Opening
God, come to my assistance. Lord, make haste to help me.
Hymn
We thank You for the day now ending, For gifts we noticed and for those we missed. For mercy that outran our failing, For love that met us in the midst. As evening gathers, Christ remain our light— Not fading with the sun’s decline. Receive the work our hands have offered; In You let every hour shine.
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
Catholic Public Domain Version (public domain)
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
Catholic Public Domain Version (public domain)
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
Hold the psalm a little longer.
Reading
Romans 8:1–2, 10–11
Catholic Public Domain Version (public domain)
Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, who are not walking according to the flesh. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has freed me from the law of sin and death. But if Christ is within you, then the body is indeed dead, concerning sin, but the spirit truly lives, because of justification. But if the Spirit of him who raised up Jesus from the dead lives within you, then he who raised up Jesus Christ from the dead shall also enliven your mortal bodies, by means of his Spirit living within you.
Responsory
Let my prayer rise before you like incense. The lifting of my hands as the evening sacrifice. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
Magnificat
Antiphon
Mercy from generation to generation — remember our house tonight.
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
Mercy from generation to generation — remember our house tonight.
Intercessions
For the whole people of God, gathered from many labors.
R. Lord, have mercy.
For nations weary of conflict, that peace may be more than a word.
R. Lord, have mercy.
For the forgotten sick, and those who serve them unseen.
R. Lord, have mercy.
For our household, and all we love but cannot hold.
R. Lord, have mercy.
For the unfinished stories of this day, placed now in your hands.
R. Lord, have mercy.
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
Keep, O Lord, what we cannot finish. We lay the day in your hands. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.