Liturgy of the Hours
Evening Prayer

Evening Prayer II for
the Solemnity of the Body & Blood
of Our Lord Jesus Christ

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Call to Worship

While making the sign of the cross:

God, come to our assistance.
Lord, make haste to help us.

Glory to the Father and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit.
As it was in the beginning,
is now and will be forever. Amen. Alleluia!

Hymn

We are many parts (1)

We are many parts,
We are all one body,
And the gifts we have
We are given to share.
May the spirit of love make us one indeed;
One, the love that we share,
One, our hope in despair,
One, the cross that we bear.

Working for the Father’s son,
Working that his will be done,
Let us lay our gifts before the Lord.

We are many parts,
We are all one body,
And the gifts we have
We are given to share.
May the spirit of love, make us one indeed;
One, the love that we share,
One, our hope in despair,
One, the cross that we bear.

So my pain is pain for you,
in your joy is my joy too,
all is brought together in the Lord!

All you seekers great and small
Seek the greatest gift of all
If you love, then you will know the Lord

We are many parts
We are all one body,
And the gifts we have
We are given to share.
May the spirit of love, make us one indeed;
One, the love that we share,
One, our hope in despair,
One, the cross that we bear,

PSALMODY
Psalm 141:1-9

Ant. O Lord, let my prayer rise before you like incense, my hands like an evening offering.

O Lord, let my prayer rise before you like
incense, my hands like an evening offering.

Lord, I am calling: hasten to help me.
Listen to me as I cry to you.
Let my prayer rise before you like incense,
my hands like an evening offering.

O Lord, let my prayer rise before you like
incense, my hands like an evening offering.

Lord, set a guard at my mouth,
keep watch at the gate of my lips.
Let my heart not turn to things that are wrong,
to sharing the evil deeds done by the sinful.
No, I will never taste their delights.

O Lord, let my prayer rise before you like
incense, my hands like an evening offering.

The good may reprove me,
In kindness chastise me,
but the wicked shall never anoint my head.
Every day, I counter their malice with prayer.

O Lord, let my prayer rise before you like
incense, my hands like an evening offering.

To you, Lord my God, my eyes are turned:
In you I take refuge; do not forsake me.
Keep me safe from the traps they have set for me,
from the snares of those who do evil.

O Lord, let my prayer rise before you like
incense, my hands like an evening offering.

Praise to the Father, praise to the Son,
all praise to the life giving Spirit.
As it was, is now, and shall always be
for ages unending. Amen.

Ant. O Lord, let my prayer rise before you like incense, my hands like an evening offering. (2)

Psalm Prayer

Lord,
From the rising of the sun to its setting,
Your name is worthy of all praise.
Let our prayer come like incense before you.
May the lifting up of our hands
be as an evening sacrifice
acceptable to you,
Lord, our God.

Psalm 147

Ant. I will take up the cup of salvation, and I will offer a sacrifice of praise.

I trusted even when I said:
“I am sorely afflicted,”
and when I said in my alarm:
“No one can be trusted.”

How can I repay the Lord
for the goodness shown to me?
The cup of salvation I will raise;
I will call on the Lord’s name.

My vows to the Lord I will fulfill
before all the people.
O precious in the eyes of the Lord
is the death of the faithful.

Your servant, Lord, your servant am I;
you have loosened my bonds.
A thanksgiving sacrifice I make:
I will call on the Lord’s name.

My vows to the Lord I will fulfill
before all the people,
in the courts of the house of the Lord,
in your midst, O Jerusalem.

Glory to the Father and to the Son
and to the Holy Spirit.
As it was in the beginning
is now and will be forever. Amen.

Ant. I will take up the cup of salvation, and I will offer a sacrifice of praise.