SUNDAY XVI Evening Prayer I

 

Bread Rising

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          Wisdom  12: 13,17-19

There are no gods beside you who have the care of all,
that you need show you have not unjustly condemned.
For your might is the source of justice;
your mastery over all things makes you lenient to all.
And you taught your people, by these deeds,
that those who are just must be kind;
and you gave your children good ground for hope
that you would permit repentance for their sins.

 

 Responsory

R. Despise evil and love what is good; *For Adonai will take pity on the remnant of Joseph.   V. Let justice flow like water, and integrity like an unfailing stream. * For Adonai will take pity on the remnant of Joseph. V.  Glory to the Abba and the Word and the Breath of Love.

Gospel Antiphon

The Reign of God is like yeast

 a woman kneads into a mass of dough,

and she waits until the bread is risen.

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

The Reign of God is like yeast

 a woman kneads into a mass of dough,

and she waits until the bread is risen.

 

 SERVICE OF PRAYER

Litany of Intercession

For the Unity of the Christian Churches and the common good of all Earthkind,

Love, in your mercy, hear our prayer.

 

For the people of this and every other nation, that all be guided in the ways of justice and peace, Love, in your mercy, hear our prayer.

 

For the health and well-being of all creation, and the wisdom and will to conserve it, Love in your mercy, hear our prayer.

 

For all those who have asked for our prayers and those for whom we have promised to pray, Love in your mercy, hear our prayer.

 

For all who are suffering in mind, body or spirit, and for those who care for them,

Love in your mercy, hear our prayer.

 

For those who have died, and for those who grieve their passing, Love, in your mercy, hear our prayer.

 

 

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.  Like a woman who makes bread for her family and friends, knead the leaven of your way of life and the love of  your Holy Spirit into our hearts that our lives may become bread for those who hunger, sustenance for those who are oppressed, nourishment for those who seek truth and satisfaction for those who seek justice and peace. For yours is the power and the glory of love, now and forever. ~Amen.

 

May the God who gives seed to the sower , flour to the baker and bread to the hungry+ bless us and all of creation with the fullness of life.  ~Amen 

 

Let us bless Adonai.     ~Thanks be to God.

 

 

 

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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.