BENEDICTION AND EVENING PRAYER

Opening Hymn
O Salutaris
O Saving Victim opening wide
The gates of heaven to man below!
Our foes press on from every side;
Thine aid supply, Thy strength bestow.
To Thy great name be endless praise
Immortal Godhead, One in Three;
Oh, grant us endless length of days,
In our true native land with Thee. Amen
(to be followed by period of silence and evening prayer)
Ordinary Time
WEEK IV FRIDAY
Evening Prayer
Psalter, Friday Week IV
Note: Leader 1 serves as Choir 1, Leader 2 as choir 2 and Responses
Leader 1:
God, come to our assistance.
Response:
Lord, make haste to help us.
Leader 1:
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy
Spirit:
Response:
As it was in the beginning, is now, and will be

forever. Amen. Alleluia.

PSALMODY
Leader 1: (Ant. 1) Day after day I will bless you, Lord; I will tell of
your marvellous deeds.
Psalm 145
Praise of God's majesty
Lord, you are the just one, who was and who is. (Revelation 16:5)

Choir 1:
I will give you glory, O God my king,
I will bless your name for ever.
Choir 2:
I will bless you day after day
and praise your name for ever.
The Lord is great, highly to be praised,
his greatness cannot be measured.
Choir 1:
Age to age shall proclaim your works,
shall declare your mighty deeds,
shall speak of your splendor and glory,
tell the tale of your wonderful works.
Choir 2:
They will speak of your terrible deeds,
recount your greatness and might.
They will recall your abundant goodness;
age to age shall ring out your justice.
Choir 1:

The Lord is kind and full of compassion,

slow to anger, abounding in love.
How good is the Lord to all,
compassionate to all his creatures.
Choir 2:
All your creatures shall thank you, O Lord,
and your friends shall repeat their blessing.
They shall speak of the glory of your reign
and declare your might, O God,
Choir 1:
to make known to all your mighty deeds
and the glorious splendor of your reign.
Yours is an everlasting kingdom;
your rule lasts from age to age.
Choir 1: Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.
Choir 2: As it was in the beginning is now and will be forever.
Amen
Leader 1: (Ant.1) Day after day I will bless you, Lord; I will tell of
your marvellous deeds.
(Pause for a few seconds)
Leader 2: (Ant. 2) To you alone, Lord, we look with confidence;
you are ever close to those who call upon you.

II

Choir 2:
The Lord is faithful in all his words
and loving in all his deeds.
The Lord supports all who fall
and raises up all who are bowed down.
Choir 1:
The eyes of all creatures look to you
and you give them their food in due time.
You open wide your hand,
grant the desires of all who live.
Choir 2:
The Lord is just in all his ways
and loving in all his deeds.
He is close to all who call him,
who call on him from their hearts.
Choir 1:
He grants the desires of those who fear him,
he hears their cry and he saves them.
The Lord protects all who love him ;
the wicked he will utterly destroy.
Choir 2:
Let me speak the praise of the Lord,
let all peoples bless his holy name
for ever, for ages unending.
Choir 1: Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.
Choir 2: As it was in the beginning is now and will be forever.
Amen
PSALM - PRAYER:

Lord, be near to all who call upon you in truth and

increase the dedication of those who revere you. Hear
their prayers and save them that they may always love
you and praise your holy name.

Leader 2: (Ant. 2) To you alone, Lord, we look with confidence;

you are ever close to those who call upon
you.

Leader 1: (Ant. 3) King of all the ages, your ways are perfect and
true.
Canticle - Revelation 15:3-4
Hymn of Adoration

Choir 1
Mighty and wonderful are your works,
Lord God Almighty!
Righteous and true are your ways,
O King of the nations!
Choir 2:
Who would dare refuse you honor,
or the glory due your name, O Lord?
Choir 1:
Since you alone are holy,
all nations shall come
and worship in your presence.
Your mighty deeds are clearly seen.
Choir 2: Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.

Choir 1: As it was in the beginning is now and will be forever.

Amen
Leader 1: (Ant. 3) King of all the ages, your ways are perfect and
true.
READING

Romans

8:1-2,10-11

There is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ

Jesus. For the law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus has freed you
from the law of sin and death. If Christ is in you, although the body
is dead because of sin, the spirit is alive because of righteousness. If
the Spirit of the one who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you,
the one who raised Christ from the dead will give life to your mortal
bodies also, through his Spirit that dwells in you.
RESPONSORY
Leader 2: Christ died for our sins to make of us an offering to
God.
All:
Christ died for our sins to make of us an offering to God.
Leader 2: He died to this world of sin and rose in the power of the
Spirit.
All:
to
make
of
us
an
offering
to
God.
Leader 2: Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy
Spirit.
All:
Christ died for our sins to make of us an offering to God.

MAGNIFICAT (Canticle of Mary)

Leader 1: (Ant.) Remember your mercy, Lord, the promise of
mercy you made to our fathers.
Choir 1:
My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord
My spirit rejoices in God my Saviour
For he has looked with favour on his lowly servant.
Choir 2:
From this day all generations will call me blessed:
The Almighty has done great things for me,
And holy is his Name.
Choir 1:
He has mercy on those who fear him in every generation.
Choir 2:
He has shown the strength of his arm
He has scattered the proud in their conceit.
Choir 1:
He has cast down the mighty from their thrones,
And has lifted up the lowly.
Choir 2:
He has filled the hungry with good things,
And the rich he has sent away empty.

Choir 1:
He has come to the help of his servant Israel
For he has remembered his promise of mercy,
To Abraham and his children for ever.
Choir 2: Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.
Choir 1: As it was in the beginning is now and will be forever.
Amen
Leader 1: (Ant.) Remember your mercy, Lord, the promise of
mercy you made to our fathers.
INTERCESSIONS
Leader 2: Let us pray to Christ, the source of hope for all who know
his name:
Response: Lord have mercy
Christ, our frail humanity is prone to fall,
- strengthen us through your help. (R.)
Left to itself, our nature is inclined to sin,
- let your love always restore it to grace. (R.)
Lord, sin offends you, repentance pleases you,
- do not punish us in your wrath even when we have sinned. (R.)
You forgave the penitent woman and placed the wandering sheep on
your shoulders,
- do not deprive us of your mercy. (R.)
By your death on the cross, you opened the gates of heaven,
- admit into your kingdom all who hoped in you. (R.)

Pause for a few moments

Our Father...
PRAYER
(Priest if there is..)

Leader 1:
God our Father, you brought salvation to all mankind through
the suffering of Christ your Son. May your people strive to offer
themselves to you as a living sacrifice and be filled with the
abundance of your love. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ,
who lives with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
All: Amen.
P/Leader 1: May the Lord bless us, protect us from all evil and bring
us to everlasting life.
All: Amen.
P/Leader 1: Let us bless the Lord
All: Thanks be to God
BENEDICTION
Tantum Ergo
Let us raise our voice to proclaim our faith
Christ the Lord for us has died.
Dying, he destroyed our death, rising, he restored our life.
O Lord Jesus we await your last return in glory.
When we eat the bread and we drink the cup
In the Blessed Eucharist,
It is you our risen saviour, your life in us renew.

Through lifes journey, be with us to strengthen us forever. //Amen//

Priest:
You have given them bread from heaven
All:
The source of all happiness
Priest:
Let us pray. God in this Sacrament have left us a memorial of
your passion, enable us, we pray, so to venerate the sacred mysteries
of your Body and Blood, that we may constantly feel in our lives the
effect of your redemption, who lives and reigns forever and ever.
All: Amen
The Divine Praises
Blessed be God.
Blessed be His Holy Name.
Blessed be Jesus Christ, true God and true Man.
Blessed be the Name of Jesus.
Blessed be His Most Sacred Heart.
Blessed be His Most Precious Blood.
Blessed be Jesus in the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar.
Blessed be the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete
Blessed be the great Mother of God, Mary most Holy.
Blessed be her Holy and Immaculate Conception.
Blessed be her Glorious Assumption.
Blessed be the Name of Mary, Virgin and Mother.
Blessed be St. Joseph, her most chaste spouse.
Blessed be God in His Angels and in His Saints.
O Sacrament Most Holy
O Sacrament most holy, O Sacrament divine,
All praise and all thanksgiving

Be every moment thine, be every moment thine.

Salve Regina
Salve Regina,
Mater misericordiae.
Vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra, salve.
Ad te clamamus exsules filii Hevae.
Ad te Suspiramus, gementes et flentes
in hac lacrimarum valle.
Eia ergo, Advocata nostra, illos tuos
misericordes oculos ad nos converte.
Et Iesum, benedictum fructum ventris tui,
nobis post hoc exsilium ostende.
O clemens, o pia, o dulcis Virgo Maria.