
Night Prayer: Week 1
Season of Advent
All stand and make sign of cross
Prayer Leader:
God, come to our assistance.
Response:
Lord, make haste to help us.
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.
Prayer Leader:
We pause for a moment to reflect on our day,
bringing to mind where we could have trusted in God
and allowed the Holy Spirit to work through us,
so that we could have been more Christ like.
Penitential Rite
Brief moment of silence to examine our day.
Kyrie eléison
R/. Kyrie eléison
Christe eléison.
R/. Christe eléison.
Kyrie eléison
R/. Kyrie eléison
Prayer Leader:
May almighty God have mercy on us,
forgive us our sins, and bring
us to everlasting life.
Amen.
Hymn of Gratitude:
O Word of God, come into this space.
O Word of God, come send us your grace.
Open our minds, show us your truth,
transform our lives anew.
O Word of God, come into this space.
O Word of God, come send us your grace.
Open our minds, show us your truth,
transform our lives anew.
O Word of God, come into this space.
O Word of God, come send us your grace.
Open our minds, show us your truth,
transform our lives anew.
Antiphon 1
In You, my God, my body will rest in hope.
Psalm 80
O God, You are the Creator
and the Sustainer of Your church
You have protected and prospered
Your faithful followers
throughout the stormy and tumultuous past.
Today we are in trouble.
Listen to our cries of concern, O God.
We are confused and confounded.
We don't know where to turn,
in what direction to go.
We have prayed, O God.
We have sung Your praises.
We have proclaimed Your love to the world.
But today our power is slipping away,
our prestige is wearing thin.
People seem to have little respect for us anymore.
Those who have been brought up
within our structures
and have embraced our doctrines
are leaving the fold.
They say we are no longer meeting their needs
or the needs of the world.
You were with us in the beginning, Lord.
You planted us in the midst
of this world's turmoil.
Glory be 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.
Antiphon 1
In You, my God, my body will rest in hope.
Stand for the Gospel reading
Gospel Reading
A reading from the holy Gospel according to…
- Glory to You, O Lord
The Gospel of the Lord.
- Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
Silent Reflection
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
Stand
Antiphon
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.
Now, O God, let your servant go.
Let me go in peace according to Your Word.
For my eyes behold your saving work:
A light for all the world, alleluia.
Now, O God, let your servant go.
Let me go in peace according to Your Word.
For my eyes behold your saving work:
A light for all the world, alleluia.
Alleluia, alleluia.
Antiphon
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.
Eucharistic Adoration
Please find a comfortable place to be in adoration of the Blessed Sacrament.
At 8 p.m., we will conclude our Night Prayer.
Songs of Adoration
Concluding Prayer
Prayer Leader:
You have given us bread from heaven
- Having within it all sweetness.
Let us pray.
Lord God,
Send us peaceful sleep
to refresh our tired bodies.
May Your help always renew us
and keep us strong in Your service.
We ask this through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
Benediction
May the all-powerful Lord
grant us a restful night
and a peaceful death.
Amen.