Opening
God, come to my assistance. Lord, make haste to help me.
Hymn
Between the tasks, return me, Lord, To presence and to charity. The day pulls thin; my heart grows hurried. Call me back to what should be. You neither slumber nor abandon. Watch the work I cannot see. Let this noonday be an offering — Our rest, our aim, our peace in you.
Original – Prayer on Fire
Psalm I
Antiphon
In the middle of the work, be my rest and my aim.
Psalm 72 (71):1–2, 12–13
Catholic Public Domain Version (public domain)
Psalm
Give your judgment, O God, to the king, and your justice to the king’s son, to judge your people with justice and your poor with judgment. For he will free the poor from the powerful, and the poor one who has no helper. He will spare the poor and the indigent, and he will bring salvation to the souls of the poor.
Glory Be
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Antiphon
In the middle of the work, be my rest and my aim.
Psalm II
Antiphon
Hold my attention, Lord, when the day pulls me thin.
Psalm 98 (97):1–3
Catholic Public Domain Version (public domain)
Psalm
Sing to the Lord a new song, for he has performed wonders. His right hand and his holy arm have accomplished salvation. The Lord has made known his salvation. He has revealed his justice in the sight of the nations. He has remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
Glory Be
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Antiphon
Hold my attention, Lord, when the day pulls me thin.
Silence
Let the last verse rest in you.
Reading
Romans 6:22
Catholic Public Domain Version (public domain)
Yet truly, having been freed now from sin, and having been made servants of God, you hold your fruit in sanctification, and truly its end is eternal life.
Responsory
Christ loved us and gave himself for us. We will take up our work and follow him. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
Intercessions
In this heat of the day, make us kind to the person in front of us, and faithful in the work we would rather rush.
R. Lord, hear our prayer.
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come; thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.
Closing prayer
Father, we have already stumbled today. Give us a way to begin again before evening. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.