Opening
God, come to my assistance. Lord, make haste to help me.
Hymn
Unless you build the house, O Lord, My labor is an empty name. Stay with the work my hands have started; Keep it honest, keep it tame. When success would make me careless, Give a humble mind again. When I fail, restore my courage. Christ, be still my yes. Amen.
Original – Prayer on Fire
Psalm I
Antiphon
Keep my feet from stumbling and my heart from hardness.
Psalm 118 (117):1, 14–17
Catholic Public Domain Version (public domain)
Psalm
Confess to the Lord, for he is good, for his mercy is forever. The Lord is my strength and my praise, and he has become my salvation. A voice of exultation and salvation is in the tabernacles of the just. The right hand of the Lord has wrought virtue. The right hand of the Lord has exalted me. The right hand of the Lord has wrought virtue. I will not die, but I will live. And I will declare the works of the Lord.
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
Keep my feet from stumbling and my heart from hardness.
Psalm II
Antiphon
Between tasks, return me to presence and charity.
Psalm 145 (144):1–3, 8–9
Catholic Public Domain Version (public domain)
Psalm
I will extol you, O God, my king. And I will bless your name, in this time and forever and ever. Throughout every single day, I will bless you. And I will praise your name, in this time and forever and ever. The Lord is great and exceedingly praiseworthy. And there is no end to his greatness. The Lord is compassionate and merciful, patient and full of mercy. The Lord is sweet to all things, and his compassion is upon all his works.
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
Between tasks, return me to presence and charity.
Silence
A moment of silence
Reading
Micah 6:8
Catholic Public Domain Version (public domain)
I will reveal to you, O man, what is good, and what the Lord requires from you, and how to act with judgment, and to love mercy, and to walk carefully with your God.
Responsory
Return to me with your whole heart. For I am gracious and merciful. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
Intercessions
Christ beside the worker at noon, stay; do not let us pass you in the one who needs patience.
R. Speak, Lord, we are listening.
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
Lord, bless the hidden work of this noon. You see in secret; that is enough. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.