Friday, May 10
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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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Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his Name;* worship the LORD in the beauty of
holiness.
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Psalm 29:2
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The Request for Presence
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O God, you are my God; eagerly I seek you;* my soul thirsts for you, my flesh
faints for you, as in barren and dry land where there is no water.
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Psalm 63:1
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The Greeting
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We have heard with our ears, O God, our forefathers have told us,* the deeds you
did in their days, in the days of old.
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Psalm 44:1
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The Refrain for the Morning Lessons
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Rescue the weak and the poor;* deliver them from the power of the wicked.
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Psalm 82:4
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A Reading
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Jesus said to the disciples: I have been telling you these things in veiled language.
The hour is coming when I shall no longer speak to you in veiled language but
tell you about the Father in plain words. When that day comes you will ask in
my name; and I do not say that I shall pray to the Father for you, because the
Father himself loves you for loving me and believing that I came from God. I
came from the Father and have come into the world and now I am leaving the
world to go to the Father.
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John 16:2528
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The Refrain
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Rescue the weak and the poor;* deliver them from the power of the wicked. |
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The Morning Psalm
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Whoever Is Wise Will Ponder These Things
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The LORD changed rivers into deserts,* and water-springs into thirsty ground,
Afruitful land into salt flats,* because of the wickedness of those who dwell there.
He changed deserts into pools of water* and dry land into water-springs.
He settled the hungry there,* and they founded a city to dwell in.
They sowed fields, and planted vineyards,* and brought in a fruitful harvest.
He blessed them, so that they increased greatly;* he did not let their herds decrease.
Yet when they were diminished and brought low,* through stress of adversity and
sorrow,
(He pours contempt on princes* and makes them wander in trackless wastes)
He lifted up the poor out of misery* and multiplied their families like flocks of
sheep.
The upright will see this and rejoice,* but all wickedness will shut its mouth.
Whoever is wise will ponder these things,* and consider well the mercies of the
LORD.
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Psalm 107:3343
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The Refrain
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Rescue the weak and the poor;* deliver them from the power of the wicked. |
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The Gloria
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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. |
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The Lords 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 Father who gave your only Son to die for our sins and to rise for our justification:
Give me grace so to put away the leaven of malice and wickedness,
that I may always serve you in pureness of living and truth; through Jesus
Christ your Son my Lord, 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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