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MatinsO Lord, open our lips;
And our mouth shall proclaim your praise.
Opening Sentance
You, Lord, are in your holy temple; let all the earth keep silence before you. . . . .Habakkuk 2:20 (adapted).
(Alleluia!) Christ, the pure and lowly in heart:
O come, let us worship. (Alleluia!)
Psalm 84
- How lovely is your dwelling place,
O Lord of hosts! - My soul longs, indeed it faints
for the courts of the Lord;
my heart and my flesh sing for joy
to the living God. - Even the sparrow finds a home,
and the swallow a nest for herself,
where she may lay her young,
at your altars, O Lord of hosts,
my King and my God. - Happy are those who live in your house,
ever singing your praise. Selah - Happy are those whose strength is in you,
in whose heart are the highways to Zion. - As they go through the valley of Baca
they make it a place of springs;
the early rain also covers it with pools. - They go from strength to strength;
the God of gods will be seen in Zion. - O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer;
give ear, O God of Jacob! Selah - Behold our shield, O God;
look on the face of your anointed. - For a day in your courts is better
than a thousand elsewhere.
I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God
than live in the tents of wickedness. - For the Lord God is a sun and shield;
he bestows favour and honour.
No good thing does the Lord withhold
from those who walk uprightly. - O Lord of hosts,
happy is everyone who trusts in you.
Special Collect
Almighty God,
give us the grace to cast off the works of darkness
and put on the armour of light,,
now in the time of this mortal life,
in which your Son Jesus Christ came to us in great humility;,
so that when he shall come again in his glorious majesty
we may rise to the life immortal;
through him who lives and reigns with you
and the Holy Spirit,
one God now and forever.
Amen.
