MORNING PRAYER Saturday, 25 October 2014 Preparation O Lord, open our lips and our mouth shall proclaim your praise. One or more of the following is said or sung: a prayer of thanksgiving (page 109), a suitable hymn, or A Song of God’s Praise O God, you are my God; eagerly I seek you; • my soul is athirst for you. My flesh also faints for you, • as in a dry and thirsty land where there is no water. So would I gaze upon you in your holy place, • that I might behold your power and your glory. Your loving-kindness is better than life itself • and so my lips shall praise you. I will bless you as long as I live • and lift up my hands in your name. My soul shall be satisfied, as with marrow and fatness, • and my mouth shall praise you with joyful lips, When I remember you upon my bed • and meditate on you in the watches of the night. For you have been my helper • and under the shadow of your wings will I rejoice. My soul clings to you; • your right hand shall hold me fast. Psalm 63.1-9 Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit; as it was in the beginning is now and shall be for ever. Amen. This 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 is 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 Psalmody The appointed psalmody is said. Psalm 96 O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness. Sing to the Lord a new song; • sing to the Lord, all the earth. Sing to the Lord and bless his name; • tell out his salvation from day to day. Declare his glory among the nations • and his wonders among all peoples. R For great is the Lord and greatly to be praised; • he is more to be feared than all gods. For all the gods of the nations are but idols; • it is the Lord who made the heavens. Honour and majesty are before him; • power and splendour are in his sanctuary. R Ascribe to the Lord, you families of the peoples; • ascribe to the Lord honour and strength. Ascribe to the Lord the honour due to his name; • bring offerings and come into his courts. O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness; • let the whole earth tremble before him. Tell it out among the nations that the Lord is king. • He has made the world so firm that it cannot be moved; he will judge the peoples with equity. R Let the heavens rejoice and let the earth be glad; • let the sea thunder and all that is in it; Let the fields be joyful and all that is in them; • let all the trees of the wood shout for joy before the Lord. For he comes, he comes to judge the earth; • with righteousness he will judge the world and the peoples with his truth. O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness. Lord God, you draw us by your beauty and transform us by your holiness; let our worship echo all creation’s praise and declare your glory to the nations; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Psalm 97 You, Lord, are most high over all the earth. The Lord is king: let the earth rejoice; • let the multitude of the isles be glad. Clouds and darkness are round about him; • righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne. Fire goes before him • and burns up his enemies on every side. R His lightnings lit up the world; • the earth saw it and trembled. The mountains melted like wax at the presence of the Lord, • at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth. The heavens declared his righteousness • and all the peoples have seen his glory. R Confounded be all who worship carved images and delight in mere idols. • Bow down before him, all you gods. Zion heard and was glad, and the daughters of Judah rejoiced, • because of your judgements, O Lord. For you, Lord, are most high over all the earth; • you are exalted far above all gods. R The Lord loves those who hate evil; • he preserves the lives of his faithful and delivers them from the hand of the wicked. Light has sprung up for the righteous • and joy for the true of heart. Rejoice in the Lord, you righteous, • and give thanks to his holy name. You, Lord, are most high over all the earth. Most high and holy God, enthroned in fire and light, burn away the dross of our lives and kindle in us the fire of your love, that our lives may reveal the light and life we find in your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. Psalm 100 The Lord is gracious; his steadfast love is everlasting. O be joyful in the Lord, all the earth; • serve the Lord with gladness and come before his presence with a song. Know that the Lord is God; • it is he that has made us and we are his; we are his people and the sheep of his pasture. R Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; • give thanks to him and bless his name. For the Lord is gracious; his steadfast love is everlasting, • and his faithfulness endures from generation to generation. The Lord is gracious; his steadfast love is everlasting. O Christ, door of the sheepfold, may we enter your gates with praise and go from your courts to serve you in the poor, the lost and the wandering, this day and all our days. Each psalm or group of psalms may end with Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit; as it was in the beginning is now and shall be for ever. Amen. If there are two Scripture readings, the first may be read here, or both may be read after the canticle. 2 Kings 17.1-23 In the twelfth year of King Ahaz of Judah, Hoshea son of Elah began to reign in Samaria over Israel; he reigned for nine years. He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, yet not like the kings of Israel who were before him. King Shalmaneser of Assyria came up against him; Hoshea became his vassal, and paid him tribute. But the king of Assyria found treachery in Hoshea; for he had sent messengers to King So of Egypt, and offered no tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year; therefore the king of Assyria confined him and imprisoned him. Then the king of Assyria invaded all the land and came to Samaria; for three years he besieged it. In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria; he carried the Israelites away to Assyria. He placed them in Halah, on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes. This occurred because the people of Israel had sinned against the Lord their God, who had brought them up out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They had worshipped other gods and walked in the customs of the nations whom the Lord drove out before the people of Israel, and in the customs that the kings of Israel had introduced. The people of Israel secretly did things that were not right against the Lord their God. They built for themselves high places at all their towns, from watch-tower to fortified city; they set up for themselves pillars and sacred poles on every high hill and under every green tree; there they made offerings on all the high places, as the nations did whom the Lord carried away before them. They did wicked things, provoking the Lord to anger; they served idols, of which the Lord had said to them, ‘You shall not do this.’ Yet the Lord warned Israel and Judah by every prophet and every seer, saying, ‘Turn from your evil ways and keep my commandments and my statutes, in accordance with all the law that I commanded your ancestors and that I sent to you by my servants the prophets.’ They would not listen but were stubborn, as their ancestors had been, who did not believe in the Lord their God. They despised his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their ancestors, and the warnings that he gave them. They went after false idols and became false; they followed the nations that were around them, concerning whom the Lord had commanded them that they should not do as they did. They rejected all the commandments of the Lord their God and made for themselves cast images of two calves; they made a sacred pole, worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal. They made their sons and their daughters pass through fire; they used divination and augury; and they sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking him to anger. Therefore the Lord was very angry with Israel and removed them out of his sight; none was left but the tribe of Judah alone. Judah also did not keep the commandments of the Lord their God but walked in the customs that Israel had introduced. The Lord rejected all the descendants of Israel; he punished them and gave them into the hand of plunderers, until he had banished them from his presence. When he had torn Israel from the house of David, they made Jeroboam son of Nebat king. Jeroboam drove Israel from following the Lord and made them commit great sin. The people of Israel continued in all the sins that Jeroboam committed; they did not depart from them until the Lord removed Israel out of his sight, as he had foretold through all his servants the prophets. So Israel was exiled from their own land to Assyria until this day. Canticle A Song of Jerusalem our Mother, or another suitable canticle, for example, number 48 (page 600), may be said Refrain: Thus says our God, I will comfort you, you shall see and your heart shall rejoice. ‘Rejoice with Jerusalem and be glad for her, • all you who love her,’ says the Lord. ‘Rejoice with her in joy, • all you who mourn over her, ‘That you may drink deeply with delight • from her consoling breast.’ For thus says our God, • ‘You shall be nursed and carried on her arm. ‘As a mother comforts her children, • so I will comfort you; ‘You shall see and your heart shall rejoice; • you shall flourish like the grass of the fields.’ Isaiah 66.10, 11a, 12a, 12c, 13a, 14a, b Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit; as it was in the beginning is now and shall be for ever. Amen. Thus says our God, I will comfort you, you shall see and your heart shall rejoice. Scripture Reading One or more readings appointed for the day are read. The reading(s) may be followed by a time of silence. Acts 28.17-end Three days later he called together the local leaders of the Jews. When they had assembled, he said to them, ‘Brothers, though I had done nothing against our people or the customs of our ancestors, yet I was arrested in Jerusalem and handed over to the Romans. When they had examined me, the Romans wanted to release me, because there was no reason for the death penalty in my case. But when the Jews objected, I was compelled to appeal to the emperor—even though I had no charge to bring against my nation. For this reason therefore I have asked to see you and speak with you, since it is for the sake of the hope of Israel that I am bound with this chain.’ They replied, ‘We have received no letters from Judea about you, and none of the brothers coming here has reported or spoken anything evil about you. But we would like to hear from you what you think, for with regard to this sect we know that everywhere it is spoken against.’ After they had fixed a day to meet him, they came to him at his lodgings in great numbers. From morning until evening he explained the matter to them, testifying to the kingdom of God and trying to convince them about Jesus both from the law of Moses and from the prophets. Some were convinced by what he had said, while others refused to believe. So they disagreed with each other; and as they were leaving, Paul made one further statement: ‘The Holy Spirit was right in saying to your ancestors through the prophet Isaiah, “Go to this people and say, You will indeed listen, but never understand, and you will indeed look, but never perceive. For this people’s heart has grown dull, and their ears are hard of hearing, and they have shut their eyes; so that they might not look with their eyes, and listen with their ears, and understand with their heart and turn— and I would heal them.” Let it be known to you then that this salvation of God has been sent to the Gentiles; they will listen.’ He lived there for two whole years at his own expense and welcomed all who came to him, proclaiming the kingdom of God and teaching about the Lord Jesus Christ with all boldness and without hindrance. A suitable song or chant, or a responsory in this or another form, may follow Your salvation is near to those who fear you; that glory may dwell in our land. Your salvation is near to those who fear you; that glory may dwell in our land. Mercy and truth have met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other. That glory may dwell in our land. Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit. Your salvation is near to those who fear you; that glory may dwell in our land. from Psalm 85 Gospel Canticle The Benedictus (The Song of Zechariah) is normally said, or the Te Deum Laudamus (A Song of the Church) (page 636) may be said Refrain: Shine on us, O God, who dwell in darkness, and guide us into the way of peace. Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel, • who has come to his people and set them free. He has raised up for us a mighty Saviour, • born of the house of his servant David. Through his holy prophets God promised of old • to save us from our enemies, from the hands of all that hate us, To show mercy to our ancestors, • and to remember his holy covenant. This was the oath God 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. And you, 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 all 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. Luke 1.68-79 Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit; as it was in the beginning is now and shall be for ever. Amen. Refrain: Shine on us, O God, who dwell in darkness, and guide us into the way of peace. Prayers Intercessions are offered ¶ for the day and its tasks ¶ for the world and its needs ¶ for the Church and her life The cycle on pages 364–365 and the prayer on page 377 may be used. These responses may be used Lord, in your mercy hear our prayer (or) Lord, hear us. Lord, graciously hear us. Silence may be kept. The Collect of the day is said Almighty and everlasting God, increase in us your gift of faith that, forsaking what lies behind and reaching out to that which is before, we may run the way of your commandments and win the crown of everlasting joy; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. The Lord’s Prayer is said As our Saviour taught us, so we pray Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours now and for ever. Amen. (or) Let us pray with confidence as our Saviour has taught us Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come; thy will be done; on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen. The Conclusion The Lord bless us, and preserve us from all evil, and keep us in eternal life. Amen. Let us bless the Lord. Thanks be to God.
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