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Friday, December 5 |
| The Midday Office To Be Observed on the Hour or Half Hour Between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m |
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First Week of Advent |
The Call to Prayer |
| Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good;* his mercy endures for ever. |
| Psalm 118:29 |
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The Request for Presence |
| You are the LORD; do not withhold your compassion from me;* let your love and your faithfulness keep me safe for ever. |
| Psalm 40:12 |
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The Greeting |
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| There is forgiveness with you;* therefore you shall be feared. |
| Psalm 130:3 |
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The Refrain for the Midday Lessons |
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| For you, O LORD, are good and forgiving,* and great is your love toward all who call upon you. |
| Psalm 86:5 |
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A Reading |
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| And, that day, you will say: ‘I praise you, YAHWEH, you have been angry with me but your anger is now appeased and you have comforted me. Look, he is the God of my salvation: I shall have faith and not be afraid, for YAHWEH is my strength and my song, he has been my salvation.’ Joyfully you will draw water from the springs of salvation and, that day, you will say, ‘Praise YAHWEH, invoke his name. Proclaim his deeds to the people, declare his name sublime.’ |
| Isaiah 12:1-4 |
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The Refrain |
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| For you, O LORD, are good and forgiving,* and great is your love toward all who call upon you. |
| Psalm 86:5 |
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The Midday Psalm |
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We Will Call Upon the Name of the LORD Our God |
| May the LORD answer you in the day of trouble,* the Name of the God of Jacob defend you; Send you help from his holy place* and strengthen you out of Zion; Remember all your offerings* and accept your burnt sacrifice; Grant you your heart’s desire* and prosper all your plans. We will shout for joy at your victory and triumph in the Name of our God;* may the LORD grant all your requests. Now I know that the LORD gives victory to his anointed;* he will answer him out of his holy heaven, with the victorious strength of his right hand. Some put their trust in chariots and some in horses,* but we will call upon the Name of the LORD our God. They collapse and fall down,* but we will arise and stand upright. O LORD, give victory to the king* and answer us when we call. |
| Psalm 20 |
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The Refrain |
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| For you, O LORD, are good and forgiving,* and great is your love toward all who call upon you. |
| Psalm 86:5 |
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The Cry of the Church |
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| In the evening, in the morning, and at noonday, I will complain and lament,* and he will hear my voice. |
| Psalm 55:18 |
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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, give all of us grace to cast away the works of darkness, and put on the armor of light, now in the time of this mortal life in which your Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility; that in the last day, when he shall come again in his glorious majesty to judge both the living and the dead, we may rise to the life immortal; through him 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 Jesus Christ, by your death you took away the sting of death: Grant me to so follow in faith where you have led the way, that I may at length fall asleep peacefully in you and wake in your likeness; for your tender mercies’ sake. Amen.† |
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