Ordinary 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

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 earth is the Lord's for he made it: 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 119

⁽⁷³⁾ Your hands have made me and fashioned me; Give me understanding, that I may learn Your commandments. ⁽⁷⁴⁾ Those who fear You will be glad when they see me, Because I have hoped in Your word. ⁽⁷⁵⁾ I know, O LORD, that Your judgments are right, And that in faithfulness You have afflicted me. ⁽⁷⁶⁾ Let, I pray, Your merciful kindness be for my comfort, According to Your word to Your servant.

⁽⁷⁷⁾ Let Your tender mercies come to me, that I may live; For Your law is my delight. ⁽⁷⁸⁾ Let the proud be ashamed, For they treated me wrongfully with falsehood; But I will meditate on Your precepts. ⁽⁷⁹⁾ Let those who fear You turn to me, Those who know Your testimonies. ⁽⁸⁰⁾ Let my heart be blameless regarding Your statutes, That I may not be ashamed.

⁽⁸¹⁾ My soul faints for Your salvation, But I hope in Your word. ⁽⁸²⁾ My eyes fail from searching Your word, Saying, 'When will You comfort me?' ⁽⁸³⁾ For I have become like a wineskin in smoke, Yet I do not forget Your statutes. ⁽⁸⁴⁾ How many are the days of Your servant? When will You execute judgment on those who persecute me?

⁽⁸⁵⁾ The proud have dug pits for me, Which is not according to Your law. ⁽⁸⁶⁾ All Your commandments are faithful; They persecute me wrongfully; Help me! ⁽⁸⁷⁾ They almost made an end of me on earth, But I did not forsake Your precepts. ⁽⁸⁸⁾ Revive me according to Your lovingkindness, So that I may keep the testimony of Your mouth.

⁽⁸⁹⁾ Forever, O LORD, Your word is settled in heaven. ⁽⁹⁰⁾ Your faithfulness endures to all generations; You established the earth, and it abides. ⁽⁹¹⁾ They continue this day according to Your ordinances, For all are Your servants. ⁽⁹²⁾ Unless Your law had been my delight, I would then have perished in my affliction.

⁽⁹³⁾ I will never forget Your precepts, For by them You have given me life. ⁽⁹⁴⁾ I am Yours, save me; For I have sought Your precepts. ⁽⁹⁵⁾ The wicked wait for me to destroy me, But I will consider Your testimonies. ⁽⁹⁶⁾ I have seen the consummation of all perfection, But Your commandment is exceedingly broad.

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.

1 Kings Chapter 22

⁽¹⁾ Now three years passed without war between Syria and Israel. ⁽²⁾ Then it came to pass, in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went down to visit the king of Israel. ⁽³⁾ And the king of Israel said to his servants, 'Do you know that Ramoth in Gilead is ours, but we hesitate to take it out of the hand of the king of Syria?' ⁽⁴⁾ So he said to Jehoshaphat, 'Will you go with me to fight at Ramoth Gilead?' Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, 'I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses.'

⁽⁵⁾ Also Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, 'Please inquire for the word of the LORD today.' ⁽⁶⁾ Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said to them, 'Shall I go against Ramoth Gilead to fight, or shall I refrain?' So they said, 'Go up, for the Lord will deliver it into the hand of the king.' ⁽⁷⁾ And Jehoshaphat said, 'Is there not still a prophet of the LORD here, that we may inquire of Him?' ⁽⁸⁾ So the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, 'There is still one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may inquire of the LORD; but I hate him, because he does not prophesy good concerning me, but evil.' And Jehoshaphat said, 'Let not the king say such things!'

⁽⁹⁾ Then the king of Israel called an officer and said, 'Bring Micaiah the son of Imlah quickly!' ⁽¹⁰⁾ The king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, having put on their robes, sat each on his throne, at a threshing floor at the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them. ⁽¹¹⁾ Now Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah had made horns of iron for himself; and he said, 'Thus says the LORD: 'With these you shall gore the Syrians until they are destroyed.' ' ⁽¹²⁾ And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, 'Go up to Ramoth Gilead and prosper, for the LORD will deliver it into the king's hand.'

⁽¹³⁾ Then the messenger who had gone to call Micaiah spoke to him, saying, 'Now listen, the words of the prophets with one accord encourage the king. Please, let your word be like the word of one of them, and speak encouragement.' ⁽¹⁴⁾ And Micaiah said, 'As the LORD lives, whatever the LORD says to me, that I will speak.' ⁽¹⁵⁾ Then he came to the king; and the king said to him, 'Micaiah, shall we go to war against Ramoth Gilead, or shall we refrain?' And he answered him, 'Go and prosper, for the LORD will deliver it into the hand of the king!' ⁽¹⁶⁾ So the king said to him, 'How many times shall I make you swear that you tell me nothing but the truth in the name of the LORD?'

⁽¹⁷⁾ Then he said, 'I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd. And the LORD said, 'These have no master. Let each return to his house in peace.' ' ⁽¹⁸⁾ And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, 'Did I not tell you he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?' ⁽¹⁹⁾ Then Micaiah said, 'Therefore hear the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on His throne, and all the host of heaven standing by, on His right hand and on His left. ⁽²⁰⁾ And the LORD said, 'Who will persuade Ahab to go up, that he may fall at Ramoth Gilead?' So one spoke in this manner, and another spoke in that manner.

⁽²¹⁾ Then a spirit came forward and stood before the LORD, and said, 'I will persuade him.' ⁽²²⁾ The LORD said to him, 'In what way?' So he said, 'I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.' And the LORD said, 'You shall persuade him, and also prevail. Go out and do so.' ⁽²³⁾ Therefore look! The LORD has put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these prophets of yours, and the LORD has declared disaster against you.' ⁽²⁴⁾ Now Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near and struck Micaiah on the cheek, and said, 'Which way did the spirit from the LORD go from me to speak to you?'

⁽²⁵⁾ And Micaiah said, 'Indeed, you shall see on that day when you go into an inner chamber to hide!' ⁽²⁶⁾ So the king of Israel said, 'Take Micaiah, and return him to Amon the governor of the city and to Joash the king's son; ⁽²⁷⁾ and say, 'Thus says the king: 'Put this fellow in prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and water of affliction, until I come in peace.' ' ' ⁽²⁸⁾ But Micaiah said, 'If you ever return in peace, the LORD has not spoken by me.' And he said, 'Take heed, all you people!'

The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

1 Corinthians Chapter 2

⁽¹⁾ And I, brethren, when I came to you, did not come with excellence of speech or of wisdom declaring to you the testimony of God. ⁽²⁾ For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified. ⁽³⁾ I was with you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling. ⁽⁴⁾ And my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,

⁽⁵⁾ that your faith should not be in the wisdom of men but in the power of God. ⁽⁶⁾ However, we speak wisdom among those who are mature, yet not the wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing. ⁽⁷⁾ But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the ages for our glory, ⁽⁸⁾ which none of the rulers of this age knew; for had they known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

⁽⁹⁾ But as it is written: 'Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, Nor have entered into the heart of man The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.' ⁽¹⁰⁾ But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God. ⁽¹¹⁾ For what man knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God. ⁽¹²⁾ Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God.

⁽¹³⁾ These things we also speak, not in words which man's wisdom teaches but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual.

The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

Matthew Chapter 4

⁽¹⁸⁾ And Jesus, walking by the Sea of Galilee, saw two brothers, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen. ⁽¹⁹⁾ Then He said to them, 'Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.' ⁽²⁰⁾ They immediately left their nets and followed Him. ⁽²¹⁾ Going on from there, He saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets. He called them,

⁽²²⁾ and immediately they left the boat and their father, and followed Him. ⁽²³⁾ And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease among the people. ⁽²⁴⁾ Then His fame went throughout all Syria; and they brought to Him all sick people who were afflicted with various diseases and torments, and those who were demon-possessed, epileptics, and paralytics; and He healed them. ⁽²⁵⁾ Great multitudes followed Him -- from Galilee, and from Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond the Jordan.

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

  
A Song of Creation Prayer of Manasseh 1 to 2, 4, 6 to 7, 11 to 15

Invocation
Glorify the Lord,
all you works of the Lord,
praise him and highly exalt him forever.
In the firmament of his power, glorify the Lord,
praise him and highly exalt him forever.

The People of God

Let the people of God glorify the Lord,
praise him and highly exalt him forever.
Glorify the Lord,
O priests and servants of the Lord,
praise him and highly exalt him forever.

Glorify the Lord,
O spirits and souls of the righteous,
praise him and highly exalt him forever.
You that are holy and humble of heart,
glorify the Lord,
praise him and highly exalt him forever.

The Doxology

Let us glorify the Lord:
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit;
praise him and highly exalt him forever.
In the firmament of his power, glorify the Lord,
praise him and highly exalt him forever.


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 19 The Sunday closest to September 14
O God, because without you we are not able to please you, mercifully grant that your Holy Spirit may in all things direct and rule our hearts; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.

Collect of the Day: 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 Prayer for Mission: O God, you manifest in your servants the signs of your presence: Send forth upon us the spirit of love that in companionship with one another your abounding grace may increase among us; through Jesus Christ our Lord. 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
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 forever and ever. Amen. Ephesians 3:20,21



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