Thursday, April 9
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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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Rejoice in the LORD, you righteous,* and give thanks to his holy Name.
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Psalm 97:12
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The Request for Presence
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Bow down your ear, O LORD, and answer me,* for I am poor and in misery.
Keep watch over my life, for I am faithful;* save your servant who puts his trust in
you.
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Psalm 86:12
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The Greeting
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Blessed is the LORD!* for he has heard the voice of my prayer.
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Psalm 28:7
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The Refrain for the Morning Lessons
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Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be
filled.
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Matthew 5:6, KJV
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A Reading
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Jesus said to the people: In truth I tell you, by himself the Son can do nothing; he
can only do what he sees the Father doing: and whatever the Father does the
Son does too. For the Father loves the Son and shows him everything he himself
does, and he will show him even greater things than these, works that will
astonish you. Thus, as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so the Son
gives life to anyone he chooses; for the Father judges no one; he has entrusted
all judgement to the Son.
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John 5:1922
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The Refrain
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Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be
filled. |
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The Morning Psalm
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My Soul Longs for You
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As the deer longs for the water-brooks,* so longs my soul for you, O God.
My soul is athirst for God, athirst for the living God;* when shall I come to appear
before the presence of God?
My tears have been my food day and night, while all day long they say to me,*
Where now is your God?
I pour out my soul when I think on these things:* how I went with the multitude
and led them into the house of God,
With the voice of praise and thanksgiving,* among those who keep holy-day.
Why are you so full of heaviness, O my soul?* and why are you so disquieted
within me?
Put your trust in God;* for I will yet give thanks to him, who is the help of my
countenance, and my God.
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Psalm 42:17
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The Refrain
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Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be
filled. |
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The Small Verse
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My soul thirsts for the strong, living God and all that is within me cries out to him.
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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, whose blessed Son made himself known to his disciples in the breaking of
bread: Open the eyes of my faith, that I may behold him in all his redeeming
work; 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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