Daytime Prayer
0126 Pastors Feast
At Midmorning
Hymn
Now, Holy Spirit, come, descend,*
one with the Father and the Son;
come swiftly in and fill our hearts*
with your full flood of holiness.
In mind and mouth, with heart and tongue,*
with strength and sense, may praise resound,
May charity with ardor blaze*
and kindle others with its flame.
Now through your presence may we know*
and love the Father and the Son,
and you, the Spirit of them both,*
may we profess throughout all time. Amen.
At Midday
Hymn
O mighty Ruler, God of truth,*
for days and seasons setting bounds,
you clothe with splendor morning light*
and midday skies with brilliant heat.
Extinguish flames of bitter strife,*
all harmful passion take away,
grant health unto our mortal frame,*
and on our hearts bestow true peace.
Most loving Father, hear our prayer,*
and you, O Christ coequal Son,
who with the Spirit Paraclete*
now reign for all eternity. Amen.
At Midafternoon
Hymn
O God, our firm and steadfast strength,*
remaining in yourself unmoved,
you rule the span of daily light*
and guide the course of all the hours.
Bestow at eventide a light*
by which our life may never fail;
may endless glory be the crown*
that follows on a holy death.
Most loving Father, hear our prayer,*
and you, O Christ, coequal Son,
who with the Spirit Paraclete*
now reign for all eternity. Amen.
Psalmody
Antiphons and Psalms of the Weekday
Reading [1 Timothy 4:16]
Attend to yourself and to your teaching; persevere in both tasks, for by doing so you will save both yourself and those who listen to you.
【V】:This is the man the Lord has chosen as his servant.
【R】:He has called him to shepherd his inheritance Jacob.
Reading [1 Timothy 1:12]
I am grateful to him who has strengthened me, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he considered me trustworthy in appointing me to the ministry.
【V】:I am not ashamed to proclaim the Gospel.
【R】:It is the saving power of God at work.
Reading [1 Timothy 3:13]
Thus those who serve well gain good standing and much confidence in their faith in Christ Jesus.
【V】:Unless the Lord builds the house.
【R】:Those who build it labor in vain.
Concluding Prayer
God, Father of light,you aroused in Blessed Gabriel Maria, priestly friar, an ardent dedication to the divine Scriptures,so that the Gospel of your Son could resound to the ends of the earth,grant us too, through his intercession, to nourish ourselves assiduously with the Word of life,and always testify to it in words and deeds.Through our Lord Jesus Christ your son, who lives and reigns with You in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God for ever and ever.
Hymn
Now, Holy Spirit, come, descend,*
one with the Father and the Son;
come swiftly in and fill our hearts*
with your full flood of holiness.
In mind and mouth, with heart and tongue,*
with strength and sense, may praise resound,
May charity with ardor blaze*
and kindle others with its flame.
Now through your presence may we know*
and love the Father and the Son,
and you, the Spirit of them both,*
may we profess throughout all time. Amen.
At Midday
Hymn
O mighty Ruler, God of truth,*
for days and seasons setting bounds,
you clothe with splendor morning light*
and midday skies with brilliant heat.
Extinguish flames of bitter strife,*
all harmful passion take away,
grant health unto our mortal frame,*
and on our hearts bestow true peace.
Most loving Father, hear our prayer,*
and you, O Christ coequal Son,
who with the Spirit Paraclete*
now reign for all eternity. Amen.
At Midafternoon
Hymn
O God, our firm and steadfast strength,*
remaining in yourself unmoved,
you rule the span of daily light*
and guide the course of all the hours.
Bestow at eventide a light*
by which our life may never fail;
may endless glory be the crown*
that follows on a holy death.
Most loving Father, hear our prayer,*
and you, O Christ, coequal Son,
who with the Spirit Paraclete*
now reign for all eternity. Amen.
Psalmody
Antiphons and Psalms of the Weekday
Reading [1 Timothy 4:16]
Attend to yourself and to your teaching; persevere in both tasks, for by doing so you will save both yourself and those who listen to you.
【V】:This is the man the Lord has chosen as his servant.
【R】:He has called him to shepherd his inheritance Jacob.
Reading [1 Timothy 1:12]
I am grateful to him who has strengthened me, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he considered me trustworthy in appointing me to the ministry.
【V】:I am not ashamed to proclaim the Gospel.
【R】:It is the saving power of God at work.
Reading [1 Timothy 3:13]
Thus those who serve well gain good standing and much confidence in their faith in Christ Jesus.
【V】:Unless the Lord builds the house.
【R】:Those who build it labor in vain.
Concluding Prayer
God, Father of light,you aroused in Blessed Gabriel Maria, priestly friar, an ardent dedication to the divine Scriptures,so that the Gospel of your Son could resound to the ends of the earth,grant us too, through his intercession, to nourish ourselves assiduously with the Word of life,and always testify to it in words and deeds.Through our Lord Jesus Christ your son, who lives and reigns with You in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God for ever and ever.