WEEK III - THURSDAY
Morning Prayer
Lord, open my lips.
- And my mouth shall proclaim your praise.
Psalm 95 is the traditional Invitatory Psalm. Psalm 24, 67, or 100 may be substituted.
Antiphon: The Lord is close at hand; come let us worship him.
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 for ever.
Amen. (Alleluia.)
HYMN
Behold a Virgin Bearing Him
or:
When morning fills the sky,
Our hearts awaking cry:
May Jesus Christ be praised.
In all our works and prayer
His sacrifice we share:
May Jesus Christ be praised.
The night becomes as day,
When from our hearts we say:
May Jesus Christ be praised.
The powers of darkness fear
When this glad song they hear:
May Jesus Christ be praised.
In heav'n our joy will be
To sing eternally:
May Jesus Christ be praised.
Let earth and sea and sky
From depth to height reply:
May Jesus Christ be praised.
let all the earth now sing
To our eternal King:
May Jesus Christ be praised.
By this the eternal song.
Through ages all along:
May Jesus Christ be praised.
Words: E. Caswall, 1878; Melody: O Seigneur 667.667.D, Louis Bourgeois, 1561; Midi: Cyberhymnal
PSALMODY
Antiphon 1: To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul; come and rescue me, for you are my refuge and my strength.
Psalm Prayer: Lord God, your only Son wept over ancient Jerusalem, soon to be destroyed for its lack of faith. He established the new Jerusalem firmly upon the rock and made it the mother of the faithful. Make us rejoice in your Church, and grant that all people may be reborn into the freedom of your Spirit.
Psalm 87
Jerusalem is mother of us all
The heavenly Jerusalem is a free woman; she is our mother. (Galatians 4:26)
On the holy mountain is his city
cherished by the Lord.
The Lord prefers the gates of Zion
to all Jacob's dwellings.
Of you are told glorious things,
O city of God!Babylon and Egypt I will count
among those who know me;
Philistia, Tyre, Ethiopia,
these will be her children
and Zion shall be called Mother
for all shall be her children.It is he, the Lord Most High,
who gives each his place.
In his register of peoples he writes:
These are her children,
and while they dance they will sing:
In you all find their home. Glory...
Antiphon 1 To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul; come and rescue me, for you are my refuge and my strength.
Antiphon 2 Bless those, O Lord, who have waited for your coming; let your prophets prove to be true.
Canticle - Isaiah 40:10-17
The Good shepherd; God most high and most wise
See, I come quickly; I have my reward in hand. (Revelation 22:12).
Here comes with power
the Lord God,
who rules by his strong arm;
Here is his reward with him,
his recompense before him.Like a shepherd he feeds his flock;
in his arms he gathers the lambs,
Carrying them in his bosom,
and leading the ewes with care.Who has cupped in his hand the waters of the sea,
and marked off the heavens with a span?
Who has held in a measure the dust of the earth,
weighed the mountains in scales
and the hills in a balance?Who has directed the spirit of the Lord,
or has instructed him as his counselor?
Whom did he consult to gain knowledge?
Who taught him the path of judgment,
or showed him the way of understanding?Behold, the nations count as a drop of the bucket,
as dust on the scales;
the coastlands weigh no more than powder.Lebanon would not suffice for fuel,
nor its animals be enough for holocausts.
Before him all the nations are as nought,
as nothing and void he accounts them. Glory...
Antiphon 2 Bless those, O Lord, who have waited for your coming; let your prophets prove to be true.
Antiphon 3 Turn to us, O Lord, make haste to help your people.
Psalm Prayer: God, you are the source of all holiness. Though no one can see you and live, you give life most generously, and in an even greater way restore it. Sanctify your priests through your life-giving Word, and consecrate your people in his blood until our eyes see your face.
Psalm 99
Holy is the Lord our God
Christ, higher than the cherubim, when you took our lowly nature you transformed our sinful world. (Saint Athanasius)
The Lord is king; the peoples tremble.
He is throned on the cherubim; the earth quakes.
The Lord is great in Zion.He is supreme over all the peoples.
Let them praise his name, so terrible and great,
he is holy, full of power.You are a king who loves what is right;
you have established equity, justice and right;
you have established them in Jacob.Exalt the Lord our God;
bow down before Zion, his footstool.
He the Lord is holy.Among his priests were Aaron and Moses,
among those who invoked his name was Samuel.
They invoked the Lord and he answered.To them he spoke in the pillar of cloud.
They did his will; they kept the law,
which he, the Lord, had given.O Lord our God, you answered them.
For them you were a God who forgives;
yet you punished their offenses.Exalt the Lord our God;
bow down before his holy mountain
for the Lord our God is holy. Glory...
Antiphon 3 Turn to us, O Lord, make haste to help your people.
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