Saturday 7 December 2019
Saturday of the 1st week of Advent
Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce)
Introduction (without Invitatory)
If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead.
O God, come to our aid.
O Lord, make haste to help us.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son
and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning,
is now, and ever shall be,
world without end.
Amen. Alleluia.
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Hymn
Come, Holy Spirit, live in us
With God the Father and the Son,
And grant us your abundant grace
To sanctify and make us one.
May mind and tongue made strong in love
Your praise throughout the world proclaim,
And may that love within our hearts
Set fire to others with its flame.
Most blessèd Trinity of love,
For whom the heart of man was made,
To you be praise in timeless song,
And everlasting homage paid.
Stanbrook Abbey Hymnal
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PSALMS OF THE DAY
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Psalm 118(119): 33-40
Meditating the word of the Lord in the Law
“Your will be done, on earth as in heaven” (Mt 6:10)
The prophets foretold that the Saviour would be born of the Virgin Mary.
Téach me the demánds of your státutes *
and I will kéep them to the énd.
Tráin me to obsérve your láw, *
to kéep it with my héart.
Gúide me in the páth of your commánds; *
for thére is my delíght.
Bénd my héart to your wíll *
and nót to love of gáin.
Kéep my éyes from what is fálse; *
by your wórd, give me lífe.
Kéep the prómise you have máde *
to the sérvant who féars you.
Kéep me from the scórn I dréad, *
for your decrées are góod.
Sée, I lóng for your précepts; *
then in your jústice, give me lífe.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son
and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning,
is now, and ever shall be,
world without end.
Amen.
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Psalm 33 (34)
The Lord, the salvation of the righteous
“You have tasted and seen that the Lord is sweet” (1 Pet 2:3).
I will bléss the Lórd at all tímes, *
his práise álways on my líps;
in the Lórd my sóul shall make its bóast. *
The húmble shall héar and be glád.
Glórify the Lórd with mé. *
Togéther let us práise his náme.
I sóught the Lórd and he ánswered me; *
from all my térrors he sét me frée.
Lóok towards hím and be rádiant; *
let your fáces nót be abáshed.
This póor man cálled, the Lord héard him *
and réscued him from áll his distréss.
The ángel of the Lórd is encámped *
around thóse who revére him, to réscue them.
Taste and sée that the Lórd is góod. *
He is háppy who seeks réfuge in hím.
Revére the Lórd, you his sáints. *
They lack nóthing, thóse who revére him.
Strong líons suffer wánt and go húngry *
but thóse who seek the Lórd lack no bléssing.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son
and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning,
is now, and ever shall be,
world without end.
Amen.
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Psalm 33 (34)
Cóme, chíldren, and héar me *
that I may téach you the féar of the Lórd.
Who is hé who lóngs for lífe *
and many dáys, to enjóy his prospérity?
Then kéep your tóngue from évil *
and your líps from spéaking decéit.
Turn asíde from évil and do góod; *
séek and stríve after péace.
The Lórd turns his fáce against the wícked *
to destróy their remémbrance from the éarth.
The Lórd turns his éyes to the júst *
and his éars to théir appéal.
They cáll and the Lórd héars *
and réscues them in áll their distréss.
The Lord is clóse to the bróken-héarted; *
those whose spírit is crúshed he will sáve.
Mány are the tríals of the júst man *
but from them áll the Lórd will réscue him.
He will keep gúard over áll his bónes, *
not óne of his bónes shall be bróken.
Évil brings déath to the wícked; *
those who háte the góod are dóomed.
The Lord ránsoms the sóuls of his sérvants. *
Those who híde in him shall nót be condémned.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son
and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning,
is now, and ever shall be,
world without end.
Amen.
The prophets foretold that the Saviour would be born of the Virgin Mary.
Psalm-prayer
Graciously hear us, Lord, for we seek only you. You are near to those whose heart is right. Open yourself to accept our sorrowful spirit; calm our bodies and minds with the peace which surpasses understanding.
Or:
God our Creator, strength for the weak and food for the hungry, accept the mystery of the Church’s praise and thanksgiving. May we taste and see your goodness on earth and praise your greatness in heaven.
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Short Reading
Isaiah 4:2
That day, the branch of the Lord shall be beauty and glory, and the fruit of the earth shall be the pride and adornment of Israel’s survivors.
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℣. The nations shall fear your name, O Lord.
℟. And all the kings of the earth your glory.
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Let us pray.
Lord, to free man from his sinful state
you sent your only Son into this world.
Grant to us who in faith and love wait for his coming
your gift of grace
and the reward of true freedom.
Through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
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Let us praise the Lord.
– Thanks be to God.
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