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Third Week of Advent

Midday Prayer

Monday, December 14, 2026

Midday Prayer for Monday, December 14, 2026. You can scroll the whole Hour, or use Prayer space. Light is shorter.

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About today

John of the Cross (1542–1591), Carmelite reformer with Teresa of Ávila, taught the dark night as a mercy: God weans the soul from what is less than God. Poet and Doctor of the Church, he suffered from his own brothers and would not return injury. His memorial is 14 December, in the last stretch of Advent. Ask today for a love that will go through darkness without bargaining, and for a poverty of spirit that can receive the Word made flesh.

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

Come, Lord Jesus — find in us a ready and humble heart.

Psalm 127 (126):1

Catholic Public Domain Version (public domain)

Psalm

Unless the Lord has built the house, those who build it have labored in vain. Unless the Lord has guarded the city, he who guards it watches in vain.

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

Come, Lord Jesus — find in us a ready and humble heart.

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, have mercy.

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, have mercy.

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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