Morning Prayer
I love them that love Me: And they that in the morning early watch for Me, shall find Me." — Prov. viii. 17.
"Give ear, O Lord, to my words.
"Hearken to the voice of my prayer, O my King and my God.
"For to Thee will I pray: O Lord, in the morning Thou shalt hear my voice.
"In the morning I will stand before Thee, and will look up to Thee.
"I will come into Thy house: I will worship towards Thy holy temple."
—Ps. v.
"O come; let us praise the Lord with joy: let us joyfully sing to God our Saviour;
"Let us come into His presence with thanksgiving, and rejoice before Him with psalms.
"O come, let us worship and fall down; for He is the O Lord our God." — Ps. xciv.
"Blessed are they that search His testimonies: that seek Him with their whole heart" — Ps. cxviii.
Verses from Breviary Hymns
NOW that the star of light has risen,
Let us to God most humbly pray,
To save us from all hurtful things
In all our actions of the day.
To bridle and restrain our tongue,
That wordy war may not resound,
To cover and protect our sight,
From dangerous follies all around.
To drive iniquity away,
And purify our inmost soul,
And by spare use of meat and drink
Our rebel passions to control.
That, when the day has sped away,
And He again the night shall bring,
We may, through holy abstinence,
With purity His glory sing.
