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INTRODUCTORY VERSE EXAMINATION OF CONSCIENCE

A brief examination of conscience is made.

Hebdomadarian: I confess to almighty God, *

All: to blessed Mary ever-Virgin, to blessed Dominic our Father, to all the Saints, and to you, my brothers and sisters, that I have greatly sinned in my thoughts and in my words, in what I have done and in what I have failed to do, through my fault: I ask you to pray for me.

Hebdomadarian: May almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us all our sins, free us from all evil, keep us safe and strengthen us in every good work, and bring us to eternal life.

All: Amen.

HYMN

 

Text: Te lucis ante terminum, 6th c. [Proprium Officiorum O.P.: Liturgia Horarum, 1982, p. 674]; st. 1-3, composite arranged by David F. Wright, O.P. (b. 1941); st. 4, James Waring McCrady (b.1938), The Hymnal 1982. Tune: TE LUCIS ANTE TERMINUM, LM; Plainsong [Completorium O.P., 1957, p. 11].

PSALMODY

Antiphon 1

Psalm 88 (87)
Prayer of a very sick person
This is your hour when darkness reigns (Luke 22:53).

² O LORD and God of my sal∙va∙tion, *
I cry be∙fore you day and night.
³ Let my prayer come into your pres∙ence. *
Incline your ear to my cry.
⁴ For my soul is filled with e∙vils; *
my life is on the brink of the grave.

⁵ I am reckoned as one in the tomb; *
I am like a war∙rior with∙out strength,
⁶ like one roaming among the dead, *
like the slain ly∙ing in their graves,
like those you remember no more, *
cut off, as they are, from your hand.

⁷ You have laid me in the depths of the pit, *
in regions that are dark and deep.
⁸ Your anger weighs down up∙on me; *
I am drowned be∙neath your waves.
⁹ You have taken away my friends; *
to them you have made me hate∙ful.

Imprisoned, I cannot es∙cape; *
¹⁰ my eyes are sun∙ken with grief.
I call to you, LORD, all day long; *
to you I stretch out my hands.

¹¹ Will you work your wonders for the dead? *
Will the shades rise up to praise you?
¹² Will your mercy be told in the grave, *
or your faithfulness in the place of per∙di∙tion?
¹³ Will your wonders be known in the dark, *
your justice in the land of o∙bliv∙ion?

¹⁴ But I, O LORD, cry out to you; *
in the morning my prayer comes be∙fore you.
¹⁵ Why do you reject me, O LORD? *
Why do you hide your face from me?

¹⁶ I am wretched, close to death from my youth. *
I have borne your tri∙als; I am numb.
¹⁷ Your fury has swept down up∙on me; *
your terrors have utter∙ly de∙stroyed me.

¹⁸ They surround me all the day like a flood; *
together they close in a∙gainst me.
¹⁹ Friend and neighbor you have taken a∙way: *
my one compan∙ion is dark∙ness. ♦

Glory to the Father, and to the Son,*
and to the Ho∙ly Spir∙it:
as it was in the beginning, is now,*
and will be for ev∙er. A∙men.

Antiphon 1


READING - Jeremiah 14:9b

You, O LORD, are in the midst of us,
and we are called by your name; leave us not.

RESPONSORY



CANTICLE OF SIMEON

Antiphon

Luke 2:29-32
Christ is the light of the nations and the glory of Israel

²⁹ Lord, now you let your ser∙vant go in peace *
in accordance with your word.

³⁰ For my eyes have seen your sal∙va∙tion, *
³¹ which you have prepared in the sight of all the peo∙ples.

³² A light for reve∙la∙tion to the Gen∙tiles *
and the glory of your peo∙ple Isra∙el. ♦

Glory to the Fa∙ther and to the Son *
and to the Ho∙ly Spir∙it,
As it was in the be∙gin∙ning, is now, *
and will be for ev∙er. A∙men.



CONCLUDING PRAYER

Then the Hebdomadarian says the Prayer, with the invitation Let us pray.

Hebdomadarian: Visit this house, we pray, O Lord,
and drive far from it all snares of the enemy;
may your holy Angels dwell here
to keep us in peace,
and may your blessing rest upon us always.
Through Christ our Lord.

All: Amen.

Hebdomadarian: May the all-powerful and merciful Lord grant us a restful night and a peaceful death.

All: Amen.
ANTIPHON IN HONOR OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY


(English: Loving Mother of the Redeemer, gate of heaven, star of the sea, assist your people who have fallen yet strive to rise again. To the wonderment of nature you bore your Creator, yet remained a virgin after as before. You who received Gabriel’s joyful greeting, have pity on us poor sinners.)

Hebdomadarian:
V. Permit us to sing your praises, holy Virgin.

R. Mother of God, intercede for us.

Hebdomadarian:
V. Grant, we pray, Lord God, that we, your servants,
may rejoice in unfailing health of mind and body,
and, through the glorious intercession of Blessed Mary ever-Virgin,
may be set free from present sorrow
and enjoy eternal happiness.
Through Christ our Lord.

R. Amen.

ANTIPHON IN HONOR OF HOLY FATHER DOMINIC

(English: Light of the Church, teacher of truth, rose of patience, ivory of chastity, you freely poured forth the water of wisdom; preacher of grace, unite us with the blessed.)

Hebdomadarian:
V. Blessed Father Dominic, pray for us.

R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

Hebdomadarian:
V. Grant, we pray, almighty God,
that we who are weighed down by the burden of our sins,
may be relieved through the patronage of the Blessed Dominic,
your confessor and our Father.
Through Christ our Lord.

R. Amen.

Prior: May the souls of the faithful departed
through the mercy of God rest in peace.

R. Amen.

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