Daily Office Common Texts Card

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COMMON TEXTS: MORNING P  YER  Psalm 95 Come, let us sing to the LORD; * let us shout for joy to the Rock of our salvation. Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving * and raise a loud shout to him with psalms. For the LORD is a great God, * and a great King above all gods. In his hand are the caverns of the earth, * and the heights of the hills are his also. e sea is his, for he made it, * and his hands have molded the dry land. Come, let us bow down, and bend the knee, * and kneel before the LORD our Maker. For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand. * Oh, that today you would hearken to his voice! Harden not your hearts, as your forebears did in the wilderness, * at Meribah, and on that day at Massah,  when they tempted me. ey put me to the test, * though they had seen my works. Forty years long I detested that generation and said, * " is people are wayward in their hearts; they do not know my ways." So I swore in my wrath, * " ey shall not enter into my rest." Glory to the Father, and to the Son,* and to the Holy Spirit.  As it was in the beginnin g, is now* and will be forever. Amen.

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COMMON TEXTS: MORNING P  YER 

 Psalm 95

Come, let us sing to the LORD; *let us shout for joy to the Rock of our salvation.

Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving *

and raise a loud shout to him with psalms.

For the LORD is a great God, *

and a great King above all gods.

In his hand are the caverns of the earth, *

and the heights of the hills are his also.e sea is his, for he made it, *

and his hands have molded the dry land.

Come, let us bow down, and bend the knee, *

and kneel before the LORD our Maker.

For he is our God,

and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand. *

Oh, that today you would hearken to his voice!Harden not your hearts,

as your forebears did in the wilderness, *

at Meribah, and on that day at Massah,

 when they tempted me.

ey put me to the test, *

though they had seen my works.

Forty years long I detested that generation and said, *"is people are wayward in their hearts;

they do not know my ways."

So I swore in my wrath, *

"ey shall not enter into my rest."

Glory to the Father, and to the Son,*

and to the Holy Spirit.

 As it was in the beginning, is now*and will be forever. Amen.

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e Song of Zechariah  (Luke 1: 68-79)

Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel; *

he has come to his people and set them free.

He has raised up for us a mighty savior, * born of the house of his servant David.

rough his holy prophets he promised of old,

that he would save us from our enemies, *

from the hands of all who hate us.

He promised to show mercy to our fathers *

and to remember his holy covenant.

is was the oath he swore to our father Abraham, *

to set us free from the hands of our enemies,

Free to worship him without fear, *

holy and righteous in his sight

all the days of our life.

 You, my child, shall be called the prophet of the Most High, *

for you will go before the Lord to prepare his way,

To give his people knowledge of salvation *

 by the forgiveness of their sins.

In the tender compassion of our God *

the dawn from on high shall break upon us,

To shine on those who dwell in darkness and the

shadow of death, *

and to guide our feet into the way of peace.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: *

as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever.

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COMMON TEXTS: EVENING P  YER 

 Phos Hilaron (O Gracious Light)

O gracious light,pure brightness of the everliving Father in heaven,

O Jesus Christ, holy and blessed!

Now as we come to the seing of the sun,

and our eyes behold the vesper light,

 we sing your praised, O God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

 You are worthy at all times to be praised by happy voices,

O Son of God, O Giver of Life,and to be gloried through all the worlds.

e Song of Mary (Luke 1:46-55)

My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord, my spirit rejoices in God my Savior; * 

for he has looked with favor on his lowly servant.

From this day all generations will call me blessed: * the Almighty has done great things for me, and holy is his Name.

He has mercy on those who fear him * in every generation.

He has shown the strength of his arm, * he has scaered the proud in their conceit.

He has cast down the mighty from their thrones, * and has lied up the lowly.

He has lled the hungry with good things, * and the rich he has sent away empty.

He has come to the help of his servant Israel, * for he has remembered his promise of mercy,

e promise he made to our fathers, * to Abraham and his children for ever.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: * as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever.

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THE A POSTLES' CREED

I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth.

I believe in Jesus Christ, his only son, our Lord. He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit 

and born of the Virgin Mary. He suff ered under Pontius Pilate, 

 was crucied, died, and was buried. He descended to the dead.

 On the third day he rose again. He ascended into heaven, 

and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again to judge the living and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.