SEC Daily Prayer

O God, make speed to save us;
O Lord, make haste to help us.

Glory be to the Father and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit;*
as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen
Alleluia!

PSALMODY

Antiphon: I will never forget your commandments,*
because by them you give me life.

Psalm 119:81-104
My soul has longed for your salvation;*
I have put my hope in your word.
My eyes have failed from watching for your promise,*
and I say, ‘When will you comfort me?’
I have become like a leather flask in the smoke,*
but I have not forgotten your statutes.
How much longer must I wait?*
when will you give judgement against those who
persecute me?
The proud have dug pits for me;*
they do not keep your law.
All your commandments are true;*
help me, for they persecute me with lies.
They had almost made an end of me on earth,*
but I have not forsaken your commandments.
In your loving-kindness, revive me,*
that I may keep the decrees of your mouth.
O Lord, your word is everlasting;*
it stands firm in the heavens.
Your faithfulness remains from one generation to another;*
you established the earth, and it abides.
By your decree these continue to this day,*
for all things are your servants.
If my delight had not been in your law,*
I should have perished in my affliction.
I will never forget your commandments,*
because by them you give me life.
I am yours; oh, that you would save me!*
for I study your commandments.
Though the wicked lie in wait for me to destroy me,*
I will apply my mind to your decrees.
I see that all things come to an end,*
but your commandment has no bounds.
Oh, how I love your law!*
all the day long it is in my mind.
Your commandment has made me wiser than my enemies,*
and it is always with me.
I have more understanding than all my teachers,*
for your decrees are my study.
I am wiser than the elders,*
because I observe your commandments.
I restrain my feet from every evil way,*
that I may keep your word.
I do not shrink from your judgements,*
because you yourself have taught me.
How sweet are your words to my taste!*
they are sweeter than honey to my mouth.
Through your commandments I gain understanding;*
therefore I hate every lying way.
Glory be to the Father . . .

Antiphon: I will never forget your commandments,*
because by them you give me life.

READING

1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

Thanks be to God.

Silence

PRAYERS

Lord, have mercy upon us.
Christ, have mercy upon us.
Lord, have mercy upon us.

Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins
as we forgive those who sin against us.
Do not bring us to the time of trial,
but deliver us from evil.
For the kingdom, the power,
and the glory are yours,
now and forever. Amen.

Collects
Almighty Savior, who at noonday called your servant Saint Paul to be an apostle to the Gentiles: We pray you to illumine the world with the radiance of your glory, that all nations may come and worship you; for you live and reign for ever and ever.  Amen.

V. Let us bless the Lord.
R. Thanks be to God.