Daily Prayer
Memorial of Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen
Antiphon (mantra) repeat quietly:
Send forth your light and your truth. Look to us and we shall be saved.
Psalm 81
Ring out your joy to God;
acclaim God, our source of strength.
At the new moon, raise a song;
play the timbrel, the sweet sounding harp, and the lute.
At the full moon, the trumpet resounds;
let all gather for the solemn feast.
This is God's command.
It was made a decree for Israel
when God led them out of Egypt.
A voice I did not know said to me,
"I lifted the burden from your shoulder;
you were freed from slavery.
You called in distress and I saved you.
I answered, concealed in the storm cloud;
at the springs of Meribah I tested you.
Listen, my people, to my warning.
O Israel, if only you would hear me!
I am your God.
You may worship no other.
I brought you out of Egypt,
but you did not listen to me;
you refused to obey.
So I left you in your stubbornness of heart
to follow your own ways.
If only you would listen, my people,
and walk in my ways.
At once I would subdue your foes
and humble your enemies.
I would feed you with finest wheat
and satisfy you with honey from the rock."
Pray the Prayer of Jesus (Our Father)
Translation © 1998 Benedictine Sisters of Erie, Inc.
