Daytime Prayer
1004 Solemnity
HYMN
At Midmorning
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
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
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.
The Complementary Psalms are used. On a Sunday the Psalms are of Sunday Week 1.
At Midmorning
Ant. : I make myself the slave of everyone in order to win as many as possible for Christ our Lord.
Scripture Reading [Phil. 3, 7-8]
Because of Christ, I have come to consider all these advantages that I had as disadvantages. Not only that, but I believe nothing can happen that will outweigh the supreme advantage of knowing Jesus Christ my Lord. For him I have accepted the loss of everything, and I look on everything as so much rubbish, if only I can have Christ.
【V】:No created thing can come between us and the love of God.
【R】:The love made visible in Christ Jesus.
At Midday
Ant. : Happy are the poor in spirit, theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Scripture Reading [Mt. 6, 19-21]
Do not store up treasures for yourself on earth, where moths and woodworms destroy them and thieves can break in and steal. But store up treasures for yourselves in heaven, where neither moth nor woodworms destroy them and thieves cannot break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there will be your heart also.
【V】:Wretched and poor as I am.
【R】:The Lord cares for me.
At Midafternoon
Ant. : I have been captured by Jesus Christ so that I may know him and share his sufferings by reproducing the pattern of his death.
Scripture Reading [Gal. 2, 19-20]
I have been crucified with Christ, and I live now not with my own life but with the life of Christ who lives in me. The life I now live in this body I live in faith; faith in the Son of God who loved me and who sacrificed himself for my sake.
【V】:Fitted into the pattern of Christ's death.
【R】:We shall be one with him also in his resurrection.
Concluding Prayer
Father, you helped our seraphic Father Francis reflect the image of Christ through a life of poverty and humility. May we follow your Son by walking in the footsteps of Francis of Assisi and by imitating his joyful love: grant this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen.
At Midmorning
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
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
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.
The Complementary Psalms are used. On a Sunday the Psalms are of Sunday Week 1.
At Midmorning
Ant. : I make myself the slave of everyone in order to win as many as possible for Christ our Lord.
Scripture Reading [Phil. 3, 7-8]
Because of Christ, I have come to consider all these advantages that I had as disadvantages. Not only that, but I believe nothing can happen that will outweigh the supreme advantage of knowing Jesus Christ my Lord. For him I have accepted the loss of everything, and I look on everything as so much rubbish, if only I can have Christ.
【V】:No created thing can come between us and the love of God.
【R】:The love made visible in Christ Jesus.
At Midday
Ant. : Happy are the poor in spirit, theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Scripture Reading [Mt. 6, 19-21]
Do not store up treasures for yourself on earth, where moths and woodworms destroy them and thieves can break in and steal. But store up treasures for yourselves in heaven, where neither moth nor woodworms destroy them and thieves cannot break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there will be your heart also.
【V】:Wretched and poor as I am.
【R】:The Lord cares for me.
At Midafternoon
Ant. : I have been captured by Jesus Christ so that I may know him and share his sufferings by reproducing the pattern of his death.
Scripture Reading [Gal. 2, 19-20]
I have been crucified with Christ, and I live now not with my own life but with the life of Christ who lives in me. The life I now live in this body I live in faith; faith in the Son of God who loved me and who sacrificed himself for my sake.
【V】:Fitted into the pattern of Christ's death.
【R】:We shall be one with him also in his resurrection.
Concluding Prayer
Father, you helped our seraphic Father Francis reflect the image of Christ through a life of poverty and humility. May we follow your Son by walking in the footsteps of Francis of Assisi and by imitating his joyful love: grant this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen.