Liturgy of the Hours Vol. II:
Ordinary: 1064
Proper of Seasons: 748
Psalter: Sunday, Week IV, 1485
Ordinary: 694
Proper of Seasons: 496
Psalter: Sunday, Week IV, 921
Evening Prayer I for the 4th Sunday of Easter
God, come to my assistance.
— Lord, make haste to help me.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:
— as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen. Alleluia.
HYMN
Alleluia! sing to Jesus!
His the scepter, his the throne.
Alleluia! His the triumph,
his the victory alone.
Hark! the songs of peaceful Zion
thunder like a mighty flood.
Jesus out of every nation
has redeemed us by his blood.
are we left in sorrow now;
Alleluia! He is near us,
faith believes, nor questions how;
Though the cloud from sight received him
when the forty days were o'er
shall our hearts forget his promise,
'I am with you evermore'?
Alleluia! bread of angels,
here on earth our food and stay!
Alleluia! here the sinful
flee to thee from day to day.
Intercessor, Friend of sinners,
earth's Redeemer, plead for me.
Where the songs of all the sinless
sweep across the crystal sea.
thee the Lord of lords we own;
Alleluia! born of Mary,
earth thy footstool,
heaven thy throne.
Thou within the veil hast entered,
robed in flesh, our great High Priest.
Thou on earth both Priest and Victim
in the Eucharistic Feast.
His the scepter, his the throne.
Alleluia! His the triumph,
his the victory alone.
Hark! the songs of peaceful Zion
thunder like a mighty flood.
Jesus out of every nation
has redeemed us by his blood.
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Ant. 1 May the peace of Christ fill your hearts with joy, alleluia.
Holy city Jerusalem
You have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, heavenly Jerusalem (Hebrews 12:22).
I rejoiced when I heard them say:
“Let us go to God’s house.”
And now our feet are standing
within your gates, O Jerusalem.
Ant. May the peace of Christ fill your hearts with joy, alleluia.
Jerusalem is built as a city
strongly compact.
It is there that the tribes go up,
Ant. May the peace of Christ fill your hearts with joy, alleluia.
there to praise the Lord’s name.
There were set the thrones of judgment
Ant. May the peace of Christ fill your hearts with joy, alleluia.
For the peace of Jerusalem pray:
“Peace be to your homes!
May peace reign in your walls,
Ant. May the peace of Christ fill your hearts with joy, alleluia.
For love of my brethren and friends
I say: “Peace upon you.”
For love of the house of the Lord
I will ask for your good.
Ant. May the peace of Christ fill your hearts with joy, alleluia.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:
— as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen.
When you rose from the dead, Lord Jesus, you formed the Church into your new body, and made of it the new Jerusalem, united in your Spirit. Give us peace in our day. Make all nations come to your Church to share your gifts in fellowship, that they may render you thanks without end and come to your eternal city.
Ant. May the peace of Christ fill your hearts with joy, alleluia.
Ant. 2 With your own blood, you have redeemed us for God, alleluia.
A cry from the depths
He himself will save his people from their sins (Matthew 1:21).
Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord,
Lord, hear my voice!
O let your ears be attentive
to the voice of my pleading.
Ant. With your own blood, you have redeemed us for God, alleluia.
If you, O Lord, should mark our guilt,
Lord, who would survive?
But with you is found forgiveness:
Ant. With your own blood, you have redeemed us for God, alleluia.
My soul is waiting for the Lord.
I count on his word.
My soul is longing for the Lord
more than watchman for daybreak.
Let the watchman count on daybreak
Ant. With your own blood, you have redeemed us for God, alleluia.
Because with the Lord there is mercy
and fullness of redemption,
Israel indeed he will redeem
Ant. With your own blood, you have redeemed us for God, alleluia.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:
— as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen.
Listen with compassion to our prayers, Lord. The forgiveness of sins is yours. Do not look on the wrong we have done, but grant us your merciful kindness.
Ant. With your own blood, you have redeemed us for God, alleluia.
Ant. 3 Was it not necessary for Christ to suffer and so enter into his glory? alleluia.
Canticle – Philippians 2:6-11
Christ, God’s holy servant Though he was in the form of God,
Jesus did not deem equality with God
something to be grasped at.
Ant. Was it not necessary for Christ to suffer and so enter into his glory? alleluia.
Rather, he emptied himself
and took the form of a slave,
being born in the likeness of men.
Ant. Was it not necessary for Christ to suffer and so enter into his glory? alleluia.
He was known to be of human estate,
and it was thus that he humbled himself,
obediently accepting even death,
Ant. Was it not necessary for Christ to suffer and so enter into his glory? alleluia.
God highly exalted him
and bestowed on him the name
every knee must bend
in the heavens, on the earth,
and under the earth,
and every tongue proclaim
to the glory of God the Father:
Ant. Was it not necessary for Christ to suffer and so enter into his glory? alleluia.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:
— as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen.
Ant. Was it not necessary for Christ to suffer and so enter into his glory? alleluia.
You are “a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people he claims for his own to proclaim the glorious works” of the One who called you from darkness into his marvelous light. Once you were no people, but now you are God’s people; once there was no mercy for you, but now you have found mercy.
Sacred Silence (indicated by a bell) – a moment to reflect and receive in our hearts the full resonance of the voice of the Holy Spirit and to unite our personal prayer more closely with the word of God and public voice of the Church.
The disciples rejoiced, alleluia, alleluia.
— The disciples rejoiced, alleluia, alleluia.
When they saw the risen Lord,
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit,
— The disciples rejoiced, alleluia, alleluia.
Ant. I am the gate, says the Lord; whoever enters through me shall be saved and find pasture, alleluia.
The soul rejoices in the Lord My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord,
my spirit rejoices in God my Savior
for he has looked with favor on his lowly servant.
From this day all generations will call me blessed:
the Almighty has done great things for me,
He has mercy on those who fear him
He has shown the strength of his arm,
he has scattered the proud in their conceit.
He has cast down the mighty from their thrones,
and has lifted up the lowly.
He has filled the hungry with good things,
and the rich he has sent away empty.
He has come to the help of his servant Israel
for he has remembered his promise of mercy,
the promise he made to our fathers,
to Abraham and his children for ever.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit:
as it was in the beginning, is now,
and will be for ever. Amen.
Ant. I am the gate, says the Lord; whoever enters through me shall be saved and find pasture, alleluia.
In rising from the dead, Christ destroyed death and restored life. Let us cry out to him, saying:
Lord Jesus, you live for ever; hear our prayer. You are the stone rejected by the builders which became the chief cornerstone,
— make us living stones in the temple of your Church.
Lord Jesus, you live for ever; hear our prayer. You are the faithful and true witness, the firstborn from the dead,
— make your Church bear constant witness to yourself.
Lord Jesus, you live for ever; hear our prayer. You alone are the Bridegroom of the Church, born from your wounded side,
— make us reveal to the world the love of Bridegroom and Bride.
Lord Jesus, you live for ever; hear our prayer. You are the first and the last, you were dead and are alive,
— keep those who have been baptized faithful until death, that they may receive the crown of victory.
Lord Jesus, you live for ever; hear our prayer. Light and lamp of God’s holy city,
— shine on our friends who have died, that they may reign for ever.
Lord Jesus, you live for ever; hear our prayer. 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.
Almighty ever-living God,
lead us to a share in the joys of heaven,
so that the humble flock may reach
where the brave Shepherd has gone before.
Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God, for ever and ever.
protect us from all evil and bring us to everlasting life.
