INVITATORY – Psalm 95
L: Lord, open my lips.
A: And my mouth will proclaim your praise.
L: The Lord is close at hand; come let us worship him.
S1: Come, let us sing to the Lord
and shout with joy to the Rock who saves us.
Let us approach him with praise and thanksgiving
and sing joyful songs to the Lord.
A: The Lord is close at hand; come let us worship him.
S2: The Lord is God, the mighty God,
the great king over all the gods.
He holds in his hands the depths of the earth
and the highest mountains as well
He made the sea; it belongs to him,
the dry land, too, for it was formed by his hands.
A: The Lord is close at hand; come let us worship him.
S1: Come, then, let us bow down and worship,
bending the knee before the Lord, our maker,
For he is our God and we are his people,
the flock he shepherds.
A: The Lord is close at hand; come let us worship him.
S2: Today, listen to the voice of the Lord:
Do not grow stubborn, as your fathers did in the wilderness,
when at Meriba and Massah they challenged me and provoked me,
Although they had seen all of my works.
A: The Lord is close at hand; come let us worship him.
S1: Forty years I endured that generation.
I said, “They are a people whose hearts go astray
and they do not know my ways.
So I swore in my anger,
“They shall not enter into my rest.”
A: The Lord is close at hand; come let us worship him.
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: The Lord is close at hand; come let us worship him.
Morning Prayer for Monday in the Season of Advent
December 20, 2021
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. Alleluia.
HYMN
PSALMODY
L: The Lord, the ruler over the kings of the earth, will come; blessed are they who are ready to go and welcome him.
A: The Lord, the ruler over the kings of the earth, will come; blessed are they who are ready to go and welcome him.
PSALM 90
S1: O Lord, you have been our refuge
from one generation to the next.
Before the mountains were born
or the earth or the world brought forth,
you are God, without beginning or end.
S2: You turn men back to dust
and say: “Go back, sons of men.”
To your eyes a thousand years
are like yesterday, come and gone,
no more than a watch in the night.
S1: You sweep men away like a dream,
like grass which springs up in the morning.
In the morning it springs up and flowers:
by evening it withers and fades.
S2: So we are destroyed in your anger,
struck with terror in your fury.
Our guilt lies open before you;
our secrets in the light of your face.
S1: All our days pass away in your anger.
Our life is over like a sigh.
Our span is seventy years
or eighty for those who are strong.
S2: And most of these are emptiness and pain.
They pass swiftly and we are gone.
Who understands the power of your anger
and fears the strength of your fury?
S1: Make us know the shortness of our life
that we may gain wisdom of heart.
Lord, relent! Is your anger for ever?
Show pity to your servants.
S2: In the morning, fill us with your love;
we shall exult and rejoice all our days.
Give us joy to balance our affliction
for the years when we knew misfortune.
S1: Show forth your work to your servants;
let your glory shine on their children.
Let the favor of the Lord be upon us:
give success to the work of our hands,
give success to the work of our hands.
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, send your mercy and your truth to rescue us from the snares of the devil, and, happy to be known as companions of your Son, we will praise you among the peoples and proclaim you to the nations.
A: The Lord, the ruler over the kings of the earth, will come; blessed are they who are ready to go and welcome him.
(PAUSE)
L: Sing a new song to the Lord, proclaim his praises to the ends of the earth.
A: Sing a new song to the Lord, proclaim his praises to the ends of the earth.
CANTICLE – Isaiah 42:10-16
S1:Sing to the Lord a new song,
his praise from the end of the earth:
S2: Let the sea and what fills it resound,
the coastlands, and those who dwell in them.
Let the steppe and its cities cry out,
the villages where Kedar dwells;
S1: Let the inhabitants of Sela exult,
and shout from the top of the mountains.
Let them give glory to the Lord,
and utter his praise in the coastlands.
S2: The Lord goes forth like a hero,
like a warrior he stirs up his ardor;
he shouts out his battle cry,
against his enemies he shows his might:
S1: I have looked away, and kept silence,
I have said nothing, holding myself in;
but now, I cry out as a woman in labor,
gasping and panting.
S2: I will lay waste mountains and hills,
all their herbage I will dry up;
I will turn the rivers into marshes,
and the marshes I will dry up.
S1: I will lead the blind on their journey;
by paths unknown I will guide them.
I will turn darkness into light before them,
and make crooked ways straight.
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: Sing a new song to the Lord, proclaim his praises to the ends of the earth.
(PAUSE)
L: When the Son of Man comes to earth, do you think he will find faith in men’s hearts?
A: When the Son of Man comes to earth, do you think he will find faith in men’s hearts?
PSALM 135
S1: Praise the name of the Lord,
praise him, servants of the Lord,
who stand in the house of the Lord,
in the courts of the house of our God.
S2: Praise the Lord for the Lord is good.
Sing a psalm to his name for he is loving.
For the Lord has chosen Jacob for himself
and Israel for his own possession.
S1: For I know the Lord is great,
that our Lord is high above all gods.
The Lord does whatever he wills,
in heaven, on earth, in the seas.
S2: He summons clouds from the ends of the earth;
makes lightning produce the rain;
from his treasuries he sends forth the wind.
S1: The first-born of the Egyptians he smote,
of man and beast alike.
Signs and wonders he worked
in the midst of your land, O Egypt,
against Pharaoh and all his servants.
S2: Nations in their greatness he struck
and kings in their splendor he slew.
Sihon, king of the Amorites,
Og, the king of Bashan,
and all the kingdoms of Canaan.
He let Israel inherit their land;
on his people their land he bestowed.
S1: 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: Where two or three gather in your name, Lord, you promised to be with them and share their fellowship. Look down upon your family gathered here in your name, and graciously pour out your blessing upon us.
A: When the Son of Man comes to earth, do you think he will find faith in men’s hearts?
R. A reading from the Book of Genesis (Genesis 49:10)
The scepter shall never depart from Judah,
or the mace from between his legs,
While tribute is brought to him,
and he receives the people’s homage.
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: Your light will come, Jerusalem; the Lord will dawn on you in radiant beauty.
A: Your light will come, Jerusalem; the Lord will dawn on you in radiant beauty.
L: You will see his glory within you;
A: the Lord will dawn on you in radiant beauty.
L: Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit,
A: Your light will come, Jerusalem; the Lord will dawn on you in radiant beauty.
CANTICLE OF ZECHARIAH – Luke 1: 68-79
L: The angel Gabriel was sent to the Virgin Mary, who was engaged to be married to Joseph.
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: The angel Gabriel was sent to the Virgin Mary, who was engaged to be married to Joseph.
L: To Christ our Lord, the light of the world, let us cry out with joy:
Come, Lord Jesus!
A: Come, Lord Jesus!
L: Dispel our darkness with the light of your presence and make us worthy of your gifts.
A: Come, Lord Jesus!
L: Save us, Lord our God, that we may praise your holy name this day.
A:Come, Lord Jesus!
L: Enkindle in our hearts the flame of your love and make us long to be united with you.
A: Come, Lord Jesus!
L: You bore our infirmity, aid the sick and those who are to die this day.
A: Come, Lord Jesus!
L: Now add your own petitions from the silence of your hearts. (PAUSE) Let us pray.
A: Come, Lord Jesus!
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,
eternal majesty, whose ineffable Word
the immaculate Virgin received
through the message of an Angel,
and so became the dwelling-place of divinity,
filled with the light of the Holy Spirit,
grant, we pray, that by her example,
we may in humility hold fast to your will.
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 God bless you in the name of the + Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit and remain with you for ever.
A: Amen
L: Peace be with you.
A: and also with you.