tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-182063922011-04-21T11:57:19.521-07:00the tentmakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07593763466555013661noreply@blogger.comBlogger91100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18206392.post-1152666856911359562006-07-11T18:13:00.000-07:002006-07-11T18:14:16.933-07:00Sunday, Week 1<br /><br />Invitatory<br />O Lord, open my lips,<br /> and my mouth will declare your praise.<br /><br />Psalm 95<br /><br />O come, let us sing to the Lord;<br /> let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation!<br />Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving;<br /> let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise!<br /><br />Come, let us sing to the Lord, and shout with joy to the Rock who saves us.<br /><br />For the Lord is a great God,<br /> and a great King above all gods.<br />In his hand are the depths of the earth;<br /> the heights of the mountains are his also.<br />The sea is his, for he made it,<br /> and the dry land, which his hands have formed.<br /><br />Come, let us sing to the Lord, and shout with joy to the Rock who saves us.<br /><br />O come, let us worship and bow down,<br /> let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker!<br />For he is our God,<br /> and we are the people of his pasture,<br /> and the sheep of his hand.<br /><br />Come, let us sing to the Lord, and shout with joy to the Rock who saves us.<br /><br />O that today you would listen to his voice!<br /> Do not harden your hearts, as at Meribah,<br /> as on the day at Massah in the wilderness,<br />when your ancestors tested me,<br /> and put me to the proof, though they had seen my work.<br /><br />Come, let us sing to the Lord, and shout with joy to the Rock who saves us.<br /><br />For forty years I loathed that generation<br /> and said, ‘They are a people whose hearts go astray,<br /> and they do not regard my ways.’<br />Therefore in my anger I swore,<br /> ‘They shall not enter my rest.’ <br /><br />Come, let us sing to the Lord, and shout with joy to the Rock who saves us.<br /><br />Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:<br />as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever.<br />Amen<br /><br />Come, let us sing to the Lord, and shout with joy to the Rock who saves us.<br /><br />Morning Prayer<br /><br />God, come to my assistance.<br />Lord, make haste to help me.<br /><br />Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:<br />as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever.<br />Amen<br /><br />Psalm 63:1-8<br />A soul thirsting for God<br />Whoever has left the darkness of sin, yearns for God.<br />O God, you are my God, I seek you,<br /> my soul thirsts for you;<br />my flesh faints for you,<br /> as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.<br />So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary,<br /> beholding your power and glory.<br /><br />As morning breaks I look to you, O God, to be my strength this day.<br /><br />Because your steadfast love is better than life,<br /> my lips will praise you.<br />So I will bless you as long as I live;<br /> I will lift up my hands and call on your name.<br />My soul is satisfied as with a rich feast,<br /><br />As morning breaks I look to you, O God, to be my strength this day.<br /><br /> and my mouth praises you with joyful lips<br />when I think of you on my bed,<br /> and meditate on you in the watches of the night;<br />for you have been my help,<br /> and in the shadow of your wings I sing for joy.<br />My soul clings to you;<br /> your right hand upholds me. <br /><br />As morning breaks I look to you, O God, to be my strength this day.<br /><br />Psalm-prayer<br />Father, creator of unfailing light, give that same light to those who call to you. May our lips praise you; our lives proclaim your goodness; our works give you honor, and our voices celebrate you forever.<br /><br />Canticle - Daniel 3:57-88, 56<br />Let all creatures praise the Lord<br />All you servants of the Lord, sing praise to him (Revelation 19:5)<br /><br />Bless the Lord, all you works of the Lord, praise and exalt him above all forever.<br />Angels of the Lord, bless the Lord, praise and exalt him above all forever.<br />You heavens, bless the Lord, praise and exalt him above all forever.<br />All you waters above the heavens, bless the Lord, praise and exalt him above all forever.<br />All you hosts of the Lord, bless the Lord; praise and exalt him above all forever.<br />Sun and moon, bless the Lord; praise and exalt him above all forever.<br />Stars of heaven, bless the Lord; praise and exalt him above all forever.<br /><br />From the midst of the flames the three young men cried out with one voice: Blessed be God.<br /><br />Every shower and dew, bless the Lord; praise and exalt him above all forever.<br />All you winds, bless the Lord; praise and exalt him above all forever.<br />Fire and heat, bless the Lord; praise and exalt him above all forever.<br />Cold and chill, bless the Lord; praise and exalt him above all forever.<br />Dew and rain, bless the Lord; praise and exalt him above all forever.<br />Frost and chill, bless the Lord; praise and exalt him above all forever.<br />Ice and snow, bless the Lord; praise and exalt him above all forever.<br />Nights and days, bless the Lord; praise and exalt him above all forever.<br />Light and darkness, bless the Lord; praise and exalt him above all forever.<br />Lightnings and clouds, bless the Lord; praise and exalt him above all forever.<br /><br />From the midst of the flames the three young men cried out with one voice: Blessed be God.<br /><br />Let the earth bless the Lord, praise and exalt him above all forever.<br />Mountains and hills, bless the Lord; praise and exalt him above all forever.<br />Everything growing from the earth, bless the Lord; praise and exalt him above all forever.<br />You springs, bless the Lord; praise and exalt him above all forever.<br />Seas and rivers, bless the Lord; praise and exalt him above all forever.<br />You dolphins and all water creatures, bless the Lord; praise and exalt him above all forever.<br />All you birds of the air, bless the Lord; praise and exalt him above all forever.<br />All you beasts, wild and tame, bless the Lord; praise and exalt him above all forever.<br />You sons of men, bless the Lord; praise and exalt him above all forever.<br /><br />From the midst of the flames the three young men cried out with one voice: Blessed be God.<br /><br />O Israel, bless the Lord; praise and exalt him above all forever.<br />Priests of the Lord, bless the Lord; praise and exalt him above all forever.<br />Servants of the Lord, bless the Lord; praise and exalt him above all forever.<br />Spirits and souls of the just, bless the Lord; praise and exalt him above all forever.<br />Holy men of humble heart, bless the Lord; praise and exalt him above all forever.<br />Hananiah, Azariah, Mishael, bless the Lord; praise and exalt him above all forever. <br /><br />From the midst of the flames the three young men cried out with one voice: Blessed be God.<br /><br />Let us bless the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit.<br />Let us praise and exalt him above all forever.<br />Blessed are you in the firmament of heaven, praiseworthy and glorious and exalted above all forever.<br /><br />From the midst of the flames the three young men cried out with one voice: Blessed be God.<br /><br />Psalm 149<br />The joy of God's holy people<br />Let the sons of the Church, the children of the new people, rejoice in Christ, their King (Hesychius)<br />Sing to the Lord a new song,<br /> his praise in the assembly of the faithful.<br />Let Israel be glad in its Maker;<br /> let the children of Zion rejoice in their King.<br />Let them praise his name with dancing,<br /> making melody to him with tambourine and lyre.<br /><br />Let the people of Zion rejoice in their King.<br /><br />For the Lord takes pleasure in his people;<br /> he adorns the humble with victory.<br />Let the faithful exult in glory;<br /> let them sing for joy on their couches.<br />Let the high praises of God be in their throats<br /> and two-edged swords in their hands,<br /><br />Let the people of Zion rejoice in their King.<br /><br />to execute vengeance on the nations<br /> and punishment on the peoples,<br />to bind their kings with fetters<br /> and their nobles with chains of iron,<br />to execute on them the judgement decreed.<br /> This is glory for all his faithful ones.<br /><br />Let the people of Zion rejoice in their King.<br /><br />Psalm-prayer<br />Let Israel rejoice in you, Lord, and acknowledge you as creator and redeemer. We put our trust in your faithfulness and proclaim the wonderful truths of salvation. May your loving kindness embrace us now and forever.<br /><br />Reading - Revelation 7:9-12<br />After this I looked, and there was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, robed in white, with palm branches in their hands. They cried out in a loud voice, saying, ‘Salvation belongs to our God who is seated on the throne, and to the Lamb!’ And all the angels stood around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshipped God, singing, ‘Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honour and power and might be to our God for ever and ever! Amen.’<br /><br />Responsory<br /><br />Christ, Son of the living God, have mercy on us.<br />--- Christ, Son of the living God, have mercy on us.<br />You are seated at the right hand of the Father,<br />--- have mercy on us.<br /><br />Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:<br />as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever.<br />Amen<br />--- Christ, Son of the living God, have mercy on us.<br /><br />Canticle of Zechariah<br /><br />Canticle of Zechariah<br />Luke 1:68-79<br />‘Blessed be the Lord God of Israel,<br /> for he has looked favourably on his people and redeemed them.<br />He has raised up a mighty saviour for us<br /> in the house of his servant David,<br />as he spoke through the mouth of his holy prophets from of old,<br /> that we would be saved from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us.<br />Thus he has shown the mercy promised to our ancestors,<br /> and has remembered his holy covenant,<br />the oath that he swore to our ancestor Abraham,<br /> to grant us that we, being rescued from the hands of our enemies,<br />might serve him without fear, in holiness and righteousness<br /> before him all our days.<br />And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High;<br /> for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,<br />to give knowledge of salvation to his people<br /> by the forgiveness of their sins.<br />By the tender mercy of our God,<br /> the dawn from on high will break upon us,<br />to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death,<br /> to guide our feet into the way of peace.’<br /><br />Intercessions<br />Christ is the sun that never sets, the true light that shines on every man. Let us call out to him in praise:<br />Lord, you are our life and our salvation.<br />Creator of the stars, we thank you for your gift, the first rays of dawn,<br />--- and we commemorate your resurrection.<br />Lord, you are our life and our salvation.<br />May your Holy Spirit teach us to do your will today,<br />--- andmay your Wisdom guide us always.<br />Lord, you are our life and our salvation.<br />Each Sunday give us teh joy of gathering as your people,<br />--- around the table of your word and your body.<br />Lord, you are our life and our salvation.<br />From our hearts we thank you,<br />--- for your countless blessings.<br /><br />Our Father, who art in heaven,<br />Hallowed be thy name.<br />Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done<br />In earth as it is in heaven.<br />Give us this day, our daily bread<br />and forgive us our tresspasses <br />as we forgive those who tresspass against us.<br />And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil<br />Amen.<br /><br />May the Lord bless us,<br />protect us from evil<br />and bring us to everlasting life<br />Amen.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18206392-115266685691135956?l=daytimeprayer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>the tentmakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07593763466555013661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18206392.post-1130111513991111082005-10-23T16:46:00.000-07:002006-01-04T14:06:51.796-08:00<blockquote><br /><a href="http://daytimeprayer.blogspot.com/2005/10/day-1-sunday.html">Day 1 - Sunday</a><br /><br /><a href="http://daytimeprayer.blogspot.com/2005/10/day-2-monday.html">Day 2 - Monday</a><br /><br /><a href="http://daytimeprayer.blogspot.com/2005/10/day-3-tuesday.html">Day 3 - Tuesday</a><br /><br /><a href="http://daytimeprayer.blogspot.com/2005/10/day-4-wednesday.html">Day 4 - Wednesday</a><br /><br /><a href="http://daytimeprayer.blogspot.com/2005/10/day-5-thursday.html">Day 5 - Thursday</a><br /><br /><a href="http://daytimeprayer.blogspot.com/2005/10/day-6-friday.html">Day 6 - Friday</a><br /><br /><a href="http://daytimeprayer.blogspot.com/2005/10/day-7-saturday.html">Day 7 - Saturday</a><br /></blockquote><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18206392-113011151399111108?l=daytimeprayer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>the tentmakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07593763466555013661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18206392.post-1130111091609227432005-10-23T16:39:00.000-07:002006-01-08T05:32:48.363-08:00God, come to my assistance.<br />-- Lord, make haste to help me.<br /><br />Glory be to the Father, <br />and to the Son, <br />and to the Holy Ghost<br />As it was in the beginning,<br />is now and ever shall be,<br />world without end, Amen.<br /><br /><div align="center">Psalm 118<br />Song of joy for salvation<br /><em>This Jesus is 'the stone that was rejected by you, the builders; it has become the cornerstone.' NRS Acts 4:11 </em><br />I</div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">¹</span> O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his steadfast love endures forever!<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant. 1: What better can we do than take refuge in the Lord!<br />His love will never fail, alleluia</em></div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">²</span> Let Israel say, "His steadfast love endures forever."<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">³</span> Let the house of Aaron say, "His steadfast love endures forever."<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">⁴</span> Let those who fear the LORD say, "His steadfast love endures forever."<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant. 1: What better can we do than take refuge in the Lord!<br />His love will never fail, alleluia</em></div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">⁵</span> Out of my distress I called on the LORD; the LORD answered me and set me in a broad place.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">⁶</span> With the LORD on my side I do not fear. What can mortals do to me?<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">⁷</span> The LORD is on my side to help me; I shall look in triumph on those who hate me.<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant. 1: What better can we do than take refuge in the Lord!<br />His love will never fail, alleluia</em></div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">⁸</span> It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to put confidence in mortals.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">⁹</span> It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to put confidence in princes.<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant. 1: What better can we do than take refuge in the Lord!<br />His love will never fail, alleluia</em></div><br /><br /><div align="center">II</div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">¹⁰</span> All nations surrounded me; in the name of the LORD I cut them off!<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant 2: The Lord is my strength,<br />and I shall sing his priase, alleluia.</em></div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">¹¹</span> They surrounded me, surrounded me on every side; in the name of the LORD I cut them off!<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">¹²</span> They surrounded me like bees; they blazed like a fire of thorns; in the name of the LORD I cut them off!<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant 2: The Lord is my strength,<br />and I shall sing his priase, alleluia.</em></div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">¹³</span> I was pushed hard, so that I was falling, but the LORD helped me.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">¹⁴</span> The LORD is my strength and my might; he has become my salvation.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">¹⁵</span> There are glad songs of victory in the tents of the righteous: "The right hand of the LORD does valiantly;<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant 2: The Lord is my strength,<br />and I shall sing his priase, alleluia.</em></div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">¹⁶</span> the right hand of the LORD is exalted; the right hand of the LORD does valiantly."<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">¹⁷</span> I shall not die, but I shall live, and recount the deeds of the LORD.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">¹⁸</span> The LORD has punished me severely, but he did not give me over to death.<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant 2: The Lord is my strength,<br />and I shall sing his priase, alleluia.</em></div><br /><br /><div align="center">III</div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">¹⁹</span> Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter through them and give thanks to the LORD.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">²⁰</span> This is the gate of the LORD; the righteous shall enter through it.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">²¹</span> I thank you that you have answered me and have become my salvation.<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant 3: I shall proclaim your goodness, Lord,<br />for you have answered me.</em></div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">²²</span> The stone that the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">²³</span> This is the LORD's doing; it is marvelous in our eyes.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">²⁴</span> This is the day that the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant 3: I shall proclaim your goodness, Lord,<br />for you have answered me.</em></div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">²⁵</span> Save us, we beseech you, O LORD! O LORD, we beseech you, give us success!<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">²⁶</span> Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the LORD. We bless you from the house of the LORD.<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant 3: I shall proclaim your goodness, Lord,<br />for you have answered me.</em></div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">²⁷</span> The LORD is God, and he has given us light. Bind the festal procession with branches, up to the horns of the altar.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">²⁸</span> You are my God, and I will give thanks to you; you are my God, I will extol you.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">²⁹</span> O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever.<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant 3: I shall proclaim your goodness, Lord,<br />for you have answered me.</em></div><br /><br />Psalm-prayer<br />Lord God, you have given us the great day of rejoicing: Jesus Christ, the stone rejected by the builders, has become the cornerstone of the Church, our spiritual home. Shed upon your Church the rays of your glory, that it may be seen as the gate of salvation open to all nations. Let cries of joy and exultation ring out from its tents, to celebrate the wonder of Christ's resurrection.<br /><br />Midmorning<br />Reading NRS 1 John 4:16 <br />So we have known and believe<br />the love that God has for us.<br />God is love,<br />and those who abide in love<br />abide in God,<br />and God abides in them.<br /><br />Incline my heart according to your will, O God.<br />-- Speed my steps along your path.<br /><br />Midday<br />Reading NRS Galatians 6:7-8<br />Do not be deceived; God is not mocked, for you reap whatever you sow. If you sow to your own flesh, you will reap corruption from the flesh; but if you sow to the Spirit, you will reap eternal life from the Spirit.<br /><br />Your promise, Lord, will stand forever.<br />-- In every generation your word is true.<br /><br />Midafternoon<br />Reading: NRS Galatians 6:9-10<br />So let us not grow weary in doing what is right, for we will reap at harvest time, if we do not give up. So then, whenever we have an opportunity, let us work for the good of all, and especially for those of the family of faith.<br /><br />From the depths of my heart I cry to you, Lord,<br />-- I shall always do your will.<br /><br />Prayer<br /><br />Conclusion<br />Let us praise the Lord.<br />-- And give him thanks.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18206392-113011109160922743?l=daytimeprayer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>the tentmakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07593763466555013661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18206392.post-1130110649319587972005-10-23T16:28:00.000-07:002006-01-04T08:28:17.423-08:00God, come to my assistance<br /><br />Glory be to the Father, <br />and to the Son, <br />and to the Holy Ghost<br />As it was in the beginning,<br />is now and ever shall be,<br />world without end, Amen.<br /><br /><div align="center">Psalm 19<br />Praise of God who gave us the law of love<br /><em>Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect. NRS Matthew 5:48</em></div><br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">¹</span> The heavens are telling the glory of God; and the firmament proclaims his handiwork.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">²</span> Day to day pours forth speech, and night to night declares knowledge.<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant. 1: The will of God gives joy to the heart;<br />we see all things in its light.</em></div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">³</span> There is no speech, nor are there words; their voice is not heard;<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">⁴</span> yet their voice goes out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In the heavens he has set a tent for the sun,<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant. 1: The will of God gives joy to the heart; <br />we see all things in its light.</em></div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">⁵</span> which comes out like a bridegroom from his wedding canopy, and like a strong man runs its course with joy.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">⁶</span> Its rising is from the end of the heavens, and its circuit to the end of them; and nothing is hid from its heat.<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant. 1: The will of God gives joy to the heart; <br />we see all things in its light.</em></div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">⁷</span> The law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the decrees of the LORD are sure, making wise the simple;<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant. 1: The will of God gives joy to the heart; <br />we see all things in its light.</em></div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">⁸</span> the precepts of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the LORD is clear, enlightening the eyes;<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant. 1: The will of God gives joy to the heart; <br />we see all things in its light.</em></div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">⁹</span> the fear of the LORD is pure, enduring forever; the ordinances of the LORD are true and righteous altogether.<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant. 1: The will of God gives joy to the heart; <br />we see all things in its light.</em></div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">¹⁰</span> More to be desired are they than gold, even much fine gold; sweeter also than honey, and drippings of the honeycomb.<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant. 1: The will of God gives joy to the heart; <br />we see all things in its light.</em></div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">¹¹</span> Moreover by them is your servant warned; in keeping them there is great reward.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">¹²</span> But who can detect their errors? Clear me from hidden faults.<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant. 1: The will of God gives joy to the heart; <br />we see all things in its light.</em></div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">¹³</span> Keep back your servant also from the insolent; do not let them have dominion over me. Then I shall be blameless, and innocent of great transgression.<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant. 1: The will of God gives joy to the heart; <br />we see all things in its light.</em></div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">¹⁴</span> Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to you, O LORD, my rock and my redeemer.<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant. 1: The will of God gives joy to the heart; <br />we see all things in its light.</em></div><br />Psalm-prayer<br />May our words in praise of your commandments find favor with you, Lord. May our faith prove we are not slaves, but sons, not so much subjected to your law as sharing your power.<br /><br /><div align="center">Psalm 7<br />Prayer of a God-fearing man who is being caluminated<br /><em>Beloved, do not grumble against one another, so that you may not be judged. See, the Judge is standing at the doors! NRS James 5:9 </em><br /><br />I</div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">¹</span> O LORD my God, in you I take refuge; save me from all my pursuers, and deliver me,<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">²</span> or like a lion they will tear me apart; they will drag me away, with no one to rescue.<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant. 2: God comes in power to give his people justice.</em></div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">³</span> O LORD my God, if I have done this, if there is wrong in my hands,<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">⁴</span> if I have repaid my ally with harm or plundered my foe without cause,<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">⁵</span> then let the enemy pursue and overtake me, trample my life to the ground, and lay my soul in the dust.Selah<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant. 2: God comes in power to give his people justice.</em></div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">⁶</span> Rise up, O LORD, in your anger; lift yourself up against the fury of my enemies; awake, O my God; you have appointed a judgment.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">⁷</span> Let the assembly of the peoples be gathered around you, and over it take your seat on high.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">⁸</span> The LORD judges the peoples; <br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant. 2: God comes in power to give his people justice.</em></div><br />...judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and according to the integrity that is in me.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">⁹</span> O let the evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous, you who test the minds and hearts, O righteous God.<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant. 2: God comes in power to give his people justice.</em></div><br /><br />Psalm-prayer<br />Father, you weigh what is in our hearts. Free us from oppressors, and, as we wait for your day of judgement, set a firm guard on our thoughts, so that while we return good for evil, we may still praise your justice.<br /><br /><div align="center">II</div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">¹⁰</span> God is my shield, who saves the upright in heart.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">¹¹</span> God is a righteous judge, and a God who has indignation every day.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">¹²</span> If one does not repent,<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant. 3: God is our Judge, strong and just; he saves the upright heart.</em></div><br />...God will whet his sword; he has bent and strung his bow;<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">¹³</span> he has prepared his deadly weapons, making his arrows fiery shafts.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">¹⁴</span> See how they conceive evil, and are pregnant with mischief, and bring forth lies.<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant. 3: God is our Judge, strong and just; he saves the upright heart.</em></div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">¹⁵</span> They make a pit, digging it out, and fall into the hole that they have made.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">¹⁶</span> Their mischief returns upon their own heads, and on their own heads their violence descends.<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant. 3: God is our Judge, strong and just; he saves the upright heart.</em></div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">¹⁷</span> I will give to the LORD the thanks due to his righteousness, and sing praise to the name of the LORD, the Most High. <br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant. 3: God is our Judge, strong and just; he saves the upright heart.</em></div><br /><br />Psalm-prayer<br />You know our hearts, Lord, but you are slow to anger and merciful in judging. Come, examine your Church, wash her clean of sin and great crowds will surround you with songs of praise.<br /><br />Midmorning<br />Reading<br />NRS Romans 13:8-10 <br /><span style="font-size:78%;">⁸</span> Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">⁹</span> The commandments, "You shall not commit adultery; You shall not murder; You shall not steal; You shall not covet"; and any other commandment, are summed up in this word, "Love your neighbor as yourself."<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">¹⁰</span> Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore, love is the fulfilling of the law. <br /><br />Stand by me, God, do not forsake me.<br />-- Do not abandon me, my Savior.<br /><br />Prayer<br />God our Father,<br />work is your gift to us,<br />a call to reach new heights<br />by using our talents for the good of all.<br />Guide us as we work and teach us to live<br />in the spirit that has made us your sons and daughters,<br />in the love that has made us brothers and sisters.<br /><br />Grant this through Christ our Lord.<br /><br />Midday<br />Reading NRS James 1:19-20, 26<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">¹⁹</span> You must understand this, my beloved: let everyone be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger;<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">²⁰</span> for your anger does not produce God's righteousness.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">²⁶</span> If any think they are religious, and do not bridle their tongues but deceive their hearts, their religion is worthless. <br /><br />I will bless the Lord all my life long.<br />-- With a song of praise ever on my lips.<br /><br />Prayer<br />Father,<br />yours is the harvest<br />and yours is the vinyard:<br />you assign the task<br />and pay a wage that is just.<br />Help us to meet this day's responsibilities,<br />and let nothing separate us from your love.<br /><br />Grant this through Christ our Lord<br /><br />Midafternoon<br />Reading: 1 Peter 1:17-19<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">¹⁷</span> If you invoke as Father the one who judges all people impartially according to their deeds, live in reverent fear during the time of your exile.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">¹⁸</span> You know that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your ancestors, not with perishable things like silver or gold,<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">¹⁹</span> but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without defect or blemish. <br /><br />Claim me once more as your own, Lord, and have mercy on me.<br />-- And I will give thanks where your people gather in prayer.<br /><br />Prayer<br />Lord,<br />you call us to worship you<br />at the hour when the apostles went to pray in the temple.<br />We offer our prayer in the name of Jesus:<br />may his saving power come to all<br />who call upon his name.<br /><br />Grant this through Christ our Lord.<br /><br />Conclusion<br />Let us praise the Lord.<br />-- And give him thanks.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18206392-113011064931958797?l=daytimeprayer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>the tentmakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07593763466555013661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18206392.post-1130110069442304542005-10-23T16:19:00.000-07:002006-01-04T13:57:05.336-08:00God, come to my assistance<br /><br />Glory be to the Father,<br />and to the Son,<br />and to the Holy Ghost<br />As it was in the beginning,<br />is now and ever shall be,<br />world without end, Amen.<br /><br /><div align="center">Psalm 119:1-8<br /><span style="font-size:180%;">א</span> — Aleph<br /><br />A meditatiion on God's law<br /><em>For the love of God is this, that we obey his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome, NRS 1 John 5:3</em></div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">¹</span> Happy are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the LORD.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">²</span> Happy are those who keep his decrees, who seek him with their whole heart,<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">³</span> who also do no wrong, but walk in his ways.<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant 1: They are happy who live by the law of God.</em></div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">⁴</span> You have commanded your precepts to be kept diligently.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">⁵</span> O that my ways may be steadfast in keeping your statutes!<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">⁶</span> Then I shall not be put to shame, having my eyes fixed on all your commandments.<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant 1: They are happy who live by the law of God.</em></div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">⁷</span> I will praise you with an upright heart, when I learn your righteous ordinances.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">⁸</span> I will observe your statutes; do not utterly forsake me.<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant 1: They are happy who live by the law of God.</em></div><br /><br />Psalm-prayer<br />Lord God, you proclaim victorious those whose lives are blameless and give your law to those who seek it. Make us seek your righteous ways in our hearts.<br /><br /><div align="center">Psalm 13<br />The lament of the just man who<br />does not lose hope in God<br /><br /><em>May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. NRS Romans 15:13</em></div><br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">¹</span> How long, O LORD? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">²</span> How long must I bear pain in my soul, and have sorrow in my heart all day long? How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant 2: You have saved me, Lord, and my heart is filled with joy.</em></div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">³</span> Consider and answer me, O LORD my God! Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep the sleep of death,<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">⁴</span> and my enemy will say, "I have prevailed"; my foes will rejoice because I am shaken.<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant 2: You have saved me, Lord, and my heart is filled with joy.</em></div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">⁵</span> But I trusted in your steadfast love; my heart shall rejoice in your salvation.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">⁶</span> I will sing to the LORD, because he has dealt bountifully with me.<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant 2: You have saved me, Lord, and my heart is filled with joy.</em></div><br /><br />Psalm-prayer<br />Saving God, by the resurrection of your Son, you have given light to our eyes, and they shall not sleep in death for ever. Look upon the sufferings of your Church so that our hearts may rejoice in your saving help and sing you songs of praise.<br /><br /><div align="center">Psalm 14<br />The foolishness of sinners<br /><br /><em>But law came in, with the result that the trespass multiplied; but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more, NRS Romans 5:20</em></div><br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">¹</span> Fools say in their hearts, "There is no God." They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds; there is no one who does good.<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant 3: God sees all men as sinners, that he might show them his mercy.</em></div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">²</span> The LORD looks down from heaven on humankind to see if there are any who are wise, who seek after God.<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant 3: God sees all men as sinners, that he might show them his mercy.</em></div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">³</span> They have all gone astray, they are all alike perverse; there is no one who does good, no, not one.<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant 3: God sees all men as sinners, that he might show them his mercy.</em></div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">⁴</span> Have they no knowledge, all the evildoers who eat up my people as they eat bread, and do not call upon the LORD?<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant 3: God sees all men as sinners, that he might show them his mercy.</em></div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">⁵</span> There they shall be in great terror, for God is with the company of the righteous.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">⁶</span> You would confound the plans of the poor, but the LORD is their refuge.<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant 3: God sees all men as sinners, that he might show them his mercy.</em></div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">⁷</span> O that deliverance for Israel would come from Zion! When the LORD restores the fortunes of his people, Jacob will rejoice; Israel will be glad.<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant 3: God sees all men as sinners, that he might show them his mercy.</em></div><br /><br />Psalm-prayer<br />God of wisdom and truth, without you neither truth nor holiness can survive. Safeguard the Church you have gathered into one and make us glad in proclaiming you<br /><br />Midmorning<br />Reading<br />Jeremiah 17:7-8<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">⁷</span> Blessed are those who trust in the LORD, whose trust is the LORD.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">⁸</span> They shall be like a tree planted by water, sending out its roots by the stream. It shall not fear when heat comes, and its leaves shall stay green; in the year of drought it is not anxious, and it does not cease to bear fruit.<br /><br />God cares for all the needs of those who follow him.<br />-- Lord, God of hosts, happy is the man who trusts in you.<br /><br />Prayer<br />All-powerfull and ever-living God,<br />in midmorning you poured out the Holy Spirit<br />as a constant Friend and Guide for your apostles.<br />Send that same Spirit of love to us<br />to make us faithful witnesses to you<br />in the sight of all mankind.<br />Grant this through Christ our Lord.<br /><br />Midday<br />Reading<br />Proverbs 3:13-15<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">¹³</span> Happy are those who find wisdom, and those who get understanding,<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">¹⁴</span> for her income is better than silver, and her revenue better than gold.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">¹⁵</span> She is more precious than jewels, and nothing you desire can compare with her.<br /><br />Lord, all you ask of me is truth.<br />-- In the depths of my heart you have taught me wisdom.<br /><br />Prayer<br />Lord God,<br />you made known to Peter<br />your desire to bring all nations to salvation.<br />Let all our work give you praise<br />and carry out your loving plan.<br />Grant this through Christ our Lord.<br /><br />Midafternoon<br />Reading<br />Job 5:17-18<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">¹⁷</span> "How happy is the one whom God reproves; therefore do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">¹⁸</span> For he wounds, but he binds up; he strikes, but his hands heal.<br /><br />Deal with your servant in mercy, Lord.<br />-- Teach me to do your will.<br /><br />Prayer<br />Father,<br />you sent your angel to Cornelius<br />to show him the way to salvation<br />Help us to work generously for the salvation of the world<br />so that your Church may bring us and all mankind<br />into your presence.<br />Grant this through Christ our Lord.<br /><br />Conclusion<br />Let us praise the Lord.<br />-- And give him thanks.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18206392-113011006944230454?l=daytimeprayer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>the tentmakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07593763466555013661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18206392.post-1130109554521527672005-10-23T16:11:00.000-07:002006-01-04T13:55:25.423-08:00God, come to my assistance<br /><br />Glory be to the Father,<br />and to the Son,<br />and to the Holy Ghost<br />As it was in the beginning,<br />is now and ever shall be,<br />world without end, Amen.<br /><br /><div align="center">Psalm 119:9-16<br /><span style="font-size:180%;">ב</span> — Beth</div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">⁹</span> How can young people keep their way pure? By guarding it according to your word.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">¹⁰</span> With my whole heart I seek you; do not let me stray from your commandments.<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant. 1: Lord, may you be for ever blessed;<br />teach me the ways of holiness</em></div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">¹¹</span> I treasure your word in my heart, so that I may not sin against you.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">¹²</span> Blessed are you, O LORD; teach me your statutes.<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant. 1: Lord, may you be for ever blessed;<br />teach me the ways of holiness</em></div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">¹³</span> With my lips I declare all the ordinances of your mouth.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">¹⁴</span> I delight in the way of your decrees as much as in all riches.<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant. 1: Lord, may you be for ever blessed;<br />teach me the ways of holiness</em></div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">¹⁵</span> I will meditate on your precepts, and fix my eyes on your ways.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">¹⁶</span> I will delight in your statutes; I will not forget your word.<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant. 1: Lord, may you be for ever blessed;<br />teach me the ways of holiness</em></div><br /><br />Psalm-prayer<br />Lord, may we treasure your commandments as the greatest of all riches; never let us fear that anything will be wanting to us while you are at our side.<br /><br /><div align="center">Psalm 17<br />Save me, Lord, from those who hate you.<br /><em>In the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to the one who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverent submission. NRS Hebrews 5:7 </em><br /><br />I</div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">¹</span> Hear a just cause, O LORD; attend to my cry; give ear to my prayer from lips free of deceit.<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant. 2: Lord, keep me steadfast in your ways.</em></div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">²</span> From you let my vindication come; let your eyes see the right.<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant. 2: Lord, keep me steadfast in your ways.</em></div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">³</span> If you try my heart, if you visit me by night, if you test me, you will find no wickedness in me; my mouth does not transgress.<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant. 2: Lord, keep me steadfast in your ways.</em></div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">⁴</span> As for what others do, by the word of your lips I have avoided the ways of the violent.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">⁵</span> My steps have held fast to your paths; my feet have not slipped.<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant. 2: Lord, keep me steadfast in your ways.</em></div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">⁶</span> I call upon you, for you will answer me, O God; incline your ear to me, hear my words.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">⁷</span> Wondrously show your steadfast love, O savior of those who seek refuge from their adversaries at your right hand.<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant. 2: Lord, keep me steadfast in your ways.</em></div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">⁸</span> Guard me as the apple of the eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings,<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">⁹</span> from the wicked who despoil me,<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant. 2: Lord, keep me steadfast in your ways.</em></div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center">II</div><br />...my deadly enemies who surround me.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">¹⁰</span> They close their hearts to pity; with their mouths they speak arrogantly.<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant. 3: Rise up, O Lord, and rescue me.</em></div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">¹¹</span> They track me down; now they surround me; they set their eyes to cast me to the ground.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">¹²</span> They are like a lion eager to tear, like a young lion lurking in ambush.<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant. 3: Rise up, O Lord, and rescue me.</em></div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">¹³</span> Rise up, O LORD, confront them, overthrow them! By your sword deliver my life from the wicked,<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant. 3: Rise up, O Lord, and rescue me.</em></div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">¹⁴</span> from mortals-- by your hand, O LORD-- from mortals whose portion in life is in this world. May their bellies be filled with what you have stored up for them; may their children have more than enough; may they leave something over to their little ones.<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant. 3: Rise up, O Lord, and rescue me.</em></div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">¹⁵</span> As for me, I shall behold your face in righteousness; when I awake I shall be satisfied, beholding your likeness.<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant. 3: Rise up, O Lord, and rescue me.</em></div><br /><br />Psalm-prayer<br />Turn our eyes to see the truth of your judgements, Lord, that, when our spirits are tried by fire, the anticipation of seeing you may make us rejoice in your justice.<br /><br />Midmorning<br />Reading<br />1 Peter 1:13-14<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">¹³</span> Therefore prepare your minds for action; discipline yourselves; set all your hope on the grace that Jesus Christ will bring you when he is revealed.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">¹⁴</span> Like obedient children, do not be conformed to the desires that you formerly had in ignorance.<br /><br />Lord, show me your ways.<br />-- Teach me to walk in your footsteps.<br /><br />Prayer<br />God of truth, Father of all,<br />you send your Spirit as you promised<br />to bring together in love<br />all whom sin has driven apart.<br />Sthrengthen us to work for your blessings<br />of unity and peace in the world.<br />Grant this through Christ our Lord.<br /><br />Midday<br />Reading<br />1 Peter 1:15-16<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">¹⁵</span> Instead, as he who called you is holy, be holy yourselves in all your conduct;<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">¹⁶</span> for it is written, "You shall be holy, for I am holy."<br /><br />May your priests be robed with holiness.<br />-- Let your people dance for joy.<br /><br />Prayer<br />God of mercy,<br />this midday moment of rest<br />is your welcome gift.<br />bless the work we have begun,<br />make good its defects<br />and let us finish it in a way that pleases you.<br />Grant this through Christ our Lord.<br /><br />Midafternoon<br />Reading<br />James 4:7-8a, 10<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">⁷</span> Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">⁸</span> Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you...<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">¹⁰</span> Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.<br /><br />God looks tenderly on those who revere him.<br />-- On those who trust in his mercy.<br /><br />Prayer<br />Lord Jesus Christ,<br />to save all mankind<br />you streched out your arms on the cross.<br />Let our work be pleasing to you:<br />may it proclaim your salvation to the world,<br />for you live and reign forever and ever.<br /><br />Conclusion<br />Let us praise the Lord.<br />-- And give him thanks.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18206392-113010955452152767?l=daytimeprayer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>the tentmakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07593763466555013661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18206392.post-1130109024830900562005-10-23T15:54:00.000-07:002006-07-20T09:08:06.736-07:00God, come to my assistance<br /><br />Glory be to the Father,<br />and to the Son,<br />and to the Holy Ghost<br />As it was in the beginning,<br />is now and ever shall be,<br />world without end, Amen.<br /><br /><div align="center">Psalm 119:17-24<br /><span style="font-size:180%;">ג</span> — Gimel</div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">¹⁷</span> Deal bountifully with your servant, so that I may live and observe your word.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">¹⁸</span> Open my eyes, so that I may behold wondrous things out of your law.<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant. 1: Open my eyes, O Lord, that I may see the wonders of your law.</em></div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">¹⁹</span> I live as an alien in the land; do not hide your commandments from me.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">²⁰</span> My soul is consumed with longing for your ordinances at all times.<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant. 1: Open my eyes, O Lord, that I may see the wonders of your law.</em></div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">²¹</span> You rebuke the insolent, accursed ones, who wander from your commandments;<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">²²</span> take away from me their scorn and contempt, for I have kept your decrees.<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant. 1: Open my eyes, O Lord, that I may see the wonders of your law.</em></div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">²³</span> Even though princes sit plotting against me, your servant will meditate on your statutes.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">²⁴</span> Your decrees are my delight, they are my counselors.<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant. 1: Open my eyes, O Lord, that I may see the wonders of your law.</em></div><br /><br />Psalm-prayer<br />Father, giver of all good gifts, do not let us go astray from your commands but help us to seek you with all our hearts.<br /><br /><div align="center">Psalm 25<br />Prayer for God's favor and protection<br /><em>...and hope does not disappoint us, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us.<br />NRS Romans 5:5</em><br /><br />I</div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">¹</span> To you, O LORD, I lift up my soul.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">²</span> O my God, in you I trust; do not let me be put to shame; do not let my enemies exult over me.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">³</span> Do not let those who wait for you be put to shame; let them be ashamed who are wantonly treacherous.<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant. 2: Guide me, O Lord, in your truth.</em></div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">⁴</span> Make me to know your ways, O LORD; teach me your paths.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">⁵</span> Lead me in your truth, and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation;<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant. 2: Guide me, O Lord, in your truth.</em></div><br />...for you I wait all day long.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">⁶</span> Be mindful of your mercy, O LORD, and of your steadfast love, for they have been from of old.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">⁷</span> Do not remember the sins of my youth or my transgressions; according to your steadfast love remember me, for your goodness' sake, O LORD!<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant. 2: Guide me, O Lord, in your truth.</em></div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">⁸</span> Good and upright is the LORD; therefore he instructs sinners in the way.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">⁹</span> He leads the humble in what is right, and teaches the humble his way.<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant. 2: Guide me, O Lord, in your truth.</em></div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">¹⁰</span> All the paths of the LORD are steadfast love and faithfulness, for those who keep his covenant and his decrees.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">¹¹</span> For your name's sake, O LORD, pardon my guilt, for it is great.<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant. 2: Guide me, O Lord, in your truth.</em></div><br /><br />Pslam-prayer<br />To you, Lord, we lift up our souls; rescue us, do not let us be put to shame for calling out to you. Do not remember the sins of our youth and stupidity, but remember us with your love.<br /><br /><div align="center">II</div><br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">¹²</span> Who are they that fear the LORD? He will teach them the way that they should choose.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">¹³</span> They will abide in prosperity, and their children shall possess the land.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">¹⁴</span> The friendship of the LORD is for those who fear him, and he makes his covenant known to them.<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant. 3: Look on me, Lord, and help me, for I am poor and alone.</em></div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">¹⁵</span> My eyes are ever toward the LORD, for he will pluck my feet out of the net.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">¹⁶</span> Turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am lonely and afflicted.<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant. 3: Look on me, Lord, and help me, for I am poor and alone.</em></div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">¹⁷</span> Relieve the troubles of my heart, and bring me out of my distress.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">¹⁸</span> Consider my affliction and my trouble, and forgive all my sins.<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant. 3: Look on me, Lord, and help me, for I am poor and alone.</em></div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">¹⁹</span> Consider how many are my foes, and with what violent hatred they hate me.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">²⁰</span> O guard my life, and deliver me; do not let me be put to shame, for I take refuge in you.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">²¹</span> May integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait for you.<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant. 3: Look on me, Lord, and help me, for I am poor and alone.</em></div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">²²</span> Redeem Israel, O God, out of all its troubles.<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant. 3: Look on me, Lord, and help me, for I am poor and alone.</em></div><br /><br />Psalm-prayer<br />Through your Son, Lord, you spared sinners to show us your mercy and love. Do not remember our sins, but show us your ways; relieve our distress, and satisfy the longing of your people, so that all our hopes for eternal peace may reach fulfillment.<br /><br />Midmorning<br />Reading<br />Amos 4:13<br />For lo, the one who forms the mountains, creates the wind, reveals his thoughts to mortals, makes the morning darkness, and treads on the heights of the earth-- the LORD, the God of hosts, is his name!<br /><br />All you works of the Lord, bless the Lord.<br />-- Praise and glorify him for ever.<br /><br />Prayer<br />Lord,<br />in midmorning you gave your Holy Spirit<br />to the apostles gathered in prayer.<br />Give us a share in the life and love<br />that your Spirit brings.<br />Grant this through Christ our Lord.<br /><br />Midday<br />Reading<br />Amos 5:8<br />The one who made the Pleiades and Orion, and turns deep darkness into the morning, and darkens the day into night, who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the surface of the earth, the LORD is his name,<br /><br />Beauty and wealth surround him.<br />-- Richness and splendor adorn his holy place.<br /><br />Prayer<br />All-powerful and ever-living God,<br />with you there is no darkness,<br />from you nothing is hidden.<br />Fill us with the radiance of your light:<br />may we understand the law you have given us<br />and live it with generosity and faith.<br />Grant this through Christ our Lord.<br /><br />Midafternoon<br />Reading<br />Amos 9:6<br />who builds his upper chambers in the heavens, and founds his vault upon the earth; who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out upon the surface of the earth-- the LORD is his name.<br /><br />The sky proclaims God's glory.<br />-- The vault of heaven, the hand of him who made it.<br /><br />Prayer<br />Lord,<br />help us to follow the example<br />of your Son's patience and endurance.<br />May we face all life's difficulties<br />with confidence and faith.<br />Grant this through Christ our Lord.<br /><br />Conclusion<br />Let us praise the Lord.<br />-- And give him thanks.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18206392-113010902483090056?l=daytimeprayer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>the tentmakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07593763466555013661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18206392.post-1130103505307938992005-10-23T14:18:00.000-07:002006-01-04T13:50:00.606-08:00God, come to my assistance<br /><br />Glory be to the Father,<br />and to the Son,<br />and to the Holy Ghost<br />As it was in the beginning,<br />is now and ever shall be,<br />world without end, Amen.<br /><br /><div align="center">Psalm 119:25-32<br /><span style="font-size:180%;">ד</span> — Daleth</div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">²⁵</span> My soul clings to the dust; revive me according to your word.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">²⁶</span> When I told of my ways, you answered me; teach me your statutes.<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant. 1: Lightly I run in the way you have shown,<br />for you have opened my heart to receive your law.</em></div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">²⁷</span> Make me understand the way of your precepts, and I will meditate on your wondrous works.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">²⁸</span> My soul melts away for sorrow; strengthen me according to your word.<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant. 1: Lightly I run in the way you have shown,<br />for you have opened my heart to receive your law.</em></div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">²⁹</span> Put false ways far from me; and graciously teach me your law.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">³⁰</span> I have chosen the way of faithfulness; I set your ordinances before me.<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant. 1: Lightly I run in the way you have shown,<br />for you have opened my heart to receive your law.</em></div><br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">³¹</span> I cling to your decrees, O LORD; let me not be put to shame.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">³²</span> I run the way of your commandments, for you enlarge my understanding.<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant. 1: Lightly I run in the way you have shown,<br />for you have opened my heart to receive your law.</em></div><br /><br />Psalm-prayer<br />Lord, we are citizens of this earth and ask to be made citizens of heaven by your free gift. Help us to run in the way of your commandments and to set our hearts on you alone.<br /><br /><div align="center">Psalm 26<br />Trusting prayer of an innocent man<br /><em>...just as he chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless before him in love. NRS Ephesians 1:4</em></div><br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">¹</span> Vindicate me, O LORD, for I have walked in my integrity, and I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant. 2: I trust in the Lord and will not be shaken.</em></div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">²</span> Prove me, O LORD, and try me; test my heart and mind.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">³</span> For your steadfast love is before my eyes, and I walk in faithfulness to you.<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant. 2: I trust in the Lord and will not be shaken.</em></div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">⁴</span> I do not sit with the worthless, nor do I consort with hypocrites;<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">⁵</span> I hate the company of evildoers, and will not sit with the wicked.<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant. 2: I trust in the Lord and will not be shaken.</em></div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">⁶</span> I wash my hands in innocence, and go around your altar, O LORD,<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">⁷</span> singing aloud a song of thanksgiving, and telling all your wondrous deeds.<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant. 2: I trust in the Lord and will not be shaken.</em></div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">⁸</span> O LORD, I love the house in which you dwell, and the place where your glory abides.<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant. 2: I trust in the Lord and will not be shaken.</em></div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">⁹</span> Do not sweep me away with sinners, nor my life with the bloodthirsty,<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">¹⁰</span> those in whose hands are evil devices, and whose right hands are full of bribes.<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant. 2: I trust in the Lord and will not be shaken.</em></div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">¹¹</span> But as for me, I walk in my integrity; redeem me, and be gracious to me.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">¹²</span> My foot stands on level ground; in the great congregation I will bless the LORD.<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant. 2: I trust in the Lord and will not be shaken.</em></div><br /><br />Psalm-prayer<br />Send the fire of your Holy Spirit deep within us, Lord, so that we can serve you with chaste bodies and please you with pure minds.<br /><br /><div align="center">Psalm 28:1-3, 6-9<br />Entreaty and thanksgiving<br /><em>So they took away the stone. And Jesus looked upward and said, "Father, I thank you for having heard me. NRS John 11:41</em></div><br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">¹</span> To you, O LORD, I call; my rock, do not refuse to hear me, for if you are silent to me, I shall be like those who go down to the Pit.<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant. 3: I put all my trust in the Lord, and he has not failed me.</em></div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">²</span> Hear the voice of my supplication, as I cry to you for help, as I lift up my hands toward your most holy sanctuary.<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant. 3: I put all my trust in the Lord, and he has not failed me.</em></div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">³</span> Do not drag me away with the wicked, with those who are workers of evil, who speak peace with their neighbors, while mischief is in their hearts.<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant. 3: I put all my trust in the Lord, and he has not failed me.</em></div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">⁶</span> Blessed be the LORD, for he has heard the sound of my pleadings.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">⁷</span> The LORD is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts; so I am helped, and my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him.<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant. 3: I put all my trust in the Lord, and he has not failed me.</em></div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">⁸</span> The LORD is the strength of his people; he is the saving refuge of his anointed.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">⁹</span> O save your people, and bless your heritage; be their shepherd, and carry them forever.<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant. 3: I put all my trust in the Lord, and he has not failed me.</em></div><br /><br />Psalm-prayer<br />You are the strength of the people, Father. Save us from the pit of death and unite us as one in your holy temple, so that we may attain in our hearts the peace our tongues proclaim.<br /><br />Midmorning<br />Reading<br />Philippiians 2:2b-4<br />...be of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility regard others as better than yourselves. Let each of you look not to your own interests, but to the interests of others.<br /><br />All God's ways are faithful and compassionate.<br />-- For those who keep his covenant and do his will.<br /><br />Prayer<br />Lord Jesus Christ,<br />at this hour you were led out<br />to die on the cross<br />for the salvation of the world.<br />We ask your forgiveness for the sins of our past<br />and your protection from all future evil.<br />Bring us to the peace and joy of that kingdom<br />where you live and reign for ever and ever.<br /><br />Midday<br />Reading<br />2 Corinthians 13:4<br />For he was crucified in weakness, but lives by the power of God. For we are weak in him, but in dealing with you we will live with him by the power of God.<br /><br />I am broken, crushed to the earth.<br />-- Speak, Lord, your word of life.<br /><br />Prayer<br />Lord Jesus Christ,<br />at noon, when darkness covered all the earth<br />you mounted the wood of the cross<br />as the innocent victim for our redemption.<br />May your light be always with us<br />to guide us to eternal life in that kingdom<br />where you live and reign for ever and ever.<br /><br />Midafternoon<br />Reading<br />Colossians 3:12-13<br />As God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience. Bear with one another and, if anyone has a complaint against another, forgive each other; just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.<br /><br />Tender and compassionate is the Lord.<br />-- Patient and ready to forgive.<br /><br />Prayer<br />Lord Jesus Christ,<br />you brought the repentant thief<br />from the suffering of the cross<br />to the joy of your kingdom.<br />Lord, when we die,<br />may we who confess our sins<br />be brought to you through the gates of heaven,<br />that we may have eternal joy in that kingdom<br />where you live and reign for ever and ever.<br /><br />Conclusion<br />Let us praise the Lord.<br />-- And give him thanks.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18206392-113010350530793899?l=daytimeprayer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>the tentmakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07593763466555013661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18206392.post-1130102073294180402005-10-23T13:49:00.000-07:002006-01-04T13:49:44.376-08:00God, come to my assistance<br /><br />Glory be to the Father,<br />and to the Son,<br />and to the Holy Ghost<br />As it was in the beginning,<br />is now and ever shall be,<br />world without end, Amen.<br /><br /><div align="center">Psalm 119:33-40<br /><span style="font-size:180%;">ה</span> — He</div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">³³</span> Teach me, O LORD, the way of your statutes, and I will observe it to the end.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">³⁴</span> Give me understanding, that I may keep your law and observe it with my whole heart.<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant. 1: Lead me, Lord, in the path of your commandments.</em></div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">³⁵</span> Lead me in the path of your commandments, for I delight in it.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">³⁶</span> Turn my heart to your decrees, and not to selfish gain.<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant. 1: Lead me, Lord, in the path of your commandments.</em></div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">³⁷</span> Turn my eyes from looking at vanities; give me life in your ways.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">³⁸</span> Confirm to your servant your promise, which is for those who fear you.<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant. 1: Lead me, Lord, in the path of your commandments.</em></div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">³⁹</span> Turn away the disgrace that I dread, for your ordinances are good.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">⁴⁰</span> See, I have longed for your precepts; in your righteousness give me life.<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant. 1: Lead me, Lord, in the path of your commandments.</em></div><br />Psalm-prayer<br />In your justice give us life, Father. Do not allow greed to possess us but incline our hearts to your commands. Give us understanding to know your law and direct us according to your will.<br /><br /><div align="center">Psalm 34<br />God the savior of the just<br /><em>...if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good. NRS 1 Peter 2:3</em><br />I</div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">¹</span> I will bless the LORD at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">²</span> My soul makes its boast in the LORD; let the humble hear and be glad.<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant. 2: Those who seek the Lord will be filled with every blessing.</em></div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">³</span> O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">⁴</span> I sought the LORD, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears.<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant. 2: Those who seek the Lord will be filled with every blessing.</em></div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">⁵</span> Look to him, and be radiant; so your faces shall never be ashamed.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">⁶</span> This poor soul cried, and was heard by the LORD, and was saved from every trouble.<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant. 2: Those who seek the Lord will be filled with every blessing.</em></div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">⁷</span> The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear him, and delivers them.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">⁸</span> O taste and see that the LORD is good; happy are those who take refuge in him.<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant. 2: Those who seek the Lord will be filled with every blessing.</em></div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">⁹</span> O fear the LORD, you his holy ones, for those who fear him have no want.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">¹⁰</span> The young lions suffer want and hunger, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant. 2: Those who seek the Lord will be filled with every blessing.</em><br /><br />II</div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">¹¹</span> Come, O children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">¹²</span> Which of you desires life, and covets many days to enjoy good?<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant. 3: Seek and strive for peace.</em></div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">¹³</span> Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking deceit.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">¹⁴</span> Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">¹⁵</span> The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and his ears are open to their cry.<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant. 3: Seek and strive for peace.</em></div><br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">¹⁶</span> The face of the LORD is against evildoers, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant. 3: Seek and strive for peace.</em></div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">¹⁷</span> When the righteous cry for help, the LORD hears, and rescues them from all their troubles.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">¹⁸</span> The LORD is near to the brokenhearted, and saves the crushed in spirit.<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant. 3: Seek and strive for peace.</em></div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">¹⁹</span> Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD rescues them from them all.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">²⁰</span> He keeps all their bones; not one of them will be broken.<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant. 3: Seek and strive for peace.</em></div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">²¹</span> Evil brings death to the wicked, and those who hate the righteous will be condemned.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">²²</span> The LORD redeems the life of his servants; none of those who take refuge in him will be condemned.<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Ant. 3: Seek and strive for peace.</em></div><br /><br />Psalm-prayer<br />Graciously hear us, Lord, for we seek only you. You are near to those whose heart is right. Open yourself to accept our sorrowful spirit; calm our bodies and minds with the peace which surpasses understanding.<br /><br />Midmorning<br />Reading<br />1 Kings 8:60-61<br />...so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the LORD is God; there is no other. Therefore devote yourselves completely to the LORD our God, walking in his statutes and keeping his commandments, as at this day."<br /><br />Lord, my God, teach me your ways.<br />-- Make me live by the light of your truth.<br /><br />Prayer<br />God, all-powerful Father,<br />fill your people with the light of your Holy Spirit,<br />that, safe from every enemy,<br />we may rejoice in singing your praises.<br />Grant this through Christ our Lord.<br /><br />Midday<br />Reading<br />Jeremiah 17:9-10<br />The heart is devious above all else; it is perverse-- who can understand it? I the LORD test the mind and search the heart, to give to all according to their ways, according to the fruit of their doings.<br /><br />Free me from my hidden faults.<br />-- Never let me sin through pride.<br /><br />Prayer<br />Lord, fill us with the resplendent light<br />of your eternal love.<br />May we love you above all things,<br />and our brothers for your sake.<br />Grant this through Christ our Lord.<br /><br />Midafternoon<br />Reading<br />Wisdom 7:27a; 8:1<br />Although she is but one, she can do all things, and while remaining in herself, she renews all things...She reaches mightily from one end of the earth to the other, and she orders all things well.<br /><br />How wonderful are your works, O Lord.<br />-- Fathomless your designs.<br /><br />Prayer<br />Lord,<br />make the peace we pray for a reality:<br />may we live our days in quiet joy<br />and, with the help of the Virgin Mary's prayers,<br />safely reach your kingdom.<br />Grant us this through Christ our Lord.<br /><br />Conclusion<br />Let us praise the Lord.<br />-- And give him thanks.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18206392-113010207329418040?l=daytimeprayer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>the tentmakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07593763466555013661noreply@blogger.com