October 27th, 2026 – Evening Prayer – Divine Office: Liturgy of the Hours

Ribbon Placement:

Liturgy of the Hours Vol. III:

Ordinary: 668

All from the Psalter: Tuesday, Week II, 885

Liturgy of the Hours Vol. IV:

Ordinary: 632

All from the Psalter: Tuesday, Week II, 849

Christian Prayer:

Ordinary: 694

All from the Psalter: Tuesday, Week II, 807

Evening Prayer for Tuesday in Ordinary Time

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 Great Ruler of all space and time,

You give us daylight to employ

In work for you, that with the night

Refreshing sleep we may enjoy.

While silence and darkness reign

Preserve our souls from sin and harm,

Let nothing evil venture near

To cause us panic or alarm.

And while we thus renew our strength,

Untouched by taint of sinful fire

Let hearts and minds find rest in you,

The Source of every good desire.

O Father, this we ask be done

Through Jesus Christ your only Son,

Whom with the Spirit we adore

One God who reigns for evermore. Amen.

𝄞"Great Ruler of All Space and Time" by Kathleen Lundquist • Title: Great Ruler of All Space and Time; Text: Sator princepsque temporum, 7th-8th c.; Translation: St. Cecilia's Abbey, Ryde, Isle of Wight, UK; Tune: Chant, Mode I; Lumen Christi Hymnal; Artist: Kathleen Lundquist; Recording copyright 2016 by Surgeworks, Inc.

PSALMODY

Ant. 1 You cannot serve both God and mammon.

Psalm 49

Emptiness of riches

It is difficult for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven (Matthew 19:23).

I

Hear this, all you peoples,

give heed, all who dwell in the world,

men both low and high,

rich and poor alike!

My lips will speak words of wisdom.

My heart is full of insight.

I will turn my mind to a parable,

with the harp I will solve my problem.

Why should I fear in evil days

the malice of the foes who surround me,

men who trust in their wealth,

and boast of the vastness of their riches?

For no man can buy his own ransom,

or pay a price to God for his life.

The ransom of his soul is beyond him.

He cannot buy life without end,

nor avoid coming to the grave.

He knows that wise men and fools must both perish

and leave their wealth to others.

Their graves are their homes for ever,

their dwelling place from age to age,

though their names spread wide through the land.

In his riches, man lacks wisdom:

he is like the beasts that are destroyed.

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.

Ant. You cannot serve both God and mammon.

Ant. 2 Store up for yourselves treasure in heaven, says the Lord.

II

This is the lot of those who trust in themselves,

who have others at their beck and call.

Like sheep they are driven to the grave,

where death shall be their shepherd

and the just shall become their rulers.

With the morning their outward show vanishes

and the grave becomes their home.

But God will ransom me from death

and take my soul to himself.

Then do not fear when a man grows rich,

when the glory of his house increases.

He takes nothing with him when he dies,

his glory does not follow him below.

Though he flattered himself while he lived:

“Men will praise me for all my success,”

yet he will go to join his fathers,

who will never see the light any more.

In his riches, man lacks wisdom:

he is like the beasts that are destroyed.

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

Make our mouths speak your wisdom, Lord Jesus, and help us to remember that you became man and redeemed us from death that we might merit the beauty of your light.

Ant. Store up for yourselves treasure in heaven, says the Lord.

Ant. 3 Adoration and glory belong by right to the Lamb who was slain.

Canticle — Revelation 4:11; 5:9, 10, 12

Redemption hymn

O Lord our God, you are worthy

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