INVITATORY – Psalm 24
L: Lord, open my lips.
A: And my mouth will proclaim your praise.
L: Today if you hear the voice of the Lord, harden not your hearts.
S1: The Lord’s is the earth and its fullness,
the world and all its peoples.
It is he who set it on the seas;
on the waters he made it firm.
A: Today if you hear the voice of the Lord, harden not your hearts.
S2: Who shall climb the mountain of the Lord?
Who shall stand in his holy place?
The man with clean hands and pure heart,
who desires not worthless things,
who has not sworn so as to deceive his neighbor.
A: Today if you hear the voice of the Lord, harden not your hearts.
S1: He shall receive blessings from the Lord
and reward from the God who saves him.
Such are the men who seek him,
seek the face of the God of Jacob.
A: Today if you hear the voice of the Lord, harden not your hearts.
S2: O gates, lift high your heads;
grow higher, ancient doors.
Let him enter, the king of glory!
A: Today if you hear the voice of the Lord, harden not your hearts.
S1: Who is the king of glory?
The Lord, the mighty, the valiant,
the Lord, the valiant in war.
A: Today if you hear the voice of the Lord, harden not your hearts.
S2: O gates, lift high your heads;
grow higher, ancient doors.
Let him enter, the king of glory!
A: Today if you hear the voice of the Lord, harden not your hearts.
S1: Who is he, the king of glory?
He, the Lord of armies,
he is the king of glory.
A: Today if you hear the voice of the Lord, harden not your hearts.
S2: Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:
A: as it was in the beginning, is now,
and will be for ever. Amen.
A: Today if you hear the voice of the Lord, harden not your hearts.
Morning Prayer for Monday of the 5th week of Lent
April 4, 2022
L: God, come to my assistance.
A: Lord, make haste to help me.
L: Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:
A: as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen.
HYMN
L: I lift up my heart to you, O Lord, and you will hear my morning prayer.
A: I lift up my heart to you, O Lord, and you will hear my morning prayer.
PSALM 5:2-10, 12-13
S1: To my words give ear, O Lord,
give heed to my groaning.
Attend to the sound of my cries,
my King and my God.
S2: It is you whom I invoke, O Lord.
In the morning you hear me;
in the morning I offer you my prayer,
watching and waiting.
S1: You are no God who loves evil;
no sinner is your guest.
The boastful shall not stand their ground
before your face.
S2: You hate all who do evil;
you destroy all who lie.
The deceitful and bloodthirsty man
the Lord detests.
S1: But I through the greatness of your love
have access to your house.
I bow down before your holy temple,
filled with awe.
S2: Lead me, Lord, in your justice,
because of those who lie in wait;
make clear your way before me.
S1: No truth can be found in their mouths,
their heart is all mischief,
their throat a wide-open grave,
all honey their speech.
S2: All those you protect shall be glad
and ring out their joy.
You shelter them; in you they rejoice,
those who love your name.
S1: It is you who bless the just man
you surround him with favor as with a shield.
S2: Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:
A: as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen.
L: Lord, all justice and all goodness comes from you; you hate evil and abhor lies. Lead us, your servants, in the path of your justice, so that all who hope in you may rejoice with the Church and in Christ.
A: I lift up my heart to you, O Lord, and you will hear my morning prayer.
(PAUSE)
L: We praise your glorious name, O Lord, our God.
A: We praise your glorious name, O Lord, our God.
CANTICLE – 1 Chronicles 29:10-13
S1: Blessed may you be, O Lord,
God of Israel our father,
from eternity to eternity.
S2: Yours, O Lord, are grandeur and power,
majesty, splendor, and glory.
S1: For all in heaven and on earth is yours;
yours, O Lord, is the sovereignty:
you are exalted as head over all.
S2: Riches and honor are from you,
and you have dominion over all.
In your hand are power and might;
it is yours to give grandeur and strength to all.
S1: Therefore, our God, we give you thanks
and we praise the majesty of your name.
S2: Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:
A: as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen.
A: We praise your glorious name, O Lord, our God.
(PAUSE)
L: Adore the Lord in his holy court.
A: Adore the Lord in his holy court.
PSALM 29
S1: O give the Lord, you sons of God,
give the Lord glory and power;
give the Lord the glory of his name.
Adore the Lord in his holy court.
S2: The Lord’s voice resounding on the waters,
the Lord on the immensity of waters;
the voice of the Lord, full of power,
the voice of the Lord, full of splendor.
S1: The Lord’s voice shattering the cedars,
the Lord shatters the cedars of Lebanon;
he makes Lebanon leap like a calf
and Sirion like a young wild ox.
S2: The Lord’s voice flashes flames of fire.
S1: The Lord’s voice shaking the wilderness,
the Lord shakes the wilderness of Kadesh;
the Lord’s voice rending the oak tree
and stripping the forest bare.
S2: The God of glory thunders.
In his temple they all cry: “Glory!”
The Lord sat enthroned over the flood;
the Lord sits as king for ever.
S1: The Lord will give strength to his people,
the Lord will bless his people with peace.
S2: Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:
A: as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen.
L: You live for ever, Lord and King. All things of the earth justly sing your glory and honor. Strengthen your people against evil that we may rejoice in your peace and trust in your eternal promise.
A: Adore the Lord in his holy court.
R: A reading from the book of Jeremiah (Jeremiah 11:19-20)
Yet I, like a trusting lamb led to slaughter, had not realized that they were hatching plots against me: “Let us destroy the tree in its vigor; let us cut him off from the land of the living, so that his name will be spoken no more.”
But, you, O Lord of hosts, O just Judge,
searcher of mind and heart,
Let me witness the vengeance you take on them,
for to you I have entrusted my cause!
The word of the Lord.
A: Thanks be to God.
SACRED SILENCE – a moment to reflect and receive in our hearts the full resonance of the voice of the Holy Spirit and to unite our personal prayer more closely with the word of God and public voice of the Church.
L: God himself will set me free, from the hunter’s snare.
A: God himself will set me free, from the hunter’s snare.
L: From those who would trap me with lying words
A: and, from the hunter’s snare.
L: Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit,
A: God himself will set me free, from the hunter’s snare.
CANTICLE OF ZECHARIAH – (Luke 1:68 – 79)
L: Whoever follows me does not walk in the dark; he will have the light of life.
A: Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel;
he has come to his people and set them free.
He has raised up for us a mighty savior,
born of the house of his servant David.
Through his holy prophets he promised of old
that he would save us from our enemies,
from the hands of all who hate us.
He promised to show mercy to our fathers
and to remember his holy covenant.
This was the oath he swore to our father Abraham:
to set us free from the hands of our enemies,
free to worship him without fear,
holy and righteous in his sight all the days of our life.
You, my child, shall be called the prophet of the Most High;
for you will go before the Lord to prepare his way,
to give his people knowledge of salvation
by the forgiveness of their sins.
In the tender compassion of our God
the dawn from on high shall break upon us,
to shine on those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death,
and to guide our feet into the way of peace.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit:
as it was in the beginning, is now,
and will be for ever. Amen.
A: Whoever follows me does not walk in the dark; he will have the light of life.
L: Praise to Jesus, our Savior; by his death he has opened for us the way of salvation. Let us ask him: Lord, guide your people to walk in your ways.
A: Lord, guide your people to walk in your ways.
L: God of mercy, you gave us new life through baptism, make us grow day by day in your likeness.
A: Lord, guide your people to walk in your ways.
L: May our generosity today bring joy to those in need, in helping them may we find you.
A: Lord, guide your people to walk in your ways.
L: Help us to do what is good, right and true in your sight, and to seek you always with undivided hearts.
A: Lord, guide your people to walk in your ways.
L: Forgive our sins against the unity of your family, make us one in heart and spirit.
A: Lord, guide your people to walk in your ways.
L: Add your own petitions from the silence of your heart. (PAUSE) Let us pray.
A: Lord, guide your people to walk in your ways.
L: Let us pray as Jesus taught us.
A: 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 who trespass against us,
and lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
L: O God,
by whose wondrous grace
we are enriched with every blessing,
grant us so to pass from former ways to newness of life,
that we may be made ready for the glory of the heavenly Kingdom.
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.
A: Amen.
L: The Lord be with you.
A: and with your spirit.
L: May Almighty God bless you in the name of the + Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
A: Amen