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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
Ordinary time is provided for a Morning and Evening Prayer for each day of the week.
ORDINARY TIME FRIDAY MORNING PRAYER
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Morning
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Introduction |
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Psalmody |
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Conclusion |
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ORDINARY TIME-Friday
Morning Prayer
Introduction
Lord, you will accept the true sacrifice offered on your altar.
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
Lord, you will accept the true sacrifice offered on your altar.
Have
mercy on me, God, in your kindness. In your compassion blot out my
offense. O wash me more and more from my guilt and cleanse me from my sin.
My
offenses truly I know them; my sin is always before me. Against you, you
alone, have I sinned; what is evil in your sight I have done.
That
you may be justified when you give sentence and be without reproach when
you judge. O see, in guilt I was born, a sinner was I conceived.
Indeed
you love truth in the heart; then in the secret of my heart teach me
wisdom. O purify me, then I shall be clean; O wash me, I shall be whiter
than snow.
Make
me hear rejoicing and gladness, that the bones you have crushed may
revive. From my sins turn away your face and blot out all my guilt.
A
pure heart
create for me, O God, put a steadfast spirit within me. Do not
cast me away from your presence, nor deprive me of your holy spirit.
Give me again the joy of your help; with a spirit of fervor sustain me, that I may teach transgressors your ways and sinners may return to you.
O
rescue me, God, my helper, and my tongue shall ring out your goodness. O
Lord, open my lips and my mouth shall declare your praise.
For
in sacrifice you take no delight, burnt offering from me you would refuse,
my sacrifice, a contrite spirit. A humbled, contrite heart you will not
spurn.
In your goodness, show favor to Zion: rebuild the walls of Jerusalem. Then you will be pleased with lawful sacrifice, holocausts offered on your altar.
Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty!
Early in the morning our song shall rise to thee:
Holy, holy, holy! Merciful and mighty,
God in three persons, blessed Trinity.
Holy, holy, holy! All the saints adore thee,
Though the eye of sinful man thy glory may not see;
Only thou art holy; there is none beside thee,
Which were, and are, and ever more shall be.
Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty!
All thy works shall praise thy name, in earth, and sky, and sea;
Holy, holy, holy! Merciful and mighty,
God in three persons, blessed Trinity.
All the descendants of Israel will glory in the Lord’s gift of victory.
OT Testament Canticle
Truly
with you God is hidden, the God of Israel, the savior! Those
are put to shame and disgrace who vent their anger against him. Those go
in disgrace who carve images.
Israel,
you are saved by the Lord, saved forever! You shall never be put to shame
or disgrace in future ages.
For thus says the Lord, the creator of the heavens, who is God, the designer and maker of the earth who established it, not creating it to be a waste, but designing it to be lived in:
I
am the Lord, and there is no other. I have not spoken from hiding nor from
some dark place of the earth. And I have not said to the descendants of
Jacob, “Look for me in an empty waste.” I, the Lord, promise justice,
I foretell what is right.
Come
and assemble, gather together, you fugitives from among the Gentiles! They
are without knowledge who bear wooden idols and pray to gods that cannot
save.
Come
here and declare in counsel together: Who announced this from the
beginning and foretold it from of old? Was it not I, the Lord, besides
whom there is no other God? There is no just and saving God but me.
Turn
to me and be safe, all you ends of the earth, for I am God; there is no
other!
By
myself I swear, uttering my just decree and my unalterable word:
To
me every knee shall bend; by me every tongue shall swear, saying, “Only
in the Lord are just deeds and power.
Before him in shame shall come all who vent their anger against him. In the Lord shall be the vindication and the glory of all the descendants of Israel.”
Let us go into God’s presence singing for joy.
Cry
out with joy to the Lord, all the earth. Serve the Lord with gladness.
Come before him, singing for joy.
Know
that he, the Lord, is God. He made us, we belong to him, we are his
people, the sheep of his flock.
Go
within his gates, giving thanks. Enter
his courts with songs of praise. Give thanks to him and bless his name.
Indeed, how good is the Lord, eternal his merciful love. He is faithful from age to age.
Never let evil talk pass your lips; say only the good things men need to hear, things that will really help them. Do nothing that will sadden the Holy Spirit with whom you were sealed against the day of redemption. Get rid of all bitterness, all passion and anger, harsh words, slander, and malice of every kind. In place of these, be kind to one another, compassionate, and mutually forgiving, just as God has forgiven you in Christ.
At
daybreak, be merciful to me.
At
daybreak, be merciful to me.
Make
known to me the path that I must walk.
Be merciful to 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.
At daybreak, be merciful to me.
The Lord has come to his people and set them free.
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.
Through
his cross the Lord Jesus brought salvation to the human race. We adore him
and in faith we call out to him:
Lord, pour out your mercy upon us. Christ, Rising Sun, warm us with your rays, and restrain us from every evil impulse.
Keep guard over our thoughts, words and actions, and make us pleasing in your sight this day.
Turn your gaze from our sinfulness, and cleanse us from our iniquities.
Through your cross and resurrection, fill us with the consolation of the Spirit.
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
God our Father, you conquer the darkness of ignorance by the light of your Word. Strengthen within our hearts the faith you have given us; let not temptation ever quench the fire that your love has kindled within us.
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