Tuesday, April 28

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

The Call to Prayer

Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting and to everlasting;* and let all the people say, “Amen!” Hallelujah!

Psalm 106:48

The Request for Presence

Be merciful to me, O LORD, for you are my God;* I call upon you all the day long.

Psalm 86:3

The Greeting

I will give thanks to you, O LORD, with my whole heart;* before the gods I will sing your praise.

Psalm 138:1

The Refrain for the Midday Lessons

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom;* those who act accordingly have a good understanding; his praise endures for ever.

Psalm 111:10

A Reading

On this mountain, he has destroyed the veil which used to veil all peoples, the pall enveloping all nations; he has destroyed death for ever. Lord YAHWEH has wiped away the tears from every cheek; he has taken his people’s shame away everywhere on earth, for YAHWEH has spoken. And on that day it will be said, ‘Look, this is our God, in him we put our hope that he should save us, this is YAHWEH, we put our hope in him. Let us exult and rejoice since he has saved us.’ For YAHWEH’S hand will rest on his mountain . . .

Isaiah 25:7–10

The Refrain

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom;* those who act accordingly have a good understanding; his praise endures for ever.

The Midday Psalm

I Have Prepared a Lamp for My Anointed

For the LORD has chosen Zion;* he has desired her for his habitation: “This shall be my resting-place for ever;* here will I dwell, for I delight in her. I will surely bless her provisions,* and satisfy her poor with bread. I will clothe her priests with salvation,* and her faithful people will rejoice and sing. There will I make the horn of David flourish;* I have prepared a lamp for my Anointed.

Psalm 132:14–18

The Refrain

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom;* those who act accordingly have a good understanding; his praise endures for ever.

The Gloria

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.

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

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. †

The Concluding Prayer of the Church

Heavenly Father, you have promised to hear what we ask in the Name of your Son: Accept and fulfill my petitions, I pray, not as I ask in my ignorance, nor as I deserve in my sinfulness, but as you know and love me in your Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. †