Tuesday, April 14

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

The Call to Prayer

Sing to the LORD with the harp,* with the harp and the voice of song. With trumpets and the sound of the horn* shout with joy before the King, the LORD.

Psalm 98:6–7

The Request for Presence

Show us the light of your countenance, O God,* and come to us.

based on Psalm 67:1

The Greeting

O LORD, what are we that you should care for us?* mere mortals that you should think of us? We are like a puff of wind;* our days are like a passing shadow.

Psalm 144:3–4

The Refrain for the Midday Lessons

In righteousness shall he judge the world* and the peoples with equity.

Psalm 98:10

A Reading

The time has come for the judgement to begin at the household of God; and if it begins with us, what will be the end for those who refuse to believe God’s gospel? If it is hard for the upright to be saved, what will happen to the wicked and the sinners?

1 Peter 4:17–18

The Refrain

In righteousness shall he judge the world* and the peoples with equity.

The Midday Psalm

He That Planted the Ear, Does He Not Hear?

He that planted the ear, does he not hear?* he that formed the eye, does he not see? He who admonishes the nations, will he not punish?* he who teaches all the world, has he no knowledge? The LORD knows our human thoughts;* how like a puff of wind they are. Happy are they whom you instruct, O Lord!* whom you teach out of your law; To give them rest in evil days,* until a pit is dug for the wicked. For the LORD will not abandon his people,* nor will he forsake his own. For judgment will again be just,* and all the true of heart will follow it.He that planted the ear, does he not hear?* he that formed the eye, does he not see? He who admonishes the nations, will he not punish?* he who teaches all the world, has he no knowledge? The LORD knows our human thoughts;* how like a puff of wind they are. Happy are they whom you instruct, O Lord!* whom you teach out of your law; To give them rest in evil days,* until a pit is dug for the wicked. For the LORD will not abandon his people,* nor will he forsake his own. For judgment will again be just,* and all the true of heart will follow it.

Psalm 94:9–15

The Refrain

In righteousness shall he judge the world* and the peoples with equity.

The Cry of the Church

Be, Lord, my helper and forsake me not. Do not despise me, O God, my savior.

THE SHORT BREVIARY

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

Almighty and everlasting God, who in the Paschal mystery established the new covenant of reconciliation: Grant that all who have been reborn in this fellowship of Christ’s Body may show forth in their lives what they profess by their faith; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. †

The Concluding Prayer of the Church

Almighty and everlasting God, who willed that our Savior should take upon Him our flesh and suffer death upon the Cross, that all mankind should follow the example of His great humility, mercifully grant that we may both follow the example of His patience and also be made partakers of His resurrection. Through the same Jesus Christ. Amen.

adapted from THE SHORT BREVIARY