BIRTHDAY PRAYER SERVICE

 Expose the Blessed Sacrament.

Hymn:

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.

(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.

Hymn : Tape

Now each of us will say a short prayer for the birthday child of God and place a petition or 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.

Concluding Hymn.

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