Sunday, November 30
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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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First Week of Advent
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The Call to Prayer
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God is the LORD; he has shined upon us;* form a procession with branches up to
the horns of the altar. |
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Psalm 118:27
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The Request for Presence
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Open my lips, O Lord* and my mouth shall proclaim your praise. |
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Psalm 51:16
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The Greeting
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Let all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you;* let those who love your salvation
say for ever, “Great is the LORD!” |
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Psalm 70:4
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The Refrain for the Midday Lessons
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The words of the LORD are tried in the fire;* he is a shield to all who trust in him. |
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Psalm 18:31
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A Reading
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The vision of Isaiah son of Amoz, concerning Judah and Jerusalem: It will happen
in the final days that the mountain of YAHWEH’s house will rise higher than the
mountains and tower above the heights. Then all the nations will stream to it,
many peoples will come to it and say, ‘Come, let us go up to the mountain of
YAHWEH, to the house of the God of Jacob that he may teach us his ways so that
we may walk in his paths.’ For the Law will issue from Zion and the word of
YAHWEH from Jerusalem. Then he will judge between the nations and arbitrate
between many peoples. They will hammer their swords into plowshares and
their spears into sickles. Nation will not lift sword against nation, no longer
will they learn to make war. House of Jacob, come, let us walk in YAHWEH’s
light. |
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Isaiah 2:1-5
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The Refrain
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The words of the LORD are tried in the fire;* he is a shield to all who trust in him. |
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Psalm 18:31
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The Midday Psalm
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There Are the Thrones of the House of David
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I was glad when they said to me,* “Let us go to the house of the LORD.”
Now our feet are standing* within your gates, O Jerusalem.
Jerusalem is built as a city* that is at unity with itself;
To which the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD,* the assembly of Israel, to praise
the Name of the LORD.
For there are the thrones of judgment,* the thrones of the house of David.
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:* “May they prosper who love you.
Peace be within your walls* and quietness within your towers.
For my brethren and companions’ sake,* I pray for your prosperity.
Because of the house of the LORD our God,* I will seek to do you good.” |
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Psalm 122
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The Refrain
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The words of the LORD are tried in the fire;* he is a shield to all who trust in him. |
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Psalm 18:31
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The Small Verse
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Blessed be the Lord God of Israel for he has visited and delivered us. Alleluia,
alleluia, alleluia. |
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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 God, give all of us grace to cast away the works of darkness, and put on
the armor of light, now in the time of this mortal life in which your Son Jesus
Christ came to visit us in great humility; that in the last day, when he shall
come again in his glorious majesty to judge both the living and the dead, we
may rise to the life immortal; through him 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, you make me glad with the weekly remembrance of the glorious resurrection
of your Son my Lord: Give me this day such blessing through my worship
of you, that the week to come may be spent in your favor; through Jesus Christ
our Lord. Amen.† |
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