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Friday, January 2 |
| The Morning Office To Be Observed on the Hour or Half Hour Between 6 and 9 a.m. |
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The Feast of the Holy Family |
The Call to Prayer |
| Open my lips, O LORD,* and my mouth shall proclaim your praise. |
| Psalm 51:16 |
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The Request for Presence |
| Bow down your ear, O LORD, and answer me . . . Keep watch over my life, for I am faithful. |
| Psalm 86:1–2 |
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The Greeting |
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| Lord, you have been our refuge* from one generation to another. Before the mountains were brought forth, or the land and the earth were born,* from age to age you are God. |
| Psalm 90:1–2 |
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The Refrain for the Morning Lessons |
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| Truly, his salvation is very near to those who fear him,* that his glory may dwell in our land. |
| Psalm 85:9 |
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A Reading |
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| When the day came for them to be purified in keeping with the Law of Moses, they took him [Jesus] up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord . . . Now in Jerusalem there was a man named Simeon. He was an upright and devout man . . . and the Holy Spirit rested on him. It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death until he had set eyes on the Christ of the Lord. Prompted by the Spirit he came to the Temple; and when the parents brought in the Child Jesus . . . he took him into his arms and blessed God; and he said: “Now, Master, you are letting your servant go in peace as you promised; for my eyes have seen the salvation which you have made ready in the sight of the nations; a light of revelation for the gentiles and glory for your people Israel.” As the child’s father and mother were wondering at these things that were being said about him, Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, “Look, he is destined for the fall and for the rise of many in Israel, destined to be a sign that is opposed—and a sword will pierce your soul too— so that the secret thoughts of many may be laid bare.” There was a prophetess, too, Anna . . . she had been married seven years before becoming a widow. She was now eighty-four years old and never left the Temple, serving God night and day with fasting and prayer. She came up just at that moment and began to praise God; and she spoke of the child to all who looked forward to the deliverance of Jerusalem. |
| Luke 2:22–38 |
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The Refrain |
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| Truly, his salvation is very near to those who fear him,* that his glory may dwell in our land. |
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The Morning Psalm |
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Holiness Adorns Your House For Ever |
| The LORD is King; he has put on splendid apparel;* the LORD has put on his apparel and girded himself with strength. He has made the whole world so sure* that it cannot be moved; Ever since the world began, your throne has been established;* you are from everlasting. The waters have lifted up, O LORD, the waters have lifted up their voice;* the waters have lifted up their pounding waves. Mightier than the sound of many waters, mightier than the breakers of the sea,* mightier is the LORD who dwells on high. Your testimonies are very sure,* and holiness adorns your house, O LORD, for ever and for evermore. |
| Psalm 93 |
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The Refrain |
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| Truly, his salvation is very near to those who fear him,* that his glory may dwell in our land. |
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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 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, you have given your only-begotten Son to take our nature upon him, and to be born of a pure virgin: Grant that I, who have been born again and made your child by adoption and grace, may daily be renewed by your Holy Spirit; through my Lord Jesus Christ, to whom with you and the same Spirit be honor and glory, now and for ever. Amen.† |
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The Concluding Prayer of the Church |
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| Almighty God, you have given your only-begotten Son to take our nature upon him, and to be born of a pure virgin: Grant that I, who have been born again and made your child by adoption and grace, may daily be renewed by your Holy Spirit; through my Lord Jesus Christ, to whom with you and the same Spirit be honor and glory, now and for ever. Amen.† |
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