Tuesday –
Year 1 Proper 24
Morning Prayer
I was glad when they said to me, "Let us go to the house of the Lord." Psalm 122:1
Lord, open our lips.
And our mouth shall proclaim your praise.
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.
Come let us sing
to the Lord;*
let us shout for joy to the Rock of our salvation.
Let us come
before his presence with thanksgiving*
and raise a loud shout to
him with psalms.
For the Lord is a
great God,*
and a great King above all gods.
In his hand are
the caverns of the earth,*
and the heights of the hills are his
also.
The sea is his,
for he made it,*
and his hands have molded the dry land.
Come, let us bow
down, and bend the knee,*
and kneel before the Lord our Maker.
For he is our
God,
and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his
hand.*
Oh, that today you would hearken to his voice!
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1 Give judgment for me, O Lord,
for
I have lived with integrity; *
I have trusted in the Lord and have
not faltered.
2 Test me, O Lord, and try me; *
examine my
heart and my mind.
3 For your love is before my eyes; *
I
have walked faithfully with you.
4 I have not sat with the
worthless, *
nor do I consort with the deceitful.
5 I have
hated the company of evildoers; *
I will not sit down with the
wicked.
6 I will wash my hands in innocence, O Lord, *
that
I may go in procession round your altar,
7 Singing aloud a
song of thanksgiving *
and recounting all your wonderful deeds.
8
Lord, I love the house in which you dwell *
and the place where
your glory abides.
9 Do not sweep me away with sinners, *
nor
my life with those who thirst for blood,
10 Whose hands are full of evil plots, *
and
their right hand full of bribes.
11 As for me, I will live
with integrity; *
redeem me, O Lord, and have pity on me.
12
My foot stands on level ground; *
in the full assembly I will
bless the Lord.
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1 O Lord, I call to you;
my Rock, do
not be deaf to my cry; *
lest, if you do not hear me,
I become
like those who go down to the Pit.
2 Hear the voice of my
prayer when I cry out to you, *
when I lift up my hands to your
holy of holies.
3 Do not snatch me away with the wicked or
with the
evildoers, *
who speak peaceably with their
neighbors,
while strife is in their hearts.
4 Repay them
according to their deeds, *
and according to the wickedness of
their actions.
5 According to the work of their hands repay
them, *
and give them their just deserts.
6 They have no
understanding of the Lord's doings,
nor of the works of his hands;
*
therefore he will break them down and not
build them up.
7
Blessed is the Lord! *
for he has heard the voice of my prayer.
8
The Lord is my strength and my shield; *
my heart trusts in him,
and I have been helped;
9 Therefore my heart dances for joy,
*
and in my song will I praise him.
10 The Lord is the strength of his people, *
a safe refuge for
his anointed.
11 Save your people and bless your inheritance;
*
shepherd them and carry them for ever.
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.
1How lonely sits the city
that once was full
of people!
How like a widow she has become,
she
that was great among the nations!
She that was a princess among
the provinces
has become a vassal.
2 She weeps bitterly in the night,
with
tears on her cheeks;
among all her lovers
she
has no one to comfort her;
all her friends have dealt
treacherously with her,
they have become her
enemies.
3 Judah has gone into exile with suffering
and
hard servitude;
she lives now among the nations,
and
finds no resting-place;
her pursuers have all overtaken her
in
the midst of her distress.
4 The roads to Zion mourn,
for no one
comes to the festivals;
all her gates are desolate,
her
priests groan;
her young girls grieve,*
and
her lot is bitter.
5 Her foes have become the masters,
her
enemies prosper,
because the Lord has made her suffer
for
the multitude of her transgressions;
her children have gone
away,
captives before the foe.
6 From daughter Zion has departed
all her
majesty.
Her princes have become like stags
that
find no pasture;
they fled without strength
before
the pursuer.
7 Jerusalem remembers,
in the days of her
affliction and wandering,
all the precious things
that
were hers in days of old.
When her people fell into the hand of
the foe,
and there was no one to help her,
the
foe looked on mocking
over her downfall.
8 Jerusalem sinned grievously,
so she has
become a mockery;
all who honoured her despise her,
for
they have seen her nakedness;
she herself groans,
and
turns her face away.
9 Her uncleanness was in her skirts;
she
took no thought of her future;
her downfall was appalling,
with
none to comfort her.
‘O Lord, look at my
affliction,
for the enemy has triumphed!’
10 Enemies have stretched out their hands
over
all her precious things;
she has even seen the nations
invade
her sanctuary,
those whom you forbade
to
enter your congregation.
11 All her people groan
as they search
for bread;
they trade their treasures for food
to
revive their strength.
Look, O Lord, and see
how
worthless I have become.
12 Is it nothing to you,*
all you who pass by?
Look and see
if there is
any sorrow like my sorrow,
which was brought
upon me,
which the Lord inflicted
on the day
of his fierce anger.
The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
Glory to you,
Lord God of our fathers; *
you are worthy of praise; glory to you.
Glory to you for
the radiance of your holy Name; *
we will praise you and highly
exalt you for ever.
Glory to you in
the splendor of your temple; *
on the throne of your majesty,
glory to you.
Glory to you,
seated between the Cherubim; *
we will praise you and highly exalt
you for ever.
Glory to you,
beholding the depths; *
in the high vault of heaven, glory to you.
Glory to you,
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit; *
we will praise you and highly
exalt you for ever.
Reading
There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; indeed, star differs from star in glory.
So it is with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable, what is raised is imperishable. It is sown in dishonour, it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness, it is raised in power. It is sown a physical body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a physical body, there is also a spiritual body. Thus it is written, ‘The first man, Adam, became a living being’; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit. But it is not the spiritual that is first, but the physical, and then the spiritual. The first man was from the earth, a man of dust; the second man is* from heaven. As was the man of dust, so are those who are of the dust; and as is the man of heaven, so are those who are of heaven. Just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we will* also bear the image of the man of heaven.
What I am saying, brothers and sisters,* is this: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.
The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
Splendor and
honor and kingly power *
are yours by right, O Lord our God,
For you created
everything that is, *
and by your will they were created and have
their being;
And yours by
right, O Lamb that was slain, *
for with your blood you have
redeemed for God,
From every
family, language, people, and nation, *
a kingdom of priests to
serve our God.
And so, to him
who sits upon the throne, *
and to Christ the Lamb,
Be worship and
praise, dominion and splendor, *
for ever and for ever more.
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 24
Almighty and everlasting God, in Christ you have revealed your glory among the nations: Preserve the works of your mercy, that your Church throughout the world may persevere with steadfast faith in the confession of your Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
For Mission
O God and Father of all, whom the whole heavens adore: Let the whole earth also worship you, all nations obey you, all tongues confess and bless you, and men and women everywhere love you and serve you in peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Let us pray now for our own needs and those of others.
General Thanksgiving
Almighty God, Father of all mercies, we your unworthy servants give you humble thanks for all your goodness and loving-kindness to us and to all whom you have made. We bless you for our creation, preservation, and all the blessings of this life; but above all for your immeasurable love in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ; for the means of grace, and for the hope of glory. And, we pray, give us such an awareness of your mercies, that with truly thankful hearts we may show forth your praise, not only with our lips, but in our lives, by giving up our selves to your service, and by walking before you in holiness and righteousness all our days; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with you and the Holy Spirit, be honor and glory throughout all ages. 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 Spirit, be with us all evermore. Amen.
2 Corinthians 13:14