Vespers Mary Mother of the Church

VESPERS & BENEDICTION IN HONOR OF THE MARY, MOTHER OF THE CHURCH 6 MAY 2020

OPENING HYMN - Immaculate Mary 1. Immaculate Mary your praises we sing. You reign now in heaven with Jesus our King. REFRAIN: Ave, Ave, Ave Maria! Ave, Ave Maria! 2. In heaven the blessed your glory proclaim; on earth we your children invoke your fair name. REFRAIN 3. We pray for our Mother the Church upon earth; and bless Holy Mary the land of our birth. REFRAIN

OPENING PRAYER The Angelus Prayer Text (The Angelus is tradionally prayed in a call and response format, with a leader announcing the versicle (V) and everyone present saying the response (R)

V. The Angel of the Lord declare unto Mary. R. And she conceived of the Holy Spirit.

Hail Mary, full of grace, The Lord is with you! Blessed are you among women, And blessed is the fruit of your Womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, Pray for us sinners, Now and at the hour of our death.

V. Behold the handmaid of the Lord. R. Be it done unto me according to your word.

Hail Mary . . .

V. And the Word was made Flesh. R. And dwelt among us.

Hail Mary . . .

V. Pray for us, O holy Mother of God. R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ. Let us pray: Pour forth we beseech you, O Lord, your grace into our hearts; that we, to whom the incarnaon of Christ your Son was made known by the message of an angel, may by His passion and cross be brought to the glory of His resurrecon. Through the same Christ Our Lord. Amen

EXPOSITION

INCENSATION

HYMN - O SAVING VICTIM O saving vicm open wide, the gates of heaven to us below. Our foes press on from every side, your aid supply, your strength bestow.

To your great name be endless praise, Immortal Godhead, One in Three. O Grant us endless length of days in our true nave land with thee. AMEN

P. God, come to my assistance. C. Lord, make haste to help me. P. Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: C. as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen. Alleluia.

ANTIPHON I P. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you.

PSALM 122 I rejoiced when I heard them say: Let us go to God's house. And now our feet are standing within your gates, O Jerusalem. Jerusalem is built as a city strongly compact. It is there that the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord. For Israel's law it is, there to praise the Lord's name. There were set the thrones of judgment of the house of David. For the peace of Jerusalem pray: Peace be to your homes! For love of my brethren and friends I say: Peace upon you. For love of the house of the Lord I will ask for your good. Glory...

P. Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: C. as it was in the beginning, is now and will be for ever. Amen C. Hail Mary, full of Grace, the Lord is with you.

ANTIPHON II P. I am the handmaid of the Lord. Let it be done to me as you have said.

PSALM 127 If the Lord does not build the house, in vain do its builders labor; if the Lord does not watch over the city, in vain does the watchman keep vigil. In vain is your earlier rising, your going later to rest, you who toil for the bread you eat, when he pours gis on his beloved while they slumber. Truly sons are a gi from the Lord, a blessing, the fruit of the womb. Indeed the sons of youth are like arrows in the hand of a warrior. O the happiness of the man who has ﬁlled his quiver with these arrows! He will have no cause for shame when he disputes with his foes in the gateways. Glory...

P. Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: C. as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen C. I am the handmaid of the Lord. Let it be done to me as you have said.

ANTIPHON III P. Blessed are you among women and blessed is the fruit of your womb.

CANTICLE - REVELATION 19:1-7 Alleluia. Salvaon, 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 who worship Him reverently, great and small. Alleluia (alleluia).

Alleluia. The Lord our all-powerful God is King; (Alleluia.) Let us rejoice, sing praise, and give Him glory. Alleluia (alleluia). Alleluia. he wedding feast of the Lamb has begun, (Alleluia.) and His bride is prepared to welcome him. Alleluia (alleluia). Glory... P. Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: C. as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen C. Blessed are you among women and blessed is the fruit of your womb.

ROSARY

READING - GALATIANS 4:4-5 When the fullness of me 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 adopon.

RESPONSORY P. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you. C. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you.

P. Blessed are you among women and blessed is the fruit of your womb. C. The Lord is with you.

P. Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit. C. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you.

CANTICLE OF MARY ANTIPHON P. Mary heard the word of God and kept it; she pondered it in her heart.

GOSPEL CANTICLE LUKE 1:46-55 C. My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord, my spirit rejoices in God my Savior for He has looked with favor on His lowly servant. From this day all generaons will call me blessed: the Almighty has done great things for me, and holy is His Name. He has mercy on those who fear Him in every generaon. He has shown the strength of His arm. He has scaered the proud in their conceit. He has cast down the mighty from their thrones, and has lied up the lowly. He has ﬁlled the hungry with good things, and the rich He has sent away empty. He has come to the help of His servant Israel for He has remembered His promise of mercy, the promise He made to our fathers, to Abraham and His children for ever.

P. Glory to the Father, and to the son, and to the Holy Spirit: C. as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen

INTERCESSIONS P. Let us praise God, our almighty Father, who wished that Mary, His Son's mother, be celebrated by each generaon. Now in need we ask: C. Mary, full of grace, intercede for us.

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

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

P. You made Mary full of grace, C. grant all men the joyful abundance of your grace. P. Make your Church of one mind and one heart in love, C. and help all those who believe to be one in prayer with Mary, the mother of Jesus.

P. Let us praise God our almighty Father, who wished that Mary, his Son's mother, be celebrated by each generaon. Now in need, we ask: C. Mary, full of grace, intercede for us.

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

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

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

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

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

LORD’S PRAYER

INCENSATION

HYMN - DOWN IN ADORATION FALLING Down in adoraon falling, this great Sacrament we hail; over ancient forms deparng newer rites of grace prevail, faith for all defects supplying when our feeble senses fail.

To the everlasng Father and the Son who reigns on high and the Spirit blest proceeding forth from each eternally be salvaon, honor, blessing, might and endless majesty.

BENEDICTION DIVINE PRAISES REPOSITION OF THE HOLY EUCHARIST CLOSING PRAYER P. Lord God, give to Your people the joy of connual health in mind and body. With the prayers of the Virgin Mary to help us, guide us through the sorrows of this life to eternal happiness in the life to come. Grant this through our Lord Jesus Christ, Your son, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen

Father, may the prayers of the Virgin Mary protect us and help us to reach Christ her Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.

May the Lord bless us, protect us from all evil and bring us to everlasng life. Amen.

CLOSING HYMN: The Church’s One Foundaon

The church’s one foundaon is Jesus Christ her Lord; she is his new creaon by water and the word: From heaven he came and sought her to be his holy bride; with his own blood he bought her, and for her life he died.

Yet she on earth hath union with God, the Three-in-One, and with the saints, communion with those whose rest is won. O happy ones and holy! Lord, give us grace that we like them, the meek and lowly, on high may dwell with thee.