Opening
God, come to my assistance. Lord, make haste to help me.
Hymn
Hold my attention, Lord, When the day pulls me thin. One thing is needful in this hour: To love the one I am with. Keep my feet from stumbling; Keep my heart from growing hard. In the middle of the labor Be my rest and my reward.
Original – Prayer on Fire
Psalm I
Antiphon
Hold my attention, Lord, when the day pulls me thin.
Psalm 46 (45):2–3, 5–6
Catholic Public Domain Version (public domain)
Psalm
Our God is our refuge and strength, a helper in the tribulations that have greatly overwhelmed us. Because of this, we will not be afraid when the earth will be turbulent and the mountains will be transferred into the heart of the sea. The frenzy of the river rejoices the city of God. The Most High has sanctified his tabernacle. God is in its midst; it will not be shaken. God will assist it in the early morning.
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.
Psalm II
Antiphon
Unless you build the house, my labor is empty — stay with me.
Psalm 67 (66):2–4
Catholic Public Domain Version (public domain)
Psalm
May God have mercy on us and bless us. May he shine his countenance upon us, and may he have mercy on us. So may we know your way upon the earth, your salvation among all nations. Let the peoples confess to you, O God. Let all the peoples confess to you.
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
Unless you build the house, my labor is empty — stay with me.
Silence
Let the last verse rest in you.
Reading
Romans 12:1–2
Catholic Public Domain Version (public domain)
And so, I beg you, brothers, by the mercy of God, that you offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God, with the subservience of your mind. And do not choose to be conformed to this age, but instead choose to be reformed in the newness of your mind, so that you may demonstrate what is the will of God: what is good, and what is well-pleasing, and what is perfect.
Responsory
You are near, O Lord, in the heat of the day. Your word is our rest and our way. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
Intercessions
Christ of noonday, stay with all who suffer and all who serve, and do not let us pass love by.
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
We offer this unfinished afternoon. Receive it, and return us to love. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.