the disciples in the Gospel we were caught off guard by an unexpected, turbulent storm. We have realized that we are on the same boat, all of us fragile and disoriented, but at the same time important and needed, all of us called to row together, each of us in need of comforting the other. On this boat... are all of us. Just like those disciples, who spoke anxiously with one voice, saying “We are perishing” (v. 38), so we too have realized that we cannot go on thinking of ourselves, but only together can we do this.
It is easy to recognize ourselves in this story. What is harder to understand is Jesus’ attitude. While his disciples are quite naturally alarmed and desperate, he stands in the stern, in the part of the boat that sinks first. And what does he do? In spite of the tempest, he sleeps on soundly, trusting in the Father; this is the only time in the Gospels we see Jesus sleeping. When he wakes up, after calming the wind and the waters, he turns to the disciples in a reproaching voice: “Why are you afraid? Have you no faith?” (v. 40).
Let us try to understand. In what does the lack of the disciples’ faith consist, as contrasted with Jesus’ trust? They had not stopped believing in him; in fact, they called on him. But we see how they call on him: “Teacher, do you not care if we perish?” (v. 38). Do you not care: they think that Jesus is not interested in them, does not care about them. One of the things that hurts us and our families most when we hear it said is: “Do you not care about me?” It is a phrase that wounds and unleashes storms in our hearts. It would have shaken Jesus too. Because he, more than anyone, cares about us. Indeed, once they have called on him, he saves his disciples from their discouragement.
The storm exposes our vulnerability and uncovers those false and superfluous certainties around which we have constructed our daily schedules, our projects, our habits and priorities. It shows us how we have allowed to become dull and feeble the very things that nourish, sustain and strengthen our lives and our communities. The tempest lays bare all our prepackaged ideas and forgetfulness of what nourishes our people’s souls; all those attempts that anesthetize us with ways of thinking and acting that supposedly “save” us, but instead prove incapable of putting us in touch with our roots and keeping alive the memory of those who have gone before us. We deprive ourselves of the antibodies we need to confront adversity. In this storm, the façade of those stereotypes with which we camouflaged our egos, always worrying about our image, has fallen away, uncovering once more that (blessed) common belonging, of which we cannot be deprived: our belonging as brothers and sisters.
“Why are you afraid? Have you no faith?” Lord, your word this evening strikes us and regards us, all of us. In this world, that you love more than we do, we have gone ahead at breakneck speed, feeling powerful and able to do anything. Greedy for profit, we let ourselves get caught up in things, and lured away by haste. We did not stop at your reproach to us, we were not shaken awake by wars or injustice across the world, nor did we listen to the cry of the poor or of our ailing planet. We carried on regardless, thinking we would stay healthy in a world that was sick. Now that we are in a stormy sea, we implore you: “Wake up, Lord!”.
“Why are you afraid? Have you no faith?” Lord, you are calling to us, calling us to faith. Which is not so much believing that you exist, but coming to you and trusting in you. This Lent your call reverberates urgently: “Be converted!”, “Return to me with all your heart” (Joel 2:12). You are calling on us to seize this time of trial as a time of choosing. It is not the time of your judgement, but of our judgement: a time to choose what matters and what passes away, a time to separate what is necessary from what is not. It is a time to get our lives back on track with regard to you, Lord, and to others. We can look to so many exemplary companions for the journey, who, even though fearful, have reacted by giving their lives. This is the force of the Spirit poured out and fashioned in courageous and generous self-denial. It is the life in the Spirit that can redeem, value and demonstrate how our lives are woven together and sustained by ordinary people – often forgotten people – who do not appear in newspaper and magazine headlines nor on the grand catwalks of the latest show, but who without any doubt are in these very days writing the decisive events of our time: doctors, nurses, supermarket employees, cleaners, caregivers, providers of transport, law and order forces, volunteers, priests, religious men and women and so very many others who have understood that no one reaches salvation by themselves. In the face of so much suffering, where the authentic development of our peoples is assessed, we experience the priestly prayer of Jesus: “That they may all be one” (Jn 17:21). How many people every day are exercising patience and offering hope, taking care to sow not panic but a shared responsibility. How many fathers, mothers, grandparents and teachers are showing our children, in small everyday gestures, how to face up to and navigate a crisis by adjusting their routines, lifting their gaze and fostering prayer. How many are praying, offering and interceding for the good of all. Prayer and quiet service: these are our victorious weapons.

“Why are you afraid? Have you no faith”? Faith begins when we realise we are in need of salvation. We are not self-sufficient; by ourselves we founder: we need the Lord, like ancient navigators needed the stars. Let us invite Jesus into the boats of our lives. Let us hand over our fears to him so that he can conquer them. Like the disciples, we will experience that with him on board there will be no shipwreck. Because this is God’s strength: turning to the good everything that happens to us, even the bad things. He brings serenity into our storms, because with God life never dies.
The Lord asks us and, in the midst of our tempest, invites us to reawaken and put into practice that solidarity and hope capable of giving strength, support and meaning to these hours when everything seems to be floundering. The Lord awakens so as to reawaken and revive our Easter faith. We have an anchor: by his cross we have been saved. We have a rudder: by his cross we have been redeemed. We have a hope: by his cross we have been healed and embraced so that nothing and no one can separate us from his redeeming love. In the midst of isolation when we are suffering from a lack of tenderness and chances to meet up, and we experience the loss of so many things, let us once again listen to the proclamation that saves us: he is risen and is living by our side. The Lord asks us from his cross to rediscover the life that awaits us, to look towards those who look to us, to strengthen, recognize and foster the grace that lives within us. Let us not quench the wavering flame (cf. Is 42:3) that never falters, and let us allow hope to be rekindled.
Embracing his cross means finding the courage to embrace all the hardships of the present time, abandoning for a moment our eagerness for power and possessions in order to make room for the creativity that only the Spirit is capable of inspiring. It means finding the courage to create spaces where everyone can recognize that they are called, and to allow new forms of hospitality, fraternity and solidarity. By his cross we have been saved in order to embrace hope and let it strengthen and sustain all measures and all possible avenues for helping us protect ourselves and others. Embracing the Lord in order to embrace hope: that is the strength of faith, which frees us from fear and gives us hope.
“Why are you afraid? Have you no faith”? Dear brothers and sisters, from this place that tells of Peter’s rock-solid faith, I would like this evening to entrust all of you to the Lord, through the intercession of Mary, Health of the People and Star of the stormy Sea. From this colonnade that embraces Rome and the whole world, may God’s blessing come down upon you as a consoling embrace. Lord, may you bless the world, give health to our bodies and comfort our hearts. You ask us not to be afraid. Yet our faith is weak and we are fearful. But you, Lord, will not leave us at the mercy of the storm. Tell us again: “Do not be afraid” (Mt 28:5). And we, together with Peter, “cast all our anxieties onto you, for you care about us” (cf. 1 Pet 5:7).
********************** The extraordinary moment of prayer in time of pandemic will last about an hour. The “Salus Populi Romani” icon and the crucifix of St. Marcellus, will be placed in front of the central door of St. Peter’s Basilica.

The Blessed Sacrament will be exposed on the altar in the atrium of the Vatican Basilica.
Edited from VaticanNews.va