The First Movement: the Liturgy of the Word.
The call is to repentance, to conversion, to discipleship - to prepare to meet Christ in blessed communion. This
corresponds to the Liturgy of the Word in Holy Mass. This First Movement holds three Stations:
The 1st station, the Station of Deliverance:
"Deliver us from evil."
The 2nd Station, the Station of Trial:
"Lead us not into temptation."
The 3rd Station, the Station of Mercy:
"Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us."
The 1st Station of the Interior Liturgy: the Station of Deliverance.
Our petition: "Deliver us from evil."
The sacrament of the 1st Station is Baptism, which delivers us from evil and places us in Christ our salvation.
Meditation:
Look and see the evil that has come upon beloved mankind, and even the earth itself, because of sin! There are
natural evils: hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, and all natural disasters. There are physical evils and deformities:
genetic defects, viruses, cancers, and all diseases. There are moral evils: lying, murdering, stealing, all kinds
of sexual aberrations and transgressions, abuses and assaults. Man has become the predator upon his neighbor, and
even upon himself. Because of sin, all creation has been subjected to futility. God who heals, restores and renews
us, deliver us from evil!
And Peter said to them, "Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness
of your sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. (Acts 2:38)
(Our Father, deliver us from evil.)
For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. (Gal 3:27)
(Our Father, deliver us from evil.)
Holy Baptism is the basis of the whole Christian life, the gateway to life in the Spirit and the door which gives
access to the other sacraments. (CCC 1213)
(Our Father, deliver us from evil.)
Through Baptism we are freed from sin and reborn as sons of God; we become members of Christ, are incorporated
into the Church and made sharers in her mission….(CCC 1213)
(Our Father, deliver us from evil.)
Prayer:
Our Father, who art in heaven,
Hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come,
Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread,
And forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.
Lead us not into temptation,
But deliver us from evil.
(pause)
Amen.
Click: Link to the 2nd Station