Opening
God, come to my assistance. Lord, make haste to help me.
Hymn
Let my prayer rise like incense, Lord, Out of the depths I call. You have been bountiful this day; Teach my soul to rest in all. In the evening sacrifice of praise Receive my thanks and tears. Christ, unfailing light, remain As lesser brightness disappears.
Original – Prayer on Fire
Psalm I
Antiphon
You have been bountiful to me; teach my soul to rest.
Psalm 145 (144):1–3, 8–9
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Psalm
I will extol you, O God, my king. And I will bless your name, in this time and forever and ever. Throughout every single day, I will bless you. And I will praise your name, in this time and forever and ever. The Lord is great and exceedingly praiseworthy. And there is no end to his greatness. The Lord is compassionate and merciful, patient and full of mercy. The Lord is sweet to all things, and his compassion is upon all his works.
Glory Be
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Antiphon
You have been bountiful to me; teach my soul to rest.
Psalm II
Antiphon
Forgive what was harsh; heal what was hurried; keep what was true.
Psalm 23 (22):1–4
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Psalm
The Lord directs me, and nothing will be lacking to me. He has settled me here, in a place of pasture. He has led me out to the water of refreshment. He has converted my soul. He has led me away on the paths of justice, for the sake of his name. For, even if I should walk in the midst of the shadow of death, I will fear no evils. For you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they have given me consolation.
Glory Be
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Antiphon
Forgive what was harsh; heal what was hurried; keep what was true.
Silence
Let the last verse rest in you.
Reading
James 4:11–12
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Brothers, do not choose to slander one another. Whoever slanders his brother, or whoever judges his brother, slanders the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a judge. There is one lawgiver and one judge. He is able to destroy, and he is able to set free.
Responsory
We give you thanks, for your mercy endures. Your light does not fail as the day declines. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
Magnificat
Antiphon
Holy is his name; we lay down the day’s greatness at his feet.
Luke 1:46–55
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Canticle
And Mary said: “My soul magnifies the Lord. And my spirit leaps for joy in God my Savior. For he has looked with favor on the humility of his handmaid. For behold, from this time, all generations shall call me blessed. For he who is great has done great things for me, and holy is his name. And his mercy is from generation to generations for those who fear him. He has accomplished powerful deeds with his arm. He has scattered the arrogant in the intentions of their heart. He has deposed the powerful from their seat, and he has exalted the humble. He has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he has sent away empty. He has taken up his servant Israel, mindful of his mercy, just as he spoke to our fathers: to Abraham and to his offspring forever.”
Glory Be
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Antiphon
Holy is his name; we lay down the day’s greatness at his feet.
Intercessions
For the work we could not finish — receive it.
R. Lord, hear our prayer.
For those still laboring into the night.
R. Lord, hear our prayer.
For the tired who have no evening rest.
R. Lord, hear our prayer.
For gratitude without display.
R. Lord, hear our prayer.
For mercy on the sharp words of this day.
R. Lord, hear our 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; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.
Closing prayer
Soften what grew hard today. Let pardon have the last word. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.