Night Prayer

This handy-sized edition, taken from the Liturgy of the Hours, provides the last prayer of one’s day. It may be said alone or with others, particularly within a family. The structure is straightforward: an introduction, the examination of conscience, an appropriate hymn, a psalm (or psalms) with accompanying antiphon and psalm-prayer, a short reading and response, the Gospel Canticle of Simeon, and a concluding prayer, a final blessing and an antiphon in honor of Mary.