Morning Prayer

Ordinary Time
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ. Phillipians 1:2

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 earth is the Lord's for he made it: Come let us adore him.

The Lessons

Psalm 55

⁽¹⁾ Give ear to my prayer, O God, And do not hide Yourself from my supplication. ⁽²⁾ Attend to me, and hear me; I am restless in my complaint, and moan noisily, ⁽³⁾ Because of the voice of the enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked; For they bring down trouble upon me, And in wrath they hate me. ⁽⁴⁾ My heart is severely pained within me, And the terrors of death have fallen upon me.

⁽⁵⁾ Fearfulness and trembling have come upon me, And horror has overwhelmed me. ⁽⁶⁾ So I said, 'Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest. ⁽⁷⁾ Indeed, I would wander far off, And remain in the wilderness. Selah ⁽⁸⁾ I would hasten my escape From the windy storm and tempest.'

⁽⁹⁾ Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues, For I have seen violence and strife in the city. ⁽¹⁰⁾ Day and night they go around it on its walls; Iniquity and trouble are also in the midst of it. ⁽¹¹⁾ Destruction is in its midst; Oppression and deceit do not depart from its streets. ⁽¹²⁾ For it is not an enemy who reproaches me; Then I could bear it. Nor is it one who hates me who has exalted himself against me; Then I could hide from him.

⁽¹³⁾ But it was you, a man my equal, My companion and my acquaintance. ⁽¹⁴⁾ We took sweet counsel together, And walked to the house of God in the throng. ⁽¹⁵⁾ Let death seize them; Let them go down alive into hell, For wickedness is in their dwellings and among them. ⁽¹⁶⁾ As for me, I will call upon God, And the LORD shall save me.

⁽¹⁷⁾ Evening and morning and at noon I will pray, and cry aloud, And He shall hear my voice. ⁽¹⁸⁾ He has redeemed my soul in peace from the battle that was against me, For there were many against me. ⁽¹⁹⁾ God will hear, and afflict them, Even He who abides from of old. Selah Because they do not change, Therefore they do not fear God. ⁽²⁰⁾ He has put forth his hands against those who were at peace with him; He has broken his covenant.

⁽²¹⁾ The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, But war was in his heart; His words were softer than oil, Yet they were drawn swords. ⁽²²⁾ Cast your burden on the LORD, And He shall sustain you; He shall never permit the righteous to be moved. ⁽²³⁾ But You, O God, shall bring them down to the pit of destruction; Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; But I will trust 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.

Ecclesiastes Chapter 5

⁽⁸⁾ If you see the oppression of the poor, and the violent perversion of justice and righteousness in a province, do not marvel at the matter; for high official watches over high official, and higher officials are over them. ⁽⁹⁾ Moreover the profit of the land is for all; even the king is served from the field. ⁽¹⁰⁾ He who loves silver will not be satisfied with silver; Nor he who loves abundance, with increase. This also is vanity. ⁽¹¹⁾ When goods increase, They increase who eat them; So what profit have the owners Except to see them with their eyes?

⁽¹²⁾ The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, Whether he eats little or much; But the abundance of the rich will not permit him to sleep. ⁽¹³⁾ There is a severe evil which I have seen under the sun: Riches kept for their owner to his hurt. ⁽¹⁴⁾ But those riches perish through misfortune; When he begets a son, there is nothing in his hand. ⁽¹⁵⁾ As he came from his mother's womb, naked shall he return, To go as he came; And he shall take nothing from his labor Which he may carry away in his hand.

⁽¹⁶⁾ And this also is a severe evil -- Just exactly as he came, so shall he go. And what profit has he who has labored for the wind? ⁽¹⁷⁾ All his days he also eats in darkness, And he has much sorrow and sickness and anger. ⁽¹⁸⁾ Here is what I have seen: It is good and fitting for one to eat and drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labor in which he toils under the sun all the days of his life which God gives him; for it is his heritage. ⁽¹⁹⁾ As for every man to whom God has given riches and wealth, and given him power to eat of it, to receive his heritage and rejoice in his labor -- this is the gift of God.

⁽²⁰⁾ For he will not dwell unduly on the days of his life, because God keeps him busy with the joy of his heart.

The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

Galatians Chapter 3

⁽²³⁾ But before faith came, we were kept under guard by the law, kept for the faith which would afterward be revealed. ⁽²⁴⁾ Therefore the law was our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith. ⁽²⁵⁾ But after faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor. ⁽²⁶⁾ For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.

⁽²⁷⁾ For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. ⁽²⁸⁾ There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. ⁽²⁹⁾ And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise. ⁽¹⁾ Now I say that the heir, as long as he is a child, does not differ at all from a slave, though he is master of all, ⁽²⁾ but is under guardians and stewards until the time appointed by the father. ⁽³⁾ Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world. ⁽⁴⁾ But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,

⁽⁵⁾ to redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons. ⁽⁶⁾ And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying out, 'Abba, Father!' ⁽⁷⁾ Therefore you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ. ⁽⁸⁾ But then, indeed, when you did not know God, you served those which by nature are not gods.

⁽⁹⁾ But now after you have known God, or rather are known by God, how is it that you turn again to the weak and beggarly elements, to which you desire again to be in bondage? ⁽¹⁰⁾ You observe days and months and seasons and years. ⁽¹¹⁾ I am afraid for you, lest I have labored for you in vain.

The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

Matthew Chapter 15

⁽¹⁾ Then the scribes and Pharisees who were from Jerusalem came to Jesus, saying, ⁽²⁾ Why do Your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread.' ⁽³⁾ He answered and said to them, 'Why do you also transgress the commandment of God because of your tradition? ⁽⁴⁾ For God commanded, saying, 'Honor your father and your mother'; and, 'He who curses father or mother, let him be put to death.'

⁽⁵⁾ But you say, 'Whoever says to his father or mother, 'Whatever profit you might have received from me is a gift to God' -- ⁽⁶⁾ then he need not honor his father or mother.' Thus you have made the commandment of God of no effect by your tradition. ⁽⁷⁾ Hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy about you, saying: ⁽⁸⁾ These people draw near to Me with their mouth, And honor Me with their lips, But their heart is far from Me.

⁽⁹⁾ And in vain they worship Me, Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.' ' ⁽¹⁰⁾ When He had called the multitude to Himself, He said to them, 'Hear and understand: ⁽¹¹⁾ Not what goes into the mouth defiles a man; but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man.' ⁽¹²⁾ Then His disciples came and said to Him, 'Do You know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?'

⁽¹³⁾ But He answered and said, 'Every plant which My heavenly Father has not planted will be uprooted. ⁽¹⁴⁾ Let them alone. They are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind leads the blind, both will fall into a ditch.' ⁽¹⁵⁾ Then Peter answered and said to Him, 'Explain this parable to us.' ⁽¹⁶⁾ So Jesus said, 'Are you also still without understanding?

⁽¹⁷⁾ Do you not yet understand that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and is eliminated? ⁽¹⁸⁾ But those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and they defile a man. ⁽¹⁹⁾ For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies. ⁽²⁰⁾ These are the things which defile a man, but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a man.'

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:  Proper 4 The Sunday closest to June 1
O God, your never failing providence sets in order all things both in heaven and earth: Put away from us, we entreat you, all hurtful things, and give us those things which are profitable for us; 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