Praying the Hours

I know I have mentioned fixed hour prayer many times. I am gonna give it a shot in the upcoming weeks. I may post my progress for those of you that are interested. I have pasted a sample of what one of the "offices" looks like.

Again, the best on line version of the actual offices as well as resources for this I have ever seen is at http://www.explorefaith.org/

Wednesday, September 30

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 Lord, O my soul!* I will praise the LORD as long as I live; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.
Psalm 146:1

The Request for Presence

Remember me, O LORD, with the favor you have for your people,* and visit me with your saving help; That I may see the prosperity of your elect and be glad with the gladness of your people,* that I may glory with your inheritance.
Psalm 106:4–5

The Greeting

You are to be praised, O God, in Zion; . . . To you that hear prayer shall all flesh come,* because of their transgressions.
Psalm 65:1–2

The Refrain for the Midday Lessons

Your statutes have been like songs to me* wherever I have lived like a stranger.
Psalm 119:54

A Reading

So, with her daughters-in-law, she left the place where she was living and they took the road back to Judah. Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, ‘Go back, each of you to your mother’s house. May YAHWEH show you faithful love as you have done to those who have died and to me. YAHWEH grant that you may each find happiness with a husband!’ She then kissed them . . . Orpah then kissed her mother-in-law and went back to her people. But Ruth stayed with her. Naomi then said, ‘Look, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her god. Go home, too; follow your sister-in-law.’ But Ruth said, ‘Do not press me to leave you and to stop going with you, for wherever you go, I shall go, wherever you live, I shall live. Your people will be my people, and your God will be my God. Where you die, I shall die and there I shall be buried. Let YAHWEH bring unnameable ills on me and worse ills, too, if anything but death should part me from you!’ Seeing that Ruth was determined to go with her, Naomi said no more. The two of them went on until they came to Bethlehem. Their arrival set the whole town astir, . . . This was how Naomi came home with her daughter-in-law, Ruth the Moabitess. They arrived in Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest.
Ruth 1:7ff

The Refrain

Your statutes have been like songs to me* wherever I have lived like a stranger.

The Midday Psalm

The LORD Is a Friend to Those Who Fear Him
Who are they who fear the LORD?* he will teach them the way that they should choose. They shall dwell in prosperity,* and their offspring shall inherit the land. The LORD is a friend to those who fear him* and will show them his covenant.
Psalm 25:11–13

The Refrain

Your statutes have been like songs to me* wherever I have lived like a stranger.
The Small Verse
Keep me, Lord, as the apple of your eye and carry me under the shadow of your wings.

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

O God, you declare your almighty power chiefly in showing mercy and pity: Grant me the fullness of your grace, that I, running to obtain your promises, may become a partaker of your heavenly treasure; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.†

The Concluding Prayer of the Church

May God himself order my days and make them acceptable in his sight. Blessed be the Lord always, my strength and my redeemer.
Traditional