Friday, November 14
The Midday Office To Be Observed on the Hour or Half Hour Between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m


The Call to Prayer
“Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD.
Isaiah 1:18 (KJV)

The Request for Presence
O God, be not far from me;* come quickly to help me, O my God.
Psalm 71:12


The Greeting

“You are my God, and I will thank you;* you are my God and I will exalt you.”
Psalm 118:28

The Refrain for the Midday Lessons

The same stone that the builders rejected* has become the chief cornerstone. This is the LORD’S doing,* and it is marvelous in our eyes.
Psalm 118:22-23

A Reading

St. Paul said: “. . . I am alive; yet it is no longer I, but Christ living in me. The life that I am now living, subject to the limitation of human nature, I am living in faith, faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave himself for me.”
Galatians 2:20

The Refrain

The same stone that the builders rejected* has become the chief cornerstone. This is the LORD’S doing,* and it is marvelous in our eyes.
Psalm 118:22-23

The Midday Psalm

We Are His

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

The same stone that the builders rejected* has become the chief cornerstone. This is the LORD’S doing,* and it is marvelous in our eyes.
Psalm 118:22-23

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

O God, whose blessed Son came into the world that he might destroy the works of the devil and make us children of God and heirs of eternal life: Grant that, having this hope, I may purify myself as he is pure; that, when he comes again with power and great glory, I may be made like him in his eternal and glorious kingdom; where he lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.†

The Concluding Prayer of the Church

Lord Jesus Christ, by your death you took away the sting of death: Grant me to so follow in faith where you have led the way, that I may at length fall asleep peacefully in you and wake in your likeness; for your tender mercies’ sake. Amen.†