blessed be god the father and the only begotten son of god in the name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit amen take time now to quiet your heart let go of today's worries be at peace in the presence of god knowing that he loves you invite the holy spirit now to enlighten you so that you may recall god's blessings today come holy spirit come recall with gratitude the many blessings of today especially those you may have overlooked or taken for granted [Music] let us thank and praise almighty god in
the words of mary's magnificat my soul proclaims the greatness of the lord my spirit rejoices in god my savior for he has looked with favor on his lowly servant from this day all generations will call me blessed the almighty has done great things for me and holy is his name he has mercy on those who fear him in every generation he has shown the strength of his arm he has scattered the proud in their conceit he has cast down the mighty from their thrones and has lifted up the lowly he has filled the hungry with
good things and the rich he has sent away empty he has come to the help of his servant israel for he has remembered his promise of mercy the promise he made to our fathers to abraham and his children forever glory be to the father who has created me glory be to the son who has redeemed me glory be to the holy spirit who has sanctified me [Music] as you continue to review your day do you recall anything that went wrong were there difficult moments did you love god with all your heart and your neighbor as
yourself acknowledge your failings and submit yourself to god's mercy my god i believe in you hope in you and love you above all things with all my soul with all my heart and with all my strength i love you because you are infinitely good and worthy of being loved and because i love you i repent with all my heart of having offended you have mercy on me a sinner eternal god in whom mercy is endless and the treasury of compassion inexhaustible look kindly upon us and increase your mercy in us that in difficult moments we
might not despair nor become despondent but with great confidence submit ourselves to your holy will which is love and mercy itself [Music] now look towards tomorrow what are you looking forward to [Music] what are you not looking forward to offer it up to god and ask for his grace through it all god's kingdom is built through the small acts of love in our daily lives and blessed be god that we have another day to build his kingdom our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done on earth
as it is in heaven give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil amen in the evening of this life i shall appear before you with empty hands for i do not ask you lord to count my works all our justice is stained in your eyes i wish then to be clothed in your own justice and to receive from your love the eternal possession of yourself i want no other throne no other crown but
you my beloved into your hands lord i commend my spirit protect us lord as we stay awake watch over us as we sleep that awake we may keep watch with christ and asleep rest in his peace hear us o holy lord almighty father eternal god and dane to send your holy angel from heaven to guard cherish protect visit and defend all who dwell in this house through christ our lord amen holy queen mother of mercy our life our sweetness and our hope to thee do we cry poor banist children of eve to thee do we
send up our size mourning and weeping in this valley of tears turn then most gracious advocate thine eyes of mercy toward us and after this our exile show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb jesus o clement o loving o sweet virgin mary pray for us o holy mother of god that we may be made worthy of the promises of christ in the name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit [Music] amen you
