THE HOURLY OFFICES
The Liturgist shall begin by saying, O God, come to my assistance. COMMUNITY: O Lord, make haste to help me. Liturgist: Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost COMMUNITY: As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Liturqist: Praise ye the Lord. Here shall be sung the appointed HYMN, after which the Liturgist shall say, Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands. COMMUNITY: Let Psalms declare the glory of his name. Here shall be read the appointed PSALM, after which the Liturgist shall say, O Lord, I will meditate on thy precepts. COMMUNITY: I will delight in thy statutes; I will not forget thy word. Here shall be read the appointed LESSON, after which the Liturgist shall say, Lord, hear my prayer. COMMUNITY: And let my cry come unto the. Liturgist: Let us pray. Here shall be read the appointed PRAYER, after which the L iturgist shall say, Lord, have mercy upon us. COMMUNITY: Christ, have mercy upon us. Liturgist: Amen. And then the Liturgist shall say, May the Lord bless us and defend us from all evil COMMUNITY: And bring us to everlasting life. Liturgist: Amen. COMMUNITY: Amen.	THE INVITATORY the gloria patri THE HYMN THE PSALM the versicle THE LESSON the versicle the versicle THE PRAYER the kyrie THE BENEDICTION
VESPERS COMPLINE MATINS LAUDS PRIME TERCE SEXT NONE

OFFICE OF COMPLINE The Dark Day Day One 9 o'clock - midnight

The Liturgist shall begin by saying: O God, come to my assistance COMMUNITY: O Lord, make haste to help me Liturgist: Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. COMMUNITY As it was in the beginning, is now, end ever shall be, world without end Amen Liturgist: Praise ye the Lord Here shall be sung the appointed HYMN: Tune: When You Are. In Love When you ere aware, The whole world is a mountain of care Skies constantly weep, Over all of the tragedy there Then your life belong To all suffering men everywhere When you are aware The whole world is a mountain of cars The Liturgist shall say, Make a Joyful noise unto God, all ye lands. COMMUNITY: Let Psalms declare the glory of his name. Here shall be read the appointed PSALM: Lord, my heart is not proud, nor are my eyes haughty; I do not busy myself with great matters or things too marvelous for me No; I submit myself, I account myself lowly, as a weaned child clinging to its mother Israel, look for the Lord now end evermore, Psalm 131:1 - 3

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OFFICE OF COMPLINE The Dark Day Day One 9 o'clock ­ midnight

The Liturgist shall say, O Lord, I will meditate on thy precepts. COMMUNITY: I will delight in thy statutes; I will not forget thy word. Here shall be read the appointed LESSON: Now if God so clothes the flowers of the field, which are alive today and burned in the stove tomorrow, is he not much more likely to clothe you, you 'little­faiths?' Matt. 6:30 The L iturgist shall say, Lord, hear my prayer. COMMUN ITY: And let my cry come unto thee. Liturgist: Let us pray. Here shall be read the appointed PRAYER: Father, God, root of my nothingness and judge of my every deed, is there no end to my desire for self­satisfaction? Is there no end to my lethargy? Is there no end to my fearfulness? For all these long years I have refused to will one thing. Lord, I have denied the calling demanded of me. Have mercy upon me as thy Son was mercy. AMEN. The Liturgist shall say, Lord, have mercy upon us. COMMUNITY: Christ, have mercy upon us. Liturgist: Lord, have mercy upon us. COMMUN ITY: Amen. And then the Liturgist shaII say, May the Lord bless us and defend us from all evil. COMMUN ITY: And bring us to everlasting life. Liturgist: Amen. COMMUNITY: Amen.

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OFFICE OF MATINS The Dark Day Day One midnight ­ 3 o'clock

The Liturgist shall begin by saying, God, come to my assistance. COMMUNITY: O Lord, make haste to help me. : Liturgist: Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. COMMUNITY As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Liturgist: Praise ye the Lord. Here shell be sung the appointed HYMN: Tune: Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken Dawns the world of deep compassion Yoked to life's strange harmony, Unrelenting in my mission Doomed to die for history. Bearing every time's long hour Every brother's agony, I am strangely filled with power, Wondrous deeds are done through me. The Liturgist shall say, Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands. COMMUNITY: Let Psalms declare the glory of his name. Here shall be read the appointed PSALM: He led Israel out, laden with silver and gold, and among all their tribes no man fell. The Egyptians were glad when they went, for fear of Israel had taken hold of them. He spread a cloud as a screen, and fire to light up the night. They asked, and he sent them quails, he gave them bread from heaven in plenty. He opened a rock and water gushed out a river flowing in a parched land; for he had remembered his solemn promise given to his servant Abraham. So he led out his people rejoicing, his chosen ones in triumph. He gave them the lands of heathen nations And they took possession where others had toiled, so that they might keep his statutes and obey his laws. O praise the Lord. Psalm 105:37­46

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OFFICE OF MATINS The Dark Day Day One midnight ­ 3 o'clock

The Lituroist stroll soy, O Lord, I will meditate on thy precepts. COMMUNITY: I will delight in thy statutes; I will not forget thy word. Here shall be read the appointed LESSON: Everyone then, who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a sensible man who builds his house on the rock. Down came the rain and up came the floods, while the winds blew and roared upon that house-and it did not fall because its foundations were on the rock. Matt. 7:24 The Liturgist shall sad: O Lord hear my prayer. COMMUNITY: And let my cry come unto thee. Liturgist: Let us pray. Here shall be read the appointed PRAYER: Thou who dwells among us, grant to all men a compelling social vision, enabling them to be sensitive to the desperate needs of those who suffer, that new forms of human care may become a living reality, in the name of the one who dared to be utterly human. AMEN. The Liturgist shall say: Lord, have mercy upon us. COMMUNITY: Christ, have mercy upon us. Liturgist: Lord, have mercy upon us. COMMUN ITY: Amen. And then the Liturgist shall say: May the Lord bless us and defend us from all evil. COMMUNITY: And bring us to everlasting life. Liturgist: Amen. COMMUNITY: Amen.

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OFFICE OF LAUDS The Dark. Day Day One 3 o'clock ­ 6 oclock

The Liturgist shall begin by saying, O God, come to my assistance. COMMUNITY: O Lord, make haste to help me. Liturgist: Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. COMMUNITY: As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Liturgist: Praise ye the Lord. Here shell be sung the appointed HYMN: Tune: Guantanamarra We see our linkage to history, We see the duty demanded, Our cares unite in the power, All life is served in obedience. We give our minds, hearts, and spirits To forge the free deed in history. The Liturtist shall say, Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands. COMMUNITY: Let Psalms declare the glory of his name. Here shell be read the appointed PSALM.: Give me justice, O Lord, for I have lived my life without reproach, and put unfaltering trust in the Lord. Test me, O Lord, and try me; put my heart and mind to the proof. For thy constant love is before my eyes, and I live in thy truth. I have not sat among worthless men, nor do I mix with hypocrites; I hate the company of evildoers and will not sit among the ungodly. Lord, I love the beauty of thy house, the place where thy glory dwells. Do not sweep me away with sinners, nor cast me out with men who thirst for blood, whose fingers are active in mischief, And their hands are full of bribes. But I live my life without reproach; redeem me, O Lord, and show me thy favour. When once my feet are planted on firm ground, I will bless the Lord in the full assembly. Psalm 26: 1 ­12

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OFFICE OF LAUDS The Dark Day Day One 3 o'clock ­ 6 o'clock

The Liturgist shell say, O Lord, I will meditate on thy precepts. COMMUNITY: I will delight in thy statutes; I will not forget thy word. llere shall be read the appointed LESSON: If you want to be perfect, go now and sell your property and give the money away to the poor-you will have riches in heaven. Then come and follow me. Matt. 19:21 The Liturgist shall say, O Lord hear my prayer. COMMUNITY: And let my cry come unto thee. Liturgist: Let us pray. Here shall be read the appointed PRAYER: O thou almighty God, who gives us our lives as solitary beings and as social beings, we lift up before thee the deep struggle, the pain and the joy in our time in being those ones who live before constant social change. Be with us, O Lord, we dare to ask in his name. AMEN. The Liturgist shall say, Lord, have mercy upon us. COMMUNITY: Christ, have mercy upon us. Liturgist: Lord, have mercy upon us. COMMUNITY: Amen. And then the Liturgist shall say, May the Lord bless us and defend us from all evil. COMMUNITY: And bring us to everlasting life. Liturgist: Amen. COMM UN ITY: Amen.

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OFFICE OF PRIME The Light Day: Day Two 6 o'clock ­ 9 o'clock

The Liturgist shall begin by saying, O God, come to my assistance. COMMUNITY: O Lord, make haste to help me. Liturgist: Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. COMMUNITY: As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Liturgist: Praise ye the Lord. Here shall be sung the appointed HYMN: Tune: The Blue Danube A Mountain there looms with crags so high, A path winding upward toward the sky, Upon boulders etched with lines of care, O'ershadowed by worlds my strength so rare. The Liturgist shall say, Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands. COMMUNITY: Let Psalms declare the glory of his name. Here shall be read the appointed PSALM: I sing of loyalty and justice; I will raise a psalm to thee, O Lord. I will follow a wise and blameless course, whatever may befall me. I will go about my house in purity of heart. I will set before myself no sordid aim; I will hate disloyalty, I will have none of it. I will reject all crooked thoughts; I will have no dealing with evil. I will silence those who spread tales behind men's backs, I will not sit at table with proud, pompous men, I will choose the most loyal for my companions; my servants shall be men whose lives are blameless. No scandal­monger shall live in my household; no liar shall set himself up where I can see him. Morning after morning I will put all wicked men to silence and will rid the Lord's city of all evildoers. Psalm 101: 1 - 8

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OFFICE OF TERCE The Light Day Day Two 9 o'clock ­ noon

The Liturgist shall begin by saying, O God, come to my assistance. COMMUNITY: O Lord, make haste to help me. Liturgist: Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. COMMUNITY: As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Liturgist: Praise ye the Lord. Here shall be sung the appointed HYMN: Tune: Stouthearted Men Free from the maze of conventional ways I decide for the right all alone. My life's approved and my chains are remove, To this world I am mission I know. The Liturgist shall say, Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands. COMMUNITY: Let Psalms declare the glory of thy name. Here shall be read the appointed PSALM: Hear, Lord, my pleas for justice, give my cry a hearing, listen to my prayer, for it is innocent of all deceit Let judgement in my cause issue front, thy lips, Thou hast tested my heart and watched me all night long; thou hast assayed me and found in me no rnind to evil. I will not speak of the creeds of me; I have taken good note of all thy sayings. I have not strayed from the course of duty; I have followed thy pain and never stumbled. Psalm 17:1­5

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OFFICE OF TERCE The Light Day Day Two 9 o'clock ­ noon

The Liturgist shall say, O Lord, I will meditate on thy precepts. COMMUNITY: I will delight in thy statutes; I will not forget thy word. Here shall be read the appointed LESSON: For if you love only those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even the tax collectors do that! And if you exchange greetings only with your own circle are you doing anything exceptional? Even the pagans do that. No, you are to be perfect, like your Heavenly Father." Matt. 5:46­48 The Liturgist shall say, O Lord hear my prayer. COMMUNITY: And let my cry come unto thee. Liturgist: Let us pray. Here shall be read the appointed PRAYER: Yea Lord, Lord who didst give us the power to tread on serpents and scorpions and all power of the enemy, crush thou his head under our feet quickly; dispel from us all his wicked fantasies opposing us. For thou art the king of us all, O Christ our Lord. AMEN. The L iturgist stroll soy, Lord, have mercy upon us. COMMUNITY: Christ, have mercy upon us. Liturgist: Lord, have mercy upon us. COMMUNITY: Amen. And then the Lituryist shall say, May the Lord bless us and defend us from all evil. COMMUNITY: And bring us to everlasting life. Liturgist: Amen. COMMUNITY: Amen.

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OFFICE OF SEXT The Light Day Day Two 12 o'clock ­ 3 o'clock

The Liturgist shall begin by saying, O God, come to my assistance. COMMUNITY: O Lord, make haste to help me. Liturgist: Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. COMMUNITY: As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Liturgist. Praise ye the Lord. Here shall be sung the appointed HYMN: Tune: At the Center When you encounter the joy at the center Your tingling deeps in animation, When you're possessed by the joy at the center All things received with affirmation, When you are speechless in joy at the center And each moment brimming with wild vibration, Then at the center, in wonder­filled rapture \ You be it. The Liturgist shall sad, Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands. COMMUNITY: Let Psalms declare the glory of his name. Here shall be read the appointed PSALM: O Lord, who may lodge in thy tabernacle? Who may dwell on thy holy mountain? The man of blameless life, who does what is right and speaks the truth from his heart; who has no malice on his tongue, who never wrongs a friend and tells no tales against his neighbour. the man who shows his scorn for the worthless and honours all who fear the Lord; who swears to his own hurt and does not retract; who does not put his money out to usury and takes no bribe aqainst an innocent man. He who does these things shall never be brought low. Psalm 15:1 ­5

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OFFICE OF SEXT The Light Day Day Two 12 o'clock ­ 3 o'clock

The Lituryist shall say, O Lord, I will meditate on thy precepts. COMMUNITY: I will delight in thy statutes; I will not forget thy word. Here shall be read the appointed LESSON: Behold my servant whom I have chosen; my beloved In whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall declare judgment to the gentiles. Matt. 12:1­8 The Liturgist shall say, O Lord hear my prayer. COMMUNITY: And let my cry corn0 unto the0. Liturglst: Let us pray. Here shall be read the appointed PRAYER: Almighty God, we are by nature frail vessels, and our fraility is such that we cannot stand by our own power. Grant, O God, that being supported by thy power, we may indeed rejoice in the endlessness of our salvation, not indeed relying on any earthly protection, but because thou hast pleased to choose us as thy people, In Christ's name. AMEN. Th. Liturgist shall say, Lord, have mercy upon us.. COMMUN ITY Christ, hsve mercy upon us. Lituryist: Lord, hsve mercy upon us. COMMUNITY: Amen. And then the Liturgist shall say May the Lord bless us and defend us from all evil. CC)MMUNITY: And bring unto everlasting life. Liturgist: Amen. COMMUNITY: Amen.

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OFFICE OF NONE The Light Day Day Two 3 o'clock ­ 6 o'clock

The Liturgist shall begin by saying, ­ O God, come to my assistance. COMMUNITY: O Lord, make haste to help me. Liturgist: Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. COMMUNITY: As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Lituryist: Praise ye the Lord. Here shall be sung the appointed HYMN: Tune: This World Is Not My Home A mighty river flows, of consciousness in me A willing child of fate, I live creatively, My life's a precious gift that I must answer for, And I can't feel at home in this world am/more. The Liturgist shall say, Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands. COMMUNITY: Let Psalms declare the glory of his name. Here shall be read the appointed PSALM: God, endow the king with 1hy own justice, and give thy righteousness to a king's son, that he may judge thy people rightly and deal out justice to the poor and suffering. May hills and mountains afford thy people peace and prosperity in righteousness. He shall give judgment for the suffering and help those of the people that are needy; he shall crush the oppressor. He shall live as long as the sun endures, long as the moon, age after age. He shall be like rain falling on early crops, like showers watering the earth. In his days righteousness shall flourish, prosperity abound until the moon is no rmore. Psalm 72:1 - 7

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Day One

OFFICE OF VESPERS

The Dark 3ay

6 o'clock ­ 9 o'clock

The Liturgist shall begin by saying,

O God, come to my assistance.

COMMUNITY: O Lord, make haste to help me.

Liturgist: Glory be to the Father, and to the Son,

and to the Holy Ghost.

COMMUNITY: As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,

world without end AmPn

Liturgist: Praise ye the Lord.

Here shall be sung the appointed H YMN:

Tune: Stout­Hearted Men

I'm anchored fast in my true home at last,

And the gods of this world now have flown.

I can feel my burdens lightened

Though I bear the world.

Free, I will to be

The self I am in history.

The L iturgist shall sad,

Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands.

COMMUNITY: Let Psalms declare the glory of his name.

Here shall be read the appointed PSA L M:

The Lord is my light and my salvation. whom should I fear?

The Lord is the refuge of my life; of whom then should I go in dread?

When evildoers close in on me to devour me, it is my enemies, my assailants, who stumble and fall.

If an army should encamp against me, my heart would feel no fear;

if armed men should fall upon me,

even then I should be undismayed.

One thing I ask of the Lord, one thing I seek: that I may be constant in the house of the all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to seek him in his temple.

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