Evening prayers

In the evening, you begin in exactly the same way.  Make the sign of the Cross, remember God’s Presence, say the Our Father and make an act of adoration.  Then, having thanked God for his goodness to you during the past day, you make a self-examination and find out all the sins you have committed during the day in thought, word and act.  Tell God you are sorry for what you have done, and make an act of contrition, such as, “O my God, I am very sorry that I have sinned against you, and by with help of your grace I will try not to sin again”.

Then pray for your friends and relations, people who are ill or suffering in other ways, the Church, for yourself and for the Faithful Departed.  Next, ask your patron Saint to pray for you and your Guardian Angel to protect you, and end by giving yourself completely to God.  End by saying the Grace.

Besides the Our Father and the Sanctus, you can also use other set forms of prayer, such as we use in church.  For example, you could say the Prayer of St Richard of Chichester (“Thanks be to you, my Lord Jesus Christ….”), various hymns, such as “My God I love thee; not because I hope for heaven thereby…”, and of course we can always say the Apostles’ Creed as an Act of Faith.