O Lord, open our lips
Alland our mouth shall
proclaim your praise.
Hear our voice, O Lord, according to your faithful love,
Allaccording to your judgement
give us life.
One or more of the following is said or sung:
this or another prayer of thanksgiving
Blessed are you, God of compassion and mercy,
to you be praise and glory for ever.
In the darkness of our sin,
your light breaks forth like the dawn
and your healing springs up for deliverance.
As we rejoice in the gift of your saving help,
sustain us with your bountiful Spirit
and open our lips to sing your praise.
Blessed be God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
AllBlessed be God for ever.
a suitable hymn, or A Song of Penitence
1Have mercy on me, O
God, in your great goodness; ♦
according to the abundance of your compassion
blot out my offences.
2Wash me thoroughly from
my wickedness ♦
and cleanse me from my sin.
3For I acknowledge my
faults ♦
and my sin is ever before me.
4Against you only have
I sinned ♦
and done what is evil in your sight,
5So that you are justified
in your sentence ♦
and righteous in your judgement.
6Cast me not away from
your presence ♦
and take not your holy spirit from me.
7Give me again the joy
of your salvation ♦
and sustain me with your gracious spirit;
8Then shall I teach your
ways to the wicked ♦
and sinners shall return to you.
9Deliver me from my guilt,
O God,
the God of my salvation, ♦
and my tongue shall sing of your righteousness.
Psalm 51.1-5, 12-15
AllGlory to the Father and
to the Son
and to the Holy Spirit;
as it was in the beginning is now
and shall be for ever. Amen.
This opening prayer may be said
The night has passed, and the day lies open before us;
let us pray with one heart and mind.
Silence is kept.
As we rejoice in the gift of this new day,
so may the light of your presence, O God,
set our hearts on fire with love for you;
now and for ever.
AllAmen.
The appointed psalmody is said.
Refrain: My help comes from the Lord.
1 O Lord, hear my prayer ♦
and let my crying come before you.
2 Hide not your face from me ♦
in the day of my distress.
3 Incline your ear to me; ♦
when I call, make haste to answer me, R
4 For my days are consumed in smoke ♦
and my bones burn away as in a furnace.
5 My heart is smitten down and withered like grass, ♦
so that I forget to eat my bread.
6 From the sound of my groaning ♦
my bones cleave fast to my skin.
7 I am become like a vulture in the wilderness, ♦
like an owl that haunts the ruins.
8 I keep watch and am become like a sparrow ♦
solitary upon the housetop.
9 My enemies revile me all the day long, ♦
and those who rage at me have sworn together against me.
10 I have eaten ashes for bread ♦
and mingled my drink with weeping,
11 Because of your indignation and wrath, ♦
for you have taken me up and cast me down.
12 My days fade away like a shadow, ♦
and I am withered like grass. R
13 But you, O Lord, shall endure for ever ♦
and your name through all generations.
14 You will arise and have pity on Zion; ♦
it is time to have mercy upon her;
surely the time has come.
15 For your servants love her very stones ♦
and feel compassion for her dust.
16 Then shall the nations fear your name, O Lord, ♦
and all the kings of the earth your glory,
17 When the Lord has built up Zion ♦
and shown himself in glory;
18 When he has turned to the prayer of the destitute ♦
and has not despised their plea. R
19 This shall be written for those that come after, ♦
and a people yet unborn shall praise the Lord.
20 For he has looked down from his holy height; ♦
from the heavens he beheld the earth,
21 That he might hear the sighings of the prisoner ♦
and set free those condemned to die;
22 That the name of the Lord may be proclaimed in Zion ♦
and his praises in Jerusalem,
23 When peoples are gathered together ♦
and kingdoms also, to serve the Lord. R
24 He has brought down my strength in my journey ♦
and has shortened my days.
25 I pray, O my God, do not take me in the midst of my days; ♦
your years endure throughout all generations.
26 In the beginning you laid the foundations of the earth, ♦
and the heavens are the work of your hands;
27 They shall perish, but you will endure; ♦
they all shall wear out like a garment.
28 You change them like clothing, and they shall be changed; ♦
but you are the same, and your years will not fail.
29 The children of your servants shall continue, ♦
and their descendants shall be established in your sight.
Refrain: My help comes from the Lord.
Have pity on our frailty, O God,
and in the hour of our death
cast us not away as clothing that is worn,
for you are our eternal refuge;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Each psalm or group of psalms may end with
AllGlory to the Father and
to the Son
and to the Holy Spirit;
as it was in the beginning is now
and shall be for ever. Amen.
If there are two Scripture readings, the first may be read here, or both may be read after the canticle.
When Jeremiah came from Topheth, where the Lord had sent him to prophesy, he stood in the court of the Lords house and said to all the people: Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: I am now bringing upon this city and upon all its towns all the disaster that I have pronounced against it, because they have stiffened their necks, refusing to hear my words.
Now the priest Pashhur son of Immer, who was chief officer in the house of the Lord, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things.
Then Pashhur struck the prophet Jeremiah, and put him in the stocks that were in the upper Benjamin Gate of the house of the Lord.
The next morning when Pashhur released Jeremiah from the stocks, Jeremiah said to him, The Lord has named you not Pashhur but Terror-all-around.
For thus says the Lord: I am making you a terror to yourself and to all your friends; and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies while you look on. And I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon; he shall carry them captive to Babylon, and shall kill them with the sword.
I will give all the wealth of this city, all its gains, all its prized belongings, and all the treasures of the kings of Judah into the hand of their enemies, who shall plunder them, and seize them, and carry them to Babylon.
And you, Pashhur, and all who live in your house, shall go into captivity, and to Babylon you shall go; there you shall die, and there you shall be buried, you and all your friends, to whom you have prophesied falsely.
The Song of Manasseh, or another suitable canticle, for example, number 20 (page 570), number 33 (page 584) or number 41 (page 592), may be said
Refrain:
AllFull of compassion and mercy
and love
is God, the Most High, the Almighty. Alleluia.
1Lord almighty and God
of our ancestors, ♦
you who made heaven and earth in all their glory:
2All things tremble with
awe at your presence, ♦
before your great and mighty power.
3Immeasurable and unsearchable
is your promised mercy, ♦
for you are God, Most High.
4You are full of compassion,
long-suffering and very merciful, ♦
and you relent at human suffering.
5O God, according to
your great goodness, ♦
you have promised forgiveness for repentance
to those who have sinned against you.
6The sins I have committed
against you ♦
are more in number than the sands of the sea.
7I am not worthy to look
up to the height of heaven, ♦
because of the multitude of my iniquities.
8And now I bend the knee
of my heart before you, ♦
imploring your kindness upon me.
9I have sinned, O God,
I have sinned, ♦
and I acknowledge my transgressions.
10Unworthy as I am, you
will save me, ♦
according to your great mercy.
11For all the host of
heaven sings your praise, ♦
and your glory is for ever and ever.
Manasseh 1a, 2, 4, 6, 7a, b, 9a, c, 11, 12, 14b, 15b
AllGlory to the Father and
to the Son
and to the Holy Spirit;
as it was in the beginning is now
and shall be for ever. Amen.
AllFull of compassion and mercy
and love
is God, the Most High, the Almighty. Alleluia.
One or more readings appointed for the day are read.
The reading(s) may be followed by a time of silence.
Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. Mary was the one who anointed the Lord with perfume and wiped his feet with her hair; her brother Lazarus was ill. So the sisters sent a message to Jesus, Lord, he whom you love is ill. But when Jesus heard it, he said, This illness does not lead to death; rather it is for Gods glory, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it. Accordingly, though Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus, after having heard that Lazarus was ill, he stayed two days longer in the place where he was.
Then after this he said to the disciples, Let us go to Judea again. The disciples said to him, Rabbi, the Jews were just now trying to stone you, and are you going there again? Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours of daylight? Those who walk during the day do not stumble, because they see the light of this world. But those who walk at night stumble, because the light is not in them. After saying this, he told them, Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going there to awaken him. The disciples said to him, Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will be all right. Jesus, however, had been speaking about his death, but they thought that he was referring merely to sleep. Then Jesus told them plainly, Lazarus is dead. For your sake I am glad I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him. Thomas, who was called the Twin, said to his fellow-disciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him.
A suitable song or chant, or a responsory in this or another form, may follow
To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul;
AllO my God, in you I trust.
You are the God of my salvation,
AllTo you, O Lord, I lift
up my soul.
In you I hope all the day long.
AllO my God, in you I trust.
Remember, Lord, your compassion and love,
for they are from everlasting.
AllTo you, O Lord, I lift
up my soul;
O my God, in you I trust.
from Psalm 25
The Benedictus (The Song of Zechariah) is normally said,
or Saviour of the World (page
644) may be said
Refrain:
AllBlessed are those who hunger
and thirst for righteousness,
for they shall be satisfied.
1Blessed be the Lord
the God of Israel, ♦
who has come to his people and set them free.
2He has raised up for
us a mighty Saviour, ♦
born of the house of his servant David.
3Through his holy prophets
God promised of old ♦
to save us from our enemies,
from the hands of all that hate us,
4To show mercy to our
ancestors, ♦
and to remember his holy covenant.
5This was the oath God
swore to our father Abraham: ♦
to set us free from the hands of our enemies,
6Free to worship him
without fear, ♦
holy and righteous in his sight
all the days of our life.
7And you, child, shall
be called the prophet of the Most High, ♦
for you will go before the Lord to prepare his way,
8To give his people knowledge
of salvation ♦
by the forgiveness of all their sins.
9In the tender compassion
of our God ♦
the dawn from on high shall break upon us,
10To shine on those who
dwell in darkness and the shadow of death, ♦
and to guide our feet into the way of peace.
Luke 1.68-79
AllGlory to the Father and
to the Son
and to the Holy Spirit;
as it was in the beginning is now
and shall be for ever. Amen.
Refrain:
AllBlessed are those who hunger
and thirst for righteousness,
for they shall be satisfied.
Intercessions are offered
¶ for the day and its tasks
¶ for the world and its needs
¶ for the Church and her life
Prayers may include the following concerns from the cycle on pages 364–365
¶ Those preparing for baptism and confirmation
¶ Those serving through leadership
¶ Those looking for forgiveness
¶ Those misled by the false gods of this present age
¶ All who are hungry
A form of prayer found on page 380 may be used.
The Litany on pages 400-403 may be said instead of the Prayers.
These responses may be used
Lord, in your mercy
hear our prayer
(or)
Lord, hear us.
Lord, graciously hear us.
Silence may be kept.
The Collect of the day is said
Merciful Lord,
absolve your people from their offences,
that through your bountiful goodness
we may all be delivered from the chains of those sins
which by our frailty we have committed;
grant this, heavenly Father,
for Jesus Christ's sake, our blessed Lord and Saviour,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
AllAmen.
The Lord’s Prayer is said
Trusting in the compassion of God,
as our Saviour taught us, so we pray
AllOur 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.
Lead us not into temptation
but deliver us from evil.
For the kingdom, the power,
and the glory are yours
now and for ever.
Amen.
(or)
Trusting in the compassion of God,
let us pray with confidence as our Saviour has taught us
AllOur Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name;
thy kingdom come;
thy will be done;
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation;
but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom,
the power and the glory,
for ever and ever.
Amen.
May God our Redeemer show us compassion and love.
AllAmen.
Let us bless the Lord. Alleluia, alleluia.
AllThanks be to God. Alleluia, alleluia.
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