Sunday, January 18

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

The Call to Prayer

Let us bless the LORD, from this time forth for evermore. Hallelujah!

based on Psalm 115:18

The Request for Presence

Send forth your strength, O God;* establish, O God, what you have wrought for us.

Psalm 68:28

The Greeting

I will thank you, O LORD my God, with all my heart,* and glorify your Name for evermore.

Psalm 86:12

The Refrain for the Midday Lessons

This is the LORD’s doing,* and it is marvelous in our eyes.

Psalm 118:23

A Reading

But God, being rich in faithful love, through the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our sins, brought us to life with Christ—it is through grace that you have been saved—and raised us up with him and gave us a place with him in heaven, in Christ Jesus.

Ephesians 2:4–6

The Refrain

This is the LORD’s doing,* and it is marvelous in our eyes.

The Midday Psalm

He Saves for His Name’s Sake

We have sinned as our forebears did;* we have done wrong and dealt wickedly. In Egypt they did not consider your marvelous works, nor remember the abundance of your love;* they defied the Most High at the Red Sea. But he saved them for his Name’s sake,* to make his power known. He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up,* and he led them through the deep as through a desert. He saved them from the hand of those who hated them* and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy. The waters covered their oppressors;* not one of them was left. Then they believed his words* and sang him songs of praise.

Psalm 106:6–12

The Refrain

This is the LORD’s doing,* and it is marvelous in our eyes.

The Cry of the Church

O Lord, hear my prayer and let my cry come unto you. Thanks be to God.

THE SHORT BREVIARY

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 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.†

The Concluding Prayer of the Church

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.†