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SERVICE OF LIGHT
Greeting/Invocation
We light the Evening Candle and say or sing:
Light and Peace in Jesus Christ our Lord!
~Thanks be to God!
Stay with us Lord for it is evening,
~And the day is almost over.
Hymn for Saturday Evening
O fire that fuels the stars and suns,
rekindled in our evening flame:
your blinding radiance yet is dimmed
before the One from whom you came.
When out of darkness first you dawned,
you ushered in God’s gifts untold:
on this the eighth, unequaled day,
you blazed where Life lay dead and cold.
For Christ, our light, unquenchable,
death sought to master and defy,
yet from a darkened, empty tomb
Life gave definitive reply.
The universe will not be shamed,
delighting God in endless ways,
for neither human sin nor pride
can silence its unceasing praise. Amen
Text: Aelred-Seton Shanley
SERVICE OF THE WORD
Evening Psalm
Antiphon
My vows to Adonai I will fulfill in the presence of all God’s people.
I trust in God, even when I say,
“I am sorely afflicted,”
I believe, even when I cry out,
“No human can be trusted!”
What gift can repay Adonai
for such goodness to me?
I will raise the cup of freedom
as I call on the Holy Name!
And I will fulfill all my vows
in the presence of the people.
Adonai you hate to see
your faithful ones perish and die.
It is I, the servant you love
the one you have freed from bondage,
who calls to you now for help.
I bring an offering of thanks
as I call on your Name.
I fulfill my vows to you, Adonai
standing before your assembly,
in the courts of your house, my God,
in the very heart of Jerusalem.
Glory to the ONE and to the WORD
And to the BREATH of Love!
As always before,
so now and evermore. Amen
My vows to Adonai I will fulfill in the presence of all God’s people.
Reading Isaiah 25: 6, 8
a feast of rich food and choice wines, juicy, rich food and pure, choice wines.
ADONAI ELOHIM will wipe away the tears from every face;
the reproach of his people he will remove from the whole earth; for ADONAI has spoken.
Responsory
R. The eyes of all creatures look to you, Adonai, *and you give them their food in due season. V. You open wide your hand, grant the desires of all who live. *and you give them their food in due season. V. Glory to the Abba and the Word and the Breath of Love.
Gospel Antiphon
‘Tell those invited: “Behold, I have prepared my banquet,
and everything is ready; come to the feast.”’
Canticle from Philippians 2: 6-11
Refrain: Lord Jesus.
Though he was in the form of God
Jesus did not snatch at equality with God.
He emptied himself,
taking the form of a servant,
being born in the likeness of human beings.
And being found in human form,
he humbled himself,
and became obedient unto death,
even death on a cross.
Therefore God has highly exalted him
and bestowed on him the name
that is above every other name.
That at the name of Jesus
every knee should bow
in heaven and on earth
and under the earth.
And every tongue confess
that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Abba.
Glory to the Abba and to the Word
And to the Breath of Love
As always before
So now and evermore. Amen
‘Tell those invited: “Behold, I have prepared my banquet,
and everything is ready; come to the feast.”’
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SERVICE OF PRAYER
Litany of Intercession
For the Unity of the Christian Churches and the common good of all Earthkind,
For the people of this and every other nation, that all be guided in the ways of justice and peace,
For the health and well-being of all creation, and the wisdom and will to conserve it,
For all those who have asked for our prayers and those for whom we have promised to pray,
For all who are suffering in mind, body or spirit, and for those who care for them,
For those who have died, and for those who grieve their passing,
Prayer of Jesus
Our Father…
Closing Prayer & Blessing
God of Life and Love, you sent Jesus to announce the Reign of Heaven in parables and in his way of living and loving among us. You prepare in each day a great banquet to celebrate the marriage of heaven and earth; may we accept your invitation, vest ourselves in the wedding garment of all-inclusive love, and join with the rest of Earthkind in the feast. For yours is the power and the glory of love, now and forever. ~Amen.
May the God who invites all to the feast, bless us and all Earthkind with freedom and the fulness of life. ~Amen
Let us bless Adonai. ~Thanks be to God.
Those who wish may end evening prayer with the Marian Antiphon for this season.
Marian Antiphon
Salve Regina, Mater misericordiae, Vita dulcedo et Spes nostra, salve!
Ad te clamamus, exsules filii Evae; Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes in hac lacrimarum vale. Eia, ergo, Advocata nostra, illos tuos misericordes oculos, ad nos converte; et Jesum benedictum fructum ventris tui, nobis, post hoc exilium ostende. O Clemens, O Pia, O Dulcis, Virgo Maria!
Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God;
~ That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Let us pray. Holy, Mighty and Immortal God, through the working of the Holy Spirit, you prepared the body and soul of the glorious virgin Mother Mary, as a worthy dwelling for your Word; grant that we, who celebrate her memory each evening, may with the help of her prayers, be freed from ever-present evil, and come to share the fulness of life eternal. Amen.