Cantica Gaudia

Season of Epiphany: Thursday Noonday Prayer

Opening: Eternal Spirit, flow through our being and open our lips, that our mouths may proclaim your praise.

Psalm: Shout with joy to the Lord, all you lands;
Lift up your voice, rejoice and sing.
Sing to the Lord with the harp,
With the harp and the voice of song.
With trumpets and the sound of the horn,
Shout with joy before the King, the Lord.
Let the sea make a noise and all that is in it,
The lands and those who dwell therein.
Let the rivers clap their hands,
And let the hills ring out with joy before the Lord,
When God comes to judge the earth.
In righteousness shall God judge the world
And the peoples with equity.

Reading: Who has gone up to heaven and taken Wisdom,
And brought her down from the clouds?
Who has gone over the seas, and found her,
And will buy her for pure gold?
No one knows the way to her,
Or is concerned about the path to her.
But the one who knows all things knows her,
He found her by his understanding.
The one who prepared the earth for all time
Filled it with four-footed creatures;
The one who sends forth the light, and it goes;
He called it, and it obeyed him, trembling;
The stars shone in their watches, and were glad,
He called them, and they said, “Here we are!”
They shone with gladness for the One who made them.
This is our God; no other can be compared to him.

The Lord’s Prayer: Our Father, who art in heaven,
Hallowed be your Name.
Thy kingdom come, thy will be done,
On earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses
As we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation,
But deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom,
And the power and the glory,
For ever and ever.  Amen.

Prayer: In the strong name of Jesus, we bless all that is living, and recognize in all that lives the reflection of the Word who said, “Let there be life,” and it lives.  Teach us to care for all that is entrusted to us, and nurture every sign of your presence.  Amen.

Goin forth: God bless the work of our hands, and the longings of our hearts.  Amen.