ST. JOSEPH
Husband of Mary
Evening Prayer I
We venerate your justice,
The gospels praise your name,
You are the saint all humble,
Who gained eternal fame;
In your devoted family
Our souls in trust confide,
Direct our way to heaven.
Saint Joseph, be our guide.
Text: Jan Michael Gannon; Tune: Schubert 76.76D, arr. Gilchrist; Midi: Cyberhymnal
PSALMODY
Antiphon 1:
Jacob became the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary. She gave birth to Jesus who is called Christ.
Praise, O servants of the Lord, High above all nations is the Lord, From the dust he lifts up the lowly, Put no trust in princes, He is happy who is helped by Jacob's God, It is the Lord who keeps faith for ever, the Lord who gives sight to the blind, It is the Lord who loves the just God chose us in him He predestined us In him and through his blood, we have been redeemed, God has given us the wisdom A plan to be carried out
praise the name of the Lord!
May the name of the Lord be blessed
both now and for evermore!
From the rising of the sun to its setting
praised be the name of the Lord!
above the heavens his glory.
Who is like the Lord, our God,
who has risen on high to his throne
yet stoops from the heights to look down,
to look down upon heaven and earth?
from the dungheap he raises the poor
to set them in the company of princes,
yes, with the princes of his people.
To the childless wife he gives a home
and gladdens her heart with children. Glory...
Antiphon: Jacob became the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary. She gave birth to Jesus who is called Christ.
Antiphon: The angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph.
I will praise the Lord all my days,
make music to my God while I live.
In mortal men in whom there is no help.
Take their breath, they return to clay
and their plans that day come to nothing.
whose hope is in the Lord his God,
who alone made heaven and earth,
the seas and all they contain.
who is just to those who are oppressed.
It is he who gives bread to the hungry,
the Lord, who sets prisoners free,
who raises up those who are bowed down,
the Lord, who protects the stranger
and upholds the widow and orphan.
but thwarts the path of the wicked.
The Lord will reign for ever,
Zion's God, from age to age. Glory...
Antiphon: The angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph.
Antiphon: Mary the mother of Jesus was betrothed to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be with child through the power of the Holy Spirit.
Praised be the God and Father
of our Lord Jesus Christ,
who has bestowed on us in Christ
every spiritual blessing in the heavens.
before the world began
to be holy
and blameless in his sight.
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.
and our sins forgiven,
so immeasurably generous
is God’s favor to us.
to understand fully the mystery,
the plan he was pleased
to decree in Christ.
in Christ, in the fulness of time,
to bring all things into one in him,
in the heavens and on earth. Glory...
Antiphon: Mary the mother of Jesus was betrothed to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be with child through the power of the Holy Spirit.
READING
Whatever you do, do from the heart, as for the Lord and not for others, knowing that you will receive from the Lord the due payment of the inheritance; be slaves of the Lord Christ.
RESPONSORY
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