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Prayer for the Evening

Sing psalms to the Lord!

Glory to the Father…. Alleluia!

HymnMeter: 87 87 D
This hymn can be sung to the tune used for
Sing of Mary

Mary, Queen of all the angels,
Queen of heaven and of earth,
Mother of the new creation,
Human nature’s second birth,
In the name of Christ our Savior,
Bring his peace to ev’ry race.
All the world shall hear the Gospel
In the fullness of his grace.

Blessed Mother, on the mountain,
To a poor and humble man,
You revealed with winter flowers
All the beauty of God’s plan.
Are you not here, you, our Mother?
Are we not within your care?
Mother of the Word Incarnate,
Bless all people ev’rywhere.

And you left your holy image,
Painted not by human hands,
As a sweet maternal token
Of your love for these new lands.
May America be blessed.
May our freedom truly ring.
May the faith in all its riches
Bind us close to Christ the King.

Psalm 98-13

A great sign appeared in the sky, a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. She was with child. (Rv 12:1-2)

In Tepeyac, the Mother of God, Ark of the New Covenant who is Christ, reveals the beauty of the redeeming Christ in the beauty of humanity at its lowliest. Appearing to an Aztec as a pregnant Aztec maiden rather than one of the conquering Spaniards, she echoed the message of the Incarnation: Christ took on our lowly mortal flesh to transform us according to God’s mercy.

The Lord sits enthroned for ever.
He has set up his throne for judgment;
he will judge the world with justice,
he will judge the peoples with his truth.

For the oppressed let the Lord be a stronghold,
a stronghold in times of distress.
Those who know your name will trust you:
you will never forsake those who seek you.

Sing psalms to the Lord who dwells in Zion.
Proclaim his mighty works among the peoples;
for the Avenger of blood has remembered them,
has not forgotten the cry of the poor.

Glory to the Father….

Word of God1 Corinthians 1:26-29

Consider your own calling, brothers. Not many of you were wise by human standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. Rather, God chose the foolish of the world to shame the wise, and God chose the weak of the world to shame the strong, and God chose the lowly and despised of the world, those who count for nothing, to reduce to nothing those who are something, so that no human being might boast before God.

To the weak I became weak, to win over the weak.
I have become all things to all, to save at least some.
(1 Cor 9:22)

Canticle of Mary(Text, back cover A)

Then God’s temple in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant could be seen in the temple. (Rv 11:19a)

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

Mary’s evening song of praise reminds us that God’s priorities are not those of the world around us. Let us pray for the coming of his kingdom:

R/MHear the cry of the poor!

For those whose arrogance blinds them to their need for salvation: R/

For those whose satiety deafens them to the hungers of their spirit: R/

For those whose pursuit of this world’s goods hides from them the treasures to be laid up in heaven: R/

For those whose flight from death through pleasure, work, and possessions keeps them from the joy of placing all their hope in Christ, our life: R/

Personal intentions

Our Father….

May the blessing of almighty God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, descend upon us and remain with us for ever. Amen.

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.