Morning Prayer

SourceBCP p. 75

Daily Morning Prayer:
Rite Two

November 4, 2024

Monday after the Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Pentecost

Proper 26

The Officiant begins the service with one or more of these sentences of Scripture, or with the versicle “Lord, open our lips.”

At any Time

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.Philippians 1:2

At any Time

I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the Lord.”Psalm 122:1

At any Time

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my strength and my redeemer.Psalm 19:14

At any Time

Send out your light and your truth, that they may lead me, and bring me to your holy hill and to your dwelling.Psalm 43:3

At any Time

The Lord is in his holy temple; let all the earth keep silence before him.Habakkuk 2:20

At any Time

The hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for such the Father seeks to worship him.John 4:23

At any Time

Thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy, “I dwell in the high and holy place and also with the one who has a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble and to revive the heart of the contrite.”Isaiah 57:15

The following Confession of Sin may then be said; or the Office may continue at once with “Lord, open our lips.”

Confession of Sin

The Officiant says to the people

Dearly beloved, we have come together in the presence of Almighty God our heavenly Father, to set forth his praise, to hear his holy Word, and to ask, for ourselves and on behalf of others, those things that are necessary for our life and our salvation. And so that we may prepare ourselves in heart and mind to worship him, let us kneel in silence, and with penitent and obedient hearts confess our sins, that we may obtain forgiveness by his infinite goodness and mercy.

Let us confess our sins against God and our neighbor.

Silence may be kept.

Officiant and People together, all kneeling

Most merciful God, we confess that we have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done, and by what we have left undone. We have not loved you with our whole heart; we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. We are truly sorry and we humbly repent. For the sake of your Son Jesus Christ, have mercy on us and forgive us; that we may delight in your will, and walk in your ways, to the glory of your Name. Amen.

The Priest alone stands and says

Almighty God have mercy on you, forgive you all your sins through our Lord Jesus Christ, strengthen you in all goodness, and by the power of the Holy Spirit keep you in eternal life. Amen.

A deacon or lay person using the preceding form remains kneeling, and substitutes “us” for “you” and “our” for “your.”

The Invitatory and Psalter

All stand

OfficiantLord, open our lips.

PeopleAnd our mouth shall proclaim your praise.

Officiant and People

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:
as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen.

Alleluia.

Then follows one of the Invitatory Psalms, Venite or Jubilate.

Venite

Psalm 95:1-7

The mercy of the Lord is everlasting: Come let us adore him.

Come, let us sing to the Lord; *let us shout for joy to the Rock of our salvation.

Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving *and raise a loud shout to him with psalms.

The mercy of the Lord is everlasting: Come let us adore him.

For the Lord is a great God, *and a great King above all gods.

In his hand are the caverns of the earth, *and the heights of the hills are his also.

The sea is his, for he made it, *and his hands have molded the dry land.

The mercy of the Lord is everlasting: Come let us adore him.

Come, let us bow down, and bend the knee, *and kneel before the Lord our Maker.

For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand. *Oh, that today you would hearken to his voice!

The mercy of the Lord is everlasting: Come let us adore him.
The mercy of the Lord is everlasting: Come let us adore him.

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Venite, exultemusBCP p. 724

1Come, let us sing to the Lord; *let us shout for joy to the Rock of our salvation.

2Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving *and raise a loud shout to him with psalms.

3For the Lord is a great God, *and a great King above all gods.

4In his hand are the caverns of the earth, *and the heights of the hills are his also.

5The sea is his, for he made it, *and his hands have molded the dry land.

6Come, let us bow down, and bend the knee, *and kneel before the Lord our Maker.

7For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand. *Oh, that today you would hearken to his voice!

8Harden not your hearts, as your forebears did in the wilderness, *at Meribah, and on that day at Massah, when they tempted me.

9They put me to the test, *though they had seen my works.

10Forty years long I detested that generation and said, *“This people are wayward in their hearts; they do not know my ways.”

11So I swore in my wrath, *“They shall not enter into my rest.”

Jubilate

Psalm 100

The mercy of the Lord is everlasting: Come let us adore him.

Be joyful in the Lord, all you lands; *serve the Lord with gladness and come before his presence with a song.

The mercy of the Lord is everlasting: Come let us adore him.

Know this: The Lord himself is God; *he himself has made us, and we are his; we are his people and the sheep of his pasture.

The mercy of the Lord is everlasting: Come let us adore him.

Enter his gates with thanksgiving; go into his courts with praise; *give thanks to him and call upon his Name.

The mercy of the Lord is everlasting: Come let us adore him.

For the Lord is good; his mercy is everlasting; *and his faithfulness endures from age to age.

The mercy of the Lord is everlasting: Come let us adore him.
The mercy of the Lord is everlasting: Come let us adore him.

Then follows

The Psalm or Psalms Appointed

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Miserere mei, DeusBCP p. 662

1Have mercy on me, O God, for my enemies are hounding me; *all day long they assault and oppress me.

2They hound me all the day long; *truly there are many who fight against me, O Most High.

3Whenever I am afraid, *I will put my trust in you.

4In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust and will not be afraid, *for what can flesh do to me?

5All day long they damage my cause; *their only thought is to do me evil.

6They band together; they lie in wait; *they spy upon my footsteps; because they seek my life.

7Shall they escape despite their wickedness? *O God, in your anger, cast down the peoples.

8You have noted my lamentation; put my tears into your bottle; *are they not recorded in your book?

9Whenever I call upon you, my enemies will be put to flight; *this I know, for God is on my side.

10In God the Lord, whose word I praise, in God I trust and will not be afraid, *for what can mortals do to me?

11I am bound by the vow I made to you, O God; *I will present to you thank-offerings;

12For you have rescued my soul from death and my feet from stumbling, *that I may walk before God in the light of the living.

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Miserere mei, DeusBCP p. 663

1Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful, for I have taken refuge in you; *in the shadow of your wings will I take refuge until this time of trouble has gone by.

2I will call upon the Most High God, *the God who maintains my cause.

3He will send from heaven and save me; he will confound those who trample upon me; *God will send forth his love and his faithfulness.

4I lie in the midst of lions that devour the people; *their teeth are spears and arrows, their tongue a sharp sword.

5They have laid a net for my feet, and I am bowed low; *they have dug a pit before me, but have fallen into it themselves.

6Exalt yourself above the heavens, O God, *and your glory over all the earth.

7My heart is firmly fixed, O God, my heart is fixed; *I will sing and make melody.

8Wake up, my spirit; awake, lute and harp; *I myself will waken the dawn.

9I will confess you among the peoples, O Lord; *I will sing praise to you among the nations.

10For your loving-kindness is greater than the heavens, *and your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.

11Exalt yourself above the heavens, O God, *and your glory over all the earth.

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Si vere utiqueBCP p. 664

1Do you indeed decree righteousness, you rulers? *do you judge the peoples with equity?

2No; you devise evil in your hearts, *and your hands deal out violence in the land.

3The wicked are perverse from the womb; *liars go astray from their birth.

4They are as venomous as a serpent, *they are like the deaf adder which stops its ears,

5Which does not heed the voice of the charmer, *no matter how skillful his charming.

6O God, break their teeth in their mouths; *pull the fangs of the young lions, O Lord.

7Let them vanish like water that runs off; *let them wither like trodden grass.

8Let them be like the snail that melts away, *like a stillborn child that never sees the sun.

9Before they bear fruit, let them be cut down like a brier; *like thorns and thistles let them be swept away.

10The righteous will be glad when they see the vengeance; *they will bathe their feet in the blood of the wicked.

11And they will say, “Surely, there is a reward for the righteous; *surely, there is a God who rules in the earth.”

At the end of the Psalms is sung or said

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:
as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen.

The Lessons

The First Lesson

Ecclus. 38:24-34

A Reading from the Wisdom of Ben Sira.

24 The wisdom of the scribe depends on the opportunity of leisure;    only the one who has little business can become wise. 25 How can one become wise who handles the plough,    and who glories in the shaft of a goad, who drives oxen and is occupied with their work,    and whose talk is about bulls? 26 He sets his heart on ploughing furrows,    and he is careful about fodder for the heifers. 27 So it is with every artisan and master artisan    who labours by night as well as by day; those who cut the signets of seals,    each is diligent in making a great variety; they set their heart on painting a lifelike image,    and they are careful to finish their work. 28 So it is with the smith, sitting by the anvil,    intent on his ironwork; the breath of the fire melts his flesh,    and he struggles with the heat of the furnace; the sound of the hammer deafens his ears,    and his eyes are on the pattern of the object. He sets his heart on finishing his handiwork,    and he is careful to complete its decoration. 29 So it is with is the potter sitting at his work    and turning the wheel with his feet; he is always deeply concerned over his products,    and he produces them in quantity. 30 He moulds the clay with his arm and makes it pliable with his feet; he sets his heart on finishing the glazing, and he takes care in firing the kiln. 31 All these rely on their hands,    and all are skilful in their own work. 32 Without them no city can be inhabited,    and wherever they live, they will not go hungry. Yet they are not sought out for the council of the people, 33    nor do they attain eminence in the public assembly. They do not sit in the judge’s seat,    nor do they understand the decisions of the courts; they cannot expound discipline or judgement,    and they are not found among the rulers. 34 But they maintain the fabric of the world, and their concern is for the exercise of their trade. 34 How different the one who devotes himself to the study of the law of the Most High!

The Word of the Lord.

PeopleThanks be to God.

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The First Song of Isaiah

Ecce, Deus

Isaiah 12:2-6

Surely, it is God who saves me; *I will trust in him and not be afraid.

For the Lord is my stronghold and my sure defense, *and he will be my Savior.

Therefore you shall draw water with rejoicing *from the springs of salvation.

And on that day you shall say, *Give thanks to the Lord and call upon his Name;

Make his deeds known among the peoples; *see that they remember that his Name is exalted.

Sing praises of the Lord, for he has done great things, *and this is known in all the world.

Cry aloud, inhabitants of Zion, ring out your joy, *for the great one in the midst of you is the Holy One of Israel.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:
as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen.

The Second Lesson

Rev. 14:1-13

A Reading from the Book of Revelation.

1 Then I looked, and there was the Lamb, standing on Mount Zion! And with him were one hundred forty-four thousand who had his name and his Father’s name written on their foreheads. 2 And I heard a voice from heaven like the sound of many waters and like the sound of loud thunder; the voice I heard was like the sound of harpists playing on their harps, 3 and they sing a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and before the elders. No one could learn that song except the one hundred forty-four thousand who have been redeemed from the earth. 4 It is these who have not defiled themselves with women, for they are virgins; these follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They have been redeemed from humankind as first fruits for God and the Lamb, 5 and in their mouth no lie was found; they are blameless. 6 Then I saw another angel flying in midheaven, with an eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth—to every nation and tribe and language and people. 7 He said in a loud voice, “Fear God and give him glory, for the hour of his judgment has come; and worship him who made heaven and earth, the sea and the springs of water.” 8 Then another angel, a second, followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.” 9 Then another angel, a third, followed them, crying with a loud voice, “Those who worship the beast and its image, and receive a mark on their foreheads or on their hands, 10 they will also drink the wine of God’s wrath, poured unmixed into the cup of his anger, and they will be tormented with fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb. 11 And the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever. There is no rest day or night for those who worship the beast and its image and for anyone who receives the mark of its name.” 12 Here is a call for the endurance of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God and hold fast to the faith of Jesus. 13 And I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write this: Blessed are the dead who from now on die in the Lord.” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “they will rest from their labors, for their deeds follow them.”

The Word of the Lord.

PeopleThanks be to God.

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A Song of True Motherhood

Julian of Norwich

God chose to be our mother in all things *and so made the foundation of his work, most humbly and most pure, in the Virgin’s womb.

God, the perfect wisdom of all, *arrayed himself in this humble place.

Christ came in our poor flesh *to share a mother’s care.

Our mothers bear us for pain and for death; *our true mother, Jesus, bears us for joy and endless life.

Christ carried us within him in love and travail, *until the full time of his passion.

And when all was completed and he had carried us so for joy, *still all this could not satisfy the power of his wonderful love.

All that we owe is redeemed in truly loving God, *for the love of Christ works in us; Christ is the one whom we love.

The Apostles’ Creed

Officiant and People together, all standing

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 power of 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 People stand or kneel

OfficiantThe Lord be with you.

PeopleAnd also with you.

OfficiantLet us pray.

Officiant and People

The Lord’s Prayer

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.

The Lord’s Prayer

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.

Then follows one of these sets of Suffrages

A

V.Show us your mercy, O Lord;

R.And grant us your salvation.

V.Clothe your ministers with righteousness;

R.Let your people sing with joy.

V.Give peace, O Lord, in all the world;

R.For only in you can we live in safety.

V.Lord, keep this nation under your care;

R.And guide us in the way of justice and truth.

V.Let your way be known upon earth;

R.Your saving health among all nations.

V.Let not the needy, O Lord, be forgotten;

R.Nor the hope of the poor be taken away.

V.Create in us clean hearts, O God;

R.And sustain us with your Holy Spirit.

B

V.Save your people, Lord, and bless your inheritance;

R.Govern and uphold them, now and always.

V.Day by day we bless you;

R.We praise your name for ever.

V.Lord, keep us from all sin today;

R.Have mercy on us, Lord, have mercy.

V.Lord, show us your love and mercy;

R.For we put our trust in you.

V.In you, Lord, is our hope;

R.And we shall never hope in vain.

The Officiant then says one or more of the following Collects

Proper 26

The Sunday closest to November 2

Almighty and merciful God, it is only by your gift that your faithful people offer you true and laudable service: Grant that we may run without stumbling to obtain your heavenly promises; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

A Collect for the Renewal of Life

O God, the King eternal, whose light divides the day from the night and turns the shadow of death into the morning: Drive far from us all wrong desires, incline our hearts to keep your law, and guide our feet into the way of peace; that, having done your will with cheerfulness during the day, we may, when night comes, rejoice to give you thanks; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

A Collect for Peace

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 Collect for Grace

Lord God, almighty and everlasting Father, you have brought us in safety to this new day: Preserve us with your mighty power, that we may not fall into sin, nor be overcome by adversity; and in all we do, direct us to the fulfilling of your purpose; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

A Collect for Guidance

Heavenly Father, in you we live and move and have our being: We humbly pray you so to guide and govern us by your Holy Spirit, that in all the cares and occupations of our life we may not forget you, but may remember that we are ever walking in your sight; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Then, unless the Eucharist or a form of general intercession is to follow, one of these prayers for mission is added

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.

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.

Lord Jesus Christ, you stretched out your arms of love on the hard wood of the cross that everyone might come within the reach of your saving embrace: So clothe us in your Spirit that we, reaching forth our hands in love, may bring those who do not know you to the knowledge and love of you; for the honor of your Name. Amen.

Here may be sung a hymn or anthem.

Authorized intercessions and thanksgivings may follow.

Before the close of the Office one or both of the following may be used

The General Thanksgiving

Almighty God, Father of all mercies, we your unworthy servants give you humble thanks for all your goodness and loving-kindness to us and to all whom you have made. We bless you for our creation, preservation, and all the blessings of this life; but above all for your immeasurable love in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ; for the means of grace, and for the hope of glory.

And, we pray, give us such an awareness of your mercies, that with truly thankful hearts we may show forth your praise, not only with our lips, but in our lives, by giving up our selves to your service, and by walking before you in holiness and righteousness all our days; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with you and the Holy Spirit, be honor and glory throughout all ages. Amen.

A Prayer of St. Chrysostom

Almighty God, you have given us grace at this time with one accord to make our common supplication to you; and you have promised through your well-beloved Son that when two or three are gathered together in his Name you will be in the midst of them: Fulfill now, O Lord, our desires and petitions as may be best for us; granting us in this world knowledge of your truth, and in the age to come life everlasting. Amen.

Then may be said

Let us bless the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

The Officiant may then conclude with one of the following

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

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

Glory to God whose power, working in us, can do infinitely more than we can ask or imagine: Glory to him from generation to generation in the Church, and in Christ Jesus for ever and ever. Amen.Ephesians 3:20,21

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