Ribbon Placement: Liturgy of the Hours Vol. III: Ordinary: 668 All from the Psalter: Tuesday, Week IV, 1180 Liturgy of the Hours Vol. IV: Ordinary: 632 All from the Psalter: Tuesday, Week IV, 1144 Christian Prayer: Ordinary: 694 All from the Psalter: Tuesday, Week IV, 953 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. PSALMODY Ant. 1 If I forget you, Jerusalem, let my right hand wither. Psalm 137 By the rivers of Babylon The Babylonian captivity is a type of our spiritual captivity. (Saint Hilary) By the rivers of Babylon there we sat and wept, remembering Zion; on the poplars that grew there we hung up our harps. For it was there that they asked us, our captors, for songs, our oppressors, for joy. “Sing to us,” they said, “one of Zion’s songs.” O how could we sing the song of the Lord on alien soil? If I forget you, Jerusalem, let my right hand wither! O let my tongue cleave to my mouth if I remember you not, if I prize not Jerusalem above all my joys! 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 Lord, remember your pilgrim Church. We sit weeping at the streams of Babylon. Do not let us be drawn into the current of the passing world, but free us from every evil and raise our thoughts to the heavenly Jerusalem. Ant. If I forget you, Jerusalem, let my right hand wither. Ant. 2 In the presence of the angels I will sing to you, my God. Psalm 138 Thanksgiving The king of the earth will bring his glory and honor into the holy city. (Revelation 21:24) I thank you, Lord, with all my heart, you have heard the words of my mouth. In the presence of the angels I will bless you. I will adore before your holy temple. I thank you for your faithfulness and love which excel all we ever knew of you. On the day I called, you answered; you increased the strength of my soul. All earth’s kings shall thank you when they hear the words of your mouth. They shall sing of the Lord’s ways: “How great is the glory of the Lord!” The Lord is high yet he looks on the lowly and the haughty he knows from afar. Though I walk in the midst of affliction you give me life and frustrate my foes. You stretch out your hand and save me, your hand will do all things for me. Your love, O Lord, is eternal, discard not the work of your hands. 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 Listen to the prayers of your Church, Lord God. In the presence of the angels we praise your name. You keep the proud at a distance and look upon the lowly with favor. Stretch out your hand to us in our suffering. Perfect in us the work of your love and bring us to life. Ant. In the presence of the angels I will sing to you, my God. 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