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Week 31 of Ordinary Time

Midday Prayer

Wednesday, November 4, 2026

Midday Prayer for Wednesday, November 4, 2026. You can scroll the whole Hour, or use Prayer space. Light is shorter.

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About today

Charles Borromeo (1538–1584), nephew of a pope, spent himself as Archbishop of Milan on the reform the Council of Trent had asked: seminaries, visitation, catechesis, and care in plague. He lived simply in the midst of high office. His memorial is 4 November. Reform, for him, was not a slogan but a visitation of parishes. Ask today for shepherds who will go into the streets when the city is afraid, and for a reform that begins in the bishop’s own house.

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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

Give me a humble mind when success tempts me, and courage when I fail.

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

Give me a humble mind when success tempts me, and courage when I fail.

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. Speak, Lord, we are listening.

Bless the labor of this hour — the seen and the hidden — and let it become a quiet offering.

R. Speak, Lord, we are listening.

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

Give us this day our daily bread — and make us bread for someone else in this hour. 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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