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℣. Grant, Lord, a blessing.
Benediction.
May almighty God grant us a quiet night and a perfect end.
℟. Amen.
Short reading
1 Pet 5:8-9 Brothers: Be sober and watch: because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, goeth about seeking whom he may devour. Whom resist ye, strong in faith. ℣. But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us. ℟. Thanks be to God.
℣.
Our help is ✠ in the name of the Lord,
℟. Who made heaven and earth.
There follows an examination of conscience, or the Our Father said silently.
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. Amen.
Iconfess to almighty God, to blessed Mary ever Virgin, to blessed Michael the Archangel, to blessed John the Baptist, to the holy Apostles Peter and Paul, and to all the Saints, that I have sinned exceedingly in thought, word and deed:
strikes his breast
through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault. Therefore I beseech blessed Mary ever Virgin, blessed Michael the Archangel, blessed John the Baptist, the holy Apostles Peter and Paul, and all the Saints, to pray for me to the Lord our God.
May almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins, and bring us to everlasting life. Amen.
May the almighty ✠ and merciful Lord grant us pardon, absolution and remission of our sins. Amen.
℣. Turn us then,
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O God, our saviour:
℟. And let thy anger cease from us.
℣.
O God, ✠ come to my assistance;
℟. O Lord, make haste to help me.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Alleluia.
Psalms
{from the Psalter for the day of the week}
Ant. The angel of the Lord * shall encamp round about them that fear him: and shall deliver them.
Psalm 33 (2-11)
I will bless the Lord at all times, * his praise shall be always in my mouth.33:2
In the Lord shall my soul be praised: * let the meek hear and rejoice.33:3
O magnify the Lord with me; * and let us extol his name together.33:4
I sought the Lord, and he heard me; * and he delivered me from all my troubles.33:5
Come ye to him and be enlightened: * and your faces shall not be confounded.33:6
This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him: * and saved him out of all his troubles.33:7
The Angel of the Lord shall encamp round about them that fear him: * and shall deliver them.33:8
O taste, and see that the Lord is sweet: * blessed is the man that hopeth in him.33:9
Fear the Lord, all ye his saints: * for there is no want to them that fear him.33:10
The rich have wanted, and have suffered hunger: * but they that seek the Lord shall not be deprived of any good.33:11
℣. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
℟. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Psalm 33 (12-23)
Come, children, hearken to me: * I will teach you the fear of the Lord.33:12
Who is the man that desireth life: * who loveth to see good days?33:13
Keep thy tongue from evil, * and thy lips from speaking guile.33:14
Turn away from evil and do good: * seek after peace and pursue it.33:15
The eyes of the Lord are upon the just: * and his ears unto their prayers.33:16
But the countenance of the Lord is against them that do evil things: * to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.33:17
The just cried, and the Lord heard them: * and delivered them out of all their troubles.33:18
The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a contrite heart: * and he will save the humble of spirit.33:19
Many are the afflictions of the just; * but out of them all will the Lord deliver them.33:20
The Lord keepeth all their bones, * not one of them shall be broken.33:21
The death of the wicked is very evil: * and they that hate the just shall be guilty.33:22
The Lord will redeem the souls of his servants: * and none of them that trust in him shall offend.33:23
℣. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
℟. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Psalm 60
Hear, O God, my supplication: * be attentive to my prayer.60:2
To thee have I cried from the ends of the earth: * when my heart was in anguish, thou hast exalted me on a rock.60:3
Thou hast conducted me; for thou hast been my hope: * a tower of strength against the face of the enemy.60:4
In thy tabernacle I shall dwell for ever: * I shall be protected under the covert of thy wings.60:5
For thou, my God, hast heard my prayer: * thou hast given an inheritance to them that fear thy name.60:6
Thou wilt add days to the days of the king: * his years even to generation and generation.60:7
He abideth for ever in the sight of God: * his mercy and truth who shall search?60:8
So will I sing a psalm to thy name for ever and ever: * that I may pay my vows from day to day.60:9
℣. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
℟. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Ant. The angel of the Lord shall encamp round about them that fear him: and shall deliver them.
Hymn
Before the ending of the day,
Creator of the world, we pray
That with thy wonted favor thou
Wouldst be our guard and keeper now.
From all ill dreams defend our eyes,
From nightly fears and fantasies;
Tread under foot our ghostly foe,
That no pollution we may know.
O
Father, that we ask be done,
Through Jesus Christ, thine only Son;
Who, with the Holy Ghost and thee,
Doth live and reign eternally.
Amen.
Canticle: Nunc dimittis
Ant. Protect us, * Lord, while we are awake and safeguard us while we sleep; that we may keep watch with Christ, and rest in peace.
Canticle of Simeon
Luke 2:29-32
Now ✠ thou dost dismiss thy servant, O Lord, * according to thy word in peace;2:29
Because my eyes have seen * thy salvation,2:30
Which thou hast prepared * before the face of all peoples:2:31
A light to the revelation of the Gentiles, * and the glory of thy people Israel.2:32
℣. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
℟. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Ant. Protect us, Lord, while we are awake and safeguard us while we sleep; that we may keep watch with Christ, and rest in peace.
Prayer
℣. O Lord, hear my prayer.
℟. And let my cry come unto thee.
Let us pray.
Visit, we beseech thee, O Lord, this dwelling, and drive far from it the snares of the enemy; let thy holy angels dwell herein to preserve us in peace, and let thy blessing be always upon us.
Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
℟. Amen.
Conclusion
℣. O Lord, hear my prayer.
℟. And let my cry come unto thee.
℣. Let us bless the Lord.
℟. Thanks be to God.
Benediction.
The almighty and merciful Lord, ✠ the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, bless us and keep us.
℟. Amen.
Final Antiphon of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Hail holy Queen, Mother of Mercy,
our life, our sweetness, and our hope.
To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve.
To thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping
In this valley of tears.
Turn then, most gracious Advocate,
thine eyes of mercy toward us.
And after this our exile show unto us
the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary.
℣. Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God.
℟. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Let us pray.
Oalmighty, everlasting God, who by the cooperation of the Holy Spirit, didst prepare the body and soul of Mary, glorious Virgin and Mother, to become a worthy dwelling for Thy Son; grant that we who rejoice in her commemoration may, by her gracious intercession, be delivered from present evils and from everlasting death. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.
℣. May the divine assistance ✠ remain with us always.
℟. Amen.
