Daytime Prayer - St. Thomas

Daytime Prayer
St. Thomas
July 3 or December 21
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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:
Go forth and proclaim the good news of the kingdom; and freely share with others what God has given you.

120

Ad Domine

1: When I was in trouble, I called to the LORD; *
I called to the LORD, and he answered me.
2: Deliver me, O LORD, from lying lips *
and from the deceitful tongue.
3: What shall be done to you, and what more besides, *
O you deceitful tongue?
4: The sharpened arrows of a warrior, *
along with hot glowing coals.
5: How hateful it is that I must lodge in Meshech *
and dwell among the tents of Kedar!
6: Too long have I had to live *
among the enemies of peace.
7: I am on the side of peace, *
but when I speak of it, they are for war.

129

Saepe expugnaverunt

1: "Greatly have they oppressed me since my youth," *
let Israel now say;
2: "Greatly have they oppressed me since my youth, *
but they have not prevailed against me."
3: The plowmen plowed upon my back *
and made their furrows long.
4: The LORD, the Righteous One, *
has cut the cords of the wicked.
5: Let them be put to shame and thrown back, *
all those who are enemies of Zion.
6: Let them be like grass upon the housetops, *
which withers before it can be plucked;
7: Which does not fill the hand of the reaper, *
nor the bosom of him who binds the sheaves;
8: So that those who go by say not so much as,
"The LORD prosper you. *
We wish you well in the Name of the LORD."

122

Laetatus sum

1: I was glad when they said to me, *
"Let us go to the house of the LORD."
2: Now our feet are standing *
within your gates, O Jerusalem.
3: Jerusalem is built as a city *
that is at unity with itself;
4: To which the tribes go up,
the tribes of the LORD, *
the assembly of Israel,
to praise the Name of the LORD.
5: For there are the thrones of judgment, *
the thrones of the house of David.
6: Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: *
"May they prosper who love you.
7: Peace be within your walls *
and quietness within your towers.
8: For my brethren and companions' sake, *
I pray for your prosperity.
9: Because of the house of the LORD our God, *
I will seek to do you good."

Antiphon:
Go forth and proclaim the good news of the kingdom; and freely share with others what God has given you.

Reading
God has entrusted to us the news of reconciliation. So we are ambassadors for Christ; it is as though God were appealing through us, and the appeal that we make in Christ’s name is: be reconciled to God. - 2 Cor. 5:19-20

Responsory
Their voice has gone out to the limits of the earth.
- Their words to the ends of the world.

COLLECT
Grant, almighty God,
that we may glory in the Feast of the blessed Apostle Thomas,
so that we may always be sustained by his intercession
and, believing, may have life
in the name of Jesus Christ your Son,
whom Thomas acknowledged as the Lord.
Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of 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
Know that i am with you always, even until the end of the world.

123

Ad te levavi oculos meos

1: To you I lift up my eyes, *
to you enthroned in the heavens.
2: As the eyes of servants look to the hand of their masters, *
and the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress,
3: So our eyes look to the LORD our God, *
until he show us his mercy.
4: Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy, *
for we have had more than enough of contempt,
5: Too much of the scorn of the indolent rich, *
and of the derision of the proud.

124

Nisi quia Dominus

1: If the LORD had not been on our side, *
let Israel now say;
2: If the LORD had not been on our side, *
when enemies rose up against us;
3: Then would they have swallowed us up alive *
in their fierce anger toward us;
4: Then would the waters have overwhelmed us *
and the torrent gone over us;
5: Then would the raging waters *
have gone right over us.
6: Blessed be the LORD! *
he has not given us over to be a prey for their teeth.
7: We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowler; *
the snare is broken, and we have escaped.
8: Our help is in the Name of the LORD, *
the maker of heaven and earth.

125

Qui confidunt

1: Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion, *
which cannot be moved, but stands fast for ever.
2: The hills stand about Jerusalem; *
so does the LORD stand round about his people,
from this time forth for evermore.
3: The scepter of the wicked shall not hold sway over the land allotted to
the just, *
so that the just shall not put their hands to evil.
4: Show your goodness, O LORD, to those who are good *
and to those who are true of heart.
5: As for those who turn aside to crooked ways,
the LORD will lead them away with the evildoers; *
but peace be upon Israel.

Antiphon
Know that i am with you always, even until the end of the world.

Reading
Many signs and wonders were worked among the people at the hands of the apostles and the numbers of men and women who came to believe in the Lord increased steadily. - Acts5:12-14

Responsory
The Apostles held fast to Christ's message.
- They kept the precepts he gave them..

COLLECT
Grant, almighty God,
that we may glory in the Feast of the blessed Apostle Thomas,
so that we may always be sustained by his intercession
and, believing, may have life
in the name of Jesus Christ your Son,
whom Thomas acknowledged as the Lord.
Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of 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
By your trusting acceptance of trials, you will gain true life.

126

In convertendo

1: When the LORD restored the fortunes of Zion, *
then were we like those who dream.
2: Then was our mouth filled with laughter, *
and our tongue with shouts of joy.
3: Then they said among the nations, *
"The LORD has done great things for them."
4: The LORD has done great things for us, *
and we are glad indeed.
5: Restore our fortunes, O LORD, *
like the watercourses of the Negev.
6: Those who sowed with tears *
will reap with songs of joy.
7: Those who go out weeping, carrying the seed, *
will come again with joy, shouldering their sheaves.

127

Nisi Dominus

1: Unless the LORD builds the house, *
their labor is in vain who build it.
2: Unless the LORD watches over the city, *
in vain the watchman keeps his vigil.
3: It is in vain that you rise so early and go to bed so late; *
vain, too, to eat the bread of toil,
for he gives to his beloved sleep.
4: Children are a heritage from the LORD, *
and the fruit of the womb is a gift.
5: Like arrows in the hand of a warrior *
are the children of one's youth.
6: Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them! *
he shall not be put to shame
when he contends with his enemies in the gate.

128

Beati omnes

1: Happy are they all who fear the LORD, *
and who follow in his ways!
2: You shall eat the fruit of your labor; *
happiness and prosperity shall be yours.
3: Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine within your house, *
your children like olive shoots round about your table.
4: The man who fears the LORD *
shall thus indeed be blessed.
5: The LORD bless you from Zion, *
and may you see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of
your life.
6: May you live to see your children's children; *
may peace be upon Israel.

Antiphon
By your trusting acceptance of trials, you will gain true life.

Reading
The apostles left the presence of the Sanhedrin glad to have had the honour of suffering humiliation for the sake of the name. They preached every day both in the Temple and in private houses, and their proclamation of the Good News of Christ Jesus was never interrupted.- Acts 5:41-42

Responsory
Rejoice and be glad says the Lord,
- for your names are written in heaven.

COLLECT
Grant, almighty God,
that we may glory in the Feast of the blessed Apostle Thomas,
so that we may always be sustained by his intercession
and, believing, may have life
in the name of Jesus Christ your Son,
whom Thomas acknowledged as the Lord.
Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God, for ever and ever.