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 72 (71):1–2, 12–13
Catholic Public Domain Version (public domain)
Psalm
Give your judgment, O God, to the king, and your justice to the king’s son, to judge your people with justice and your poor with judgment. For he will free the poor from the powerful, and the poor one who has no helper. He will spare the poor and the indigent, and he will bring salvation to the souls of the poor.
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 98 (97):1–3
Catholic Public Domain Version (public domain)
Psalm
Sing to the Lord a new song, for he has performed wonders. His right hand and his holy arm have accomplished salvation. The Lord has made known his salvation. He has revealed his justice in the sight of the nations. He has remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
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
Hold the psalm a little longer.
Reading
1 Peter 5:5b–11
Catholic Public Domain Version (public domain)
Similarly, young persons, be subject to the elders. And infuse all humility among one another, for God resists the arrogant, but to the humble he gives grace. And so, be humbled under the powerful hand of God, so that he may exalt you in the time of visitation. Cast all your cares upon him, for he takes care of you. Be sober and vigilant. For your adversary, the devil, is like a roaring lion, traveling around and seeking those whom he might devour. Resist him by being strong in faith, being aware that the same passions afflict those who are your brothers in the world. But the God of all grace, who has called us to his eternal glory in Christ Jesus, will himself perfect, confirm, and establish us, after a brief time of suffering. To him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
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 looks with favor on the lowly; let evening find us among them.
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
He looks with favor on the lowly; let evening find us among them.
Intercessions
For the Church, that she may be a house of pardon.
R. Lord, have mercy.
For those we have wounded, and those who have wounded us.
R. Lord, have mercy.
For the poor, that evening may not find them without a friend.
R. Lord, have mercy.
For the dying and the grieving, that Christ may be their peace.
R. Lord, have mercy.
For our own need of mercy, which we bring without excuse.
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
Bless those we met and those we missed. Make us a quiet blessing as the day declines. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.