The Midday Office
To Be Observed on the Hour or Half Hour Between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m
The Call to Prayer
Hallelujah! Praise the Name of the LORD;* give praise, you servants of the LORD, You who stand in the house of the LORD,* in the courts of the house of our God. Praise the LORD, for the LORD is good;* sing praises to his Name, for it is lovely. Psalm 135:113.
The Request for Presence
Let them know that you, whose Name is YAHWEH,* you alone are the Most High over all the earth. Psalm 83:18
The Greeting
. . . My heart sings to you without ceasing;* O LORD my God, I will give you thanks for ever. Psalm 30:13
The Refrain for the Midday Lessons
When I called, you answered me;* you increased my strength within me. Psalm 138:4
A Reading
The Song of Hannah
My heart exults in YAHWEH, in my God is my strength lifted up, my mouth derides my foes, for I rejoice in your deliverance. There is no Holy One like YAHWEH, (indeed, there is none but you) no Rock like our God . . . . . . The bow of the mighty has been broken but those who were tottering are now braced with strength. The full fed are hiring themselves out for bread but the hungry need labor no more; the barren woman bears sevenfold, but the mother of many is left desolate. YAHWEH gives death and life, brings down to Sheol and draws up; YAHWEH makes poor and rich, he humbles and also exalts. He raises the poor from the dust, he lifts the needy from the dunghill to give them a place with princes, to assign them a seat of honor; for to YAHWEH belong the pillars of the earth, on these he has poised the world. He safeguards the steps of the faithful but the wicked vanish in darkness (for human strength can win no victories). YAHWEH, his enemies are shattered, the Most High thunders in the heavens. YAHWEH judges the end of the earth, he endows his king with power, he raises up the strength of his Anointed. I Samuel 2:1110
The Refrain
When I called, you answered me;* you increased my strength within me.
The Midday Psalm
He Put a New Song in My Mouth
I waited patiently upon the LORD;* he stooped to me and heard my cry. He lifted me out of the desolate pit, out of the mire and clay;* he set my feet upon a high cliff and made my footing sure. He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God;* many shall see, and stand in awe, and put their trust in the LORD. Psalm 40:113
The Refrain
When I called, you answered me;* you increased my strength within me.
The Gloria
Glory be to God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, so it is now and so it shall ever be, world without end. Alleluia. Amen.
The Lord’s Prayer
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be your Name. May your kingdom come, and your will be done, on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil; for yours are the kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever. Amen.
The Prayer Appointed for the Week
Grant me, O Lord, to trust in you with all my heart; for, as you always resist the proud who confide in their own strength, so you never forsake those who make their boast of your mercy; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
The Concluding Prayer of the Church
O God, you make me glad with the weekly remembrance of the glorious resurrection of your Son my Lord: Give me this day such blessing through my worship of you, that the week to come may be spent in your favor; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
