October 22nd, 2026 – Evening Prayer – Optional Memorial – Divine Office: Liturgy of the Hours

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Liturgy of the Hours Vol. IV:

Ordinary: 632

Psalter: Thursday, Week I, 743

Common of Pastors: 1769

Christian Prayer:

Ordinary: 694

Psalter: Thursday, Week I, 754

Common of Pastors: 1430

Note: Concluding prayer, as instructed by the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments

Evening Prayer for Thursday in Ordinary Time, the Optional Memorial of Saint John Paul II, Pope

God, come to my assistance.

— 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 for ever. Amen. Alleluia.

HYMN Resplendent model for us all,

Receive the humble praise we sing,

For while we spread your great renown

We praise God’s wondrous work of grace.

For our eternal Priest and Lord

Restored to God our fallen race,

And by his death as mortal man,

Atoned for us, became our peace.

Christ chose you in his tender love

To be the steward of his grace,

To give his Father glory due,

And to all peoples lasting life.

[He raised you to the royal height

Of teacher, priest and sacrifice

That by your ev’ry word and work

His image should be seen in you.]

[Made richer by the Spirit’s grace,

Who consecrated you apart,

You nourished all Christ’s little ones

On food for everlasting life.]

From your high throne in heaven’s light

Remember holy Church’s needs,

That all Christ’s sheep may follow him

To pastures of eternal bliss.

All glory to the Trinity,

Who crown you with your merit’s joy,

Who have deserved the recompense

Of servant worthy of his Lord. Amen.

𝄞"Resplendent Model for Us All" by Kathleen Lundquist, Sara Faux • Title: Resplendent Model for Us All; Text: from Latin; Tr. St. Cecilia’s Abbey, Ryde, UK; Tune: Chant, Mode IV; Liber Hymnarius; Artist: Kathleen Lundquist; Accompaniment: Sara Faux; Recording copyright 2017 by Surgeworks, Inc.

PSALMODY

Ant. 1 I cried to you, Lord, and you healed me; I will praise you for ever.

Psalm 30

Thanksgiving for deliverance from death

Christ, risen in glory, gives continual thanks to his Father (Cassian).

I will praise you, Lord, you have rescued me

and have not let my enemies rejoice over me.

O Lord, I cried to you for help

and you, my God, have healed me.

O Lord, you have raised my soul from the dead,

restored me to life from those who sink into the grave.

Sing psalms to the Lord, you who love him,

give thanks to his holy name.

His anger lasts a moment; his favor through life.

At night there are tears, but joy comes with dawn.

I said to myself in my good fortune:

“Nothing will ever disturb me.”

Your favor had set me on a mountain fastness,

then you hid your face and I was put to confusion.

To you, Lord, I cried,

to my God I made appeal:

“What profit would my death be, my going to the grave?

Can dust give you praise or proclaim your truth?”

The Lord listened and had pity.

The Lord came to my help.

For me you have changed my mourning into dancing,

you removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy.

So my soul sings psalms to you unceasingly.

O Lord my God, I will thank you for ever.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:

— as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen.

Psalm-prayer

God our Father, glorious in giving life, and even more glorious in restoring it, when his last night on earth came, your Son shed tears of blood, but dawn brought incomparable gladness. Do not turn away from us, or we shall fall back into dust, but rather turn our mourning into joy by raising us up with Christ.

Ant. I cried to you, Lord, and you healed me; I will praise you for ever.

Ant. 2 The one who is sinless in the eyes of God is blessed indeed.

Psalm 32

They are happy whose sins are forgiven

David speaks of the happiness of the man who is holy in God’s eyes not because of his own worth, but because God has justified him (Romans 4:6).

Happy the man whose offense is forgiven,

whose sin is remitted.

O happ