Friday 6 December 2019
Friday of the 1st week of Advent
Afternoon Prayer (None)
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
Eternal Father, loving God,
Who made us from the dust of earth,
Transform us by the Spirit’s grace,
Give value to our little worth.
Prepare us for that day of days
When Christ from heaven will come with might
To call us out of dust again,
Our bodies glorified in light.
O Godhead, here untouched, unseen,
All things created bear your trace;
The seed of glory sown in man
Will flower when we see your face.
Stanbrook Abbey Hymnal
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COMPLEMENTARY PSALMS
Here are the complementary psalms. Your current settings have the psalms of the day at Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce).
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Psalm 125 (126)
Gladness and hope in the Lord
“Just as you are sharing in our sufferings, so also will you share our consolations” (2 Cor 1:7).
Mary was greatly troubled at this greeting and wondered what it might mean. She said, ‘I am to give birth to a King without ceasing to be a virgin.’
When the Lórd delivered Síon from bóndage, *
it séemed like a dréam.
Thén was our móuth filled with láughter, *
on our líps there were sóngs.
The héathens themsélves said: ‘What márvels *
the Lórd worked for thém!’
What márvels the Lórd worked for ús! *
Indéed we were glád.
Delíver us, O Lórd, from our bóndage *
as stréams in dry lánd.
Thóse who are sówing in téars *
will síng when they réap.
They go óut, they go óut, full of téars, *
carrying séed for the sówing:
they come báck, they come báck, full of sóng, *
cárrying their shéaves.
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.
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Psalm 126 (127)
Without the Lord, we labour in vain
“You are God’s building” (1 Cor 3:9).
If the Lórd does not búild the hóuse, *
in váin do its búilders lábour;
if the Lórd does not wátch over the cíty, *
in váin does the wátchman keep vígil.
In váin is your éarlier rísing, *
your góing láter to rést,
you who tóil for the bréad you éat, *
when he pours gífts on his belóved while they slúmber.
Truly sóns are a gíft from the Lórd, *
a bléssing, the frúit of the wómb.
Indéed the sóns of yóuth *
are like árrows in the hánd of a wárrior.
Ó the háppiness of the mán *
who has fílled his quíver with these árrows!
Hé will have no cáuse for sháme *
when he dispútes with his fóes in the gáteways.
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.
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Psalm 127 (128)
Peaceful life in the Lord
“’May the Lord bless you from Sion’, that is, from his Church” (Arnobius).
O bléssed are thóse who fear the Lórd *
and wálk in his wáys!
By the lábour of your hánds you shall éat. *
You will be háppy and prósper;
your wífe like a frúitful víne *
in the héart of your hóuse;
your chíldren like shóots of the ólive, *
aróund your táble.
Indéed thús shall be bléssed *
the mán who fears the Lórd.
May the Lórd bléss you from Síon *
all the dáys of your lífe!
May you sée your chíldren’s chíldren *
in a háppy Jerúsalem!
On Ísrael, 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.
Mary was greatly troubled at this greeting and wondered what it might mean. She said, ‘I am to give birth to a King without ceasing to be a virgin.’
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Short Reading
Baruch 3:5-6
Do not call to mind the misdeeds of our ancestors, but remember instead your power and your name, for you are indeed the Lord our God.
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℣. Come, Lord, and make no delay.
℟. Release your people from their sin.
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Let us pray.
Call forth your power, Lord:
come and save us from the judgement
that threatens us by reason of our sins.
Come, and set us free.
Through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
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Let us praise the Lord.
– Thanks be to God.
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