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 134

⁽¹⁾ Behold, bless the LORD, All you servants of the LORD, Who by night stand in the house of the LORD! ⁽²⁾ Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, And bless the LORD. ⁽³⁾ The LORD who made heaven and earth Bless you from Zion!

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 135

⁽¹⁾ Praise the LORD! Praise the name of the LORD; Praise Him, O you servants of the LORD! ⁽²⁾ You who stand in the house of the LORD, In the courts of the house of our God, ⁽³⁾ Praise the LORD, for the LORD is good; Sing praises to His name, for it is pleasant. ⁽⁴⁾ For the LORD has chosen Jacob for Himself, Israel for His special treasure.

⁽⁵⁾ For I know that the LORD is great, And our Lord is above all gods. ⁽⁶⁾ Whatever the LORD pleases He does, In heaven and in earth, In the seas and in all deep places. ⁽⁷⁾ He causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; He makes lightning for the rain; He brings the wind out of His treasuries. ⁽⁸⁾ He destroyed the firstborn of Egypt, Both of man and beast.

⁽⁹⁾ He sent signs and wonders into the midst of you, O Egypt, Upon Pharaoh and all his servants. ⁽¹⁰⁾ He defeated many nations And slew mighty kings -- ⁽¹¹⁾ Sihon king of the Amorites, Og king of Bashan, And all the kingdoms of Canaan -- ⁽¹²⁾ And gave their land as a heritage, A heritage to Israel His people.

⁽¹³⁾ Your name, O LORD, endures forever, Your fame, O LORD, throughout all generations. ⁽¹⁴⁾ For the LORD will judge His people, And He will have compassion on His servants. ⁽¹⁵⁾ The idols of the nations are silver and gold, The work of men's hands. ⁽¹⁶⁾ They have mouths, but they do not speak; Eyes they have, but they do not see;

⁽¹⁷⁾ They have ears, but they do not hear; Nor is there any breath in their mouths. ⁽¹⁸⁾ Those who make them are like them; So is everyone who trusts in them. ⁽¹⁹⁾ Bless the LORD, O house of Israel! Bless the LORD, O house of Aaron! ⁽²⁰⁾ Bless the LORD, O house of Levi! You who fear the LORD, bless the LORD!

⁽²¹⁾ Blessed be the LORD out of Zion, Who dwells in Jerusalem! Praise the LORD!

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.

Zechariah Chapter 13

⁽¹⁾ In that day a fountain shall be opened for the house of David and for the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for uncleanness. ⁽²⁾ It shall be in that day,' says the LORD of hosts, 'that I will cut off the names of the idols from the land, and they shall no longer be remembered. I will also cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to depart from the land. ⁽³⁾ It shall come to pass that if anyone still prophesies, then his father and mother who begot him will say to him, 'You shall not live, because you have spoken lies in the name of the LORD.' And his father and mother who begot him shall thrust him through when he prophesies. ⁽⁴⁾ And it shall be in that day that every prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies; they will not wear a robe of coarse hair to deceive.

⁽⁵⁾ But he will say, 'I am no prophet, I am a farmer; for a man taught me to keep cattle from my youth.' ⁽⁶⁾ And one will say to him, 'What are these wounds between your arms?' Then he will answer, 'Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.' ⁽⁷⁾ Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd, Against the Man who is My Companion,' Says the LORD of hosts. 'Strike the Shepherd, And the sheep will be scattered; Then I will turn My hand against the little ones. ⁽⁸⁾ And it shall come to pass in all the land,' Says the LORD, 'That two-thirds in it shall be cut off and die, But one- third shall be left in it:

⁽⁹⁾ I will bring the one-third through the fire, Will refine them as silver is refined, And test them as gold is tested. They will call on My name, And I will answer them. I will say, 'This is My people'; And each one will say, 'The LORD is my God.' '

The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

Ephesians Chapter 1

⁽¹⁵⁾ Therefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, ⁽¹⁶⁾ do not cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers: ⁽¹⁷⁾ that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, ⁽¹⁸⁾ the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,

⁽¹⁹⁾ and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power ⁽²⁰⁾ which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places, ⁽²¹⁾ far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come. ⁽²²⁾ And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church,

⁽²³⁾ which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.

The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

Luke Chapter 19

⁽¹¹⁾ Now as they heard these things, He spoke another parable, because He was near Jerusalem and because they thought the kingdom of God would appear immediately. ⁽¹²⁾ Therefore He said: 'A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and to return. ⁽¹³⁾ So he called ten of his servants, delivered to them ten minas, and said to them, 'Do business till I come.' ⁽¹⁴⁾ But his citizens hated him, and sent a delegation after him, saying, 'We will not have this man to reign over us.'

⁽¹⁵⁾ And so it was that when he returned, having received the kingdom, he then commanded these servants, to whom he had given the money, to be called to him, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading. ⁽¹⁶⁾ Then came the first, saying, 'Master, your mina has earned ten minas.' ⁽¹⁷⁾ And he said to him, 'Well done, good servant; because you were faithful in a very little, have authority over ten cities.' ⁽¹⁸⁾ And the second came, saying, 'Master, your mina has earned five minas.'

⁽¹⁹⁾ Likewise he said to him, 'You also be over five cities.' ⁽²⁰⁾ Then another came, saying, 'Master, here is your mina, which I have kept put away in a handkerchief. ⁽²¹⁾ For I feared you, because you are an austere man. You collect what you did not deposit, and reap what you did not sow.' ⁽²²⁾ And he said to him, 'Out of your own mouth I will judge you, you wicked servant. You knew that I was an austere man, collecting what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow.

⁽²³⁾ Why then did you not put my money in the bank, that at my coming I might have collected it with interest?' ⁽²⁴⁾ And he said to those who stood by, 'Take the mina from him, and give it to him who has ten minas.' ⁽²⁵⁾ ('But they said to him, 'Master, he has ten minas.') ⁽²⁶⁾ For I say to you, that to everyone who has will be given; and from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.

⁽²⁷⁾ But bring here those enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, and slay them before me.' '

The Gospel of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

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

The Canticles

The Third Song of Isaiah       Surge, illuminare Isaiah 60:1 to 3, 11a, 14c, 18 to 19

Arise, shine, for your light has come,
and the glory of the Lord has dawned upon you.
For behold, darkness covers the land;
deep gloom enshrouds the peoples.
But over you the Lord will rise,
and his glory will appear upon you.
Nations will stream to your light,
and kings to the brightness of your dawning.
Your gates will always be open;
by day or night they will never be shut.
They will call you, The City of the Lord,
The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
Violence will no more be heard in your land,
ruin or destruction within your borders.
You will call your walls, Salvation,
and all your portals, Praise.
The sun will no more be your light by day;
by night you will not need the brightness of the moon.
The Lord will be your everlasting light,
and your God will be your glory.

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 Mary       Magnificat Luke 1:46-55  
My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord,
my spirit rejoices in God my Savior;
for he has looked with favor 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.
He has mercy on those who fear him
in every generation.
He has shown the strength of his arm,
he has scattered the proud in their conceit.
He has cast down the mighty from their thrones,
and has lifted up the lowly.
He has filled the hungry with good things,
and the rich he has sent away empty.
He has come to the help of his servant Israel,
for he has remembered his promise of mercy,
The promise he made to our fathers,
to Abraham and his children 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 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: 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.

A Prayer for Mission: O God and Father of all, whom the whole heavens adore: Let the whole earth also worship you, all nations obey you all tongues confess and bless you, and men and women everywhere love you and serve you in peace; 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
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



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