Morning Prayer

Lent
I will arise and go to my father, and I will say to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son.' Luke 15:18, 19

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

Venite
The Antiphon:

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

The Lord is full of compassion and mercy: Come let us adore him.

The Lessons

Psalm 87

⁽¹⁾ His foundation is in the holy mountains. ⁽²⁾ The LORD loves the gates of Zion More than all the dwellings of Jacob. ⁽³⁾ Glorious things are spoken of you, O city of God! Selah ⁽⁴⁾ I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to those who know Me; Behold, O Philistia and Tyre, with Ethiopia: 'This one was born there.' '

⁽⁵⁾ And of Zion it will be said, 'This one and that one were born in her; And the Most High Himself shall establish her.' ⁽⁶⁾ The LORD will record, When He registers the peoples: 'This one was born there.' Selah ⁽⁷⁾ Both the singers and the players on instruments say, 'All my springs are in you.'

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.

Psalm 90

⁽¹⁾ LORD, You have been our dwelling place in all generations. ⁽²⁾ Before the mountains were brought forth, Or ever You had formed the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God. ⁽³⁾ You turn man to destruction, And say, 'Return, O children of men.' ⁽⁴⁾ For a thousand years in Your sight Are like yesterday when it is past, And like a watch in the night.

⁽⁵⁾ You carry them away like a flood; They are like a sleep. In the morning they are like grass which grows up: ⁽⁶⁾ In the morning it flourishes and grows up; In the evening it is cut down and withers. ⁽⁷⁾ For we have been consumed by Your anger, And by Your wrath we are terrified. ⁽⁸⁾ You have set our iniquities before You, Our secret sins in the light of Your countenance.

⁽⁹⁾ For all our days have passed away in Your wrath; We finish our years like a sigh. ⁽¹⁰⁾ The days of our lives are seventy years; And if by reason of strength they are eighty years, Yet their boast is only labor and sorrow; For it is soon cut off, and we fly away. ⁽¹¹⁾ Who knows the power of Your anger? For as the fear of You, so is Your wrath. ⁽¹²⁾ So teach us to number our days, That we may gain a heart of wisdom.

⁽¹³⁾ Return, O LORD! How long? And have compassion on Your servants. ⁽¹⁴⁾ Oh, satisfy us early with Your mercy, That we may rejoice and be glad all our days! ⁽¹⁵⁾ Make us glad according to the days in which You have afflicted us, The years in which we have seen evil. ⁽¹⁶⁾ Let Your work appear to Your servants, And Your glory to their children.

⁽¹⁷⁾ And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us, And establish the work of our hands for us; Yes, establish the work of our hands.

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 47

⁽²⁷⁾ So Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions there and grew and multiplied exceedingly. ⁽²⁸⁾ And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years. So the length of Jacob's life was one hundred and forty-seven years. ⁽²⁹⁾ When the time drew near that Israel must die, he called his son Joseph and said to him, 'Now if I have found favor in your sight, please put your hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me. Please do not bury me in Egypt, ⁽³⁰⁾ but let me lie with my fathers; you shall carry me out of Egypt and bury me in their burial place.' And he said, 'I will do as you have said.'

⁽³¹⁾ Then he said, 'Swear to me.' And he swore to him. So Israel bowed himself on the head of the bed. ⁽¹⁾ Now it came to pass after these things that Joseph was told, 'Indeed your father is sick'; and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. ⁽²⁾ And Jacob was told, 'Look, your son Joseph is coming to you'; and Israel strengthened himself and sat up on the bed. ⁽³⁾ Then Jacob said to Joseph: 'God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me, ⁽⁴⁾ and said to me, 'Behold, I will make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will make of you a multitude of people, and give this land to your descendants after you as an everlasting possession.'

⁽⁵⁾ And now your two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine. ⁽⁶⁾ Your offspring whom you beget after them shall be yours; they will be called by the name of their brothers in their inheritance. ⁽⁷⁾ But as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died beside me in the land of Canaan on the way, when there was but a little distance to go to Ephrath; and I buried her there on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).'

The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

1 Corinthians Chapter 10

⁽¹⁾ Moreover, brethren, I do not want you to be unaware that all our fathers were under the cloud, all passed through the sea, ⁽²⁾ all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, ⁽³⁾ all ate the same spiritual food, ⁽⁴⁾ and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them, and that Rock was Christ.

⁽⁵⁾ But with most of them God was not well pleased, for their bodies were scattered in the wilderness. ⁽⁶⁾ Now these things became our examples, to the intent that we should not lust after evil things as they also lusted. ⁽⁷⁾ And do not become idolaters as were some of them. As it is written, 'The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.' ⁽⁸⁾ Nor let us commit sexual immorality, as some of them did, and in one day twenty-three thousand fell;

⁽⁹⁾ nor let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed by serpents; ⁽¹⁰⁾ nor complain, as some of them also complained, and were destroyed by the destroyer. ⁽¹¹⁾ Now all these things happened to them as examples, and they were written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages have come. ⁽¹²⁾ Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall.

⁽¹³⁾ No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it.

The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

Mark Chapter 7

⁽¹⁾ Then the Pharisees and some of the scribes came together to Him, having come from Jerusalem. ⁽²⁾ Now when they saw some of His disciples eat bread with defiled, that is, with unwashed hands, they found fault. ⁽³⁾ For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands in a special way, holding the tradition of the elders. ⁽⁴⁾ When they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. And there are many other things which they have received and hold, like the washing of cups, pitchers, copper vessels, and couches.

⁽⁵⁾ Then the Pharisees and scribes asked Him, 'Why do Your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashed hands?' ⁽⁶⁾ He answered and said to them, 'Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written: 'This people honors Me with their lips, But their heart is far from Me. ⁽⁷⁾ And in vain they worship Me, Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.' ⁽⁸⁾ For laying aside the commandment of God, you hold the tradition of men -- the washing of pitchers and cups, and many other such things you do.'

⁽⁹⁾ He said to them, 'All too well you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your tradition. ⁽¹⁰⁾ For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother'; and, 'He who curses father or mother, let him be put to death.' ⁽¹¹⁾ But you say, 'If a man says to his father or mother, 'Whatever profit you might have received from me is Corban' -- ' (that is, a gift to God), ⁽¹²⁾ then you no longer let him do anything for his father or his mother,

⁽¹³⁾ making the word of God of no effect through your tradition which you have handed down. And many such things you do.'

The Gospel of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

A Song of Creation   Prayer of Manasseh 1 to 2, 4, 6 to 7, 11 to 15
Invocation
Glorify the Lord,
all you works of the Lord,
praise him and highly exalt him forever.
In the firmament of his power, glorify the Lord,
praise him and highly exalt him forever.

The Earth and its Creatures

Let the earth glorify the Lord,
praise him and highly exalt him forever.
Glorify the Lord, O mountains and hills,
and all that grows upon the earth,
praise him and highly exalt him forever.
Glorify the Lord,
O springs of water, seas, and streams,
O whales and all that move in the waters.
All birds of the air, glorify the Lord,
praise him and highly exalt him forever.

Glorify the Lord,
O beasts of the wild,
and all you flocks and herds.
O men and women everywhere, glorify the Lord,
praise him and highly exalt him forever.

Doxology
Let us glorify the Lord:
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit;
praise him and highly exalt him forever.
In the firmament of his power, glorify the Lord,
praise him and highly exalt him forever.

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:  Third Sunday in Lent
Almighty God, you know that we have no power in ourselves to help ourselves: Keep us both outwardly in our bodies and inwardly in our souls, that we may be defended from all adversities which may happen to the body, and from all evil thoughts which may assault and hurt the soul; 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: Almighty God, who after the creation of the world rested from all your works and sanctified a day of rest for all your creatures: Grant that we, putting away all earthly anxieties, may be duly prepared for the service of your sanctuary, and that our rest here upon earth may be a preparation for the eternal rest promised to your people in heaven; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

A Prayer for Mission: Lord Jesus Christ, you stretched out your arms of love on the hard wood of the cross that everyone might come within the reach of your saving embrace: So clothe us in your Spirit that we, reaching forth our hands in love, may bring those who do not know you to the knowledge and love of you; for the honor of your Name. 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

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