Evensong For Peace

Lit candles on the baptismal font by the entrance of Holy Rosary Chapel welcome participants as they arrive for the Evensong for Peace Tuesday evening prayer at the Adrian Dominican Sisters’ Motherhouse.

Sister Sharon Bossler, OP, lights the incense that will be used as a blessing during the opening of Evensong for Peace.

Sister Sharon Bossler, OP, blesses the Evensong assembly with incense as they chant the antiphon of Psalm 141, “My prayers rise like incense, my hands like the evening offering.”

Evensong participants begin their weekly prayer for peace with an invitatory, asking God to come to their assistance and make haste to help them. The traditional words mark the beginning of the Evening Prayer.

Evensong participants chant the office choir to choir as they pray for peace in the world every.