Cantica Gaudia

Ordinary Time, Early Summer: Friday Noonday Prayer

Opening: How happy are they who dwell in your house; they will always be praising you.

Psalm: Holy ones, be awestruck in God
And you’ll want nothing more
Young lions crave and go prowling
But those who seek you are satisfied

Come, children, listen to me
I will teach you how to fall back in awe
Who has a passion for life
Loves every day and exults in happiness?

Reading: Wisdom has built her house, she has hewn her seven pillars. She has slaughtered her animals, she has mixed her wine, she has also set her table. She has sent out her servant-girls, she calls from the highest places in town, "You that are simple, turn in here!" To those without sense she says, "Come, eat of my bread and drink of the wine I have mixed. Lay aside immaturity, and live, and walk in the way of insight."

The Lord’s Prayer: Seed and source,
Far in the distance and in our souls,
You are holy and make us whole.
May we perceive your divine will
That loved us into being
Help us to join your creative force
And let it prosper here.
Give us what we need to survive,
And release us from our transgressions
As we release others from theirs.
Keep us away from paths of destruction
And from those who would ruin what you have made,
For you are the matrix of life, love and wisdom,
Now and forever.  Amen.

Prayers: Great and merciful God, who knows the sparrow and the lily by name, tell us today the story of your knowledge of us. Assure us that the hours we spend in this world are lived in your sight and in your care, to free us from anxiety and striving and to rest in your benevolence, through Jesus Christ, our savior and lord. Amen.

Going Forth:  May God bless the work of our hands.