Our blessed father, Benedict,
Sure guide in dark and troubled days,
Has shown his countless children here
The paths of peace, the Lord's own ways,.
He dwelt in heaven while on earth,
True man of God and man of prayer;
For him, the love of Christ was all
And God was present everywhere.
He left all things that bind the heart,
In poverty to find release;
Unmoved among the things that change,
He sought and found a lasting peace.
Now Benedict with all who knew
And lived his holy Rule on earth,
Give praise to you, blest Trinity,
In spendid light and time untold. Amen.
(This hymn is adapted from the OSB nuns at Stanbrook Abbey.)
Praised be the God and Father
of our Lord Jesus Christ,
who has bestowed on us in Christ
every spiritual blessing in the heavens.
God chose us in him before the world began
to be holy and blameless in his sight.
He predestined us to be his adopted sons through Jesus Christ,
such was his will and pleasure,
that all might praise the glorious favor
he has bestowed on us in his beloved.
In him and through his blood,
we have been redeemed,
and our sins forgiven,
so immeasurably generous is God’s favor to us.
God has given us the wisdom to understand fully the mystery,
the plan he was pleased to decree in Christ.
A plan to be carried out in Christ,
in the fulness of time,
to bring all things into one in him,
in the heavens and on earth.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:
as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen.
How glorious he was, surrounded by the people,
as he came out of the house of the curtain.
Like the morning star among the clouds,
like the full moon at the festal season;like the rainbow gleaming in
splendid clouds;
like roses in the days of first fruits,
like lilies by a spring of water,
like a green shoot on Lebanon on a summer day;
like fire and incense in the censer,
like a vessel of hammered gold studded with all kinds of precious stones;
like an olive tree laden with fruit,
and like a cypress towering in the clouds.
When he put on his glorious robe
and clothed himself in perfect splendor,
when he went up to the holy altar,
he made the court of the sanctuary glorious.
Responsory
Holy Father Benedict, pray for us.
- Holy Father Benedict, pray for us.
That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
- Pray for us
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.
- Holy Father Benedict, pray for us.
As we gather to celebrate the feast of our holy father St. Benedict,
let us offer our evening prayer to God:
O Lord, graciously hear us.
God, you inspired St. Benedict to establish a school of the Lord's service, bless all those who seek you in the monastic way of life, we ask you, Lord, hear us:
O Lord, graciously hear us.
Our holy father, St. Benedict taught us to prefer nothing to the Work of God, bless our daily round of prayer, and may it be found pleasing in your sight; we ask you, Lord, hear us:
O Lord, graciously hear us.
Open our eyes to the deifying light and our ears to the heavenly voice that calls us each day; we ask you, Lord, hear us:
O Lord, graciously hear us.
Bless us with the gift of listening hearts, we ask you, Lord, hear us:
O Lord, graciously hear us.
Our holy father Benedict died surrounded by his brothers, with his hands uplifted in prayer, bless us with the grace of a perfect death, and bring to eternal life those we remember; we ask you Lord, hear us:
O Lord, graciously hear us.
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 that trespass against us,
and lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
Concluding Prayer (Taken from "Proclaiming All Your Wonders")
Ever-faithful God, complete the work you have begun in us.
You call us through our Father, St. Benedict,
to walk in the paths of the Gospel.
Lead us all together to your dwelling place
where you are glorified
in your Son, Jesus Christ,
for ever and ever. Amen.
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