Friday, May 9
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The Midday Office To Be Observed on the Hour or Half Hour
Between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m
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The Call to Prayer
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Bless our God, you peoples;* make the voice of his praise to be heard;
Who holds our souls in life,* and will not allow our feet to slip.
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Psalm 66:7–8
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The Request for Presence
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Let your ways be known upon earth,* your saving health among all nations.
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Psalm 67:2
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The Greeting
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How great is your goodness, O LORD! which you have laid up for those who fear
you.
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Psalm 31:19
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The Refrain for the Midday Lessons
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Your love, O LORD, reaches to the heavens,* and your faithfulness to the clouds.
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Psalm 36:5
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A Reading
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The Apostle said: “If our hope in Christ has been for this life only, we are of all
people the most pitiable.”
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1 Corinthians 15:19
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The Refrain
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Your love, O LORD, reaches to the heavens,* and your faithfulness to the clouds. |
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The Midday Psalm
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Our Soul Waits for the LORD
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Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon those who fear him,* on those who wait upon
his love,
To pluck their lives from death,* and to feed them in time of famine.
Our soul waits for the LORD;* he is our help and our shield.
Indeed, our heart rejoices in him,* for in his holy Name we put our trust.
Let your loving-kindness, O LORD, be upon us,* as we have put our trust in you.
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Psalm 33:18–22
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The Refrain
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Your love, O LORD, reaches to the heavens,* and your faithfulness to the clouds. |
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The Small Verse
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My help is in the name of the Lord who made heaven and earth and all that is in
them. Thanks be to God.
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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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Almighty Father who gave your only Son to die for our sins and to rise for our justification:
Give me grace so to put away the leaven of malice and wickedness,
that I may always serve you in pureness of living and truth; through Jesus
Christ your Son 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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O God, the source of eternal light: Shed forth your unending day upon all of us
who watch for you, that our lips may praise you, our lives may bless you, and
our worship may give you glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. † |
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