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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 THURSDAY 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-Thursday
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
Awake, lyre and harp, with praise let us awake the dawn.
Have mercy on me, God, have mercy for in you my soul has taken refuge. In the shadow of your wings I take refuge till the storms of destruction pass by.
I call to God the Most High, to God who has always been my help. May he send from heaven and save me and shame those who assail me.
May God send his truth and his love. My soul lies down among lions, who would devour the sons of men. Their teeth are spears and arrows, their tongue a sharpened sword.
O God, arise above the heavens; may your glory shine on earth!
They laid a snare for my steps, my soul was bowed down. They dug a pit in my path but fell in it themselves.
My heart is ready, 0 God, my heart is ready. I will sing, I will sing your praise. Awake, my soul, awake, lyre and harp, I will awake the dawn.
I will thank you, Lord, among the peoples, among the nations I will praise you, for your love reaches to the heavens and your truth to the skies. O God, arise above the heavens; may your glory shine on earth!
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.
My people, says the Lord, will be filled with my blessings.
OT Testament Canticle
Hear the word of the Lord, 0 nations, proclaim it on distant coasts, and say: He who scattered Israel, now gathers them together, he guards them as a shepherd his flock.
The Lord shall ransom Jacob, he shall redeem him from the hand of his conqueror. Shouting, they shall mount the heights of Zion, they shall come streaming to the Lord’s blessings: the grain, the wine, and the oil, the sheep and the oxen; they themselves shall be like watered gardens, never again shall they languish.
Then the virgins shall make merry and dance, and young men and old as well. I will turn their mourning into joy, I will console and gladden them after their sorrows.
I will lavish choice portions upon the priests, and my people shall be filled with my blessings, says the Lord.
The Lord is great and worthy to be praised in the city of our God.
The Lord is great and worthy to be praised in the city of our God. His holy mountain rises in beauty, the joy of all the earth.
Mount Zion, true pole of the earth, the Great King’s city! God, in the midst of its citadels, has shown himself its stronghold.
For the kings assembled together, together they advanced. They saw; at once they were astounded; dismayed, they fled in fear.
A trembling seized them there, like the pangs of birth. By the east wind you have destroyed the ships of Tarshish.
As we have heard, so we have seen in the city of our God, in the city of the Lord of hosts which God upholds forever.
O God, we ponder your love within your temple. Your praise, 0 God, like your name reaches to the ends of the earth.
With justice your right hand is filled. Mount Zion rejoices; the people of Judah rejoice at the sight of your judgments.
Walk through Zion, walk all around it; count the number of its towers. Review all its ramparts, examine its castles, that you may tell the next generation that such is our God, our God for ever and always. It is he who leads us.
Thus says the Lord: The heavens are my throne, and the earth is my footstool. What kind of house can you build for me; what is to be my resting place? My hand made all these things when all of them came to be, says the Lord. This is the one whom I approve: the lowly and afflicted man who trembles at my word.
From the depths of my heart I cry to you; hear me, O Lord.
From the depths of my heart I cry to you; hear me, O Lord.
I will do what you desire; hear me, O Lord.
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.
From the depths of my heart I cry to you; hear me, O Lord.
Let us serve the Lord in holiness, and he will save us from our enemies.
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.
The
Lord Jesus Christ has given us the light of another day. In return we
thank him as we cry out: Lord, bless us and bring us close to you.
You offered yourself in sacrifice for our sins, accept our intentions and our work today.
You bring us joy by the light of another day, let the morning star rise in our hearts.
Give us strength to be patient with those we meet today, and so imitate you.
Make us aware of your mercy this morning, Lord, and let your strength be our delight.
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
All-powerful and ever-living God, at morning, noon, and evening we pray: cast out from our hearts the darkness of sin and bring us to the light of your truth.
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