October 27th, 2026 – Morning Prayer – Divine Office: Liturgy of the Hours

Ribbon Placement:

Liturgy of the Hours Vol. III:

Ordinary: 654

All from the Psalter: Tuesday, Week II, 874

Liturgy of the Hours Vol. IV:

Ordinary: 618

All from the Psalter: Tuesday, Week II, 838

Christian Prayer:

Ordinary: 689

All from the Psalter: Tuesday, Week II, 802

Morning Prayer for Tuesday in Ordinary Time

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 Eternal Maker of the light,

True Light itself, surpassing day,

No gloom or darkness can you know,

In your own light which has no end.

Pale shades of night are yielding fast,

Before the bold advance of day;

Resplendent shines the morning star

While other constellations fade.

We gladly rise to sing your praise,

And thank you with renewed delight,

That rising sun brings back the day,

To conquer night's obscurity.

Most Holy One, we beg of you

Let not our souls be led astray,

By nature's pleasures and desires

Or by the world's deceiving glare.

Let no contention raise disputes,

Nor greed disgrace a Christian's name,

Nor greed for riches be a snare,

Nor evil thoughts corrupt our minds.

But let us show well-governed souls,

Within a body chaste and pure,

To spend this day in work and prayer,

For Christ our Leader and our Lord.

O Father, this we ask be done

Through Jesus Christ your only Son,

Whom with the Spirit we adore:

One God who reigns for evermore. Amen.

𝄞"Eternal Maker of the Light" by Kathleen Lundquist • Available for Purchase • Title: Eternal Maker of the Light; Text: Aeterne lucis conditor, 5th-6th c.; Translation: St. Cecilia's Abbey, Ryde, Isle of Wight, UK; Tune: Chant, Mode IV; Lumen Christi Hymnal; Artist: Kathleen Lundquist; Recording copyright 2016 by Surgeworks, Inc. • Albums that contain this Hymn: Hymns and Chants of Divine Office, Vol. 1

PSALMODY

Ant. 1 Lord, send forth your light and your truth.

Psalm 43

Longing for the temple

I have come into the world to be its light (John 12:46).

Defend me, O God, and plead my cause

against a godless nation.

From deceitful and cunning men

rescue me, O God.

Since you, O God, are my stronghold,

why have you rejected me?

Why do I go mourning,

oppressed by the foe?

O send forth your light and your truth;

let these be my guide.

Let them bring me to your holy mountain,

to the place where you dwell.

And I will come to the altar of God,

the God of my joy.

My redeemer, I will thank you on the harp,

O God, my God.

Why are you cast down, my soul,

why groan within me?

Hope in God; I will praise him still,

my savior and my God.

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

Almighty Father, source of everlasting light, send forth your truth into our hearts and pour over us the brightness of your light.

Ant. Lord, send forth your light and your truth.

Ant. 2 Lord, keep us safe all the days of our life.

Canticle – Isaiah 38:10-14, 17-20

Anguish of a dying man and joy in his restoration

I am living, I was dead… and I hold the keys of death (Revelation 1:17-18).

Once I said,

“In the noontime of life I must depart!

To the gates of the nether world I shall be consigned

for the rest of my years.”

I said, “I shall see the Lord no more

in the land of the living.

No longer shall I behold my fellow men

among those who dwell in the world.”

My dwelling, like a shepherd’s tent,

is struck down and borne away from me;

you have folded up my life, like a weaver

who severs the last thread.

Day and night you give me over to torment;

I cry out until the dawn.

Like a lion he breaks all my bones;

day and night you give me over to torment.

Like a swallow I utter shrill cries;

I moan like a dove.

My eyes grow weak, gazing heaven-ward:

O Lord, I am in straits; be my surety!

You have preserved my life

from the pit of des