Feria Sexta Quattuor Temporum SeptembrisEmber Friday of September

℣ O God, ✠ come to my assistance.

℟ Lord, make haste to help me.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.

Alleluia.

Ant. O Lord, * you have searched me and known me.

Psalm 138(1-13) [1]

138:1 O Lord, you have examined me, and you have known me. * (2) You have known my sitting down and my rising up again.

138:3 You have understood my thoughts from afar. * My path and my fate, you have investigated.

138:4 And you have foreseen all my ways. * For there is no word in my tongue.

138:5 Behold, O Lord, you have known all things: the newest and the very old. * You have formed me, and you have placed your hand over me.

138:6 Your knowledge has become a wonder to me. * It is mighty, and I cannot attain it.

138:7 Where will I go from your Spirit? * And where will I flee from your face?

138:8 If I ascend into heaven, you are there. * If I descend into Hell, you are near.

138:9 If I assume my feathers in early morning, * and dwell in the utmost parts of the sea,

138:10 even there, your hand will lead me, * and your right hand will hold me.

138:11 And I said: Perhaps darkness will overwhelm me, * and the night will be my illumination, to my delight.

138:12 But darkness will not be impenetrable to you, † and night will illuminate like the day: * for just as its darkness is, so also is its light.

138:13 For you have possessed my inmost being. * You have supported me from the womb of my mother.

℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.

℟ As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.

Ant. O Lord, you have searched me and known me.

Ant. Wonderful are your works, * O Lord, and my soul knows it well.

Psalm 138(14-24) [2]

138:14 I will confess to you, for you have been magnified terribly. † Your works are miraculous, * as my soul knows exceedingly well.

138:15 My bone, which you have made in secret, has not been hidden from you, * and my substance in the lower parts of the earth.

138:16 Your eyes saw my imperfection, † and all this shall be written in your book. * Days will be formed, and no one shall be in them.

138:17 But to me, O God, your friends have been greatly honored. * Their principality has been exceedingly strengthened.

138:18 I will number them, and they will be more numerous than the sand. * I rose up, and I am still with you.

138:19 O God, if only you would cut down sinners. * You men of blood: depart from me.

138:20 For you say in thought: * They will accept your cities in vain.

138:21 Have I not hated those who hated you, Lord, * and wasted away because of your enemies?

138:22 I have hated them with a perfect hatred, * and they have become enemies to me.

138:23 Examine me, O God, and know my heart. * Question me, and know my paths.

138:24 And see if there might be in me the way of iniquity, * and lead me in the way of eternity.

℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.

℟ As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.

Ant. Wonderful are your works, O Lord, and my soul knows it well.

Ant. Do not forsake me, * O Lord, the strength of my salvation.

Psalm 139 [3]

139:2 Rescue me, O Lord, from the evil man. * Rescue me from the iniquitous man.

139:3 Those who have devised iniquities in their hearts: * all day long they constructed conflicts.

139:4 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent. * The venom of asps is under their lips.

139:5 Preserve me, O Lord, from the hand of the sinner, * and rescue me from men of iniquity.

139:5 They have decided to supplant my steps. * The arrogant have hidden a snare for me.

139:6 And they have stretched out cords for a snare. * They have placed a stumbling block for me near the road.

139:7 I said to the Lord: You are my God. * O Lord, heed the voice of my supplication.

139:8 Lord, O Lord, the strength of my salvation: * you have overshadowed my head in the day of war.

139:9 O Lord, do not hand me over to the sinner by my desire. * They have plotted against me. Do not abandon me, lest they should triumph.

139:10 The head of those who encompass me, * the labor of their lips, will overwhelm them.

139:11 Burning coals will fall upon them. You will cast them down into the fire, * into miseries that they will not be able to withstand.

139:12 A talkative man will not be guided aright upon the earth. * Evils will drag the unjust man unto utter ruin.

139:13 I know that the Lord will accomplish justice for the needy * and vindication for the poor.

139:14 So then, truly, the just will confess your name, * and the upright will dwell with your countenance.

℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.

℟ As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.

Ant. Do not forsake me, O Lord, the strength of my salvation.

Ant. O Lord, * I have cried to you; hear me.

Psalm 140 [4]

140:1 O Lord, I have cried out to you, hear me. * Attend to my voice, when I cry out to you.

140:2 Let my prayer be guided like incense in your sight: * the lifting up of my hands, like the evening sacrifice.

140:3 O Lord, station a guard over my mouth * and a door enclosing my lips.

140:4 Do not turn aside my heart to words of malice, * to making excuses for sins,

140:4 with men who work iniquity; * and I will not share fellowship with their chosen ones.

140:5 The just one will correct me with mercy, and he will rebuke me. * But do not allow the oil of the sinner to fatten my head.

140:6 For my prayer will still be toward their good will. * Their judges have been engulfed, joined to the rocks.

140:7 They will hear my words, which have prevailed, * as when the clods of earth are broken upon the ground.

140:8 Our bones have been scattered beside Hell. * For Lord, O Lord, my eyes look to you. In you, I have hoped. Do not take away my soul.

140:9 Protect me from the snare that they have set up for me * and from the scandals of those who work iniquity.

140:10 The sinners will fall into his net. * I am alone, until I pass over.

℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.

℟ As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.

Ant. O Lord, I have cried to you; hear me.

Ant. Lead my soul * out of prison, O Lord, to confess your name.

Psalm 141 [5]

141:2 With my voice, I cried out to the Lord. * With my voice, I made supplication to the Lord.

141:3 In his sight, I pour out my prayer, * and before him, I declare my tribulation.

141:4 Though my spirit may become faint within me, * even then, you have known my paths.

141:4 Along this way, which I have been walking, * they have hidden a snare for me.

141:5 I considered toward the right, and I looked, * but there was no one who would know me.

141:5 Flight has perished before me, * and there is no one who has concern for my soul.

141:6 I cried out to you, O Lord. * I said: You are my hope, my portion in the land of the living.

141:7 Attend to my supplication. * For I have been humbled exceedingly.

141:7 Free me from my persecutors, * for they have been fortified against me.

141:8 Lead my soul out of confinement in order to confess your name. * The just are waiting for me, until you repay me.

℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.

℟ As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.

Ant. Lead my soul out of prison, O Lord, to confess your name.

2 Cor 1:3-4

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all consolation, who consoles us in all our tribulation.

℟ Thanks be to God.

Hymn

Maker of man, who from thy throne

Dost order all things, God alone;

By whose decree the teeming earth

To reptile and to beast gave birth:

The mighty forms that fill the land,

Instinct with life at thy command,

Are given subdued to humankind

For service in their rank assigned.

From all thy servants drive away

Whate’er of thought impure to-day

Hath been with open action blent,

Or mingled with the heart’s intent.

In heaven thine endless joys bestow,

And grant thy gifts of grace below;

From chains of strife our souls release,

Bind fast the gentle bands of peace.

Grant this, most loving Father,

And you, the Only-Begotten, equal to the Father,

With the Spirit the Paraclete,

Reigning through every age.

Amen.

℣ Let my prayer be directed, O Lord.

℟ Like incense in your sight.

Ant. A woman * who was a sinner in the city, standing behind at the feet of the Lord, began to wash his feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with ointment.

Canticle of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Luc 1:46-55

1:46 My soul ✠ * magnifies the Lord.

1:47 And my spirit leaps for joy * in God my Savior.

1:48 For he has looked with favor on the humility of his handmaid. * For behold, from this time, all generations shall call me blessed.

1:49 For he who is mighty has done great things for me, * and holy is his name.

1:50 And his mercy is from generation to generations * for those who fear him.

1:51 He has accomplished powerful deeds with his arm. * He has scattered the arrogant in the intentions of their heart.

1:52 He has deposed the powerful from their seat, * and he has exalted the humble.

1:53 He has filled the hungry with good things, * and the rich he has sent away empty.

1:54 He has taken up his servant Israel, * mindful of his mercy,

1:55 just as he spoke to our fathers: * to Abraham and to his offspring forever.

℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.

℟ As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.

Ant. A woman who was a sinner in the city, standing behind at the feet of the Lord, began to wash his feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with ointment.

Lord, have mercy. Christ, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.

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 also forgive those who trespass against us:

℣ And lead us not into temptation:

℟ But deliver us from evil.

℣ I said: O Lord, have mercy on me.

℟ Heal my soul, for I have sinned against you.

℣ Return, O Lord; how long?

℟ And be gracious to your servants.

℣ Let your mercy be upon us, O Lord.

℟ As we have hoped in you.

℣ May your priests be clothed with justice.

℟ And let your Saints rejoice.

℣ Let us pray for our most blessed Pope N.

℟ May the Lord preserve him and give him life, make him blessed upon the earth, and not hand him over to the will of his enemies.

℣ Let us also pray for our Bishop N.

℟ May he stand and shepherd in your strength, O Lord, in the majesty of your name.

In Rome the preceding versicle and its response are omitted. Elsewhere, everyone says the name of the diocesan Bishop at N. When the Apostolic See or the episcopal see is vacant, the corresponding versicle and response, or both, are omitted.

℣ O Lord, save the king.

℟ And hear us on the day we call upon you.

℣ Save your people, O Lord, and bless your inheritance.

℟ And govern them and lift them up for ever.

℣ Remember your congregation.

℟ Which you possessed from the beginning.

℣ May peace be within your strength.

℟ And abundance within your towers.

℣ Let us pray for our benefactors.

℟ Graciously grant eternal life, O Lord, to all who do good to us for your name’s sake. Amen.

℣ Let us pray for the faithful departed.

℟ Grant them eternal rest, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them.

℣ May they rest in peace.

℟ Amen.

℣ For our absent brethren.

℟ Save your servants, O my God, who hope in you.

℣ For the afflicted and the captives.

℟ Deliver them, O God of Israel, from all their tribulations.

℣ Send them help from your sanctuary, O Lord.

℟ And protect them from Zion.

℣ O Lord, God of hosts, turn us back.

℟ And show your face, and we shall be saved.

℣ Arise, O Christ, help us.

℟ And deliver us for your name’s sake.

℣ O Lord, hear my prayer.

℟ And let my cry come before you.

the second Lord, hear is omitted

Let us pray.

Grant, we pray, almighty God, that we who recall the sacred observances with yearly devotion may please you both in body and in mind.

Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son: who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever.

℟ Amen.

℣ O Lord, hear my prayer.

℟ And let my cry come before you.

℣ Let us bless the Lord.

℟ Thanks be to God.

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

℟ Amen.