The Daily Office SSF

New Revised Edition

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• Publisher: Bloomsbury Continuum
• Year: 2021
• ISBN:
  9781472993069
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Religion

This revised edition of the Franciscan Daily Office SSF updates basic texts in line with Common Worship. The opus dei is the prayer life of the Church. By the use of forms of prayer prescribed during the day, Christians of all traditions connect with the prayer life of the Universal Church. To members of religious orders, these daily 'offices' form the structure of the day. The patterns of this daily prayer embrace the three key elements of praise, intercession and engagement with Scripture. The Society of Saint Francis have been fervent advocates of the use of these forms of daily prayer for lay people, priests and religious people. Indeed the Church of England drew very heavily on the work pioneered by the Franciscans when they produced their own Daily Prayer part of the series of books following the publication of Common Worship (Church House, 2005). But this book has a lot of additional 'Franciscan' material and as such has long maintained a strong and devoted audience. Now this revised edition brings the basic texts into line with Common Worship by using more contemporary but dignified language and the Common Worship translation of the Psalms.

Form 1 – Morning Prayer

Sundays in Ordinary Time and daily in Easter Season

THE PREPARATION

A is used on Sundays in Ordinary Time.

B is used daily in Easter season, on specified Class I & II Holy Days and may also be used on Sundays in Ordinary Time. For Ascension Day, see page 586.

A:

O Lord, open our lips

and our mouth shall proclaim your praise.

Lead your people to freedom, O God,

and banish all darkness from our hearts and minds.

Glory . . .

Alleluia.

THE OPENING CANTICLE

BENEDICITE – A SONG OF CREATION (37b) or Number 37a, page 499

1Bless the Lord all you works of the Lord: *

sing his praise and exalt him for ever.

2Bless the Lord you heavens: *

sing his praise and exalt him for ever.

3Bless the Lord you angels of the Lord: *

sing his praise and exalt him for ever.

4Bless the Lord all people on earth: *

sing his praise and exalt him for ever.

5O people of God bless the Lord: *

sing his praise and exalt him for ever.

6Bless the Lord you priests of the Lord: *

sing his praise and exalt him for ever.

7Bless the Lord you servants of the Lord: *

sing his praise and exalt him for ever.

8Bless the Lord all you of upright spirit: *

bless the Lord you that are holy and humble in heart.

Bless the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit: *

sing his praise and exalt him for ever.

The Song of the Three 35-37,60-65

Morning Prayer continues with the HYMN and/or THE OPENING PRAYER.

B:

O Lord, open our lips

and our mouth shall proclaim your praise.

Blessèd are you, Lord God of our salvation,

to you be praise and glory for ever.

As once you ransomed your people from Egypt

and led them to freedom in the promised land,

so now you have delivered us from the dominion of darkness

and brought us into the kingdom of your risen Son.

May we, the first fruits of your new creation,

rejoice in this new day you have made,

and praise you for your mighty acts,

Father, Son and Holy Spirit:

Blessèd be God for ever.

The following is said:

In Ordinary Time:

God is the creator and redeemer of all.

O come, let us worship.

or, in Easter:

Alleluia. Christ is risen indeed.

O come, let us worship. Alleluia.

THE OPENING CANTICLE

THE EASTER ANTHEMS (62a), number 62b, page 523, or Psalm 100, page 392

1Christ our passover has been sacrificed for us, *

so let us celebrate the feast,

2Not with the old leaven of corruption and wickedness *

but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

3Christ once raised from the dead dies no more; *

death has no more dominion over him.

4In dying, he died to sin once for all; *

in living, he lives to God.

5See yourselves, therefore, as dead to sin *

and alive to God in Jesus Christ our Lord.

6Christ has been raised from the dead; *

the first fruits of those who sleep.

7For since by one man came death, *

by another has come also the resurrection of the dead,

8For as in Adam all die, *

even so in Christ shall all be made alive.

Glory . . .

1 Corinthians 5.7b-8; Romans 6.9-11; 1 Corinthians 15.20-22

A HYMN may be sung.

THE OPENING PRAYER may be said.

The night has passed and the day lies open before us;

let us pray with one heart and mind.

(Silence may be kept.)

As we rejoice in the gift of this new day,

so may the light of your presence, O God,

set our hearts on fire with love for you;

now and for ever. Amen.

THE WORD OF GOD

THE PSALMODY, as appointed

Each psalm, or group of psalms, may end with:

Glory . . .

If there are two SCRIPTURE READI...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Contents
• Foreword by +Michael Perham, the Bishop of Gloucester
• Introduction
• Daily Prayer in the Life of the Church
• Notes
• The Calendar SSF
• The Date of Easter and Other Variable Dates
• Before the Office
• Form 1
• Form 2
• Form 3
• Form 4
• Form 5
• Form 6
• Form 7
• The Vigil Office
• The Psalter with Introduction
• The Canticles
• Temporale
• Sanctorale
• Dedication Festival
• Common of Saints and the Departed
• Special Occasions
• Additional Liturgies
• Prayers for Various Occasions
• The Principles of the First Order SSF
• The Community Obedience of the Third Order SSF
• The Principles of the Third Order SSF
• An Alternative Table of Psalms
• Historical Note & Acknowledgements
• eCopyright