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SERVICE OF LIGHT
Greeting/Invocation
We light the Evening Vesper Candle and say or sing:
Light and peace in Jesus Christ our Love!
~Thanks be to God!
Sunday Evening Hymn
O radiant Light, O Sun divine, Of God the Abba’s deathless face,
O image of the Light sublime that fills the heavenly dwelling place.
O Word of God, the Source of Life, Praise is your due by night and day.
Our happy lips must raise the strain of your esteemed and splendid Name.
O Jesus Christ as daylight fades, as shine the lights of eventide,
We praise the Abba with the Word, the Spirit blest and with them one.
Text: Phos Hilaron, transl. WG Storey; Tune: Jesu Dulcis Memoria
Thanksgiving for the Light
Let us give thanks to the God of Light, always and for everything.
~In the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ.
Praised be Adonai our God, Ruler of the Universe,
who led our ancestors in the faith by a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night, and prepared a lamp for the Anointed. Light up our darkness, O God, by the light of your Christ; may his word be a lamp to our feet and a light to our path,
for you are full of loving kindness for your whole creation and we, your creatures glorify you: Abba, Word and Holy Breath of Love, now and forever. Amen!
SERVICE OF THE WORD
SUNDAY EVENING PSALM
Antiphon
The Reign of Heaven is like a treasure buried in a field,
which a person finds and hides again,
and out of joy goes and sells everything in order to buy that field.
Psalm 109/110
Adonai, to the One who will reign:
“Come and be My companion;
We will undo selfishness and sin.”
The Spirit will bring from Zion
The power and strength to save:
Love changing foes into friends.
Precious from the day of your birth
on the holy mountain;
from the womb before the dawn I begot you.
The Promise holds true forever:
Your ministry is Loving-Kindness–
A priest like Melchizedek of old.
Companions of the Most High are ready
To liberate all who suffer from evil.
The One who calls us to justice
Invites us to join in the struggle:
Enlightening all who are unaware of the truth.
Drink from streams of Living Water,
Lift your head and celebrate the feast.
Glory to the ONE and to the WORD
And to the BREATH of Love!
As always before,
so now and evermore. Amen
The Reign of Heaven is like a treasure buried in a field,
which a person finds and hides again,
and out of joy goes and sells everything in order to buy that field.
READING ROMANS 8: 28-30
We know that all things work for good for those who love God, who are called according to the divine purpose. For those foreknown, God also predestined to be conformed to the image of the Son, so that Jesus might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters.
And those God predestined God also called;
and those God called God also justified;
and those God justified God also glorified.
Responsory
R. Though the law was given through Moses, *grace and truth have come through Jesus Christ. V. No one has ever seen God, but God’s only Son, who is nearest to the Abba’s heart, has made God known *grace and truth have come through Jesus Christ.
V. Glory to the Abba and the Word and the Breath of Love.
New Testament Canticle
Antiphon
Every scribe instructed in the reign of heaven
is like the head of a household
who brings out from the storeroom both the new and the old.
Refrain
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Salvation and glory and power belong to our God, Alleluia!
God’s judgments are true and just. (R.)
Praise our God all you servants, alleluia!
Those reverencing with awe, small and great. (R.)
Adonai our God, the Almighty reigns, alleluia!
Let us rejoice and exult, giving God the glory. (R.)
The marriage of the Lamb has come, alleluia!
And his bride has made herself ready. (R.)
She has been given for her clothing, alleluia!
fine linen, glistening and pure. (R.)
Glory to the Abba and the Word, and the Holy Breath
As always before, so now and evermore. Amen!
Every scribe instructed in the kingdom of heaven
is like the head of a household
who brings from the storeroom both the new and the old.
SERVICE OF PRAYER
Litany of Intercession
That all who have been called and gifted to build up the reign of heaven may overcome what divides us and may join our efforts to seek the pearl of great price, let us pray…
~ Hear us O God.
That political and economic leaders may be filled with God’s Spirit of compassion and lead with honesty, justice and a passion for the flourishing of all, let us pray…
~ Hear us O God.
That the love and example of those who live and work in the darkness of violence, poverty and corruption may be light and hope for those who suffer most, let us pray…
~ Hear us O God.
That those who have received more may be freed to share their abundance with those who are oppressed by racism, classism, and violence, let us pray…
~ Hear us O God.
That the sacredness of all life and the rights of all human and all earthly beings may be upheld in the hearts and in the laws of all peoples and nations, let us pray…
~ Hear us O God.
Prayer of Jesus
Our Father …
Closing Prayer & Blessing
O Holy One, Source, Guide and Goal of all that is, You have called and gifted each of us to continue the mission and ministry of Jesus in a great variety of ways with a wonderful diversity of gifts. When we are weary and the burden seems unbearable, call us to the gentle and humble heart of Jesus where we can find the rest we need to continue working with you to build your reign on Earth as it is in heaven. Amen.
May the Spirit of God + kindle in our hearts the love that fulfills the whole law.
Let us bless Adonai. ~Thanks be to God.
Those who wish may end evening prayer with the 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.