Invitatory
Antiphon: Come, let us worship the Lord, all things live in him
(Invitatory Psalm)
Morning Prayer
(Select a suitable hymn)
Psalmody
Antiphon 1: The bones that were crushed shall leap for joy before the Lord
Psalm 51
Have mercy on me, God, in your goodness; in your abundant compassion blot out my offense.
Wash away all my guilt; from my sin cleanse me.
For I know my offense; my sin is always before me.
Against you alone have I sinned; I have done such evil in your sight that you are just in your sentence, blameless when you condemn.
True, I was born guilty, a sinner, even as my mother conceived me.
Still, you insist on sincerity of heart; in my inmost being teach me wisdom.
Cleanse me with hyssop, that I may be pure; wash me, make me whiter than snow.
Let me hear sounds of joy and gladness; let the bones you have crushed rejoice.
Turn away your face from my sins; blot out all my guilt.
A clean heart create for me, God; renew in me a steadfast spirit.
Do not drive me from your presence, nor take from me your holy spirit.
Restore my joy in your salvation; sustain in me a willing spirit.
I will teach the wicked your ways, that sinners may return to you.
Rescue me from death, God, my saving God, that my tongue may praise your healing power.
Lord, open my lips; my mouth will proclaim your praise.
For you do not desire sacrifice; a burnt offering you would not accept.
My sacrifice, God, is a broken spirit; God, do not spurn a broken, humbled heart.
Make Zion prosper in your good pleasure; rebuild the walls of Jerusalem.
Then you will be pleased with proper sacrifice, burnt offerings and holocausts; then bullocks will be offered on your altar.
Antiphon 2: At the very threshold of death, rescue me, Lord.
Canticle
Isaiah 38: 10-14, 17-20
Once I said, "In the noontime of life I must depart! To the gates of the nether world I shall be consigned for the rest of my years."
I said, "I shall see the LORD no more in the land of the living. No longer shall I behold my fellow men among those who dwell in the world."
My dwelling, like a shepherd's tent, is struck down and borne away from me; You have folded up my life, like a weaver who severs the last thread.
Day and night you give me over to torment; I cry out until the dawn. Like a lion he breaks all my bones; (day and night you give me over to torment).
Like a swallow I utter shrill cries; I moan like a dove. My eyes grow weak, gazing heavenward: O Lord, I am in straits; be my surety!
You have preserved my life from the pit of destruction, when you cast behind your back all my sins.
For it is not the nether world that gives you thanks, nor death that praises you; Neither do those who go down into the pit await your kindness.
The living, the living give you thanks, as I do today. Fathers declare to their sons, O God, your faithfulness.
The LORD is our savior; we shall sing to stringed instruments in the house of the LORD all the days of our life.
Antiphon 3: I will praise my God all the days of my life.
Psalm 146
Hallelujah!
Praise the LORD, my soul; I shall praise the LORD all my life, sing praise to my God while I live.
I put no trust in princes, in mere mortals powerless to save.
When they breathe their last, they return to the earth; that day all their planning comes to nothing.
Happy those whose help is Jacob's God, whose hope is in the LORD, their God,
The maker of heaven and earth, the seas and all that is in them, Who keeps faith forever,
secures justice for the oppressed, gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets prisoners free;
the LORD gives sight to the blind. The LORD raises up those who are bowed down; the LORD loves the righteous.
The LORD protects the stranger, sustains the orphan and the widow, but thwarts the way of the wicked.
The LORD shall reign forever, your God, Zion, through all generations! Hallelujah!
Or:
Antiphon 3
Let everything that breathes give praise to the Lord.
Psalm 150
Hallelujah! Praise God in his holy sanctuary; give praise in the mighty dome of heaven.
Give praise for his mighty deeds, praise him for his great majesty.
Give praise with blasts upon the horn, praise him with harp and lyre.
Give praise with tambourines and dance, praise him with flutes and strings.
Give praise with crashing cymbals, praise him with sounding cymbals.
Let everything that has breath give praise to the LORD! Hallelujah!
Reading 1 Thessalonians 4:14
If we believe that Jesus died and rose, so too will God, through Jesus, bring with him those who have fallen asleep.
Responsory
I will praise you, Lord, for you have rescued me,
--I will praise you, Lord, for you have rescued me.
You have turned my sorrow into joy,
--for you have rescued me.
Glory to the Father…
--I will praise…
Canticle of Zechariah
Antiphon: I am the Resurrection, I am the Life; to believe in me means life, in spite of death, and
all who believe in me shall never die.
Intercessions
Let us pray to the all-powerful Father who raised Jesus from the dead and gives new life to our mortal bodies, and say to him:
Lord, give us new life in Christ
Father, through baptism we have been buried with your Son and have risen with him in his resurrection,
--grant that we may walk in newness of life so that when we die we may live with Christ for ever.
Provident Father, you have given us the living bread that has come down from heaven and which should always be eaten worthily,
--grant that we may eat this bread worthily and be raised up to eternal life on the last day.
Lord, you sent an angel to comfort your Son in his agony,
--give us the hope of your consolation when death draws near.
You delivered the three youths from the fiery furnace,
--free your faithful ones from the punishment they suffer from their sins.
God of the living and the dead, you raided Jesus from the dead,
--raise up those who have died and grant that we may share eternal glory with them.
Our Father…
Concluding prayer
Lord, hear our prayers.
by raising your Son from the dead, you have given us faith.
strengthen our hope that…our brother,
will share in his resurrection.
we ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the
Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
Evening Prayer
Psalmody
Antiphon 1
The Lord will keep you from all evil. He will guard your soul.
Psalm 121
I raise my eyes toward the mountains. From where will my help come?
My help comes from the LORD, the maker of heaven and earth.
God will not allow your foot to slip; your guardian does not sleep.
4Truly, the guardian of Israel never slumbers nor sleeps.
The LORD is your guardian; the LORD is your shade at your right hand.
By day the sun cannot harm you, nor the moon by night.
The LORD will guard you from all evil, will always guard your life.
The LORD will guard your coming and going both now and forever.
Antiphon 2
If you kept a record of our sins, Lord, who could escape condemnation?
Psalm 130
Out of the depths I call to you, LORD;
Lord, hear my cry! May your ears be attentive to my cry for mercy.
If you, LORD, mark our sins, Lord, who can stand?
But with you is forgiveness and so you are revered.
I wait with longing for the LORD, my soul waits for his word.
My soul looks for the Lord more than sentinels for daybreak. More than sentinels for daybreak,
let Israel look for the LORD, For with the LORD is kindness, with him is full redemption,
And God will redeem Israel from all their sins.
Antiphon 3
As the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so the Son gives life to whom he wills
Canticle Philippians 2: 6-11
Though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God something to be grasped. Rather, he emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, coming in human likeness; and found human in appearance, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, even death on a cross.
Because of this, God greatly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name,
that at the name of Jesus every knee should bend, of those in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Reading 1 Corinthians 15: 55-57
Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?"
The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.
But thanks be to God who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Therefore, my beloved brothers, be firm, steadfast, always fully devoted to the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.
Responsory
In you, Lord, is our hope. We shall never hope in vain.
--In you, Lord, is our hope. We shall never hope in vain.
We shall dance and rejoice in your mercy.
--We shall never hope in vain.
Glory to the Father…
--In you, Lord…
Canticle of Mary
Antiphon: All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I shall not
turn away.
Intercessions
We acknowledge Christ the Lord through whom we hope that our lowly bodies will be made like his in glory and we say:
Lord, you are your life and our resurrection.
Christ, Son of the Living God, who raised up Lazarus, your friend, from the dead,
--raise up to life and glory the dead whom you redeemed by your precious blood.
Christ, consoler of those who mourn, you dried the tears of the family of Lazarus, of the widow’s son, and the daughter of Jairus,
--comfort those who mourn for the dead.
Christ, Savior, destroy the reign of sin in our earthly bodies, so that just as through sin we deserved punishment,
--so through you we may gain eternal life.
Christ, Redeemer, look on those who have no hope because they do not know you,
--may they receive faith in the resurrection and in the life of the world to come.
You revealed yourself to the blind man who begged for light for his eyes,
--show your face to the dead who are still deprived of your light.
When at last our earthly home is dissolved,
--give us a home, not of earthly making, but built of eternity in heaven.
Our Father…
Concluding Prayer
Lord, hear our prayers.
by raising your Son from the dead, you have given us faith.
strengthen our hope that…our brother,
will share in his resurrection.
we ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the
Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
Amen.