OFFICE FOR THE DEAD
Evening Prayer
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 radiant light, O sun divine
O radiant light, O sun divine
Of God the Father's deathless face,
O image of the light sublime
That fills the heav'nly dwelling place.
Lord Jesus Christ, as daylight fades,
As shine the lights of eventide,
We praise the Father with the Son,
The Spirit blest and with them one.
O Son of God, the source of life,
Praise is your due by night and day;
Unsullied lips must raise the strain
Of your proclaimed and splendid name.
PSALMODY
Antiphon: The Lord will keep you from all evil. He will guard your soul.
Psalm 121
I lift up my eyes to the mountains;
from where shall come my help?
My help shall come from the Lord
who made heaven and earth.
May he never allow you to stumble!
Let him sleep not, your guard.
No, he sleeps not nor slumbers,
Israel's guard.
The Lord is your guard and your shade;
at your right side he stands.
By day the sun shall not smite you
nor the moon in the night.
The Lord will guard you from evil,
he will guard your soul.
The Lord will guard your going and coming
both now and for ever.
Antiphon: The Lord will keep you from all evil. He will guard your soul.
Antiphon: If you kept a record of our sins, Lord, who could escape condemnation?
Psalm 130
Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord,
Lord, hear my voice!
O let your ears be attentive
to the voice of my pleading.
If you, O 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.
Antiphon: If you kept a record of our sins, Lord, who could escape condemnation?
Antiphon:As the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so the Son gives life to whom he
wills.
Canticle: Philippians 2:5-11
Though he was in the form of God,
Jesus did not deem equality with God
something to be grasped at.
Rather, he emptied himself
and took the form of a slave,
being born in the likeness of men.
He was known to be of human estate
and it was thus that he humbled himself,
obediently accepting even death,
death on a cross!
Because of this,
God highly exalted him
and bestowed on him the name
above every other name,
So that at Jesus' name
every knee must bend
in the heavens, on the earth,
and under the earth,
and every tongue proclaim
to the glory of God the Father:
JESUS CHRIST IS LORD!
Antiphon:As the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so the Son gives life to
whom he wills.
READING 1 Cor.15:55-57
O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting? The sting of
death is sin, and sin gets its sting from the law. But thanks be to God who has
given us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
RESPONSORY
In you, Lord, is our hope. We shall never hope in vain.
- In you, Lord, is our hope. We shall never hope in vain.
We shall dance and rejoice in your mercy.
- We shall never hope in vain.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit,
- In you, Lord, is our hope. We shall never hope in vain.
MAGNIFICAT (Canticle of Mary)
Antiphon: All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to
me I shall not turn away.
INTERCESSIONS
We acknowledge Christ the Lord through whom we hope that our lowly
bodies will be made like his in glory, and we say:
Lord, you are our life and resurrection.
Christ, Son of the living God, who raised up Lazarus, your friend, from the
dead,
- raise up to life and glory the dead whom you have redeemed by your
precious blood.
Christ, consoler of those who mourn, you dried the tears of the family of
Lazarus, of the widow’s son, and the daughter of Jairus,
- comfort those who mourn for the dead.
Christ, Savior, destroy the reign of sin in our earthly bodies, so that just as
through sin we deserved punishment,
- so through you we may gain eternal life.
Christ, Redeemer, look on those who have no hope because they do not know
you,
- may they receive faith in the resurrection and in the life of the world to
come.
You revealed yourself to the blind man who begged for the light of his eyes,
- show your face to the dead who are still deprived of your light.
Our Father...
COLLECT
Listen kindly to our prayers, O Lord,
and, as our faith in your Son,
raised from the dead, is deepened,
so may our hope of resurrection for your departed servants
also find new strength.
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.
May the Lord bless us, protect us from all evil and bring us to everlasting life.
Amen.
ALL SAINTS
Evening Prayer I
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
Tune
For all the saints, who from their labors rest,
Who Thee by faith before the world confessed,
Thy Name, O Jesus, be forever blessed.
Alleluia, Alleluia!
Thou wast their Rock, their Fortress and their Might;
Thou, Lord, their Captain in the well fought fight;
Thou, in the darkness drear, their one true Light.
Alleluia, Alleluia!
O blest communion, fellowship divine!
We feebly struggle, they in glory shine;
All are one in Thee, for all are Thine.
Alleluia, Alleluia!
But lo! there breaks a yet more glorious day;
The saints triumphant rise in bright array;
The King of glory passes on His way.
Alleluia, Alleluia!
Or:
HYMN
CHRISTE, redemptor omnium, Most dear Redeemer of us all,
conserva tuos famulos, Protect your servants in their need,
beatae semper Virginis Accept the Blessed Virgin's prayers,
placatus sanctis precibus. Who deigns for us to intercede.
Beata quoque agmina All choirs of holy Angels too,
caelestium spirituum, Who praise our God both night and day,
praeterita, praesentia, Both past and present woes dispel,
futura mala pellite. All future evils keep away.
Vates aeterni iudicis Great prophets of the Judge supreme,
apostolique Domini, And keen Apostles of our Lord,
suppliciter exposcimus We humbly beg the pow'rful aid
salvari vestris precibus. Your intercession will afford.
Martyres Dei incliti All martyrs for God's holy Name,
confessoresque lucidi, Who gloried in Christ's death to share,
vestris orationibus And those whose lives have honored him,
nos ferte in caelestibus. Bring us to heaven by your prayer.
Chori sanctarum virginum All monks and nuns who reap in joy
monachorumque omnium, The fruits of ardent toil and praise,
simul cum sanctis omnibus Help us to earn our sight of God
consortes Christi facite. With contemplation's purest gaze.
Sit Trinitati gloria, Give glory to the Trinity
vestrasque voces iungite And join your voices to our own,
ut illi laudes debitas That fittingly our eager praise
persolvamus alacriter. Amen. May mount before God's holy throne, Amen.
PSALMODY
Antiphon: Eternal light will shine upon your saints, O Lord, and they will live
forever, alleluia.
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
and gladdens her heart with children. Glory...
Antiphon: Eternal light will shine upon your saints, O Lord, and they will live
forever, alleluia.
Antiphon: Jerusalem, city of God, you will rejoice in your children, for they shall all
be blessed and gathered together with the Lord, alleluia.
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:Jerusalem, city of God, you will rejoice in your children, for they shall all
be blessed and gathered together with the Lord, alleluia.
Antiphon:Before the throne of God and the Lamb the saints will sing a new song;
their voices will resound throughout the earth, alleluia.
Canticle – See Revelation 19:1-7
Alleluia.
Salvation, glory, and power to our God:
(alleluia)
his judgments are honest and true.
Alleluia (alleluia).
Alleluia.
Sing praise to our God, all you his servants,
(alleluia)
all you who worship him, great and small.
Alleluia (alleluia).
The Lord our all-powerful God is King;
(alleluia)
let us rejoice, sing praise, and give him glory.
Alleluia (alleluia).
The wedding feast of the Lamb has begun,
(alleluia)
and his bride is prepared to welcome him.
Alleluia (alleluia). Glory...
Antiphon: Before the throne of God and the Lamb the saints will sing a new song;
their voices will resound throughout the earth, alleluia.
READING Hebrews 12:22-24
You have drawn near to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the
heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable angels in festal gathering, and to the
assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God the judge of
all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect, and to Jesus, the mediator
of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than
the blood of Abel.
RESPONSORY
The just shall rejoice in the presence of the Lord.
- The just shall rejoice in the presence of the Lord.
They shall sing for joy
- in the presence of the Lord.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit,
- The just shall rejoice in the presence of the Lord.
MAGNIFICAT (Canticle of Mary)
Antiphon: The glorious company + of apostles praise you. The noble
fellowship of prophets praise you. The white-robed army of martyrs praise
you./ Throughout the world the holy Church acclaims you; holy Trinity, one
only God.
INTERCESSIONS
God is the reward of all the saints. Let us joyfully call upon him:
Lord, save your people.
O God, through your Son Jesus Christ you built your Church on the
foundation of the apostles,
- keep their teaching secure among your faithful people.
You made the martyrs powerful witnesses even to the point of giving up their
lives,
- help all Christians to give faithful witness to your Son
You gave holy virgins the gift of imitating the virginity of Christ,
- may those consecrated to virginity be steadfast witnesses to the coming of
your kingdom.
Your saints now see you face to face,
- keep alive in our hearts the hope of coming at last into your presence
Bring all who have died into the company of heaven with Mary, Joseph and
all your saints,
- and give us also a place in the unending fellowship of your kingdom.
Our Father…
COLLECT
Almighty ever-living God,
by whose gift we venerate in one celebration
the merits of all the Saints,
bestow on us, we pray,
through the prayers of so many intercessors,
an abundance of the reconciliation with you
for which we earnestly long.
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.
May the Lord bless us,
protect us from all evil
and bring us to everlasting life.
- Amen.
