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Friday, March 27 |
| The Morning Office To Be Observed on the Hour or Half Hour Between 6 and 9 a.m. |
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Thursday, Fifth Week of Lent |
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 |
| Send out your light and your truth, that they may lead me,* and bring me to your holy hill and to your dwelling. |
| Psalm 43:3 |
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The Greeting |
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| Who is like you, LORD God of hosts?* O mighty LORD, your faithfulness is all around you. Righteousness and justice are the foundations of your throne;* love and truth go before your face. |
| Psalm 89:8ff |
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The Refrain for the Morning Lessons |
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| I will walk in the presence of the LORD* in the land of the living. |
| Psalm 116:8 |
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A Reading |
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| Jesus taught us, saying: “And the judgement is this: though the light has come into the world people have preferred darkness to the light because their deeds were evil . . . but whoever does the truth comes out into the light, so that what he is doing may plainly appear as done in God.” |
| John 3:19, 21 |
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The Refrain |
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| I will walk in the presence of the LORD* in the land of the living. |
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The Morning Psalm |
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It Is God by Whom We Escape Death |
| O God, when you went forth before your people,* when you marched through the wilderness, The earth shook, and the skies poured down rain at the presence of God, the God of Sinai,* at the presence of God, the God of Israel. You sent a gracious rain, O God, upon your inheritance;* you refreshed the land when it was weary. Your people found their home in it;* in your goodness, O God, you have made provision for the poor. The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of thousands;* the Lord comes in holiness from Sinai. You have gone up on high and led captivity captive; you have received gifts even from your enemies,* that the LORD God might dwell among them. Blessed be the Lord day by day,* the God of our salvation, who bears our burdens. He is our God, the God of our salvation;* God is the LORD, by whom we escape death. |
| Psalm 68:7–10, 17–20 |
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The Refrain |
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| I will walk in the presence of the LORD* in the land of the living. |
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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, whose blessed Son was led by the Spirit to be tempted by Satan: Come quickly to help us who are assaulted by many temptations; and, as you know the weaknesses of each of us, let each one find you mighty to save; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, 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 God, almighty and everlasting Father, you have brought me in safety to this new day: Preserve me with your mighty power, that I may not fall into sin, nor be overcome by adversity; and in all I do direct me to the fulfilling of your purpose; through Jesus Christ my Lord. Amen. † |
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