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
You restore my soul; lead me in paths of quiet faithfulness.
Psalm 143 (142)
Catholic Public Domain Version (public domain)
Psalm
O Lord, hear my prayer. Incline your ear to my supplication in your truth. Heed me according to your justice. And do not enter into judgment with your servant. For all the living will not be justified in your sight. For the enemy has pursued my soul. He has lowered my life to the earth. He has stationed me in darkness, like the dead of ages past. And my spirit has been in anguish over me. My heart within me has been disturbed. I have called to mind the days of antiquity. I have been meditating on all your works. I have meditated on the workings of your hands. I have extended my hands to you. My soul is like a land without water before you. O Lord, heed me quickly. My spirit has grown faint. Do not turn your face away from me, lest I become like those who descend into the pit. Make me hear your mercy in the morning. For I have hoped in you. Make known to me the way that I should walk. For I have lifted up my soul to you. O Lord, rescue me from my enemies. I have fled to you. Teach me to do your will. For you are my God. Your good Spirit will lead me into the righteous land. For the sake of your name, O Lord, you will revive me in your fairness. You will lead my soul out of tribulation. And you will scatter my enemies in your mercy. And you will destroy all those who afflict my soul. For I am your servant.
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 restore my soul; lead me in paths of quiet faithfulness.
Psalm II
Antiphon
Morning by morning you awaken my ear — help me to listen.
Psalm 24 (23)
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Psalm
The earth and all its fullness belong to the Lord: the whole world and all that dwells in it. For he has founded it upon the seas, and he has prepared it upon the rivers. Who will ascend to the mountain of the Lord? And who will stand in his holy place? The innocent of hands and the clean of heart, who has not received his soul in vain, nor sworn deceitfully to his neighbor. He will receive a blessing from the Lord, and mercy from God, his Savior. This is the generation that seeks him, that seeks the face of the God of Jacob. Lift up your gates, you princes, and be lifted up, eternal gates. And the King of Glory shall enter. Who is this King of Glory? The Lord who is strong and powerful; the Lord powerful in battle. Lift up your gates, you princes, and be lifted up, eternal gates. And the King of Glory shall enter. Who is this King of Glory? The Lord of virtue. He himself is the King of Glory.
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
Morning by morning you awaken my ear — help me to listen.
Silence
A moment of silence
Reading
2 Peter 1:5–11
Catholic Public Domain Version (public domain)
But as for you, taking up every concern, minister virtue in your faith; and in virtue, knowledge; and in knowledge, moderation; and in moderation, patience; and in patience, piety; and in piety, love of brotherhood; and in love of brotherhood, charity. For if these things are with you, and if they abound, they will cause you to be neither empty, nor without fruit, within the plan of our Lord Jesus Christ. For he who does not have these things at hand is blind and groping, being forgetful of his purification from his former offenses. Because of this, brothers, be all the more diligent, so that by good works you may make certain your calling and election. For in doing these things, you do not sin at any time. For in this way, you shall be provided abundantly with an entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
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
Let the dawn of his mercy break upon those who sit in darkness.
Luke 1:68–79
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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
Let the dawn of his mercy break upon those who sit in darkness.
Intercessions
For the whole Church, one in praise from east to west.
R. Speak, Lord, we are listening.
For those who will receive a kindness today, and those who will give one.
R. Speak, Lord, we are listening.
For the dying, and for all who watch with them.
R. Speak, Lord, we are listening.
For our own conversion, begun again in this light.
R. Speak, Lord, we are listening.
For the day you are giving, that we may not waste its mercy.
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
Holy Spirit, keep a quiet flame in us when the noise starts. Teach us to work without abandoning prayer. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.