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St. Marguerite Burgeoys, CND.  1620-1700

Foundress of the Congregation of Notre Dame of Montreal

Invitation to Worship

Come, Let us sing to Adonai, let us praise the God of all Creation!

 

O Holy ONE + open my lips,

~And my mouth will proclaim your praise.

 

 Streams and rivers bless our God. 

~Seas and oceans, bless our God.

 

MORNING HYMN

All may sing or alternate the verses of any Morning Hymn .

The sinless One to Jordan came

and in the river cleansed our stain;

God’s righteousness he thus fulfilled,

and chose the path the Abba willed.

 

Uprising from the waters there,

the Abba’s voice did then declare

that Christ the Son of God, had come

to lead God’s scattered people home.

 

Above him see the heavenly Dove

the sign of God the Abba’s Love,

now by the Holy Spirit shed

upon this Son’s anointed head.

 

How blest that mission then began

to heal and save a race undone!

Straight to the wilderness he goes

to wrestle with his people’s foes.

 

O Christ, may we baptized from sin,

go forth with you a world to win

grant us your Holy Spirit’s power

to shield us in temptation’s hour.

 

On you may all your people feed,

and know you are the Bread indeed,

Who gives eternal life to those

that with you died and with you rose.

Text: George B. Timms, alt; Tune: Plainsong 

 

PSALMODY

Antiphon

I will sing of your strength

and each morning acclaim your love!

Psalm 41/42

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 day long:

“Where is your God?”

 

Why are you cast down my soul,

why groan within me?

Hope in God and praise the Holy One:

my savior and my God.

 

Deep is calling on deep

in the roar of mighty waters;

your torrents and all your waves

have swept over me.

 

By day Adonai will send

compassion and loving kindness;

by night I will sing a song of thanks;

praise the God of my life.

 

Why are you cast down my soul,

why groan with- in me?

Hope in God and praise the Holy One:

my savior and my God.

 

Glory to the ONE and to the WORD

and to the BREATH of Love;

As always before

so now and evermore. Amen.

 I will sing of your strength

and each morning acclaim your love.

READING    Ephesians 2:4-6

God, who is rich in compassion, out of the great love with which God loved us even when we were dead , made us alive together with Christ — by grace you have been saved.  With Christ God has raised us up and enthroned us in heaven.

Silent Prayer

Responsory

R. Out of Zion’s perfect beauty Christ shines; *our God comes, and keeps silence no longer.  V. He will baptize with the Holy Spirit and with fire;  *our God comes, and keeps silence no longer.   V. Glory to the Abba and the Word and  the Holy Breath of Love.

Canticle of Zachary–  Luke 1:68-79

 Antiphon

Christ is baptized and all the world is holy.

He gives forgiveness for our sins and we are purified by water and the Spirit.

Blessed + be Adonai, the God of Israel,

Who visits this people to set us free

Raising for us a sign of salvation

In the house and family of David.

 

God promised throughout past ages

In words of holy prophets

To save us from our enemies,

And from the control of our oppressors.

 

Adonai favored our ancestors

And remembered the sacred covenant.

The pledge to Abraham and Sarah

Is now renewed for us;

 

That freed from the grip of our foes

We might worship without fear

And be both just and holy

For the rest of our days.

 

And you, child, called “prophet of the Most High,”

Will go ahead to prepare the way,

By teaching this people of salvation

Through forgiveness of their sins.

 

For the loving compassion of the Holy One

As the Rising Sun will shine upon us

To illumine the darkness and dispel death’s shadow

To guide our feet on the way of peace.

 

Glory to the ONE and to the WORD

And to the BREATH of Love!

As always before,

so now and evermore.  Amen

Christ is baptized and all the world is holy.

He gives forgiveness for our sins and we are purified by water and the Spirit.

 

Litany of Intercession

For all those working to renew and reform church and society, matching each person’s gifts and talents with the needs and opportunities of the world, …

 

For all teachers, especially those who, like St. Marguerite, strive to provide education to those marginalized in society by racism, sexism and poverty…

 

For all those who suffer from sickness, injury, or disability and for those called and gifted to serve and care for them…

 

For those who have died and all who grieve their passing…

 

Prayer of Jesus

Our Father …

Closing Prayer & Blessing

Holy One, Source of all light and life, you called St. Marguerite to leave her home and homeland and to become a beacon of compassion and instruction for the Native Peoples and French settlers in Quebec.  As we celebrate her memory today, fill us with your compassion for all who suffer and your passion for justice so that we may join all the saints in establishing your reign on earth as it is in heaven, for yours is the power and the glory forever and ever.  Amen.

 

May the God of hope fill us with all joy and peace in trusting God’s Love, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit, we may abound in hope.   ~Amen.

 

Let us bless Adonai.    ~Thanks be to God.