Morning Prayer

Easter Week
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, whom the Lord hath afflicted. Lamentations 1:12

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.

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, whom the Lord has afflicted.

The Lessons

Psalm 6

⁽¹⁾ O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger, Nor chasten me in Your hot displeasure. ⁽²⁾ Have mercy on me, O LORD, for I am weak; O LORD, heal me, for my bones are troubled. ⁽³⁾ My soul also is greatly troubled; But You, O LORD -- how long? ⁽⁴⁾ Return, O LORD, deliver me! Oh, save me for Your mercies' sake!

⁽⁵⁾ For in death there is no remembrance of You; In the grave who will give You thanks? ⁽⁶⁾ I am weary with my groaning; All night I make my bed swim; I drench my couch with my tears. ⁽⁷⁾ My eye wastes away because of grief; It grows old because of all my enemies. ⁽⁸⁾ Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity; For the LORD has heard the voice of my weeping.

⁽⁹⁾ The LORD has heard my supplication; The LORD will receive my prayer. ⁽¹⁰⁾ Let all my enemies be ashamed and greatly troubled; Let them turn back and be ashamed suddenly.

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 12

⁽¹⁾ Help, LORD, for the godly man ceases! For the faithful disappear from among the sons of men. ⁽²⁾ They speak idly everyone with his neighbor; With flattering lips and a double heart they speak. ⁽³⁾ May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, And the tongue that speaks proud things, ⁽⁴⁾ Who have said, 'With our tongue we will prevail; Our lips are our own; Who is lord over us?'

⁽⁵⁾ For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, Now I will arise,' says the LORD; 'I will set him in the safety for which he yearns.' ⁽⁶⁾ The words of the LORD are pure words, Like silver tried in a furnace of earth, Purified seven times. ⁽⁷⁾ You shall keep them, O LORD, You shall preserve them from this generation forever. ⁽⁸⁾ The wicked prowl on every side, When vileness is exalted among the sons of men.

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.

Lamentations Chapter 1

⁽¹⁷⁾ Zion spreads out her hands, But no one comforts her; The LORD has commanded concerning Jacob That those around him become his adversaries; Jerusalem has become an unclean thing among them. ⁽¹⁸⁾ The LORD is righteous, For I rebelled against His commandment. Hear now, all peoples, And behold my sorrow; My virgins and my young men Have gone into captivity. ⁽¹⁹⁾ I called for my lovers, But they deceived me; My priests and my elders Breathed their last in the city, While they sought food To restore their life. ⁽²⁰⁾ See, O LORD, that I am in distress; My soul is troubled; My heart is overturned within me, For I have been very rebellious. Outside the sword bereaves, At home it is like death.

⁽²¹⁾ They have heard that I sigh, But no one comforts me. All my enemies have heard of my trouble; They are glad that You have done it. Bring on the day You have announced, That they may become like me. ⁽²²⁾ Let all their wickedness come before You, And do to them as You have done to me For all my transgressions; For my sighs are many, And my heart is faint.'

The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

2 Corinthians Chapter 1

⁽⁸⁾ For we do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, of our trouble which came to us in Asia: that we were burdened beyond measure, above strength, so that we despaired even of life. ⁽⁹⁾ Yes, we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead, ⁽¹⁰⁾ who delivered us from so great a death, and does deliver us; in whom we trust that He will still deliver us, ⁽¹¹⁾ you also helping together in prayer for us, that thanks may be given by many persons on our behalf for the gift granted to us through many.

⁽¹²⁾ For our boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience that we conducted ourselves in the world in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom but by the grace of God, and more abundantly toward you. ⁽¹³⁾ For we are not writing any other things to you than what you read or understand. Now I trust you will understand, even to the end ⁽¹⁴⁾ (as also you have understood us in part), that we are your boast as you also are ours, in the day of the Lord Jesus. ⁽¹⁵⁾ And in this confidence I intended to come to you before, that you might have a second benefit --

⁽¹⁶⁾ to pass by way of you to Macedonia, to come again from Macedonia to you, and be helped by you on my way to Judea. ⁽¹⁷⁾ Therefore, when I was planning this, did I do it lightly? Or the things I plan, do I plan according to the flesh, that with me there should be Yes, Yes, and No, No? ⁽¹⁸⁾ But as God is faithful, our word to you was not Yes and No. ⁽¹⁹⁾ For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us -- by me, Silvanus, and Timothy -- was not Yes and No, but in Him was Yes.

⁽²⁰⁾ For all the promises of God in Him are Yes, and in Him Amen, to the glory of God through us. ⁽²¹⁾ Now He who establishes us with you in Christ and has anointed us is God, ⁽²²⁾ who also has sealed us and given us the Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.

The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

Mark Chapter 11

⁽²⁷⁾ Then they came again to Jerusalem. And as He was walking in the temple, the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders came to Him. ⁽²⁸⁾ And they said to Him, 'By what authority are You doing these things? And who gave You this authority to do these things?' ⁽²⁹⁾ But Jesus answered and said to them, 'I also will ask you one question; then answer Me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things: ⁽³⁰⁾ The baptism of John -- was it from heaven or from men? Answer Me.'

⁽³¹⁾ And they reasoned among themselves, saying, 'If we say, 'From heaven,' He will say, 'Why then did you not believe him?' ⁽³²⁾ But if we say, 'From men' ' -- they feared the people, for all counted John to have been a prophet indeed. ⁽³³⁾ So they answered and said to Jesus, 'We do not know.' And Jesus answered and said to them, 'Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.'

The Gospel of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

A Song to the Lamb       Revelation 4:11, 5:9 to 10, 13

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,
forever and forevermore.

The Song of Zechariah Luke 1: 68 to 79

Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel;
he has come to his people and set them free.
He has raised up for us a mighty savior,
born of the house of his servant David.

Through his holy prophets he promised of old,
that he would save us from our enemies,
from the hands of all who hate us.
He promised to show mercy to our fathers
and to remember his holy covenant.

This was the oath he swore to our father Abraham,
to set us free from the hands of our enemies,
Free to worship him without fear,
holy and righteous in his sight
all the days of our life.

You, my child, shall be called the prophet of the Most High,
for you will go before the Lord to prepare his way,
To give his people knowledge of salvation
by the forgiveness of their sins.

In the tender compassion of our God
the dawn from on high shall break upon us,
To shine on those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death,
and to guide our feet into the way of peace.

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:  Tuesday in Holy Week
O God, by the passion of your blessed Son you made an instrument of shameful death to be for us the means of life: Grant us so to glory in the cross of Christ, that we may gladly suffer shame and loss for the sake of your Son our Savior Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen.

Collect of the Day: O God, the author of peace and lover of concord, to know you is eternal life and to serve you is perfect freedom: Defend us, your humble servants, in all assaults of our enemies; that we, surely trusting in your defense, may not fear the power of any adversaries; through the might of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

A Prayer for Mission: O God, you have made of one blood all the peoples of the earth, and sent your blessed Son to preach peace to those who are far off and to those who are near: Grant that people everywhere may seek after you and find you; bring the nations into your fold; pour out your Spirit upon all flesh; and hasten the coming of your kingdom; through Jesus Christ our Lord. 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

May the God of hope fill us with all joy and peace in believing through the power of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Romans 15:13