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# Noonday Prayer
### _from the Book of Common Prayer, pp. 103ff._
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_Officiant_
> O God, make speed to save us.

**People**
> **O Lord, make haste to help us.**

_Officiant and **People**_
> **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. Amen.**

_Except in Lent, add_  **Alleluia.**

_A suitable hymn may be sung._

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**Psalm 121**
_Levavi oculos_

> 1	I lift up my eyes to the hills; *
from where is my help to come?

> **2	My help comes from the LORD, *
the maker of heaven and earth.**

> 3	He will not let your foot be moved *
and he who watches over you will not fall asleep.

> **4	Behold, he who keeps watch over Israel *
shall neither slumber nor sleep;**

> 5	The LORD himself watches over you; *
the LORD is your shade at your right hand,

> **6	So that the sun shall not strike you by day, *
nor the moon by night.**

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> 7	The LORD shall preserve you from all evil; *
it is he who shall keep you safe.

> **8	The LORD shall watch over your going out and your coming in, *
from this time forth for evermore.**

> **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. Amen.**

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> If anyone is in Christ he is a new creation; the old has passed away, behold the new has come.  All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation.
.smaller[_2 Corinthians 5:17-18_]

**People**
> Thanks be to God.

_A meditation, silent or spoken, may follow._

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_The Officiant then begins the Prayers_

Officiant:
> Lord have mercy.

**People:**
> **Christ have mercy.**

Officiant:
> Lord have mercy.

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**Officiant and People:**
> 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.
Save us from the time of trial,
and deliver us from evil.**

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_Officiant_
> Lord, hear our prayer;

**People**
> **And let our cry come to you.**

_Officiant_
> Let us pray.

> 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.**

_Free intercessions may be offered._

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_The service concludes as follows_

_Officiant_
> Let us bless the Lord.

**People**
> **Thanks be to God.**