Saturday Second and Fourth Weeks
Morning Prayer
Reading
Colossians 1:11-14
May you be made strong with all the strength that comes from God’s glorious power, and may you be prepared to endure everything with patience, while joyfully giving thanks to the father, who has enabled you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light. He has rescued us from the power of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
Canticle of Zechariah
Jesus said to them, “While you have the light, believe in the light, so that you may become children of the light.” Alleluia!
Praise the Lord, the God of Israel,
who shepherds the people and sets them free.
God raises from David’s house
a child with power to save.
Through the holy prophets
God promised in ages past
to save us from enemy hands,
from the grip of all who hate us.
The Lord favored our ancestors
recalling the sacred covenant,
the pledge to our ancestor Abraham,
to free us from our enemies,
so we might worship without fear
and be holy and just all our days.
And you child, will be called
Prophet of the Most High,
for you will come to prepare
a pathway for the Lord
by teaching the people salvation
through forgiveness of their sin.
Out of God’s deepest mercy
a dawn will come from on high,
light for those shadowed by death,
a guide for our feet on the way to peace.
Intercessions
As another day begins, we give thanks for the gift of light which God gives us through his Son Jesus. We pray today for the guidance and intercession of holy women and men who reflec your light to us:
~ For this we pray, O God.
May the apostles and doctors of the church teach us to be responsive to God’s mercy:
May the martyrs of old and of our own day show us how to proclaim your word with courage:
Mau Catherine McAuley and all religious founders lead us to a deeper appreciation of our religious call:
May all holy women and men who have gone to their reward encourage us to persevere in hope and fidelity to the Gospel:
May our deceased sisters and associates enjoy the reward of their labors:
Our Father
Prayer
O God of the universe, give us the grace to become children of light. Strengthen your belief, enliven our works, forgive our failings, and make ready the place you have prepared for us with the saints in light. We make this prayer with gratitude for their example and with confidence in the power of their intercession. Amen.