Wednesday 20 November 2019
Wednesday of week 33 in Ordinary Time
Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce)
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
Come, Holy Spirit, live in us
With God the Father and the Son,
And grant us your abundant grace
To sanctify and make us one.
May mind and tongue made strong in love
Your praise throughout the world proclaim,
And may that love within our hearts
Set fire to others with its flame.
Most blessèd Trinity of love,
For whom the heart of man was made,
To you be praise in timeless song,
And everlasting homage paid.
Stanbrook Abbey Hymnal
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PSALMS OF THE DAY
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Psalm 118(119): 9-16
Meditating the word of the Lord in the Law
“If you love me, you will keep my commandments” (John 14:15)
Blessed are you, O Lord: teach me your commands.
Hów shall the yóung remain sínless? *
By obéying your wórd.
I have sóught you with áll my héart; *
let me not stráy from your commánds.
I tréasure your prómise in my héart *
lest I sín agáinst you.
Bléssed are yóu, O Lórd; *
téach me your státutes.
With my tóngue I have recóunted *
the decrées of your líps.
I rejóiced to dó your wíll *
as though all ríches were míne.
I will pónder áll your précepts *
and consíder your páths.
I táke delíght in your státutes; *
I will nót forget your wórd.
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.
Blessed are you, O Lord: teach me your commands.
Psalm-prayer
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.
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Psalm 16 (17)
Save me from wrongdoers
“During his life on earth he offered up prayer, which was heard” (Heb 5:7).
Maintain my steps firm in your ways, Lord.
Lórd, hear a cáuse that is júst, *
pay héed to my crý.
Túrn your éar to my práyer: *
no decéit is on my líps.
From yóu may my júdgement come fórth. *
Your éyes discern the trúth.
You séarch my héart, you vísit me by níght. †
You tést me and you fínd in mé no wróng. *
My wórds are not sínful as are mén’s wórds.
I képt from víolence becáuse of your wórd, †
I képt my féet fírmly in your páths; *
there wás no fáltering ín my stéps.
I am hére and I cáll, you will héar me, O Gód. *
Túrn your éar to me; héar my wórds.
Displáy your great lóve, yóu whose right hand sáves *
your fríends from thóse who rebél agáinst them.
Gúard me as the ápple of your éye. †
Híde me in the shádow of your wíngs *
from the víolent attáck of the wícked.
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.
Maintain my steps firm in your ways, Lord.
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Psalm 16 (17)
Lord, arise, rescue my soul.
My fóes encírcle me with déadly intént. †
Their héarts tight shút, their móuths speak próudly. *
They advánce agáinst me, and nów they surróund me.
Their éyes are wátching to stríke me to the gróund, †
as thóugh they were líons réady to cláw *
or líke some young líon cróuched in híding.
Lord, aríse, confrónt them, stríke them dówn! *
Let your swórd réscue my sóul from the wícked;
let your hánd, O Lórd, réscue me from mén, *
from mén whose rewárd is in this présent lífe.
You gíve them their fíll of your tréasures; †
they rejóice in abúndance of óffspring *
and léave their wéalth to their chíldren.
As for mé, in my jústice I shall sée your fáce *
and be fílled, when I awáke, with the síght of your glóry.
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, arise, rescue my soul.
Psalm-prayer
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.
Or:
When your Son was unjustly condemned, Lord God, and surrounded by the impious, he cried to you and you set him free. Watch over your people as the treasure of your heart and guide their steps along safe paths that they may see your face.
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Short Reading
1 Peter 1:13-14
Free your minds, then, of encumbrances; control them, and put your trust in nothing but the grace that will be given you when Jesus Christ is revealed. Do not behave in the way that you liked to before you learnt the truth, but make a habit of obedience.
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℣. Lord, make me know your ways.
℟. Teach me your paths.
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Let us pray.
Lord, holy Father, faithful to your promise
you sent your Spirit to bring together a people divided by sin.
Give us the grace to foster unity
and peace among men.
Through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
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Let us praise the Lord.
– Thanks be to God.
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