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Saturday, March 7 |
| The Morning Office To Be Observed on the Hour or Half Hour Between 6 and 9 a.m. |
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Friday, Second Week of Lent |
The Call to Prayer |
| Bless our God, you peoples;* make the voice of his praise to be heard; Who holds our souls in life,* and will not allow our feet to slip. |
| Psalm 66:7–8 |
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The Request for Presence |
| I call with my whole heart;* answer me, O LORD, that I may keep your statutes. Hear my voice, O LORD, according to your loving-kindness;* according to your judgments, give me life. |
| Psalm 119:145ff |
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The Greeting |
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| I am bound by the vow I made to you, O God;* I will present to you thank-offerings; For you have rescued my soul from death and my feet from stumbling,* that I may walk before God in the light of the living. |
| Psalm 56:11–12 |
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The Refrain for the Morning Lessons |
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| Keep watch over my life, for I am faithful;* save your servant whose trust is in you. |
| adapted from Psalm 86:2 |
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A Reading |
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| Jesus taught us, saying: “It is someone who is forgiven little who shows little love.” |
| Luke 7:47 |
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The Refrain |
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| Keep watch over my life, for I am faithful;* save your servant whose trust is in you. |
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The Morning Psalm |
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Happy Are the People Whose Strength Is in You |
| Happy are they who dwell in your house!* they will always be praising you. Happy are the people whose strength is in you!* whose hearts are set on the pilgrims’ way. Those who go through the desolate valley will find it a place of springs,* for the early rains have covered it with pools of water. They will climb from height to height,* and the God of gods will reveal himself in Zion. LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer;* hearken, O God of Jacob. Behold our defender, O God;* and look upon the face of your Anointed. For one day in your courts is better than a thousand in my own room,* and to stand at the threshold of the house of my God than to dwell in the tents of the wicked. |
| Psalm 84:3–9 |
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The Refrain |
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| Keep watch over my life, for I am faithful;* save your servant whose trust is in you. |
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The Cry of the Church |
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| Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, have mercy on us. Lord, have mercy on us. |
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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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| O Lord, you have taught us that without love whatever we do is worth nothing: Send your Holy Spirit and pour into my heart your greatest gift, which is love, the true bond of peace and of all virtue, without which whoever lives is accounted dead before you. Grant this for the sake of your only Son Jesus Christ, 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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