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Friday, 11 September 2026

Friday of the 23rd Week in Ordinary Time

Feria · Green

Terce · 9 a.m. – noon

Psalter Week III · Friday

Liturgy of the Hours — Daytime Prayer (Midmorning)

Christian Prayer — Daytime Prayer

First Reading

1 Corinthians 9:16-19, 22b-27

16For if I preach the gospel, it is no glory to me: for a necessity lieth upon me. For woe is unto me if I preach not the gospel. 17For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation is committed to me. 18What is my reward then? That preaching the gospel, I may deliver the gospel without charge, that I abuse not my power in the gospel. 19For whereas I was free as to all, I made myself the servant of all, that I might gain the more. 22To the weak I became weak, that I might gain the weak. I became all things to all men, that I might save all. 23And I do all things for the gospel's sake, that I may be made partaker thereof. 24Know you not that they that run in the race, all run indeed, but one receiveth the prize. So run that you may obtain. 25And every one that striveth for the mastery refraineth himself from all things. And they indeed that they may receive a corruptible crown: but we an incorruptible one. 26I therefore so run, not as at an uncertainty: I so fight, not as one beating the air. 27But I chastise my body and bring it into subjection: lest perhaps, when I have preached to others, I myself should become a castaway.

Responsorial Psalm

Psalm 84:3, 4, 5-6, 12

3my soul longeth and fainteth for the courts of the Lord. My heart and my flesh have rejoiced in the living God. 4For the sparrow hath found herself a house, and the turtle a nest for herself where she may lay her young ones: Thy altars, O Lord of hosts, my king and my God. 5Blessed are they that dwell in thy house, O Lord: they shall praise thee for ever and ever. 6Blessed is the man whose help is from thee: in his heart he hath disposed to ascend by steps, 12For God loveth mercy and truth: the Lord will give grace and glory.

Gospel

Luke 6:39-42

39And he spoke also to them a similitude: Can the blind lead the blind? Do they not both fall into the ditch? 40The disciple is not above his master: but every one shall be perfect, if he be as his master. 41And why seest thou the mote in thy brother's eye: but the beam that is in thy own eye thou considerest not? 42Or how canst thou say to thy brother: Brother, let me pull the mote out of thy eye, when thou thyself seest not the beam in thy own eye? Hypocrite, cast first the beam out of thy own eye: and then shalt thou see clearly to take out the mote from thy brother's eye.

English: Douay-Rheims

The Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Terce

Prayer Before the Office

Aperi, Domine

O Lord, open Thou my mouth, that it may bless Thy holy name; cleanse my heart, too, from all vain, evil, or wandering thoughts. Enlighten mine understanding, kindle mine affections, that I may be able to say this Office meetly with attention and devotion and may deserve to be heard before the presence of Thy divine Majesty. Through Christ our Lord. R. Amen.

Domine, in unione

O Lord, in union with that divine intention wherewith Thou Thyself, while on earth, didst offer praises unto God, I offer these Hours unto Thee.

Hail Mary, in silence

Hail, Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

Opening

V. O God, + hasten to mine aid. R. O Lord, + make haste to help me.

Doxology

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Alleluia.

Hymn — Memento, rerum Conditor

Remember, O Creator Lord, That in the Virgin's sacred womb Thou wast conceived, and of her flesh Didst our mortality assume. Mother of grace! O Mary blest! To thee, sweet fount of life, we fly; Shield us through life, and take us hence To thy dear bosom, when we die. O Jesu! born of Virgin bright, Immortal glory be to Thee; Praise to the Father infinite, And Holy Ghost eternally. Amen.

Antiphon

Maria Virgo.

Psalm — Psalms 119:1-7

In my trouble I cried to the Lord: and he heard me. O Lord, deliver my soul from wicked lips, and a deceitful tongue. What shall be given to thee, or what shall be added to thee, to a deceitful tongue? The sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals that lay waste. Woe is me, that my sojourning is prolonged! I have dwelt with the inhabitants of Cedar: My soul hath been long a sojourner. With them that hated peace I was peaceable: when I spoke to them they fought against me without cause.

Psalm — Psalms 120:1-8

I have lifted up my eyes to the mountains, from whence help shall come to me. My help is from the Lord, who made heaven and earth. May he not suffer thy foot to be moved: neither let him slumber that keepeth thee. Behold he shall neither slumber nor sleep, that keepeth Israel. The Lord is thy keeper, the Lord is thy protection upon thy right hand. The sun shall not burn thee by day: nor the moon by night. The Lord keepeth thee from all evil: may the Lord keep thy soul. May the Lord keep thy coming in and thy going out; from henceforth now and for ever.

Psalm — Psalms 121:1-9

I rejoiced at the things that were said to me: We shall go into the house of the Lord. Our feet were standing in thy courts, O Jerusalem. Jerusalem, which is built as a city, which is compact together. For thither did the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord: the testimony of Israel, to praise the name of the Lord. Because their seats have sat in judgment, seats upon the house of David. Pray ye for the things that are for the peace of Jerusalem: and abundance for them that love thee. Let peace be in thy strength: and abundance in thy towers. For the sake of my brethren, and of my neighbours, I spoke peace of thee. Because of the house of the Lord our God, I have sought good things for thee.

Little Chapter — Sirach 24:15

And so was I established in Sion, and in the holy city likewise I rested,

Versicle

V. Diffusa est gratia in labiis tuis. R. Propterea benedixit te Deus in aeternum.

Prayer

O God, Who, by the fruitful virginity of blessed Mary, hast given to mankind the rewards of eternal salvation; grant, we beseech Thee, that we may experience her intercession for us, by whom we deserved to receive the Author of life, Our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, world without end. R. Amen.

Conclusion

V. O Lord, hear my prayer. R. And let my cry come unto Thee.

Let us bless the Lord.

May the souls of the faithful departed through the mercy of God rest in peace.

Prayer After the Office

Sacrosanctae

To the most holy and undivided Trinity, to the manhood of our crucified Lord Jesus Christ, to the fruitful virginity of the most blessed and glorious Mary, ever a virgin, to the entire assembly of the saints, be ascribed everlasting praise, honor, power, and glory, by every creature; and to us be granted the remission of all our sins, world without end. Amen.

Versicle

V. Blessed is the Virgin Mary's womb, which bore the Son of the everlasting Father. R. And blessed are the breasts which nourished Christ our Lord.

Pater noster

Our Father, Who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy 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. Amen.

Ave Maria

Hail, Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

Benziger Brothers, 1915 · psalmody from the Clementine Vulgate

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