MIDNIGHT PRAYER (Matins)

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Psalm 122

1 I was glad when they said to me,
    ‘Let us go to the house of the Lord!’
2 Our feet are standing
    within your gates, O Jerusalem.

3 Jerusalem—built as a city
    that is bound firmly together.
4 To it the tribes go up,
    the tribes of the Lord,
as was decreed for Israel,
    to give thanks to the name of the Lord.
5 For there the thrones for judgement were set up,
    the thrones of the house of David.

6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:
    ‘May they prosper who love you.
7 Peace be within your walls,
    and security within your towers.’
8 For the sake of my relatives and friends
    I will say, ‘Peace be within you.’
9 For the sake of the house of the Lord our God,
    I will seek your good.

Collect

Blessed are you, God of strength and patience;
yours is the love our mothers showed us,
yours the care we need;
as we learn to care for one another
and to share your love,
may it be with our mother we share it
first of all.
Amen.

Thanksgiving

Thank Him for 3 things that happened today (Good or Not!)

Prayer

Our Father in heaven,
the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours
now and for ever.

O divine Master,
grant that we may not so much seek to be consoled,
as to console;
to be understood, as to understand;
to be loved, as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive;
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
Amen

The Blessing

May God our Redeemer show us compassion and love.
Amen

Let us bless the Lord.
Thanks be to God.