Tuesday Year 2
Advent 1
Morning Prayer
Watch , for you
know not when the master of the house
will come, in the evening,
or at midnight, or at cockcrow, or
in the morning; lest he come
suddenly and find you asleep.
Mark
13:35, 36
Lord, open our lips.
And our mouth shall proclaim your praise.
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.
Come let us sing
to the Lord;*
let us shout for joy to the Rock of our salvation.
Let us come
before his presence with thanksgiving*
and raise a loud shout to
him with psalms.
For the Lord is a
great God,*
and a great King above all gods.
In his hand are
the caverns of the earth,*
and the heights of the hills are his
also.
The sea is his,
for he made it,*
and his hands have molded the dry land.
Come, let us bow
down, and bend the knee,*
and kneel before the Lord our Maker.
For he is our
God,
and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his
hand.*
Oh, that today you would hearken to his voice!
1 Give ear to my words, O Lord;
give
heed to my sighing.
2 Listen to the sound of my cry,
my
King and my God,
for to you I pray.
3
O Lord, in the morning you hear my voice;
in
the morning I plead my case to you, and watch.
4 For you are not a God who delights in wickedness;
evil
will not sojourn with you.
5 The boastful will not stand before
your eyes;
you hate all evildoers.
6 You
destroy those who speak lies;
the Lord abhors
the bloodthirsty and deceitful.
7 But I, through the abundance of your steadfast love,
will
enter your house,
I will bow down towards your holy temple
in
awe of you.
8 Lead me, O Lord, in your
righteousness
because of my enemies;
make
your way straight before me.
9 For there is no truth in their mouths;
their
hearts are destruction;
their throats are open graves;
they
flatter with their tongues.
10 Make them bear their guilt,
O God;
let them fall by their own
counsels;
because of their many transgressions cast them
out,
for they have rebelled against you.
11 But let all who take refuge in you
rejoice;
let them ever sing for joy.
Spread
your protection over them,
so that those who
love your name may exult in you.
12 For you bless the righteous,
O Lord;
you cover them with favour as with
a shield.
1 O Lord, do not rebuke me in your
anger,
or discipline me in your wrath.
2 Be
gracious to me, O Lord, for I am languishing;
O Lord,
heal me, for my bones are shaking with terror.
3 My soul also is
struck with terror,
while you, O Lord—how
long?
4 Turn, O Lord, save my life;
deliver
me for the sake of your steadfast love.
5 For in death there is
no remembrance of you;
in Sheol who can give you
praise?
6 I am weary with my moaning;
every
night I flood my bed with tears;
I drench my
couch with my weeping.
7 My eyes waste away because of
grief;
they grow weak because of all my foes.
8 Depart from me, all you workers of evil,
for
the Lord has heard the sound of my weeping.
9 The Lord has heard
my supplication;
the Lord accepts my prayer.
10
All my enemies shall be ashamed and struck with terror;
they
shall turn back, and in a moment be put to shame.
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.
Hear this word
that the Lord has spoken against you, O people of Israel,
against the whole family that I brought up out of the land of Egypt:
You only have I known
of all the families of
the earth;
therefore I will punish you
for
all your iniquities.
Do two walk together
unless they have
made an appointment?
Does a lion roar in the forest,
when
it has no prey?
Does a young lion cry out from its den,
if
it has caught nothing?
Does a bird fall into a snare on
the earth,
when there is no trap for
it?
Does a snare spring up from the ground,
when
it has taken nothing?
Is a trumpet blown in a city,
and
the people are not afraid?
Does disaster befall a city,
unless
the Lord has done it?
Surely the Lord God does
nothing,
without revealing his secret
to
his servants the prophets.
The lion has roared;
who
will not fear?
The Lord God has spoken;
who
can but prophesy?
Proclaim to the strongholds in Ashdod,
and
to the strongholds in the land of Egypt,
and say, ‘Assemble
yourselves on Mount*
Samaria,
and see what great tumults are within
it,
and what oppressions are in its midst.’
They do not know how to do right, says the Lord,
those
who store up violence and robbery in their strongholds.
Therefore,
thus says the Lord God:
An adversary shall surround
the land,
and strip you of your
defence;
and your strongholds shall be
plundered.
The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
Canticle 13
Glory to you,
Lord God of our fathers; *
you are worthy of
praise; glory to you.
Glory to you for the radiance of your holy
Name; *
we will praise you and highly exalt
you for ever.
Glory to you in
the splendor of you temple; *
on the throne of
your majesty, glory to you.
Glory to you, seated between the
Cherubim; *
we will praise you and highly
exalt you for ever.
Glory to you,
beholding the depths; *
in the high vault of
heaven, glory to you.
Glory to you, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit;
*
we will praise you and highly exalt you for
ever.
Glory to you,
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit; *
we will praise you and highly
exalt you for ever.
Reading
Then
Jesus entered the temple*
and drove out all who were selling and buying in the temple, and he
overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those
who sold doves. He said to them, ‘It is written,
“My
house shall be called a house of prayer”;
but
you are making it a den of robbers.’
The blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he cured
them. But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the amazing
things that he did, and heard*
the children crying out in the temple, ‘Hosanna to the Son of
David’, they became angry and said to him, ‘Do you hear
what these are saying?’ Jesus said to them, ‘Yes; have
you never read,
“Out of the mouths of infants and nursing
babies
you have prepared praise for yourself”?’
He left them, went out of the city to Bethany, and spent the
night there.
In the morning, when he returned to the city, he was hungry. And seeing a fig tree by the side of the road, he went to it and found nothing at all on it but leaves. Then he said to it, ‘May no fruit ever come from you again!’ And the fig tree withered at once. When the disciples saw it, they were amazed, saying, ‘How did the fig tree wither at once?’ Jesus answered them, ‘Truly I tell you, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only will you do what has been done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, “Be lifted up and thrown into the sea”, it will be done. Whatever you ask for in prayer with faith, you will receive.’
The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
Splendor and
honor and kingly power *
are yours by right, O Lord our God,
For you created
everything that is, *
and by your will they were created and have
their being;
And yours by
right, O Lamb that was slain, *
for with your blood you have
redeemed for God,
From every
family, language, people, and nation, *
a kingdom of priests to
serve our God.
And so, to him
who sits upon the throne, *
and to Christ the Lamb,
Be worship and
praise, dominion and splendor, *
for ever and for ever more.
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: The 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
O God and Father of all, whom the whole heavens adore: Let the whole earth also worship you, all nations obey you, all tongues confess and bless you, and men and women everywhere love you and serve you in peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Let us pray now for our own needs and those of others.
General Thanksgiving
Almighty God, Father of all mercies, we your unworthy servants give you humble thanks for all your goodness and loving-kindness to us and to all whom you have made. We bless you for our creation, preservation, and all the blessings of this life; but above all for your immeasurable love in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ; for the means of grace, and for the hope of glory. And, we pray, give us such an awareness of your mercies, that with truly thankful hearts we may show forth your praise, not only with our lips, but in our lives, by giving up our selves to your service, and by walking before you in holiness and righteousness all our days; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with you and the Holy Spirit, be honor and glory throughout all ages. Amen.
Let us bless the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
The grace of our
Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the
Holy Spirit, be with us all evermore. Amen.
2 Corinthians 13:14