Wednesday 20 November 2019
Wednesday of week 33 in Ordinary Time
Morning Prayer (Lauds)
Introduction (without Invitatory)
If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead.
O God, come to our aid.
O Lord, make haste to help us.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son
and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning,
is now, and ever shall be,
world without end.
Amen. Alleluia.
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Hymn
Lord, God, your light which dims the stars
Awakes all things,
And all that springs to life in you
Your glory sings.
Your peaceful presence, giving strength,
Is everywhere,
And fallen men may rise again
On wings of prayer.
You are the God whose mercy rests
On all you made;
You gave us Christ, whose love through death
Our ransom paid.
We praise you, Father, with your Son
And Spirit blest,
In whom creation lives and moves,
And finds its rest.
Stanbrook Abbey Hymnal
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Psalm 35 (36)
The sinner's wickedness; God's goodness
“The man who follows me will not walk in darkness, but he will have the light of life for his guide” (Jn 8:12).
In your light, God, we see light.
Sín spéaks to the sínner *
in the dépths of his héart.
There ís no féar of Gód *
befóre his éyes.
He so flátters himsélf in his mínd *
that he knóws not his gúilt.
In his móuth are míschief and decéit. *
All wísdom is góne.
He plóts the deféat of góodness *
as he líes on his béd.
He has sét his fóot on evil wáys, *
he clíngs to what is évil.
Your lóve, Lord, réaches to héaven; *
your trúth to the skíes.
Your jústice is líke God’s móuntain, *
your júdgements like the déep.
To both mán and béast you give protéction. *
O Lórd, how précious is your lóve.
My Gód, the sóns of mén *
find réfuge in the shélter of your wíngs.
They féast on the ríches of your hóuse; *
they drínk from the stréam of your delíght.
In yóu is the sóurce of lífe *
and ín your líght we see líght.
Keep on lóving thóse who knów you, *
doing jústice for úpright héarts.
Let the fóot of the próud not crúsh me *
nor the hánd of the wícked cast me óut.
Sée how the évil-doers fáll! *
Flung dówn, they shall néver aríse.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son
and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning,
is now, and ever shall be,
world without end.
Amen.
In your light, God, we see light.
Psalm-prayer
Lord, you are the source of unfailing light. Give us true knowledge of your mercy so that we may renounce our pride and be filled with the riches of your house.
Or:
Lord God, source of light and life, you make the sun rise and the rain fall on good and bad men alike. By the light of your truth may the virtuous know your goodness and sinners feel your mercy, so that together they may drink from your stream of delight.
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Canticle
Judith 16
The Lord, creator of the world, protects his people
“They began to sing a new song” (Rev 5:9).
Lord, you are great, you are glorious, you are wonderfully strong.
Begin a song to my God with tambourines, *
sing to my Lord with cymbals.
Raise to him a new psalm; †
exalt him and call upon his name. *
For God is the Lord who crushes wars.
I will sing to my God a new song: †
O Lord, you are great and glorious, *
wonderful in strength, invincible.
Let all your creatures serve you, *
for you spoke, and they were made.
You sent forth your Spirit, and it formed them; *
there is none that can resist your voice.
For the mountains shall be shaken to their foundations with the waters; *
at your presence the rocks shall melt like wax,
but to those who fear you *
you will continue to show mercy.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son
and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning,
is now, and ever shall be,
world without end.
Amen.
Lord, you are great, you are glorious, you are wonderfully strong.
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Psalm 46 (47)
The Lord is King
“He is seated at the right hand of the Father, and his kingdom will have no end.”
Cry to God with shouts of joy.
All péoples, cláp your hánds, *
cry to Gód with shóuts of jóy!
For the Lórd, the Most Hígh, we must féar, *
great kíng over áll the éarth.
He súbdues péoples únder us *
and nátions únder our féet.
Our inhéritance, our glóry, is from hím, *
gíven to Jácob out of lóve.
God goes úp with shóuts of jóy; *
the Lord goes úp with trúmpet blást.
Sing práise for Gód, sing práise, *
sing práise to our kíng, sing práise.
God is kíng of áll the éarth, *
sing práise with áll your skíll.
God is kíng óver the nátions; *
God réigns on his hóly thróne.
The prínces of the péoples are assémbled *
with the péople of Ábraham’s Gód.
The rúlers of the éarth belong to Gód, *
to Gód who réigns over áll.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son
and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning,
is now, and ever shall be,
world without end.
Amen.
Cry to God with shouts of joy.
Psalm-prayer
God, King of all peoples and all ages, it is your victory we celebrate as we sing with all the skill at our command. Help us always to overcome evil by good, that we may rejoice in your triumph for ever.
Or:
Lord Jesus, to you belongs the dominion of heaven, earth, and all things under the earth, for you have ascended on high and are seated on the throne prepared for you by the Father. May all peoples be gathered into your Church to form a holy nation, a kingly priesthood, your own chosen heritage, to praise and adore your divine majesty, now and for ever.
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Short Reading
Tobit 4:14-15,16,19
Be careful, my child, in all you do, well-disciplined in all your behaviour. Do to no one what you would not want done to you. Give your bread to those who are hungry, and your clothes to those who are naked. Whatever you own in plenty, devote a proportion to almsgiving. Bless the Lord God in everything; beg him to guide your ways and bring your paths and purposes to their end.
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Short Responsory
Bend my heart to your will, O God.
– Bend my heart to your will, O God.
By your word, give me life.
– Bend my heart to your will, O God.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.
– Bend my heart to your will, O God.
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Canticle
Benedictus
The Messiah and the one who was sent before him
Show us your mercy, O Lord; remember your holy covenant.
Bléssed be the Lórd, the Gód of Ísrael! *
He has vísited his péople and redéemed them.
He has raised úp for ús a mighty sáviour *
in the hóuse of Dávid his sérvant,
as he prómised by the líps of holy mén, *
thóse who were his próphets from of óld.
A sáviour who would frée us from our fóes, *
from the hánds of áll who háte us.
So his lóve for our fáthers is fulfílled *
and his hóly covenant remémbered.
He swóre to Ábraham our fáther to gránt us, *
that frée from féar, and sáved from the hánds of our fóes,
we might sérve him in hóliness and jústice *
all the dáys of our lífe in his présence.
As for yóu, little chíld, *
you shall be cálled a próphet of Gód, the Most Hígh.
You shall go ahéad of the Lórd *
to prépare his wáys befóre him,
To make knówn to his péople their salvátion *
through forgíveness of áll their síns,
the loving-kíndness of the héart of our Gód *
who vísits us like the dáwn from on hígh.
He will give líght to those in dárkness, †
those who dwéll in the shádow of déath, *
and gúide us into the wáy of péace.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son
and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning,
is now, and ever shall be,
world without end.
Amen.
Show us your mercy, O Lord; remember your holy covenant.
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Prayers and intercessions
We give thanks to Christ and we praise him because he was not ashamed to call us his brothers.
– Lord Jesus, we are your brothers.
Help us to live the new life of Easter,
so that men may know through us the power of your love.
– Lord Jesus, we are your brothers.
Every day is a proof of your love:
as you bring us to this new day, make us new in mind and in heart.
– Lord Jesus, we are your brothers.
Teach us to see you present in all men;
help us to recognize you most of all in those who suffer.
– Lord Jesus, we are your brothers.
May our lives today be filled with your compassion;
give us the spirit of forgiveness and a generous heart.
– Lord Jesus, we are your brothers.
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Our Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread,
and forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us,
and lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
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God our Saviour,
through the grace of baptism you have made us children of light.
Hear our prayer
that we may always walk in that light
and work for the truth as your witnesses before men.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.
Amen.
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The Lord bless us, and keep us from all evil, and bring us to everlasting life.
Amen.
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