Invitatory
Antiphon: Come, let us worship Christ, who for our sake suffered death and was buried.
Morning Prayer
Once I said,
"In the noontime of life I must depart!
To the gates of the nether world I shall be consigned
for the rest of my years."
I said, "I shall see the Lord no more
in the land of the living.
No longer shall I behold my fellow men
among those who dwell in the world."
My dwelling, like a shepherd's tent,
is struck down and borne away from me;
You have folded up my life, like a weaver
who severs the last thread.
Day and night you give me over to torment;
I cry out until the dawn.
Like a lion he breaks all my bones;
day and night you give me over to torment.
Like a swallow I utter shrill cries;
I moan like a dove.
My eyes grow weak, gazing heavenward:
O Lord, I am in straits; be my surety!
You have preserved my life
from the pit of destruction,
When you cast behind your back
all my sins.
For it is not the nether world that gives you thanks,
nor death that praises you;
Neither do those who go down into the pit
await your kindness.
The living, the living give you thanks,
as I do today.
Fathers declare to their sons,
O God, your faithfulness.
The Lord is our savior;
we shall sing to stringed instruments
In the house of the Lord
all the days of our life.
READING
Hosea 6:1-2
In place of the responsory, the following is said:
For our sake Christ was obedient, accepting even death, death on a cross. Therefore God raised him on high and gave him the name above all other names.
BENEDICTUS (Canticle of Zechariah)
Antiphon
Save us, O Savior of the world. On the cross you redeemed us by the shedding of your blood; we cry out for your help, O God.
INTERCESSIONS
Our Redeemer suffered and was buried for us in order to rise again. With sincere love we adore him, and aware of our needs we cry out:
Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ our Savior, your sorrowing Mother stood by you at your death and burial,
- in our sorrows may we share your suffering.
Christ our Lord, like the seed buried in the ground, you brought forth for us the harvest of grace,
- may we die to sin and live for God.
Christ, the Good Shepherd, in death you lay hidden from the world.
- Teach us to love a life hidden with you in the Father.
Christ, the new Adam, you entered the kingdom of death to release all the just since the beginning of the world,
- may all who lie dead in sin hear your voice and rise to life.
Christ, Son of the living God, through baptism we were buried with you,
- risen also with you in baptism, may we walk in newness of life.
Our Father...
All-powerful and ever-living God,
your only Son went down among the dead
and rose again in glory.
In your goodness
raise up your faithful people,
buried with him in baptism,
to be one with him
in the eternal life of heaven,
where he lives and reigns with you
and the Holy Spirit, one God,
for ever and ever.
Amen
Daytime Prayer
All-powerful and ever-living God,
your only Son went down among the dead
and rose again in glory.
In your goodness
raise up your faithful people,
buried with him in baptism,
to be one with him
in the eternal life of heaven,
where he lives and reigns with you
and the Holy Spirit, one God,
for ever and ever.
Amen
Evening Prayer
HYMN
When I survey the wondrous cross
On which the Prince of glory died,
My richest gain I count but loss,
And pour contempt on all my pride.
Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast,
Save in the death of Christ my God;
The vain delights that charm me most:
I sacrifice them to his blood.
See from his head, his hands, his feet
What grief and love flow mingling down;
Did e’er such Love and sorrow meet,
Or thorns compose so rich a crown?
Were all the realm of nature mine,
That were a present far too small;
Love so amazing, so divine,
Demands my soul, my life, my all.
Ant. Death, you shall die in me; hell, you shall be destroyed by me.
Psalm 116
Credidi, propter
- I trusted, even when I said:
I am sorely afflicted,
- and when I said in my alarm:
No man can be trusted.
- How can I repay the Lord
for his goodness to me?
- The cup of salvation I will raise;
I will call on the Lord's name.
- My vows to the Lord I will fulfill
before all his people.
- O precious in the eyes of the Lord
is the death of his faithful.
- Your servant, Lord, your servant am I;
you have loosened my bonds.
- A thanksgiving sacrifice I make;
I will call on the Lord's name.
- My vows to the Lord I will fulfill
before all his people,
- in the courts of the house of the Lord,
in your midst, O Jerusalem.
Ant. As Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
Psalm 143
Domine, exaudi
- Lord, listen to my prayer:
turn your ear to my appeal.
You are faithful, you are just; give answer.
- Do not call your servant to judgment
for no one is just in your sight.
- The enemy pursues my soul;
he has crushed my life to the ground;
he has made me dwell in darkness
like the dead, long forgotten.
- Therefore my spirit fails;
my heart is numb within me.
- I remember the days that are past:
I ponder all your works.
I muse on what your hand has wrought
- and to you I stretch out my hands.
Like a parched land my soul thirsts for you.
- Lord, make haste and answer;
for my spirit fails within me.
Do not hide your face
lest I become like those in the grave.
- In the morning let me know your love
for I put my trust in you.
Make me know the way I should walk:
to you I lift up my soul.
- Rescue me, Lord, from my enemies;
I have fled to you for refuge.
- Teach me to do your will
for you, O Lord, are my God.
Let your good spirit guide me
in ways that are level and smooth.
- For your name's sake, Lord, save my life;
in your justice save my soul from distress.
- In your love make an end of my foes;
destroy all those who oppress me
for I am your servant, O Lord.
CanticleAnt. Destroy this temple, says the Lord, and in three days I will rebuild it. He was speaking of the temple of his body.
Philippians 2:6-11
Christ, God's holy servantThough he was in the form of God,
Jesus did not deem equality with God
something to be grasped at.Rather, he emptied himself
and took the form of a slave,
being born in the likeness of men.He was known to be of human estate
and it was thus that he humbled himself,
obediently accepting even death,
death on a cross!Because of this,
God highly exalted him
and bestowed on him the name
above every other name,So that at Jesus' name
every knee must bend
in the heavens, on the earth,
and under the earth,
and every tongue proclaim
to the glory of God the Father:
JESUS CHRIST IS LORD!
MAGNIFICAT (Canticle of Mary)
Antiphon:
Now the Son of Man has been glorified, and God has been glorified in him.
INTERCESSIONS
For our sake our Redeemer suffered death and was buried, and rose again. With heartfelt love let us adore him and pray:
Lord, have mercy on us.
Lord Jesus, when your side was pierced, there flowed out blood and water, the marvelous symbol of the whole Church,
- through your death, burial and resurrection, bring life to your bride, the Church.
Lord Jesus, you remembered those who did not remember your promise of resurrection,
- remember those without hope, who do not know that you have risen.
Lamb of God, you were offered for all as our paschal sacrifice,
- draw all people to yourself.
God of all the world, you encompass the universe but were pleased to be laid in a tomb,
- free the human race from the powers of darkness and grant it the gift of immortal glory.
Christ, Son of the living God, you opened the gates of paradise to the repentant thief,
- gather all who have shared your death and burial into the glory of the resurrection.
All-powerful and ever-living God,
your only Son went down among the dead
and rose again in glory.
In your goodness
raise up your faithful people,
buried with him in baptism,
to be one with him
in the eternal life of heaven,
where he lives and reigns with you
and the Holy Spirit, one God,
for ever and ever.
Amen.
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