Night Prayer: Week 4
Season of Ordinary Time
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.
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,
All strike their breast
through my fault, through my fault,
through my most grievous fault;
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.
Prayer Leader:
May almighty God have mercy on us,
forgive us our sins, and bring
us to everlasting life.
Amen.
Hymn of Gratitude:
Now It is Evening
Now it is evening: Lights of the city
Bid us remember Christ is our Light.
Many are lonely, who will be neighbor?
Where there is caring Christ is our Light.
Now it is evening: Little ones sleeping
Bid us remember Christ is our Peace.
Some are neglected, who will be neighbor?
Where there is caring Christ is our Peace.
Now it is evening: Food on the table
Bids us remember Christ is our Life.
Many are hungry, who will be neighbor?
Where there is sharing Christ is our Life.
Now it is evening: Here in our meeting
May we remember Christ is our Friend.
Some may be strangers, who will be neighbor?
Where there’s a welcome Christ is our Friend.
Antiphon 1
In You, my God, my body will rest in hope.
Psalm 58
Psalm 105
How great is my God,
and how I love to sing Your praises!
Whereas I am often frightened
when I think about the future,
and confused and disturbed
by the rapidly changing events about me,
my heart is secured and made glad
When I remember how God has cared for me
Throughout the past.
When I was brought forth from my mother’s womb,
God’s hand was upon me.
Through parents and people who cared,
He loved and sheltered me
and set me upon His course for my life.
Through illness and accident
my God has sustained me.
Around pitfalls and cliffs
God has safely led me.
When I became rebellious
and struck out on my own,
God waited patiently for me to return.
When I fell on my face in weakness and failure,
God gently set me upon my feet again.
God did not always prevent me from hurting myself,
but took me back to heal my wounds.
Even out of the broken pieces of my defeats,
God created a vessel of beauty and usefulness.
Through trials and errors, failures and successes,
my God has cared for me.
From infancy to adulthood
God had never let me go.
God’s love has led me- has followed me-
through the valleys of sorrow
and the highlands of joy,
through times of want
and years of abundance.
God has bridged impassable rivers
and moved impossible mountains.
Sometimes through me,
sometimes in spite of me,
God seeks to accomplish God’s purposes in my life.
God has kept me through the stormy past;
God will secure and guide me
through the perilous future.
I need never be afraid,
No matter how uncertain
the months or years ahead of me.
How great is my God,
and how I love to sing Your praises!
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.
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.