Monday –
Year 2 Advent 2
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
9
1 I will give thanks to you, O Lord, with my whole heart; *
I
will tell of all your marvelous works.
2 I will be glad and
rejoice in you; *
I will sing to your Name, O Most High.
3
When my enemies are driven back, *
they will stumble and perish at
your presence.
4 For you have maintained my right and my
cause; *
you sit upon your throne judging right.
5 You have
rebuked the ungodly and destroyed the wicked; *
you have blotted
out their name for ever and ever.
6 As for the enemy, they are
finished, in perpetual ruin, *
their cities ploughed under, the
memory of them perished;
7 But the Lord is enthroned for ever;
*
he has set up his throne for judgment.
8 It is he who
rules the world with righteousness; *
he judges the peoples with
equity.
9 The Lord will be a refuge for the oppressed, *
a
refuge in time of trouble.
10 Those who know your Name will
put their trust in you, *
for you never forsake those who seek
you, O Lord.
11 Sing praise to the Lord who dwells in Zion;
*
proclaim to the peoples the things he has done.
12 The
Avenger of blood will remember them; *
he will not forget the cry
of the afflicted.
13 Have pity on me, O Lord; *
see the
misery I suffer from those who hate me,
O you who lift me up from
the gate of death;
14 So that I may tell of all your
praises
and rejoice in your salvation *
in the gates of the
city of Zion.
15 The ungodly have fallen into the pit they
dug, *
and in the snare they set is their own foot caught.
16
The Lord is known by his acts of justice; *
the wicked are trapped
in the works of their own hands.
17 The wicked shall be given
over to the grave, *
and also all the people that forget God.
18
For the needy shall not always be forgotten, *
and the hope of the
poor shall not perish for ever.
19 Rise up, O Lord, let not
the ungodly have the upper hand; *
let them be judged before
you.
20 Put fear upon them, O Lord; *
let the ungodly know
they are but mortal.
15
1 Lord, who may dwell in your
tabernacle? *
who may abide upon your holy hill?
2 Whoever
leads a blameless life and does what is right, *
who speaks the
truth from his heart.
3 There is no guile upon his tongue;
he
does no evil to his friend; *
he does not heap contempt upon his
neighbor.
4 In his sight the wicked is rejected, *
but he
honors those who fear the Lord.
5 He has sworn to do no wrong
*
and does not take back his word.
6 He does not give his
money in hope of gain, *
nor does he take a bribe against the
innocent.
7 Whoever does these things *
shall never be
overthrown.
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
The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants* what must soon take place; he made* it known by sending his angel to his servant* John, who testified to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw.
Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of the prophecy, and blessed are those who hear and who keep what is written in it; for the time is near.
John to the seven churches that are in Asia:
Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth.
To him who loves us and freed*
us from our sins by his blood, and made*
us to be a kingdom, priests serving*
his God and Father, to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever.
Amen.
Look! He is coming with the clouds;
every
eye will see him,
even those who pierced him;
and
on his account all the tribes of the earth will wail.
So it is to
be. Amen.
‘I am the Alpha and the Omega’, says the Lord God, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.
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: Second Sunday of Advent
Merciful God, who sent your messengers the prophets to preach repentance and prepare the way for our salvation: Give us grace to heed their warnings and forsake our sins, that we may greet with joy the coming of Jesus Christ our Redeemer; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for 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