Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, a gentle Father and the God of all consolation, who comforts us in all our sorrows, so that we can offer others, in their sorrows, the consolation that we have received from God ourselves.
Short Responsory
Blessed are you, O Lord, in the vault of heaven.
– Blessed are you, O Lord, in the vault of heaven.
You are exalted and glorified above all else for ever.
– Blessed are you, O Lord, in the vault of heaven.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.
– Blessed are you, O Lord, in the vault of heaven.
Canticle
Magnificat
My soul rejoices in the Lord
‘Once the hand is laid on the plough, no one who looks back is fit for the kingdom of God,’ says the Lord. (Year C)
Or: The Son of Man came not to destroy souls but to save them.
My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord,
and my spirit rejoices in God, my salvation.
For he has shown me such favour –
me, his lowly handmaiden.
Now all generations will call me blessed,
because the mighty one has done great things for me.
His name is holy,
his mercy lasts for generation after generation
for those who revere him.
He has put forth his strength:
he has scattered the proud and conceited,
torn princes from their thrones;
but lifted up the lowly.
He has filled the hungry with good things;
the rich he has sent away empty.
He has come to the help of his servant Israel,
he has remembered his mercy as he promised to our fathers,
to Abraham and his children for ever.
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.
‘Once the hand is laid on the plough, no one who looks back is fit for the kingdom of God,’ says the Lord. (Year C)
Or: The Son of Man came not to destroy souls but to save them.
Prayers and intercessions
Christ is the Head of his body, the Church, and we are the members of that body; gathered this evening to pray in his name, we say:
– Your kingdom come!
May your Church be a light to the nations, the sign and source of your power to unite all men:
may she lead mankind to the mystery of your love.
– Your kingdom come!
Guide the Pope and all the bishops of your Church:
grant them the gifts of unity, of love, and of peace.
– Your kingdom come!
Lord, give peace to our troubled world;
and give to your children security of mind and freedom from anxiety.
– Your kingdom come!
Help us to bring your compassion to the poor, the sick, the lonely, the unloved;
lead us to find you in the coming week.
– Your kingdom come!
Awaken the dead to a glorious resurrection:
may we be united with them at the end of time.
– Your kingdom come!
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.
Lord God,
since by the adoption of grace
you have made us children of light,
do not let false doctrine darken our minds,
but grant that your light may shine within us
and we may always live in the brightness of truth.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God, for ever and ever.
Amen.
The Lord bless us, and keep us from all evil, and bring us to everlasting life.
Amen.
The Creed in Slow Motion
39. One baptism
I confess one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.
“The Creed in Slow Motion”, by Martin Kochanski (the creator of Universalis) comes out in a few days.
The psalms and canticles here are our own translation from the Latin. The Grail translation of the psalms, which is used liturgically in most of the English-speaking world, cannot be displayed on the Web for copyright reasons; The Universalis apps and programs do contain the Grail translation of the psalms.