Monday, December 1
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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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First Week of Advent
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The Call to Prayer
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Hallelujah! I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart,* in the assembly of
the upright, in the congregation. |
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Psalm 111:1
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The Request for Presence
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Let them know that you, whose Name is YAHWEH,* you alone are the Most High
over all the earth. |
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Psalm 83:18
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The Greeting
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I shall always wait in patience,* and shall praise you more and more. |
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Psalm 71:14
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The Refrain for the Morning Lessons
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The same stone which the builders rejected* has become the chief cornerstone. |
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Psalm 118:22
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A Reading
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During Advent the Church celebrates the messianic works of the
Hebrew prophets, especially that of the prophet Isaiah. Advent
emphasizes as well the promise of the second coming of the
Messiah in kingly triumph.
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Jesus taught us, saying: “As it was in Noah’s day, so will it be when the Son of
man comes. For in those days before the Flood people were eating, drinking,
taking wives, taking husbands, right up to the day Noah went into the ark, and
they suspected nothing till the Flood came and swept them away. This is what
it will be like when the Son of man comes.” |
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Matthew 24:37-39
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The Refrain
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The same stone which the builders rejected* has become the chief cornerstone. |
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Psalm 118:22
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The Morning Psalm
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In His Time Shall the Righteous Flourish
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Give the King your justice, O God,* and your righteousness to the King’s Son;
That he may rule your people righteously* and the poor with justice;
That the mountains may bring prosperity to the people,* and the little hills bring
righteousness.
He shall defend the needy among the people;* he shall rescue the poor and crush
the oppressor.
He shall live as long as the sun and moon endure,* from one generation to another.
He shall come down like rain upon the mown field,* like showers that water the
earth. In his time shall the righteous flourish;* there shall be abundance of peace till the
moon shall be no more.
He shall rule from sea to sea,* and from the River to the ends of the earth. |
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Psalm 72:1-8
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The Refrain
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The same stone which the builders rejected* has become the chief cornerstone. |
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Psalm 118:22
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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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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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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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