Midday Prayer

Welcome

Opening Hymn/ In Your hand my Father

Opening Blessing

Psalm (responsively) Ps. 75:2–7, 9–10

Antiphon
For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
Jer. 29:11.

We praise you, God,
we praise you, for your Name is near;
people tell of your wonderful deeds.
You say, ‘I choose the appointed time;
it is I who judge with equity.
When the earth and all its people quake,
it is I who hold its pillars firm.
To the arrogant I say, “Boast no more,”
and to the wicked, “Do not lift up your horns.
Do not lift your horns against heaven;
do not speak so defiantly.”’
No one from the east or the west
or from the desert can exalt themselves.
It is God who judges:
he brings one down, he exalts another.
As for me, I will declare this forever;
I will sing praise to the God of Jacob,
who says, ‘I will cut off the horns of all the wicked,
but the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up.

Glory to the Father and to the Son
and to the Holy Spirit
as it was in the beginning
and is now and always,
from everlasting to everlasting. Amen.

The antiphon is repeated.

Reading/1 Tim. 2:1–4

Meditation

Intercessory Prayer/ Hymn 918 – Rauhan Herra suo rauha
Prayer
-Hymn in Finnish
Prayer
– Hymn in Swedish
Prayer
– Hymn in English

The Lord´s Prayer / with one´s own language

Blessing

Closing Hymn/ There is peace in my heart