Monday –
Year 1 Proper 28
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
Psalm
89: Part II
19 You spoke once in a vision
and said to your faithful people: *
"I have set the crown
upon a warrior
and have exalted one chosen out of the people.
20
I have found David my servant; *
with my holy oil have I anointed
him.
21 My hand will hold him fast *
and my arm will make
him strong.
22 No enemy shall deceive him, *
nor any wicked
man bring him down.
23 I will crush his foes before him *
and
strike down those who hate him.
24 My faithfulness and love
shall be with him, *
and he shall be victorious through my
Name.
25 I shall make his dominion extend *
from the Great
Sea to the River.
26 He will say to me, 'You are my Father,
*
my God, and the rock of my salvation.'
27 I will make him
my firstborn *
and higher than the kings of the earth.
28 I
will keep my love for him for ever, *
and my covenant will stand
firm for him.
29 I will establish his line for ever *
and
his throne as the days of heaven."
30 "If his children forsake my law *
and do not walk
according to my judgments;
31 If they break my statutes *
and
do not keep my commandments;
32 I will punish their
transgressions with a rod *
and their iniquities with the
lash;
33 But I will not take my love from him, *
nor let my
faithfulness prove false.
34 I will not break my covenant,
*
nor change what has gone out of my lips.
35 Once for all
I have sworn by my holiness: *
'I will not lie to David.
36
His line shall endure for ever *
and his throne as the sun before
me;
37 It shall stand fast for evermore like the moon, *
the
abiding witness in the sky.'"
38 But you have cast off
and rejected your anointed; *
you have become enraged at him.
39
You have broken your covenant with your servant, *
defiled his
crown, and hurled it to the ground.
40 You have breached all
his walls *
and laid his strongholds in ruins.
41 All who
pass by despoil him; *
he has become the scorn of his
neighbors.
42 You have exalted the right hand of his foes
*
and made all his enemies rejoice.
43 You have turned back
the edge of his sword *
and have not sustained him in battle.
44 You have put an end to his splendor *
and cast his throne to
the ground.
45 You have cut short the days of his youth *
and
have covered him with shame.
46 How long will you hide
yourself, O Lord?
will you hide yourself for ever? *
how long
will your anger burn like fire?
47 Remember, Lord, how short
life is, *
how frail you have made all flesh.
48 Who can
live and not see death? *
who can save himself from the power of
the grave?
49 Where, Lord, are your loving-kindnesses of old,
*
which you promised David in your faithfulness?
50
Remember, Lord, how your servant is mocked, *
how I carry in my
bosom the taunts of many peoples,
51 The taunts your enemies
have hurled, O Lord, *
which they hurled at the heels of your
anointed.
52 Blessed be the Lord for evermore!
*
Amen, I say, Amen.
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
Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and his brother John and led them up a high mountain, by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became dazzling white. Suddenly there appeared to them Moses and Elijah, talking with him. Then Peter said to Jesus, ‘Lord, it is good for us to be here; if you wish, I* will make three dwellings* here, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.’ While he was still speaking, suddenly a bright cloud overshadowed them, and from the cloud a voice said, ‘This is my Son, the Beloved;* with him I am well pleased; listen to him!’ When the disciples heard this, they fell to the ground and were overcome by fear. But Jesus came and touched them, saying, ‘Get up and do not be afraid.’ And when they looked up, they saw no one except Jesus himself alone.
As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus ordered them, ‘Tell no one about the vision until after the Son of Man has been raised from the dead.’ And the disciples asked him, ‘Why, then, do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?’ He replied, ‘Elijah is indeed coming and will restore all things; but I tell you that Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, but they did to him whatever they pleased. So also the Son of Man is about to suffer at their hands.’ Then the disciples understood that he was speaking to them about John the Baptist.
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: Pentecost, proper 28
Blessed Lord, who caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning: Grant us so to hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that we may embrace and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life, which you have given us in our Savior Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and 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