THE DIVINE HOURS

The Call to Prayer

Sing to the LORD a new song;* sing his praise in the congregation of the faithful.

Psalm 149:1

The Request for Presence

Hear, O Shepherd of Israel, leading Joseph like a flock;* shine forth, you that are enthroned upon the cherubim.

Psalm 80:1

The Greeting

O LORD, your word is everlasting;* it stands firm in the heavens. Your faithfulness remains from one generation to another;* you established the earth, and it abides.

Psalm 119:89-90

The Refrain for the Midday Lessons

The LORD shall watch over your going out and your coming in,* from this time forth for evermore.

Psalm 121:8

A Reading

He has wiped out the record of our debt to the Law, which stood against us; he has destroyed it by nailing it to the cross; and he has stripped the sovereignties and the ruling forces, and paraded them in public, behind him in his triumphal procession.

Colossians 2:15-16

The Refrain

The LORD shall watch over your going out and your coming in,* from this time forth for evermore.

The Midday Psalm

The LORD Has Cut the Cords of the Wicked

"Greatly have they oppressed me since my youth,"* let Israel now say; "Greatly have they oppressed me since my youth,* but they have not prevailed against me." The plowmen plowed upon my back* and made their furrows long. The LORD, the Righteous One,* has cut the cords of the wicked. Let them be put to shame and thrown back,* all those who are enemies of Zion. Let them be like grass upon the housetops,* which withers before it can be plucked; Which does not fill the hand of the reaper,* nor the bosom of him who binds the sheaves; 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."

Psalm 129

The Refrain

The LORD shall watch over your going out and your coming in,* from this time forth for evermore.

The Cry of the Church

Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, have mercy on us. Lord, have mercy on us.

The Lord's Prayer

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be your Name. May your kingdom come, and your will be done, on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil; for yours are the kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever. Amen.

The Prayer Appointed for the Week

Almighty and everlasting God, who in the Paschal mystery established the new covenant of reconciliation: Grant that all who have been reborn in this fellowship of Christ’s Body may show forth in their lives what they profess by their faith; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. ✝

The Concluding Prayer of the Church

Let us bless the Lord God living and true! Let us always render him praise, glory, honor, blessing, and all good things! Amen. Amen. So be it! So be it!

St. Francis of Assisi

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