Morning Prayer

Epiphany
Nations shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising. Isaiah 60:3

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 148

⁽¹⁾ Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD from the heavens; Praise Him in the heights! ⁽²⁾ Praise Him, all His angels; Praise Him, all His hosts! ⁽³⁾ Praise Him, sun and moon; Praise Him, all you stars of light! ⁽⁴⁾ Praise Him, you heavens of heavens, And you waters above the heavens!
 
⁽⁵⁾ Let them praise the name of the LORD, For He commanded and they were created. ⁽⁶⁾ He also established them forever and ever; He made a decree which shall not pass away. ⁽⁷⁾ Praise the LORD from the earth, You great sea creatures and all the depths; ⁽⁸⁾ Fire and hail, snow and clouds; Stormy wind, fulfilling His word;
 
⁽⁹⁾ Mountains and all hills; Fruitful trees and all cedars; ⁽¹⁰⁾ Beasts and all cattle; Creeping things and flying fowl; ⁽¹¹⁾ Kings of the earth and all peoples; Princes and all judges of the earth; ⁽¹²⁾ Both young men and maidens; Old men and children.
 
⁽¹³⁾ Let them praise the name of the LORD, For His name alone is exalted; His glory is above the earth and heaven. ⁽¹⁴⁾ And He has exalted the horn of His people, The praise of all His saints -- Of the children of Israel, A people near to Him. Praise the LORD!

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 149

⁽¹⁾ Praise the LORD! Sing to the LORD a new song, And His praise in the assembly of saints. ⁽²⁾ Let Israel rejoice in their Maker; Let the children of Zion be joyful in their King. ⁽³⁾ Let them praise His name with the dance; Let them sing praises to Him with the timbrel and harp. ⁽⁴⁾ For the LORD takes pleasure in His people; He will beautify the humble with salvation.
 
⁽⁵⁾ Let the saints be joyful in glory; Let them sing aloud on their beds. ⁽⁶⁾ Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, And a two-edged sword in their hand, ⁽⁷⁾ To execute vengeance on the nations, And punishments on the peoples; ⁽⁸⁾ To bind their kings with chains, And their nobles with fetters of iron;
 
⁽⁹⁾ To execute on them the written judgment -- This honor have all His saints. Praise the LORD!

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 150

⁽¹⁾ Praise the LORD! Praise God in His sanctuary; Praise Him in His mighty firmament! ⁽²⁾ Praise Him for His mighty acts; Praise Him according to His excellent greatness! ⁽³⁾ Praise Him with the sound of the trumpet; Praise Him with the lute and harp! ⁽⁴⁾ Praise Him with the timbrel and dance; Praise Him with stringed instruments and flutes!
 
⁽⁵⁾ Praise Him with loud cymbals; Praise Him with clashing cymbals! ⁽⁶⁾ Let everything that has breath praise the LORD. Praise the LORD!

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 7

⁽¹⁾ Then the LORD said to Noah, 'Come into the ark, you and all your household, because I have seen that you are righteous before Me in this generation. ⁽²⁾ You shall take with you seven each of every clean animal, a male and his female; two each of animals that are unclean, a male and his female; ⁽³⁾ also seven each of birds of the air, male and female, to keep the species alive on the face of all the earth. ⁽⁴⁾ For after seven more days I will cause it to rain on the earth forty days and forty nights, and I will destroy from the face of the earth all living things that I have made.'
 
⁽⁵⁾ And Noah did according to all that the LORD commanded him. ⁽⁶⁾ Noah was six hundred years old when the floodwaters were on the earth. ⁽⁷⁾ So Noah, with his sons, his wife, and his sons' wives, went into the ark because of the waters of the flood. ⁽⁸⁾ Of clean animals, of animals that are unclean, of birds, and of everything that creeps on the earth,
 
⁽⁹⁾ two by two they went into the ark to Noah, male and female, as God had commanded Noah. ⁽¹⁰⁾ And it came to pass after seven days that the waters of the flood were on the earth. ⁽¹¹⁾ In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. ⁽¹²⁾ And the rain was on the earth forty days and forty nights.
 
⁽¹³⁾ On the very same day Noah and Noah's sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and Noah's wife and the three wives of his sons with them, entered the ark -- ⁽¹⁴⁾ they and every beast after its kind, all cattle after their kind, every creeping thing that creeps on the earth after its kind, and every bird after its kind, every bird of every sort. ⁽¹⁵⁾ And they went into the ark to Noah, two by two, of all flesh in which is the breath of life. ⁽¹⁶⁾ So those that entered, male and female of all flesh, went in as God had commanded him; and the LORD shut him in.
 
⁽¹⁷⁾ Now the flood was on the earth forty days. The waters increased and lifted up the ark, and it rose high above the earth. ⁽¹⁸⁾ The waters prevailed and greatly increased on the earth, and the ark moved about on the surface of the waters. ⁽¹⁹⁾ And the waters prevailed exceedingly on the earth, and all the high hills under the whole heaven were covered. ⁽²⁰⁾ The waters prevailed fifteen cubits upward, and the mountains were covered.
 
⁽²¹⁾ And all flesh died that moved on the earth: birds and cattle and beasts and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, and every man. ⁽²²⁾ All in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, all that was on the dry land, died. ⁽²³⁾ So He destroyed all living things which were on the face of the ground: both man and cattle, creeping thing and bird of the air. They were destroyed from the earth. Only Noah and those who were with him in the ark remained alive.

The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

Ephesians Chapter 4

⁽¹⁾ I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called, ⁽²⁾ with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love, ⁽³⁾ endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. ⁽⁴⁾ There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling;
 
⁽⁵⁾ one Lord, one faith, one baptism; ⁽⁶⁾ one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all. ⁽⁷⁾ But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ's gift. ⁽⁸⁾ Therefore He says: 'When He ascended on high, He led captivity captive, And gave gifts to men.'
 
⁽⁹⁾ (Now this, 'He ascended' -- what does it mean but that He also first descended into the lower parts of the earth? ⁽¹⁰⁾ He who descended is also the One who ascended far above all the heavens, that He might fill all things.) ⁽¹¹⁾ And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, ⁽¹²⁾ for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ,
 
⁽¹³⁾ till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ; ⁽¹⁴⁾ that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting, ⁽¹⁵⁾ but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head -- Christ -- ⁽¹⁶⁾ from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love.
 
The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

Mark Chapter 3

⁽⁷⁾ But Jesus withdrew with His disciples to the sea. And a great multitude from Galilee followed Him, and from Judea ⁽⁸⁾ and Jerusalem and Idumea and beyond the Jordan; and those from Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when they heard how many things He was doing, came to Him. ⁽⁹⁾ So He told His disciples that a small boat should be kept ready for Him because of the multitude, lest they should crush Him. ⁽¹⁰⁾ For He healed many, so that as many as had afflictions pressed about Him to touch Him.
 
⁽¹¹⁾ And the unclean spirits, whenever they saw Him, fell down before Him and cried out, saying, 'You are the Son of God.' ⁽¹²⁾ But He sternly warned them that they should not make Him known. ⁽¹³⁾ And He went up on the mountain and called to Him those He Himself wanted. And they came to Him. ⁽¹⁴⁾ Then He appointed twelve, that they might be with Him and that He might send them out to preach,
 
⁽¹⁵⁾ and to have power to heal sicknesses and to cast out demons: ⁽¹⁶⁾ Simon, to whom He gave the name Peter; ⁽¹⁷⁾ James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of James, to whom He gave the name Boanerges, that is, 'Sons of Thunder'; ⁽¹⁸⁾ Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Cananite;
 
⁽¹⁹⁾ and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed Him. And they went into a house.

The Gospel of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.


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.

You are God        
You are God: we praise you;
You are the Lord; we acclaim you;
You are the eternal Father:
All creation worships you.
To you all angels, all the powers of heaven,
Cherubim and Seraphim, sing in endless praise:
Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might,
heaven and earth are full of your glory.
The glorious company of apostles praise you.
The noble fellowship of prophets praise you.
The white-robed army of martyrs praise you.
Throughout the world the holy Church acclaims you;
Father, of majesty unbounded,
your true and only Son, worthy of all worship,
and the Holy Spirit, advocate and guide.
You, Christ, are the king of glory,
the eternal Son of the Father.
When you became man to set us free
you did not shun the Virgin's womb.
You overcame the sting of death
and opened the kingdom of heaven to all believers.
You are seated at God's right hand in glory.
We believe that you will come and be our judge.
Come then, Lord, and help your people,
bought with the price of your own blood,
and bring us with your saints
to glory everlasting.


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:  Second Sunday after the Epiphany
Almighty God, whose Son our Savior Jesus Christ is the light of the world: Grant that your people, illumined by your Word and Sacraments, may shine with the radiance of Christ’s glory, that he may be known, worshiped, and obeyed to the ends of the earth; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, one God, now and forever. Amen.

Collect of the Day: O God, you make us glad with the weekly remembrance of the glorious resurrection of your Son our Lord: Give us this day such blessing through our worship of you, that the week to come may be spent in your favor; 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