A form of prayer at specified times to be used
by individuals or groups. The Divine Hours includes morning,
midday, vespers (evening) and compline (before retiring) offices,
having roots in the biblical tradition. By default the Divine
Hours below is displayed based on Eastern Standard Time, U.S. |
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The Morning Office |
To Be Observed on the Hour or Half Hour
Between 6 and 9 a.m. |
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The Call to Prayer
Bless our God, you peoples;* make the voice of his praise to be heard;
Who holds our souls in life,* and will not allow our feet to slip.
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| Psalm 66:7-8 |
The Request for Presence
Show me your marvelous loving-kindness,* O Savior of those who take refuge at
your right hand from those who rise up against them.
Keep me as the apple of your eye;* hide me under the shadow of your wings.
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| Psalm 17:7-8 |
The Greeting
Hosanna, LORD, hosanna!* . . .
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD;* we bless you from the house of
the LORD.
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| Psalm 118:25-26 |
The Refrain for the Morning Lessons
For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our
hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus
Christ.
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| 2 Corinthians 4:6 |
A Reading
Jesus taught us, saying: 'But alas for you who are rich: you are having your consolation
now. Alas for you who have plenty to eat now: you shall go hungry. Alas
for you who are laughing now: you shall mourn and weep."
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| Luke 6:24-25 |
The Refrain
For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our
hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus
Christ.
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| The Morning Psalm |
What Are We That You Should Care for Us?
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| Blessed be the LORD my rock!* who trains my hands to fight and my fingers to
battle;
My help and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer,* my shield in whom I
trust, who subdues the peoples under me.
O LORD, what are we that you should care for us?* mere mortals that you should
think of us?
We are like a puff of wind;* our days are like a passing shadow.
Bow your heavens, O LORD, and come down;* touch the mountains, and they shall
smoke.
Hurl the lightning and scatter them;* shoot out your arrows and rout them.
Stretch out your hand from on high;* rescue me and deliver me from the great
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| Psalm 144:1-7 |
The Refrain
For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our
hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus
Christ.
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The Gloria
Glory be to God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. As it was
in the beginning, so it is now and so it shall ever be, world without end.
Alleluia.* Amen.
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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.
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The Prayer Appointed for the Week
Almighty Father who gave your only Son to die for our sins and to rise for our justification:
Give me grace so to put away the leaven of malice and wickedness,
that I may always serve you in pureness of living and truth; through Jesus
Christ your Son my Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever. Amen. †
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The Concluding Prayer of the Church
Lord God, almighty and everlasting Father, you have brought me in safety to this
new day: Preserve me with your mighty power, that I may not fall into sin, nor
be overcome by adversity; and in all I do direct me to the fulfilling of your purpose;
through Jesus Christ my Lord. Amen. †
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