Section:
prayers
FEAST DAY / LITURGY OF THE HOURS
Hymn Suggestions:
Alleluia, Raise the Gospel (Farrell)
Blessed Feast of Blessed Martyrs (IN BABILONE)
For All the Saints (SINE NOMINE)
We Are the Light of the World (Greif)
We Are Called (Haas)
We Have Been Told (Haas)
Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones (LASST UNS ERFREUEN)
Call to Worship:
Everywhere and in each place, and in every season and each day the brothers and sisters are to have a true and humble faith. From the depths of their inner life let them love, honor, adore, serve, praise, bless, and glorify our most high and eternal God who is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
--TOR Rule III, 9
--TOR Rule III, 9
Psalm 126:
Antiphon: Where there is a heart full of mercy and discernment, there is neither excess nor hardness of heart.
From “Admonitions,” page 137, XXVII, #6 in Francis Assisi: Early Documents Vol. 1, edited by Regis J. Armstrong, OFM Cap., J.A. Wayne Hellmann, OFM Conv., William J. Short, OFM. New York: New City Press, 1999. Used with permission.
When God restored the fortunes of Zion,
we were like those who dream.
Then our mouth was filled with laughter,
and our tongue with shouts of joy;
then they said among the nations,
“Yahweh has done great things for them.”
Yahweh has done great things for us;
we are glad.
Restore our fortunes, Yahweh,
like the watercourses in the Negeb!
May those who sow in tears
reap with shouts of joy!
Those that go forth weeping,
bearing the seed for sowing,
shall come home with shouts of joy,
bringing the sheaves with them.
Glory . . .
Psalm is reprinted from Psalms Anew by Nancy Schreck, OSF and Maureen Leach, OSF, © 1984 The Sisters of St. Francis, Dubuque, Iowa. Used with permission.
Psalm 131
Antiphon: Where there is fear of the Lord to guard an entrance, there the enemy cannot have a place to enter.
From “Admonitions,” page 137, XXVII, #5 in Francis Assisi: Early Documents Vol. 1, edited by Regis J. Armstrong, OFM Cap., J.A. Wayne Hellmann, OFM Conv., William J. Short, OFM. New York: New City Press, 1999. Used with permission.
Yahweh, my heart has no lofty ambitions,
my eyes do not look too high.
I am not concerned with great affairs
or marvels beyond my scope.
Enough for me to keep my soul tranquil
and quiet like a child in its mother’s arms,
as content as a child that has been weaned.
Israel, rely on Yahweh,
now and for always!
Glory . . .
Psalm is reprinted from Psalms Anew by Nancy Schreck, OSF and Maureen Leach, OSF, © 1984 The Sisters of St. Francis, Dubuque, Iowa. Used with permission.
Daniel 3: 52-57
Antiphon: Where there is rest and meditation, there is neither anxiety nor restlessness.
From “Admonitions,” page 137, XXVII, #4 in Francis Assisi: Early Documents Vol. 1, edited by Regis J. Armstrong, OFM Cap., J.A. Wayne Hellmann, OFM Conv., William J. Short, OFM. New York: New City Press, 1999. Used with permission.
Blessed are you, God of our ancestors,
praiseworthy and exalted above all forever.
Blessed be your holy and glorious name,
praiseworthy and exalted above all for all ages.
Blessed are you in the temple of your glory,
praiseworthy and exalted above all forever.
Blessed are you on the throne of your kingdom,
praiseworthy and exalted above all forever.
Blessed are you who look into the depths
from your throne upon the cherubim,
praiseworthy and exalted above all forever.
Blessed are you in the firmament of heaven,
praiseworthy and glorious forever.
Blessed are you by all your works.
We praise and exalt you above all forever.
Glory . . .
Canticle is reprinted from People’s Companion to the Breviary by the Carmelites of Indianapolis, © 1997. Used with permission.
Reading: Ephesians 1: 15-19
Response:
Consider, O human being, in what great excellence the Lord God has placed you, for he created and formed you to the image of his beloved Son according to the body and to his likeness according to the Spirit.
Consider, O human being, in what great excellence the Lord God has placed you, for he created and formed you to the image of His beloved Son according to the body and to his likeness according to the Spirit.
Consider, O human being, in what great excellence the Lord God has placed you, for he created and formed you to the image of his beloved Son according to the body and to his likeness according to the Spirit.
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.
Consider, O human being, in what great excellence the Lord God has placed you, for he created and formed you to the image of his beloved Son according to the body and to his likeness according to the Spirit.
From “Admonitions,” page 131, V, #1 in Francis Assisi: Early Documents Vol. 1, edited by Regis J. Armstrong, OFM Cap., J.A. Wayne Hellmann, OFM Conv., William J. Short, OFM. New York: New City Press, 1999. Used with permission.
Gospel Canticle Antiphon: Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance. Where there is patience and humility, there is neither anger nor disturbance.
From “Admonitions,” page 136, I, #2 in Francis Assisi: Early Documents Vol. 1, edited by Regis J. Armstrong, OFM Cap., J.A. Wayne Hellmann, OFM Conv., William J. Short, OFM. New York: New City Press, 1999. Used with permission.
Intercessions:
Inspired by the lives and gifts of those who have gone before us, we pray for the courage and conviction to follow the path along which our God call us. And so we pray,
—God of Journeys, lead and strengthen us.
Teach us the meaning of beginning anew, we pray...
Help us to embrace the challenge of each new day, we pray...
Open our minds and hearts to the awareness that the call to sainthood is part of the call to follow Jesus, we pray...
Our Father
Closing Prayer:
Let us refer all good
to the Lord, God Almighty and Most High,
acknowledge that every good is his
and thank him
“from whom all good comes, for everything.”
May he, the Almighty and Most High,
the only true God,
have, be given, and receive
all honor and respect,
all praise and blessing,
all thanks and glory,
to whom all good belongs,
He who alone is good.
From “Early Rule,” page 76, XVII, #17-18 in Francis Assisi: Early Documents Vol. 1, edited by Regis J. Armstrong, OFM Cap., J.A. Wayne Hellmann, OFM Conv., William J. Short, OFM. New York: New City Press, 1999. Used with permission.
