Begin with the sign of the Cross.

Recite the Lord’s Prayer.

Recite Jesus Prayer: "Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the living God, have mercy on me, a sinner."

Come, Holy Spirit!
Fill the hearts of of us, your faithful!
Kindle in us the fire of Your love!
Send forth Your Spirit and We shall be created!
And You shalt renew the face of the earth.

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a. Lord our God, the morning sky announces a new day. All around us, creation is beginning its song of praise.
We now join our hearts and bodies with all people and all creation, as we lift up our hearts to You our God.

b. This day will hold much for us. Let us pray that we may not miss its hidden message, which is Your word to us;
We now enter the interior of our hearts and, there, pray to You in stillness. Quiet of body and peaceful of spirit, we rest in You.

c. Our Lord, You shall speak to us in the events of this new day that is beginning.
You have spoken in the past thru your holy ones, may this reading be food for us this day:

d. Friday: From 1 Chronicles 29:10-11
R.(13b) We praise your glorious name, O mighty God.
"Blessed may you be, O LORD, God of Israel our father, from eternity to eternity."
R. We praise your glorious name, O mighty God.
"Yours, O LORD, are grandeur and power,majesty, splendor, and glory. For all in heaven and on earth is yours."
We praise your glorious name, O mighty God.

d. Saturday: From Jn 12:26: Whoever serves me must follow me, and where I am, there also will my servant be. The Father will honor whoever serves me.

e. Renewed in the freshness of this morning hour, we go forth with a graceful heart and peaceful spirit.

  + + + + + + + + + + + + The Angelus + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
“Angelus Domini nuntiavit Mariæ”
℣. The  Angel of the LORD declared unto Mary,
℟. And she conceived of the Holy Spirit.
Hail Mary, full of grace; the LORD is with thee: blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the Fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.
℣. Behold the handmaid of the LORD.
℟. Be it done unto me according to thy word.
Hail Mary, full of grace; the LORD is with thee: blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the Fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.
℣. And the WORD was made flesh.
℟. And dwelt among us.
Hail Mary, full of grace; the LORD is with thee: blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the Fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.
℣. Pray for us, O' Holy Mother of God.
℟. That we might be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Let us pray,
Pour forth, we beseech Thee, O LORD, Thy grace into our hearts; that, we, to whom the Incarnation of Christ, Thy Son, was made known by the message of an angel, may, by His Passion and Cross, be brought to the glory of His Resurrection. Through the same Christ our Lord.
℟. Amen.
℣. 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.

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f. In the name of the Father, our Lord, Beloved Source of all that is, we bow before You as we come to the end of our day.

The sun has journeyed across the sky and has disappeared beneath the horizon.

The day is now complete, and we greet the darkness of the night with a prayer of gratitude.

We thank You for all the sun-touched gifts of this day. (Pause for reflection.)

g. Our Lord and God, You who are the creator of the universe, we praise and adore You.

In Divine Wisdom, You have balanced all of creation, day and night, male and female, summer and winter, light and dark.

We embrace that balance and in this day that is closing, we have attempted to balance the needs of body and spirit, the inner person and the public person.

Wrapped in gratitude, we place before You our personal needs: (pause to ponder those needs…)

h. Lord of Day and Night, of life and death, we place ourselves into Your Holy Hands.

(CANTICLE OF SIMEON -Luke 2:29-32) i. Now Master, You have kept Your word: Let Your servant go in peace.

With my own eyes I have seen the salvation which You have prepared in the sight of every people: A light to reveal You to the nations and the glory of Your people Israel.

j. Glory be … As it was in the beginning...Amen.

End with the sign of the Cross.