God, come to my assistance.
 - Lord, make haste to help me.
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. (Alleluia.)


HYMN          Tune
Creator of the hosts on high,
as well as earth and sea and sky,
your providence will never cease
to rule your works in might and peace.

Be present, Lord to hear our call:
from sin restore us when we fall;
and as we run our earthly race,
illume our minds with heavenly grace.

To each of us an angel send,
assigned to counsel and defend,
that he may help us judge aright
and put all evil powers to flight.

Let him expose the hidden snares
that Satan for our doom prepares,
lest we be captured in the net
before our heedless footsteps set.

To you our grateful praise we bring,
O Christ, of men and angels King,
Whom with the Father we adore
and Holy Spirit evermore. Amen.
Tune: Tallis Canon, Thomas Tallis


PSALMODY

Antiphon 1: The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him, to rescue them.

We praise you, the Lord God Almighty,
Who is and who was.
You have assumed your great power,
You have begun your reign.

The nations have raged in anger,
But then came your day of wrath
And the moment to judge the dead:
The time to reward your servants the prophets
And the holy ones who revere you,
The great and the small alike.

Now have salvation and power come,
The reign of our God and the authority
Of his Anointed One,
For the accuser of our brothers is cast out,
Who night and day accused them before God.

They defeated him by the blood of the Lamb
And by the word of their testimony;
Love for life did not deter them from death.
So rejoice, you heavens,
And you that dwell therein! Glory...

Antiphon:Glorify the God of heaven, sing praise to him before all living creatures, for he has shown you such great mercy.


READING          Revelation 8:3-4
Another angel with a golden censer came and stood at the altar; he was given a great quantity of incense to offer with the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar that is before the throne. And the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, rose before God from the hand of the angel.


RESPONSORY
God gave his angels charge over you.
God gave his angels charge over you.
To protect you in all your ways.
God gave his angels charge over you.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.
God gave his angels charge over you.


MAGNIFICAT (Canticle of Mary)
Antiphon: The angels will always see the face of my heavenly Father.


INTERCESSIONS
The angels carry out God's will. Let us pray that we too may listen carefully for his voice and hear his call as we say:

                        We beg you, hear us.

That our prayers may rise like a pleasant fragrance before you,
- through the hands of your angels.

That our prayers may be brought to your altar on high,
- through the hands of your angels.

That we may proclaim glory to God in the highest and peace to his people on earth,
- with the multitude of the heavenly hosts.

That the angels may receive us at the end of our days,
- and lead us home to paradise.

That the holy standard-bearer, Michael, may bring into the light of your presence,
- the souls of those who have died.


Our Father…


COLLECT
O God, who in your unfathomable providence
are pleased to send your holy Angels to guard us,
hear our supplication as we cry to you,
that we may always be defended by their protection
and rejoice eternally in their company.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your 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.