Night Prayer + Check-In for May 8, 2020 - Friday of the Fourth Week of Easter (9:00pm CDT)

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hello everybody welcome to Friday Friday at last here and I don't even know what

day it is of our stay at home order but here we are and we're all together and it's good to see so many of you on this

Friday evening so many things you could be doing Friday night even holed up in your homes but you're

here and this is a good place to be because it is a time for us to come together to kind of check in see how

we're doing as we have been doing and to pray together and to certainly offer the

official prayer of the church right the the office of complan night prayer for those of you might be just joining us

for the first time complan is the last office of the day before we head off to

bed and it's kind of crafted that way in the monastic tradition and it prays the

Psalms of the church as as we do and presently the Liturgy of the hours over the course of four weeks if you pray all

the offices you get in just about all 150 Psalms and so complan is just one of

those Offices of the liturgy it's called the Liturgy of the hours or the Divine Office and so we pray that together

Monday through Friday here right here at 9 o'clock p.m. in central time and for

those of you who are wondering who might be new I'm certainly on Fridays forgot to do it last week we had an eagle-eyed

prayer warrior who said hey where's the green and that's what he was talking about not that it was ordinary time all

of a sudden but that I wasn't wearing my green like I normally do on Fridays and when we first started this way back when

the first week I thought that I would represent the order of Saint Lazarus of

which I'm a member I'm assistant chaplain in the order of Saint Lazarus and that is an order that

is that is given over to to helping those who are in need of health care and

of Prayer in a very real way and so the order of st. Lazarus is one of the ancient chivalric orders that took care

of lepers outside the city of Jerusalem and then has done so throughout the succeeding century since the Year ten

hundred ninety-two I think and so if you want to find out a little bit more about him I put a link there in the

chatroom it's st - lazarus us is is the Order of Saint Lazarus the United States

the grand Priory of America and so because I'm one of the the assistant chaplains this is an opportunity on

Fridays that I take to pray for all the members of the Order of Saint Lazarus around the world and most specifically

those who are ministering to the sick especially those with with kovat now so

I just give you a little hint of why I'm wearing something slightly different this is called a Mazetti for clergy it's

called a Mazetti and it is it's it's piped in green and it has the Green Cross of Saint Lazarus on the side just

to show that the clergyman who's wearing it is a member of that order and so there you go that's a that's the order

of st. Lazarus as you know we have been we have been going through different

readings on on the Blessed Mother it being the month of May and I thought maybe we'd change books and there's this

is a fantastic little book now by st. John Henry Cardinal Newman I think when

I got this book he was a bless it and it is just a list of other a list a collection of his meditations and

devotions of course as you know blessed or should say st. John Henry Cardinal

Newman takes me a second now to put it all together in the right order he was a convert from Anglicanism and and

certainly one of the very prolific writer prolific prolific theologian but

also fantastic philosopher and and it was in part his his love of Our Lady

which the Anglicans do typically share right we they they share a love of Our

Lady and it was a Our Lady really made an important impact in his life and and

so he has in his little book of meditations and devotions it's what it's called available from Barone's press I'm

trying to there we go meditations and devotions of John Henry Cardinal Newman peroneus press is the is

the editor of it here but you know bless

st. John Henry Cardinal Newman said to praise to be a Christian and to be a saint to his - it is to have prayed

often and these are collections of his meditations and you can tell that he is a man who has prayed often and well of

course we call him Saint John Henry Cardinal Newman today because of it but at the beginning of his meditations and

devotions he offers a a meditation for

each day of the month of May and it is on the litany of Loreto so the holy

house of Loretto as you know our Lord was born in in the Holy house or rather

it was was born in Bethlehem but grew up in Nazareth and and so the holy house of

Mary as it's called was was supernaturally transported to little

town of Laredo and and so there is a litany that that kind of goes along with that you have to google this because

you're thinking resum hmm that's very interesting and so if you don't know the litany of Loreto or the story of the holy house of Loretto lor eto then it

would be a good thing for you to maybe Google over the weekend so um so anyway he does a meditation on the litany of

Loreto for the month of May and I thought I'd just a choose one that that I thought was was particularly

interesting and and I should say the litany of Loreto or all of the different

titles of Our Lady so many of the different titles by which we know our Lady come to us from the litany of

Loreto so so like the the Virgin most-pure the house of gold mystical

rose Holy Mary the Queen of Angels mirror of Justice seat of wisdom the

gate of heaven mother of the Savior queen of martyrs virgin most devout

spiritual vessel Morningstar these beautiful images that come to us not

just from the tradition but also from Scripture as well some of them from from Scripture and he meditates on each of

them a really beautiful little thing here so I thought maybe tonight I would read from from the reading from a sixth

which is Mary as the Domus Aurea the house of gold because it says we're as

we're kind of holed up in our homes I thought it might be a good a good meditation to meditate

upon Mary as the house of gold the house of gold so uh so let's see here we go

Mary is the house of gold st. John Henry Newman says why is she called a house

and why is she called golden Gold is the most beautiful the most valuable of all

metals silver copper and steel may in their way be made good to the eye but

nothing is so rich so splendid as gold we have few opportunities of seeing it

in any quantity but anyone who has seen a large number of bright gold coins knows how magnificent is the look of

gold hence it is that in Scripture the holy city is by a figure of speech

called golden the city says st. John was pure gold as it were transparent glass

he means of course to give us a notion of the wondrous beautiful beautiful nosov heaven by comparing it with what

is the most beautiful all the substances which we see on earth therefore it is that Mary too is called golden because

her Grace's her virtues her innocence her purity are that of transcendent

brilliancy and dazzling perfection so costly so exquisite that the angels

cannot so to say keep their eyes off her any more than we could keep gaze that could help gazing upon any great work of

gold but observe further she is a golden house where I will rather say a golden

palace let us imagine we saw a whole Palace or large church all made of gold from the Foundation's to the roof such

in regard to the number the variety the extent of her spiritual excellences is

Mary but why called a house or a palace and whose Palace she is the house and

the Palace of the Great King of God himself our Lord the co-equal son of God

once dwelt in her he was her guest named more than a guest for a guest comes into

a house as well as leaves it but our Lord was actually born in this holy house

he took his flesh and his blood from this house from the flesh from the veins of Mary rightly then was she made to be

of pure gold because she was to give of that gold to form the body of the Son of

God she was golden and her conception golden in her birth she went through fire the

fire of her suffering like gold in the furnace and when she ascended on high she was in the words of our him above

all the angels and glory untold standing next to the king in a vesture of gold

Mary as the holy house herself a golden

house the house of gold because as Saint John Henry Newman says the Lord wasn't

just a guest for a guest comes into a house as well as leaves it but our Lord

was actually born in this holy house that was Mary he took his flesh in his blood from this house from the flesh from the veins of

Mary rightly then was she made to be a pure gold because she was to give up

that gold to form the body of the Son of God beautiful words by Saint John Henry

Newman that we can reflect on so meditations and devotions are from from

his book there all right it makes a very simple sense to today that as I say

we're in our homes that we can meditate upon Mary as the house of gold it's a good way to to go to sleep huh yeah

seminarian matthew wants to know what the green is about if you look a little

farther up in the chat in fact let's see I think I can paste it again I remember the Order of Saint Lazarus

and so you can find out more about them lest I die chat again about the Order of

Saint Lazarus but suffice to say it is an organization of chivalric order that that cared for lepers in the ten

hundreds and continues to care for the sick and to pray for them and to reach

out in help to those who are in need today all right very good and a good evening

to everybody okay hmm let's see what have you all been up to today today

today for me the I was going to go to the Chinese restaurant that's

dangerously close to my parish but because of the because of the stay-at-home orders and everything they

don't come in until 4 p.m. and and I was hungry at lunch so I said you know what I've got some shrimp in the in the

freezer so I made a little shrimp and cabbage stir-fry and then made a little

soy honey glaze with sesame oil as well to go in so I kind of had a little

Chinese food myself for lunch and then I guess probably because of the fact that there was honey and soy and it just kind

of lulled me into a sleep and of course it began raining a storm system came through Southeast

Louisiana and so before I knew it I was napping so I think I pretty much napped the day away which isn't a bad thing

actually for a for a Friday evening or a Friday afternoon I suppose and then I

woke up in time to make dinner for myself so I had a little piece of salmon and made some some salmon tacos because

I still have my rather large stack of tortillas from from Cinco de Mayo so uh

so I ate Nate well today I think I ate and slept I had kind of the life of a cat today and that's not bad how about

you all what all did you do today let's see my pj says he likes the Tabernacle

behind me here that's right exactly the

yeah the the tabernacle just like the chalice and just like the monstrance are

typically there they're typically gold or of a precious metal and that's that's

not just because you know the church has these golden things but because the the

tabernacle holds the Lord right the tabernacle is the kind of the the resting place of Jesus while uh while we

adore him and prepare to receive him and the chalice holds what we believe to be

his very blood the monstrance from the word demonstrate to demonstrate the monstrance holds the sacred host

that is our Lord present though veiled by a sacrament and so gold is typically

used because it is it is a precious and bright metal as a and it's something

that that makes us think this is whatever is happening here is worth and an infinite and near infinite amount and

of course we know that Jesus is I mean you cannot put a price on the fact that our Lord gives us himself and the

Eucharist that is a priceless thing that our Lord does and so yeah like right rightly so Mary also is is is likened to

to a golden house a tabernacle right we often call Mary one of the first Tabernacles or the first tabernacle we

call her the the first monstrance as well yeah all righty let's see Danny

picked up grilled shrimp from nacho Mama's not your mama's is our local one

of our local restaurants that a lot of folks like to frequent I'm glad they're still doing takeout for for everybody

Monique worked hard from home Doreen vacuum so much the vacuum cleaner

bit the dust literally and figuratively as it was biting dust it was biting the dust I just got a cheese sandwich for

lunch and went grocery shopping for the parents Sandra had a great run went to

hear the word of the Lord very good sue wants to know the the icon behind me

the one right there yep that's an icon of the Beloved Disciple John st. John

resting on the chest of our Lord and it's a it was actually it was a gift

given to me by one of my brother priests on the day of my ordination and it's it's one that I like to meditate upon

I've had it home since 2006 and and I've

had it for usually in a chapel in my Chapel wherever I happen to be and so

it's something that I kind of like to to meditate upon to catch my eye as I'm praying sometimes when I'm praying the

mass you know those icons are windows to to the persons themselves right that's

what we believe about also imagery and statuary is that we do not worship the statue or the image but it

is a window to the person it is a window that allows us access and communion with

a person just like whenever you look at a picture of one of your loved ones you don't you don't adore that picture well

you you you know you you venerate the presence of the other right you you long for the time in which you can be with

them and so you you're able to access your memory but icons are different because they actually allow us a kind of

a spiritual window to to access communion with that that person to

access conversation with that person and so that's a weave that's why I keep it there in my chapel also it's covering up

an electrical panel as well let's see

here and it makes sense too because it's a it's an icon of the of the Lord and

the Beloved Disciple at the Last Supper right where where John leans his head on

the chest of our Lord it's a it's a delightfully intimate image too of a

Eucharistic presence as well so you'll notice that behind there the chalice is

also on the on the altar there as the at the on the in the icon let's see here do

Lidia put mulch around tomatoes good Kevin red de Vera boom and wade into

fetus at rotc oh very good I tell you fetus at Rossi Oh is a

fantastic document because you know folks are always saying that faith and science are are not related to one

another or at war with each other and fetus at Roxio that great work by john paul ii now Pope Saint John Paul the

second really does do a good job of really giving some some depth to the

fact that there's really there's no argument but rather a complementarity but but you're right Kevin wading in two

feet I said ROTC oh there one does not simply open up a document of john paul

ii you really do have to kind of spend time chewing on it let's see sue watched masters EWTN the

chaplet of divine mercy at 3:00 p.m. and then got lunch dropped off very nice Kathy had shrimp stir-fry stir-fry as

well and then napped as well that's that's pretty much what I did the exact same thing

Helen watched two programs on form org on a sacraments getting and and yeah

eating slowly ready to get back in the routine of things please God we did yet

we did get an email from the bishop beginning to kind of get some things together so that we can hopefully in the

next week be able to begin offering mass again publicly for for all of you in the

Diocese of Baton Rouge and so a lot of it is contingent upon what the government or I should say what the

governor's press conference is going to tell us next week and and so it's all

kind of riding on that and so watch this space and I know to all of my parishioners I'll have information for

you next week as I'm able to to kind of wrap my brain around what it means for

our three parishes since I'm the pastor three parishes that's not the same as just kind of making a workable solution

for one but trying to do something for all three that that makes sense and that that's something that can be sustained

by by father Armour and myself and all of our staff members and be ready for

some some opportunities to volunteer to help as well let's see David listen to a

co vyd the cat Kovach catechism that's father Ryan's a series that he's doing

on the book of Revelation I think is where he is now you can go to youtube.com slash Catholic Underground

and father Ryan's Kovach catechism all of his uh his previous lessons are there so if you want to watch that you can

certainly do that as well now let's see here

Cheryl went to Mass are treated grocery Archie did grocery shopping I tell you

mom I'm getting tongue-tied today must be time for me to go back to sleep I hope to watch an episode of chosen later

tonight very good yeah I know I need to catch up I'm behind on that as well Christine worked at the studio

shrimp creole very nice I do like shrimp creole one of my favorite things search the Psalms for

the just right scroll message for her icon of Moses very good Caryn's from Australia well well we're

glad to have you here what is australian noon for you and happy to pray and

focusing on Mary she's uh she's certainly near and dear to my heart as well you can't see the that I have an

icon of Our Lady or not an icon but a statue of Our Lady of Fatima they're not quite in the shot let's see here Trudy

had our usual bike ride and housecleaning rested well it rained yeah

Lisa is looking for ideas in the internet to make a war room I don't I don't know what kind of maybe a prayer

warrior room I I'm so good I I wish you

a good search I know that that there's one underneath the white house maybe you could Google that let's see

Damian got his hair cut by a son did a good job feels amazing nothing like a fresh haircut I'm looking forward in a

couple of weeks to getting mine cut PJ worked today at the VA hospital I'm

preparing to partially reopen that's been put on hold mm-hmm no certainly we'll keep that in

prayer started reading The Hobbit with some of my students I don't know if you saw Desiree that Andy Serkis the one who

who did the motion capture and played Gollum has been reading The Hobbit on on YouTube I believe in to end trying to

pull the dogs around in the wagon I made flower arrangements I went to Mass went

went to make groceries as we say in south Louisiana and then also we'll watch the mass sister Maria Magdalena

has been praying and cleaning and laundry and writing who I tell you yeah

dr. Rick's had a busy week at the clinic and church business as well and sent

gifts off to four year old or nearly four year old granddaughter in Kansas I know she'll appreciate that

Susan did video chat with the kids who 26 plus faces my goodness yeah okay Lisa

I get you a place for prayer yeah yeah absolutely well this is kind of my war

room I suppose this is where I come whenever I need to take something into the into the prayer warrior space you

know I have a statue of Saint Michael they're just above me you can't see it but yeah actually it was it was over on

my table here for a little while right now I've got a plug that's a conspicuous do anything about roof sent Oh got some

jambalaya and cucumbers and fig preserves very nice oh yes I've heard

about this movie war room yeah that's that's obviously where it's coming from I've seen the preview for it as you know

you have to do your praying in a war room yeah certainly a good thing I know that in many homes if there's not a room

that's set aside for prayer then there's usually like a little corner like a little prayer chair area yeah I have of

course I have the chapel here but I also have a little spot in my rectory that's kind of a favorite chair that that's

comfy that I can kind of hunker down in and do some serious praying in as well

oh cool Kathleen is is doing the 33 days

to Morning Glory the the Marian consecration and they're on day 11 so I wish you well keep on truckin what a

beautiful thing what a beautiful thing indeed PJ's right we're the church

militant here on earth that's what we're so what we become when we are confirmed right

we're baptized and confirmed were made soldiers for Christ that's a its military imagery that for some reason

gets squelched today but it is it is very important for us because we are fighting a battle we are fighting a

spiritual battle this is not this is not we're not just playing at soldiers but

but we truly are truly called to battle

for our soul and for the souls of others we know the war ends but that doesn't mean we don't fight the battles and so yeah absolutely we are we

are members of the church militant that's some that's our title is right so we have the church triumphant which are

those souls in heaven we have the church suffering right which are the souls in purgatory who are who are aiming for

heaven right who are who are on their way and then we're the church militant we are the one who are fighting for

souls were fighting for our souls the souls of the ones we love and for the souls in purgatory and since we're fighting for them because we're

interceding for them and then those who are part of the church triumphant right those Saints in heaven the ones who were

praying for us to do well in our battles right and that's a very real thing we we kind of oftentimes we missed that and

yet if you ever if you ever pay close attention to the prayers of Lent most especially lent the collects the opening

prayer there is very heavy military imagery there and it's because the church understands that whenever we are

kind of trekking our way through Lent we are on kind of a spiritual battle

campaign and so yeah we're the church is not is not afraid to use the language of

of the military because you know just as as we must we must deal with with

difficulties in terms of you know political and blah blah blah we also recognize that all of the

fighting that we do is primarily against the the principalities that are not of this world

and so yes you got it you got it good stuff all right so uh to keep me from

Hama lysing more what is it that we should pray for as we as we move into this time for prayer as well

Karen says that she does have a sacred space in every room to have a visual reminder how to spend your day that's

very good yeah I know a lot of folks in in their homes who have just a little spot somewhere in every room that if it

catches your eye you you pause to pray and that's not a bad idea Lona asks that we pray for priests for

her family for her church and cluster parishioners for the sick and the elderly for all health care and

caregivers for government officials and for all people's as well yeah yeah we certainly will pray for

those I joined the that that same prayer to pray for priests as well the priests of my diocese my brothers in ministry

for all the deacons who who minister the word and are called to be conformed to

Christ the servant on to all those those deacons especially we're going to go out and who are going out and trying to

minister as best they can we pray for the Ramah ghosts and the fry families

certainly we will pray for those you know as a tragic tragic car accident

locally in our community I'm effecting both of those families sister maria

magdalena says for all those who are suffering illness and loss of their loved ones due to these illnesses

jessica is offering a prayer of thanksgiving for answered prayers our husband goes back to work on Monday Deo

gracias Cheryl asks that we pray for those to keep for people to keep their jobs and

for those without to find good jobs on meaningful work good work right there is

a value to work st. Joseph's tells us that and shows us that there's a value to work let's see here

Kathleen asked that we pray that we can return to mass soon yes we certainly pray for that Danny says prayers for

those who are an unemployed as they are increasing prayers for John st. John's

family too to return to God to the church let's see Irene says that there

is a house fire in her community for you so we offer all those who are in any way affected by that patty asked that we

pray for all mothers this weekend that's right as we make our way into mother's day Christine wants us to pray for those

who are struggling with mental health absolutely we do we shall lift those up

in prayer Lydia asked that we pray for her daughter to find a new job Amy and

asked for a safe voyage tomorrow to to Leroy Louisiana to visit in-laws also

for Carrie pray for Carrie use fighting a migraine fewer things are more way of the cross than battling with

a significant migraine let's see Lisa asked that we pray for her fiance who

lost his mother recently yeah we certainly will for Sue those waiting to

have surgeries that have been postponed and there are many of them for sure moniece asks for prayers for our bishops

and priests for wisdom as plans are made to begin public worship absolutely let's

see mo nica asked for us to pray for the our brief family David asked for us to

pray for all mothers especially those who can't see their families I know I've I would imagine I won't be able to see my mom this Mother's Day because of the

restrictions in the nursing home and so I'll join my my prayers for my mom to

those that were offering for all mothers today let's see Sandra asked that we

pray for the holy for the her kids to receive the Holy Spirit in their lives yes for an outpouring of the Holy Spirit

the first son for God for God to restore

his eyesight we asked that in the name of Jesus yes for Johnny says for Luke

who had surgery today lift him up as well Sharon says for those who struggle with procrastination yes I feel their

pain for sure Karen says that she's a special religion

a special religious education teacher and the government primary schools and so we asked for prayers for her health

so that she's able to return to school when she's allowed back to teach absolutely we pray for your health it's

important work that you're doing Karen they're down on death Trudy says we we

can pray for our granddaughter's birthday after exams for our mothers we

pray for sister Maria Magdalena says to pray for the special intentions of father ray el de Marie for return for

her son's return to the church yes yes this is a this is a grace time I think

that perhaps many will come back that's my great hope they'll recognize what they have been

missing and that the whole can only be filled by God for Eileen and for our

family for the Dawson family for Shawn's for Sean's journey he's there for

Shawn's eternal rest Darla asked for us

to pray for the class of 2020 and our local seniors for sure who should be

graduating this weekend yeah well they they will be graduating this weekend right but they just won't have the

ceremonies and whatnot due to all of this so we pray for them for their consolation they're able to to keep on

keep on trucking crime and asset we pray for her daughter to go about to be able

to go back to work oh yeah congratulations Donna for your 33 30

third wedding anniversary one for each year of our Lord's life here and our beautiful Kevin asked for us to pray for

those who are struggling with the lack of routine or purpose yeah yeah we're

certainly we're praying for the Dawson family Lydia asked we pray for those with with the attention deficit disorder for all

those who have - trouble trouble focusing and for Carmen's granddaughter

as well we pray and for Phillip who's entering the monastery on May 24th all right well certainly a lot of things

to pray for and as those rolled by well I'll keep keep the intercessions open because the Lord the Lord certainly

hears all of our prayers those that we've spoken here and those that that continue to make to manifest in the chat

room and so we'll just transition over I'm going to pull up my eye bravery for

those of you who are following along it's Friday of the fourth week of Easter and it's night prayer if you look in the

description on YouTube and on Facebook I don't think periscope has a

descriptions but if you look in the descriptions and all the social media accounts you can find a link to download

I bravery or to read it there on the web and you can follow along with us if you like and so as we make this transition

into prayer we pray for an special intention as well we ask the Lord to be

in our presence and I suppose I should put my stole on since I'm officially free sting here and sitting on my lap

priests traditionally kissed their school's their stoles because they are they are holy objects they've been set

aside they've been blessed for for ministerial use and so it's it's customary and it's part of the right of

the vesture of priests I don't know if you knew that there were prayers for everything that a priest puts on and and

so he typically kisses the items as he's putting them on because they are because

they are set aside for holy use and and as a way of kind of kind of showing

deference to the Lord who allows us to minister in his name who allows priests to minister in his name so we ask the

Lord to be in our presence to certainly be among us as we offer this prayer to

him certainly night prayer for us but but for those of you who might be joining us around the world on the other

side of the world this would be an afternoon prayer for you so it'll be I guess a little strange as we as we are

talking about laying ourselves down to sleep it's alright though it's okay because it's a beautiful witness to the

church at prayer at every hour of the day God come to my assistance Oh 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 forever amen hallelujah dear brothers and

sisters as we come to the end of this day we asked the Lord for His mercy and

His forgiveness knowing that he is willing to grant that to us who are coming to him

I confess to Almighty God and to you my brothers and sisters that I have greatly

sinned in my thoughts and in my words and what I have done and in what I have

failed to do through my fault my fault through my most grievous fault therefore

I ask blessed Mary ever-virgin all the angels and saints and you my brothers

and sisters to pray for me to the Lord our God may Almighty God have mercy on us forgive us our sins and bring us to

everlasting life amen KTLA Isan can he

hear hella he's on cristela he's on

Krista ladies on KTLA song

KTLA he saw ha holy God we pray nice thy

name Lord of all we bow before thee all on

earth I scepter claim all in heaven

above adore thee infinite I vast domain

everlasting is thy reign infinite thigh

first or mean everlasting is thy reign

aleluia aleluia aleluia Lord my god

I call for help by day I cry at night before you but my prayer come into your

presence o turn your ear to my cry for my soul is filled with Evil's my life is

on the brink of the grave I am reckoned as one in the tomb I have reached the end of my strength like one alone among

the dead like the slain lying in their graves like those you remember no more

cut off as they are from your hand you have laid me in the depths of the tomb

in places that are dark in the depths your anger weighs down upon me I am

ground beneath your waves you have taken away my friends and made me hateful in

their sight imprisoned I cannot escape my eyes are sunken with grief I call to

you Lord all the day long to you I stretch out my hands will you work your wonders for the dead will the shades

stand and praise you with your love be told in the grave or your faithfulness among the dead will your wonders be

known in the dark or your justice in the land of oblivion as for me lord I call

to you for help in the morning my prayer comes before you Lord why do you reject

me why do you hide your face wretched close to death from my youth I

have borne your trials I am numb you're furious wept down upon me your tears

have utterly destroyed me they surround me all the day like a flood they assailed me all together friend and

neighbor you have taken away my one companion is darkness glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy

Spirit as it was in the beginning is now and will be forever amen aleluia aleluia

aleluia a reading from the book of the Prophet Jeremiah you are in our midst O

Lord your name we bear do not forsake us O Lord our God the word of the Lord

thanks be to God into your hands Lord I

commend my spirit aleluia aleluia and to your hands Lord I commend my spirit

aleluia aleluia you have redeemed us Lord God of truth alleluia alleluia

glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit into your hands Lord

I commend my spirit aleluia aleluia protect us Lord as we

stay awake watch over us as we sleep that awake we may keep watch with Christ and asleep rest in his peace Alleluia

Lord now you let your servant go in peace your word has been fulfilled my

own eyes have seen the salvation which you have prepared in the sight of every people a light to reveal you to the

nation's and the glory of your people Israel glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit as it was in

the beginning is now and will be forever amen protect us Lord as we stay awake

watch over us as we sleep but awake we may keep with Christ and asleep rest in his peace

hallelujah let us pray

all-powerful God keep us United with your son and his death and burial so

that we may rise to new life with him who lives and reigns forever and ever amen

may the all-powerful Lord grant us a restful night and a peaceful death amen

and as we conclude this weekday this Friday that is the week the work week I guess

you could call it we also offer that him to our lady in the Regina Coeli and so we pray that

together Regina Coeli Latorre

Alleluia we are Queen Mary we steep or

terrain Alleluia reso rack seat she

could exceed Alleluia Oh Pro no Beast a

hallelujah the brothers and sisters I hope that you have a good night and

certainly I pray that there is a good news to come in the days and weeks ahead

know that no matter what takes place Christ is our hope he is our only hope

and we have no hope if we have no hope in him like the scripture tells us today he is

the way and the truth and the life no one comes to the Father except through him in the midst of whatever comes next

Christ is our hope we stay close to him and he remains close to us helping us

through whatever whatever the future brings future is filled with hope because Christ is part of our life today

all right have a good night [Music]