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Wednesday, December 31 |
| 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 Fifth Day of Christmas |
The Call to Prayer |
| Bless the LORD, O my soul,* and all that is within me, bless his holy Name. |
| Psalm 103:1 |
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The Request for Presence |
| Hearken to my voice, O LORD, when I call;* have mercy on me and answer me. You speak in my heart and say, “Seek my face.”* Your face, LORD, will I seek. Hide not your face from me,* nor turn away your servant in displeasure. |
| Psalm 27:10–12 |
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The Greeting |
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| I restrain my feet from every evil way,* that I may keep your word. |
| Psalm 119:101 |
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The Refrain for the Midday Lessons |
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| For one day in your courts is better than a thousand in my own room,* and to stand at the threshold of the house of my God than to dwell in the tents of the wicked. |
| Psalm 84:9 |
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A Reading |
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| There are many deceivers at large in the world, refusing to acknowledge Jesus Christ as coming in human nature. They are the Deceiver; they are the Antichrist. Watch yourselves, or all our work will be lost and you will forfeit your full reward. If anybody does not remain in the teaching of Christ but goes beyond it, he does not have God with him: only those who remain in what he taught can have the Father and the Son with them. If anyone comes to you bringing a different doctrine, you must not receive him into your house or even give him a greeting. Whoever greets him has a share in his wicked activities. |
| 2 John: 7–10 |
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The Refrain |
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| For one day in your courts is better than a thousand in my own room,* and to stand at the threshold of the house of my God than to dwell in the tents of the wicked. |
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The Midday Psalm |
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It Is God Who Makes My Way Secure |
| It is God who girds me about with strength* and makes my way secure. He makes me sure-footed like a deer* and lets me stand firm on the heights. He trains my hands for battle* and my arms for bending even a bow of bronze. You have given me your shield of victory;* your right hand also sustains me; your loving care makes me great. You lengthen my stride beneath me,* and my ankles do not give way. The LORD lives! Blessed is my Rock!* Exalted is the God of my salvation! |
| Psalm 18:33–37, 46 |
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The Refrain |
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| For one day in your courts is better than a thousand in my own room,* and to stand at the threshold of the house of my God than to dwell in the tents of the wicked. |
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The Cry of the Church |
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| O Lamb of God, that takes away the sins of the world, have mercy upon me. O Lamb of God, that takes away the sins of the world, have mercy upon me. O Lamb of God, that takes away the sins of the world, grant me your peace. |
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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, you have given your only-begotten Son to take our nature upon him, and to be born of a pure virgin: Grant that I, who have been born again and made your child by adoption and grace, may daily be renewed by your Holy Spirit; through my Lord Jesus Christ, to whom with you and the same Spirit be honor and glory, now and for ever. Amen.† |
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The Concluding Prayer of the Church |
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| God of justice, God of mercy, bless all those who are surprised with pain this day from suffering caused by their own weakness or that of others. Let what we suffer teach us to be merciful; let our sins teach us to forgive. This we ask through the intercession of Jesus and all who died forgiving those who oppressed them. Amen. |
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