Wednesday, November 26
The Midday Office To Be Observed on the Hour or Half Hour Between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m


The Call to Prayer
Let Israel rejoice in his Maker;* let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.
Psalm 149:2

The Request for Presence
Make me understand the way of your commandments,* that I may meditate on your marvelous works.
Psalm 119:27


The Greeting

How deep I find your thoughts, O God!* how great is the sum of them!
Psalm 139:16

The Refrain for the Midday Lessons

I will thank you, O LORD my God, with all my heart* and glorify your Name for evermore.
Psalm 86:12

A Reading

Moses taught the people, saying: ‘When you have entered the country which YAHWEH your God is giving you as heritage, when you have taken possession of it and are living in it, you must set aside the first-fruits of all produce of the soil raised by you in your country, given you by YAHWEH your God. You must put these in a basket and go to the place where YAHWEH your God chooses to give his name a home. You will go to the priest then in office and say to him, “Today I declare to YAHWEH my God that I have reached the country which YAHWEH swore to our ancestors that he would give us.” . . . You must then rejoice in all the good things that YAHWEH your God has bestowed on you and your family—you, the Levite and the foreigner living with you.’
Deuteronomy 26:1-3, 11

The Refrain

I will thank you, O LORD my God, with all my heart* and glorify your Name for evermore.
Psalm 86:12

The Midday Psalm

Enter into His Courts with Praise

Be joyful in the LORD, all you lands;* serve the LORD with gladness and come before his presence with a song. Know this: The LORD himself is God;* he himself has made us, and we are his; we are his people and the sheep of his pasture. Enter his gates with thanksgiving; go into his courts with praise;* give thanks to him and call upon his Name. For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting;* and his faithfulness endures from age to age.
Psalm 100:1-4

The Refrain

I will thank you, O LORD my God, with all my heart* and glorify your Name for evermore.
Psalm 86:12

The Cry of the Church

Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, have mercy on us. Lord, have mercy on us.

The Lord’s Prayer

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be your Name. May your kingdom come, and your will be done, on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil; for yours are the kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever. Amen.

The Prayer Appointed for the Week

Almighty and everlasting God, whose will it is to restore all things in your wellbeloved Son, the King of kings and Lord of lords: Mercifully grant that the peoples of the earth, divided and enslaved by sin, may be freed and brought together under his most gracious rule; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.†

The Concluding Prayer of the Church

Lord Jesus Christ, you said to your apostles, “Peace I give to you; my own peace I leave with you”: Regard not my sins but my faith, and give to me and all your church the peace and unity of that heavenly City, where with the Father and the Holy Spirit you live and reign, now and for ever. Amen.†