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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 Love!

~Thanks be to God!

 

Stay with us O Christ for it is evening,

~And the day is almost over.

 

O SILENCE

O Silence sonorous with Word,

O Breath unseen of Love unheard,

O un-consuming Fire, dark Light,

We worship at the edge of night.

 

O God beyond all speech or thought,

O God in song half-hid, half-caught,

O God for human mind too much,

In crib and cross and bread we touch.

 

O timeless One in majesty,

O indivisible yet Three,

O Source and Sabbath of our days,

Accept, accept our stammered praise.

_{Text: Genevieve Glen, OSB  (Abbey of St. Walburga) ; Tune: Plainsong}

 

 

 SERVICE OF THE WORD

PSALMODY

 Antiphon

I lie down in peace, and sleep comes at once

for Adonai makes me dwell in safety.

Psalm 4

When I call, answer me,

O God of Justice!

from oppression you released me,

have mercy now, and hear me!

 

You rebels, how long 

will keep your hearts closed,

will you love what is useless 

and seek what is stupid and false?

 

It is Adonai who is kind

to those who are generous in mercy;

I pray that Adonai

will hear whenever I call.

 

Tremble, do not sin,

ponder on your bed and be still.

Make justice your sacrifice

and trust in our God.

 

Many people ask,

“What will make me happy?”

Let your face shine on us, O Adonai,

For you have put into our hearts greater joy,

than others provide with abundance of food

and barrels of wine.

 

I lie down in peace,

and sleep comes at once

for you, Adonai,

make me dwell in safety.

 

Glory to the ONE and to the WORD

And to the BREATH of Love;

as always before,

so now and evermore. Amen.

I lie down in peace, and sleep comes at once

for Adonai makes me dwell in safety.

Reading   James 4:11-12

Do not speak evil of one another. Whoever speaks evil of a sister or brother or judges another speaks evil of the law and judges the law. If you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge. There is one Lawgiver and Judge who is able to save or to destroy. Who then are you to judge your neighbor?

Responsory

R. In Christ God has anointed us *marking us with a seal and giving us the pledge of the Spirit. V. God is a gentle Parent, who comforts us as we share the suffering of Christ *marking us with a seal and giving us the pledge of the Spirit.  V.  Glory to the Abba and the Word and the Holy Breath of Love.

Gospel Canticle of Mary

Antiphon

Jesus commanded: “Mute and deaf spirit,
Come out of this child and never enter again!”

It is customary to make the sign of the cross at the beginning of the Gospel Canticle.

My heart + is radiant with the Lord,

My whole being delights in God my Savior.

 

All people now will call me blessed

For God has loved this humble handmaid. 

The Almighty has shown me great favor 

Holy is the NAME,

 

Whose mercy embraces the faithful,

From one generation to the next.

The mighty arm of God,

Scatters the proud in their own conceit,

 

Pulls tyrants from their thrones 

While lifting up the lowly: 

Fills the famished with bounty, 

And reveals the emptiness of riches.

 

Rescues lowly Israel,

Sharing such loving kindness,

As promised to our ancestors

To Abraham and Sarah, and their descendants forever.

 

Glory to the ONE and to  WORD 

And to the BREATH of Love! 

As always before, 

so now and evermore.  Amen

 Jesus commanded: “Mute and deaf spirit,
Come out of this child and never enter again!”

SERVICE OF PRAYER

Litany of Intercession

For all who thirst—whose lives are endangered by lack of safe water to drink—whose crops and livestock whither from lack of rain, ~God, in your mercy, hear our prayer.

 

 

For all who suffer from too much water—from tsunamis and floods—and from the death and destruction, dampness and disease carried in the aftermath, ~God, in your mercy, hear our prayer.

 

For those who hoard water, who waste it or pollute it—forcing others to pay excessively for water that rightfully belongs to all, ~God, in your mercy, hear our prayer.

 

For those whose bodies, minds and spirits languish—cut off from the endless flow of God’s love enfleshed in self and others, in all creatures and all of creation, ~God, in your mercy, hear our prayer.

 

Prayer of Jesus

Our Dear Abba …

 

 

Closing Prayer & Blessing

Creator God, we stand in wonder and awe before your gift of water that brings life and nourishment through streams and rivers, marshes and swamps, lakes, seas and oceans!  As we celebrate  the creation and distribution of water on this second day of the week, strengthen our commitment to conserve and share this gift with wisdom and respect.   For yours is the glory and power of love now and forever.  Amen.

 

May the God of all creation +   bless us with a hunger and thirst for justice.   Amen.

 

Let us bless Adonai!    ~Thanks be to God.

 

 

Those who wish may end evening prayer with the Salve Regina

Marian Antiphon

Mother of Mercy, Our Queen we greet you. Our life, our hope, our happiness we hail you.

We call to you as Eve’s own children, and exiles.  To you we lift our hearts in sorrow and fear,  in this valley of tears.  Turn then, our loving Advocate, and look with favor upon us.

And after our life in exile, show us the blessed fruit of your womb, Jesus.  O gracious, O loving, O Virgin benign, our Mother Mary.

 

Pray for us, 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.