Morning Prayer

Antiphon

Blessed be God who has not rejected my prayer or withdrawn his mercy.

Psalm 103 (102)

Catholic Public Domain Version (public domain)

Psalm

Bless the Lord, O my soul, and bless his holy name, all that is within me. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and do not forget all his recompenses. He forgives all your iniquities. He heals all your infirmities. He redeems your life from destruction. He crowns you with mercy and compassion. He satisfies your desire with good things. Your youth will be renewed like that of the eagle. The Lord accomplishes mercies, and his judgment is for all who patiently endure injuries. He has made his ways known to Moses, his will to the sons of Israel. The Lord is compassionate and merciful, patient and full of mercy. He will not be angry forever, and he will not threaten for eternity. He has not dealt with us according to our sins, and he has not repaid us according to our iniquities. For according to the height of the heavens above the earth, so has he reinforced his mercy toward those who fear him. As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our iniquities from us. As a father is compassionate to his sons, so has the Lord been compassionate to those who fear him. For he knows our form. He has called to mind that we are dust. Man: his days are like hay. Like the flower of the field, so will he flourish. For the spirit in him will pass away, and it will not remain, and he will know his place no longer. But the mercy of the Lord is from eternity, and even unto eternity, upon those who fear him. And his justice is with the sons of the sons, with those who serve his covenant and have been mindful of his commandments by doing them. The Lord has prepared his throne in heaven, and his kingdom will rule over all. Bless the Lord, all you his Angels: powerful in virtue, doing his word, in order to heed the voice of his discourse. Bless the Lord, all his hosts: his ministers who do his will. Bless the Lord, all his works: in every place of his dominion. Bless the Lord, O 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

Blessed be God who has not rejected my prayer or withdrawn his mercy.

Antiphon

Let the dawn of his mercy break upon those who sit in darkness.

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

Let the dawn of his mercy break upon those who sit in darkness.

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.

Our Father