SHJIHM :: Devotions/Prayers :: Morning and Night Prayers for Wednesday, August 22 ~ Runboard
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Morning and Night Prayers for Wednesday, August 22
Morning Prayer (Lauds)
Begin with the Dual Prayer (Our Father and Hail Mary).
Then, the Invitatory Psalm:
Make the Sign of the Cross on the lips at the words "Lord, open my lips.
O Lord, open my lips.
And my mouth will proclaim your praise.
Come, let us worship Christ the King, who has crowned his own Mother.
The earth is the Lord's and the fulness thereof:
the world, and all they that dwell therein.
For he hath founded it upon the seas;
and hath prepared it upon the rivers.
Come, let us worship Christ the King, who has crowned his own Mother.
Who shall ascend into the mountain of the Lord:
or who shall stand in his holy place?
The innocent in hands, and clean of heart,
who hath not taken his soul in vain,
nor sworn deceitfully to his neighbour.
He shall receive a blessing from the Lord,
and mercy from God his Saviour.
This is the generation of them that seek him,
of them that seek the face of the God of Jacob.
Come, let us worship Christ the King, who has crowned his own Mother.
Lift up your gates, O ye princes,
and be ye lifted up, O eternal gates:
and the King of Glory shall enter in.
Who is this King of Glory?
the Lord who is strong and mighty:
the Lord mighty in battle.
Come, let us worship Christ the King, who has crowned his own Mother.
Lift up your gates, O ye princes,
and be ye lifted up, O eternal gates:
and the King of Glory shall enter in.
Who is this King of Glory?
the Lord of hosts, he is the King of Glory.
Come, let us worship Christ the King, who has crowned his own Mother.
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.
Psalm 107 (108)
Praise of the Lord and a plea for help
My heart is ready, O God,
my heart is ready:
I will sing, and will give praise,
with my glory.
Arise, my glory;
arise, psaltery and harp:
I will arise in the morning early.
I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people:
and I will sing unto thee among the populations.
For thy mercy is great above the heavens:
and thy truth even unto the clouds.
Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens,
and thy glory over all the earth:
That thy beloved may be delivered.
Save with thy right hand and hear me.
God hath spoken in his holiness.
I will rejoice, and I will divide Sichem
and I will mete out the vale of tabernacles.
Galaad is mine, and Manasses is mine
and Ephraim the protection of my head.
Juda is my king:
Moab the pot of my hope.
Over Edom I will stretch out my shoe:
the aliens are become my friends.
Who will bring me into the strong city?
who will lead me into Edom?
Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off?
and wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our armies?
O grant us help from trouble:
for vain is the help of man.
Through God we shall do mightily:
and he will bring our enemies to nothing.
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.
Canticle
Isaiah 61-62
The prophet rejoices over the new Jerusalem
I will greatly rejoice in the Lord,
and my soul shall be joyful in my God:
For he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation:
and with the robe of justice he hath covered me,
As a bridegroom decked with a crown,
and as a bride adorned with her jewels.
For as the earth bringeth forth her bud,
and as the garden causeth her seed to shoot forth:
So shall the Lord God make justice to spring forth,
and praise before all the nations.
For Sion's sake I will not hold my peace,
and for the sake of Jerusalem,
I will not rest till her just one come forth as brightness,
and her saviour be lighted as a lamp.
And the Gentiles shall see thy just one,
and all kings thy glorious one:
And thou shalt be called by a new name,
which the mouth of the Lord shall name.
And thou shalt be a crown of glory in the hand of the Lord,
and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God.
Thou shalt no more be called Forsaken:
and thy land shall no more be called Desolate:
But thou shalt be called My pleasure in her,
and thy land inhabited.
Because the Lord hath been well pleased with thee:
and thy land shall be inhabited.
For the young man shall dwell with the virgin,
and thy children shall dwell in thee.
And the bridegroom shall rejoice over the bride,
and thy God shall rejoice over thee.
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.
Psalm 145 (146)
The blessedness of those who hope in the Lord
Praise the Lord, O my soul,
in my life I will praise the Lord:
I will sing to my God as long as I shall be.
Put not your trust in princes:
In the children of men, in whom there is no salvation.
His spirit shall go forth, and he shall return into his earth:
in that day all their thoughts shall perish.
Blessed is he who hath the God of Jacob for his helper,
whose hope is in the Lord his God:
Who made heaven and earth, the sea,
and all things that are in them.
Who keepeth truth for ever:
who executeth judgment for them that suffer wrong:
Who giveth food to the hungry.
The Lord looseth them that are fettered:
The Lord enlighteneth the blind.
The Lord lifteth up them that are cast down:
the Lord loveth the just.
The Lord keepeth the strangers,
he will support the fatherless and the widow:
and the ways of sinners he will destroy.
The Lord shall reign for ever:
thy God, O Sion, unto generation and generation.
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.
Short Reading
Deuteronomy 4:39 - 40
Know therefore this day, and think in thy heart that the Lord he is God in heaven above, and in the earth beneath, and there is no other. Keep his precepts and commandments, which I command thee: that it may be well with thee, and thy children after thee, and thou mayst remain a long time upon the land, which the Lord thy God will give thee.
Canticle
Benedictus
The Messiah and his forerunner
Make the Sign of the Cross at the words "Blessed be the Lord…"
Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; because he hath visited and wrought the redemption of his people: And hath raised up an horn of salvation to us, in the house of David his servant: As he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets, who are from the beginning: Salvation from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us: To perform mercy to our fathers, and to remember his holy testament, The oath, which he swore to Abraham our father, that he would grant to us, That being delivered from the hand of our enemies, we may serve him without fear, In holiness and justice before him, all our days.
And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways: To give knowledge of salvation to his people, unto the remission of their sins: Through the bowels of the mercy of our God, in which the Orient from on high hath visited us: To enlighten them that sit in darkness, and in the shadow of death: to direct our feet into the way of 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.
Prayers and Intercessions
Christ, through whom his Father’s glory shines, enlightens us by his word. With love we pray to him:
- King of eternal glory, hear us. Blessed are you – our faith comes from you and leads us to you as its fulfilment:
you have called us out of the shadows into your wonderful light. You opened the eyes of the blind and made the deaf hear:
help us when we do not believe. Lord, may we remain always in your love:
let us never be separated. Make us resist temptation, and when troubles come, give us endurance:
but when things go well for us, may we remember to give you thanks.
Our Father, who art in Heaven,
hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come,
thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread,
and forgive us our trespasses
as we forgive those that trespass against us,
and lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
Lord, remember the new covenant, which has been sealed with the blood of the Lamb.
May your people receive forgiveness for their sins
and move ever forward towards redemption.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God for ever and ever.
Amen.
Make the Sign of the Cross at the words "May the Lord bless us…"
May the Lord bless us and keep us from all harm; and may he lead us to eternal life.
Re: Morning and Night Prayers for Wednesday, August 22
Compline (Night Prayer)
Make the Sign of the Cross at the words “ O God…”.
O God, come to my aid.
O Lord, make haste to help me.
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. Alleluia.
This is an excellent moment for an examination of conscience.
Penitential Rite
I confess to almighty God,
and to you, my brothers and sisters,
that I have sinned through my own fault,
in my thoughts and in my words,
in what I have done,
and in what I have failed to do;
and I ask blessed Mary, ever virgin,
all the angels and saints,
and you, my brothers and sisters,
to pray for me to the Lord, our God.
May almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins, and bring us to everlasting life.
Amen.
Psalm 30 (31)
Trustful prayer in time of adversity
O God, protect me; be my refuge.
In thee, O Lord, have I hoped,
let me never be confounded:
deliver me in thy justice.
Bow down thy ear to me:
make haste to deliver me.
Be thou unto me a God, a protector,
and a house of refuge, to save me.
For thou art my strength and my refuge;
and for thy name's sake thou wilt lead me,
and nourish me.
Thou wilt bring me out of this snare,
which they have hidden for me:
for thou art my protector.
Into thy hands I commend my spirit:
thou hast redeemed me,
O Lord, the God of truth.
Thou hast hated them that regard vanities, to no purpose.
But I have hoped in the Lord:
I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy.
For thou best regarded my humility,
thou hast saved my soul out of distresses.
And thou hast not shut me up in the hands of the enemy:
thou hast set my feet in a spacious place.
Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am afflicted:
my eye is troubled with wrath, my soul, and my belly:
For my life is wasted with grief:
and my years in sighs.
My strength is weakened through poverty
and my bones are disturbed.
I am become a reproach among all my enemies,
and very much to my neighbours;
and a fear to my acquaintance.
They that saw me without fled from me.
I am forgotten as one dead from the heart.
I am become as a vessel that is destroyed.
For I have heard the blame of many that dwell round about.
While they assembled together against me,
they consulted to take away my life.
But I have put my trust in thee, O Lord:
I said: Thou art my God.
My lots are in thy hands.
Deliver me out of the hands of my enemies;
and from them that persecute me.
Make thy face to shine upon thy servant;
save me in thy mercy.
Let me not be confounded, O Lord,
for I have called upon thee.
Let the wicked be ashamed,
and be brought down to hell.
Let deceitful lips be made dumb.
Which speak iniquity against the just,
with pride and abuse.
O how great is the multitude of thy sweetness, O Lord,
which thou hast hidden for them that fear thee!
Which thou hast wrought for them that hope in thee,
in the sight of the sons of men.
Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy face,
from the disturbance of men.
Thou shalt protect them in thy tabernacle
from the contradiction of tongues.
Blessed be the Lord,
for he hath shewn his wonderful mercy to me in a fortified city.
But I said in the excess of my mind:
I am cast away from before thy eyes.
Therefore thou hast heard the voice of my prayer,
when I cried to thee.
O love the Lord, all ye his saints:
for the Lord will require truth,
and will repay them abundantly that act proudly.
Do ye manfully, and let your heart be strengthened,
all ye that hope in the Lord.
O God, protect me; be my refuge.
Psalm 129 (130)
Out of the depths
Out of the depths I have cried to you, Lord.
Out of the depths I have cried to thee, O Lord:
Lord, hear my voice.
Let thy ears be attentive
to the voice of my supplication.
If thou, O Lord, wilt mark iniquities:
Lord, who shall stand it.
For with thee there is merciful forgiveness:
and by reason of thy law,
I have waited for thee, O Lord.
My soul hath relied on his word:
My soul hath hoped in the Lord.
From the morning watch even until night,
let Israel hope in the Lord.
Because with the Lord there is mercy:
and with him plentiful redemption.
And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.
Out of the depths I have cried to you, Lord.
Reading
Ephesians 4:26-27
Be angry, and sin not. Let not the sun go down upon your anger. Give not place to the devil.
Short Responsory
Into your hands, Lord, I commend my spirit.
- Into your hands, Lord, I commend my spirit. You have redeemed us, Lord, God of faithfulness.
- Into your hands, Lord, I commend my spirit. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.
- Into your hands, Lord, I commend my spirit.
Canticle
Nunc Dimittis
Keep us safe, Lord, while we are awake, and guard us as we sleep, so that we can keep watch with Christ and rest in peace.
Make the Sign of Cross at the words “Now thou dost...”
Now thou dost dismiss thy servant, O Lord,
according to thy word in peace;
Because my eyes have seen thy salvation,
Which thou hast prepared before the face of all peoples:
A light to the revelation of the Gentiles,
and the glory of thy people Israel.
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.
Keep us safe, Lord, while we are awake, and guard us as we sleep, so that we can keep watch with Christ and rest in peace.
Prayer
Let us pray.
Lord Jesus Christ, you lay a gentle yoke upon those who follow you. Meek and humble, you give them a light burden to carry. Receive the work and the prayers we have offered to you today; and give us rest, to make us more eager to serve you, who live and reign for ever and ever, Amen.
May the almighty Lord grant us a quiet night and a perfect end.
A M E N
Final Antiphon
Hail, Holy Queen, Mother of Mercy,
our life, our sweetness, and our hope.
To you do we cry, poor banished children of Eve.
To you do we send up our sighs,
mourning and weeping in this vale of tears.
Turn then, O most gracious advocate, your eyes of mercy toward us,
and after this, our exile,
show unto us the blessed fruit of your womb, Jesus.
O clement! O loving! O sweet Virgin Mary!
Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God,
that we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ. Amen.
End with the Triple Prayer: Our Father, Hail Mary, and Apostles Creed.
