The Midday Office

Proclaim with me the greatness of the LORD;* let us exalt his Name together.

LORD, hear my prayer,* and let my cry come before you Incline your ear to me;* when I call, make haste to answer me,

The LORD lives! Blessed is my Rock!* Exalted is the God of my salvation! Glory to God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, so it is now and so shall ever be, world without end. Alleluia. Amen.

I will give thanks to you, O LORD, with my whole heart:* I will tell all of your marvelous works.

. . . if you declare with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and if you believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, then you will be saved. It is by believing with the heart that you are justified, and by making the declaration with your lips that you are saved.

I will give thanks to you, O LORD, with my whole heart:* I will tell of all your marvelous works.

Who is like you, LORD God of Hosts?* Mighty LORD, your faithfulness is all around you. You rule the raging of the sea* and still the surging of the waves. Yours are the heavens; the earth is yours also.* You laid the foundations of the universe and all that is in it. You have made the north and the south;* the mountains rejoice in your name. Righteousness and justice are the foundations of your power;* love and truth go before your face. Happy are the people who know the festal shout!* they walk, O LORD, in the light of your presence. They rejoice daily in your Name;* they are jubilant in your righteousness. For you are the glory of their strength,* and by your favor is our might exalted. Truly God is our ruler;* the Holy One of Israel is our King.

I will give thanks to you, O LORD, with my whole heart:* I will tell of all your marvelous works.

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.

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.

Holy Father, creator and sustaining wisdom of all that is, both in heaven and on earth, take from me those thoughts, actions and objects that are hurtful. Give me instead those things that are profitable for me and all who seek rightly to praise you. I ask this grace in the company of all believers and through the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, who is, with you and the Holy Spirit, one God forever and ever. Amen.

Lord, My God, King of heaven and of earth, for this day please direct and sanctify, set right and govern my heart and my body, my sentiments, my words and my actions in conformity with Your law and Your commandments. Thus I shall be able to attain salvation and deliverance, in time and in eternity, by Your help, O Savior of the world, who lives and reigns forever. Amen.