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Wednesday, November 19
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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 and listen, all you who fear God,* and I will tell you what he has done for me. |
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Psalm 66:14
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The Request for Presence
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May God be merciful to us and bless us,* show us the light of his countenance and
come to us.
Let your ways be known upon earth,* your saving health among all nations. |
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Psalm 67:1-2
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The Greeting
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Your statutes have been like songs to me* wherever I have lived as a stranger. |
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Psalm 119:54
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The Refrain for the Morning Lessons
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Purge me from my sin, and I shall be pure; wash me, and I shall be clean indeed. |
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Psalm 51:8
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A Reading
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Jesus declared publicly: “Whoever believes in me believes not in me but in the one
who sent me, and whoever sees me, sees the one who sent me. I have come into
the world as light, to prevent anyone who believes in me from staying in the
dark anymore. If anyone hears my words and does not keep them faithfully, it is
not I who shall judge such a person, since I have come not to judge the world,
but to save the world: anyone who rejects and refuses my words has his judge
already: the word itself that I have spoken will be his judge on the last day.” |
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John 12:44-48
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The Refrain
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Purge me from my sin, and I shall be pure; wash me, and I shall be clean indeed. |
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Psalm 51:8
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The Morning Psalm
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Show Me the Road I Must Walk
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LORD, hear my prayer, and in your faithfulness heed my supplications;* answer
me in your righteousness.
My spirit faints within me;* my heart within me is desolate.
I remember the time past; I muse upon all your deeds;* I consider the works of
your hands.
I spread out my hands to you;* my soul gasps to you like a thirsty land.
O LORD, make haste to answer me; my spirit fails me;* do not hide your face from
me or I shall be like those who go down to the Pit. Let me hear of your loving-kindness in the morning, for I put my trust in you;*
show me the road that I must walk, for I lift up my soul to you. |
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Psalm 143:1, 4-8
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The Refrain
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Purge me from my sin, and I shall be pure; wash me, and I shall be clean indeed. |
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Psalm 51:8
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The Cry of the Church
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Even so, come, Lord Jesus! |
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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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Blessed Lord, who caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning: Grant
me so to hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that I may
embrace and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life, which you have
given us in our Savior Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with you and the
Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and 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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