Cantica Gaudia

Ordinary Time, Early Summer: Monday Compline

Confession: Merciful God, we have sinned in what we have thought and said, in the wrong we have done, and in the good we have not done. We have sinned in ignorance, we have sinned in weakness, we have sinned through our own deliberate fault. We are truly sorry. We repent and turn to you. Forgive us, for our Savior Christ's sake, and renew our lives to the glory of your name. Amen.

Through the cross of Christ, God have mercy on us, pardon us and set us free. We know that we are forgiven and at peace. God strengthen us in all goodness and keep us in life eternal. Amen.

Canticle: Lord, you now have set your servant free
To go in peace as you have promised;
For these eyes of mine have seen the Savior,
Whom you have prepared for all the world to see:
A Light to enlighten the nations,
And the glory of your people Israel.

Reading: "Ask, and it will be given to you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you. For everyone who asks receives, and everyone who searches finds, and for everyone who knocks, the door will be opened. Is there anyone among you who, if your child asks for bread, will give a stone? Or if the child asks for a fish, will give a snake? If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask him!"

The Lord’s Prayer: Abba our God,
Whom the heavens disclose,
May your name be held holy,
Your authority come.
May your longing be fulfilled
As in heaven, so on earth.
Give us today the bread of tomorrow,
And cancel our debts
As we have already forgiven our debtors.
Do not draw us in
To sinful enticement,
But set us free
From the grip of evil;
For authority and power and glory
Are yours alone, for ever.  Amen.

Prayer:  Let us be at peace within ourselves.

Let us accept that we are profoundly loved and need never be afraid.

Let us be aware of the source of being that is common to us and to all living creatures.

Let us be filled with the presence of the great compassion towards ourselves and towards all living beings.

Realizing that we are all nourished from the same source of life, may we so live that others be not deprived of air, food, water, shelter, or the chance to live.

Let us pray that we ourselves cease to be a cause of suffering to one another.

With humility let us pray for the establishment of peace in our hearts and on earth.

May God kindle in us the fire of love to bring us alive and give warmth to the world. Amen.

Going Forth: Gracious and austere God, grant us, we pray, the will to declare ourselves hearers, bearers and dreamers of your life-giving word. Amen.