Daytime Prayer
0811 Virgins Feast
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.
Psalmody
Antiphons and Psalms of the Common
At Midmorning
Scripture Reading [Wisdom 7, 7-8&10]
I prayed, and understanding was given me; I entreated, and the spirit of Wisdom came to me. I esteemed her more than sceptres and thrones; compared with her I held riches as nothing. I loved her more than health or beauty, preferred her to the light, since her radiance never sleeps.
【V】:The radiance of wisdom never grows dim.
【R】:All good things come to me with her.
At Midday
Scripture Reading [Wisdom 4, 1-2]
Better to have no children yet to have virtue, since immortality perpetuates its memory and God and man both think highly of it. Present, we imitate it, absent, we long for it; crowned it holds triumph through eternity, having striven for blameless prizes and emerged the victor.
【V】:Come, Clare, bride of Christ, and receive the crown.
【R】:The Lord has prepared it for you for ever.
At Midafternoon
Scripture Reading [Luke 9, 23-24]
Then to all he said: "If anyone wants to be a follower of mine, let him renounce himself and take up his cross every day and follow me. For anyone who wants to save his life will lose it; but anyone who loses his life for my sake, that man will save it."
【V】:For the love of Christ the Virgin Clare
【R】:Despised earthly pleasures and worldly displays.
Concluding Prayer
Lord God, in your mercy you led Saint Clare to the love of poverty. Help us, by her intercession, to follow Christ in poverty of spirit, so that, in the kingdom of heaven, we may see you in your glory: we ask 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.
Psalmody
Antiphons and Psalms of the Common
At Midmorning
Scripture Reading [Wisdom 7, 7-8&10]
I prayed, and understanding was given me; I entreated, and the spirit of Wisdom came to me. I esteemed her more than sceptres and thrones; compared with her I held riches as nothing. I loved her more than health or beauty, preferred her to the light, since her radiance never sleeps.
【V】:The radiance of wisdom never grows dim.
【R】:All good things come to me with her.
At Midday
Scripture Reading [Wisdom 4, 1-2]
Better to have no children yet to have virtue, since immortality perpetuates its memory and God and man both think highly of it. Present, we imitate it, absent, we long for it; crowned it holds triumph through eternity, having striven for blameless prizes and emerged the victor.
【V】:Come, Clare, bride of Christ, and receive the crown.
【R】:The Lord has prepared it for you for ever.
At Midafternoon
Scripture Reading [Luke 9, 23-24]
Then to all he said: "If anyone wants to be a follower of mine, let him renounce himself and take up his cross every day and follow me. For anyone who wants to save his life will lose it; but anyone who loses his life for my sake, that man will save it."
【V】:For the love of Christ the Virgin Clare
【R】:Despised earthly pleasures and worldly displays.
Concluding Prayer
Lord God, in your mercy you led Saint Clare to the love of poverty. Help us, by her intercession, to follow Christ in poverty of spirit, so that, in the kingdom of heaven, we may see you in your glory: we ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen.