Morning Prayer

Epiphany
From the rising of the sun to its setting my Name shall be great among the nations, and in every place incense shall be offered to my Name, and a pure offering: for my Name shall be great among the nations, says the Lord of hosts. Malachi 1:11

Confession of Sin
Most merciful God,
I confess that I have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed, by what I have done, and by what I have left undone. I have not loved you with my whole heart; I have not loved my neighbors as myself. I am truly sorry and I humbly repent. For the sake of your Son Jesus Christ, have mercy on me and forgive me; that I may delight in your will, and walk in your ways, to the glory of your Name. Amen.

Almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us all our sins through our Lord Jesus Christ, strengthen us in all goodness, and by the power of the Holy Spirit keep us in eternal life. Amen

The Invitatory and Psalter

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 forever. Amen   Alleluia

Venite
The Antiphon:

ⓘ   A short, reflective sentence recited alongside a psalm to deepen our understanding of the readings.

The Lord has shown forth his glory: Come let us adore him.

The Lessons

Psalm 105

⁽¹⁾ Oh, give thanks to the LORD! Call upon His name; Make known His deeds among the peoples! ⁽²⁾ Sing to Him, sing psalms to Him; Talk of all His wondrous works! ⁽³⁾ Glory in His holy name; Let the hearts of those rejoice who seek the LORD! ⁽⁴⁾ Seek the LORD and His strength; Seek His face evermore!

⁽⁵⁾ Remember His marvelous works which He has done, His wonders, and the judgments of His mouth, ⁽⁶⁾ O seed of Abraham His servant, You children of Jacob, His chosen ones! ⁽⁷⁾ He is the LORD our God; His judgments are in all the earth. ⁽⁸⁾ He remembers His covenant forever, The word which He commanded, for a thousand generations,

⁽⁹⁾ The covenant which He made with Abraham, And His oath to Isaac, ⁽¹⁰⁾ And confirmed it to Jacob for a statute, To Israel as an everlasting covenant, ⁽¹¹⁾ Saying, 'To you I will give the land of Canaan As the allotment of your inheritance,' ⁽¹²⁾ When they were few in number, Indeed very few, and strangers in it.

⁽¹³⁾ When they went from one nation to another, From one kingdom to another people, ⁽¹⁴⁾ He permitted no one to do them wrong; Yes, He rebuked kings for their sakes, ⁽¹⁵⁾ Saying, 'Do not touch My anointed ones, And do My prophets no harm.' ⁽¹⁶⁾ Moreover He called for a famine in the land; He destroyed all the provision of bread.

⁽¹⁷⁾ He sent a man before them -- Joseph -- who was sold as a slave. ⁽¹⁸⁾ They hurt his feet with fetters, He was laid in irons. ⁽¹⁹⁾ Until the time that his word came to pass, The word of the LORD tested him. ⁽²⁰⁾ The king sent and released him, The ruler of the people let him go free.

⁽²¹⁾ He made him lord of his house, And ruler of all his possessions, ⁽²²⁾ To bind his princes at his pleasure, And teach his elders wisdom.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.

Genesis Chapter 32

⁽³⁾ Then Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother in the land of Seir, the country of Edom. ⁽⁴⁾ And he commanded them, saying, 'Speak thus to my lord Esau, 'Thus your servant Jacob says: 'I have dwelt with Laban and stayed there until now. ⁽⁵⁾ I have oxen, donkeys, flocks, and male and female servants; and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find favor in your sight.' ' ' ⁽⁶⁾ Then the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, 'We came to your brother Esau, and he also is coming to meet you, and four hundred men are with him.'

⁽⁷⁾ So Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed; and he divided the people that were with him, and the flocks and herds and camels, into two companies. ⁽⁸⁾ And he said, 'If Esau comes to the one company and attacks it, then the other company which is left will escape.' ⁽⁹⁾ Then Jacob said, 'O God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, the LORD who said to me, 'Return to your country and to your family, and I will deal well with you': ⁽¹⁰⁾ I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies and of all the truth which You have shown Your servant; for I crossed over this Jordan with my staff, and now I have become two companies.

⁽¹¹⁾ Deliver me, I pray, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau; for I fear him, lest he come and attack me and the mother with the children. ⁽¹²⁾ For You said, 'I will surely treat you well, and make your descendants as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.' ' ⁽¹³⁾ So he lodged there that same night, and took what came to his hand as a present for Esau his brother: ⁽¹⁴⁾ two hundred female goats and twenty male goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams,

⁽¹⁵⁾ thirty milk camels with their colts, forty cows and ten bulls, twenty female donkeys and ten foals. ⁽¹⁶⁾ Then he delivered them to the hand of his servants, every drove by itself, and said to his servants, 'Pass over before me, and put some distance between successive droves.' ⁽¹⁷⁾ And he commanded the first one, saying, 'When Esau my brother meets you and asks you, saying, 'To whom do you belong, and where are you going? Whose are these in front of you?' ⁽¹⁸⁾ then you shall say, 'They are your servant Jacob's. It is a present sent to my lord Esau; and behold, he also is behind us.' '

⁽¹⁹⁾ So he commanded the second, the third, and all who followed the droves, saying, 'In this manner you shall speak to Esau when you find him; ⁽²⁰⁾ and also say, 'Behold, your servant Jacob is behind us.' ' For he said, 'I will appease him with the present that goes before me, and afterward I will see his face; perhaps he will accept me.' ⁽²¹⁾ So the present went on over before him, but he himself lodged that night in the camp.

The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

1 John Chapter 2

⁽¹⁸⁾ Little children, it is the last hour; and as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come, by which we know that it is the last hour. ⁽¹⁹⁾ They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us; but they went out that they might be made manifest, that none of them were of us. ⁽²⁰⁾ But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you know all things. ⁽²¹⁾ I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and that no lie is of the truth.

⁽²²⁾ Who is a liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist who denies the Father and the Son. ⁽²³⁾ Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father either; he who acknowledges the Son has the Father also. ⁽²⁴⁾ Therefore let that abide in you which you heard from the beginning. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, you also will abide in the Son and in the Father. ⁽²⁵⁾ And this is the promise that He has promised us -- eternal life.

⁽²⁶⁾ These things I have written to you concerning those who try to deceive you. ⁽²⁷⁾ But the anointing which you have received from Him abides in you, and you do not need that anyone teach you; but as the same anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you will abide in Him. ⁽²⁸⁾ And now, little children, abide in Him, that when He appears, we may have confidence and not be ashamed before Him at His coming. ⁽²⁹⁾ If you know that He is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness is born of Him.

The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

John Chapter 10

⁽¹⁹⁾ Therefore there was a division again among the Jews because of these sayings. ⁽²⁰⁾ And many of them said, 'He has a demon and is mad. Why do you listen to Him?' ⁽²¹⁾ Others said, 'These are not the words of one who has a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?' ⁽²²⁾ Now it was the Feast of Dedication in Jerusalem, and it was winter.

⁽²³⁾ And Jesus walked in the temple, in Solomon's porch. ⁽²⁴⁾ Then the Jews surrounded Him and said to Him, 'How long do You keep us in doubt? If You are the Christ, tell us plainly.' ⁽²⁵⁾ Jesus answered them, 'I told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in My Father's name, they bear witness of Me. ⁽²⁶⁾ But you do not believe, because you are not of My sheep, as I said to you.

⁽²⁷⁾ My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. ⁽²⁸⁾ And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand. ⁽²⁹⁾ My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father's hand. ⁽³⁰⁾ I and My Father are one.'

The Gospel of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.


The Song of Moses    Exodus 15:1 to 6, 11 to 13, 17 to 18

I will sing to the Lord, for he is lofty and uplifted;
the horse and its rider has he hurled into the sea.
The Lord is my strength and my refuge;
the Lord has become my Savior.
This is my God and I will praise him,
the God of my people and I will exalt him.
The Lord is a mighty warrior;
Yahweh is his Name.
The chariots of Pharoah and his army has he hurled into the sea;
the finest of those who bear armor have been drowned in the Red Sea.
The fathomless deep has overwhelmed them;
they sank into the depths like a stone.
Your right hand, O Lord, is glorious in might;
your right hand, O Lord, has overthrown the enemy.
Who can be compared with you, O Lord, among the gods?
who is like you, glorious in holiness,
awesome in renown, and worker of wonders?
You stretched forth your right hand;
the earth swallowed them up.
With your constant love you led the people you redeemed;
with your might you brought them in safety to
your holy dwelling.
You will bring them in and plant them
on the mount of your possession,
The resting-place you have made for yourself, O Lord,
the sanctuary, O Lord, that your hand has established.
The Lord shall reign forever and forever.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.


The Apostles' Creed
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 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 Prayers

The Lord's Prayer   Traditional
Suffrages A

Seasonal Collect:  Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany
O God, the strength of all who put their trust in you: Mercifully accept our prayers; and because in our weakness we can do nothing good without you, give us the help of your grace, that in keeping your commandments we may please you both in will and deed; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen.

Collect of the Day: Heavenly Father, in you we live and move and have our being: We humbly pray you so to guide and govern us by your Holy Spirit, that in all the cares and occupations of our life we may not forget you, but may remember that we are ever walking in your sight; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

A Prayer 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.

Personal Prayers and Reflection

This is a time to pause, consider and listen. Pray for yourself and others. When you lack the words


Closing Prayers   Thanksgiving

Conclude with the following
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