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Prayer for the Evening

Mighty and wonderful are your works,
Lord God Almighty!

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.

HymnMeter: CM
This hymn can be sung to the tune used for
O God, Our Help in Ages Past

The regal dark mysterious cross
In song is lifted high,
The wood on which the Son of Man
Was stretched against the sky.

Upon this wood his body bore
The nails, the taunts, the spear,
Till water flowed with blood to wash
The whole world free of fear.

At last the song that David sang
Is heard and understood:
“Before the nations God as king
Reigns from his throne of wood.”

This wood now spread with purple wears
The pageantry of kings;
Of chosen stock it dares to hold
On high his tortured limbs.

O blessed Tree, upon whose arms
The world’s own ransom hung;
His body pays our debt, and life
From Satan’s grasp is wrung.

O sacred Cross, our steadfast hope,
In this our Passiontide,
Through you the Son obtained for all
Forgiveness as he died.

Psalm 14513b-21

My soul glorifies the Lord:/ he casts the mighty from their thrones/ and raises up the lowly. (cf. Lk 1:46, 52)

Jesus falls beneath the weight of the cross, so that he may support all who fall and raise up all who are bowed down.

The Lord is faithful in all his words
and loving in all his deeds.
The Lord supports all who fall
and raises all who are bowed down.

The eyes of all creatures look to you
and you give them their food in due time.
You open wide your hand,
grant the desires of all who live.

The Lord is just in all his ways
and loving in all his deeds.
He is close to all who call him,
who call on him from their hearts.

He grants the desires of those who fear him,
he hears their cry and he saves them.
The Lord protects all who love him;
but the wicked he will utterly destroy.

Let me speak the praise of the Lord,
let all mankind bless his holy name
for ever, for ages unending.

Glory to the Father….

Word of God 1 Peter 5:10-11

The God of all grace who called you to his eternal glory through Christ [Jesus] will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you after you have suffered a little. To him be dominion forever. Amen.

This momentary light affliction
is producing for us an eternal weight of glory
beyond all comparison. (2 Cor 4:17)

Canticle of Mary(Lk 1:46-55)

Christ suffered for you, and left you an example, to have you follow in his footsteps. (cf. 1 Pt 2:21)

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…

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

Let us bless our God, who saves us by the Passion of his Son:

R/MPraise to you, God our Father!

For the agony in the garden
– through which you take our fears away: R/

For the scourging at the pillar
– through which you wash us in the blood of Christ: R/

For the crowning with thorns
– through which you offer us the crown of life: R/

For the death of Christ upon the cross
– through which you give us life: R/

Personal intentions

Our Father….

May the God of peace, who brought up from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep by the blood of the eternal covenant, Jesus our Lord, furnish us with all that is good, that we may do his will. Amen. (cf. Heb 13:20-21)

Marian Antiphon(page 15)

Antiphon from the Common of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Winter has now passed,
the rain has gone away and departed;
arise, my beloved, and come,
alleluia.

Translated by James Monti

Ave, Regina caelorum,
Ave, Domina angelorum,
Salve, radix, salve, porta,
Ex qua mundo lux est orta.

Gaude, Virgo gloriosa,
Super omnes speciosa;
Vale, O valde decora,
Et pro nobis Christum exora.

Hail, O Queen of heaven enthroned.
Hail, by angels mistress owned.
Root of Jesse, Gate of morn
Whence the world’s true light was born:

Glorious Virgin, joy to thee,
Loveliest whom in heaven they see;
Fairest thou, where all are fair,
Plead with Christ our souls to spare.

Regina caeli, laetare, alleluia,
quia quem meruisti portare, alleluia,
resurrexit sicut dixit, alleluia;
ora pro nobis Deum, alleluia.

V/ Gaude et laetare, Virgo Maria, alleluia.

R/ Quia surrexit Dominus vere, alleluia.

Queen of heaven, rejoice, alleluia.
The Son whom you merited to bear, alleluia,
has risen as he said, alleluia.
Pray for us to God, alleluia.

V/ Rejoice and be glad, O Virgin Mary, alleluia!
R/ For the Lord has truly risen, alleluia!