MORNING PRAYER Friday, 18 July 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 the Venite – A Song of Triumph O come, let us sing to the Lord; • let us heartily rejoice in the rock of our salvation. Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving • and be glad in him with psalms. For the Lord is a great God • and a great king above all gods. In his hand are the depths of the earth • and the heights of the mountains are his also. The sea is his, for he made it, • and his hands have moulded the dry land. Come, let us worship and bow down • and kneel before the Lord our Maker. For he is our God; • we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand. The canticle may end here. O that today you would listen to his voice: • ‘Harden not your hearts as at Meribah, on that day at Massah in the wilderness, ‘When your forebears tested me, and put me to the proof, • though they had seen my works. ‘Forty years long I detested that generation and said, • “This people are wayward in their hearts; they do not know my ways.” ‘So I swore in my wrath, • “They shall not enter into my rest.”’ Psalm 95 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 88 You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living. O Lord, God of my salvation, • I have cried day and night before you. Let my prayer come into your presence; • incline your ear to my cry. For my soul is full of troubles; • my life draws near to the land of death. I am counted as one gone down to the Pit; • I am like one that has no strength, Lost among the dead, • like the slain who lie in the grave, Whom you remember no more, • for they are cut off from your hand. R You have laid me in the lowest pit, • in a place of darkness in the abyss. Your anger lies heavy upon me, • and you have afflicted me with all your waves. You have put my friends far from me • and made me to be abhorred by them. I am so fast in prison that I cannot get free; • my eyes fail from all my trouble. R Lord, I have called daily upon you; • I have stretched out my hands to you. Do you work wonders for the dead? • Will the shades stand up and praise you? Shall your loving-kindness be declared in the grave, • your faithfulness in the land of destruction? Shall your wonders be known in the dark • or your righteous deeds in the land where all is forgotten? R But as for me, O Lord, I will cry to you; • early in the morning my prayer shall come before you. Lord, why have you rejected my soul? • Why have you hidden your face from me? I have been wretched and at the point of death from my youth; • I suffer your terrors and am no more seen. Your wrath sweeps over me; • your horrors are come to destroy me; All day long they come about me like water; • they close me in on every side. Lover and friend have you put far from me • and hid my companions out of my sight. You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living. In the depths of our isolation we cry to you, Lord God; give light in our darkness and bring us out of the prison of our despair through Jesus Christ our Lord. Psalm (95) Come, let us worship and bow down. O come, let us sing to the Lord; • let us heartily rejoice in the rock of our salvation. Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving • and be glad in him with psalms. For the Lord is a great God • and a great king above all gods. R In his hand are the depths of the earth • and the heights of the mountains are his also. The sea is his, for he made it, • and his hands have moulded the dry land. Come, let us worship and bow down • and kneel before the Lord our Maker. For he is our God; • we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand. R O that today you would listen to his voice: • ‘Harden not your hearts as at Meribah, on that day at Massah in the wilderness, ‘When your forebears tested me, and put me to the proof, • though they had seen my works. ‘Forty years long I detested that generation and said, • “This people are wayward in their hearts; they do not know my ways.” ‘So I swore in my wrath, • “They shall not enter into my rest.” ’ Come, let us worship and bow down. Lord God, the maker of all, as we bow down in praise this day, make us attentive to your voice and do not test us beyond our enduring; through Jesus Christ our Lord. 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. Judges 17 There was a man in the hill country of Ephraim whose name was Micah. He said to his mother, ‘The eleven hundred pieces of silver that were taken from you, about which you uttered a curse, and even spoke it in my hearing—that silver is in my possession; I took it; but now I will return it to you.’ And his mother said, ‘May my son be blessed by the Lord!’ Then he returned the eleven hundred pieces of silver to his mother; and his mother said, ‘I consecrate the silver to the Lord from my hand for my son, to make an idol of cast metal.’ So when he returned the money to his mother, his mother took two hundred pieces of silver, and gave it to the silversmith, who made it into an idol of cast metal; and it was in the house of Micah. This man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and teraphim, and installed one of his sons, who became his priest. In those days there was no king in Israel; all the people did what was right in their own eyes. Now there was a young man of Bethlehem in Judah, of the clan of Judah. He was a Levite residing there. This man left the town of Bethlehem in Judah, to live wherever he could find a place. He came to the house of Micah in the hill country of Ephraim to carry on his work. Micah said to him, ‘From where do you come?’ He replied, ‘I am a Levite of Bethlehem in Judah, and I am going to live wherever I can find a place.’ Then Micah said to him, ‘Stay with me, and be to me a father and a priest, and I will give you ten pieces of silver a year, a set of clothes, and your living.’ The Levite agreed to stay with the man; and the young man became to him like one of his sons. So Micah installed the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah. Then Micah said, ‘Now I know that the Lord will prosper me, because the Levite has become my priest.’ Canticle A Song of Humility, or another suitable canticle, for example, number 33 (page 584), may be said Refrain: Raise us up, O God, that we may live in your presence. Come, let us return to the Lord • who has torn us and will heal us. God has stricken us • and will bind up our wounds. After two days, he will revive us, • and on the third day will raise us up, that we may live in his presence. Let us strive to know the Lord; • his appearing is as sure as the sunrise. He will come to us like the showers, • like the spring rains that water the earth. ‘O Ephraim, how shall I deal with you? • How shall I deal with you, O Judah? ‘Your love for me is like the morning mist, • like the dew that goes early away. ‘Therefore, I have hewn them by the prophets, • and my judgement goes forth as the light. ‘For loyalty is my desire and not sacrifice, • and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings. ’ Hosea 6.1-6 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. Raise us up, O God, that we may live in your presence. Scripture Reading One or more readings appointed for the day are read. The reading(s) may be followed by a time of silence. Luke 19.1-10 He entered Jericho and was passing through it. A man was there named Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax-collector and was rich. He was trying to see who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd he could not, because he was short in stature. So he ran ahead and climbed a sycomore tree to see him, because he was going to pass that way. When Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, ‘Zacchaeus, hurry and come down; for I must stay at your house today.’ So he hurried down and was happy to welcome him. All who saw it began to grumble and said, ‘He has gone to be the guest of one who is a sinner.’ Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord, ‘Look, half of my possessions, Lord, I will give to the poor; and if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I will pay back four times as much.’ Then Jesus said to him, ‘Today salvation has come to this house, because he too is a son of Abraham. For the Son of Man came to seek out and to save the lost.’ A suitable song or chant, or a responsory in this or another form, may follow Forsake me not, O Lord; be not far from me, O my God. Forsake me not, O Lord; be not far from me, O my God. Make haste to help me, O Lord of my salvation. Be not far from me, O my God. Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit. Forsake me not, O Lord; be not far from me, O my God. from Psalm 38 Gospel Canticle The Benedictus (The Song of Zechariah) is normally said, or A Song of Praise (page 627) may be said Refrain: Give your people knowledge of salvation, O God, by the forgiveness of all their sins. 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: Give your people knowledge of salvation, O God, by the forgiveness of all their sins. 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 O God, the protector of all who trust in you, without whom nothing is strong, nothing is holy: increase and multiply upon us your mercy; that with you as our ruler and guide we may so pass through things temporal that we lose not our hold on things eternal; grant this, heavenly Father, for our Lord Jesus Christs sake, 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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