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

In Every Age (1)

Long before the mountains came to be
and the land and sea and stars of the night,
through the endless seasons of all time,
you have always been,
you will always be.

In ev’ry age, O God, you have been our refuge.
In ev’ry age, O God, you have been our hope.

Destiny is cast, and at your silent word
we return to dust and scatter to the wind.
A thousand years are like a single moment gone,
as the light that fades
at the end of day.

In ev’ry age, O God, you have been our refuge.
In ev’ry age, O God, you have been our hope.

Teach us to make use of the time we have.
Teach us to be patient even as we wait.
Teach us to embrace our ev’ry joy and pain.
To sleep peacefully,
and to rise up strong.

In ev’ry age, O God, you have been our refuge.
In ev’ry age, O God, you have been our hope.
In ev’ry age, O God, you have been our refuge.
In ev’ry age, O God, you have been our hope.

You have been our hope.
You have been our refuge.
You have been our hope.

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 114

Ant. Save us, set us free, and give us life, O blessed Trinity.

When Israel came forth from Egypt,
Jacob’s sons from an alien people;
Judah became the Lord’s temple;
Israel became his kingdom.

The sea fled at the sight:
the Jordan turned back on its course;
the mountains leapt like rams
and the hills like yearling sheep.

Why was it, sea, that you fled,
that you turned back, Jordan, on your course?
Mountains, that you leapt like rams,
hills, like yearling sheep?

Tremble, O earth, before the Lord,
in the presence of the God of Jacob,
Who turns the rock into a pool
and flint into a spring of water.

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. Save us, set us free, and give us life, O blessed Trinity.

CANTICLE
Revelation 19:1-7

Ant. Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might, the God who is, who was, and who is to come.

Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

Salvation, glory, and power to our God:
Whose judgments are honest and true.

Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

Sing praise to our God, all you servants,
all who worship God reverently, great and small.

Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

The Lord, our all-powerful God, is King;
Let us rejoice, sing praise, and give God glory.

Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

The wedding feast of the Lamb has begun,
and His bride is prepared to welcome Him.

Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

Ant. Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might, the God who is, who was, and who is to come.

Reading

A Reading from the Letter of St. Paul to the Ephesians
(Ephesians 4:3-6)

Brothers and Sisters: Make every effort to preserve the unity which has the Spirit as its origin and peace as its binding force. There is but one body and one Spirit, just as there is but one hope given all of you by your call. There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all, and works through all, and is in all.

The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

Take a few moments to reflect on the reading.

Responsory

Let us worship the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit; let us praise God for ever.
Let us worship the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit; let us praise God for ever.
To God alone be honor and glory;
let us praise God for ever.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit,
Let us worship the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit; let us praise God for ever.

Gospel Canticle
Canticle of Mary

The Magnificat (3)
Luke 1:46-55
Ant. With our whole heart and voice, we acclaim you, O God; we offer you our praise and worship, unbegotten Father, only-begotten Son, Holy Spirit, constant friend and guide; most holy and undivided Trinity, to you be glory for ever.

While making the sign of the cross:

My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord,
My spirit sings to God, my saving God,
Who on this day, above all others, favored me
And raised me up, a light for all to see.

Through me, great deeds will God make manifest
And all the earth will come to call me blest.
Unbounded love and mercy sure will I proclaim
For all who know and praise God’s holy name.

God’s mighty arm, protector of the just,
Will guard the weak and raise them from the dust.
But mighty kings will swiftly fall from thrones corrupt.
The strong brought low, the lowly lifted up.

Soon will the poor and hungry of the earth
Be richly blest, be given greater worth.
And Israel, as once foretold to Abraham,
Will live in peace throughout the promised land.

All glory be to God, Creator blest,
To Jesus Christ, God’s love made manifest,
And to the Holy Spirit, gentle Comforter,
All glory be, both now and evermore.

Ant. With our whole heart and voice, we acclaim you, O God; we offer you our praise and worship, unbegotten Father, only-begotten Son, Holy Spirit, constant friend and guide; most holy and undivided Trinity, to you be glory for ever.

Intercessions

The Father through the Holy Spirit has given life to the humanity of Christ his Son, and has made him a source of life for us; let us raise our voices in praise to the triune God:
O God, hear us, hear our prayer.

Father, almighty and eternal God, send the Holy Spirit upon your Church in your Son’s name.
Preserve it in the unity of charity and in the fullness of truth.
O God, hear us, hear our prayer.

Send laborers into your harvest, Lord, to teach the truth to all nations, and to baptize them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, and to confirm their faith.
O God, hear us, hear our prayer.

Father, send help to all who suffer persecution in the name of your Son, for he promised to send the Spirit of Truth to answer for them.
O God, hear us, hear our prayer.

Father, omnipotent, may all come to acknowledge you, together with the Word and the Holy Spirit, as the one true God. May they believe in you, hope in you, love you.
O God, hear us, hear our prayer.

For the sick who have asked us to accompany them with our prayers, that they may experience your merciful and healing touch today.

Please pray aloud the names of those who are sick or in need of healing.

O God, hear us, hear our prayer.

Father of all the living, bring the dead to share in your glory, the glory of your eternal reign with your Son and the Holy Spirit.
O God, hear us, hear our prayer. (4)

The Lord’s Prayer

And now let us pray with confidence as Christ our Lord asked:
Our Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name;
thy kingdom come;
thy will be done
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread;
and forgive us our trespasses
as we forgive those who trespass against us;
and lead us not into temptation
but deliver us from evil.

Closing Prayer

God, we praise you:
Father all-powerful
Christ, Lord and Savior,
Spirit of Love.
You reveal yourself in the depths of our being,
drawing us to share in your life and your love.
One God, three Persons,
be near to the people formed in your image,
close to the world your love brings to life.
We ask you this, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit,
one God, true and living,
for ever and ever.
Amen.

Blessing

While making the sign of the cross:

May the Lord bless us,
protect us from all evil and
bring us to everlasting life.
Amen.

Salve Regina (5)

Salve, Regina,
Mater misericordiæ,
vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra, salve.
Ad te clamamus exsules filii Hevæ,
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
in hac lacrimarum valle.

Eia, ergo, advocata nostra, illos tuos
misericordes oculos ad nos converte;
Et Jesum, benedictum fructum ventris tui,
nobis post hoc exsilium ostende.
O clemens, O pia, O dulcis Virgo Maria.

Our Lady of Mount Carmel,
Pray for us.
Sant’Angelo,
Pray for us.

Let us spend this evening in peace.
Thanks be to God.


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1. Text and Music: Janet Sullivan Whitaker, copyright 1988, 1999.
   Lead Vocals: NickRitacco.com
   Other Vocals: Matthew Gummess, O.Carm., Carl Markelz, O.Carm., Benjamín Aguilar, O. Carm.
   Piano: Benjamín Aguilar, O.Carm.
   Viola: Briana Bandy.

2. Text: Based on Psalm 141:1-5, 8-9, Doxology; Paul Inwood, b. 1947.
   Music: Paul Inwood. Text and Music;
   Copyright 1984, 1985, Paul Inwood.
   Vocals: Steven Begert-Clark and The Carmelites.

3. Lyrics Based on Luke 1:68-79; Owen Alstott, b. 1947, copyright 1993.
   Music: Bernadette Farrell, b. 1957, copyright 1993.
   Vocals: Steven Begert-Clark.
   Piano:Benjamin Aguilar, O.Carm.
   Bells: Julian Pardo.

4. Response
   Text & Music written by Bob Hurd, b. 1950; © 1984, Bob Hurd.
   Descant: Craig Kingsbury b. 1952.
   Vocals: The Carmelites.

5. Text: Latin, attr. to Hermannus Contractus, 1013-1054; English, Paul F. Ford,
   Music: Chant, Mode V.
   Vocals: The Carmelites, including Matthew Gummess, O.Carm., Carl Markelz, O.Carm., Ryan J. Resurreccion, O. Carm., Benjamín Aguilar, O.Carm.