Opening
Lord, open my lips. And my mouth will proclaim your praise.
Hymn
You restore my soul at daybreak; Lead me in paths of quiet faith. Not the loudest good, the truest — Not the fastest, but the safe. I offer you this untried morning, Its work, its joy, its hidden fear. Keep me near your living water Until the dusk draws near.
Original – Prayer on Fire
Psalm I
Antiphon
Blessed be God who has not rejected my prayer or withdrawn his mercy.
Psalm 51 (50)
Catholic Public Domain Version (public domain)
Psalm
Be merciful to me, O God, according to your great mercy. And, according to the plentitude of your compassion, wipe out my iniquity. Wash me once again from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. For I know my iniquity, and my sin is ever before me. Against you only have I sinned, and I have done evil before your eyes. And so, you are justified in your words, and you will prevail when you give judgment. For behold, I was conceived in iniquities, and in sinfulness did my mother conceive me. For behold, you have loved truth. The obscure and hidden things of your wisdom, you have manifested to me. You will sprinkle me with hyssop, and I will be cleansed. You will wash me, and I will be made whiter than snow. In my hearing, you will grant gladness and rejoicing. And the bones that have been humbled will exult. Turn your face away from my sins, and erase all my iniquities. Create a clean heart in me, O God. And renew an upright spirit within my inmost being. Do not cast me away from your face; and do not take your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and confirm me with an unsurpassed spirit. I will teach the unjust your ways, and the impious will be converted to you. Free me from blood, O God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue will extol your justice. O Lord, you will open my lips, and my mouth will announce your praise. For if you had desired sacrifice, I would certainly have given it, but with holocausts, you will not be delighted. A crushed spirit is a sacrifice to God. A contrite and humbled heart, O God, you will not spurn. Act kindly, Lord, in your good will toward Zion, so that the walls of Jerusalem may be built up. Then you will accept the sacrifice of justice, oblations, and holocausts. Then they will lay calves upon your altar.
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
Blessed be God who has not rejected my prayer or withdrawn his mercy.
Psalm II
Antiphon
In the joy of your morning, I offer you this day.
Psalm 63 (62)
Catholic Public Domain Version (public domain)
Psalm
O God, my God: to you, I keep vigil until first light. For you, my soul has thirsted, to you my body, in so many ways. By a deserted land, both inaccessible and waterless, so I have appeared in the sanctuary before you, in order to behold your virtue and your glory. For your mercy is better than life itself. It is you my lips will praise. So will I bless you in my life, and I will lift up my hands in your name. Let my soul be filled, as if with marrow and fatness; and my mouth will give praise with exultant lips. When I have remembered you on my bed in the morning, I will meditate on you. For you have been my helper. And I will exult under the cover of your wings. My soul has clung close to you. Your right hand has supported me. Truly, these ones have sought my soul in vain. They will enter into the lower parts of the earth. They will be delivered into the hand of the sword. They will be the portions of foxes. Truly, the king will rejoice in God: all those who swear by him will be praised, because the mouth of those who speak iniquity has been blocked.
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
In the joy of your morning, I offer you this day.
Silence
Let the last verse rest in you.
Reading
2 Peter 3:13–15a
Catholic Public Domain Version (public domain)
Yet truly, in accord with his promises, we are looking forward to the new heavens and the new earth, in which justice lives. Therefore, most beloved, while awaiting these things, be diligent, so that you may be found to be immaculate and unassailable before him, in peace. And let the longsuffering of our Lord be considered salvation, as also our most beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given to him, has written to you,
Responsory
Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening. Your word is life for us. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
Benedictus
Antiphon
He has remembered his holy promise; we remember it with the morning.
Luke 1:68–79
Catholic Public Domain Version (public domain)
Canticle
“Blessed is the Lord God of Israel. For he has visited and has wrought the redemption of his people. And he has raised up a horn of salvation for us, in the house of David his servant, just as he spoke by the mouth of his holy Prophets, who are from ages past: salvation from our enemies, and from the hand of all those who hate us, to accomplish mercy with our fathers, and to call to mind his holy testament, the oath, which he swore to Abraham, our father, that he would grant to us, so that, having been freed from the hand of our enemies, we may serve him without fear, in holiness and in justice before him, throughout all our days. And you, child, shall be called the prophet of the Most High. For you will go before the face of the Lord: to prepare his ways, to give knowledge of salvation to his people for the remission of their sins, through the heart of the mercy of our God, by which, descending from on high, he has visited us, to illuminate those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, and to direct our feet in the way of peace.”
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
He has remembered his holy promise; we remember it with the morning.
Intercessions
For those who work with their hands and those who work with screens.
R. Lord, hear our prayer.
For the unemployed and the overworked.
R. Lord, hear our prayer.
For safety on roads and in workplaces.
R. Lord, hear our prayer.
For bosses and employees, that they may deal justly.
R. Lord, hear our prayer.
For joy in labor that is not worship of labor.
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
Father, send us into the work of this day. Keep our hands honest and our speech kind. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.