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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/Refrain
My prayers come before you like incense,
the raising of my hands like the ev’ning offering.
Psalm 140/141
I call for your help, O Adonai, Listen to me when I call to you.
God, I cry to you, so listen to my prayer, I am invoking you.
Keep me from evil, watch over me. Set a guard at the door of my lips.
Love, I turn to you, so listen to me now, I am invoking you.
Defend me, my Love, I take refuge in you. Guard me from those who do evil.
My Joy, I trust in you, so listen to my heart, I am invoking you.
Setting: Tobias Colgan, OSB, alt.
Reading Zechariah 9: 9-10
Rejoice heartily, O daughter Zion, shout for joy, O daughter Jerusalem!
See, your ruler shall come to you; a just savior,
meek, and riding on an ass, on a colt, the foal of an ass.
Your savior shall banish the chariot from Ephraim, and the war horse from Jerusalem.
Responsory
R. On that day all idols will be thrown down * and Adonai alone will be exalted. V. Human pride will be humbled, the arrogance of men will be brought low. *and Adonai alone will be exalted. V. Glory to the Abba and the Word and the Breath of Love.
Gospel Antiphon
Christ died for our sins and rose that we might live.
Canticle from Philippians 2: 6-11
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
Christ died for our sins and rose that we might live.
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
Using a translation prepared by the Nez Percé Tribe, we pray as Jesus taught his disciples
O Great Spirit, You are our Shepherd Chief in the most high place.
Your home is everywhere, even beyond the stars and moon.
Whatever You want to be done, let it be done everywhere.
Give us Your gift of bread day by day.
Forgive us our wrongs as we forgive those who wrong us.
Take us away from wrong doings. Free us from evil.
For everything belongs to You. Let Your power and glory shine forever. Amen.
Closing Prayer & Blessing
Risen Christ, by virtue of your passing over from death to life,
pour your Holy Spirit into our hearts. Fill us with awe and reverence for you and love and compassion for our neighbor, for yours is the power and the glory, now and forever. ~Amen.
May the Great Spirit + bless us and all of creation. ~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.