Wednesday 22 April 2020
Wednesday of the 2nd week of Eastertide
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): 57-64
Meditating the word of the Lord in the Law
“You are a letter from Christ, written not on stone tablets but on the tablets of your living hearts” (2 Cor 3:3)
Alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia.
My párt, I have resólved, O Lórd, *
is to obéy your wórd.
With all my héart I implóre your fávour; *
show the mércy of your prómise.
I have póndered óver my wáys *
and retúrned to your wíll.
I made háste and díd not deláy *
to obéy your commánds.
Though the néts of the wícked ensnáred me *
I remémbered your láw.
At mídnight I will ríse and thánk you *
for your júst decrées.
I am a fríend of áll who revére you, *
who obéy your précepts.
Lórd, your lóve fills the éarth. *
Téach me your státutes.
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 54 (55)
Against a faithless friend
“Jesus began to feel a sudden fear and great distress” (Mk 14:33).
O Gód, lísten to my práyer, *
do not híde from my pléading,
atténd to mé and replý; *
with my cáres, I cannot rést.
I trémble at the shóuts of the fóe, *
at the críes of the wícked;
for they bríng down évil upón me. *
They assáil me with fúry.
My héart is strícken withín me, *
death’s térror is ón me,
trémbling and féar fall upón me *
and hórror overwhélms me.
Ó that I had wíngs like a dóve *
to fly awáy and be at rést.
Só I would escápe far awáy *
and take réfuge in the désert.
I would hásten to fínd a shélter *
from the ráging wínd,
from the destrúctive stórm, O Lórd, *
and from their plótting tóngues.
For Í can see nóthing but víolence *
and strífe in the cíty.
Níght and dáy they patról *
hígh on the city wálls.
It is fúll of wíckedness and évil; *
it is fúll of sín.
Its stréets are néver frée *
from týranny and decéit.
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 54 (55)
If thís had been dóne by an énemy *
I could béar his táunts.
If a ríval had rísen agáinst me, *
I could híde from hím.
But it is yóu, my ówn compánion, *
my íntimate fríend!
How clóse was the fríendship betwéen us. †
We wálked togéther in hármony *
in the hóuse of Gód.
As for mé, I will crý to Gód *
and the Lórd will sáve me.
Évening, mórning and at nóon *
I will crý and lamént.
He will delíver my sóul in péace *
in the attáck agáinst me;
for thóse who fíght me are mány, *
but he héars my vóice.
Gód will héar and will húmble them, *
the etérnal júdge:
for they wíll not aménd their wáys. *
They have no féar of Gód.
The tráitor has túrned against his fríends; *
he has bróken his wórd.
His spéech is sófter than bútter, *
but wár is in his héart.
His wórds are smóother than óil, *
but they are náked swórds.
Entrúst your cáres to the Lórd *
and hé will suppórt you.
Hé will néver allów *
the júst man to stúmble.
But yóu, O Gód, will bring them dówn *
to the pít of déath.
Decéitful and blóodthirsty mén *
shall not líve half their dáys.
O Lórd, I will trúst in yóu.
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. Alleluia. Alleluia.
Psalm-prayer
Lord Jesus, you were rejected by your people, betrayed by the kiss of a friend, and deserted by your disciples. Give us the confidence that you had in the Father, and our salvation will be assured.
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Short Reading
(Romans 4:24-25)
We believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead, Jesus who was put to death for our sins and raised to life to justify us.
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℣. The Lord has truly risen, alleluia.
℟. He has appeared to Simon, alleluia.
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Let us pray.
Year by year, Lord,
we recall the mystery of Easter,
the mystery which restored mankind to its lost dignity
and brought the hope of resurrection.
Grant that we may possess eternally in love
what we now worship in faith.
Through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
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Let us praise the Lord.
– Thanks be to God.
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