Thursday 16 April 2020
Easter Thursday
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): 17-24
Meditating the word of the Lord in the Law
“My food is to do the will of the one who sent me” (John 4:34)
Christ has risen from the dead: he is no longer subject to death, alleluia.
Bless your sérvant and Í shall líve *
and obéy your wórd.
Ópen my éyes that I may sée *
the wónders of your láw.
Í am a pílgrim on the éarth; *
shów me your commánds.
My sóul is éver consúmed *
as I lóng for your decrées.
You thréaten the próud, the accúrsed, *
who túrn from your commánds.
Relíeve me from scórn and contémpt *
for I dó your wíll.
Though prínces sit plótting agáinst me *
I pónder on your státutes.
Your wíll is mý delíght; *
your státutes are my cóunsellors.
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 29 (30)
I will práise you, Lórd, yóu have réscued me *
and have nót let my énemies rejóice óver me.
O Lórd, I críed to you for hélp *
and yóu, my Gód, have héaled me.
O Lórd, you have ráised my sóul from the déad, *
restóred me to lífe from those who sínk into the gráve.
Sing psálms to the Lórd, you who lóve him, *
give thánks to his hóly náme.
His ánger lasts a móment; his fávour all through lífe. *
At níght there are téars, but jóy comes with dáwn.
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 29 (30)
I sáid to mysélf in my good fórtune: *
‘Nóthing will éver distúrb me.’
Your fávour had sét me on a móuntain fástness, *
then you híd your fáce and I was pút to confúsion.
To yóu, Lórd, I críed, *
to my Gód I máde appéal:
‘What prófit would my déath be, my góing to the gráve? *
Can dúst give you práise or procláim your trúth?’
The Lórd lístened and had píty. *
The Lórd cáme to my hélp.
For mé you have chánged my móurning into dáncing, *
you remóved my sáckcloth and clóthed me with jóy.
So my sóul sings psálms to you uncéasingly. *
O Lord my Gód, I will thánk you 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.
Christ has risen from the dead: he is no longer subject to death, alleluia.
Psalm-prayer
Lord, hear our cry and save us. We weep in the evening as if our Lord were asleep, but let us rejoice in the morning as he is raised up among us. Rescued from sadness and clothed in rejoicing, may we gloriously sing your praises for ever.
Or:
God our Father, glorious in giving life, and even more glorious in restoring it, when his last night on earth came, your Son shed tears of blood, but dawn brought incomparable gladness. Do not turn away from us, or we shall fall back into dust, but rather turn our mourning into joy by raising us up with Christ.
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Short Reading
1 Corinthians 12:13
In the one Spirit we were all baptised, Jews as well as Greeks, slaves as well as citizens, and one Spirit was given to us all to drink.
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℣. This is the day which was made by the Lord, alleluia.
℟. Let us rejoice and be glad, alleluia.
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Let us pray.
Lord God,
you have made one people
out of many different races and nations,
united through confessing the glory of your name.
They were born to new life in baptism:
let there be one faith in their hearts,
one love in their Christian way of life.
Through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
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Let us praise the Lord.
– Thanks be to God.
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