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Wednesday, March 11 |
| The Morning Office To Be Observed on the Hour or Half Hour Between 6 and 9 a.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 |
| Show your goodness, O LORD, to those who are good* and to those who are true of heart. |
| Psalm 125:4 |
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The Greeting |
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| You have set up a banner for those who fear you* . . . Save us by your right hand and answer us.* |
| Psalm 60:4–5 |
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The Refrain for the Morning Lessons |
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| Our days are like the grass;* we flourish like a flower of the field; When the wind goes over it, it is gone,* and its place shall know it no more. |
| Psalm 103:15–16 |
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A Reading |
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| John’s disciples and the Pharisees were keeping a fast, when some people came to him and said to him, ‘Why is it that John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not?’ Jesus replied, ‘Surely the bridegroom’s attendants cannot fast while the bridegroom is still with them? As long as they have the bridegroom they cannot fast,. But the time will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then, on that day, they will fast.’ |
| Mark 2:18–20 |
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The Refrain |
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| Our days are like the grass;* we flourish like a flower of the field; When the wind goes over it, it is gone,* and its place shall know it no more. |
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The Morning Psalm |
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Whoever Does These Things Shall Never Be Overthrown |
| LORD, who may dwell in your tabernacle?* who may abide upon your holy hill? Whoever leads a blameless life and does what is right,* who speaks the truth from his heart. There is no guile upon his tongue; he does no evil to his friend;* he does not heap contempt upon his neighbor. In his sight the wicked is rejected,* but he honors those who fear the LORD. He has sworn to do no wrong* and does not take back his word. He does not give his money in hope of gain,* nor does he take a bribe against the innocent. Whoever does these things* shall never be overthrown. |
| Psalm 15 |
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The Refrain |
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| Our days are like the grass;* we flourish like a flower of the field; When the wind goes over it, it is gone,* and its place shall know it no more. |
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The Small Verse |
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| Lord, have mercy; Christ, have mercy; Lord, have mercy. |
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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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| Most loving Father, whose will it is for us to give thanks for all things, to fear nothing but the loss of you, and to cast all our care on you who cares for us: Preserve me from faithless fears and worldly anxieties, that no clouds of this mortal life may hide from me the light of that love which is immortal, and which you have manifested to us in your Son Jesus Christ our Lord; 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 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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