Saturday 4 April 2020
Saturday of the 5th week of Lent
Midday Prayer (Sext)
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.
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Hymn
Lord God and Maker of all things,
Creation is upheld by you.
While all must change and know decay,
You are unchanging, always new.
You are man’s solace and his shield,
His Rock secure on which to build.
You are the spirit’s tranquil home,
In you alone is hope fulfilled.
To God the Father and the Son
And Holy Spirit render praise:
Blest Trinity, from age to age
The strength of all our living days.
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 122 (123)
The Lord guards his people
“The two blind men cried out, ‘Lord, have pity on us, Son of David’” (Mt 20:30).
As I live, says the Lord, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked man; rather let him turn from his evil way and live.
To yóu have I lífted up my éyes, *
you who dwéll in the héavens;
my éyes, like the éyes of sláves *
on the hánd of their lórds.
Líke the éyes of a sérvant *
on the hánd of her místress,
so our éyes are on the Lórd our Gód *
till he shów us his mércy.
Have mércy on us, Lórd, have mércy. *
We are fílled with contémpt.
Indéed all too fúll is our sóul †
with the scórn of the rích, *
with the próud man’s disdáin.
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 123 (124)
Our help is in the name of the Lord
“The Lord said to Paul, ‘Do not fear; for I am with you’” (Acts 18:9,10).
‘If the Lórd had not béen on our síde,’ *
this is Ísrael’s sóng.
‘If the Lórd had not béen on our síde *
when mén rose up agáinst us,
thén would they have swállowed us alíve *
when their ánger was kíndled.
‘Thén would the wáters have engúlfed us, *
the tórrent gone óver us;
óver our héad would have swépt *
the ráging wáters.’
Bléssed be the Lórd who did not gíve us *
a préy to their téeth!
Our lífe, like a bírd, has escáped *
from the snáre of the fówler.
Indéed the snáre has been bróken *
and wé have escáped.
Our hélp is in the náme of the Lórd, *
who made héaven and éarth.
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 124 (125)
The Lord guards his people
“Peace to the Israel of God” (Gal 6:16).
Thóse who put their trúst in the Lórd †
are like Mount Síon, that cánnot be sháken, *
that stánds for éver.
Jerúsalem! The móuntains surróund her, †
so the Lórd surróunds his péople *
both nów and for éver.
For the scéptre of the wícked shall not rést *
over the lánd of the júst
for féar that the hánds of the júst *
should túrn to évil.
Do góod, Lord, to thóse who are góod, *
to the úpright of héart;
but the cróoked and thóse who do évil, *
dríve them awáy!
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.
As I live, says the Lord, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked man; rather let him turn from his evil way and live.
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Short Reading
1 John 2:1-2
If anyone should sin, we have our advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ, who is just. He is the sacrifice that takes our sins away; and not only ours, but the whole world’s.
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℣. From my sins turn away your face.
℟. And blot out all my guilt.
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Let us pray.
Lord God,
at all times you are working out the salvation of man,
but now more especially you enrich your people with grace.
Look kindly on this people:
keep the seal of baptism inviolate in those who have received it
and in those who still await their rebirth in the Spirit.
Through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
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Let us praise the Lord.
– Thanks be to God.
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