Yours is the day, O God, yours also the night; you established the moon and the sun. You fixed all the boundaries of the earth; you made both summer and winter.
Psalm 74:15,16
Let us confess our sins against God and our neighbor.
Most merciful God,
we confess that
we have sinned against you
in thought, word, and deed,
by what
we have done,
and by what we have left undone.
We have not
loved you with our whole heart;
we have not loved our neighbors as
ourselves.
We are truly sorry and we humbly repent.
For the
sake of your Son Jesus Christ,
have mercy on us and forgive
us;
that we may delight in your will,
and walk in your ways,
to
the glory of your Name. Amen.
Almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us all our sins through our Lord Jesus Christ, strengthen us in all goodness, and by the power of the Holy Spirit keep us in eternal life. Amen.
Officiant O
God, make speed to save us.
People 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.
He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High, *
abides
under the shadow of the Almighty.
He shall say to the LORD,
“You are my refuge
and my stronghold, *
my God in whom I put my trust.”
He shall deliver you from the snare of the hunter *
and
from the deadly pestilence.
He shall cover you with his pinions,
and you shall
find refuge under his wings; *
his faithfulness shall be a shield
and buckler.
You shall not be afraid of any terror by night, *
nor
of the arrow that flies by day;
Of the plague that stalks in the darkness, *
nor of
the sickness that lays waste at mid-day.
A thousand shall fall at your side
and ten thousand
at your right hand, *
but it shall not come near you.
Your eyes have only to behold *
to see the reward of
the wicked.
Because you have made the LORD your refuge, *
and the
Most High your habitation,
There shall no evil happen to you, *
neither shall
any plague come near your dwelling.
For he shall give his angels charge over you, *
to
keep you in all your ways.
They shall bear you in their hands, *
lest you dash
your foot against a stone.
You shall tread upon the lion and the adder; *
you
shall trample the young lion and the serpent under your feet.
Because he is bound to me in love,
therefore will I
deliver him; *
I will protect him, because he knows my Name.
He shall call upon me, and I will answer him; *
I am
with him in trouble;
I will rescue him and bring him to honor.
With long life will I satisfy him, *
and show him my
salvation.
It is a good thing to give thanks to the LORD, *
and
to sing praises to your Name, O Most High;
To tell of your loving-kindness early in the morning
*
and of your faithfulness in the night season;
On the psaltery, and on the lyre, *
and to the melody
of the harp.
For you have made me glad by your acts, O LORD; *
and
I shout for joy because of the works of your hands.
LORD, how great are your works! *
your thoughts are
very deep.
The dullard does not know,
nor does the fool
understand, *
that though the wicked grow like weeds,
and all
the workers of iniquity flourish,
They flourish only to be destroyed for ever; *
but
you, O LORD, are exalted for evermore.
For lo, your enemies, O LORD,
lo, your enemies shall
perish, *
and all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.
But my horn you have exalted like the horns of wild
bulls; *
I am anointed with fresh oil.
My eyes also gloat over my enemies, *
and my ears
rejoice to hear the doom of the wicked who rise up against me.
The righteous shall flourish like a palm tree, *
and
shall spread abroad like a cedar of Lebanon.
Those who are planted in the house of the LORD *
shall
flourish in the courts of our God;
They shall still bear fruit in old age; *
they shall
be green and succulent;
That they may show how upright the LORD is, *
my
Rock, in whom there is no fault.
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.
A Reading from the Gospel According to Mark.
They were on the road, going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking ahead of them; they were amazed, and those who followed were afraid. He took the twelve aside again and began to tell them what was to happen to him, saying, ‘See, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will condemn him to death; then they will hand him over to the Gentiles; they will mock him, and spit upon him, and flog him, and kill him; and after three days he will rise again.’
James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came forward to him and said to him, ‘Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you.’ And he said to them, ‘What is it you want me to do for you?’ And they said to him, ‘Grant us to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your glory.’ But Jesus said to them, ‘You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, or be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?’ They replied, ‘We are able.’ Then Jesus said to them, ‘The cup that I drink you will drink; and with the baptism with which I am baptized, you will be baptized; but to sit at my right hand or at my left is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared.’
When the ten heard this,
they began to be angry with James and John. So Jesus called them and
said to them, ‘You know that among the Gentiles those whom they
recognize as their rulers lord it over them, and their great ones are
tyrants over them. But it is not so among you; but whoever wishes to
become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wishes to be
first among you must be slave of all. For the Son of Man came not to
be served but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.’
The Word of the
Lord.
Thanks be to God.
My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord,
my
spirit rejoices in God my Savior; *
for he has looked with favor
on his lowly servant.
From this day all generations will call me blessed:
*
the Almighty has done great things for me,
and holy is his
Name.
He has mercy on those who fear him *
in every
generation.
He has shown the strength of his arm, *
he has
scattered the proud in their conceit.
He has cast down the mighty from their thrones, *
and
has lifted up the lowly.
He has filled the hungry with good things, *
and the
rich he has sent away empty.
He has come to the help of his servant Israel, *
for
he has remembered his promise of mercy,
The promise he made to our fathers, *
to Abraham and
his children 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.
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.
Officiant The
Lord be with you.
People And
also with you.
Officiant Let
us pray.
Our Father, who art in
heaven,
hallowed be thy Name,
thy kingdom come,
thy will
be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our
daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive
those
who trespass against us.
And lead us not into
temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the
kingdom,
and the power, and the glory,
for ever and ever.
Amen.
V. Show
us your mercy, O Lord;
R. And
grant us your salvation.
V. Clothe
your ministers with righteousness;
R. Let
your people sing with joy.
V. Give
peace, O Lord, in all the world;
R. For
only in you can we live in safety.
V. Lord,
keep this nation under your care;
R. And
guide us in the way of justice and truth.
V. Let
your way be known upon earth;
R. Your
saving health among all nations.
V. Let
not the needy, O Lord, be forgotten;
R. Nor
the hope of the poor be taken away.
V. Create
in us clean hearts, O God;
R. And
sustain us with your Holy Spirit.
Set us free, O God, from the bondage of our sins, and give us the liberty of that abundant life which you have made known to us in your Son our Savior Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Lord Jesus Christ, by your death you took away the sting of death: Grant to us your servants so to follow in faith where you have led the way, that we may at length fall asleep peacefully in you and wake up in your likeness; for your tender mercies’ sake. Amen.
O God, you manifest in your servants the signs of your presence: Send forth upon us the spirit of love, that in companionship with one another your abounding grace may increase among us; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Let us pray now for our own needs and those of others.
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.
May the God of hope fill us with all joy and peace in believing through the power of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Romans 15:13