Monday –
Year 1 Proper 23
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
4
1
Answer me when I call, O God, defender of my cause; *
you set me
free when I am hard-pressed;
have mercy on me and hear my prayer.
2 "You mortals, how long
will you dishonor my glory; *
how long will you worship dumb
idols
and run after false gods?"
3 Know that the Lord
does wonders for the faithful; *
when I call upon the Lord, he
will hear me.
4 Tremble, then, and do not sin; *
speak to
your heart in silence upon your bed.
5 Offer the appointed
sacrifices *
and put your trust in the Lord.
6 Many are
saying, "Oh, that we might see better times!" *
Lift up
the light of your countenance upon us, O Lord.
7 You have put
gladness in my heart, *
more than when grain and wine and oil
increase.
8 I lie down in peace; at once I fall asleep; *
for
only you, Lord, make me dwell in safety.
7
1 O
Lord my God, I take refuge in you; *
save and deliver me from all
who pursue me;
2 Lest like a lion they tear me in pieces *
and
snatch me away with none to deliver me.
3 O Lord my God, if I
have done these things: *
if there is any wickedness in my hands,
4 If I have repaid my friend
with evil, *
or plundered him who without cause is my enemy;
5
Then let my enemy pursue and overtake me, *
trample my life into
the ground,
and lay my honor in the dust.
6 Stand up, O
Lord, in your wrath; *
rise up against the fury of my enemies.
7
Awake, O my God, decree justice; *
let the assembly of the peoples
gather round you.
8 Be seated on your lofty throne, O Most
High; *
O Lord, judge the nations.
9 Give judgment for me
according to my
righteousness, O Lord, *
and according to my
innocence, O Most High.
10 Let the malice of the wicked come
to an end,
but establish the righteous; *
for you test the mind
and heart, O righteous God.
11 God is my shield and defense;
*
he is the savior of the true in heart.
12 God is a
righteous judge; *
God sits in judgment every day.
13 If
they will not repent, God will whet his sword; *
he will bend his
bow and make it ready.
14 He has prepared his weapons of
death; *
he makes his arrows shafts of fire.
15 Look at
those who are in labor with wickedness, *
who conceive evil, and
give birth to a lie.
16 They dig a pit and make it deep *
and fall into
the hole that they have made.
17 Their malice turns back upon
their own head; *
their violence falls on their own scalp.
18
I will bear witness that the Lord is righteous; *
I will praise
the Name of the Lord Most High.
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
These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: ‘Go nowhere among the Gentiles, and enter no town of the Samaritans, but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. As you go, proclaim the good news, “The kingdom of heaven has come near.”* Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers,* cast out demons. You received without payment; give without payment. Take no gold, or silver, or copper in your belts, no bag for your journey, or two tunics, or sandals, or a staff; for labourers deserve their food. Whatever town or village you enter, find out who in it is worthy, and stay there until you leave. As you enter the house, greet it. If the house is worthy, let your peace come upon it; but if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you. If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, shake off the dust from your feet as you leave that house or town. Truly I tell you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgement than for that town.
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 23
Lord, we pray that your grace may always precede and follow us, that we may continually be given to good works; through Jesus Christ our Lord, 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