[{"todayIs":"3rd Sunday of Easter","season":"Easter","colour":"White","eventsToday":[],"morningPrayer":[{"heading":"1","content":"This is the day the Lord has made.
We will rejoice and be glad in it.","verse":"Psalm 118:24","note":""},{"heading":"","content":"Glory to God; Father, Son and Holy Spirit:
as in the beginning, so now, and forever. Amen.","verse":"","note":""},{"heading":"2 The Opening Canticle, A Song of Triumph (Venite)","content":"O come, let us sing to the Lord:
let us shout in triumph to the rock of our salvation.
Let us come before his face with thanksgiving:
and cry out to him joyfully in psalms.
For the Lord is a great God:
and a great king above all gods.
In his hand are the depths of the earth:
and the peaks of the mountains are his also.
The sea is his and he made it:
his hands moulded dry land.
Come, let us worship and bow down:
and kneel before the Lord our Maker.
For he is the Lord our God:
we are the people and the sheep of his pasture.
Today if only you would hear his voice:
'Do not harden your hearts as Israel did in the wilderness;
'When your forebears tested me:
put me to the proof though they had seen my works.
'Forty years long I detested that generation and said:
“It is a people who err in their hearts,
for they do not know my ways.”
'Of whom I swore in my wrath:
”They shall not enter into my rest.”'","verse":"Psalm 95","note":"or the Easter Anthems may be used during the Easter season."},{"heading":"3 The Opening Prayer","content":"The night has passed and the day lies open before us;
let us pray with one heart and mind.","verse":"","note":"Silence may be kept"},{"heading":"","content":"As we rejoice in the gift of this new day,
so may the light of your presence, O God,
set our hearts on fire with love for you;
now and for ever. Amen.","verse":"","note":"A pause for self-examination, the Confession and Absolution may be used here."},{"heading":"4 The Psalms as appointed. A pause is observed after each","type":"Psalm","content":[{"title":"none", "content":"No readings for Sunday"}],"verse":"","note":""},{"heading":"5 At the end of the (last) pause there may follow","content":"Lord God, whose blessed Son rose in triumph and set us free: grant us the fullness of life he promised us, that through the Holy Spirit our hearts may possess him whom our eyes cannot see, the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.","verse":"","note":""},{"heading":"6 One or two Readings from the Bible as appointed","type":"Bible","content":[{"title":"OT Reading", "content":"No readings for Sunday"},{"title":"NT Reading", "content":"No readings for Sunday"}],"verse":"","note":""},{"heading":"The reading may be followed by a period of silence for reflection, a hymn or","content":"May your word live in us
and bear much fruit to your glory.","verse":"","note":""},{"heading":"7 The Canticle, The Song of Zechariah (Benedictus)","content":"Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel:
who has come to his people and set them free
The Lord has raised up for us a mighty Saviour:
born of the house of his servant David.
Through the holy prophets, God promised of old:
to save us from our enemies, from the hands of all who hate us,
To show mercy to our forebears;
and to remember his holy covenant.
This was the oath God swore to our fathers Abraham:
to set us free from the hands of our enemies,
Free to worship him without fear:
holy and righteous before him, all the days of our life
And you, 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 the 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.","verse":"Luke 1:68-79","note":""},{"heading":"8 The Apostles' Creed may be said","content":"I believe in God, the Father almighty,
creator of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord,
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried;
he descended to the dead.
On the third day he rose from the dead;
he ascended into heaven,
he is seated at the right hand of the Father,
and he will come 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.","verse":"","note":""},{"heading":"9 The Prayers","content":"Lord have mercy.
Christ have mercy Lord have mercy.","verse":"","note":""},{"heading":"","content":"Our Father in heaven
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins
as we forgive those who sin against us.
Save us from the time of trial
and deliver us from evil.
For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours
now and for ever. Amen.","verse":"","note":""},{"heading":"10 The Collect of the Day","content":"","verse":"","note":""},{"heading":"11 Intercessions and Thanksgivings may be made according to local custom and need.","content":"","verse":"","note":""},{"heading":"12 The Morning Collect","content":"Eternal God and Father, by whose power we are created and by whose love we are redeemed; guide and strengthen us by your Spirit, that we may give ourselves to your service, and live this day in love to one another and to you; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.","verse":"","note":""},{"heading":"13","content":"The Lord be with you.
And also with you.
Let us praise the Lord.
Thanks be to God.","verse":"","note":""},{"heading":"","content":"The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with us all evermore. Amen","verse":"2 Corinthians 13:14","note":""}],"eveningPrayer":[{"heading":"1","content":"Grace, mercy and peace,
from God the Father, and Jesus Christ our Lord.","verse":"1 Timothy 1:2","note":""},{"heading":"","content":"Glory to God; Father, Son and Holy Spirit:
as in the beginning, so now, and forever. Amen.","verse":"","note":""},{"heading":"2 The Opening Canticle, The Praise of God's Servants","content":"Come now, praise the Lord, all you servants of the Lord:
you that stand by night in the house of the Lord.
Lift up your hands in the holy place and praise the Lord:
May the Lord bless you from Zion,
the Lord who made heaven and earth.","verse":"Psalm 134","note":""},{"heading":"3 The Opening Prayer","content":"The day is now past and the night is at hand.
Let us pray with one heart and mind.","verse":"","note":"Silence may be kept."},{"heading":"","content":"Father of lights, receive the prayer and praise we off you as our evening sacrifice; make us a light for all the world, delivered by your goodness from all the works of darkness; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord. Amen.","verse":"","note":"A pause for self-examination, the Confession and Absolution may be used here."},{"heading":"4 The Psalms as appointed. A pause is observed after each","type":"Psalm","content":[{"title":"none", "content":"No readings for Sunday"}],"verse":"","note":""},{"heading":"5 At the end of the (last) pause there may follow","content":"Lord of life, by the power of your resurrection, deliver us from all selfishness and bring us to the fullness of your joy; for you live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit, now and for ever. Amen.","verse":"","note":""},{"heading":"6 One or two Readings from the Bible as appointed","type":"Bible","content":[{"title":"OT Reading", "content":"No readings for Sunday"},{"title":"NT Reading", "content":"No readings for Sunday"}],"verse":"","note":""},{"heading":"The reading may be followed by a period of silence for reflection, a hymn or","content":"May your word live in us
and bear much fruit to your glory.","verse":"","note":""},{"heading":"7 The Canticle, The Song of Mary (Magnificat)","content":"My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord:
my spirit rejoices in God my Saviour,
Who has looked with favour on his lowly servant:
from this day all generations will call me blessed;
The Almighty has done great things for me:
and holy is his name
God has mercy on those who fear him:
from generation to generation.
The Lord has shown strength with his arm:
and scattered the proud in the conceit
Casting down the mighty from their thrones:
and lifting up the lowly.
God has filled the hungry with good things:
and sent the rich away empty.
He has come to the aid of his servant Israel:
to remember the promise of mercy,
The promise made to our forebears:
to Abraham and his children for ever.","verse":"Luke 1:47-55","note":""},{"heading":"8 The Apostles' Creed may be said","content":"I believe in God, the Father almighty,
creator of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord,
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried;
he descended to the dead.
On the third day he rose from the dead;
he ascended into heaven,
he is seated at the right hand of the Father,
and he will come 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.","verse":"","note":""},{"heading":"9 The Prayers","content":"Lord have mercy.
Christ have mercy Lord have mercy.","verse":"","note":""},{"heading":"10 The Lord's Prayer and the Collect of the Day","content":"Our Father in heaven
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins
as we forgive those who sin against us.
Save us from the time of trial
and deliver us from evil.
For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours
now and for ever. Amen.","verse":"","note":""},{"heading":"","content":"","verse":"","note":""},{"heading":"11 Intercessions and Thanksgivings may be made according to local custom and need.","content":"","verse":"","note":""},{"heading":"12 The Evening Collect","content":"Be present, merciful God, and protect us through the hours of this night; that we, who are wearied by the changes and chances of this fleeting world, may rest on your eternal changelessness; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.","verse":"","note":""},{"heading":"13","content":"The Lord be with you.
And also with you.
Let us praise the Lord.
Thanks be to God.","verse":"","note":""},{"heading":"","content":"May the God of peace, who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, equip us with everything good that we may do his will, to whom be glory for ever. Amen.","verse":"see Hebrews 13:20-21","note":""}]}]