Monday –
Year 2 Advent 1
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
4
Cum
invocarem
1
Answer me when I call, O God, defender of my cause; *
you set me
free when I am hard-pressed;
have mercy on me and hear my prayer.
2 "You mortals, how long will you
dishonor my glory; *
how long will you worship dumb idols
and
run after false gods?"
3 Know that the Lord does wonders
for the faithful; *
when I call upon the Lord, he will hear me.
4
Tremble, then, and do not sin; *
speak to your heart in silence
upon your bed.
5 Offer the appointed sacrifices *
and put
your trust in the Lord.
6 Many are saying, "Oh, that we
might see better times!" *
Lift up the light of your
countenance upon us, O Lord.
7 You have put gladness in my
heart, *
more than when grain and wine and oil increase.
8
I lie down in peace; at once I fall asleep; *
for only you, Lord,
make me dwell in safety.
7 Domine, Deus meus
1 O Lord my
God, I take refuge in you; *
save and deliver me from all who
pursue me;
2 Lest like a lion they tear me in pieces *
and
snatch me away with none to deliver me.
3 O Lord my God, if I
have done these things: *
if there is any wickedness in my hands,
4 If I have repaid my friend with evil,
*
or plundered him who without cause is my enemy;
5 Then
let my enemy pursue and overtake me, *
trample my life into the
ground,
and lay my honor in the dust.
6 Stand up, O Lord,
in your wrath; *
rise up against the fury of my enemies.
7
Awake, O my God, decree justice; *
let the assembly of the peoples
gather round you.
8 Be seated on your lofty throne, O Most
High; *
O Lord, judge the nations.
9 Give judgment for me
according to my
righteousness, O Lord, *
and according to my
innocence, O Most High.
10 Let the malice of the wicked come
to an end,
but establish the righteous; *
for you test the mind
and heart, O righteous God.
11 God is my shield and defense;
*
he is the savior of the true in heart.
12 God is a
righteous judge; *
God sits in judgment every day.
13 If
they will not repent, God will whet his sword; *
he will bend his
bow and make it ready.
14 He has prepared his weapons of
death; *
he makes his arrows shafts of fire.
15 Look at
those who are in labor with wickedness, *
who conceive evil, and
give birth to a lie.
16 They dig a pit and make it deep *
and fall into the hole
that they have made.
17 Their malice turns back upon their own
head; *
their violence falls on their own scalp.
18 I will
bear witness that the Lord is righteous; *
I will
praise the Name of the Lord Most High.
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
Simeon* Peter, a servant* and apostle of Jesus Christ,
To those who have received a faith as precious as ours through the righteousness of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ:*
May grace and peace be yours in abundance in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
His divine power has given us everything needed for life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us by* his own glory and goodness. Thus he has given us, through these things, his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may escape from the corruption that is in the world because of lust, and may become participants in the divine nature. For this very reason, you must make every effort to support your faith with goodness, and goodness with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with endurance, and endurance with godliness, and godliness with mutual* affection, and mutual* affection with love. For if these things are yours and are increasing among you, they keep you from being ineffective and unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. For anyone who lacks these things is short-sighted and blind, and is forgetful of the cleansing of past sins. Therefore, brothers and sisters,* be all the more eager to confirm your call and election, for if you do this, you will never stumble. For in this way, entry into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ will be richly provided for you.
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: First Sunday of Advent
Almighty God, give us grace to cast away the works of
darkness,
and put on the armor of light, now in the time of
this mortal life
in which your Son Jesus Christ came to visit
us in great humility;
that in the last day, when he shall come
again in his glorious
majesty to judge both the living and the
dead, we may rise to the
life immortal; through him who lives
and reigns with you and the
Holy Spirit, one God, now and
for ever. 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