2. Introduction
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
One thing I have asked of thee Lord, this is what I seek:
that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life;
To behold the beauty of the Lord and to seek Him in His temple.
Amen. Alleluia.
If you are praying with another person – read responsively
where appropriate
3. The Psalm – Psalm 42Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia
42 As a deer pants for flowing streams,
so pants my soul for you, O God.
2
My soul thirsts for God,
for the living God.
When shall I come and appear before God?
3
My tears have been my food
day and night,
while they say to me all the day long,
“Where is your God?”
4
These things I remember,
as I pour out my soul:
how I would go with the throng
and lead them in procession to the house of God
with glad shouts and songs of praise,
a multitude keeping festival.
5
Why are you cast down, O my soul,
and why are you in turmoil within me?
Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,
my salvation 6
and my God.
My soul is cast down within me;
therefore I remember you
from the land of Jordan and of Hermon,
from Mount Mizar.
7
Deep calls to deep
at the roar of your waterfalls;
all your breakers and your waves
have gone over me.
8
By day the LORD commands his steadfast love,
and at night his song is with me,
a prayer to the God of my life.
9
I say to God, my rock:
“Why have you forgotten me?
Why do I go mourning
because of the oppression of the enemy?”
10
As with a deadly wound in my bones,
my adversaries taunt me,
while they say to me all the day long,
“Where is your God?”
11
Why are you cast down, O my soul,
and why are you in turmoil within me?
Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,
my salvation and my God.
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia
4. Short Reading and Meditation
As you [God] sent me into
the world, I have sent
them into the world.
Thought for Today
Where is thy God? Even
though we feel forgotten, we
know this is not possibly the
case. Even though we hear
the mocking and sarcasm of
others, we have hope in the
Lord. The Lord does not
leave us or forget us.
Nothing can separate us from
the Lord's presence or his
mindfulness of us. The Lord
forgives; be strong and
courageous.
John 17:18
5. Prayer
Pray Silently or Aloud for Others and Yourself
Lord in your mercy, hear our prayers.
May God, who sees all things, and who is the Ruler of all spirits
and the Lord of all flesh - who chose our Lord Jesus Christ and
us through Him to be a peculiar people - grant to every soul
that calls upon His glorious and holy Name, faith, peace,
patience, long-suffering, self-control, purity, and sobriety, to
the well-pleasing of His Name, through our High Priest and
Protector, Jesus Christ, by whom be to Him glory, and majesty,
and power, and honor, both now and forevermore. AMEN.
- Clement of Rome
6. Prayer
Pray Silently or Aloud for Others and Yourself
Lord in your mercy, hear our prayers.
May God, who sees all things, and who is the Ruler of all spirits
and the Lord of all flesh - who chose our Lord Jesus Christ and
us through Him to be a peculiar people - grant to every soul
that calls upon His glorious and holy Name, faith, peace,
patience, long-suffering, self-control, purity, and sobriety, to
the well-pleasing of His Name, through our High Priest and
Protector, Jesus Christ, by whom be to Him glory, and majesty,
and power, and honor, both now and forevermore. AMEN.
- Clement of Rome
