I will bless the Lord, who giveth me counsel; my heart teacheth me, night after night. I have set the Lord always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not fall.
Psalm 16:7, 8
Let us humbly confess our sins unto Almighty God.
Almighty and most merciful Father,
we
have erred and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep,
we have
followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts,
we
have offended against thy holy laws,
we have left undone those
things which we ought to have done,
and we have done those things
which we ought not to have done.
But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon
us,
spare thou those who confess their faults,
restore thou
those who are penitent,
according to thy promises declared unto
mankind
in Christ Jesus our Lord;
and grant, O most merciful
Father, for his sake,
that we may hereafter live a godly,
righteous, and sober life,
to the glory of thy holy Name. Amen.
The Almighty and merciful Lord grant you absolution and remission of all your sins, true repentance, amendment of life, and the grace and consolation of his Holy Spirit. Amen.
Officiant O
God, make speed to save us.
People O
Lord, make haste to help us.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost: *
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
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 thy praises, O God: Father, Son, and Holy
Spirit.
Thou art 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.
Whoso dwelleth under the defence of the most
High *
shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
I will say unto the Lord, Thou art my hope, and my
strong hold *
my God, in him will I trust.
For he shall deliver thee from the snare of the
hunter *
and from the noisome pestilence.
He shall defend thee under his wings, and thou shalt be
safe under his feathers *
his faithfulness and truth shall be
thy shield and buckler.
Thou shalt not be afraid for any terror by night *
nor
for the arrow that flieth by day;
For the pestilence that walketh in darkness *
nor
for the sickness that destroyeth in the noon-day.
A thousand shall fall beside thee, and ten thousand at
thy right hand *
but it shall not come nigh thee.
Yea, with thine eyes shalt thou behold *
and see
the reward of the ungodly.
For thou, Lord, art my hope *
thou hast set
thine house of defence very high.
There shall no evil happen unto thee *
neither
shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.
For he shall give his angels charge over thee *
to
keep thee in all thy ways.
They shall bear thee in their hands *
that thou
hurt not thy foot against a stone.
Thou shalt go upon the lion and adder *
the
young lion and the dragon shalt thou tread under thy feet.
Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I
deliver him *
I will set him up, because he hath known my
Name.
He shall call upon me, and I will hear him *
yea,
I am with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and bring him to
honour.
With long life will I satisfy him *
and shew him
my salvation.
It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord *
and
to sing praises unto thy Name, O most Highest;
To tell of thy loving-kindness early in the
morning *
and of thy truth in the night-season;
Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the
lute *
upon a loud instrument, and upon the harp.
For thou, Lord, hast made me glad through thy
works *
and I will rejoice in giving praise for the
operations of thy hands.
O Lord, how glorious are thy works *
thy
thoughts are very deep.
An unwise man doth not well consider this *
and
a fool doth not understand it.
When the ungodly are green as the grass, and when all
the workers of wickedness do flourish *
then shall they be
destroyed for ever; but thou, Lord, art the most Highest for
evermore.
For lo, thine enemies, O Lord, lo, thine enemies shall
perish *
and all the workers of wickedness shall be
destroyed.
But mine horn shall be exalted like the horn of an
unicorn *
for I am anointed with fresh oil.
Mine eye also shall see his lust of mine enemies *
and
mine ear shall hear his desire of the wicked that arise up against
me.
The righteous shall flourish like a palm-tree *
and
shall spread abroad like a cedar in Libanus.
Such as are planted in the house of the Lord *
shall
flourish in the courts of the house of our God.
They also shall bring forth more fruit in their
age *
and shall be fat and well-liking.
That they may shew how true the Lord my strength
is *
and that there is no unrighteousness in him.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost: *
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
A Reading from the Gospel According to John.
They answered him, “We are descendants of Abraham and have never been slaves to anyone. What do you mean by saying, ‘You will be made free’?” Jesus answered them, “Very truly, I tell you, everyone who commits sin is a slave to sin. The slave does not have a permanent place in the household; the son has a place there forever. So if the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed. I know that you are descendants of Abraham; yet you look for an opportunity to kill me, because there is no place in you for my word.
I declare what I have seen in the Father’s presence; as for you, you should do what you have heard from the Father.” They answered him, “Abraham is our father.” Jesus said to them, “If you were Abraham’s children, you would be doing what Abraham did, but now you are trying to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. This is not what Abraham did. You are indeed doing what your father does.” They said to him, “We are not illegitimate children; we have one father, God himself.” Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and now I am here. I did not come on my own, but he sent me. Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot accept my word. You are from your father the devil, and you choose to do your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks according to his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies. But because I tell the truth, you do not believe me.
Which of you convicts me of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you not believe me? Whoever is from God hears the words of God. The reason you do not hear them is that you are not from God.”
The Word of the
Lord.
Thanks be to God.
My soul doth magnify the Lord, *
and my spirit hath
rejoiced in God my Savior.
For he hath regarded *
the lowliness of his
handmaiden.
For behold from henceforth *
all generations shall
call me blessed.
For he that is mighty hath magnified me, *
and holy
is his Name.
And his mercy is on them that fear him *
throughout
all generations.
He hath showed strength with his arm; *
he hath
scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
He hath put down the mighty from their seat, *
and
hath exalted the humble and meek.
He hath filled the hungry with good things, *
and the
rich he hath sent empty away.
He remembering his mercy hath holpen his servant Israel,
*
as he promised to our forefathers,
Abraham and his seed for
ever.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost: *
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
I believe in God, the Father
almighty,
maker of heaven and earth;
And in Jesus Christ his
only Son our Lord;
who was conceived by the Holy Ghost,
born
of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was
crucified, dead, and buried.
He descended into hell.
The
third day he rose again from the dead.
He ascended into
heaven,
and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father
almighty.
From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the
dead.
I believe in the Holy Ghost,
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
with thy spirit.
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. O
Lord, show thy mercy upon us;
R. And
grant us thy salvation.
V. Endue
thy ministers with righteousness;
R. And
make thy chosen people joyful.
V. Give
peace, O Lord, in all the world;
R. For
only in thee can we live in safety.
V. Lord,
keep this nation under thy care;
R. And
guide us in the way of justice and truth.
V. Let
thy way be known upon earth;
R. Thy
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 thy Holy Spirit.
Almighty God, who seest that we have no power of ourselves to help ourselves: Keep us both outwardly in our bodies and inwardly in our souls, that we may be defended from all adversities which may happen to the body, and from all evil thoughts which may assault and hurt the soul; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Almighty and everlasting God, who hatest nothing that thou hast made and dost forgive the sins of all those who are penitent: Create and make in us new and contrite hearts, that we, worthily lamenting our sins and acknowledging our wretchedness, may obtain of thee, the God of all mercy, perfect remission and forgiveness; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
O Lord Jesus Christ, who by thy death didst take away the sting of death: Grant unto us thy servants so to follow in faith where thou hast led the way, that we may at length fall asleep peacefully in thee, and awake up after thy likeness; for thy tender mercies’ sake. Amen.
Keep watch, dear Lord, with those who work, or watch, or weep this night, and give thine angels charge over those who sleep. Tend the sick, Lord Christ; give rest to the weary, bless the dying, soothe the suffering, pity the afflicted, shield the joyous; and all for thy love’s sake. Amen.
Let us pray now for our own needs and those of others.
Almighty God, who hast given us grace at this time with one accord to make our common supplication unto thee; and hast promised through thy well-beloved Son that when two or three are gathered together in his Name thou wilt be in the midst of them: Fulfill now, O Lord, the desires and petitions of thy servants as may be best for us; granting us in this world knowledge of thy truth, and in the world to come life everlasting. 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 Ghost, be with us all evermore. Amen.
2 Corinthians 13:14