Saturday, November 29

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

The Call to Prayer

Open my lips, O LORD,* and my mouth shall proclaim your praise.

Psalm 51:16

The Request for Presence

Look well whether there be any wickedness in me* and lead me in the way that is everlasting.

Psalm 139:23

The Greeting

O LORD, I am your servant;* I am your servant and the child of your handmaid; you have freed me from my bonds.

Psalm 116:14

The Refrain for the Midday Lessons

Unless the LORD builds the house,* their labor is in vain who build it.

Psalm 127:1

A Reading

Aprayer of the prophet Habakkuk; tone as for dirges: YAHWEH, I have heard of your renown; your work, YAHWEH, inspires me with dread. Make it live again in our time, make it known in our time; in wrath remember mercy.

Habakkuk 3:1-2

The Refrain

Unless the LORD builds the house,* their labor is in vain who build it.

Psalm 127:1

The Midday Psalm

Light Has Sprung Up for the Righteous

Zion hears and is glad, and the cities of Judah rejoice,* because of your judgments, O LORD. For you are the LORD, most high over all the earth;* you are exalted far above all gods. The LORD loves those who hate evil;* he preserves the lives of his saints and delivers them from the hand of the wicked. Light has sprung up for the righteous,* and joyful gladness for those who are truehearted.

Psalm 97:8-12

The Refrain

Unless the LORD builds the house,* their labor is in vain who build it.

Psalm 127:1

The Cry of the Church

Even so, come, Lord Jesus!

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, whose will it is to restore all things in your wellbeloved Son, the King of kings and Lord of lords: Mercifully grant that the peoples of the earth, divided and enslaved by sin, may be freed and brought together under his most gracious rule; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for 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.†