Easter SeasonFriday Week 7
Invitatory
Come, let us adore Christ the Lord who promised to send the Holy Spirit on his people, alleluia.
Morning Prayer
Antiphons, psalms and canticle from the current Friday in the Psalter
READING
The God of our ancestors raised Jesus, though you had him killed by hanging him on a tree. God exalted him at his right hand as leader and savior to grant Israel repentance and forgiveness of sins. We are witnesses of these things, as is the holy Spirit that God has given to those who obey him. - Acts 5:30-32
RESPONSORY
The Lord is risen from the tomb, alleluia, alleluia.
- The Lord is risen from the tomb, alleluia, alleluia.
He hung upon the cross for us,
- alleluia, alleluia.
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit
- The Lord is risen from the tomb, alleluia, alleluia.
BENEDICTUS (Canticle of Zechariah)
Antiphon
Jesus Christ died and is risen from the dead. Now he lives for ever at the right hand of the Father where he intercedes for us, alleluia.
INTERCESSIONS
Honor and glory to God for ever and ever. May he make us rich in hope and in the power of the Holy Spirit. Let us pray:
Lord, come to our aid and save us.
Almighty Father,you know that we are weak, even when we pray,
- give us your Spirit to pray on our behalf.
Send forth your Spirit, light of radiant joy,
- to take possession of our hearts.
Lord, we are the work of your hands,
- do not leave us in captivity to our sins.
Help us to show reverence for those who are weak in faith,
- may we never be hard or impatient with them, but always treat them with love.
Our Father...
PRAYER
Father,
in glorifying Christ and sending us your Spirit,
you open the way to eternal life.
May our sharing in this gift increase our love
and make our faith grow stronger.
Daytime Prayer
TERCE
READING
God raised this man Jesus to life, and all of us are witnesses to that. For this reason the whole House of Israel can be certain that God has made this Jesus whom you crucified both Lord and Christ. - Acts 2:32 - 36
The Lord is risen, alleluia.
- He has appeared to Simon, alleluia.
SEXT
READING
All baptised in Christ, you have all clothed yourselves in Christ, and there are no more distinctions between Jew and Greek, slave and free, male and female, but all of you are one in Christ Jesus. - Galatians 3:27-28
The disciples rejoiced, alleluia.
- When they saw the risen Lord, alleluia.
NONES
READING
Get rid of all the old yeast, and make yourselves into a completely new batch of bread, unleavened as you are meant to be. Christ, our passover, has been sacrificed; let us celebrate the feast, then, by getting rid of all the old yeast of evil and wickedness, having only the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. - 1 Corinthians 5:7-8
Stay with us Lord, alleluia.
- For evening draws near, alleluia.
PRAYER
As in Morning Prayer
Vespers
Antiphons, psalms and canticle from the current Friday in the Psalter
READING
Live by the Spirit and you will certainly not gratify the desire of the flesh. In contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. If we live in the Spirit, let us also follow the Spirit. - Galatians 5:16,22-23a,25
RESPONSORY
The Holy Spirit is the Paraclete, alleluia, alleluia.
- The Holy Spirit is the Paraclete, alleluia, alleluia.
He will teach you all things,
- alleluia, alleluia.
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit
- The Holy Spirit is the Paraclete, alleluia, alleluia.
MAGNIFICAT (Canticle of Mary)
Antiphons
Together they persevered in prayer with Mary, the mother of Jesus, alleluia.
INTERCESSIONS
Let us praise and thank the Father, who has poured out the grace of the Spirit on all peoples. Let us ask him for an ever greater share in his Spirit, saying:
Lord, pour out the grace of the Holy Spirit throughout the world
Lord, you gave us your chosen One as the light of all peoples,
- open the eyes of the blind, and lead from captivity those who sit in darkness.
You anointed Christ by the power of the Holy Spirit for the ministry of salvation,
- may he once more go about the world, doing good and healing others.
Send your Spirit, the light of all hearts
- to strengthen the faith of those in doubt.
Send your Spirit, our rest in labor,
- to support the weary and the broken-hearted.
Fulfill the hope of those who have died,
- so that they may rise again at the coming of Christ.
Our Father...
PRAYER
Father,
in glorifying Christ and sending us your Spirit,
you open the way to eternal life.
May our sharing in this gift increase our love
and make our faith grow stronger.
