Monday Night Prayer

         INTRODUCTION V./ O God, come to our aid. R./ 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.             EXAMINATION OF CONSCIENCE I confess to almighty God, to blessed Mary ever virgin, to blessed Dominic our father, to all the saints, and to you my brothers, that I have sinned exceedingly; by thought, word, deed and omission, through my fault: and I beseech you to pray for me.   V./ May Almighty God have Mercy on us, forgive us all our sins, and may He free us from all evil, keep us safe and strengthen us in every good work, and bring us to eternal life. R./ Amen.            HYMN Now thank we all our God, With hearts and hands and voices, Who wondrous things hath done, In whom his world rejoices; Who from our mother’s arms Hath blessed us on our way With countless gifts of love, And still is ours today.   O may this bounteous God Through all our life be near us, With ever joyful hearts And blessed peace to cheer us; And keep us in his grace, And guide us when perplexed, And free us from all ills In this world and the next.   All praise and thanks to God The Father now be given, The Son, and him who reigns With them in highest heaven, The one eternal God, Whom earth and heaven adore; For thus it was, is now And shall be evermore.            PSALMODY Ant. You, Lord God, are slow to anger, abounding in love.          Psalm 85 (86) Turn your ear, O Lord, and give answer for I am poor and needy. Preserve my life, for I am faithful: Save the servant who trusts is you.   You are my God, have mercy on me, Lord, for I cry to you all the day long. Give joy to your servant, O Lord, for to you I lift up my soul.   O Lord, you are good and forgiving, full of love to all who call. Give heed, O Lord, to my prayer and attend to the sound of my voice.   In the day of distress I will call and surely you will reply. Among the gods there is none like you, O Lord; nor work to compare with yours.   All the nations shall come to adore you and glorify your name, O Lord: for you are great and do marvellous deeds, you who alone are God.   Show me, Lord, your way* so that I may walk in your truth. Give my heart to fear your name.   I will praise you, Lord my God, with all my heart and glorify your name for ever; for your love to me has been great: you have saved me from the depths of the grave.   The proud have risen against me;* ruthless men seek my life: to you they pay no heed.   But you, God of mercy and compassion, slow to anger, O Lord, abounding in love and truth, turn and take pity on me.   O give your strength to your servant and save your handmaid’s son. Show me a sign of your favour* that my foes may see to their shame that you console me and give me your help. Ant. You, Lord God, are slow to anger, abounding in love.            SCRIPTURE READING          I Thess 5,9-10 God chose us to possess salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us in order that we might live together with him, whether we are alive or dead when he comes.            SHORT RESPONSORY In pace, in idipsum *Dormiam et requiescam. V./ Si dedero somnum oculis meis, et palpebris meis dormitationem, R./ Dormiam et requiescam. V./ Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto. R./ In pace, in idipsum *Dormiam et requiescam.   [In peace and into the same I shall sleep and rest.? V./ If I give slumber to my eyes? and to my eyelids drowsiness, R./ I shall sleep and rest. V./ Glory to the Father, and to the Son,? and to the Holy Spirit. R./ In peace and into the same I shall sleep and rest.]            GOSPEL CANTICLE Ant.: Evigila super nos, æterne Salvator, ne nos apprehendat calidus tentator; quia tu factus es nobis sempiternus adjutor. [Watch over us, eternal Saviour, that the cunning tempter not lay hold of us: for you have been our helper forever.]            Nunc dimittis: Luke 2: 29-32 At last, all-powerful Master, you give leave to your servant to go in peace, according to your promise.   For my eyes have seen your salvation which you have prepared for all nations,   the light to enlighten the Gentiles and give glory to Israel, your people.   Glory be to the Father, and the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:   as it was ?in the beginning, is now, and? ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Ant.: Evigila super nos, æterne Salvator, ne nos apprehendat calidus tentator; quia tu factus es nobis sempiternus adjutor.            CONCLUDING PRAYER Lord, give our bodies restful sleep; and let the work we had done today be sown for an eternal harvest. Through Christ our Lord. R./ Amen.            BLESSING V./ May the Lord grant us a quiet night and a perfect end. R./ Amen.            ANTHEM OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY Salve, Regina, Mater misericordiæ, vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra, salve. Ad te clamamus exsules filii Hevæ, Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes in hac lacrimarum valle. Eia, ergo, advocata nostra, illos tuos misericordes oculos ad nos converte; Et Jesum, benedictum fructum ventris tui, nobis post hoc exsilium ostende. O clemens, O pia, O dulcis Virgo Maria.   [Hail, holy Queen, Mother of Mercy, hail our life, our sweetness and our hope. To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve; to thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears. Turn then, most gracious advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us; and after this our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus. O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary.]            ANTHEM OF OUR HOLY FATHER ST DOMINIC O lumen Ecclesiæ, Doctor veritatis, Rosa patientiæ, Ebur castitatis, Aquam sapientiæ propinasti gratis: Prædicator gratiæ nos junge beatis.   [O light of the church, teacher of truth, rose of patience, ivory of chastity, You freely poured forth the waters of wisdom, preacher of grace unite us with the blessed.]