Tuesday 31 December 2019
7th day within the octave of Christmas
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): 1-8
Meditating the word of the Lord in the Law
“All things were made through him” (John 1:3).
Joseph, and Mary the mother of Jesus, wondered at what was being said about him.
They are háppy whose lífe is blámeless, *
who fóllow God’s láw!
They are háppy who dó his wíll, *
seeking hím with all their héarts,
who néver do ánything évil *
but wálk in his wáys.
Yóu have laid dówn your precépts *
to be obéyed with cáre.
Máy my fóotsteps be fírm *
to obéy your státutes.
Thén I shall nót be put to sháme *
as I héed your commánds.
I will thánk you with an úpright héart *
as I léarn your decrées.
Í will obéy your státutes; *
dó not forsáke me.
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 12 (13)
Lament of a righteous man who trusts in God
“May the God of hope fill you with every joy” (Rom 15:13).
How lóng, O Lórd, will yóu forgét me? *
How lóng wíll you híde your fáce?
How lóng must Í bear gríef in my sóul, †
this sórrow in my héart dáy and níght? *
How lóng sháll my énemy preváil?
Lóok at me, ánswer me, Lórd my Gód! *
Give líght to my éyes lest I fáll asleep in déath,
lest my énemy sáy: ‘Í have overcóme him’; *
lest my fóes rejóice to sée my fáll.
As for mé, I trúst in your mérciful lóve. *
Let my héart rejóice in your sáving hélp:
Let me síng to the Lórd for his góodness to mé, *
singing psálms to the náme of the Lórd, the Most Hígh.
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 13 (14)
The folly of the lawless
“Where sin increased, grace abounded all the more” (Rom 5:20).
The fóol has sáid in his héart: *
‘There is no Gód abóve.’
Their déeds are corrúpt, depráved; *
not a góod man is léft.
From héaven the Lórd looks dówn *
on the sóns of mén
to sée if ány are wíse, *
if ány seek Gód.
Áll have léft the right páth, *
depráved, every óne;
there is nót a góod man léft, *
nó, not even óne.
Will the évil-doers nót understánd? *
They éat up my péople
as thóugh they were éating bréad: *
they never práy to the Lórd.
Sée how they trémble with féar †
without cáuse for féar: *
for Gód is with the júst.
You may móck the póor man’s hópe, *
but his réfuge is the Lórd.
O that Ísrael’s salvátion might cóme from Síon! †
When the Lórd delívers his péople from bóndage, *
then Jácob will be glád and Ísrael rejóice.
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.
Joseph, and Mary the mother of Jesus, wondered at what was being said about him.
Psalm-prayer
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.
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Short Reading
Isaiah 45:13
I roused him to victory, I levelled the way for him. He will rebuild my city, will bring my exiles back without ransom or indemnity, so says the Lord of Hosts.
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℣. The Lord has remembered his loving mercy, alleluia.
℟. He has kept faith with the house of Israel, alleluia.
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Let us pray.
All-powerful, ever-living God,
we thank you for the human birth of your Son,
which is the source and perfection of our Christian life and worship.
Number us among his people,
for the salvation of all mankind is found in him,
who lives and reigns for ever and ever.
Amen.
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Let us praise the Lord.
– Thanks be to God.
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