Evening Prayer I

We are celebrating this feast as a Solemnity, since our Lady of Guadalupe is the co-patroness of the Sacramento Diocese along with St. Patrick.

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

O Mary of all women,
you are the chosen one,
Who, ancient prophets promised,
would bear God’s only Son;
All Hebrew generations
prepared the way to thee,
That in your womb the God-man
might come to set us free.

O Mary, you embody
all God taught to our race,
For you are first and foremost
in fullness of his grace;
We praise this wondrous honor
that you gave birth to Him
Who from you took humanity
and saved us from our sin.
Melody: Au fort detresse 76.76D; Music: 17th century Flemish Melody Text: Michael Gannon

PSALMODY

Antiphon: Blessed are you, O Virgin Mary, for you carried the Creator of the world in your womb.
Psalm 113
Praise, O servants of the Lord,
praise the name of the Lord!
May the name of the Lord be blessed
both now and for evermore!
From the rising of the sun to its setting
praised be the name of the Lord!

High above all nations is the Lord,
above the heavens his glory.
Who is like the Lord, our God,
who has risen on high to his throne
yet stoops from the heights to look down,
to look down upon heaven and earth?

From the dust he lifts up the lowly,
from the dungheap he raises the poor
to set them in the company of princes,
yes, with the princes of his people.
To the childless wife he gives a home.

Antiphon: Blessed are you, O Virgin Mary, for you carried the Creator of the world in your womb.


Antiphon: You are the mother of your Maker, yet you remain a virgin for ever.

Psalm 147:12-20 
O praise the Lord, Jerusalem!
Zion praise your God!

He has strengthened the bars of your gates
he has blessed the children within you.
He established peace on your borders,
he feeds you with finest wheat.

He sends out his word to the earth
and swiftly runs his command.
He showers down snow white as wool,
he scatters hoar-frost like ashes.

He hurls down hailstones like crumbs.
The waters are frozen at his touch;
he sends forth his word and it melts them:
at the breath of his mouth the waters flow.

He makes his word known to Jacob,
to Israel his laws and decrees.
He has not dealt thus with other nations;
he has not taught them his decrees.   Glory…

Antiphon:You are the mother of your maker, yet you remain a virgin for ever.


Antiphon: We share the fruit of life through you, O daughter blessed by the Lord.
Canticle  –  Ephesians 1:3-10
Praised be the God and Father
of our Lord Jesus Christ,
who has 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,
to be full of love.

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…

Antiphon: We share the fruit of life through you, O daughter blessed by the Lord.


READING      Galatians 4:4-5
When the fullness of time had come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to ransom those under the law, so that we might receive adoption.


RESPONSORY
After the birth of your Son, you remained a virgin.
 – After the birth of your Son, you remained a virgin.
Mother of God, intercede for us;
 – you remained a virgin.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit,
 – After the birth of your Son, you remained a virgin.


MAGNIFICAT (Canticle of Mary)
Antiphon: The Lord has looked with favor on his lowly servant; the Almighty has done great things for me.

Or:

All generations will call me blessed; the Lord has looked with favor on his lowly servant. 


INTERCESSIONS
Let us praise God, our almighty Father, who wished that Mary, his Son’s mother, be celebrated by each generation.  Now in need we ask:

              Mary, full of grace, intercede for us.

O God, worker of miracles, you made the immaculate Virgin Mary share, body and soul, in your Son’s glory in heaven, 
– direct the hearts of your children to that same glory.

You made Mary our mother.  Through her intercession grant strength to the weak, comfort to the sorrowing, pardon to sinners,
– Salvation and peace to all.

You made Mary full of grace,
– grant all men the joyful abundance of your grace.

Make your Church of one mind and one heart in love,
– and help all those who believe to be one in prayer with Mary, the mother of Jesus.

You crowned Mary queen of heaven,
– may all the dead rejoice in your kingdom with the saints for ever.

Or:

Let us praise God our almighty Father, who wished that Mary, his Son’s mother, be celebrated by each generation. Now in need, we ask:

              Mary, full of grace, intercede for us.

You made Mary the mother of mercy,
– may all who are faced with trials feel her motherly love. 

You wished Mary to be the mother of the family in the home of Jesus and Joseph,
– may all mothers of families foster love and holiness through her intercession. 

You gave Mary strength at the foot of the cross and filled her with joy at the resurrection of your Son,
– lighten the hardships of those who are burdened and deepen their sense of hope.

You made Mary open to your word and faithful as your servant.
– through her intercession make us servants and true followers of your Son.

You crowned Mary queen of heaven,
– may all the dead rejoice in your kingdom with the saints for ever. 


Our Father… 

COLLECT

O God, Father of mercies,
who placed your people under the singular protection
of your Son’s most holy Mother,
grant that all who invoke the Blessed Virgin of Guadalupe,
may seek with ever more lively faith
the progress of peoples in the ways of justice and of peace.
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.