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Saturday, December 6 |
| The Midday Office To Be Observed on the Hour or Half Hour Between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m |
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First Week of Advent |
The Call to Prayer |
| Be strong and let your heart take courage,* all you who wait for the LORD. |
| Psalm 31:24 |
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The Request for Presence |
| Give ear to my words, O LORD;* consider my meditation. Hearken to my cry for help, my King and my God,* for I make my prayer to you. |
| Psalm 5:1-2 |
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The Greeting |
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| You are God; we praise you; You are the Lord: we acclaim you; You are the eternal Father: All creation worships you. To you all angels, all powers of heaven, Cherubim and Seraphim, sing in endless praise: Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might, heaven and earth are full of your glory. |
| Te Deum |
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The Refrain for the Midday Lessons |
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| Great peace have they who love your law;* for them there is no stumbling block. |
| Psalm 119:165 |
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A Reading |
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| Yes, I know what plans I have in mind for you, YAHWEH declares, plans for peace, not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. When you call to me and come and pray to me, I shall listen to you. When you search for me, you will find me; when you search wholeheartedly for me, I shall let you find me . . . |
| Jeremiah 29:11-14a |
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The Refrain |
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| Great peace have they who love your law;* for them there is no stumbling block. |
| Psalm 119:165 |
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The Midday Psalm |
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We Will Sing Out Our Joy For Ever |
| But all who take refuge in you will be glad;* they will sing out their joy for ever. You will shelter them,* so that those who love your Name may exult in you. For you, O LORD, will bless the righteous;* you will defend them with your favor as with a shield. |
| Psalm 5:13-15 |
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The Refrain |
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| Great peace have they who love your law;* for them there is no stumbling block. |
| Psalm 119:165 |
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The Cry of the Church |
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| O Lord, hear my prayer and let my cry come unto you. Thanks be to God. |
| THE SHORT BREVIARY |
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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, give all of us grace to cast away the works of darkness, and put on the armor of light, now in the time of this mortal life in which your Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility; that in the last day, when he shall come again in his glorious majesty to judge both the living and the dead, we may rise to the life immortal; through him 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 source of eternal light: Shed forth your unending day upon all of us who watch for you, that our lips may praise you, our lives may bless you, and our worship may give you glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.† |
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