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Thursday, February 19 |
| The Midday Office To Be Observed on the Hour or Half Hour Between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m |
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Ash Wednesday |
The Call to Prayer |
| “Come now, let us reason together,” says the Lord. |
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The Request for Presence |
| Hear the voice of my prayer when I cry out to you,* when I lift up my hands to your holy of holies. |
| Psalm 28:2 |
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The Greeting |
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| Who is like you, LORD God of hosts?* O mighty LORD, your faithfulness is all around you. |
| Psalm 89:8 |
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The Refrain for the Midday Lessons |
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| But it is good for me to be near God;* I have made the Lord GOD my refuge. |
| Psalm 73:28 |
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A Reading |
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| Blow the ram’s horn in Zion, sound the alarm on my holy mountain! Let everybody in the country tremble, for the Day of Yahweh is coming, yes, it is near. Day of darkness and gloom, Day of cloud and blackness. Like the dawn, across the mountains spreads a vast and mighty people, such as has never been before, such as will never be again to the remotest ages. . . . ‘But now—declares Yahweh—come back to me with all your heart, fasting, weeping, mourning.’ Tear your hearts and not your clothes, and come back to Yahweh your God, for he is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, rich in faithful love . . . |
| Joel 2:1–2, 12–13 |
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The Refrain |
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| But it is good for me to be near God; I have made the Lord GOD my refuge. |
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The Midday Psalm |
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I Will Thank You with an Unfeigned Heart |
| Happy are they whose way is blameless,* who walk in the law of the LORD! Happy are they who observe his decrees* and seek him with all their hearts! Who never do any wrong,* but always walk in his ways. You laid down your commandments,* that we should fully keep them. Oh, that my ways were made so direct* that I might keep your statutes! Then I should not be put to shame,* when I regard all your commandments. I will thank you with an unfeigned heart,* when I have learned your righteous judgments. I will keep your statutes;* do not utterly forsake me. |
| Psalm 119:1–8 |
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The Refrain |
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| But it is good for me to be near God;* I have made the Lord GOD my refuge. |
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The Cry of the Church |
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| Christ, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Christ, 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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| Almighty and everlasting God, you hate nothing you have made and forgive the sins of all who are penitent: Create and make in me a new and contrite heart, that I, worthily lamenting my sins and acknowledging my wretchedness, may obtain of you, the God of all mercy, perfect remission and forgiveness; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. † |
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The Concluding Prayer of the Church |
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| Almighty and eternal God, ruler of all things in heaven and earth: Mercifully accept my prayers, and strengthen me to do your will; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. † |
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