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Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

Liturgy of the Hours


  • Monday 18 April 2022

    Easter Monday 


    Vespers (Evening Prayer)

    Introduction (without Invitatory)

    If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead.


    O God, come to our aid.
    O Lord, make haste to help us.
    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. Alleluia.


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    Hymn

    The Lamb’s high banquet we await,
    In snow-white robes of royal state;
    And now, the Red Sea’s channel past,
    To Christ our Prince we sing at last.

    Upon the altar of the Cross
    His body hath redeemed our loss;
    And tasting of his scarlet blood,
    Our life is hid with him in God.

    Now Christ our paschal Lamb is slain,
    The Lamb of God that knows no stain,
    The true oblation offered here,
    Our own unleavened bread sincere.

    O thou, from whom hell’s monarch flies,
    O great, O very Sacrifice,
    Thy captive people are set free,
    And endless life restored in thee.

    To thee who, dead, again dost live,
    All glory, Lord, thy people give:
    All glory, as is ever meet,
    To Father and to Paraclete.


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    Psalm 109 (110)
    The Messiah, king and priest


    “He must be king so that he may put all his enemies under his feet” (1 Cor 15:25).

    Mary Magdalen came with the other Mary to see the tomb where the Lord had been laid, alleluia.

    The Lord’s revelation to my Master:
    ‘Sit on my right:
    your foes I will put beneath your feet.’

    The Lord will wield from Sion
    your sceptre 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 for ever,
    a priest like Melchizedek of old.’

    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.

    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.

    Mary Magdalen came with the other Mary to see the tomb where the Lord had been laid, alleluia.


    Psalm-prayer

    Father, we ask you to give us victory and peace. In Jesus Christ, our Lord and King, we are already seated at your right hand. We look forward to praise you in the fellowship of all your saints in our heavenly homeland.


    Or:

    Almighty God, bring the kingdom of Christ, your anointed one, to its fullness. May the perfect offering of your Son, eternal priest of the new Jerusalem, be offered in every place to your name and make all nations a holy people for you.


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    Psalm 113A (114)
    Israel set free from Egypt


    “You, who have renounced this world, have also been led forth from Egypt” (St Augustine).

    Come and see where the Lord was laid, alleluia.

    When Israel came forth from Egypt,
    Jacob’s sons from an alien people,
    Judah became the Lord’s temple,
    Israel became his kingdom.

    The sea fled at the sight:
    the Jordan turned back on its course,
    the mountains leapt like rams
    and the hills like yearling sheep.

    Why was it, sea, that you fled,
    that you turned back, Jordan, on your course?
    Mountains, that you leapt like rams;
    hills, like yearling sheep?

    Tremble, O earth, before the Lord,
    in the presence of the God of Jacob,
    who turns the rock into a pool
    and flint into a spring of water.

    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.

    Come and see where the Lord was laid, alleluia.


    Psalm-prayer

    Almighty God, ever-living mystery of unity and Trinity, you gave life to the new Israel by birth from water and the Spirit, and made it a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a people set apart as your eternal possession. May all those you have called to walk in the splendour of the new light render you fitting service and adoration.


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    Canticle
    (Apocalypse 19)
    The wedding of the Lamb

    Jesus said: ‘Go, and tell my brothers that they are to leave for Galilee: they will see me there.’ Alleluia.

    Alleluia.
    Salvation and glory and power belong to our God,
    his judgements are true and just.
    Alleluia.

    Alleluia.
    Praise our God, all you his servants,
    you who fear him, small and great.
    Alleluia.

    Alleluia.
    The Lord our God, the Almighty, reigns,
    let us rejoice and exult and give him the glory.
    Alleluia.

    Alleluia.
    The marriage of the Lamb has come,
    and his bride has made herself ready.
    Alleluia.

    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.

    Jesus said: ‘Go, and tell my brothers that they are to leave for Galilee: they will see me there.’ Alleluia.


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    Short Reading
    Hebrews 8:1-3

    Our High Priest has his place at the right of the throne of divine Majesty in the heavens, and he is the minister of the sanctuary and of the true Tent of Meeting which the Lord, and not any man, set up. It is the duty of every high priest to offer gifts and sacrifices.


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    Short Responsory


    This is the day which was made by the Lord: let us rejoice and be glad, alleluia.


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    Canticle
    Magnificat
    My soul rejoices in the Lord

    Jesus met the women and gave them his greeting. But they came up to him and grasped hold of his feet, alleluia.

    My soul glorifies the Lord,
    my spirit rejoices in God, my Saviour.
    He looks on his servant in her lowliness;
    henceforth all ages will call me blessed.

    The Almighty works marvels for me.
    Holy his name!
    His mercy is from age to age,
    on those who fear him.

    He puts forth his arm in strength
    and scatters the proud-hearted.
    He casts the mighty from their thrones
    and raises the lowly.

    He fills the starving with good things,
    sends the rich away empty.

    He protects Israel, his servant,
    remembering his mercy,
    the mercy promised to our fathers,
    to Abraham and his sons 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.

    Jesus met the women and gave them his greeting. But they came up to him and grasped hold of his feet, alleluia.


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    Prayers and intercessions

    Let us pray to Christ, who was raised up by the Holy Spirit in his living and life-giving body.
    – Lord, renew the whole of your creation.

    Christ, Saviour of the world, king of the new creation, you are enthroned at God’s right hand;
    set our hearts on the things that are of heaven.
    – Lord, renew the whole of your creation.

    Lord, you are living always in your Church:
    lead her through the Holy Spirit into the fullness of your truth.
    – Lord, renew the whole of your creation.

    Have pity on the sick, the distressed and the dying;
    strengthen, comfort and sustain them.
    – Lord, renew the whole of your creation.

    Christ, unfailing light, accept our devotion at the close of this day;
    shed the radiance of your glory on the faithful departed.
    – Lord, renew the whole of your creation.


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    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.


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    Lord God,
    you increase day by day
    the number of your Church’s children born in the waters of baptism.
    Grant that your people may hold fast in life to the mystery of new birth,
    which they received by faith.
    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.


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    The Lord bless us, and keep us from all evil, and bring us to everlasting life.
    Amen.


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