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

In Christ Alone (2)

In Christ alone my hope is found,
He is my light, my strength, my song;
This Cornerstone, this solid Ground,
Firm through the fiercest drought and storm.
What heights of love, what depths of peace,
When fears are stilled, when strivings cease!
My Comforter, my All in All,
Here in the love of Christ I stand.

There in the ground His body lay,
Light of the world by darkness slain:
Then bursting forth in glorious day
Up from the grave He rose again!
And as He stands in victory
Sin’s curse has lost its grip on me,
For I am His and He is mine –
Bought with the precious blood of Christ.

No guilt in life, no fear in death,
This is the power of Christ in me;
From life’s first cry to final breath,
Jesus commands my destiny.
No power of hell, no human scheme,
Can ever pluck me from His hand:
For I am His and He is mine –
Bought with the precious blood of Christ.
No one can pluck me from his hand,
In Christ alone I’ll stand.

Psalm 16

Ant. Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia.

Protect me, God,
I turn to you for help.
I profess, “You are my Lord,
My greatest good.”

I once put faith in false gods,
The idols of the land.
Now, I make no offering to them,
Nor invoke their names.
Those who chase after them
Add grief upon grief.

Lord, you measure out my portion,
The shape of my future;
You mark off the best place for me
To enjoy my inheritance.

I bless God, who teaches me,
Who schools my heart even at night.
I am sure God is here right beside me.
I cannot be shaken.

So my heart rejoices,
My body thrills with life,
My whole being rests secure.

You will not abandon me to Sheol,
Nor send your faithful one to death.
You show me the road to life:
Boundless joy at your side forever!

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 First Letter of St. Paul to the Thessalonians
(I Thess. 5:23)

May the God of peace
make you perfect in holiness.
May he preserve you whole and entire,
spirit, soul, and body, irreproachable
at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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

Lord God,
Send peaceful sleep
to refresh our tired bodies.
May your help always renew us
and keep us strong in your service.
We ask this through Christ our Lord.
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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1. Text and Music: From ‘Mass of Renewal:’
   Curtis Stephan, b. 1973,
   copyright 2009.
   Vocals: The Carmelites.

2. Text and Music: Stuart Townsend & Keith Getty Copyright © 2001, Thankyou Music (Adm. by CapitolCMGPublishing).
   Vocals: Anna May Rudolph, and Matthew Gummess, O.Carm.

3. 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.