Monday 23 June 2014 Monday of week 12 in Ordinary Time Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (with Invitatory) Lord, open our lips. And we shall praise your name. Invitatory Psalm Psalm 23 (24) – Let us rejoice in the Lord, with songs let us praise him. (repeat antiphon*) The Lord’s is the earth and its fullness, the world and all who live in it. He himself founded it upon the seas and set it firm over the waters. (repeat antiphon*) Who will climb the mountain of the Lord? Who will stand in his holy place? The one who is innocent of wrongdoing and pure of heart, who has not given himself to vanities or sworn falsely. He will receive the blessing of the Lord and be justified by God his saviour. This is the way of those who seek him, seek the face of the God of Jacob. (repeat antiphon*) Gates, raise your heads. Stand up, eternal doors, and let the king of glory enter. Who is the king of glory? The Lord of might and power. The Lord, strong in battle. (repeat antiphon*) Gates, raise your heads. Stand up, eternal doors, and let the king of glory enter. Who is the king of glory? The Lord of hosts – he is the king of glory. (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. – Let us rejoice in the Lord, with songs let us praise him.* * 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 Come, O Creator Spirit, come, And make within our hearts your home; To us thy grace eternal give, Who of your breathing move and live. Our senses with your light inflame, Our hearts to heavenly love reclaim; Our bodies’ poor infirmity With strength perpetual fortify. Our earthly foe afar repel: grant us henceforth in peace to dwell; and so to us, with you for guide, no ill shall come, no harm betide. May we by you the Father learn, And know the Son, and you discern, Who are of both; and thus adore In perfect faith for evermore. ________ Psalm 89 (90) Let the Lords glory shine upon us In the morning, Lord, you fill us with your love. Lord, you have been our refuge from generation to generation. Before the mountains were born, before earth and heaven were conceived, from all time to all time, you are God. You turn men into dust, you say to them “go back, children of men.” A thousand years in your sight are like yesterday, that has passed; like a short watch in the night. When you take them away, they will be nothing but a dream; like the grass that sprouts in the morning: in the morning it grows and flowers, in the evening it withers and dries. For we are made weak by your anger, thrown into confusion by your wrath. You have gazed upon our transgressions; the light of your face illuminates our secrets. All our days vanish in your anger, we use up our years in a single breath. Seventy years are what we have, or eighty for the stronger ones; and most of that is labour and sadness – quickly they pass, and we are gone. Who can comprehend the power of your wrath? Who can behold the violence of your anger? Teach us to reckon our days like this, so that our hearts may be led at last to wisdom. Turn to us, Lord, how long must we wait? Let your servants call on you and be answered. Fill us with your kindness in the morning, and we shall rejoice and be glad all the days of our life. Give us joy for as long as you afflicted us, for all the years when we suffered. Let your servants see your great works, and let their children see your glory. Let the glory of the Lord God be upon us: make firm the work of your hands. Make firm the work of your hands. 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. In the morning, Lord, you fill us with your love. ________ Canticle Isaiah 42 God, the victor and saviour Let the praise of the Lord resound from the ends of the earth. Sing a new song to the Lord: sing his praise from the ends of the earth. Praise him, who go down to the sea; and all that are in the sea, islands and their inhabitants. Let the desert rejoice, and the cities of the desert, the villages where the people of Kedar live. Let those who dwell in Petra rejoice, and cry out from the mountain-tops. Let them give glory to the Lord, and proclaim his praise among the islands. The Lord will go forth like a warrior, like a man of war he will stir up zeal; he will shout and cry out; he will prevail against his foes. “I have always been silent, I have kept silence and waited; but now I shall cry out like a woman in labour, I shall groan and tremble. I shall lay waste the mountains and hills, I shall wither their grass, I shall turn rivers into deserts, I shall dry up the marshes. I shall lead the blind along a way they do not know; in paths unknown to them I shall make them walk. I shall make the darkness that is around them into light. I shall make crooked things straight.” 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. Let the praise of the Lord resound from the ends of the earth. ________ Psalm 134 (135) Praise the Lord, the wonder-worker Praise the name of the Lord, you who stand in the house of the Lord. Praise the name of the Lord: praise it, servants of the Lord, you who stand in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God. Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good; sing to his name, for it brings happiness. For the Lord chose Jacob for his own, he chose Israel for his possession. I know how great is the Lord, how great is our God above all gods. The Lord accomplishes all that he wills, in the heavens and on the earth, in the sea and the depths of the oceans. He brings in clouds from the ends of the earth, makes lightning for the rain-clouds, from his storehouse he calls forth the winds. He struck down the first-born of Egypt, of man and of beast alike. He sent signs and wonders among them, to Pharaoh and all his servants. He shattered nation after nation, killed powerful kings: Sihon, king of the Amorites, Og, the king of Bashan, all the kingdoms of Canaan. He gave their lands as a birthright, as a birthright for Israel his people. 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. Praise the name of the Lord, you who stand in the house of the Lord. ________ Short Reading Judith 8:25-26,27 Let us give thanks to the Lord our God who, as he tested our ancestors, is now testing us. Remember how he treated Abraham, all the ordeals of Isaac and all that happened to Jacob. For as these ordeals were intended by him to search their hearts, so now this is not vengeance that God exacts against us, but a warning inflicted by the Lord on those who are near his heart. ________ Short Responsory Rejoice in the Lord, O you just; for praise is fitting for loyal hearts. – Rejoice in the Lord, O you just; for praise is fitting for loyal hearts. Sing to him a new song. – Rejoice in the Lord, O you just; for praise is fitting for loyal hearts. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit. – Rejoice in the Lord, O you just; for praise is fitting for loyal hearts. ________ Canticle Benedictus The Messiah and his forerunner Blessed be the Lord, for he has visited us and freed us. 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. Blessed be the Lord, for he has visited us and freed us. ________ Prayers and intercessions Almighty Father, the heavens cannot hold your greatness: yet through your Son we have learned to say: – Father, may your Kingdom come! We praise you as your children; may your name be kept holy in the hearts of all mankind. – Father, may your Kingdom come! Help us to live in the hope of heaven today: make us ready to do your will on earth. – Father, may your Kingdom come! Give us this day the courage to forgive others: as you forgive us our trespasses. – Father, may your Kingdom come! Father, be with us in all our trials: do not allow us to fall away from you. – Father, may your Kingdom come! ________ 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. ________ Lord God, who entrusted the earth to men to till it and care for it, and made the sun to serve their needs: give us grace this day to work faithfully for your glory and for our neighbours’ good. 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 © 1996-2013 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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