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Thursday, January 15 |
| The Midday Office To Be Observed on the Hour or Half Hour Between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m |
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The Call to Prayer |
| Hallelujah! Give praise, you servants of the LORD;* praise the Name of the LORD. |
| Psalm 113:1 |
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The Request for Presence |
| Hear my voice, O LORD, according to your loving-kindness;* according to your judgments, give me life. |
| Psalm 119:149 |
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The Greeting |
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| O LORD of hosts,* happy are they who put their trust in you! |
| Psalm 84:12 |
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The Refrain for the Midday Lessons |
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| With the faithful you show yourself faithful, O God;* with the forthright you show yourself forthright. With the pure you show yourself pure,* but with the crooked you are wily. |
| Psalm 18:26–27 |
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A Reading |
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| . . . We are well aware that all of us have knowledge; but while knowledge puffs up, love is what builds up. Someone may think that he has full knowledge of something and yet not know it as well as he should; but someone who loves God is known by God. |
| 1 Corinthians 8:1–3 |
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The Refrain |
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| With the faithful you show yourself faithful, O God;* with the forthright you show yourself forthright. With the pure you show yourself pure,* but with the crooked you are wily. |
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The Midday Psalm |
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The Eye of the LORD Is Upon Those Who Wait Upon His Name |
| Happy is the nation whose God is the LORD!* happy the people he has chosen to be his own! The LORD looks down from heaven,* and beholds all the people in the world. From where he sits enthroned he turns his gaze* on all who dwell on the earth. He fashions all the hearts of them* and understands all their works. There is no king that can be saved by a mighty army;* a strong man is not delivered by his great strength. The horse is a vain hope for deliverance;* for all its strength it cannot save. Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon those who fear him,* on those who wait upon his love, To pluck their lives from death,* and to feed them in time of famine. |
| Psalm 33:12–19 |
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The Refrain |
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| With the faithful you show yourself faithful, O God;* with the forthright you show yourself forthright. With the pure you show yourself pure,* but with the crooked you are wily. |
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The Cry of the Church |
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| O God, come to my assistance! O Lord, make haste to help me! |
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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, whose Son our Savior Jesus Christ is the light of the world: Grant that your people, illumined by your Word and Sacraments, may shine with the radiance of Christ’s glory, that he may be known, worshipped, and obeyed to the ends of the earth; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, one God, now and for ever. Amen.† |
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The Concluding Prayer of the Church |
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| O Lord, my God, accept the fervent prayers of all of us your people; in the multitude of your mercies, look with compassion upon me and all who turn to you for help; for you are gracious, O lover of souls, and to you we give glory, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, now and forever. Amen.† |
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