Monday –
Year 1 Proper 29
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
106: Part II
19 Israel made a bull-calf at
Horeb *
and worshiped a molten image;
20 And so they
exchanged their Glory *
for the image of an ox that feeds on
grass.
21 They forgot God their Savior, *
who had done
great things in Egypt,
22 Wonderful deeds in the land of Ham,
*
and fearful things at the Red Sea.
23 So he would have
destroyed them,
had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the
breach, *
to turn away his wrath from consuming them.
24
They refused the pleasant land *
and would not believe his
promise.
25 They grumbled in their tents *
and would not
listen to the voice of the Lord.
26 So he lifted his hand
against them, *
to overthrow them in the wilderness,
27 To cast out their seed among the nations, *
and to scatter
them throughout the lands.
28 They joined themselves to
Baal-Peor *
and ate sacrifices offered to the dead.
29 They
provoked him to anger with their actions, *
and a plague broke out
among them.
30 Then Phinehas stood up and interceded, *
and
the plague came to an end.
31 This was reckoned to him as
righteousness *
throughout all generations for ever.
32
Again they provoked his anger at the waters of Meribah, *
so that
he punished Moses because of them;
33 For they so embittered his spirit *
that he spoke rash words
with his lips.
34 They did not destroy the peoples *
as the
Lord had commanded them.
35 They intermingled with the heathen
*
and learned their pagan ways,
36 So that they worshiped
their idols, *
which became a snare to them.
37 They
sacrificed their sons *
and their daughters to evil spirits.
38
They shed innocent blood,
the blood of their sons and daughters,
*
which they offered to the idols of Canaan,
and the land was
defiled with blood.
39 Thus they were polluted by their actions *
and went whoring
in their evil deeds.
40 Therefore the wrath of the Lord was
kindled against
his people *
and he abhorred his
inheritance.
41 He gave them over to the hand of the heathen,
*
and those who hated them ruled over them.
42 Their
enemies oppressed them, *
and they were humbled under their
hand.
43 Many a time did he deliver them,
but they rebelled
through their own devices, *
and were brought down in their
iniquity.
44 Nevertheless, he saw their distress, *
when he
heard their lamentation.
45 He remembered his covenant with
them *
and relented in accordance with his great mercy.
46
He caused them to be pitied *
by those who held them captive.
47
Save us, O Lord our God,
and gather us from among the nations,
*
that we may give thanks to your holy Name
and glory in your
praise.
48 Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel,
from everlasting and
to everlasting; *
and let all the people say, "Amen!"
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.
Reading
When Jesus had finished saying these things, he left Galilee and went to the region of Judea beyond the Jordan. Large crowds followed him, and he cured them there.
Some Pharisees came to him, and to test him they asked, ‘Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any cause?’ He answered, ‘Have you not read that the one who made them at the beginning “made them male and female”, and said, “For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh”? So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.’ They said to him, ‘Why then did Moses command us to give a certificate of dismissal and to divorce her?’ He said to them, ‘It was because you were so hard-hearted that Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but at the beginning it was not so. And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for unchastity, and marries another commits adultery.’*
His disciples said to him, ‘If such is the case of a man with his wife, it is better not to marry.’ But he said to them, ‘Not everyone can accept this teaching, but only those to whom it is given. For there are eunuchs who have been so from birth, and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by others, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. Let anyone accept this who can.’
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 29
Almighty and everlasting God, whose will it is to restore all things in your well-beloved Son, the King of kings and Lord of lords: Mercifully grant that the peoples of the earth, divided and enslaved by sin, may be freed and brought together under his most gracious rule; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, 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