Evening Prayer (Vespers) and Benediction (Following 6:30 PM Mass)

Evening Prayer, or Vespers, is one of the special “hours” of the daily prayer of the Catholic Church. Evening Prayer is centered on the Book of Psalms and is therefore an excellent way to add the prayer of praise to your daily regimen. Interest in Evening Prayer has grown at our parish and as we pray before the Holy Eucharist exposed on the altar, we hope that it will be a particularly efficacious blessing to our parish and the community. Our Evening Prayer concludes with Benediction. Benediction is a devotion to the Holy Eucharist wherein the faithful sing a beautiful hymn in honor of the Blessed Sacrament. The priest then raises the monstrance above his head offering the Holy Eucharist as a blessing to all present. The priest will then repose the Blessed Sacrament by removing it from the monstrance and placing this Real Presence of Jesus in the tabernacle. Evening Prayer & Benediction takes place on the first Wednesday of every month, following the 6:30pm Mass. For more information contact Dr. Storm Knien, Director of Sacred Music storm@saintalbert.org