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Prayers for all Occasions, Needs, and Intentions
PRAYERS - THE LITURGY OF THE HOURS
The Church's full cycle of daily Prayer
Christmas is provided with a Morning and Evening Prayer and may be prayed from Christmas Day to the Baptism of the Lord.
CHRISTMAS EVENING PRAYER
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Evening
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Introduction |
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Psalmody |
| Antiphon 1 |
| Psalm |
| Antiphon 3 |
| NT Canticle |
| Antiphon 4 |
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Conclusion |
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CHRISTMAS
Evening Prayer
Introduction
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 forever. Amen. Alleluia.
Psalmody
You have been endowed from your birth with princely gifts; in eternal splendor, before the dawn of light on earth, I have begotten you.
The
Lord’s revelation to my Master: “Sit on my
right: your foes I will put beneath your feet.”
The
Lord will wield from Zion your scepter of power: rule
in the midst of all your foes.
A
prince from the day of your birth on the holy mountains; from
the womb before the dawn I begot you.
The
Lord has sworn an oath he will not change. ‘‘You
are a priest forever,
The
Master standing at your right hand will shatter kings in the day of his
wrath.
He shall drink from the stream by the wayside and therefore he shall lift up his head.
O
come, all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant,
O
come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem;
Come
and behold him, born the King of Angels;
Refrain:
O
come, let us adore him,
O
come, let us adore him,
O
come, let us adore him,
Christ
the Lord.
Sing, choirs of angels, sing in exultation,
Sing, all ye citizens of heaven above;
Glory to God, in the highest glory:
Refrain
O
come, let us adore him,
O
come, let us adore him,
O
come, let us adore him,
Christ the Lord.
Savior, we greet thee, born this happy morning,
Jesus,
to thee be all glory giv’n;
Word of the Father, now in flesh appearing:
Refrain
O
come, let us adore him,
O
come, let us adore him,
O
come, let us adore him,
Christ the Lord.
With the Lord is unfailing love; great is his power to save.
Out
of the depths I cry to you, 0 Lord, Lord, hear my voice! O let your ears
be attentive to the voice of my pleading.
If
you, 0 Lord, should mark our guilt, Lord, who would survive? But with you
is found forgiveness: for this we revere you.
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 and Israel on the Lord.
Because with the Lord there is mercy and fullness of redemption, Israel indeed he will redeem from all its iniquity.
In the beginning, before time began, the Word was God; today he is born, the Savior of the world.
NT Testament Canticle
Let us give thanks to the Father for having made you worthy to share the lot of the saints in light.
He rescued us from the power of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of his beloved Son. Through him we have redemption, the forgiveness of our sins.
He is the image of the invisible God, the first-born of all creatures. In him everything in heaven and on earth was created, things visible and invisible.
All were created through him; all were created for him. He is before all else that is. In him everything continues in being.
It is he who is head of the body, the church; he who is the beginning, the first-born of the dead, so that primacy may be his in everything.
It pleased God to make absolute fullness reside in him and, by means of him, to reconcile everything in his person, both on earth and in the heavens, making peace through the blood of his cross.
This is what we proclaim to you: what was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked upon and our hands have touched, we speak of the word of life.
This life became visible; we have seen and bear witness to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life that was present to the Father and became visible to us. What we have seen and heard we proclaim in turn to you so that you may share life with us. This fellowship of ours is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ.
The Word was made man, alleluia, alleluia.
The Word was made man, alleluia, alleluia.
He lived among us. Alleluia, 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 forever. Amen.
The Word was made man, alleluia, alleluia.
Christ the Lord is born today; today, the Savior has appeared. Earth echoes songs of angel choirs, archangels’ joyful praise. Today on earth his friends exult: Glory to God in the highest, alleluia.
Mary's Canticle
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, and holy is his Name.
He has mercy on those who fear him in every generation.
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 forever.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.
At
the birth of Jesus, angels proclaimed peace to the world. We worship him
now with joy, and we pray with hearts full of faith: May your birth bring
peace to all.
Lord, fill your holy people with whatever good they need, let the mystery of your birth be the source of our peace.
You came as chief shepherd and guardian of our lives, let the pope and bishops be faithful channels of your many gifts of grace.
King from all eternity, you desired to be born within time and to experience the day-today life of men and women, share your gift of unending life with us, weak people, doomed to death.
Awaited from the beginning of the world, you came only in the fullness of time, now reveal your presence to those who are still expecting you.
You became man and gave new life to our human condition in the grip of death, now give the fullness of life to all who have died.
The Lord's 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. Amen.
Final Prayer
Lord God, we praise you for creating man, and still more for restoring him in Christ. Your Son shared our weakness: may we share his glory, for he lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever.
May the Lord bless us, protect us from all evil and bring us to everlasting life. Amen.
Trinitarian Ending
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Conclusion