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Wednesday, November 29
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The Morning Office To Be Observed on the Hour or Half Hour
Between 6 and 9 a.m.
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The Call to Prayer
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Search for the LORD and his strength;* continually seek his face.
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Psalm 105:4
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The Request for Presence
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O Lamb of God, that takes away the sins of the world, have mercy upon me.
O Lamb of God, that takes away the sins of the world, have mercy upon me.
O Lamb of God, that takes away the sins of the world, grant me your peace. |
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The Greeting
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O God, you know my foolishness,* and my faults are not hidden from you. |
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Psalm 69:6
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The Refrain for the Morning Lessons
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Our sins are stronger than we are,* but you will blot them out. |
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Psalm 65:3
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A Reading
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He put another parable before them, ‘The kingdom of Heaven may be compared
to a man who sowed good seed in his field. While everybody was asleep, his
enemy came, sowed darnel all among the wheat, and made off. When the new
wheat sprouted and ripened, then the darnel appeared as well. The owner’s
laborers went to him and said, “Sir, was it not good seed that you sowed in
your field? If so, where does this darnel come from?” He said to them, “Some
enemy has done this.” And the laborers said, “Do you want us to go and weed
it out?” But he said, “No, because, when you weed out the darnel you might
pull up the wheat with it. Let them both grow till harvest; and at harvest time I shall say to the reapers: First collect the darnel and tie it in bundles to be burnt,
then gather the wheat into my barn.” ’ |
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Matthew 13:24-30
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The Refrain
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Our sins are stronger than we are,* but you will blot them out. |
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Psalm 65:3
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The Morning Psalm
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Teach Us to Number Our Days
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Our iniquities you have set before you,* and our secret sins in the light of your
countenance.
When you are angry, all our days are gone;* we bring our years to an end like a
sigh.
The span of our life is seventy years, perhaps in strength even eighty;* yet the sum
of them is but labor and sorrow, for they pass away quickly and we are gone.
Who regards the power of your wrath?* who rightly fears your indignation?
So teach us to number our days* that we may apply our hearts to wisdom. |
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Psalm 90:8-12
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The Refrain
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Our sins are stronger than we are,* but you will blot them out. |
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Psalm 65:3
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The Cry of the Church
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O God, come to my assistance! O Lord, make haste to help me! |
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The Lord’s Prayer
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Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be your Name.
May your kingdom come, and your will be done, on earth as in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us.
Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil;
for yours are the kingdom and the power and the glory
forever and ever. Amen. |
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The Prayer Appointed for the Week
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Almighty and everlasting God, whose will it is to restore all things in your wellbeloved
Son, the King of kings and Lord of lords: Mercifully grant that the peoples
of the earth, divided and enslaved by sin, may be freed and brought
together under his most gracious rule; who lives and reigns with you and the
Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.† |
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The Concluding Prayer of the Church
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Lord God, almighty and everlasting Father, you have brought me in safety to this
new day: Preserve me with your mighty power, that I may not fall into sin, nor
be overcome by adversity; and in all I do direct me to the fulfilling of your purpose;
through Jesus Christ my Lord. Amen.† |
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