Rejoice always; pray without ceasing;
in everything give thanks;
for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus
1
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
Glory to God; Father, Son and Holy Spirit:
as in the beginning, so now, and for ever. Amen.
as in the beginning, so now, and for ever. Amen.
2 The Opening Canticle, A Song of God's Grace
Blessed are you,
the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ:
for you have blessed us in Christ Jesus
with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places.
You chose us to be yours in Christ
before the foundation of the world:
that we should be holy and blameless before you.
In love you destined us to be your children,
through Jesus Christ:
according to the purpose of your will,
To the praise of your glorious grace:
which you freely bestowed on us in the Beloved.
the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ:
for you have blessed us in Christ Jesus
with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places.
You chose us to be yours in Christ
before the foundation of the world:
that we should be holy and blameless before you.
In love you destined us to be your children,
through Jesus Christ:
according to the purpose of your will,
To the praise of your glorious grace:
which you freely bestowed on us in the Beloved.
Ephesians 1:3-6
3 The Opening Prayer
The night has passed and the day lies open before us;
let us pray with one heart and mind.
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.
so may the light of your presence, O God,
set our hearts on fire with love for you;
now and for ever. Amen.
4 The Psalms as appointed. A pause is observed after each
1 Blessed are those whose way is pure, •
who walk in the law of the Lord.
2 Blessed are those who keep his testimonies •
and seek him with their whole heart,
3 Those who do no wickedness, •
but walk in his ways.
4 You, O Lord, have charged •
that we should diligently keep your commandments.
5 O that my ways were made so direct •
that I might keep your statutes.
6 Then should I not be put to shame, •
because I have regard for all your commandments.
7 I will thank you with an unfeigned heart, •
when I have learned your righteous judgements.
8 I will keep your statutes; •
O forsake me not utterly.
9 How shall young people cleanse their way •
to keep themselves according to your word?
10 With my whole heart have I sought you; •
O let me not go astray from your commandments.
11 Your words have I hidden within my heart, •
that I should not sin against you.
12 Blessed are you, O Lord; •
O teach me your statutes.
13 With my lips have I been telling •
of all the judgements of your mouth.
14 I have taken greater delight in the way of your testimonies •
than in all manner of riches.
15 I will meditate on your commandments •
and contemplate your ways.
16 My delight shall be in your statutes •
and I will not forget your word.
17 O do good to your servant that I may live, •
and so shall I keep your word.
18 Open my eyes, that I may see •
the wonders of your law.
19 I am a stranger upon earth; •
hide not your commandments from me.
20 My soul is consumed at all times •
with fervent longing for your judgements.
21 You have rebuked the arrogant; •
cursed are those who stray from your commandments.
22 Turn from me shame and rebuke, •
for I have kept your testimonies.
23 Rulers also sit and speak against me, •
but your servant meditates on your statutes.
24 For your testimonies are my delight; •
they are my faithful counsellors.
25 My soul cleaves to the dust; •
O give me life according to your word.
26 I have acknowledged my ways and you have answered me; •
O teach me your statutes.
27 Make me understand the way of your commandments, •
and so shall I meditate on your wondrous works.
28 My soul melts away in tears of sorrow; •
raise me up according to your word.
29 Take from me the way of falsehood; •
be gracious to me through your law.
30 I have chosen the way of truth •
and your judgements have I laid before me.
31 I hold fast to your testimonies; •
O Lord, let me not be put to shame.
32 I will run the way of your commandments, •
when you have set my heart at liberty.
who walk in the law of the Lord.
2 Blessed are those who keep his testimonies •
and seek him with their whole heart,
3 Those who do no wickedness, •
but walk in his ways.
4 You, O Lord, have charged •
that we should diligently keep your commandments.
5 O that my ways were made so direct •
that I might keep your statutes.
6 Then should I not be put to shame, •
because I have regard for all your commandments.
7 I will thank you with an unfeigned heart, •
when I have learned your righteous judgements.
8 I will keep your statutes; •
O forsake me not utterly.
9 How shall young people cleanse their way •
to keep themselves according to your word?
10 With my whole heart have I sought you; •
O let me not go astray from your commandments.
11 Your words have I hidden within my heart, •
that I should not sin against you.
12 Blessed are you, O Lord; •
O teach me your statutes.
13 With my lips have I been telling •
of all the judgements of your mouth.
14 I have taken greater delight in the way of your testimonies •
than in all manner of riches.
15 I will meditate on your commandments •
and contemplate your ways.
16 My delight shall be in your statutes •
and I will not forget your word.
17 O do good to your servant that I may live, •
and so shall I keep your word.
18 Open my eyes, that I may see •
the wonders of your law.
19 I am a stranger upon earth; •
hide not your commandments from me.
20 My soul is consumed at all times •
with fervent longing for your judgements.
21 You have rebuked the arrogant; •
cursed are those who stray from your commandments.
22 Turn from me shame and rebuke, •
for I have kept your testimonies.
23 Rulers also sit and speak against me, •
but your servant meditates on your statutes.
24 For your testimonies are my delight; •
they are my faithful counsellors.
25 My soul cleaves to the dust; •
O give me life according to your word.
26 I have acknowledged my ways and you have answered me; •
O teach me your statutes.
27 Make me understand the way of your commandments, •
and so shall I meditate on your wondrous works.
28 My soul melts away in tears of sorrow; •
raise me up according to your word.
29 Take from me the way of falsehood; •
be gracious to me through your law.
30 I have chosen the way of truth •
and your judgements have I laid before me.
31 I hold fast to your testimonies; •
O Lord, let me not be put to shame.
32 I will run the way of your commandments, •
when you have set my heart at liberty.
5 At the end of the (last) pause there may follow
We consecrate this day to your service, O Lord; may all our thoughts, words, and actions be well-pleasing to you and serve the good of our brothers and sisters; through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.
6 One or two Readings from the Bible as appointed
2 Kings 23:4–25 (Listen)
4 And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest and the priests of the second order and the keepers of the threshold to bring out of the temple of the LORD all the vessels made for Baal, for Asherah, and for all the host of heaven. He burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron and carried their ashes to Bethel. 5 And he deposed the priests whom the kings of Judah had ordained to make offerings in the high places at the cities of Judah and around Jerusalem; those also who burned incense to Baal, to the sun and the moon and the constellations and all the host of the heavens. 6 And he brought out the Asherah from the house of the LORD, outside Jerusalem, to the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron and beat it to dust and cast the dust of it upon the graves of the common people. 7 And he broke down the houses of the male cult prostitutes who were in the house of the LORD, where the women wove hangings for the Asherah. 8 And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had made offerings, from Geba to Beersheba. And he broke down the high places of the gates that were at the entrance of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on one’s left at the gate of the city. 9 However, the priests of the high places did not come up to the altar of the LORD in Jerusalem, but they ate unleavened bread among their brothers. 10 And he defiled Topheth, which is in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, that no one might burn his son or his daughter as an offering to Molech.1 11 And he removed the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun, at the entrance to the house of the LORD, by the chamber of Nathan-melech the chamberlain, which was in the precincts.2 And he burned the chariots of the sun with fire. 12 And the altars on the roof of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars that Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the LORD, he pulled down and broke in pieces3 and cast the dust of them into the brook Kidron. 13 And the king defiled the high places that were east of Jerusalem, to the south of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites. 14 And he broke in pieces the pillars and cut down the Asherim and filled their places with the bones of men.
15 Moreover, the altar at Bethel, the high place erected by Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, that altar with the high place he pulled down and burned,4 reducing it to dust. He also burned the Asherah. 16 And as Josiah turned, he saw the tombs there on the mount. And he sent and took the bones out of the tombs and burned them on the altar and defiled it, according to the word of the LORD that the man of God proclaimed, who had predicted these things. 17 Then he said, “What is that monument that I see?” And the men of the city told him, “It is the tomb of the man of God who came from Judah and predicted5 these things that you have done against the altar at Bethel.” 18 And he said, “Let him be; let no man move his bones.” So they let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet who came out of Samaria. 19 And Josiah removed all the shrines also of the high places that were in the cities of Samaria, which kings of Israel had made, provoking the LORD to anger. He did to them according to all that he had done at Bethel. 20 And he sacrificed all the priests of the high places who were there, on the altars, and burned human bones on them. Then he returned to Jerusalem.
Josiah Restores the Passover
21 And the king commanded all the people, “Keep the Passover to the LORD your God, as it is written in this Book of the Covenant.” 22 For no such Passover had been kept since the days of the judges who judged Israel, or during all the days of the kings of Israel or of the kings of Judah. 23 But in the eighteenth year of King Josiah this Passover was kept to the LORD in Jerusalem.
24 Moreover, Josiah put away the mediums and the necromancers and the household gods and the idols and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, that he might establish the words of the law that were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the LORD. 25 Before him there was no king like him, who turned to the LORD with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his might, according to all the Law of Moses, nor did any like him arise after him.
Footnotes
[1] 23:10
[2] 23:11
[3] 23:12
[4] 23:15
[5] 23:17
(ESV)
1 Timothy 3 (Listen)
Qualifications for Overseers
3:1 The saying is trustworthy: If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task. 2 Therefore an overseer1 must be above reproach, the husband of one wife,2 sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, 3 not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. 4 He must manage his own household well, with all dignity keeping his children submissive, 5 for if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for God’s church? 6 He must not be a recent convert, or he may become puffed up with conceit and fall into the condemnation of the devil. 7 Moreover, he must be well thought of by outsiders, so that he may not fall into disgrace, into a snare of the devil.
Qualifications for Deacons
8 Deacons likewise must be dignified, not double-tongued,3 not addicted to much wine, not greedy for dishonest gain. 9 They must hold the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience. 10 And let them also be tested first; then let them serve as deacons if they prove themselves blameless. 11 Their wives likewise4 must be dignified, not slanderers, but sober-minded, faithful in all things. 12 Let deacons each be the husband of one wife, managing their children and their own households well. 13 For those who serve well as deacons gain a good standing for themselves and also great confidence in the faith that is in Christ Jesus.
The Mystery of Godliness
14 I hope to come to you soon, but I am writing these things to you so that, 15 if I delay, you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, a pillar and buttress of the truth. 16 Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of godliness:
He5 was manifested in the flesh,
vindicated6 by the Spirit,7
seen by angels,
proclaimed among the nations,
believed on in the world,
taken up in glory.
Footnotes
[1] 3:2
[2] 3:2
[3] 3:8
[4] 3:11
[5] 3:16
[6] 3:16
[7] 3:16
(ESV)
The reading may be followed by a period of silence for reflection, a hymn or
May your word live in us
and bear much fruit to your glory.
and bear much fruit to your glory.
7 The Canticle, Te Deum Laudamus
We praise you, O God:
we acclaim you as Lord.
All creation worships you:
the Father everlasting.
To you all angels, all the powers of heaven:
the cherubim and seraphim, sing in endless praise:
Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might:
heaven and earth are full of your glory.
The glorious company of apostles praise you:
The noble fellowship of prophets praise you.
The white-robed army of martyrs praise you:
Throughout the world, the holy Church acclaims you:
Father, of majesty unbounded:
your true and only Son, worthy of all praise,
the Holy Spirit, advocate and guide.
You, Christ, are King of glory:
the eternal Son of the Father.
When you took our flesh to set us free:
you humbly chose the virgin's womb.
You overcame the sting of death:
and opened the kingdom of heaven to all believers.
You are seated at God's right hand in glory:
We believe that you will come to be our judge.
Come then, Lord, and help your people,
bought with the price of your own blood:
and bring us with your saints
to glory everlasting.
we acclaim you as Lord.
All creation worships you:
the Father everlasting.
To you all angels, all the powers of heaven:
the cherubim and seraphim, sing in endless praise:
Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might:
heaven and earth are full of your glory.
The glorious company of apostles praise you:
The noble fellowship of prophets praise you.
The white-robed army of martyrs praise you:
Throughout the world, the holy Church acclaims you:
Father, of majesty unbounded:
your true and only Son, worthy of all praise,
the Holy Spirit, advocate and guide.
You, Christ, are King of glory:
the eternal Son of the Father.
When you took our flesh to set us free:
you humbly chose the virgin's womb.
You overcame the sting of death:
and opened the kingdom of heaven to all believers.
You are seated at God's right hand in glory:
We believe that you will come to be our judge.
Come then, Lord, and help your people,
bought with the price of your own blood:
and bring us with your saints
to glory everlasting.
8 The Apostles' Creed may be said
I believe in God, the Father almighty,
creator of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord,
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried;
he descended to the dead.
On the third day he rose from the dead;
he ascended into heaven,
he is seated at the right hand of the Father,
and he will come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic Church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting. Amen.
creator of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord,
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried;
he descended to the dead.
On the third day he rose from the dead;
he ascended into heaven,
he is seated at the right hand of the Father,
and he will come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic Church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting. Amen.
9 The Prayers
Lord have mercy.
Christ have mercy Lord have mercy.
Christ have mercy Lord have mercy.
10 The Lord's Prayer and the Collect of the Day
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.
Save us from the time of trial
and deliver us from evil.
For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours
now and for ever. Amen.
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.
Save us from the time of trial
and deliver us from evil.
For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours
now and for ever. Amen.
11 Intercessions and Thanksgivings may be made according to local custom and need.
12 The Morning Collect
Eternal God and Father, by whose power we are created and by whose love we are redeemed: guide and strengthen us by your Spirit, that we may give ourselves to your service, and live this day in love to one another and to you; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
13
The Lord be with you.
And also with you.
Let us praise the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
And also with you.
Let us praise the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
May the God of steadfastness and encouragement grant us to live in such harmony with one another in accord with Christ Jesus, that we may with one voice glorify our God and Father. Amen.
Romans 15:5-6
1
The glory of the Lord shall be revealed;
and all people shall see it together.
and all people shall see it together.
Isaiah 40:5
Glory to God; Father, Son and Holy Spirit:
as in the beginning, so now, and for ever. Amen.
as in the beginning, so now, and for ever. Amen.
2 The Opening Canticle, A Song of Praise
God be gracious to us and bless us:
and make your face to shine upon us,
That your way may be known upon the earth:
your salvation among all nations.
Let the peoples praise you, O God:
let all the peoples praise you.
Let the nations be glad and sing for joy:
for you judge the peoples with equity
and govern the nations upon earth.
Let the peoples praise you, O God:
let all the peoples praise you.
Then the earth will bring forth its increase:
and God, our own God, will bless us.
You, O God, will bless us:
and all the ends of the earth will fear you.
and make your face to shine upon us,
That your way may be known upon the earth:
your salvation among all nations.
Let the peoples praise you, O God:
let all the peoples praise you.
Let the nations be glad and sing for joy:
for you judge the peoples with equity
and govern the nations upon earth.
Let the peoples praise you, O God:
let all the peoples praise you.
Then the earth will bring forth its increase:
and God, our own God, will bless us.
You, O God, will bless us:
and all the ends of the earth will fear you.
Psalm 67
3 The Opening Prayer
The day is now passed and the night is at hand.
Let us pray with one heart and mind.
Let us pray with one heart and mind.
Silence may be kept
Father of lights, receive the prayer and praise we offer you as our evening sacrifice; make us a light for all the world, delivered by your goodness from all the works of darkness; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord. Amen.
4 The Psalms as appointed. A pause is observed after each
1 In the Lord have I taken refuge; •
how then can you say to me,
‘Flee like a bird to the hills,
2 ‘For see how the wicked bend the bow
and fit their arrows to the string, •
to shoot from the shadows at the true of heart.
3 ‘When the foundations are destroyed, •
what can the righteous do?’
4 The Lord is in his holy temple; •
the Lord’s throne is in heaven.
5 His eyes behold, •
his eyelids try every mortal being.
6 The Lord tries the righteous as well as the wicked, •
but those who delight in violence his soul abhors.
7 Upon the wicked he shall rain coals of fire
and burning sulphur; •
scorching wind shall be their portion to drink.
8 For the Lord is righteous;
he loves righteous deeds, •
and those who are upright shall behold his face.
how then can you say to me,
‘Flee like a bird to the hills,
2 ‘For see how the wicked bend the bow
and fit their arrows to the string, •
to shoot from the shadows at the true of heart.
3 ‘When the foundations are destroyed, •
what can the righteous do?’
4 The Lord is in his holy temple; •
the Lord’s throne is in heaven.
5 His eyes behold, •
his eyelids try every mortal being.
6 The Lord tries the righteous as well as the wicked, •
but those who delight in violence his soul abhors.
7 Upon the wicked he shall rain coals of fire
and burning sulphur; •
scorching wind shall be their portion to drink.
8 For the Lord is righteous;
he loves righteous deeds, •
and those who are upright shall behold his face.
1 Help me, Lord, for no one godly is left; •
the faithful have vanished from the whole human race.
2 They all speak falsely with their neighbour; •
they flatter with their lips, but speak from a double heart.
3 O that the Lord would cut off all flattering lips •
and the tongue that speaks proud boasts!
4 Those who say, ‘With our tongue will we prevail; •
our lips we will use; who is lord over us?’
5 ‘Because of the oppression of the needy,
and the groaning of the poor, •
I will rise up now,’ says the Lord,
‘and set them in the safety that they long for.’
6 The words of the Lord are pure words, •
like silver refined in the furnace
and purified seven times in the fire.
7 You, O Lord, will watch over us •
and guard us from this generation for ever.
8 The wicked strut on every side, •
when what is vile is exalted by the whole human race.
the faithful have vanished from the whole human race.
2 They all speak falsely with their neighbour; •
they flatter with their lips, but speak from a double heart.
3 O that the Lord would cut off all flattering lips •
and the tongue that speaks proud boasts!
4 Those who say, ‘With our tongue will we prevail; •
our lips we will use; who is lord over us?’
5 ‘Because of the oppression of the needy,
and the groaning of the poor, •
I will rise up now,’ says the Lord,
‘and set them in the safety that they long for.’
6 The words of the Lord are pure words, •
like silver refined in the furnace
and purified seven times in the fire.
7 You, O Lord, will watch over us •
and guard us from this generation for ever.
8 The wicked strut on every side, •
when what is vile is exalted by the whole human race.
1 How long will you forget me, O Lord; for ever? •
How long will you hide your face from me?
2 How long shall I have anguish in my soul
and grief in my heart, day after day? •
How long shall my enemy triumph over me?
3 Look upon me and answer, O Lord my God; •
lighten my eyes, lest I sleep in death;
4 Lest my enemy say, ‘I have prevailed against him,’ •
and my foes rejoice that I have fallen.
5 But I put my trust in your steadfast love; •
my heart will rejoice in your salvation.
6 I will sing to the Lord, •
for he has dealt so bountifully with me.
How long will you hide your face from me?
2 How long shall I have anguish in my soul
and grief in my heart, day after day? •
How long shall my enemy triumph over me?
3 Look upon me and answer, O Lord my God; •
lighten my eyes, lest I sleep in death;
4 Lest my enemy say, ‘I have prevailed against him,’ •
and my foes rejoice that I have fallen.
5 But I put my trust in your steadfast love; •
my heart will rejoice in your salvation.
6 I will sing to the Lord, •
for he has dealt so bountifully with me.
5 At the end of the (last) pause there may follow
God of all power and might, the author and giver of all good things: graft in our hearts the love of your name, increase in us true religion, nourish us with all goodness, and of your great mercy keep us in the same; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
6 One or two Readings from the Bible as appointed
Ezekiel 39:21–29 (Listen)
21 “And I will set my glory among the nations, and all the nations shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid on them. 22 The house of Israel shall know that I am the LORD their God, from that day forward. 23 And the nations shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity, because they dealt so treacherously with me that I hid my face from them and gave them into the hand of their adversaries, and they all fell by the sword. 24 I dealt with them according to their uncleanness and their transgressions, and hid my face from them.
The Lord Will Restore Israel
25 “Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Now I will restore the fortunes of Jacob and have mercy on the whole house of Israel, and I will be jealous for my holy name. 26 They shall forget their shame and all the treachery they have practiced against me, when they dwell securely in their land with none to make them afraid, 27 when I have brought them back from the peoples and gathered them from their enemies’ lands, and through them have vindicated my holiness in the sight of many nations. 28 Then they shall know that I am the LORD their God, because I sent them into exile among the nations and then assembled them into their own land. I will leave none of them remaining among the nations anymore. 29 And I will not hide my face anymore from them, when I pour out my Spirit upon the house of Israel, declares the Lord GOD.”
(ESV)
John 15:18–27 (Listen)
The Hatred of the World
18 “If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. 19 If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. 20 Remember the word that I said to you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours. 21 But all these things they will do to you on account of my name, because they do not know him who sent me. 22 If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have been guilty of sin,1 but now they have no excuse for their sin. 23 Whoever hates me hates my Father also. 24 If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin, but now they have seen and hated both me and my Father. 25 But the word that is written in their Law must be fulfilled: ‘They hated me without a cause.’
26 “But when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness about me. 27 And you also will bear witness, because you have been with me from the beginning.
Footnotes
[1] 15:22
(ESV)
The reading may be followed by a period of silence for reflection, a hymn or
May your word live in us
and bear much fruit to your glory.
and bear much fruit to your glory.
7 The Canticle, The Song of Mary (Magnificat)
My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord:
my spirit rejoices in God my Saviour,
Who has looked with favour on his lowly servant:
from this day all generations will call me blessed;
The Almighty has done great things for me:
and holy is his name
God has mercy on those who fear him:
from generation to generation.
The Lord has shown strength with his arm:
and scattered the proud in the conceit
Casting down the mighty from their thrones:
and lifting up the lowly.
God has filled the hungry with good things:
and sent the rich away empty.
He has come to the aid of his servant Israel:
to remember the promise of mercy,
The promise made to our forebears:
to Abraham and his children for ever.
my spirit rejoices in God my Saviour,
Who has looked with favour on his lowly servant:
from this day all generations will call me blessed;
The Almighty has done great things for me:
and holy is his name
God has mercy on those who fear him:
from generation to generation.
The Lord has shown strength with his arm:
and scattered the proud in the conceit
Casting down the mighty from their thrones:
and lifting up the lowly.
God has filled the hungry with good things:
and sent the rich away empty.
He has come to the aid of his servant Israel:
to remember the promise of mercy,
The promise made to our forebears:
to Abraham and his children for ever.
Luke 1:47-55
8 The Prayers
Lord have mercy.
Christ have mercy Lord have mercy.
Christ have mercy Lord have mercy.
9 The Lord's Prayer and the Collect of the Day
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.
Save us from the time of trial
and deliver us from evil.
For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours
now and for ever. Amen.
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.
Save us from the time of trial
and deliver us from evil.
For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours
now and for ever. Amen.
10 Intercessions and Thanksgivings may be made according to local custom and need.
11 The Evening Collect
Lighten our darkness, Lord, we pray: and in your great mercy defend us from all perils and dangers of this night; for the love of your only Son our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.
12
The Lord be with you.
And also with you.
Let us praise the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
And also with you.
Let us praise the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
May our Lord Jesus Christ, and God our Father, comfort our hearts and establish them in every good work and word. Amen.
2 Thessalonians 2:16-17