Thursday, July 24
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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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Worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness. |
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Psalm 29:2
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The Request for Presence
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In you, O LORD, have I taken refuge; let me never be put to shame;* deliver me in
your righteousness. |
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Psalm 31:1
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The Greeting
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You, O LORD, shall give strength to your people;* the LORD shall give his people
the blessing of peace. |
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based on Psalm 29:11
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The Refrain for the Morning Lessons
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Jesus took with him Peter and James and his brother John and led them up a high
mountain by themselves. There in their presence he was transfigured: his face
shone like the sun and his clothes became as dazzling as light. |
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Matthew 17:1–2
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A Reading
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In remembrance of St. James, son of Zebedee and
brother of St. John, executed by Herod the Great
ca. 42 a.d. and memorialized by the Church on July 25.
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Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons came with her sons, to make a request of him,
and bowed low; and he said to her, ‘What is it you want?’ She said to him,
‘Promise that these two sons of mine may sit one at your right hand and the
other at your left in your kingdom.’ ‘You do not know what you are asking.
Can you drink the cup that I am going to drink?’ They (James and John)
replied, ‘We can.’ He said to them, ‘Very well, you shall drink my cup, but as
for seats at my right hand and my left, these are not mine to grant; they belong
to those to whom they have been allotted by my Father.’
When the other ten heard this they were indignant with the two brothers. But
Jesus called them to him and said, ‘You know that among the gentiles the
rulers lord it over them, and great men make their authority felt. Among you,
this is not to happen. No; anyone who wants to become great among you must
be your servant, and anyone who wants to be first among you must be your
slave, just as the Son of man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his
life as a ransom for many.’ |
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Matthew 20:20–28
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The Refrain
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Jesus took with him Peter and James and his brother John and led them up a high
mountain where they could be alone. There in their presence he was transfigured:
his face shone like the sun and his clothes became as white as the light. |
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The Morning Psalm
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One Day Tells Its Tale to Another
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The heavens declare the glory of God,* and the firmament shows his handiwork.
One day tells its tale to another,* and one night imparts knowledge to another.
Although they have no words or language,* and their voices are not heard,
Their sound has gone out into all the lands,* and their message to the ends of the
world.
In the deep has he set a pavilion for the sun;* it comes forth like a bridegroom out
of his chamber; it rejoices like a champion to run its course. It goes forth from the uttermost edge of the heavens and runs about to the end of it
again;* nothing is hidden from its burning heat. |
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Psalm 19:1–6
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The Refrain
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Jesus took with him Peter and James and his brother John and led them up a high
mountain where they could be alone. There in their presence he was transfigured:
his face shone like the sun and his clothes became as white as the light. |
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The Gloria
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Glory be to God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, so it is now and so it shall ever be, world without end. Alleluia.* Amen. |
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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 God, the fountain of all wisdom, you know my necessities before I ask
and my ignorance in asking: Have compassion on my weakness, and mercifully
give me those things which for my unworthiness I dare not, and for my
blindness I cannot ask; through the worthiness of your Son Jesus Christ my
Lord, 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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