Tuesday 19 November 2019
Tuesday of week 33 in Ordinary Time
Vespers (Evening Prayer)
Introduction (without Invitatory)
If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead.
O God, come to our aid.
O Lord, make haste to help us.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son
and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning,
is now, and ever shall be,
world without end.
Amen. Alleluia.
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Hymn
O Strength and Stay upholding all creation,
Who ever dost thyself unmoved abide,
Yet day by day the light in due gradation
From hour to hour in all its changes guide –
Grant to life’s day a calm unclouded ending,
An eve untouched by shadows of decay,
The brightness of a holy death-bed blending
With dawning glories of the eternal day.
Hear us, O Father, gracious and forgiving,
Through Jesus Christ thy co-eternal Word,
Who, with the Holy Ghost, by all things living
Now and to endless ages art adored.
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Psalm 19 (20)
Prayer for victory
“Whoever calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved” (Acts 2:21).
The Lord will give victory to his Anointed One.
May the Lord ánswer in tíme of tríal; *
may the náme of Jacob’s Gód protéct you.
May he sénd you hélp from his shríne *
and gíve you suppórt from Síon.
May he remémber áll your ófferings *
and recéive your sácrifice with fávour.
May he gíve you your héart’s desíre *
and fulfíl every óne of your pláns.
May we ríng out our jóy at your víctory †
and rejóice in the náme of our Gód. *
May the Lórd gránt all your práyers.
I am súre nów that the Lórd *
will give víctory tó his anóinted,
will replý from his hóly héaven *
with the míghty víctory of his hánd.
Sóme trust in cháriots or hórses, *
but wé in the náme of the Lórd.
Théy will collápse and fáll, *
but wé shall hóld and stand fírm.
Give víctory to the kíng, O Lórd, *
give ánswer on the dáy we cáll.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son
and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning,
is now, and ever shall be,
world without end.
Amen.
The Lord will give victory to his Anointed One.
Psalm-prayer
Lord, you accepted the perfect sacrifice of your Son upon the cross. Hear us during times of trouble and protect us by the power of his name, that we who share his struggle on earth may merit a share in his victory.
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Psalm 20 (21)
Thanksgiving for victory
“He accepted human life, so that he could rise from the dead and live for ever and ever” (St Irenaeus).
We shall sing and praise your power.
O Lórd, your stréngth gives jóy to the kíng; *
hów your sáving hélp makes him glád!
You have gránted hím his héart’s desíre; *
you háve not refúsed the práyer of his líps.
You cáme to méet him with the bléssings of succéss, *
you have sét on his héad a crówn of pure góld.
He ásked you for lífe and thís you have gíven, *
dáys that will lást from áge to áge.
Your sáving hélp has gíven him glóry. *
You have láid upón him majésty and spléndour,
you have gránted your bléssings to him for éver. *
You have máde him rejóice with the jóy of your présence.
The kíng has pút his trúst in the Lórd: *
through the mércy of the Most Hígh hé shall stand fírm.
O Lórd, aríse in your stréngth; *
we shall síng and práise your pówer.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son
and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning,
is now, and ever shall be,
world without end.
Amen.
We shall sing and praise your power.
Psalm-prayer
Father, you have given us life on this earth and have met us with the grace of redemption. Bestow your greatest blessing on us, the fullness of eternal life.
Or:
Lord, you have given your Son a crown of precious stones. Bless your Church that your people may overcome hardship and rejoice in your power and glory.
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Canticle
Apocalypse 4,5
The song of the redeemed
Lord, you made us a kingdom and priests to serve our God.
Worthy are you, our Lord and God, *
to receive glory and honour and power,
for you created all things, *
and by your will they existed and were created.
Worthy are you, O Lord, *
to take the scroll and open its seals,
for you were slain, †
and by your blood you ransomed men for God *
from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.
You have made us a kingdom and priests to our God, *
and we shall reign on earth.
Worthy is the Lamb who was slain *
to receive power and wealth
and wisdom and might *
and honour and glory and blessing.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son
and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning,
is now, and ever shall be,
world without end.
Amen.
Lord, you made us a kingdom and priests to serve our God.
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Short Reading
1 John 3:1,2
Think of the love that the Father has lavished on us,
by letting us be called God’s children;
and that is what we are.
My dear people, we are already the children of God
but what we are to be in the future has not yet been revealed;
all we know is, that when it is revealed
we shall be like him
because we shall see him as he really is.
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Short Responsory
Your word, O Lord, will endure for ever.
– Your word, O Lord, will endure for ever.
Your truth will last from age to age.
– Your word, O Lord, will endure for ever.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.
– Your word, O Lord, will endure for ever.
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Canticle
Magnificat
My soul rejoices in the Lord
My spirit exults in the Lord God, my saviour.
My soul glórifies the Lórd, *
my spirit rejóices in Gód, my Sáviour.
He looks on his sérvant in her lówliness; *
henceforth all áges will cáll me bléssed.
The Almíghty works márvels for me. *
Hóly his náme!
His mércy is from age to áge, *
on thóse who féar him.
He púts forth his árm in stréngth *
and scátters the proud-héarted.
He casts the míghty from their thrónes *
and ráises the lówly.
He fills the stárving with good thíngs, *
sends the rích away émpty.
He protects Ísrael, his sérvant, *
remémbering his mércy,
the mercy prómised to our fáthers, *
to Ábraham and his sóns for éver.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son
and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning,
is now, and ever shall be,
world without end.
Amen.
My spirit exults in the Lord God, my saviour.
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Prayers and intercessions
Through Christ we are sons of God: in him we see what we shall be when we come to the Father. With confidence we pray:
– Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer.
Guide leaders and governments:
give them wisdom and integrity.
– Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer.
You are the Lord and source of our freedom:
bring those in captivity of mind or body to the freedom of the children of God.
– Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer.
Give courage and strength to the young.
Help them to choose their work, and make the right decisions for their way of life.
– Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer.
Give patient tolerance to all who are no longer young;
open the hearts of the young to accept from them understanding and love.
– Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer.
Receive the departed into your eternal kingdom;
sustain our hope to reign with you for ever.
– Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer.
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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.
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We give you thanks, Lord God Almighty,
for bringing us safely to the evening of this day;
we humbly ask that the prayer we make with uplifted hands
may be an offering pleasing in your sight.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.
Amen.
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The Lord bless us, and keep us from all evil, and bring us to everlasting life.
Amen.
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