Friday 27 December 2019
Saint John, Apostle, Evangelist - Feast
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): 161-168
Meditating the word of the Lord in the Law
“You must do what the word tells you, and not just listen to it” (James 1:22)
Joseph, and Mary the mother of Jesus, wondered at what was being said about him.
Though prínces oppréss me without cáuse *
I stand in áwe of your wórd.
I táke delíght in your prómise *
like óne who finds a tréasure.
Líes I háte and detést *
but your láw is my lóve.
Séven times a dáy I práise you *
for your júst decrées.
The lóvers of your láw have great péace; *
they néver stúmble.
I awáit your saving hélp, O Lórd, *
I fulfíl your commánds.
My sóul obéys your wíll *
and lóves it déarly.
I obéy your précepts and your wíll; *
all that I dó is befóre you.
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 132 (133)
The pleasure of brotherly unity
“Let us love one another since love comes from God” (1 Jn 4:7).
How góod and how pléasant it ís, *
when bróthers líve in únity!
It is líke precious óil upon the héad *
running dówn upon the béard,
running dówn upon Áaron’s béard, *
upon the cóllar of his róbes.
It is líke the dew of Hérmon which fálls *
on the héights of Síon.
For thére the Lórd gives his bléssing, *
lífe for éver.
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 139 (140)
You are my refuge
“The Son of Man is to be betrayed into the hands of sinners” (Mt 26:45).
Réscue me, Lórd, from evil mén; *
from the víolent kéep me sáfe,
from thóse who plan évil in their héarts *
and stír up strífe every dáy;
who shárpen their tóngue like an ádder’s, *
with the póison of víper on their líps.
Lord, gúard me from the hánds of the wícked; *
from the víolent kéep me sáfe;
they plán to máke me stúmble. *
The próud have hídden a tráp,
have spréad out línes in a nét, *
set snáres acróss my páth.
I have sáid to the Lórd: ‘You are my Gód.’ *
Lord, héar the crý of my appéal!
Lord my Gód, my míghty hélp, *
you shíeld my héad in the báttle.
Do not gránt the wícked their desíre *
nor lét their plóts succéed.
I know the Lórd will avénge the póor, *
that hé will do jústice for the néedy.
Yes, the júst will práise your náme: *
the úpright shall líve in your présence.
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.
Joseph, and Mary the mother of Jesus, wondered at what was being said about him.
Psalm-prayer
Lord, you keep constant guard over your faithful people. Protect us from hidden snares and make us holy, that we may praise and bless your name and live in righteousness before you.
Or:
You defend the needy, Lord God, and you avenge the poor. You handed your Son over to sinners and permitted his crucifixion by violent men. In this way the death of the Just One made the unjust holy. Cleanse us by his Passion, and restore us to the resurrected life, that we may dwell in your sight with the angels and saints.
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Short Reading
2 Corinthians 5:19-20
God has entrusted to us the news of reconciliation. So we are ambassadors for Christ; it is as though God were appealing through us, and the appeal that we make in Christ’s name is: be reconciled to God.
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℣. Their voice has gone out through all the earth.
℟. Their message reaches to the ends of the world.
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Let us pray.
Almighty God,
who through your apostle John
unlocked for us the hidden treasures of your Word,
grant that we may grasp with fuller understanding
the message he so admirably proclaimed.
Through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
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Let us praise the Lord.
– Thanks be to God.
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