BIRTHDAY PRAYER SERVICE
Angelus
LIGHTING THE CANDLE:
(As we sing this hymn, I request the appointed the individual to come and light the candles placed in
front. Each of these candles represents the meaningful years of life that our dear Sr. has lived on this
earth. Just like the candles, she has never lived for her glory, but for the kingdom severing the poor and
the needy.)
Hymn: veliginchumaya na yessaya…
Introduction :
Every person born into this world represents something new, something that never existed before, something original
and unique. There has never been anyone like him/her in the world; for if there had been anyone like him/her there
would have been no need for him/her to be in the world.
Every person in the world is called upon to fulfill his/her particularity in this world. Therefore
we are special. And the Lord has specially called each one of us to continue His mission in this
world.
Today as our dear ______________ is celebrating his/ her birthday, let us thank God for his/her
uniqueness and for the uniqueness of each one of us with all its minute details.
Hymn: Bless the lord o my soul, oh my soul (10,000 reasons)
(Pause)
(To be read by any ONE)
Heavenly Father, we praise and thank you for creating us in your own image and likeness, the
most complex part of your creation is the man’s brain. Thank you Lord for our brain which are
like precious computers that enables us to remember, to think and to reflect. Thank you for the
senses you have given us which are wonderful instruments to acquire knowledge and to
communicate with the world outside us. Thank you for the tiniest cell in the human body which
contains untold secrets. Everything in man speaks of your wisdom and love. Every fibre of our
beings is your gift to us. Thank you Lord for the health of mind and body; Thank you for the
strong limbs, the memory, the bodily and spiritual power. Thank you Divine designer for making
us what we are, the wonderful, challenging mystery you love to hide in.
Thank you for all the marvels that you surround us with. Thank you for the wonder of your
creation. The grandeur of your handiwork.
Scripture Reading: Proverbs 4:10-13 “Listen, my son, accept what I say, and the years of your
life will be many. I instruct you in the way of wisdom and lead you along straight paths. When
you walk, your steps will not be hampered; when you run, you will not stumble. Hold on to
instruction, do not let it go; guard it well, for it is your life.”
Bhajan: ni gudilo pramidanu nenai velugu nivali kalakalam.
Now each of us will say a short prayer for the birthday child of God thanksgiving flower in the
vase which will be passed down. And at the end our birthday child of God will place the vase
before the Altar and make a self-offering.
- By reciting the Prayer – You Hold my life Tenderly.
Intentions:
Response: Lord, in your mercy listen to our prayer...
1. For the Pope, bishops, priests and deacons and all religious: that they may unfailingly testify by
their lives may lead many more to this noble vocation. We pray to the Lord
2. For the World: that we all, recognize the minds and conscience of people, making us prophetic and
helping us to treat each other more humanely so that all wars, political changes and trials may
recede into the background leading to a more peaceful living world, we pray to the Lord.
3. For Sr.----: that as she celebrates her gift of life today the lord may bless her with good heath of
mind and body and may be guided by the Lord in her call to follow him, we pray to the Lord.
4. For the parents and dear ones of Sr.----: that they may experience the presence of God in their daily
life and may be guided to fulfill His wishes in their life, we pray to the Lord.
5. For the Youth of today: that their presence will lead to a promising future, lighting up the path of
all whom they encounter, in recognizing and answering to the vocation that is placed within them
we pray to the Lord.
6. For all of us: that all our dreams may be lucid and meaningful, growing realistically to it fulfilment
“for your greater glory and the salvation of the world, we pray to the Lord.
Concluding Hymn: Count your blessings name them one by one
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