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God, come to my assistance.

—Lord, make haste to help me.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:

—as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever.

Amen. (Alleluia.)

HYMN

Christ is the world's light, he and none other

born in our darkness, he became our brother;

if we have seen him, we have seen the Father

Glory to God on high.

Christ is the world's peace, he and none other

no man can serve him and despise his brother;

who else unites us, one in God the Father?

Glory to God on high.

Christ is the world's life, he and none other;

sold once for silver, murdered here, our brother -

he, who redeems us, reigns with God the Father

Glory to God on high.

Give God the glory, God and none other;

give God the glory, Spirit, Son and Father;

give God the glory, God in man my brother;

Glory to God on high.

(Text: F. Pratt Green)

PSALMODY

Ant. 1: We do well to sing to your name, Most High, and proclaim your mercy at daybreak

Psalm 92 Praise of God the Creator

It is good to give thanks to the Lord,

to make music to your name, O Most High,

to proclaim your love in the morning

and your truth in the watches of the night,

on the ten-stringed lyre and the lute,

with the murmuring sound of the harp.

Your deeds, O Lord, have made me glad;

for the work of your hands I shout with joy.

O Lord, how great are your works!

How deep are your designs!

The foolish man cannot know this

and the fool cannot understand.

Though the wicked spring up like grass

and all who do evil thrive,

they are doomed to be eternally destroyed.

But you, Lord, are eternally on high.

See how your enemies perish;

all doers of evil are scattered.

To me you give the wild ox's strength;

you anoint me with the purest oil.

My eyes looked in triumph on my foes;

my ears heard gladly of their fall.

The just will flourish like the palm tree

and grow like a Lebanon cedar.

Planted in the house of the Lord

they will flourish in the courts of our God,

still bearing fruit when they are old,

still full of sap, still green,

to proclaim that the Lord is just.

In him, my rock, there is no wrong.

Glory...

Ant. 1 We do well to sing to your name, Most High, and proclaim your mercy at daybreak.

Ant. 2: I will create a new heart in you, and breathe into you a new spirit

Canticle Ezek. 36:24-28 The Lord will renew his people

I will take you away from among the nations,

gather you from all the foreign lands,

and bring you back to your own land.

I will sprinkle clean water upon you

to cleanse you from all your impurities,

and from all your idols I will cleanse you.

I will give you a new heart

and place a new spirit within you,

taking from your bodies your stony hearts

and giving you natural hearts.

I will put my spirit within you

and make you live by my statutes,

careful to observe my decrees.

You shall live in the land I gave your fathers;

you shall be my people,

and I will be your God.

Glory...

Ant. 2: I will create a new heart in you, and breathe into you a new spirit.

Ant. 3: On the lips of children and infants you have found perfect praise

Psalm 8 Praise for God's loving compassion

How great is your name, O Lord our God,

through all the earth!

Your majesty is praised above the heavens;

on the lips of children and of babes

you have found praise to foil your enemy,

to silence the foe and the rebel.

When I see the heavens, the work of your hands,

the moon and the stars which you arranged,

what is man that you should keep him in mind,

mortal man that you care for him?

Yet you have made him little less than a god;

with glory and honor you crowned him,

gave him power over the works of your hands,

put all things under his feet.

All of them, sheep and cattle,

yes, even the savage beasts,

birds of the air, and fish

that make their way through the waters.

How great is your name, O Lord our God

through all the earth!

Glory...

Ant. 3: On the lips of children and infants you have found perfect praise

READING 2 Peter 3:13-15a

We await new heavens and a new earth

in which righteousness dwells.

Therefore, beloved, since you await these things,

be eager to be found without spot

or blemish before him, at peace.

And consider the patience of our Lord as salvation.

RESPONSORY

It is my joy, O God, to praise you with song.

—It is my joy, O God, to praise you with song.

To sing as I ponder your goodness

—to praise you with song.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit,

—It is my joy, O God, to praise you with song.

BENEDICTUS (Canticle of Zechariah)

Antiphon: Lord, guide our feet into the way of peace

Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel; *

he has come to his people and set them free.

He has raised up for us a mighty savior, *

born of the house of his servant David.

Through his holy prophets he promised of old,

that he would save us from our enemies, *

from the hands of all who hate us.

He promised to show mercy to our fathers *

and to remember his holy covenant.

This was the oath he swore to our father Abraham, *

to set us free from the hands of our enemies,

Free to worship him without fear, *

holy and righteous in his sight

all the days of our life.

You, my child, shall be called the prophet of the Most High, *

for you will go before the Lord to prepare his way,

To give his people knowledge of salvation *

by the forgiveness of their sins.

In the tender compassion of our God *

te dawn from on high shall break upon us,

To shine on those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death, *

and to guide our feet into the way of peace.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: *

as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.

Antiphon: Lord, guide our feet into the way of peace

INTERCESSIONS

Let us adore God, who has given hope and life to the world through his Son, and let us humbly ask him: