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Wednesday, May 1st

Saint Joseph the Worker

Prayer for the Morning

All who are thirsty,
come to the living waters, alleluia!

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!

HymnMeter: 87 87 87
This hymn can be sung to the tune used for
Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence

When I heard the Savior calling
Weary, burdened souls to rest—
“’Tis the voice of love that calls me,
I will honor his behest”;
And I found repose from sorrow,
Leaning on my Savior’s breast.

Seek not rest in worldly promise;
Worldly rest has troubled dreams.
Not so true the world’s fulfillment,
As at first the promise seems.
He who tastes the Living Water
Thirsts not after other streams.

Psalm 422-4, 8-10, 12

Jesus said: “Let anyone who thirsts come to me and drink.” (cf. Jn 7:37)

Branches severed, branches hanging tenuously from Christ the vine, wither. Branches firmly grafted into Christ the vine continue to be refreshed and renewed by the water of life, the Spirit of God, for whom all human beings thirst, knowingly or unknowingly.

Like the deer that yearns
for running streams,
so my soul is yearning
for you, my God.

My soul is thirsting for God,
the God of my life;
when can I enter and see
the face of God?

My tears have become my bread,
by night, by day,
as I hear it said all the day long:
“Where is your God?”

Deep is calling on deep,
in the roar of waters:
your torrents and all your waves
swept over me.

By day the Lord will send
his loving kindness;
by night I will sing to him,
praise the God of my life.

I will say to God, my rock:
“Why have you forgotten me?
Why do I go mourning,
oppressed by the foe?”

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….

Word of GodIsaiah 55:1

All you who are thirsty,/ come to the water!/ You who have no money,/ come, receive grain and eat;/ Come, without paying and without cost,/ drink wine and milk!

Lord, give us always this water to drink! (cf. Jn 4:15)

Canticle of Zechariah(Text, back cover B)

Whoever drinks the water I shall give will never thirst. (Jn 4:14)

Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel;
he has come to his people and set them free.
He has raised up for us a mighty savior,
born of the house of his servant David.

Through his holy prophets he promised of old
that he would save us from our enemies,
from the hands of all who hate us.

He promised to show mercy to our fathers
and 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.

You, my child, shall be called the prophet
of the Most High;
for you will go before the Lord to prepare his way,
to give his people knowledge of salvation
by the forgiveness of their sins.

In the tender compassion of our God
the dawn from on high shall break upon us,
to shine on those who dwell in darkness
and the shadow of death,
and to guide our feet into the way of peace.

Glory to the Father…

Intercessions (cf. Saint Ambrose)

Let us pray to the risen Christ, in whom all thirst is slaked:

R/MGive us living water to drink!

You are the vine, and we the branches:
– bear in us the fruit of life. R/

You are the rock in the desert from which the waters flow, and we the thirsty:
– cool our weary souls with the living waters of your Holy Spirit. R/

You are the living Word, and we those who hunger to hear:
– bring life to those who search for a sense of purpose. R/

Personal intentions

Our Father….

Ever-living God, you have given us the water of life to drink through Christ—vine, rock, Word. Make us so thirst for him that we turn aside from all lesser thirsts, through him who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.