Leader: O Lord, open my lips. All: And my mouth shall declare your praise.
Psalm 130
Antiphon: Out of the depths I cry to you O Lord.
Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord,
Lord, hear my voice!
O let your ears be attentive
to the voice of my pleading.
If you, O Lord, should mark our guilt,
Lord, who would survive?
But with you is found forgiveness:
for this we revere you.
My soul is waiting for the Lord,
I count on his word.
My soul is longing for the Lord
more than watchman for daybreak.
Let the watchman count on daybreak
and Israel on the Lord.
Because with the Lord there is mercy
and fullness of redemption,
Israel indeed he will redeem
from all its iniquity.
Antiphon: Out of the depths I cry to you O Lord.
Reading: James 1:22, 25
Act on this word. If all you do is listen to it, you are deceiving yourselves. There is, on the other hand, the man who peers into freedom’s ideal law and abides by it. He is no forgetful listener, but one who carries out the law in practice. Blest will this man be in whatever he does.
Pray either the Canticle of Zechariah or the Canticle of Mary. You can find them here.
Antiphon for the Canticle of Zechariah: Show us your mercy, Lord; remember your holy covenant.
Antiphon for the Canticle of Mary: The Almighty has done great things for me, and holy is his Name.
Intercessions
Pour out your mercy upon us.
Remain with us, Lord!
May we show your face to the world.
Remain with us, Lord!
Direct our thoughts and actions today.
Remain with us, Lord!
Prayer
Dear Jesus,
May the light of your presence keep us from all sin today. We ask the Father for this in your name in union with the Holy Spirit. Amen.
