Thursday, September 17
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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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Come, let us sing to the LORD;* let us shout for joy to the Rock of our salvation.
Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving* and raise a loud shout to him
with psalms.
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Psalm 95:12
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The Request for Presence
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Show us the light of your countenance, O God,* and come to us.
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based on Psalm 67:1
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The Greeting
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To you I lift up my eyes,* to you enthroned in the heavens.
As the eyes of servants look to the hand of their masters,* and the eyes of a maid to
the hand of her mistress,
So our eyes look to the LORD our God,* until he shows us his mercy.
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Psalm 123:13
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The Refrain for the Morning Lessons
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I will bear witness that the LORD is righteous;* I will praise the Name of the LORD
Most High.
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Psalm 7:18
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A Reading
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He then took a little child, whom set him among them and embraced, and he said
to them, Anyone who welcomes a little child such as this in my name, welcomes
me; and anyone who welcomes me, welcomes not me but the one who
sent me.
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Mark 9:3637
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The Refrain
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I will bear witness that the LORD is righteous;* I will praise the Name of the LORD
Most High. |
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The Morning Psalm
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Sing Praises to His Name
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Sing to God, sing praises to his Name; exalt him who rides upon the heavens;*
YAHWEH is his Name, rejoice before him!
Father of orphans, defender of widows,* God in his holy habitation!
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Psalm 68:45
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The Refrain
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I will bear witness that the LORD is righteous;* I will praise the Name of the LORD
Most High. |
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The Small Verse
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Keep me, Lord, as the apple of your eye and carry me under the shadow of your
wings.
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Traditional
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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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O God, because without you we are not able to please you, mercifully grant that
your Holy Spirit may in all things direct and rule my heart; through Jesus
Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God,
now and for ever. Amen. |
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The Concluding Prayers 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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