Friday 7 November 2014 Friday of week 31 in Ordinary Time Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (with Invitatory) If this is not the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version without the Invitatory Psalm instead. Lord, open our lips. And we shall praise your name. Invitatory Psalm Psalm 94 (95) – Give thanks to the Lord, for his great love is without end. (repeat antiphon*) Come, let us rejoice in the Lord, let us acclaim God our salvation. Let us come before him proclaiming our thanks, let us acclaim him with songs. (repeat antiphon*) For the Lord is a great God, a king above all gods. For he holds the depths of the earth in his hands, and the peaks of the mountains are his. For the sea is his: he made it; and his hands formed the dry land. (repeat antiphon*) Come, let us worship and bow down, bend the knee before the Lord who made us; for he himself is our God and we are his flock, the sheep that follow his hand. (repeat antiphon*) If only, today, you would listen to his voice: “Do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah, on the day of Massah in the desert, when your fathers tested me – they put me to the test, although they had seen my works.” (repeat antiphon*) “For forty years they wearied me, that generation. I said: their hearts are wandering, they do not know my paths. I swore in my anger: they will never enter my place of rest.” (repeat antiphon*) 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. – Give thanks to the Lord, for his great love is without end.* * If you are reciting this on your own, you can choose to say the antiphon once only at the start of the psalm and not repeat it. ________ Hymn We bless you, Father, Lord of Life, To whom all living beings tend, The source of holiness and grace, Our first beginning and our end. We give you thanks, Redeeming Christ, Who bore our weight of sin and shame; In dark defeat you conquered sin, And death, by dying, overcame. Come, Holy Spirit, searching fire, Whose flame all evil burns away. Come down to us with light and love, In silence and in peace to stay. We praise you, Trinity in One, Sublime in majesty and might, Who reign for ever, Lord of all, In splendour and unending light. Stanbrook Abbey Hymnal ________ Psalm 50 (51) God, have mercy on me Against you alone have I sinned: Lord, have mercy on me. Take pity on me, Lord, in your mercy; in your abundance of mercy wipe out my guilt. Wash me ever more from my guilt and cleanse me from my sin. For I know how guilty I am: my sin is always before me. Against you, you alone have I sinned, and I have done evil in your sight. Know this, so that you may give just sentence and an unbiased judgement. See, I was conceived in guilt, in sin my mother conceived me; but you love truth in the heart, and deep within me you have shown me your wisdom. You will sprinkle me with hyssop, and I will be made clean; you will wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. You will make me hear the sound of joy and gladness; the bones you have crushed will rejoice. Turn your face away from my sins and wipe out all my transgressions; create a pure heart in me, God, put a steadfast spirit into me. Do not send me away from your presence, or withdraw your holy spirit from me; give me again the joy of your salvation, and be ready to strengthen me with your spirit. I will teach the unjust your ways, and the impious will return to you. Free me from the guilt of bloodshed, God, God my saviour, and my voice will glory in your justice. Open my lips, Lord, and my mouth will proclaim your praise; for you do not delight in sacrifices: if I offered you a burnt offering, it would not please you. The true sacrifice is a broken spirit: a contrite and humble heart, O God, you will not refuse. Be pleased, Lord, to look kindly on Zion, so that the walls of Jerusalem can be rebuilt, Then indeed you will accept the proper sacrifices, gifts and burnt offerings; then indeed will bullocks be laid upon your altar. 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. Against you alone have I sinned: Lord, have mercy on me. ________ Canticle Jeremiah 14 Lamentation of the people in the time of famine and war We know our offences, Lord; we have sinned against you. Let my eyes shed tears, night and day, let them never cease, for the daughter of my people is afflicted with a great affliction, with the worst of all wounds. If I go out into the fields – behold, those slain by the sword; if I go into the city – behold, those wasted by famine. Prophet and priest go through the land, they know nothing. Surely you have not rejected Judah, thrust him from you? Surely Zion has not become hateful to your heart? Why have you struck us down beyond all hope of healing? We have looked for peace, but no good came; we have looked for the time of healing, but trouble came instead. We acknowledge, O Lord, our wickedness, and the evil done by our fathers: we acknowledge that we have sinned. Do not make us a reproach, for your name’s sake, and do not make us a disgrace before the throne of your glory. Remember the covenant you made with us: do not bring it to an end. 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. We know our offences, Lord; we have sinned against you. ________ Psalm 99 (100) Enter the Temple with joy The Lord is God; we are his people, the sheep of his flock. Rejoice in the Lord, all the earth, and serve him with joy. Exult as you enter his presence. Know that the Lord is God. He made us and we are his – his people, the sheep of his flock. Cry out his praises as you enter his gates, fill his courtyards with songs. Proclaim him and bless his name; for the Lord is our delight. His mercy lasts for ever, his faithfulness through all the ages. 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 Lord is God; we are his people, the sheep of his flock. ________ Short Reading 2 Corinthians 12:9-10 I shall be very happy to make my weaknesses my special boast so that the power of Christ may stay over me, and that is why I am quite content with my weaknesses, and with insults, hardships, persecutions, and the agonies I go through for Christ’s sake. For it is when I am weak that I am strong. ________ Short Responsory In the morning let me know your love. – In the morning let me know your love. Make me know the way I should walk. – In the morning let me know your love. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit. – In the morning let me know your love. ________ Canticle Benedictus The Messiah and his forerunner The Lord has visited his people, he has come to redeem them. Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, for he has come to his people and brought about their redemption. He has raised up the sign of salvation in the house of his servant David, as he promised through the mouth of the holy ones, his prophets through the ages: to rescue us from our enemies and all who hate us, to take pity on our fathers, to remember his holy covenant and the oath he swore to Abraham our father, that he would give himself to us, that we could serve him without fear – freed from the hands of our enemies – in uprightness and holiness before him, for all of our days. And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High: for you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare his path, to let his people know their salvation, so that their sins may be forgiven. Through the bottomless mercy of our God, one born on high will visit us to give light to those who walk in darkness, who live in the shadow of death; to lead our feet in the path of peace. 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 Lord has visited his people, he has come to redeem them. ________ Prayers and intercessions We have a high priest, able to sympathize with us in our weakness, one who, because of his likeness to us, has been tempted in every way, but did not sin. Let us pray to him: – Show us your mercy and compassion. Lord, for the joy which lay in the future, you willingly went to the cross: make us share your death, that we may also share your joy. – Show us your mercy and compassion. Lord, you said ‘Let any man who thirsts come to me and drink’: give your Spirit now to those who thirst for you. – Show us your mercy and compassion. You sent your disciples to preach the gospel to every nation: bless those men and women who devote their lives to preaching the gospel today. – Show us your mercy and compassion. Help those in pain to know that the Father cares for them for he loves them as he loves his own Son. – Show us your mercy and compassion. ________ Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. ________ Almighty Father, let your light so penetrate our minds that, walking in your commandments, we may always follow you, our leader and guide. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. ________ The Lord bless us, and keep us from all evil, and bring us to everlasting life. AMEN Copyright © 1996-2014 Universalis Publishing Limited: see universalis. Scripture readings from the Jerusalem Bible are published and copyright © 1966, 1967 and 1968 by Darton, Longman & Todd, Ltd and Doubleday, a division of Random House, Inc, and used by permission of the publishers. The psalms and canticles here are our own translation. 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