Liturgy of the Hours
Night Prayer
Night Prayer
for Friday
of the Second Week
of the Easter Season
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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!
Examination of Conscience
As we come to the end of our day, we give thanks and praise to our Lord for His grace and mercy.
Pause and make a brief examination of conscience.
Kyrie
Kyrie eleison.
Kyrie eleison.
Christe eleison.
Christe eleison.
Kyrie eleison.
Kyrie eleison. (1)
Hymn
Alleluia, Love is Alive (2)
People of God, see the morning is new;
Rise from your sleeping and run to the tomb.
Come and see! Come and see! He is alive!
A grave that is empty, a promise fulfilled.
God, who was with us, is here with us still.
He is here! He is here! He is alive!
Alleluia! Love is alive;
Conquered the grave and defeated the night.
Alleluia! Love is alive!
The Son has arisen for all.
Your people sing alleluia!
People of God now rejoicing in Christ:
Carry your joy to the darkness of night.
Tell the world! Tell the world! He is alive!
Hear the good news of this glorious day!
Every heart singing as heaven proclaims:
He is Lord! He is Lord! He is alive!
Alleluia! Love is alive;
Conquered the grave and defeated the night.
Alleluia! Love is alive!
The Son has arisen for all.
Alleluia! Love is alive;
Conquered the grave and defeated the night.
Alleluia! Love is alive!
The Son has arisen for all.
Your people sing alleluia!
Psalm 88
Ant. Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia.
Save me, Lord my God!
By day, by night, I cry out.
Let my prayer reach you;
Turn, listen to me.
I am steeped in trouble,
Ready for the grave.
I am like one destined for the pit,
A warrior deprived of strength,
Forgotten among the dead,
Buried with the slaughter for whom you care not more.
You tossed me to the bottom of the pit,
Into its murky darkness,
Your anger pulled me down
Like roaring waves.
You took my friends away,
Disgraced me before them.
Trapped here with no escape,
I cannot see beyond my pain.
Lord, I cry out to you all day,
My hands keep reaching out.
Do you work marvels for the dead?
Can shadows rise and sing praise?
Is your mercy sung in the grave,
Your lasting love in Sheol?
Are your wonders known in the pit?
Your justice in forgotten places?
But I cry out to you, God,
Each morning, I plead with you.
Why do you reject me, Lord?
Why do you hide your face?
Weak since childhood, I am often close to death.
Your torments track me down,
Your rage consumes me,
Your trials destroy me.
All day, they flood around me,
Pressing down, closing me in.
You took my friends from me,
Darkness is all I have left.
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. Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia.
Reading
A Reading from the Book of the Prophet Jeremiah (Jeremiah14:9a)
You are in our midst, O Lord,
your name we bear;
do not forsake us,
O Lord, our God!
The word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
Take a few moments to reflect on the reading.
Responsory
Into your hands, Lord, I commend my spirit, Alleluia, Alleluia.
Into your hands, Lord, I commend my spirit, Alleluia, Alleluia.
You have redeemed us, Lord God of truth.
Alleluia, Alleluia.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
Into your hands, Lord, I commend my spirit, Alleluia, Alleluia.
Gospel Canticle
Canticle of Simeon
Ant. Protect us, Lord,
as we stay awake;
watch over us as we sleep,
that awake,
we may keep watch with Christ,
and asleep, rest in his peace. Alleluia!
Luke 2: 29-32
While making the sign of the cross:
Lord, now you let your servant
go in peace;
Your word has been fulfilled:
My own eyes have seen
the salvation
Which you have prepared in the sight of every people:
a light to reveal you to the nations
and the glory of your people Israel.
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. Protect us, Lord,
as we stay awake;
watch over us as we sleep,
that awake,
we may keep watch with Christ,
and asleep, rest in his peace. Alleluia!
Closing Prayer
All-powerful God,
Keep us united with your Son
in his death and burial
so that we may rise to new life with him,
who lives and reigns for ever and ever.
Amen.
Blessing
While making the sign of the cross:
May the all-powerful Lord grant us a restful night
and a peaceful death.
Amen.
Be Joyful, Mary (3)
Be joyful, Mary, heav’nly queen,
Gaude, Maria:
Your Son who died was living seen,
Alleluia, Laetare, O Maria.
The Son you bore by heaven’s grace,
Gaude Maria:
Did all our guilt and sin efface,
Alleluia, Laetare, O Maria.
The Lord has risen from the dead,
Gaude, Maria:
He rose with might, as he had said,
Alleluia, Laetare, O Maria.
Our Lady of Mount Carmel,
Pray for us.
Sant’Angelo,
Pray for us.
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Text and Music: From ‘Mass of Renewal:’
Curtis Stephan, b. 1973,
copyright 2009.
Vocals: The Carmelites.Lyrics and music: Copyright 2012, Steve Angrisano, Sarah Hart and Jesse Manibusan.
Vocals and piano: Anna May Rudolph.Lyrics: Regina Caeli, jubila; Latin, 17th cent., translation (anonymous) in Psalite, alt.
Music: REGINA CAELI; Johann Leisentritt’s iCatholicum Hymnologium, 1584; acc. Copyright 1995, 1997.
Vocals: Anna May Rudolph.