Monday Year 1 Proper 14
Evening Prayer
Let my prayer be set forth in your sight as incense, the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice. Psalm 141:2
O God, make speed to save us.
O Lord, make haste to help us.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy
Spirit
As it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever.
Amen. Alleluia!
O gracious light,
pure brightness of the
everliving Father in heaven,
O Jesus Christ, holy and blessed!
Now
as we come to the setting of the sun,
and our eyes behold the
vesper light,
we sing your praises, O God: Father, Son, and Holy
Spirit.
You are worthy at all times to be praised by happy
voices,
O Son of God, O Giver of Life,
and to be glorified
through all the worlds.
Psalms
Psalm
89: 19 - 52
Then you spoke
in a vision to your faithful one, and said:
‘I
have set the crown on one who is mighty,
I have
exalted one chosen from the people.
I have found my servant
David;
with my holy oil I have anointed him;
my
hand shall always remain with him;
my arm also
shall strengthen him.
The enemy shall not outwit him,
the
wicked shall not humble him.
I will crush his foes before
him
and strike down those who hate him.
My
faithfulness and steadfast love shall be with him;
and
in my name his horn shall be exalted.
I will set his hand on the
sea
and his right hand on the rivers.
He
shall cry to me, “You are my Father,
my
God, and the Rock of my salvation!”
I will make him the
firstborn,
the highest of the kings of the
earth.
For-ever I will keep my steadfast love for him,
and
my covenant with him will stand firm.
I will establish his line
for ever,
and his throne as long as the heavens
endure.
If his children forsake my law
and
do not walk according to my ordinances,
if they violate my
statutes
and do not keep my commandments,
then
I will punish their transgression with the rod
and
their iniquity with scourges;
but I will not remove from him my
steadfast love,
or be false to my faithfulness.
I will not violate my covenant,
or alter the
word that went forth from my lips.
Once and for all I have sworn
by my holiness;
I will not lie to David.
His
line shall continue for ever,
and his throne
endure before me like the sun.
It shall be established for ever
like the moon,
an enduring witness in the
skies.’
But now you have spurned and rejected him;
you
are full of wrath against your anointed.
You have renounced the
covenant with your servant;
you have defiled his
crown in the dust.
You have broken through all
his walls;
you have laid his strongholds
in ruins.
All who pass by plunder him;
he
has become the scorn of his neighbours.
You have exalted the
right hand of his foes;
you have made all his
enemies rejoice.
Moreover, you have turned back the edge of his
sword,
and you have not supported him in battle.
You have removed the sceptre from his hand,
and
hurled his throne to the ground.
You have cut short the days of
his youth;
you have covered him with shame.
How
long, O Lord? Will you hide yourself for ever?
How
long will your wrath burn like fire?
Remember how short my time
is—
for what vanity you have created all
mortals!
Who can live and never see death?
Who
can escape the power of Sheol?
Lord, where is your steadfast love
of old,
which by your faithfulness you swore to
David?
Remember, O Lord, how your servant is taunted;
how
I bear in my bosom the insults of the peoples,
with which your
enemies taunt, O Lord,
with which they
taunted the footsteps of your anointed.
Blessed be the Lord for ever.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy
Spirit
as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever.
Amen.
Reading
Mark 9:42-50
‘If any of you put a stumbling-block before one of these little ones who believe in me,* it would be better for you if a great millstone were hung around your neck and you were thrown into the sea. If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life maimed than to have two hands and to go to hell,* to the unquenchable fire.* And if your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life lame than to have two feet and to be thrown into hell.*,* And if your eye causes you to stumble, tear it out; it is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and to be thrown into hell,* where their worm never dies, and the fire is never quenched.
‘For everyone will be salted with fire.* Salt is good; but if salt has lost its saltiness, how can you season it?* Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.’
The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God
Lord, you now have set your
servant free *
to go in peace as you have promised;
For these eyes of mine have
seen the Savior, *
whom you have prepared for all the world to
see:
A Light to enlighten the
nations, *
and the glory of your people Israel.
Glory to the Father, and to the
Son, and to the Holy Spirit
as it was in the beginning, is now,
and will be for ever. Amen.
I believe in God, the Father
almighty,
creator of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, his
only son, our Lord.
He was conceived by the power of the Holy
Spirit
and born of the Virgin Mary.
He suffered under Pontius
Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried.
He descended to
the dead.
On the third day he rose again.
He ascended into
heaven,
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will
come again 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.
The
Lord be with you.
And also with you.
Let us 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.
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.
Show us your mercy, O Lord;
And grant us your salvation.
Clothe your ministers with righteousness;
Let your people sing with joy.
Give peace, O Lord, in all the world;
For only in you can we live in safety.
Lord, keep this nation under your care;
And guide us in the way of justice and truth.
Let your way be known upon earth;
Your saving health among all nations.
Let not the needy, O Lord, be forgotten;
Nor the hope of the poor be taken away.
Create in us clean hearts, O God;
And sustain us with your Holy Spirit.
Collect of the Day: Pentecost, proper 14
Grant to us, Lord, we pray, the spirit to think and do always those things that are right, that we, who cannot exist without you, may by you be enabled to live according to your will; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
A Collect for Peace
Most holy God, the source of all good desires, all right judgments, and all just works: Give to us, your servants, that peace which the world cannot give, so that our minds may be fixed on the doing of your will, and that we, being delivered from the fear of all enemies, may live in peace and quietness; through the mercies of Christ Jesus our Savior. Amen.
For Mission
Almighty and everlasting God, by whose Spirit the whole body of your faithful people is governed and sanctified: Receive our supplications and prayers which we offer before you for all members of your holy Church, that in their vocation and ministry they may truly and devoutly serve you; through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen.
Let us pray now for our own needs and those of others.
A Prayer of St. Chrysostom
Almighty God, you have given us grace at this time with one accord to make our common supplication to you; and you have promised through your well-beloved Son that when two or three are gathered together in his Name you will be in the midst of them: Fulfill now, O Lord, our desires and petitions as may be best for us; granting us in this world knowledge of your truth, and in the age to come life everlasting. Amen.
Let us bless the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
Glory to God whose power,
working in us, can do infinitely more than we can ask or imagine:
Glory to him from generation to generation in the Church, and in
Christ Jesus for ever and ever. Amen.
Ephesians 3:20,21