Daytime Prayer

Daytime Prayer
Immaculate Heart of Mary
Saturday following the Second Sunday after Pentecost
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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:
All of them, united in heart, continued in prayer, with Mary, the mother of Jesus.

Psalm 120

Ad Dominum

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Psalm 121

Levai oculos

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Psalm 129

Saepe expugnaverunt

1 They have pressed me hard from my youth,
this is Israel's song.

2 They have pressed me hard from my youth
but could never destroy me.

3 They plowed my back like plowmen,
drawing long furrows.

4 But the Lord who is just, has destroyed
the yoke of the wicked."

5 Let them be shamed and routed,
those who hate Zion!

6 Let them be like grass on the roof
that withers before it flowers.

7 With that no reaper fill his arms,
no binder makes his sheaves

8 and those passing by will not say:
On you the Lord's blessing!

We bless you in the name of the Lord.

Antiphon:
All of them, united in heart, continued in prayer, with Mary, the mother of Jesus.

Reading

Shout for joy, O daughter Zion!
  sing joyfully, O Israel!
Be glad and exult with all your heart,
  O daughter Jerusalem!
The King of Israel, the Lord,
  is in your midst.- Zephaniah 3:14,15b

Responsory
Blessed are those who hear the word of God (alleluia).
     - And cherish it in their hearts (alleluia).

Closing Prayer:
Father,
you prepared the heart of the Virgin Mary
to be a fitting home for your Holy Spirit.
By her prayers
may we become a more worthy temple of your glory.
Grant this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
God, for ever and ever

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
The Mother of Jesus said: Do whatever he asks of you (alleluia).

Psalm 123

Ad te levavi oculos meos

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

2 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,

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

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

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

Psalm 124

Nisi qua Dominus

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

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

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

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

5 over our head would have swept
the raging waters."

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

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

      Indeed the snare has been broken
      and we have escaped.

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

Psalm 125

Qui confidunt

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

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

3 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.

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

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

On Israel, peace!

Antiphon
The Mother of Jesus said: Do whatever he asks of you (alleluia).

Reading
Rejoice heartily, O daughter Zion,
    shout for joy, O daughter Jerusalem!
See, your king shall come to you;
    a just savior is he.- Zechariah 9:9a

Responsory
Blessed is the womb of the Virgin Mary (alleluia).
     - Who bore the Son of the eternal Father (alleluia(.

Closing Prayer:
Father,
you prepared the heart of the Virgin Mary
to be a fitting home for your Holy Spirit.
By her prayers
may we become a more worthy temple of your glory.
Grant this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
God, for ever and ever

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
The Lord said to his mother: Woman, this is you son, and to the disciple: This is your mother (alleluia).

Psalm 126

In convertendo