Ribbon Placement:

Liturgy of the Hours Vol. III:

Ordinary: 668

Proper of Saints: 1546

Common of Holy Women: 1849

Christian Prayer:

Ordinary: 694

Proper of Saints: 1197

Common of Holy Women: 1466

Evening Prayer for the Feast of Saint Mary Magdalene

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.

PSALMODY

Ant. 1 Jesus said to Mary: Woman, why are you weeping? Whom do you seek?

Psalm 122

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.

Jerusalem is built as a city

strongly compact.

It is there that the tribes go up,

the tribes of the Lord.

For Israel’s law it is,

there to praise the Lord’s name.

There were set the thrones of judgment

of the house of David.

For the peace of Jerusalem pray:

“Peace be to your homes!

May peace reign in your walls,

in your palaces, peace!”

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.

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. Jesus said to Mary: Woman, why are you weeping? Whom do you seek?

Ant. 2 They have taken my Lord away, and I do not know where they have put him.

Psalm 127

Apart from God our labors are worthless

You are God’s building (1 Corinthians 3:9).

If the Lord does not build the house,

in vain do its builders labor;

if the Lord does not watch over the city,

in vain does the watchman keep vigil.

In vain is your earlier rising,

your going later to rest,

you who toil for the bread you eat,

when he pours gifts on his beloved while they slumber.

Truly sons are a gift from the Lord,

a blessing, the fruit of the womb.

Indeed the sons of youth

are like arrows in the hand of a warrior.

O the happiness of the man

who has filled his quiver with these arrows!

He will have no cause for shame

when he disputes with his foes in the gateways.

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. They have taken my Lord away, and I do not know where they have put him.

Ant. 3 Jesus said: Mary. She turned to him and said: Rabboni, which means teacher.

Canticle — Ephesians 1:3-10

God our Savior

Praised be the God and Father

of our Lord Jesus Christ,

who bestowed on us in Christ

every spiritual blessing in the heavens.

God chose us in him

before the world began,

to be holy

and blameless in his sight.

He predestined us

to be his adopted sons through Jesus Christ,

such was his will and pleasure,

that all might praise the glorious favor

he has bestowed on us in his beloved.

In him and through his blood, we have been redeemed,

and our sins forgiven,

so immeasurably generous

is God’s favor to us.

God has given us the wisdom

to understand fully the mystery,

the plan he was pleased

to decree in Christ.

A plan to be carried out

in Christ, in the fullness of time,

to bring all things into one in him,

in the heavens and on earth.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: