Advent

December 18

Evening Prayer


The first part of the Office is from the current weekday of Advent:

Week 3

Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Evening
Evening
Evening
Evening
Evening
Evening

Week 4

Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Evening
Evening
Evening
Evening
Evening
Evening


READING      Philippians 4:4-5
Rejoice in the Lord always! I say it again. Rejoice! Everyone should see how unselfish you are. The Lord is near.


RESPONSORY
Lord, show us your mercy and love.
 - Lord, show us your mercy and love.
And grant us your salvation,
 - your mercy and love.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit,
 - Lord, show u s your mercy and love.


MAGNIFICAT (Canticle of Mary)
Antiphon:

O Adonai, et dux domus Israël, qui Moyse in igne flammae rubi apparuisti, et ei in Sina legem dedisti: veni ad redimendum nos in brachio extento.
O sacred Lord of ancient Israel, who showed yourself to Moses in the burning bush, who gave him the holy law on Sinai mountain: come, stretch out your mighty hand to set us free.


INTERCESSIONS
To Christ the Lord, who was born of the Virgin Mary, let us pray with joyful hearts:

                     Come, Lord Jesus!

Lord Jesus, in the mystery of your incarnation you revealed your glory to the world,
 - give us new life by your coming.

You have taken our weakness upon yourself,
 - grant us your mercy.

You redeemed the world from sin by your first coming in humility,
 - free us from all guilt when you come again in glory.

You live and rule over all,
 - in your goodness bring us to our eternal inheritance.

You sit at the right hand of the Father,
 - gladden the souls of the dead with your light.


Our Father...


COLLECT
Grant, we pray, almighty God,
that we, who are weighed down from of old
by slavery beneath the yoke of sin,
may be set free by the newness
of the long-awaited Nativity
of your Only Begotten Son.
Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God, for ever and ever.


May the Lord bless us, protect us from all evil and bring us to everlasting life. Amen.





The English translation of Psalm Responses, Alleluia Verses, Gospel Verses from Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation (ICEL); the English translation of Antiphons, Invitatories, Responsories, Intercessions, Psalm 95, the Canticle of the Lamb, Psalm Prayers, Non-Biblical Readings from The Liturgy of the Hours © 1973, 1974, 1975, ICEL; excerpts from the English translation of The Roman Missal © 2010, ICEL. All rights reserved. Used with permission.

 
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