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Monday, December 8 |
| The Midday Office To Be Observed on the Hour or Half Hour Between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m |
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Second Week of Advent |
The Call to Prayer |
| Be glad, you righteous, and rejoice in the LORD;* shout for joy, all who are true of heart. |
| Psalm 32:12 |
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The Request for Presence |
| LORD, hear my prayer, and let my cry come before you;* hide not your face from me in the day of my trouble. |
| Psalm 102:1 |
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The Greeting |
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| Into your hands I commend my spirit,* for you have redeemed me, O LORD, O God of truth. |
| Psalm 31:5 |
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The Refrain for the Midday Lessons |
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| My help comes from the LORD,* the maker of heaven and earth. |
| Psalm 121:2 |
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A Reading |
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| Listen and you will live. I shall make an everlasting covenant with you in fulfillment of the favors promised to David. Look, I have made him a witness to the peoples, a leader and lawgiver to the peoples. Look, you will summon a nation unknown to you, a nation unknown to you will hurry to you for the sake of YAHWEH your God, because the Holy One of Israel has glorified you. |
| Isaiah 55:3b-5 |
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The Refrain |
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| My help comes from the LORD,* the maker of heaven and earth. |
| Psalm 121:2 |
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The Midday Psalm |
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Let Everything That Has Breath Praise the LORD |
| Hallelujah! Praise God in his holy temple;* praise him in the firmament of his power. Praise him for his mighty acts;* praise him for his excellent greatness. Praise him with the blast of the ram’s-horn;* praise him with lyre and harp. Praise him with timbrel and dance;* praise him with strings and pipe. Praise him with resounding cymbals;* praise him with loud-clanging cymbals. Let everything that has breath* praise the LORD. Hallelujah! |
| Psalm 150 |
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The Refrain |
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| My help comes from the LORD,* the maker of heaven and earth. |
| Psalm 121:2 |
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The Cry of the Church |
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| O God, come to my assistance! O Lord, make haste to help me! |
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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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| Merciful God, who sent your messengers the prophets to preach repentance and prepare the way for our salvation: Grant us grace to heed their warnings and forsake our sins, that we may greet with joy the coming of Jesus Christ our Redeemer; 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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| O God, the King eternal, whose light divides the day and the night and turns the shadow of death into the morning: Drive far from me all wrong desires, incline my heart to keep your law, and guide my feet into the way of peace; that, having done your will with cheerfulness during the day, I may, when night comes, rejoice to give you thanks; through Jesus Christ my Lord. Amen.† |
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