This is the message we have heard from Christ:
that God is light, in whom there is
no darkness at all
1
1 John 1:5
Glory to God; Father, Son and Holy Spirit:
as in the beginning, so now, and for ever. Amen.
as in the beginning, so now, and for ever. Amen.
2 The Opening Canticle, A Song of God's Herald
Go up to a high mountain
herald of good tiding to Zion:
lift up your voice with strength,
herald of good tidings to Jerusalem.
Lift up your voice, fear not:
say to the cities of Judah, 'Behold your God!'
See the Lord God, coming with power:
coming to rule with his mighty arm.
He brings his reward for the people of God:
the recompense for those who are saved.
God will feed his flock like a shepherd:
and gather the lambs in his arms;
He will hold them to his breast:
and gently lead those that are with young.
herald of good tiding to Zion:
lift up your voice with strength,
herald of good tidings to Jerusalem.
Lift up your voice, fear not:
say to the cities of Judah, 'Behold your God!'
See the Lord God, coming with power:
coming to rule with his mighty arm.
He brings his reward for the people of God:
the recompense for those who are saved.
God will feed his flock like a shepherd:
and gather the lambs in his arms;
He will hold them to his breast:
and gently lead those that are with young.
Isaiah 40:9-11
3 The Opening Prayer
The night has passed and the day lies open before us;
let us pray with one heart and mind.
let us pray with one heart and mind.
Silence may be kept
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.
so may the light of your presence, O God,
set our hearts on fire with love for you;
now and for ever. Amen.
4 The Psalms as appointed. A pause is observed after each
1 Hear my teaching, O my people; •
incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
2 I will open my mouth in a parable; •
I will pour forth mysteries from of old,
3 Such as we have heard and known, •
which our forebears have told us.
4 We will not hide from their children,
but will recount to generations to come, •
the praises of the Lord and his power
and the wonderful works he has done.
5 He laid a solemn charge on Jacob
and made it a law in Israel, •
which he commanded them to teach their children,
6 That the generations to come might know,
and the children yet unborn, •
that they in turn might tell it to their children;
7 So that they might put their trust in God •
and not forget the deeds of God,
but keep his commandments,
8 And not be like their forebears,
a stubborn and rebellious generation, •
a generation whose heart was not steadfast,
and whose spirit was not faithful to God.
9 The people of Ephraim, armed with the bow, •
turned back in the day of battle;
10 They did not keep the covenant of God •
and refused to walk in his law;
11 They forgot what he had done •
and the wonders he had shown them.
12 For he did marvellous things in the sight of their forebears, •
in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
13 He divided the sea and let them pass through; •
he made the waters stand still in a heap.
14 He led them with a cloud by day •
and all the night through with a blaze of fire.
15 He split the hard rocks in the wilderness •
and gave them drink as from the great deep.
16 He brought streams out of the rock •
and made water gush out like rivers.
17 Yet for all this they sinned more against him •
and defied the Most High in the wilderness.
18 They tested God in their hearts •
and demanded food for their craving.
19 They spoke against God and said, •
‘Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?
20 ‘He struck the rock indeed, so that the waters gushed out
and the streams overflowed, •
but can he give bread or provide meat for his people?’
21 When the Lord heard this, he was full of wrath; •
a fire was kindled against Jacob
and his anger went out against Israel,
22 For they had no faith in God •
and put no trust in his saving help.
23 So he commanded the clouds above •
and opened the doors of heaven.
24 He rained down upon them manna to eat •
and gave them the grain of heaven.
25 So mortals ate the bread of angels; •
he sent them food in plenty.
26 He caused the east wind to blow in the heavens •
and led out the south wind by his might.
27 He rained flesh upon them as thick as dust •
and winged fowl like the sand of the sea.
28 He let it fall in the midst of their camp •
and round about their tents.
29 So they ate and were well filled, •
for he gave them what they desired.
30 But they did not stop their craving; •
their food was still in their mouths,
31 When the anger of God rose against them, •
and slew their strongest men
and felled the flower of Israel.
32 But for all this, they sinned yet more •
and put no faith in his wonderful works.
33 So he brought their days to an end like a breath •
and their years in sudden terror.
34 Whenever he slew them, they would seek him; •
they would repent and earnestly search for God.
35 They remembered that God was their rock •
and the Most High God their redeemer.
36 Yet they did but flatter him with their mouth •
and dissembled with their tongue.
37 Their heart was not steadfast towards him, •
neither were they faithful to his covenant.
38 But he was so merciful that he forgave their misdeeds
and did not destroy them; •
many a time he turned back his wrath
and did not suffer his whole displeasure to be roused.
39 For he remembered that they were but flesh, •
a wind that passes by and does not return.
incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
2 I will open my mouth in a parable; •
I will pour forth mysteries from of old,
3 Such as we have heard and known, •
which our forebears have told us.
4 We will not hide from their children,
but will recount to generations to come, •
the praises of the Lord and his power
and the wonderful works he has done.
5 He laid a solemn charge on Jacob
and made it a law in Israel, •
which he commanded them to teach their children,
6 That the generations to come might know,
and the children yet unborn, •
that they in turn might tell it to their children;
7 So that they might put their trust in God •
and not forget the deeds of God,
but keep his commandments,
8 And not be like their forebears,
a stubborn and rebellious generation, •
a generation whose heart was not steadfast,
and whose spirit was not faithful to God.
9 The people of Ephraim, armed with the bow, •
turned back in the day of battle;
10 They did not keep the covenant of God •
and refused to walk in his law;
11 They forgot what he had done •
and the wonders he had shown them.
12 For he did marvellous things in the sight of their forebears, •
in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
13 He divided the sea and let them pass through; •
he made the waters stand still in a heap.
14 He led them with a cloud by day •
and all the night through with a blaze of fire.
15 He split the hard rocks in the wilderness •
and gave them drink as from the great deep.
16 He brought streams out of the rock •
and made water gush out like rivers.
17 Yet for all this they sinned more against him •
and defied the Most High in the wilderness.
18 They tested God in their hearts •
and demanded food for their craving.
19 They spoke against God and said, •
‘Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?
20 ‘He struck the rock indeed, so that the waters gushed out
and the streams overflowed, •
but can he give bread or provide meat for his people?’
21 When the Lord heard this, he was full of wrath; •
a fire was kindled against Jacob
and his anger went out against Israel,
22 For they had no faith in God •
and put no trust in his saving help.
23 So he commanded the clouds above •
and opened the doors of heaven.
24 He rained down upon them manna to eat •
and gave them the grain of heaven.
25 So mortals ate the bread of angels; •
he sent them food in plenty.
26 He caused the east wind to blow in the heavens •
and led out the south wind by his might.
27 He rained flesh upon them as thick as dust •
and winged fowl like the sand of the sea.
28 He let it fall in the midst of their camp •
and round about their tents.
29 So they ate and were well filled, •
for he gave them what they desired.
30 But they did not stop their craving; •
their food was still in their mouths,
31 When the anger of God rose against them, •
and slew their strongest men
and felled the flower of Israel.
32 But for all this, they sinned yet more •
and put no faith in his wonderful works.
33 So he brought their days to an end like a breath •
and their years in sudden terror.
34 Whenever he slew them, they would seek him; •
they would repent and earnestly search for God.
35 They remembered that God was their rock •
and the Most High God their redeemer.
36 Yet they did but flatter him with their mouth •
and dissembled with their tongue.
37 Their heart was not steadfast towards him, •
neither were they faithful to his covenant.
38 But he was so merciful that he forgave their misdeeds
and did not destroy them; •
many a time he turned back his wrath
and did not suffer his whole displeasure to be roused.
39 For he remembered that they were but flesh, •
a wind that passes by and does not return.
5 At the end of the (last) pause there may follow
Almighty God, who wonderfully created us in your own image and yet more wonderfully restored us in your Son Jesus Christ: grant that, as he came to share our human nature, so we may be partakers in his divine glory; who is alive and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
6 One or two Readings from the Bible as appointed
Genesis 32:3–30 (Listen)
3 And Jacob sent1 messengers before him to Esau his brother in the land of Seir, the country of Edom, 4 instructing them, “Thus you shall say to my lord Esau: Thus says your servant Jacob, ‘I have sojourned with Laban and stayed until now. 5 I have oxen, donkeys, flocks, male servants, and female servants. I have sent to tell my lord, in order that I may find favor in your sight.’”
6 And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, “We came to your brother Esau, and he is coming to meet you, and there are four hundred men with him.” 7 Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed. He divided the people who were with him, and the flocks and herds and camels, into two camps, 8 thinking, “If Esau comes to the one camp and attacks it, then the camp that is left will escape.”
9 And Jacob said, “O God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, O LORD who said to me, ‘Return to your country and to your kindred, that I may do you good,’ 10 I am not worthy of the least of all the deeds of steadfast love and all the faithfulness that you have shown to your servant, for with only my staff I crossed this Jordan, and now I have become two camps. 11 Please deliver me from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau, for I fear him, that he may come and attack me, the mothers with the children. 12 But you said, ‘I will surely do you good, and make your offspring as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.’”
13 So he stayed there that night, and from what he had with him he took a present for his brother Esau, 14 two hundred female goats and twenty male goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams, 15 thirty milking camels and their calves, forty cows and ten bulls, twenty female donkeys and ten male donkeys. 16 These he handed over to his servants, every drove by itself, and said to his servants, “Pass on ahead of me and put a space between drove and drove.” 17 He instructed the first, “When Esau my brother meets you and asks you, ‘To whom do you belong? Where are you going? And whose are these ahead of you?’ 18 then you shall say, ‘They belong to your servant Jacob. They are a present sent to my lord Esau. And moreover, he is behind us.’” 19 He likewise instructed the second and the third and all who followed the droves, “You shall say the same thing to Esau when you find him, 20 and you shall say, ‘Moreover, your servant Jacob is behind us.’” For he thought, “I may appease him2 with the present that goes ahead of me, and afterward I shall see his face. Perhaps he will accept me.”3 21 So the present passed on ahead of him, and he himself stayed that night in the camp.
Jacob Wrestles with God
22 The same night he arose and took his two wives, his two female servants, and his eleven children,4 and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. 23 He took them and sent them across the stream, and everything else that he had. 24 And Jacob was left alone. And a man wrestled with him until the breaking of the day. 25 When the man saw that he did not prevail against Jacob, he touched his hip socket, and Jacob’s hip was put out of joint as he wrestled with him. 26 Then he said, “Let me go, for the day has broken.” But Jacob said, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.” 27 And he said to him, “What is your name?” And he said, “Jacob.” 28 Then he said, “Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel,5 for you have striven with God and with men, and have prevailed.” 29 Then Jacob asked him, “Please tell me your name.” But he said, “Why is it that you ask my name?” And there he blessed him. 30 So Jacob called the name of the place Peniel,6 saying, “For I have seen God face to face, and yet my life has been delivered.”
Footnotes
[1] 32:3
[2] 32:20
[3] 32:20
[4] 32:22
[5] 32:28
[6] 32:30
(ESV)
Titus 2 (Listen)
Teach Sound Doctrine
2:1 But as for you, teach what accords with sound1 doctrine. 2 Older men are to be sober-minded, dignified, self-controlled, sound in faith, in love, and in steadfastness. 3 Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good, 4 and so train the young women to love their husbands and children, 5 to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled. 6 Likewise, urge the younger men to be self-controlled. 7 Show yourself in all respects to be a model of good works, and in your teaching show integrity, dignity, 8 and sound speech that cannot be condemned, so that an opponent may be put to shame, having nothing evil to say about us. 9 Bondservants2 are to be submissive to their own masters in everything; they are to be well-pleasing, not argumentative, 10 not pilfering, but showing all good faith, so that in everything they may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior.
11 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, 12 training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, 13 waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, 14 who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works.
15 Declare these things; exhort and rebuke with all authority. Let no one disregard you.
Footnotes
[1] 2:1
[2] 2:9
(ESV)
The reading may be followed by a period of silence for reflection, a hymn or
May your word live in us
and bear much fruit to your glory.
and bear much fruit to your glory.
7 The Canticle, The Hymn of the Word
In the beginning was the Word:
and the Word was with God,
And the Word was God:
He was in the beginning with God.
All things were made through him:
and without him, was not anything made that was made.
In him was life:
and the life was the light of all people.
The light shines in the darkness:
and the darkness has not overcome it.
He was in the world:
and the world was made through him
yet the world knew him not.
He came to his own home:
and his own people received him not.
But to all who received him who believed on his name:
he has given power to become children of God;
Who were born not of blood
nor of the will of the flesh:
nor of the will of a man but of God,
And the Word became flesh:
and dwelt among us full of grace and truth;
We have beheld his glory:
glory as of the only Son from the Father,
And from his fullness have we all received:
the grace upon grace.
and the Word was with God,
And the Word was God:
He was in the beginning with God.
All things were made through him:
and without him, was not anything made that was made.
In him was life:
and the life was the light of all people.
The light shines in the darkness:
and the darkness has not overcome it.
He was in the world:
and the world was made through him
yet the world knew him not.
He came to his own home:
and his own people received him not.
But to all who received him who believed on his name:
he has given power to become children of God;
Who were born not of blood
nor of the will of the flesh:
nor of the will of a man but of God,
And the Word became flesh:
and dwelt among us full of grace and truth;
We have beheld his glory:
glory as of the only Son from the Father,
And from his fullness have we all received:
the grace upon grace.
John 1:1-5, 10-14, 16
8 The Apostles' Creed may be said
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.
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.
9 The Prayers
Lord have mercy.
Christ have mercy Lord have mercy.
Christ have mercy Lord have mercy.
10 The Lord's Prayer and the Collect of the Day
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.
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.
Almighty God,
who give to your servant N
boldness to confess the name of Jesus Christ
and courage to die for this faith:
teach us to always to be ready
to give a reason for the hope that is in us,
and to suffer gladly for the sake of our Lord and Saviour;
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
who give to your servant N
boldness to confess the name of Jesus Christ
and courage to die for this faith:
teach us to always to be ready
to give a reason for the hope that is in us,
and to suffer gladly for the sake of our Lord and Saviour;
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Almighty God,
by whose grace and power
your holy martyr N triumphed over suffering
and was faithful even to death:
grant that we, who now remember him/her in thanksgiving,
may be so faithful in our witness to you in this world,
that we may receive with him/her the crown of everlasting life;
through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
by whose grace and power
your holy martyr N triumphed over suffering
and was faithful even to death:
grant that we, who now remember him/her in thanksgiving,
may be so faithful in our witness to you in this world,
that we may receive with him/her the crown of everlasting life;
through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
11 Intercessions and Thanksgivings may be made according to local custom and need.
12 The Morning Collect
Lord and heavenly Father,
you have brought us safely to this new day:
keep us by your mighty power, protect us from sin,
guard us from every kind of danger,
and in all we do this day
direct us in the fulfilling of your purpose,
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
you have brought us safely to this new day:
keep us by your mighty power, protect us from sin,
guard us from every kind of danger,
and in all we do this day
direct us in the fulfilling of your purpose,
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
13
The Lord be with you.
And also with you.
Let us praise the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
And also with you.
Let us praise the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
May the God of peace equip us with everything good so that we may do his will; and may he work in us that which is pleasing in his sight; through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever. Amen.
see Hebrews 13:20-21
1
The Lord our God the Almighty reigns.
Let us rejoice and exult and give God the glory.
Let us rejoice and exult and give God the glory.
Revelation 19:6-7
Glory to God; Father, Son and Holy Spirit:
as in the beginning, so now, and for ever. Amen.
as in the beginning, so now, and for ever. Amen.
2 The Opening Canticle, A Song for Joy
Be joyful in the Lord, all the earth:
serve the Lord with gladness
and come before his presence with singing.
Know that the Lord is God:
it is he who has made us, and we are his;
for we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
Enter his gates with thanksgiving;
go into his courts with praise:
give thanks to him and praise his name.
For the Lord is good;
his loving-kindness is everlasting:
and his faithfulness endures from age to age.
serve the Lord with gladness
and come before his presence with singing.
Know that the Lord is God:
it is he who has made us, and we are his;
for we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
Enter his gates with thanksgiving;
go into his courts with praise:
give thanks to him and praise his name.
For the Lord is good;
his loving-kindness is everlasting:
and his faithfulness endures from age to age.
Psalm 100
3 The Opening Prayer
The day is now passed and the night is at hand.
Let us pray with one heart and mind.
Let us pray with one heart and mind.
Silence may be kept
Father of lights, receive the prayer and praise we offer 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.
4 The Psalms as appointed. A pause is observed after each
40 How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness •
and grieved him in the desert!
41 Again and again they tempted God •
and provoked the Holy One of Israel.
42 They did not remember his power •
in the day when he redeemed them from the enemy;
43 How he had wrought his signs in Egypt •
and his wonders in the field of Zoan.
44 He turned their rivers into blood, •
so that they could not drink of their streams.
45 He sent swarms of flies among them, which devoured them, •
and frogs which brought them ruin.
46 He gave their produce to the caterpillar, •
the fruit of their toil to the locust.
47 He destroyed their vines with hailstones •
and their sycamore trees with the frost.
48 He delivered their cattle to hailstones •
and their flocks to thunderbolts.
49 He set loose on them his blazing anger: •
fury, displeasure and trouble,
a troop of destroying angels.
50 He made a way for his anger
and spared not their souls from death, •
but gave their life over to the pestilence.
51 He smote the firstborn of Egypt, •
the first fruits of their strength in the tents of Ham.
52 But he led out his people like sheep •
and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
53 He led them to safety and they were not afraid, •
but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
54 He brought them to his holy place, •
the mountain which his right hand took in possession.
55 He drove out the nations before them
and shared out to them their inheritance; •
he settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.
56 Yet still they tested God Most High
and rebelled against him, •
and would not keep his commandments.
57 They turned back and fell away like their forebears, •
starting aside like an unstrung bow.
58 They grieved him with their hill altars •
and provoked him to displeasure with their idols.
59 God heard and was greatly angered, •
and utterly rejected Israel.
60 He forsook the tabernacle at Shiloh, •
the tent of his presence on earth.
61 He gave the ark of his strength into captivity, •
his splendour into the adversary’s hand.
62 He delivered his people to the sword •
and raged against his inheritance.
63 The fire consumed their young men; •
there was no one to lament their maidens.
64 Their priests fell by the sword, •
and their widows made no lamentation.
65 Then the Lord woke as out of sleep, •
like a warrior who had been overcome with wine.
66 He struck his enemies from behind •
and put them to perpetual shame.
67 He rejected the tent of Joseph •
and chose not the tribe of Ephraim,
68 But he chose the tribe of Judah •
and the hill of Zion, which he loved.
69 And there he built his sanctuary like the heights of heaven, •
like the earth which he founded for ever.
70 He chose David also, his servant, •
and took him away from the sheepfolds.
71 From following the ewes with their lambs he took him, •
that he might shepherd Jacob his people
and Israel his inheritance.
72 So he shepherded them with a devoted heart •
and with skilful hands he guided them.
and grieved him in the desert!
41 Again and again they tempted God •
and provoked the Holy One of Israel.
42 They did not remember his power •
in the day when he redeemed them from the enemy;
43 How he had wrought his signs in Egypt •
and his wonders in the field of Zoan.
44 He turned their rivers into blood, •
so that they could not drink of their streams.
45 He sent swarms of flies among them, which devoured them, •
and frogs which brought them ruin.
46 He gave their produce to the caterpillar, •
the fruit of their toil to the locust.
47 He destroyed their vines with hailstones •
and their sycamore trees with the frost.
48 He delivered their cattle to hailstones •
and their flocks to thunderbolts.
49 He set loose on them his blazing anger: •
fury, displeasure and trouble,
a troop of destroying angels.
50 He made a way for his anger
and spared not their souls from death, •
but gave their life over to the pestilence.
51 He smote the firstborn of Egypt, •
the first fruits of their strength in the tents of Ham.
52 But he led out his people like sheep •
and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
53 He led them to safety and they were not afraid, •
but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
54 He brought them to his holy place, •
the mountain which his right hand took in possession.
55 He drove out the nations before them
and shared out to them their inheritance; •
he settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.
56 Yet still they tested God Most High
and rebelled against him, •
and would not keep his commandments.
57 They turned back and fell away like their forebears, •
starting aside like an unstrung bow.
58 They grieved him with their hill altars •
and provoked him to displeasure with their idols.
59 God heard and was greatly angered, •
and utterly rejected Israel.
60 He forsook the tabernacle at Shiloh, •
the tent of his presence on earth.
61 He gave the ark of his strength into captivity, •
his splendour into the adversary’s hand.
62 He delivered his people to the sword •
and raged against his inheritance.
63 The fire consumed their young men; •
there was no one to lament their maidens.
64 Their priests fell by the sword, •
and their widows made no lamentation.
65 Then the Lord woke as out of sleep, •
like a warrior who had been overcome with wine.
66 He struck his enemies from behind •
and put them to perpetual shame.
67 He rejected the tent of Joseph •
and chose not the tribe of Ephraim,
68 But he chose the tribe of Judah •
and the hill of Zion, which he loved.
69 And there he built his sanctuary like the heights of heaven, •
like the earth which he founded for ever.
70 He chose David also, his servant, •
and took him away from the sheepfolds.
71 From following the ewes with their lambs he took him, •
that he might shepherd Jacob his people
and Israel his inheritance.
72 So he shepherded them with a devoted heart •
and with skilful hands he guided them.
5 At the end of the (last) pause there may follow
God our Saviour, you sent Jesus into the world of sin, and delivered him up to death for us: kindle in our hearts the same love with which he loved his own to the end; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
6 One or two Readings from the Bible as appointed
The reading may be followed by a period of silence for reflection, a hymn or
May your word live in us
and bear much fruit to your glory.
and bear much fruit to your glory.
7 The Canticle, The Song of Christ's Glory
Christ Jesus was in the form of God:
but he did not cling to equality with God.
He emptied himself, taking on the form of a servant:
and was born in our human likeness.
Being found in human form, he humbled himself:
and became obedient unto death,
even death on a cross.
Therefore God has highly exalted him:
and bestowed on him the name above every name,
That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow:
in heaven and on earth and under the earth;
And every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord:
to the glory of God the Father.
but he did not cling to equality with God.
He emptied himself, taking on the form of a servant:
and was born in our human likeness.
Being found in human form, he humbled himself:
and became obedient unto death,
even death on a cross.
Therefore God has highly exalted him:
and bestowed on him the name above every name,
That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow:
in heaven and on earth and under the earth;
And every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord:
to the glory of God the Father.
Philippians 2:5b-11
8 The Prayers
Lord have mercy.
Christ have mercy Lord have mercy.
Christ have mercy Lord have mercy.
9 The Lord's Prayer and the Collect of the Day
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.
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.
Almighty God,
who give to your servant N
boldness to confess the name of Jesus Christ
and courage to die for this faith:
teach us to always to be ready
to give a reason for the hope that is in us,
and to suffer gladly for the sake of our Lord and Saviour;
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
who give to your servant N
boldness to confess the name of Jesus Christ
and courage to die for this faith:
teach us to always to be ready
to give a reason for the hope that is in us,
and to suffer gladly for the sake of our Lord and Saviour;
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Almighty God,
by whose grace and power
your holy martyr N triumphed over suffering
and was faithful even to death:
grant that we, who now remember him/her in thanksgiving,
may be so faithful in our witness to you in this world,
that we may receive with him/her the crown of everlasting life;
through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
by whose grace and power
your holy martyr N triumphed over suffering
and was faithful even to death:
grant that we, who now remember him/her in thanksgiving,
may be so faithful in our witness to you in this world,
that we may receive with him/her the crown of everlasting life;
through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
10 Intercessions and Thanksgivings may be made according to local custom and need.
11 The Evening Collect
Be present, merciful God, and protect us through the hours of the 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.
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The Lord be with you.
And also with you.
Let us praise the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
And also with you.
Let us praise the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
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.
2 Corinthians 13:14