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
Forgive what was harsh; heal what was hurried; keep what was true.
Psalm 34 (33):2–4, 9
Catholic Public Domain Version (public domain)
Psalm
I will bless the Lord at all times. His praise will be ever in my mouth. In the Lord, my soul will be praised. May the meek listen and rejoice. Magnify the Lord with me, and let us extol his name in itself. Taste and see that the Lord is sweet. Blessed is the man who hopes in him.
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.
Psalm II
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.
Silence
Let the last verse rest in you.
Reading
1 Thessalonians 2:11–13
Catholic Public Domain Version (public domain)
And you know the manner, with each one of you, like a father with his sons, in which we were pleading with you and consoling you, bearing witness, so that you would walk in a manner worthy of God, who has called you into his kingdom and glory. For this reason also, we give thanks to God without ceasing: because, when you had accepted from us the Word of the hearing of God, you accepted it not as the word of men, but (as it truly is) as the Word of God, who is working in you who have believed.
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
As he spoke to our fathers, speak to us in this evening hour.
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
As he spoke to our fathers, speak to us in this evening hour.
Intercessions
For friends we named and friends we neglected.
R. Lord, hear our prayer.
For strained bonds, that evening may soften them.
R. Lord, hear our prayer.
For the isolated who will not be called tonight.
R. Lord, hear our prayer.
For the grace to send one kind word.
R. Lord, hear our prayer.
For communion stronger than our fatigue.
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
Keep, O Lord, what we cannot finish. We lay the day in your hands. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.