Monday –
year 1 Proper 21
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
89:
Part II Tunc
locutus es
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
‘Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink,* or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? And can any of you by worrying add a single hour to your span of life?* And why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? Therefore do not worry, saying, “What will we eat?” or “What will we drink?” or “What will we wear?” For it is the Gentiles who strive for all these things; and indeed your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But strive first for the kingdom of God* and his* righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
‘So do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring worries of its own. Today’s trouble is enough for today.
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 21
O God, you declare your almighty power chiefly in showing mercy and pity: Grant us the fullness of your grace, that we, running to obtain your promises, may become partakers of your heavenly treasure; through Jesus Christ our Lord, 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