Monday
Year 1 Proper 18
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
44
1
We have heard with our ears, O God,
our forefathers have told us,
*
the deeds you did in their days,
in the days of old.
2
How with your hand you drove the peoples out
and planted our
forefathers in the land; *
how you destroyed nations and made your
people flourish.
3 For they did not take the land by their
sword,
nor did their arm win the victory for them; *
but your
right hand, your arm, and the light of your countenance,
because
you favored them.
4 You are my King and my God; *
you
command victories for Jacob.
5
Through you we pushed back our adversaries; *
through your Name we
trampled on those who rose up against us.
6 For I do not rely
on my bow, *
and my sword does not give me the victory.
7
Surely, you gave us victory over our adversaries *
and put those
who hate us to shame.
8 Every
day we gloried in God, *
and we will praise your Name for ever.
9
Nevertheless, you have rejected and humbled us *
and do not go
forth with our armies.
10 You have made us fall back before
our adversary, *
and our enemies have plundered us.
11 You
have made us like sheep to be eaten *
and have scattered us among
the nations.
12 You are selling your people for a trifle *
and
are making no profit on the sale of them.
13 You have made us
the scorn of our neighbors, *
a mockery and derision to those
around us.
14 You have made us a byword among the nations, *
a
laughing-stock among the peoples.
15 My humiliation is daily
before me, *
and shame has covered my face;
16 Because of
the taunts of the mockers and blasphemers, *
because of the enemy
and avenger.
17 All this has come upon us; *
yet we have
not forgotten you,
nor have we betrayed your covenant.
18
Our heart never turned back, *
nor did our footsteps stray from
your path;
19 Though you thrust us down into a place of
misery, *
and covered us over with deep darkness.
20 If we
have forgotten the Name of our God, *
or stretched out our hands
to some strange god,
21 Will not God find it out? *
for he
knows the secrets of the heart.
22 Indeed, for your sake we
are killed all the day long; *
we are accounted as sheep for the
slaughter.
23 Awake, O Lord! why are you sleeping? *
Arise!
do not reject us for ever.
24 Why have you hidden your face
*
and forgotten our affliction and oppression?
25 We sink
down into the dust; *
our body cleaves to the ground.
26
Rise up, and help us, *
and save us, for the sake of your
steadfast love.
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
There were also women looking on from a distance; among them were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome. These used to follow him and provided for him when he was in Galilee; and there were many other women who had come up with him to Jerusalem.
When evening had come, and since it was the day of Preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath, Joseph of Arimathea, a respected member of the council, who was also himself waiting expectantly for the kingdom of God, went boldly to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate wondered if he were already dead; and summoning the centurion, he asked him whether he had been dead for some time. When he learned from the centurion that he was dead, he granted the body to Joseph. Then Joseph* bought a linen cloth, and taking down the body,* wrapped it in the linen cloth, and laid it in a tomb that had been hewn out of the rock. He then rolled a stone against the door of the tomb. Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where the body* was laid.
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 18
Grant us, O Lord, to trust in you with all our hearts; for, as you always resist the proud who confide in their own strength, so you never forsake those who make their boast of your mercy; 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