Friday, November 21
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The Midday Office To Be Observed on the Hour or Half Hour
Between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m
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The Call to Prayer
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Bless God in the congregation;* bless the LORD, you that are of the fountain of
Israel. |
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Psalm 68:26
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The Request for Presence
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Accept, O LORD, the willing tribute of my lips,* and teach me your judgments. |
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Psalm 119:108
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The Greeting
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Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your
sight,* O LORD, my strength and my redeemer. |
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Psalm 19:14
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The Refrain for the Midday Lessons
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Hallelujah! Happy are they who fear the Lord* and have great delight in his commandments. |
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Psalm 112:1
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A Reading
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So be very careful about the sort of lives you lead, like intelligent and not like
senseless people. Make the best of the present time, for it is a wicked age. |
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Ephesians 5:15-16
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The Refrain
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Hallelujah! Happy are they who fear the Lord* and have great delight in his commandments. |
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Psalm 112:1
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The Midday Psalm
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The LORD Is My Light and My Salvation
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The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom then shall I fear?* the LORD is the
strength of my life; of whom then shall I be afraid?
When evildoers came upon me to eat up my flesh,* it was they, my foes and my
adversaries, who stumbled and fell.
Though an army should encamp against me,* yet my heart shall not be afraid;
And though war should rise up against me,* yet will I put my trust in him.
One thing have I asked of the LORD; one thing I seek;* that I may dwell in the
house of the LORD all the days of my life;
To behold the fair beauty of the LORD* and to seek him in his temple. |
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Psalm 27:1-6
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The Refrain
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Hallelujah! Happy are they who fear the Lord* and have great delight in his commandments. |
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Psalm 112:1
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The Cry of the Church
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Lord, hear my prayer and let my cry come unto you. Thanks be to God. |
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The Lord’s Prayer
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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. |
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The Prayer Appointed for the Week
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Blessed Lord, who caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning: Grant
me so to hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that I may
embrace and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life, which you have
given us in our Savior Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with you and the
Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.† |
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The Concluding Prayer of the Church
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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.† |
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