Dec 14, Night Prayer for Friday of the 2nd week of Advent

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Dec 14, Night Prayer for Friday of the 2nd week of Advent

 

 

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Liturgy of the Hours:

Vol I, Page 1185

Vol II, Page 1642

Vol III, Page 1285

Vol IV, Page 1249

 

Christian Prayer:

Page 1052

 

General instruction:

Please pray with us actively, especially by joining with us in saying antiphons and responses, most of which are indicated in this highlight.

 

Consider an examination of your own conscience before beginning to best make use of our time together in prayer.

 

Night Prayer for Friday

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.

 

Examination of conscience:

We are called to have a clear conscience toward God and toward men, in our hearts and in our minds, in our actions and inactions. To do so, it is vital that we examine our conscience daily and to ask for God’s mercy as we fall short and to ask for His strength to do better.

 

I confess to almighty God,

and to you, my brothers and sisters,

that I have greatly sinned,

in my thoughts and in my words,

in what I have done and in what I have failed to do,

And, striking your breast, say:

through my own fault, through my fault,

through my most grievous fault;

Then continue:

therefore I ask blessed Mary ever-virgin,

all the Angels and Saints,

and you, my brothers and sisters,

to pray for me to the Lord our God.

With a priest present, this absolution will be given:

May almighty God have mercy on us,

forgive us our sins,

and bring us to everlasting life.

The people reply: Amen

 

HYMN

Peace be to you and grace from Him

Who freed us from our sin

Who loved us all, and shed his blood

That we might saved be.

 

Sing holy, holy to our Lord

The Lord almighty God

Who was and is, and is to come

Sing holy, holy Lord.

 

Rejoice in heaven,

all ye that dwell therein

Rejoice on earth, ye saints below

For Christ is coming,

Is coming soon

For Christ is coming soon.

 

E’en so Lord Jesus quickly come

And night shall be no more

They need no light, no lamp, nor sun

For Christ will be their All!

 

E’en So, Lord Jesus, Quickly Come by Choir of The Cathedral of the Madeleine & The Madeleine Choir School

PSALMODY

 

Ant. 1 Day and night I cry to you, my God.

 

Psalm 88

Prayer of a sick person

This is your hour when darkness reigns (Luke 22:53).

 

Lord my God, I call for help by day;

I cry at night before you.

Let my prayer come into your presence.

O turn your ear to my cry.

 

For my soul is filled with evils;

my life is on the brink of the grave.

I am reckoned as one in the tomb;

I have reached the end of my strength,

 

Like one alone among the dead,

like the slain lying in their graves,

like those you remember no more,

cut off, as they are, from your hand.

 

You have laid me in the depths of the tomb,

in places that are dark, in the depths.

Your anger weighs down upon me;

I am drowned beneath your waves.

 

You have taken away my friends

and made me hateful in their sight.

Imprisoned, I cannot escape;

my eyes are sunken with grief.

 

I call to you, Lord, all the day long;

to you I stretch out my hands.

Will you work your wonders for the dead?

Will the shades stand and praise you?

 

Will your love be told in the grave

or your faithfulness among the dead?

Will your wonders be known in the dark

or your justice in the land of oblivion?

 

As for me, Lord, I call to you for help;

in the morning my prayer comes before you.

Lord, why do you reject me?

Why do you hide your face?

 

Wretched, close to death from my youth,

I have borne your trials; I am numb.

Your fury has swept down upon me;

your terrors have utterly destroyed me.

 

They surround me all the day like a flood,

they assail me all together.

Friend and neighbor you have taken away:

my one companion is darkness.

 

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.

 

Ant. Day and night I cry to you, my God.

 

READING Jeremiah 14:9a

You are in our midst, O Lord,

your name we bear:

do not forsake us, O Lord, our God!

 

RESPONSORY

Into your hands, Lord, I commend my spirit.

– Into your hands, Lord, I commend my spirit.

 

You have redeemed us, Lord God of truth.

– I commend my spirit.

 

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit,

– Into your hands, Lord, I commend my spirit.

 

Gospel Canticle

Ant. Protect us, Lord, as we stay awake; watch over us as we sleep, that awake, we may keep watch with Christ, and asleep, rest in his peace.

 

Luke 2:29-32

Christ is the light of the nations and the glory of Israel

Lord, now you let your servant go in peace;

your word has been fulfilled:

 

my own eyes have seen the salvation

which you have prepared in the sight of every people:

 

a light to reveal you to the nations

and the glory of your people Israel.

 

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.

 

Ant. Protect us, Lord, as we stay awake; watch over us as we sleep, that awake, we may keep watch with Christ, and asleep, rest in his peace.

 

Concluding Prayer

All-powerful God

keep us united with your Son

in his death and burial

so that we may rise to new life with him,

who lives and reigns for ever and ever.

– Amen.

 

Blessing

May the all-powerful Lord grant us a restful night and a peaceful death.

– Amen.

 

Antiphon or song in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Hail, holy Queen, Mother of Mercy!

Our life, our sweetness, and our hope!

 

To you do we cry, poor banished

children of Eve, to you do we send

up our sighs, mourning and weeping

in this valley, of tears.

 

Turn, then, most gracious advocate,

your eyes of mercy toward us; and

after this our exile show unto us the

blessed fruit of your womb, Jesus;

O clement, O loving, O sweet virgin Mary.