Ordinary 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

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.

The Absolution
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

O God make speed to save us, O Lord make haste to help us

O Gracious Light,
pure brightness of everliving Father in heaven
O Jesus Christ holy and blessed!
Now as we come to the setting of the sun
and our eyes behold the vesper light
we sing your praises O God: Father Son and Holy Spirit.
You are worthy at all times to be praised by happy voices
O Son of God, O Giver of Life
and to be glorified through all worlds.
The mercy of the Lord is everlasting: Come let us adore him.

ⓘThe Psalms are unique for the evening, the other lessions can be read in total or those you have not included in Morning Prayer

The Lessons

Psalm 141

⁽¹⁾ LORD, I cry out to You; Make haste to me! Give ear to my voice when I cry out to You. ⁽²⁾ Let my prayer be set before You as incense, The lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice. ⁽³⁾ Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; Keep watch over the door of my lips. ⁽⁴⁾ Do not incline my heart to any evil thing, To practice wicked works With men who work iniquity; And do not let me eat of their delicacies.

⁽⁵⁾ Let the righteous strike me; It shall be a kindness. And let him rebuke me; It shall be as excellent oil; Let my head not refuse it. For still my prayer is against the deeds of the wicked. ⁽⁶⁾ Their judges are overthrown by the sides of the cliff, And they hear my words, for they are sweet. ⁽⁷⁾ Our bones are scattered at the mouth of the grave, As when one plows and breaks up the earth. ⁽⁸⁾ But my eyes are upon You, O GOD the Lord; In You I take refuge; Do not leave my soul destitute.

⁽⁹⁾ Keep me from the snares they have laid for me, And from the traps of the workers of iniquity. ⁽¹⁰⁾ Let the wicked fall into their own nets, While I escape safely.

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 143

⁽¹⁾ Hear my prayer, O LORD, Give ear to my supplications! In Your faithfulness answer me, And in Your righteousness. ⁽²⁾ Do not enter into judgment with Your servant, For in Your sight no one living is righteous. ⁽³⁾ For the enemy has persecuted my soul; He has crushed my life to the ground; He has made me dwell in darkness, Like those who have long been dead. ⁽⁴⁾ Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed within me; My heart within me is distressed.

⁽⁵⁾ I remember the days of old; I meditate on all Your works; I muse on the work of Your hands. ⁽⁶⁾ I spread out my hands to You; My soul longs for You like a thirsty land. Selah ⁽⁷⁾ Answer me speedily, O LORD; My spirit fails! Do not hide Your face from me, Lest I be like those who go down into the pit. ⁽⁸⁾ Cause me to hear Your lovingkindness in the morning, For in You do I trust; Cause me to know the way in which I should walk, For I lift up my soul to You.

⁽⁹⁾ Deliver me, O LORD, from my enemies; In You I take shelter. ⁽¹⁰⁾ Teach me to do Your will, For You are my God; Your Spirit is good. Lead me in the land of uprightness. ⁽¹¹⁾ Revive me, O LORD, for Your name's sake! For Your righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble.

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.

Isaiah Chapter 24

⁽¹⁴⁾ They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing; For the majesty of the LORD They shall cry aloud from the sea. ⁽¹⁵⁾ Therefore glorify the LORD in the dawning light, The name of the LORD God of Israel in the coastlands of the sea. ⁽¹⁶⁾ From the ends of the earth we have heard songs: 'Glory to the righteous!' But I said, 'I am ruined, ruined! Woe to me! The treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously, Indeed, the treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously.' ⁽¹⁷⁾ Fear and the pit and the snare Are upon you, O inhabitant of the earth.

⁽¹⁸⁾ And it shall be That he who flees from the noise of the fear Shall fall into the pit, And he who comes up from the midst of the pit Shall be caught in the snare; For the windows from on high are open, And the foundations of the earth are shaken. ⁽¹⁹⁾ The earth is violently broken, The earth is split open, The earth is shaken exceedingly. ⁽²⁰⁾ The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, And shall totter like a hut; Its transgression shall be heavy upon it, And it will fall, and not rise again. ⁽²¹⁾ It shall come to pass in that day That the LORD will punish on high the host of exalted ones, And on the earth the kings of the earth.

⁽²²⁾ They will be gathered together, As prisoners are gathered in the pit, And will be shut up in the prison; After many days they will be punished. ⁽²³⁾ Then the moon will be disgraced And the sun ashamed; For the LORD of hosts will reign On Mount Zion and in Jerusalem And before His elders, gloriously.

The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

1 Peter Chapter 3

⁽¹³⁾ And who is he who will harm you if you become followers of what is good? ⁽¹⁴⁾ But even if you should suffer for righteousness' sake, you are blessed. 'And do not be afraid of their threats, nor be troubled.' ⁽¹⁵⁾ But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear; ⁽¹⁶⁾ having a good conscience, that when they defame you as evildoers, those who revile your good conduct in Christ may be ashamed.

⁽¹⁷⁾ For it is better, if it is the will of God, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil. ⁽¹⁸⁾ For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit, ⁽¹⁹⁾ by whom also He went and preached to the spirits in prison, ⁽²⁰⁾ who formerly were disobedient, when once the Divine longsuffering waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water.

⁽²¹⁾ There is also an antitype which now saves us -- baptism (not the removal of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God), through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, ⁽²²⁾ who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, angels and authorities and powers having been made subject to Him. ⁽¹⁾ Therefore, since Christ suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind, for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, ⁽²⁾ that he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God. ⁽³⁾ For we have spent enough of our past lifetime in doing the will of the Gentiles -- when we walked in lewdness, lusts, drunkenness, revelries, drinking parties, and abominable idolatries. ⁽⁴⁾ In regard to these, they think it strange that you do not run with them in the same flood of dissipation, speaking evil of you.

⁽⁵⁾ They will give an account to Him who is ready to judge the living and the dead. ⁽⁶⁾ For this reason the gospel was preached also to those who are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.

The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

Matthew Chapter 20

⁽¹⁷⁾ Now Jesus, going up to Jerusalem, took the twelve disciples aside on the road and said to them, ⁽¹⁸⁾ Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief priests and to the scribes; and they will condemn Him to death, ⁽¹⁹⁾ and deliver Him to the Gentiles to mock and to scourge and to crucify. And the third day He will rise again.' ⁽²⁰⁾ Then the mother of Zebedee's sons came to Him with her sons, kneeling down and asking something from Him.

⁽²¹⁾ And He said to her, 'What do you wish?' She said to Him, 'Grant that these two sons of mine may sit, one on Your right hand and the other on the left, in Your kingdom.' ⁽²²⁾ But Jesus answered and said, 'You do not know what you ask. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?' They said to Him, 'We are able.' ⁽²³⁾ So He said to them, 'You will indeed drink My cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with; but to sit on My right hand and on My left is not Mine to give, but it is for those for whom it is prepared by My Father.' ⁽²⁴⁾ And when the ten heard it, they were greatly displeased with the two brothers.

⁽²⁵⁾ But Jesus called them to Himself and said, 'You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those who are great exercise authority over them. ⁽²⁶⁾ Yet it shall not be so among you; but whoever desires to become great among you, let him be your servant. ⁽²⁷⁾ And whoever desires to be first among you, let him be your slave -- ⁽²⁸⁾ just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.'

The Gospel of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

The Canticles

ⓘA canticle is a hymn, or other Christian song of praise with lyrics taken from biblical texts

  
Song of the Three Young Men      Benedictus es, Domine

Glory to you, Lord God of our fathers;
you are worthy of praise; glory to you.
Glory to you for the radiance of your holy Name;
we will praise you and highly exalt you for ever.
Glory to you in the splendor of your temple;
on the throne of your majesty, glory to you.
Glory to you, seated between the Cherubim;
we will praise you and highly exalt you for ever.
Glory to you, beholding the depths;
in the high vault of heaven, glory to you.
Glory to you, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit;
we will praise you and highly exalt you for ever.
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 Song of Simeon       Nunc Dimittis Luke 2:29-32  
Lord, you now have set your servant free
to go in peace as you have promised;
For these eyes of mine have seen the Savior,
whom you have prepared for all the world to see:
A Light to enlighten the nations,
and the glory of your people 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 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 29 The Sunday closest to November 23
Almighty and everlasting God, whose will it is to restore all things in your well beloved Son, the King of kings and Lord of lords: Mercifully grant that the peoples of the earth, divided and enslaved by sin, may be freed and brought together under his most gracious rule; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.

Collect of the Day: Almighty God, whose most dear Son went not up to joy but first he suffered pain, and entered not into glory before he was crucified: Mercifully grant that we, walking in the way of the cross, may find it none other than the way of life and peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

A Prayer for Mission: Keep watch, dear Lord, with those who work, or watch or weep this night, and give your angels charge over those who sleep. Tend the sick Lord Christ; give rest to the weary, bless the dying, soothe the suffering, pity the afflicted, shield the joyous; and all for your love's sake. Amen.

Personal Prayers and Reflection

This is a time to pause, consider and listen. Pray for yourself and others.


Closing Prayers   Thanksgiving

Conclude with following
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



This concludes the Daily Morning Prayer
Go in Peace to Love and Serve the Lord