Use the opening, closing, and canticle below. Go to the proper weekday for the psalm, reading, intercessions, and prayer. On November 1, November 2, November 9, November 24, and November 30, see the proper prayers of the day.
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Leader: O Lord, open my lips. Response: And my mouth shall declare your praise.
Psalm and Reading from the day.
In the morning use the following canticle. If you are using Daily Prayer in the evening pray the Canticle of Mary instead.
The Canticle of Zechariah
Antiphon: The Son of Man will come in the clouds with great glory and majesty.
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
the 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 for ever. Amen.
Antiphon: The Son of Man will come in the clouds with great glory and majesty.
The Canticle of Mary
Antiphon: All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I shall not turn away.
My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord,
my spirit rejoices in God my Savior
for he has looked with favor on his lowly servant.
From this day all generations will call me blessed:
the Almighty has done great things for me,
and holy is his Name.
He has mercy on those who fear him
in every generation.
He has shown the strength of his arm,
he has scattered the proud in their conceit.
He has cast down the mighty from their thrones,
and has lifted up the lowly.
He has filled the hungry with good things,
and the rich he has sent away empty.
He has come to the help of his servant Israel
for he has remembered his promise of mercy,
the promise he made to our fathers,
to Abraham and his children for ever.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit:
as it was in the beginning, is now,
and will be for ever. Amen.
Antiphon: All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I shall not turn away.
Intercessions and Prayer from the day
Closing: May the Lord bless us, protect us from all evil, and bring us to everlasting life.