Wednesday, April 30
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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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Hallelujah! Praise the LORD, O my soul!* I will praise the LORD as long as I live; I
will sing praises to my God while I have my being. |
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Psalm 146:1
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The Request for Presence
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Remember me, O LORD, with the favor you have for your people,* and visit me
with your saving help;
That I may see the prosperity of your elect and be glad with the gladness of your
people,* that I may glory with your inheritance. |
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Psalm 106:45
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The Greeting
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You are to be praised, O God, in Zion; . . .
To you that hear prayer shall all flesh come,* because of their transgressions. |
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Psalm 65:12
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The Refrain for the Midday Lessons
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Your statutes have been like songs to me* wherever I have lived like a stranger. |
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Psalm 119:54
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A Reading
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We want you to be quite certain, brothers, about those who have fallen asleep, to
make sure that you do not grieve for them, as others do who have no hope. We
believe that Jesus died and rose again, and that in the same way God will bring
with him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus. |
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1 Thessalonians 4:1314
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The Refrain
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Your statutes have been like songs to me* wherever I have lived like a stranger. |
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The Midday Psalm
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Such Knowledge Is Too Wonderful for Me
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LORD, you have searched me out and known me;* you know my sitting down and
my rising up; you discern my thoughts from afar. You trace my journeys and my resting-places* and are acquainted with all my
ways.
Indeed, there is not a word on my lips,* but you, O LORD, know it altogether.
You press upon me behind and before* and lay your hand upon me.
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;* it is so high that I cannot attain to it.
Where can I go then from your Spirit?* where can I flee from your presence?
If I climb up to heaven, you are there;* if I make the grave my bed, you are there
also.
If I take the wings of the morning* and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
Even there your hand will lead me* and your right hand hold me fast. |
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Psalm 139:19
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The Refrain
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Your statutes have been like songs to me* wherever I have lived like a stranger. |
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The Cry of the Church
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Christ has died. Christ is risen. Christ will come again. |
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The Lords 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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I thank you, heavenly Father, that you have delivered me from the dominion of sin
and death and brought me into the kingdom of your Son; and I pray that, as by
his death he has recalled me to life, so by his love he may raise me to eternal
joys; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God,
now and for ever. Amen. |
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The Concluding Prayer of the Church
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May God himself order my days and make them acceptable in his sight. Blessed
be the Lord always, my strength and my redeemer. |
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Traditional
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