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Prayers for all Occasions, Needs, and Intentions
PRAYERS - THE LITURGY OF THE HOURS
The Church's full cycle of daily Prayer
Advent is provided with a Morning and Evening Prayer and may be prayed from the First Sunday of Advent to Christmas Eve.
ADVENT MORNING PRAYER
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Morning
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Introduction |
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Psalmody |
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ADVENT
Morning Prayer
Introduction
God, come to my assistance. Lord, make haste to help me.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen. Alleluia.
Psalmody
Stir up your mighty power, Lord; come to our aid.
O
shepherd of Israel, hear us, you who lead Joseph’s flock, shine forth
from your cherubim throne upon Ephraim, Benjamin, Manasseh. O Lord, rouse
up your might. O Lord, come to our help.
God
of hosts, bring us back; let your face shine on us, and we shall be saved.
Lord God of hosts, how long will you frown on your people’s
plea?
You
have fed them with tears for their bread, an abundance of tears for their
drink. You have made us the taunt of our neighbors, our enemies laugh us
to scorn.
God
of hosts, bring us back; let your face shine on us, and we shall be saved.
You
brought a vine out of Egypt; to plant it you drove out the nations. Before
it you cleared the ground; it took root and spread through the land.
The
mountains were covered with its shadow, the cedars of God with its boughs.
It stretched out its branches to the sea, to the Great River it stretched
out its shoots.
Then
why have you broken down its walls? It is plucked by all who pass by. It
is ravaged by the boar of the forest, devoured by the beasts of the field.
God
of hosts, turn again, we implore, look down from heaven and see.
Visit
this vine and protect it, the vine your right hand has planted. Men have
burnt it with fire and destroyed it. May they perish at the frown of your
face.
May
your hand be on the man you have chosen, the man you have given your
strength. And we shall never forsake you again: give us life that we may
call upon your name.
God of hosts, bring us back; let your face shine on us and we shall be saved.
On
Jordan’s bank the Baptist’s cry
Announces
that the Lord is nigh;
Awake
and hearken, for he brings
Glad
tidings of the King of kings.
Make
straight the way of God within;
Then
cleansed be every heart from sin,
O
let us all our hearts prepare
For
Christ to come and enter here
For you are man’s salvation, Lord,
Our refuge and our great reward;
Once more upon your people shine,
And
fill the world with love divine.
To God the Son all glory be,
Whose advent set all nations free,
Whom with the Father we adore,
And Holy Spirit ever more.
The Lord has worked marvels for us; make it known to the ends of the world.
OT Testament Canticle
I give you thanks, O
Lord; though you have been angry with me, your anger has abated,
and you have consoled me.
God indeed is my
savior; I am confident and unafraid. My strength and my courage is
the Lord, and he has been my savior.
With joy you will draw
water at the fountain of salvation, and say on that day: Give
thanks to the Lord, acclaim his name; among the nations make known his
deeds, proclaim how exalted is his name.
Sing praise to the Lord
for his glorious achievement; let this be known throughout all the
earth.
Shout with exultation, O city of Zion, for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel!
Ring out your joy to God our strength.
Ring
out your joy to God our strength, shout in triumph to the God of Jacob.
Raise
a song and sound the timbrel, the sweet-sounding harp and the lute, blow
the trumpet at the new moon, when the moon is full, on our feast.
For
this is Israel’s law, a command of the God of Jacob. He imposed it as a
rule on Joseph, when he went out against the land of Egypt.
A
voice I did not know said to me: “I freed your shoulder from the burden;
your hands were freed from the load. You called in distress and I saved
you.
I
answered, concealed in the storm cloud, at the waters of Meribah I tested
you. Listen,
my people, to my warning, O Israel, if only you would heed!
Let
there be no foreign god among you, no worship of an alien god. I am the
Lord your God, who brought you from the land of Egypt. Open wide your
mouth and I will fill it.
But
my people did not heed my voice and Israel would not obey, so I left them
in their stubbornness of heart to follow their own designs.
O that my people would
heed me, that Israel would walk in my ways! At once I would subdue their
foes, turn my hand against their enemies.
The Lord’s enemies would cringe at their feet and their subjection would last for ever. But Israel I would feed with finest wheat and fill them with honey from the rock.”
Let
justice descend, O heavens, like dew from above, like gentle rain let the
skies drop it down. Let the earth open and salvation bud forth; let
justice also spring up!
Your
light will come, Jerusalem; the Lord will dawn on you in radiant beauty.
Your
light will come, Jerusalem; the Lord will dawn on you in radiant beauty.
You
will see his glory within you; the Lord will dawn on you in radiant
beauty.
Glory
to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: as it was in the
beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.
Your light will come, Jerusalem; the Lord will dawn on you in radiant beauty.
I will help you, says the Lord. I am your Savior, the Holy One of Israel.
Zechariah's Canticle
Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel; he has come to his people and set them free.
He has raised up for us a mighty savior, born of the house of his servant David.
Through his holy prophets he promised of old that he would save us from our enemies, from the hands of all who hate us.
He promised to show mercy to our fathers and to remember his holy covenant.
This was the oath he swore to our father Abraham: to set us free from the hands of our enemies, free to worship him without fear, holy and righteous in his sight all the days of our life.
You, my child, shall be called the prophet of the Most High, for you will go before the Lord to prepare his way, to give his people knowledge of salvation by the forgiveness of their sins.
In the tender compassion of our God the dawn from on high shall break upon us, to shine on those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death, and to guide our feet into the way of peace.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.
Let
us pray to God our Father who sent his Son to save mankind: Show
us your mercy, Lord!
Father most merciful, we confess our faith in your Christ with our words, keep us from denying him in our actions.
You
have sent your Son to rescue us, remove every sorrow from the face of the
earth and from our country.
Our land looks forward with delight to the approach of your Son, let it experience the fullness of your joy.
Through your mercy make us live holy and chaste lives in this world, eagerly awaiting the blessed hope and coming of Christ in glory.
The Lord's Prayer
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. Amen.
Final Prayer
Almighty Father, give us the joy of your love to prepare the way for Christ our Lord. Help us to serve you and one another.
We
ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ your Son, who lives and reigns with
you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever.
May the Lord bless us, protect us from all evil and bring us to everlasting life. Amen.
Trinitarian Ending
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Conclusion