Saturday, November 22
The Midday Office To Be Observed on the Hour or Half Hour Between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m


The Call to Prayer
Ascribe to the LORD, you families of the peoples;* ascribe to the LORD honor and power. Ascribe to the LORD the honor due his Name;* bring offerings and come into his courts. Worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness; . . .
Psalm 96:7-9

The Request for Presence
For God alone my soul in silence waits;* truly, my hope is in him.
Psalm 62:6


The Greeting

Happy are the people whose strength is in you!* whose hearts are set on the pilgrims’ way.

The Refrain for the Midday Lessons

I will bless the LORD who gives me counsel.
Psalm 16:7

A Reading

So if in Christ there is anything that will move you, any incentive in love, any fellowship in the Spirit, any warmth or sympathy—I appeal to you, make my joy complete by being of a single mind, one in love, one in heart and one in mind.
Phillippians 2:1-2

The Refrain

I will bless the LORD who gives me counsel.
Psalm 16:7

The Midday Psalm

I Will Sing Praises to the God of Jacob

We give you thanks, O God, we give you thanks,* calling upon your Name and declaring all your wonderful deeds. “I will appoint a time,” says God;* “I will judge with equity. Though the earth and all its inhabitants are quaking,* I will make its pillars fast. I will say to the boasters, ‘Boast no more,’* and to the wicked, ‘Do not toss your horns; Do not toss your horns so high,* nor speak with a proud neck.’ ” For judgment is neither from the east nor from the west,* nor yet from the wilderness or the mountains. It is God who judges;* he puts down one and lifts up another. For in the LORD’s hand there is a cup, full of spiced and foaming wine, which he pours out,* and all the wicked of the earth shall drink and drain the dregs. But I will rejoice for ever; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.* He shall break off all the horns of the wicked; but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.
Psalm 75

The Refrain

I will bless the LORD who gives me counsel.
Psalm 16:7

The Small Verse

Lead me not into temptation. Deliver me from evil. Yours are the kingdom and the glory.

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

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.†

The Concluding Prayer of the Church

O God, the source of eternal light: Shed forth your unending day upon all of us who watch for you, that our lips may praise you, our lives may bless you, and our worship may give you glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.†