Monday –
Year 2 Advent 3
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
44
1
We have heard with our ears, O God,
our forefathers have told us,
*
the deeds you did in their days,
in the days of old.
2
How with your hand you drove the peoples out
and planted our
forefathers in the land; *
how you destroyed nations and made your
people flourish.
3 For they did not take the land by their
sword,
nor did their arm win the victory for them; *
but your
right hand, your arm, and the light of your countenance,
because
you favored them.
4 You are my King and my God; *
you
command victories for Jacob.
5 Through you we pushed back our
adversaries; *
through your Name we trampled on those who rose up
against us.
6 For I do not rely on my bow, *
and my sword
does not give me the victory.
7 Surely, you gave us victory
over our adversaries *
and put those who hate us to shame.
8 Every day we gloried in God, *
and we
will praise your Name for ever.
9 Nevertheless, you have
rejected and humbled us *
and do not go forth with our armies.
10
You have made us fall back before our adversary, *
and our enemies
have plundered us.
11 You have made us like sheep to be eaten
*
and have scattered us among the nations.
12 You are
selling your people for a trifle *
and are making no profit on the
sale of them.
13 You have made us the scorn of our neighbors,
*
a mockery and derision to those around us.
14 You have
made us a byword among the nations, *
a laughing-stock among the
peoples.
15 My humiliation is daily before me, *
and shame
has covered my face;
16 Because of the taunts of the mockers
and blasphemers, *
because of the enemy and avenger.
17 All
this has come upon us; *
yet we have not forgotten you,
nor
have we betrayed your covenant.
18 Our heart never turned
back, *
nor did our footsteps stray from your path;
19
Though you thrust us down into a place of misery, *
and covered us
over with deep darkness.
20 If we have forgotten the Name of
our God, *
or stretched out our hands to some strange god,
21
Will not God find it out? *
for he knows the secrets of the heart.
22 Indeed, for your sake we are killed all the day long; *
we
are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
23 Awake, O Lord!
why are you sleeping? *
Arise! do not reject us for ever.
24
Why have you hidden your face *
and forgotten our affliction and
oppression?
25 We sink down into the dust; *
our body
cleaves to the ground.
26 Rise up, and help us, *
and save
us, for the sake of your steadfast love.
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
‘And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write:
These
are the words of the holy one, the true one,
who
has the key of David,
who opens and no one will
shut,
who shuts and no one opens:
‘I know your works. Look, I have set before you an open door, which no one is able to shut. I know that you have but little power, and yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name. I will make those of the synagogue of Satan who say that they are Jews and are not, but are lying—I will make them come and bow down before your feet, and they will learn that I have loved you. Because you have kept my word of patient endurance, I will keep you from the hour of trial that is coming on the whole world to test the inhabitants of the earth. I am coming soon; hold fast to what you have, so that no one may seize your crown. If you conquer, I will make you a pillar in the temple of my God; you will never go out of it. I will write on you the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem that comes down from my God out of heaven, and my own new name. Let anyone who has an ear listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches.
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: Third Sunday of Advent
Stir up your power, O Lord, and with great might come among us; and, because we are sorely hindered by our sins, let your bountiful grace and mercy speedily help and deliver us; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with you and the Holy Spirit, be honor and glory, 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