Easter SeasonThursday Week 7
Invitatory
Come, let us adore Christ the Lord who promised to send the Holy Spirit on his people, alleluia.
Morning Prayer
Antiphons, psalms and canticle from the current Thursday in the Psalter
READING
If Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the spirit is alive because of righteousness. If the Spirit of the one who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, the one who raised Christ from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies also, through his Spirit that dwells in you. - Romans 8:10-11
RESPONSORY
The Lord is risen from the tomb, alleluia, alleluia.
- The Lord is risen from the tomb, alleluia, alleluia.
He hung upon the cross for us,
- alleluia, alleluia.
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit
- The Lord is risen from the tomb, alleluia, alleluia.
BENEDICTUS (Canticle of Zechariah)
Antiphons
Go into the world and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, alleluia.
INTERCESSIONS
Blessed be Christ the Lord: through him we all have access to the Father in the Holy Spirit. Now let us pray:
Christ, hear us
Send your Spirit, the longed-for guest of our hearts,
- and grant that we may never offend him.
You rose from the dead and are seated at the right hand of God,
- make intercession for us always with the Father.
Through your Spirit unite us with yourself.
- So that trial or persecution or danger may never separate us from your love.
May we welcome each other,
- in the way you have welcomed us, to the glory of God.
Our Father...
PRAYER
Father,
let your Spirit come upon us with power
to fill us with his gifts.
May he make our hearts pleasing to you
and ready to do your will.
We ask through our Lord Jesus Christ your Son,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, forever and ever. Amen.
Daytime Prayer
TERCE
READING
In the one Spirit we were all baptised, Jews as well as Greeks, slaves as well as citizens, and one Spirit was given to us all to drink. - 1 Corinthians 12:13
The Lord is risen, alleluia.
- He has appeared to Simon, alleluia.
SEXT
READING
God saved us by means of the cleansing water of rebirth and by renewing us with the Holy Spirit which he has so generously poured over us through Jesus Christ our saviour. He did this so that we should be justified by his grace, to become heirs looking forward to inheriting eternal life. - Titus 3:5 - 7
The disciples rejoiced, alleluia.
- When they saw the risen Lord, alleluia.
NONES
READING
We thank the Father who has made it possible for us to share in the saints' inheritance of light. He has taken us out of the power of darkness and created a place for us in the kingdom of the Son that he loves. In him, we gain our freedom and the forgiveness of our sins. - Colossians 1:12-14
Stay with us Lord, alleluia.
- For evening draws near, alleluia.
PRAYER
As in Morning Prayer
Vespers
Antiphons, psalms and canticle from the current Thursday in the Psalter
READING
Do you not know that your body is a temple of the holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own? For you have been purchased at a price. Therefore, glorify God in your body. - 1 Corinthians 6:19-20
RESPONSORY
The Holy Spirit is the Paraclete, alleluia, alleluia.
- The Holy Spirit is the Paraclete, alleluia, alleluia.
He will teach you all things,
- alleluia, alleluia.
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit
- The Holy Spirit is the Paraclete, alleluia, alleluia.
MAGNIFICAT (Canticle of Mary)
Antiphons
When the Spirit of truth comes, he will teach you all truth and will proclaim to you the things to come, alleluia.
INTERCESSIONS
Christ is God, blessed for ever. Let us ask him to send the Holy Spirit on all redeemed by his blood , as we say:
Lord, look with favor on those you have redeemed.
Send into the Church the Spirit of unity,
- to remove all dissentions, hatred and division.
You freed those possessed by devils,
- free the world from the evils that afflict it.
You prayed, and we led by the Spirit to begin your ministry,
- may priests find in prayer the guidance of the Spirit to perform their duties.
May your Spirit guide all in authority,
- to see the common good.
You live in the glory of the Father,
- summon into your glory all the departed.
Our Father...
PRAYER
Father,
let your Spirit come upon us with power
to fill us with his gifts.
May he make our hearts pleasing to you
and ready to do your will.
We ask through our Lord Jesus Christ your Son,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, forever and ever. Amen.
