October 22nd, 2026 – Morning Prayer – Optional Memorial – Divine Office: Liturgy of the Hours

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Liturgy of the Hours Vol. IV:

Ordinary: 618

Psalter: Thursday, Week I, 732

Common of Pastors: 1763 (reading, intercessions)

Christian Prayer:

Ordinary: 689

Psalter: Thursday, Week I, 748

Common of Pastors: 1426 (reading, intercessions)

Note: Concluding prayer, as instructed by the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments

Morning Prayer for Thursday in Ordinary Time, the Optional Memorial of Saint John Paul II, Pope

God, come to my assistance.

— Lord, make haste to help me.

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. Alleluia.

HYMN This prudent leader, father to his people,

Whose final triumph we rejoice to honor

Rich in true merits, endless joy attaining

Now reigns in heaven.

Once elevated to the see of Peter,

Pastor of shepherds, servant of God's servants

He was entrusted with those mystic symbols,

Keys of the Kingdom.

Now let us ask him for his intercession

That his compassion may win us forgiveness

Leading us sinners, penitent and contrite

Home to the Father.

Glory and honor be to God almighty,

Praise in the highest, power and dominion

Who in his wisdom rules and governs all things

His love created. Amen.

𝄞"This Prudent Leader, Father to His People - for a Pope" by Kathleen Lundquist, Sara Faux • Title: This Prudent Leader, Father to His People; Text: from Latin; Tr. St. Cecilia’s Abbey, Ryde, UK; Tune: Chant, Mode VIII; Liber Hymnarius; Artist: Kathleen Lundquist; Accompaniment: Sara Faux; Recording copyright 2017 by Surgeworks, Inc.

PSALMODY

Ant. 1 Awake, lyre and harp, with praise let us awake the dawn.

Psalm 57

Morning prayer in affliction

This psalm tells of our Lord’s passion (St. Augustine).

Have mercy on me, God, have mercy

for in you my soul has taken refuge.

In the shadow of your wings I take refuge

till the storms of destruction pass by.

I call to God the Most High,

to God who has always been my help.

May he send from heaven and save me

and shame those who assail me.

May God send his truth and his love.

My soul lies down among lions,

who would devour the sons of men.

Their teeth are spears and arrows,

their tongue a sharpened sword.

O God, arise above the heavens;

may your glory shine on earth!

They laid a snare for my steps,

my soul was bowed down.

They dug a pit in my path

but fell in it themselves.

My heart is ready, O God,

my heart is ready.

I will sing, I will sing your praise.

Awake, my soul,

awake, lyre and harp,

I will awake the dawn.

I will thank you, Lord, among the peoples,

among the nations I will praise you,

for your love reaches to the heavens

and your truth to the skies.

O God, arise above the heavens;

may your glory shine on earth!

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.

Psalm-prayer

Lord, send your mercy and your truth to rescue us from the snares of the devil, and we will praise you among the peoples and proclaim you to the nations, happy to be known as companions of your Son.

Ant. Awake, lyre and harp, with praise let us awake the dawn.

Ant. 2 My people, says the Lord, will be filled with my blessings.

Canticle – Jeremiah 31:10-14

The happiness of a people who have been redeemed

Jesus was to die… to gather God’s scattered children into one fold (John 11:51, 52).

Hear the word of the Lord, O nations,

proclaim it on distant coasts and say:

He who scattered Israel, now gathers them together,

he guards them as a shepherd his flock.

The Lord shall ransom Jacob,

he shall redeem him from the hand of his conqueror.

Shouting, they shall mount the heights of Zion,

they shall come streaming to the Lord’s blessings:

the grain, the wine, and the oil,

the sheep and the oxen;

they themselves shall be like watered gardens,

never again shall they languish.

Then the virgins shall make merry and dance,

and youn