Morning Prayer

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 Lessons

Psalm 5

⁽¹⁾ Give ear to my words, O LORD, Consider my meditation. ⁽²⁾ Give heed to the voice of my cry, My King and my God, For to You I will pray. ⁽³⁾ My voice You shall hear in the morning, O LORD; In the morning I will direct it to You, And I will look up. ⁽⁴⁾ For You are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness, Nor shall evil dwell with You.
 
⁽⁵⁾ The boastful shall not stand in Your sight; You hate all workers of iniquity. ⁽⁶⁾ You shall destroy those who speak falsehood; The LORD abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man. ⁽⁷⁾ But as for me, I will come into Your house in the multitude of Your mercy; In fear of You I will worship toward Your holy temple. ⁽⁸⁾ Lead me, O LORD, in Your righteousness because of my enemies; Make Your way straight before my face.
 
⁽⁹⁾ For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; Their inward part is destruction; Their throat is an open tomb; They flatter with their tongue. ⁽¹⁰⁾ Pronounce them guilty, O God! Let them fall by their own counsels; Cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions, For they have rebelled against You. ⁽¹¹⁾ But let all those rejoice who put their trust in You; Let them ever shout for joy, because You defend them; Let those also who love Your name Be joyful in You. ⁽¹²⁾ For You, O LORD, will bless the righteous; With favor You will surround him as with a shield.
 
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 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.

Proverbs Chapter 15

⁽¹⁶⁾ Better is a little with the fear of the LORD, Than great treasure with trouble. ⁽¹⁷⁾ Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, Than a fatted calf with hatred. ⁽¹⁸⁾ A wrathful man stirs up strife, But he who is slow to anger allays contention. ⁽¹⁹⁾ The way of the lazy man is like a hedge of thorns, But the way of the upright is a highway.
 
⁽²⁰⁾ A wise son makes a father glad, But a foolish man despises his mother. ⁽²¹⁾ Folly is joy to him who is destitute of discernment, But a man of understanding walks uprightly. ⁽²²⁾ Without counsel, plans go awry, But in the multitude of counselors they are established. ⁽²³⁾ A man has joy by the answer of his mouth, And a word spoken in due season, how good it is!
 
⁽²⁴⁾ The way of life winds upward for the wise, That he may turn away from hell below. ⁽²⁵⁾ The LORD will destroy the house of the proud, But He will establish the boundary of the widow. ⁽²⁶⁾ The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD, But the words of the pure are pleasant. ⁽²⁷⁾ He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house, But he who hates bribes will live.
 
⁽²⁸⁾ The heart of the righteous studies how to answer, But the mouth of the wicked pours forth evil. ⁽²⁹⁾ The LORD is far from the wicked, But He hears the prayer of the righteous. ⁽³⁰⁾ The light of the eyes rejoices the heart, And a good report makes the bones healthy. ⁽³¹⁾ The ear that hears the rebukes of life Will abide among the wise.
 
⁽³²⁾ He who disdains instruction despises his own soul, But he who heeds rebuke gets understanding. ⁽³³⁾ The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom, And before honor is humility.

The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

2 Timothy Chapter 2

⁽¹³⁾ If we are faithless, He remains faithful; He cannot deny Himself. ⁽¹⁴⁾ Remind them of these things, charging them before the Lord not to strive about words to no profit, to the ruin of the hearers. ⁽¹⁵⁾ Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. ⁽¹⁶⁾ But shun profane and idle babblings, for they will increase to more ungodliness.
 
⁽¹⁷⁾ And their message will spread like cancer. Hymenaeus and Philetus are of this sort, ⁽¹⁸⁾ who have strayed concerning the truth, saying that the resurrection is already past; and they overthrow the faith of some. ⁽¹⁹⁾ Nevertheless the solid foundation of God stands, having this seal: 'The Lord knows those who are His,' and, 'Let everyone who names the name of Christ depart from iniquity.' ⁽²⁰⁾ But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay, some for honor and some for dishonor.
 
⁽²¹⁾ Therefore if anyone cleanses himself from the latter, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified and useful for the Master, prepared for every good work. ⁽²²⁾ Flee also youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart. ⁽²³⁾ But avoid foolish and ignorant disputes, knowing that they generate strife. ⁽²⁴⁾ And a servant of the Lord must not quarrel but be gentle to all, able to teach, patient,
 
⁽²⁵⁾ in humility correcting those who are in opposition, if God perhaps will grant them repentance, so that they may know the truth, ⁽²⁶⁾ and that they may come to their senses and escape the snare of the devil, having been taken captive by him to do his will.

The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

John Chapter 12

⁽³⁶⁾ While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become sons of light.' These things Jesus spoke, and departed, and was hidden from them. ⁽³⁷⁾ But although He had done so many signs before them, they did not believe in Him, ⁽³⁸⁾ that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spoke: 'Lord, who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?' ⁽³⁹⁾ Therefore they could not believe, because Isaiah said again:
 
⁽⁴⁰⁾ He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, Lest they should see with their eyes, Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn, So that I should heal them.' ⁽⁴¹⁾ These things Isaiah said when he saw His glory and spoke of Him. ⁽⁴²⁾ Nevertheless even among the rulers many believed in Him, but because of the Pharisees they did not confess Him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue; ⁽⁴³⁾ for they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.
 
⁽⁴⁴⁾ Then Jesus cried out and said, 'He who believes in Me, believes not in Me but in Him who sent Me. ⁽⁴⁵⁾ And he who sees Me sees Him who sent Me. ⁽⁴⁶⁾ I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in Me should not abide in darkness. ⁽⁴⁷⁾ And if anyone hears My words and does not believe, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world.
 
⁽⁴⁸⁾ He who rejects Me, and does not receive My words, has that which judges him -- the word that I have spoken will judge him in the last day. ⁽⁴⁹⁾ For I have not spoken on My own authority; but the Father who sent Me gave Me a command, what I should say and what I should speak. ⁽⁵⁰⁾ And I know that His command is everlasting life. Therefore, whatever I speak, just as the Father has told Me, so I speak.'

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:  Eighth Sunday after the Epiphany
Most loving Father, whose will it is for us to give thanks for all things, to fear nothing but the loss of you, and to cast all our care on you who care for us: Preserve us from faithless fears and worldly anxieties, that no clouds of this mortal life may hide from us the light of that love which is immortal, and which you have manifested to us in your Son Jesus Christ our Lord; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. 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