Officiant Lord,
open our lips.
People 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!
Hallelujah!
Praise
the LORD, O my soul! *
I will praise the LORD as long as I live;
I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.
Put not your trust
in rulers, nor in any child of earth, *
for there is no help in
them.
When they breathe
their last, they return to earth, *
and in that day their thoughts
perish.
Happy are they who
have the God of Jacob for their help! *
whose hope is in the LORD
their God;
Who made heaven and
earth, the seas, and all that is in them; *
who keeps his promise
for ever;
Who gives justice to
those who are oppressed, *
and food to those who hunger.
The LORD sets the
prisoners free;
the LORD opens the eyes of the blind; *
the
LORD lifts up those who are bowed down;
The LORD loves the
righteous;
the LORD cares for the stranger; *
he sustains the
orphan and widow,
but frustrates the way of the wicked.
The LORD shall reign
for ever, *
your God, O Zion, throughout all generations.
Hallelujah!
Hallelujah!
How
good it is to sing praises to our God! *
how pleasant it is to
honor him with praise!
The LORD rebuilds
Jerusalem; *
he gathers the exiles of Israel.
He heals the
brokenhearted *
and binds up their wounds.
He counts the number
of the stars *
and calls them all by their names.
Great is our LORD
and mighty in power; *
there is no limit to his wisdom.
The LORD lifts up
the lowly, *
but casts the wicked to the ground.
Sing to the LORD
with thanksgiving; *
make music to our God upon the harp.
He covers the
heavens with clouds *
and prepares rain for the earth;
He makes grass to
grow upon the mountains *
and green plants to serve mankind.
He provides food for
flocks and herds *
and for the young ravens when they cry.
He is not impressed
by the might of a horse; *
he has no pleasure in the strength of a
man;
But the LORD has
pleasure in those who fear him, *
in those who await his gracious
favor.
Worship the LORD, O
Jerusalem; *
praise your God, O Zion;
For he has
strengthened the bars of your gates; *
he has blessed your
children within you.
He has established
peace on your borders; *
he satisfies you with the finest wheat.
He sends out his
command to the earth, *
and his word runs very swiftly.
He gives snow like
wool; *
he scatters hoarfrost like ashes.
He scatters his hail
like bread crumbs; *
who can stand against his cold?
He sends forth his
word and melts them; *
he blows with his wind, and the waters
flow.
He declares his word
to Jacob, *
his statutes and his judgments to Israel.
He has not done so
to any other nation; *
to them he has not revealed his judgments.
Hallelujah!
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 Book of Genesis.
In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God swept over the face of the waters.
Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. And God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.
And God said, “Let there be a dome in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.” So God made the dome and separated the waters that were under the dome from the waters that were above the dome. And it was so. God called the dome Sky. And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.
And God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear.” And it was so. God called the dry land Earth, and the waters that were gathered together he called Seas. And God saw that it was good. Then God said, “Let the earth put forth vegetation: plants yielding seed, and fruit trees of every kind on earth that bear fruit with the seed in it.” And it was so. The earth brought forth vegetation: plants yielding seed of every kind, and trees of every kind bearing fruit with the seed in it. And God saw that it was good. And there was evening and there was morning, the third day.
And God said, “Let there be lights in the dome of the sky to separate the day from the night; and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years, and let them be lights in the dome of the sky to give light upon the earth.” And it was so. God made the two great lights—the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night—and the stars. God set them in the dome of the sky to give light upon the earth, to rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good. And there was evening and there was morning, the fourth day.
And God said, “Let the waters bring forth swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the dome of the sky.” So God created the great sea monsters and every living creature that moves, of every kind, with which the waters swarm, and every winged bird of every kind. And God saw that it was good. God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.” And there was evening and there was morning, the fifth day.
And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures of every kind: cattle and creeping things and wild animals of the earth of every kind.” And it was so. God made the wild animals of the earth of every kind, and the cattle of every kind, and everything that creeps upon the ground of every kind. And God saw that it was good.
Then God said, “Let us make humankind in our image, according to our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the wild animals of the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.” So God created humankind in his image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing that moves upon the earth.”
God said, “See, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit; you shall have them for food. And to every beast of the earth, and to every bird of the air, and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so.
God saw everything that he had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all their multitude. And on the seventh day God finished the work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all the work that he had done. So God blessed the seventh day and hallowed it, because on it God rested from all the work that he had done in creation.
The
Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
Blessed be the Lord,
the God of Israel; *
he has come to his people and set them free.
He has raised up for
us a mighty savior, *
born of the house of his servant David.
Through his holy
prophets he promised of old,
that he would save us from our
enemies, *
from the hands of all who hate us.
He promised to show
mercy to our fathers *
and to remember his holy covenant.
This was the oath he
swore to our father Abraham, *
to set us free from the hands of
our enemies,
Free to worship him
without fear, *
holy and righteous in his sight
all the days of
our life.
You, my child, shall
be called the prophet of the Most High, *
for you will go before
the Lord to prepare his way,
To give his people
knowledge of salvation *
by the forgiveness of their sins.
In the tender
compassion of our God *
the dawn from on high shall break upon us,
To shine on those
who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death, *
and to guide our
feet into the way of peace.
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 John.
The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him and declared, “Here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! This is he of whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who ranks ahead of me because he was before me.’ I myself did not know him; but I came baptizing with water for this reason, that he might be revealed to Israel.” And John testified, “I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it remained on him. I myself did not know him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water said to me, ‘He on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain is the one who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’ And I myself have seen and have testified that this is the Son of God.”
The
Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
You are God: we
praise you;
You are the Lord; we acclaim you;
You are the
eternal Father:
All creation worships you.
To you all angels,
all the powers of heaven,
Cherubim and Seraphim, sing in endless
praise:
Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might,
heaven and earth are full of your glory.
The glorious company of
apostles praise you.
The noble fellowship of prophets praise
you.
The white-robed army of martyrs praise you.
Throughout the
world the holy Church acclaims you;
Father, of majesty
unbounded,
your true and only Son, worthy of all worship,
and the Holy Spirit, advocate and guide.
You, Christ, are the
king of glory,
the eternal Son of the Father.
When you became
man to set us free
you did not shun the Virgin’s womb.
You
overcame the sting of death
and opened the kingdom of heaven to
all believers.
You are seated at God’s right hand in
glory.
We believe that you will come and be our judge.
Come
then, Lord, and help your people,
bought with the price of
your own blood,
and bring us with your saints
to glory
everlasting.
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 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.
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.
Father in heaven, who at the baptism of Jesus in the River Jordan proclaimed him your beloved Son and anointed him with the Holy Spirit: Grant that all who are baptized into his Name may keep the covenant they have made, and boldly confess him as Lord and Savior; who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, one God, in glory everlasting. Amen.
O God, you make us glad with the weekly remembrance of the glorious resurrection of your Son our Lord: Give us this day such blessing through our worship of you, that the week to come may be spent in your favor; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
O God, you have made of one blood all the peoples of the earth, and sent your blessed Son to preach peace to those who are far off and to those who are near: Grant that people everywhere may seek after you and find you; bring the nations into your fold; pour out your Spirit upon all flesh; and hasten the coming of your kingdom; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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