Ribbon Placement: Liturgy of the Hours Vol. IV: Ordinary: 632 Proper of Seasons: 441 Psalter: Sunday, Week II, 805 Christian Prayer: Ordinary: 694 Proper of Seasons: 637 Psalter: Sunday, Week II, 786 Evening Prayer II for Sunday 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. PSALMODY Ant. 1 Christ our Lord is a priest for ever, like Melchizedek of old, alleluia. Psalm 110 The Messiah, king and priest Christ’s reign will last until all his enemies are made subject to him (1 Corinthians 15:25). The Lord’s revelation to my Master: “Sit on my right: your foes I will put beneath your feet.” Ant. Christ our Lord is a priest for ever, like Melchizedek of old, alleluia. The Lord will wield from Zion your scepter of power: rule in the midst of all your foes. Ant. Christ our Lord is a priest for ever, like Melchizedek of old, alleluia. A prince from the day of your birth on the holy mountains; from the womb before the dawn I begot you. Ant. Christ our Lord is a priest for ever, like Melchizedek of old, alleluia. The Lord has sworn an oath he will not change. “You are a priest for ever, a priest like Melchizedek of old.” Ant. Christ our Lord is a priest for ever, like Melchizedek of old, alleluia. The Master standing at your right hand will shatter kings in the day of his great wrath. Ant. Christ our Lord is a priest for ever, like Melchizedek of old, alleluia. He shall drink from the stream by the wayside and therefore he shall lift up his head. Ant. Christ our Lord is a priest for ever, like Melchizedek of old, alleluia. 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 Almighty God, bring the kingdom of Christ, your anointed one, to its fullness. May the perfect offering of your Son, eternal priest of the new Jerusalem, be offered in every place to your name, and make all nations a holy people for you. Ant. Christ our Lord is a priest for ever, like Melchizedek of old, alleluia. Ant. 2 God dwells in highest heaven; he has power to do all he wills, alleluia. Psalm 115 Praise of the true God You have renounced idol worship to serve the living and true God (1 Thessalonians 1:9). Not to us, Lord, not to us, but to your name give the glory for the sake of your love and your truth, lest the heathen say: “Where is their God?” Ant. God dwells in highest heaven; he has power to do all he wills, alleluia. But our God is in the heavens; he does whatever he wills. Their idols are silver and gold, the work of human hands. Ant. God dwells in highest heaven; he has power to do all he wills, alleluia. They have mouths but they cannot speak; they have eyes but they cannot see; they have ears but they cannot hear; they have nostrils but they cannot smell. Ant. God dwells in highest heaven; he has power to do all he wills, alleluia. With their hands they cannot feel; with their feet they cannot walk. No sound comes from their throats. Their makers will come to be like them and so will all who trust in them. Ant. God dwells in highest heaven; he has power to do all he wills, alleluia. Sons of Israel, trust in the Lord;