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 26

⁽¹⁾ Vindicate me, O LORD, For I have walked in my integrity. I have also trusted in the LORD; I shall not slip. ⁽²⁾ Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; Try my mind and my heart. ⁽³⁾ For Your lovingkindness is before my eyes, And I have walked in Your truth. ⁽⁴⁾ I have not sat with idolatrous mortals, Nor will I go in with hypocrites.

⁽⁵⁾ I have hated the assembly of evildoers, And will not sit with the wicked. ⁽⁶⁾ I will wash my hands in innocence; So I will go about Your altar, O LORD, ⁽⁷⁾ That I may proclaim with the voice of thanksgiving, And tell of all Your wondrous works. ⁽⁸⁾ LORD, I have loved the habitation of Your house, And the place where Your glory dwells.

⁽⁹⁾ Do not gather my soul with sinners, Nor my life with bloodthirsty men, ⁽¹⁰⁾ In whose hands is a sinister scheme, And whose right hand is full of bribes. ⁽¹¹⁾ But as for me, I will walk in my integrity; Redeem me and be merciful to me. ⁽¹²⁾ My foot stands in an even place; In the congregations I will bless 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 28

⁽¹⁾ To You I will cry, O LORD my Rock: Do not be silent to me, Lest, if You are silent to me, I become like those who go down to the pit. ⁽²⁾ Hear the voice of my supplications When I cry to You, When I lift up my hands toward Your holy sanctuary. ⁽³⁾ Do not take me away with the wicked And with the workers of iniquity, Who speak peace to their neighbors, But evil is in their hearts. ⁽⁴⁾ Give them according to their deeds, And according to the wickedness of their endeavors; Give them according to the work of their hands; Render to them what they deserve.

⁽⁵⁾ Because they do not regard the works of the LORD, Nor the operation of His hands, He shall destroy them And not build them up. ⁽⁶⁾ Blessed be the LORD, Because He has heard the voice of my supplications! ⁽⁷⁾ The LORD is my strength and my shield; My heart trusted in Him, and I am helped; Therefore my heart greatly rejoices, And with my song I will praise Him. ⁽⁸⁾ The LORD is their strength, And He is the saving refuge of His anointed.

⁽⁹⁾ Save Your people, And bless Your inheritance; Shepherd them also, And bear them up forever.

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.

1 Timothy Chapter 1

⁽¹⁸⁾ This charge I commit to you, son Timothy, according to the prophecies previously made concerning you, that by them you may wage the good warfare, ⁽¹⁹⁾ having faith and a good conscience, which some having rejected, concerning the faith have suffered shipwreck, ⁽²⁰⁾ of whom are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I delivered to Satan that they may learn not to blaspheme. ⁽¹⁾ Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men, ⁽²⁾ for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence. ⁽³⁾ For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, ⁽⁴⁾ who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

⁽⁵⁾ For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus, ⁽⁶⁾ who gave Himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time, ⁽⁷⁾ for which I was appointed a preacher and an apostle -- I am speaking the truth in Christ and not lying -- a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth. ⁽⁸⁾ I desire therefore that the men pray everywhere, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting;

The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

Matthew Chapter 12

⁽³³⁾ Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or else make the tree bad and its fruit bad; for a tree is known by its fruit. ⁽³⁴⁾ Brood of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. ⁽³⁵⁾ A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good things, and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things. ⁽³⁶⁾ But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment.

⁽³⁷⁾ For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.' ⁽³⁸⁾ Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered, saying, 'Teacher, we want to see a sign from You.' ⁽³⁹⁾ But He answered and said to them, 'An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. ⁽⁴⁰⁾ For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

⁽⁴¹⁾ The men of Nineveh will rise up in the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and indeed a greater than Jonah is here. ⁽⁴²⁾ The queen of the South will rise up in the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and indeed a greater than Solomon is here.

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:  Proper 3 The Sunday closest to May 25
Grant, O Lord, that the course of this world may be peaceably governed by your providence; and that your Church may joyfully serve you in confidence and serenity; 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: 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