Tuesday, August 18
The Midday Office To Be Observed on the Hour or Half Hour Between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.


The Call to Prayer
Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving* and raise a loud shout to him with psalms.
Psalm 95:2

The Request for Presence
O LORD, my God, my Savior,* by day and night I cry to you. Let my prayer enter into your presence;* incline your ear to my lamentation.
Psalm 88:1–2


The Greeting

O LORD our governor,* how exalted is your Name in all the world.
Psalm 8:1

The Refrain for the Midday Lessons

I will walk in the presence of the LORD* in the land of the living.
Psalm 116:8

A Reading

Blessed be God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with all the spiritual blessings of heaven in Christ. Thus he chose us in Christ, before the world was made to be holy and faultless before him in love, marking us out beforehand, to be adopted sons, through Jesus Christ such was his purpose and good pleasure, to the praise and glory of his grace, his free gift to us in the Beloved.
Ephesians 1:3–6

The Refrain

I will walk in the presence of the LORD* in the land of the living.
Psalm 116:8

The Midday Psalm

My Mouth Shall Recount Your Mighty Acts

I shall always wait in patience,* and shall praise you more and more. My mouth shall recount your mighty acts and saving deeds all day long;* though I cannot know the number of them. I will begin with the mighty works of the Lord God;* I will recall your righteousness, yours alone. O God, you have taught me since I was young,* and to this day I tell of your wonderful works.
Psalm 71:14–17

The Refrain

I will walk in the presence of the LORD* in the land of the living.
Psalm 116:8

The Gloria

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.

The Lord's Prayer

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.

The Prayer Appointed for the Week

Almighty God, who has given your only Son to be unto us both a sacrifice for sin and also an example of his godly life: Give me grace that I may always most thankfully receive that his inestimable benefit and also daily endeavor myself to follow the blessed steps of his most holy life; through the same your Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.†

The Concluding Prayer of the Church

O Lord my God, to you and your service I devote myself, body, soul, and spirit. Fill my memory with the record of your mighty works; enlighten my understanding with the light of your Holy Spirit; and make all the desires of my heart and will center in what you would have me do. Make me an instrument of your salvation for the people entrusted to my care, and let me by my life and speaking set forth your true and living Word. Be always with me in carrying out the duties of my vocation; in praises heighten my love and gratitude; in speaking of You give me readiness of thought and expression; and grant that, by the clearness and brightness of your holy Word, all the world may be drawn to your blessed kingdom. All this I ask for the sake of your Son my Savior Jesus Christ. Amen.†