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Prayer for the Evening

Vigil of the Third Sunday of Advent

The Lord will reign for ever:
come, let us adore him!

Glory to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning,
is now, and will be for ever. Amen. Alleluia!

Hymn Meter: 76 76 D
This hymn can be sung to the tune used for
I Sing the Mighty Power of God

Hail to the Lord’s Anointed,
Great David’s greater son!
Hail, in the time appointed,
His reign on earth begun!
He comes to break oppression,
To set the captive free;
To take away transgression
And rule in equity.

He comes with succor speedy
To those who suffer wrong;
To help the poor and needy,
And bid the weak be strong;
To give them songs for sighing,
Their darkness turn to light,
Whose souls, condemned and dying,
Were precious in his sight.

He shall come down like showers
Upon the fruitful earth;
And joy, and hope, like flowers,
Spring in his path to birth.
Before him, on the mountains,
Shall peace, the herald, go,
And righteousness, in fountains,
From hill to valley flow.

Psalm 1465-10

On that day, it shall be said to Jerusalem:/ Fear not, O Zion, be not discouraged! (Zep 3:16)

The Third Sunday of Advent takes its name, “Gaudete” (Rejoice) Sunday, from Saint Paul’s Letter to the Philippians. We have every reason to rejoice at the coming of the Lord who sets right all that sin and death have set wrong.

He is happy who is helped by Jacob’s God,
whose hope is in the Lord his God,
who alone made heaven and earth,
the seas and all they contain.

It is he who keeps faith for ever,
who is just to those who are oppressed.
It is he who gives bread to the hungry,
the Lord, who sets prisoners free,

the Lord who gives sight to the blind,
who raises up those who are bowed down,
the Lord, who protects the stranger
and upholds the widow and orphan.

It is the Lord who loves the just
but thwarts the path of the wicked.
The Lord will reign for ever,
Zion’s God, from age to age.

Glory to the Father….

Word of GodIsaiah 29:18-19

On that day the deaf shall hear/ the words of a book;/ And out of gloom and darkness,/ the eyes of the blind shall see./ The lowly will ever find joy in the Lord,/ and the poor rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

I will strengthen you, and help you.
(Is 41:10b)

Canticle of Mary(Text, back cover A)

Here is your God,/ he comes with vindication;/ With divine recompense/ he comes to save you. (Is 35:4)

My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord,
my spirit rejoices in God my Savior
for he has looked with favor on his lowly servant.

From this day all generations will call me blessed:
the Almighty has done great things for me,
and holy is his Name.

He has mercy on those who fear him
in every generation.

He has shown the strength of his arm,
he has scattered the proud in their conceit.

He has cast down the mighty from their thrones,
and has lifted up the lowly.

He has filled the hungry with good things,
and the rich he has sent away empty.

He has come to the help of his servant Israel
for he has remembered his promise of mercy,
the promise he made to our fathers,
to Abraham and his children for ever.

Glory to the Father…

Intercessions

With joyful anticipation, let us pray to the Lord whose coming we await:

R/MOur hope is in you, O Lord.

For the hopeless, the frightened, the needy, and the oppressed:
– grant them strength through faith. R/

For the deaf and blind, the injured and ill:
– heal all their ills. R/

For the dying who await your coming in fear:
– change their dread to joy. R/

Personal intentions

Our Father….

May the Lord be kind and faithful to us. Amen. (cf. 2 Sm 2:6)

Marian Antiphon(page 10 or 11)

Blessed is the womb that bore you, O Christ,
and blessed the breasts that suckled you,
O Lord and Savior of the world, alleluia.

Translated by James Monti

Alma Redemptoris Mater, quae pervia caeli
porta manes, et stella maris, succurre cadenti,
surgere qui curat, populo: tu quae genuisti,
natura mirante, tuum sanctum Genitorem,
Virgo prius ac posterius, Gabrielis ab ore
sumens illud Ave, peccatorum miserere.

Loving mother of the Redeemer,
gate of heaven, star of the sea,
assist your people who have fallen yet strive to rise again.
To the wonderment of nature you bore your Creator,
yet remained a virgin after as before.
You who received Gabriel’s joyful greeting,
have pity on us, poor sinners.

V/ Pray for us, O holy Mother of God,
R/ That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.