Opening
God, come to my assistance. Lord, make haste to help me.
Hymn
Stay with us, Lord, for day is ending. Walk the road we have not named. Break the bread of mercy for us; Speak until our hearts are claimed. What we did, and what we failed, We place now in your care. Let the night come as a blessing, And find us still in prayer.
Original – Prayer on Fire
Psalm I
Antiphon
In the evening sacrifice of praise, receive my thanks and my tears.
Psalm 113 (112):1–3
Catholic Public Domain Version (public domain)
Psalm
Praise the Lord, children. Praise the name of the Lord. Blessed is the name of the Lord, from this time forward and even forever. From the rising of the sun, even to its setting, praiseworthy is the name of the Lord.
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
In the evening sacrifice of praise, receive my thanks and my tears.
Psalm II
Antiphon
Stay with us, Lord, for it is nearly evening.
Psalm 115 (114):1–2; 116 (115):5–6
Catholic Public Domain Version (public domain)
Psalm
I have loved: therefore, the Lord will heed the voice of my prayer. For he has inclined his ear to me. And in my days, I will call upon him. The Lord is merciful and just, and our God shows compassion. The Lord is the keeper of little ones. I was humbled, and he freed me.
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
Stay with us, Lord, for it is nearly evening.
Silence
Let the last verse rest in you.
Reading
1 John 2:3–6
Catholic Public Domain Version (public domain)
And we can be sure that we have known him by this: if we observe his commandments. Whoever claims that he knows him, and yet does not keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But whoever keeps his word, truly in him the charity of God is perfected. And by this we know that we are in him. Whoever declares himself to remain in him, ought to walk just as he himself walked.
Responsory
The Lord is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
Magnificat
Antiphon
He fills the hungry; feed us with what lasts into the night.
Luke 1:46–55
Catholic Public Domain Version (public domain)
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
He fills the hungry; feed us with what lasts into the night.
Intercessions
For the Church, that she may be a house of pardon.
R. Lord, hear our prayer.
For those we have wounded, and those who have wounded us.
R. Lord, hear our prayer.
For the poor, that evening may not find them without a friend.
R. Lord, hear our prayer.
For the dying and the grieving, that Christ may be their peace.
R. Lord, hear our prayer.
For our own need of mercy, which we bring without excuse.
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
Stay with us, Lord, at evening tables and empty rooms. Be our bread and our peace. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.