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Friday, May 1 |
| 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 |
| Search for the LORD and his strength;* continually seek his face. |
| Psalm 105:4 |
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The Request for Presence |
| You are good and you bring forth good;* instruct me in your statutes. |
| Psalm 119:68 |
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The Greeting |
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| When your word goes forth it gives light;* it gives understanding to the simple. |
| Psalm 119:130 |
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The Refrain for the Midday Lessons |
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| You strengthen me more and more;* you enfold and comfort me. |
| Psalm 71:21 |
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A Reading |
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| When that day comes, YAHWEH will start his threshing from the course of the River to the Torrent of Egypt, and you will be gathered one by one, Israelites! When that day comes, the great ram’s-horn will be sounded, and those lost in Assyria will come, and those banished to Egypt, and they will worship YAHWEH on the holy mountain, in Jerusalem. |
| Isaiah 27:12–13 |
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The Refrain |
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| You strengthen me more and more;* you enfold and comfort me. |
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The Midday Psalm |
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Hear, O Shepherd of Israel, Leading Joseph Like a Flock |
| Hear, O Shepherd of Israel, leading Joseph like a flock;* shine forth, you that are enthroned upon the cherubim. In the presence of Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh,* stir up your strength and come to help us. Restore us, O God of hosts;* show the light of your countenance, and we shall be saved. Let your hand be upon the man of your right hand,* the son of man you have made so strong for yourself. And so will we never turn away from you;* give us life, that we may call upon your Name. Restore us, O LORD God of hosts;* show the light of your countenance, and we shall be saved. |
| Psalm 80:1–3, 16–18 |
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The Refrain |
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| You strengthen me more and more;* you enfold and comfort me. |
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The Gloria |
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| Glory be to God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, so it is now and so it shall ever be, world without end. Alleluia. Amen. |
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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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| I thank you, heavenly Father, that you have delivered me from the dominion of sin and death and brought me into the kingdom of your Son; and I pray that, as by his death he has recalled me to life, so by his love he may raise me to eternal joys; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of 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, make me according to thy heart. |
| Brother Lawrence |
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