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Friday, September 24
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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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“Come now, let us reason together,” says the Lord.
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Isaiah 1:18 KJV
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The Request for Presence
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O LORD, I call to you; come to me quickly;* hear my voice when I cry to you.
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Psalm 141:1
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The Greeting
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In you, O LORD, have I taken refuge;* let me never be ashamed.
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Psalm 71:1
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The Refrain for the Midday Lessons
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Happy are they all who fear the LORD,* and who follow in his ways!
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Psalm 128:1
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A Reading
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By his divine power, he has lavished on us all the things that we need for life and
for true devotion, through the knowledge of him who has called us by his own
glory and goodness. Through these, the greatest and the priceless promises
have been lavished on us, that through them you should share the divine
nature and escape the corruption rife in the world through disordered passion.
With this in view, do your utmost to support your faith with goodness, goodness
with understanding, understanding with self control, self control with
perseverance, perseverance with devotion, devotion with kindness to the
brothers, and kindness to the brothers with love. The possession and growth of
these qualities will prevent your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ from
being ineffectual and unproductive. But without them a person is blind or
short-sighted, forgetting how the sins of the past were washed away.
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2 Peter 1:3–9
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The Refrain
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Happy are they all who fear the LORD,* and who follow in his ways! |
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The Midday Psalm
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Who Can Ascend the Hill of the LORD?
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“Who can ascend the hill of the LORD?* and who can stand in his holy place?”
“Those who have clean hands and a pure heart,* who have not pledged themselves
to falsehood, nor sworn by what is a fraud.
They shall receive a blessing from the LORD* and a just reward from the God of
their salvation.”
Such is the generation of those who seek him,* of those who seek your face, O God
of Jacob.
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Psalm 24:3–6
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The Refrain
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Happy are they all who fear the LORD,* and who follow in his ways! |
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The Cry of the Church
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Be, Lord, my helper and forsake me not. Do not despise me, O God, my savior.
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THE SHORT BREVIARY
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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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Grant that I, Lord, may not be anxious about earthly things, but love things heavenly;
and even now, while I am placed among things that are passing away,
hold fast to those that shall endure; through Jesus Christ our Lord, 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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Direct me, O Lord, in all my doings with your most gracious favor, and further me
with your continual help; that in all my work begun, continued, and ended in
you, I may glorify your holy name, and finally, by your mercy, obtain everlasting
life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.† |
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