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Week 29 of Ordinary Time

Midday Prayer

Monday, October 19, 2026

Midday Prayer for Monday, October 19, 2026. You can scroll the whole Hour, or use Prayer space. Light is shorter.

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About today

In the seventeenth century Jesuit missionaries from France lived among the Huron and were killed in what is now Canada and New York. Isaac Jogues returned after mutilation and was martyred at Ossernenon; John de Brébeuf died with steadfast prayer. The United States keeps their obligatory memorial on 19 October, a hard memory of both grace and blood on this land. Ask today for a mission that learns the language of the other, and for a faith that will not curse those who do harm.

Original – Prayer on Fire.

Sign of the Cross

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Opening

God, come to my assistance. Lord, make haste to help me.

Psalm I

Antiphon

You neither slumber nor sleep; watch over the work of my hands.

Psalm 131 (130):1–2

Catholic Public Domain Version (public domain)

Psalm

O Lord, my heart has not been exalted, and my eyes have not been raised up. Neither have I walked in greatness, nor in wonders beyond me. When I was not humble in thought, then I lifted up my soul. Like a weaned child with his mother, so is the reward in my soul.

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

You neither slumber nor sleep; watch over the work of my hands.

Intentions

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Shared by the community

For Mary and Dewey as they prepare for their upcoming wedding, may the Holy Spirit be with them and help grow their love for one another through Holy Matrimony.

R. Lord, hear our prayer.

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

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, in the middle of the day we return to you. Do not let us hurry past love. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Sign of the Cross

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

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