Daytime Prayer - the Feast of St. Joseph

Daytime Prayer
Feast of St. Joseph
Husband of Mary
March 19
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Terce Sext Nones
Terce (Mid Morning)
O God, make speed to save us
O Lord, make haste to help us.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,
world without end.
Amen.

Psalms

Antiphon:
The parents of Jesus went each year to the solemn feast of Passover.

Psalm 120
Ad Dominum

To the Lord in the hour of my distress
I call and he answers me.

O Lord, save my soul from lying lips,
from the tongue of the deceitful."

What shall he repay you in return,
O treacherous tongue?

The warriors arrows sharpened
and coals, red-hot, blazing.

Alas, that I abide a stranger in Meshech,
dwell among the tents of Kedar!

Long enough have I been dwelling
with those who hate peace.

I am for peace, but when I speak,
they are for fighting.

Psalm 121
Levai oculos

I lift up my eyes to the mountains;
from where shall come my help?

My help shall come from the Lord
who made heaven and earth.

May he never allow you to stumble!
Let him sleep not, your guard.

No, he sleeps not nor slumbers,
Israel's guard.

The Lord is your guard and your shade;
at your right side he stands.

By day the sun shall not smite you
nor the moon in the night.

The Lord will guard you from evil,
he will guard your soul.

The Lord will guard your going and coming
both now and for ever.

Psalm 122
Laetatus sum

I rejoiced when I heard them say:
Let us go to God's house.

And now our feet are standing
within your gates, O Jerusalem.

Jerusalem is built as a city
strongly compact.

It is there that the tribes go up,
the tribes of the Lord.

For Israel's law it is,
there to praise the Lord's name.

There were set the thrones of judgment
of the house of David.

For the peace of Jerusalem pray:
Peace be to your homes!

For love of my brethren and friends
I say: Peace upon you.

For love of the house of the Lord
I will ask for your good.

Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Antiphon:
The parents of Jesus went each year to the solemn feast of Passover.

Reading
He has counsel in store for the upright,
  he is the shield of those who walk honestly,
Guarding the paths of justice,
  protecting the way of his pious ones. - Proverbs 2:7-8

Responsory
God made him master of his household.
     - He gave him charge over all his possessions.

Prayer
Father,
you entrusted our Savior to the care of Saint Joseph.
By the help of his prayers
may your Church continue to serve its Lord Jesus Christ,
who lives and reigns with you
and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Sext (Noon)
O God, make speed to save us
O Lord, make haste to help us.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,
world without end.
Amen.

Psalms

Antiphon
As they were returning home, the child Jesus remained behind without his parents' knowledge.

Psalm 123
Ad te levavi oculos meos

To you have I lifted up my eyes,
you who dwell in the heavens;

my eyes, like the eyes of slaves
on the hand of their lords.

Like the eyes of a servant
on the hand of her mistress,

so our eyes are on the Lord our God
till he show us his mercy.

Have mercy on us, Lord, have mercy.
We are filled with contempt.

Indeed all too full is our soul
with the scorn of the rich,
with the proud man's disdain.

Psalm 124
Nisi qua Dominus

If the Lord had not been on our side,
this is Israel's song.

If the Lord had not been on our side
when men rose up against us,

then would they have swallowed us alive
when their anger was kindled.

Then would the waters have engulfed us,
the torrent gone over us;

over our head would have swept
the raging waters."

Blessed be the Lord who did not give us
a prey to their teeth!

Our life, like a bird, has escaped
from the snare of the fowler.

Indeed the snare has been broken
and we have escaped.

Our help is in the name of the Lord,
who made heaven and earth.

Psalm 125
Qui confidunt

Those who put their trust in the Lord
are like Mount Zion, that cannot be shaken,
that stands for ever.

Jerusalem! The mountains surround her,
so the Lord surrounds his people
both now and for ever.

For the scepter of the wicked shall not rest
over the land of the just
for fear that the hands of the just
should turn to evil.

Do good, Lord, to those who are good,
to the upright of heart;

but the crooked and those who do evil,
drive them away!

On Israel, peace!

Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Antiphon
As they were returning home, the child Jesus remained behind without his parents' knowledge.

Reading
Wisdom, when the just man was in flight,
  guided him in direct ways,
Showed him the kingdom of God
  and gave him knowledge of holy things;
She prospered him in his labors
  and made abundant the fruit of his works. - Wisdom 10:10

Responsory
Glory and riches shall be in his house
     - And his justice shall endure for ever.

Prayer
Father,
you entrusted our Savior to the care of Saint Joseph.
By the help of his prayers
may your Church continue to serve its Lord Jesus Christ,
who lives and reigns with you
and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Nones (Mid Afternoon)
O God, make speed to save us
O Lord, make haste to help us.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,
world without end.
Amen.

Psalms

Antiphon
When they could not find Jesus, his parents returned to Jerusalem to look for him.

Psalm 126
In convertendo

When the Lord delivered Zion from bondage,
it seemed like a dream.

Then was our mouth filled with laughter,
on our lips there were songs.

The heathens themselves said: What marvels
the Lord worked for them!"

What marvels the Lord worked for us!
Indeed we were glad.

Deliver us, O Lord, from our bondage
as streams in dry land.

Those who are sowing in tears
will sing when they reap.

They go out, they go out, full of tears,
carrying seed for the sowing:
they come back, they come back, full of song,
carrying their sheaves.

Psalm 127
Nisi Dominus

If the Lord does not build the house,
in vain do its builders labor;
if the Lord does not watch over the city,
in vain does the watchman keep vigil.

In vain is your earlier rising,
your going later to rest,
you who toil for the bread you eat,
when he pours gifts on his beloved while they slumber.

Truly sons are a gift from the Lord,
a blessing, the fruit of the womb.

Indeed the sons of youth
are like arrows in the hand of a warrior.

O the happiness of the man
who has filled his quiver with these arrows!
He will have no cause for shame
when he disputes with his foes in the gateways.

Psalm 128
Beati omnes

O blessed are those who fear the Lord
and walk in his ways!

By the labor of your hands you shall eat.
You will be happy and prosper;

the wife like a fruitful vine
in the heart of your house;
Your children like shoots of the olive,
around your table.

Indeed thus shall be blessed
the man who fears the Lord.

May the Lord bless you from Zion
all the days of your life!

May you see your children's children
in a happy Jerusalem!

On Israel, peace!

Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Antiphon
When they could not find Jesus, his parents returned to Jerusalem to look for him.

Reading
Those who fear the Lord disobey not his words;
  those who love him keep his ways.
Those who fear the Lord seek to please him,
  those who love him are filled with his law. - Sirach 2:15-16

Responsory
Great is his glory with your saving help
     - You have crowned him with glory and splendor.

Prayer
Father,
you entrusted our Savior to the care of Saint Joseph.
By the help of his prayers
may your Church continue to serve its Lord Jesus Christ,
who lives and reigns with you
and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever. Amen.