Morning Praise

MEMORIAL OF ST. TERESA OF AVILA, VIRGIN

AND DOCTOR

INVITATOTRY
Lord, open my lips.

-And my mouth will proclaim your

praise.

Ant. The holy virgins praise let us join

in their worship.

The Lords is the earth and is fullness,

The world and all its peoples.

Who shall climb the mountain of

the Lord?
Who shall stand in his holy place
The man with clean hands and
pure heart,
Who desires not worthless
things,
Who has not sworn so as to
deceive his neighbor.

He shall receive blessings from

the Lord
And reward from the God who
seek him
Such are the men who seek him,
Seek the face of the God of
Jacob.

O gates, lift high your heads;

Grow higher, ancient doors.

Who is the king of glory?

he Lord, the mighty, the valiant,
he Lord, the valiant in war.

O gates, lift high your heads;

Grow higher, ancient doors.
et him enter, the king of glory!

Who is he, the king of glory?

He, the lord of armies,
He is the king of glory.
HYMN

Ant. 1 I will sing to you, o

Lord;
I will learn from you the way
of
perfection.

Pslam 101

song is of mercy and just;

ng to you, O lord
ll walk in the way of perfection.
when, Lord will you come?

ll walk with blameless heart within m

use;
ll not set before my eyes
atever is base.

will hate the ways of the crooked;

hey shall not be my friends.
he false-hearted must keep far away
he waked I disown.

e man who slanders his neighbor

ecret.
ll bring to silence
e man of proud looks and haughty he
ll never endure.

ok to the faithful in the land

at they dwell with me
walks in the way of perfection
all be my friend.

o man who practices deceit

hall live within my house.
o man who utters lies shall stand
efore my eyes.

orning by morning I will silence

ll the waked in the land,
prooting from the city of the Lord
ll who do evil. Glory.

Psalm Prayer

So that your people may walk

in innocence, you came to us,
Lord Jesus, and told us to be holy
as your Father is holy.
Help your children to love what is
truly perfect, so that
we may neither speak what is evil
nor do what is wrong.
Let us stand in your sight and
celebrate

2 Lord, do not withhold your compassion from

iel 3:26, 27, 29, 34-41

sed are you, and praiseworthy,

ord, the God of our fathers,
glorious forever is your name.

you are just in all you have done;

our deeds are faultless, all your way
t,
all your judgments proper.

r we have sinned and transgressed

y departing from you,
nd we have done every kind of evil.

r your names sake, do not deliver u

p forever,
r make void your covenant.

not take away your mercy from us,

the sake of Abraham, your beloved,
ac your servant, and Israel your holy

whom your promised to multiply their

pring
e the stars of heaven,
he sand on the shore of the sea.


For we are reduced, O Lord, beyond
any
other nation, Brought low everywhere
in the
world this day
Because of our sins.

We Have in our day no prince,

prophet, or
leader,
No holocaust, sacrifice, oblation, or

with contrite heart and humble spiri

us be received;
through it were holocausts of rams a
locks, Or thousands of fat lambs,
et our sacrifice be in your presence
we follow you unreservedly;
those who trust in you cannot be pu
shame.

d now we follow you with our whole

rt, we fear you and pray to you. Glor

3 O God, I will sing to you a new

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ed be the Lord, my rock,

rains my arms for battle,
prepares my hands for war.

my love, my fortress;
my stronghold, my savior,
ield, my place of refuge.
ngs peoples under my rule.

rd, what is man that you care for him

ortal man, that you keep him in mind
an, who is merely a breath,
hose life fades like a passing shadow

wer your heavens and come down;

ch the mountains; wreathe them in
oke.
sh your lightning's; rout the foe,
oot your arrows and put them to fligh

ach down from heaven and save me;

aw me out from the mighty waters,
m the hands of alien foes
ose mouths are filled with lies,
ose hands are raised in perjury.

ou, O God will I sing a new song;

l play on the ten-stringed harp
ou who give kings their victory,
o set David your servant free. Glory

Ant. O God, I will sing to you a new s

ADING

eep waters cannot quench love,

Nor floods sweep it away.
re one to offer all he owns to purchas
He would be roundly mocked.

ESPONSORY

y heart is ever pleading,

w me your face. My Heart

ng to gaze upon you, Lord- Show me

ory to the Father - My heart

My heart is ever pleading,

show me your face, alleluia,
alleluia.
My Heart
I long to gaze upon you, Lord, alleluia
Glory to the Father -My Heart

CANTICLE OF ZECHARIAH

Now this wise virgin has gone to Chr

ong the choirs of virgins she is radia
the sun in the heavens
(alleluia).

essed be the Lord, the God of Israel;

has come to his people and set them fre

has raised up for us a mighty savior,

n of the house of his servant David.

rough his holy prophets he promised of o

hat he would save us from our enemi

om the hands of all who hate us.

promised to show mercy to our fath

d to remember his holy covenant.

This was the oath he swore to our

father Abraham:
To set us free from the hands of our
enemies,
Free to worship him without fear,
Holy and righteous in his sight
All the days of our life.


u, my child, shall be called the proph
of the Most High;
you will go before the Lord to prepa
his way,
give his people knowledge of salvati
By the forgiveness of their sins.

In the tender compassion of our God

dawn from on high shall break upon
shine on those who dwell in darknes
and the shadow of death,
to guide our feet into the way of pea
Glory

ow this wise virgin has gone to Chris

Among the choirs of virgins she is
radiant as the sun in the heavens
(alleluia).

INTERCESSIONS

Christ is the spouse and crowning

glory of virgins.
Let us praise him with joy in our
voices and pray to him with
sincerity in our hearts:

R: Jesus, crown of virgins,

hear us.

ist, the holy virgins loved you as the

one true spouse,
grant that nothing may separate us
- from your love.

R: Jesus, crown of virgins, hear u


You crowned Mary, your mother,
queen of virgins,
through her intercession,
- let us continually serve you with
- pure hearts.

R: Jesus, crown of virgins, hear

Your handmaids were always

careful to
love you with whole and
undivided attention, that they
might be
holy in body and spirit,
- through their intercession grant
that
the lure of this passing world
may not distract our attention


ord Jesus, you are the spouse whose
coming was anticipated by
the wise virgins,
ant that we may wait for you in hope
and expectation.

R: Jesus, crown of virgins, hear u

ugh the intercession of Saint N.,

was one of the wise and
dent virgins,
rant us wisdom and innocence of life

R: Jesus, crown of virgins, he

Father

Prayer
Father,
By your Spirit you raised up Saint
Teresa of Avila
To show your Church the way to
perfection.
May her inspired teaching
Awaken in us a longing for true
holiness.

Grant this