--Today is the Feast of Saint Patrick--
Lent
I will arise and go to my father, and I will say to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son.' Luke 15:18, 19

Saint and Major Saints' Days
We give thanks to the Father, who has made us worthy to share in the inheritance of the saints in light. Colossians 1:12

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 Lord is full of compassion and mercy: 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 91

⁽¹⁾ He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. ⁽²⁾ I will say of the LORD, 'He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in Him I will trust.' ⁽³⁾ Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler And from the perilous pestilence. ⁽⁴⁾ He shall cover you with His feathers, And under His wings you shall take refuge; His truth shall be your shield and buckler.

⁽⁵⁾ You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, Nor of the arrow that flies by day, ⁽⁶⁾ Nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness, Nor of the destruction that lays waste at noonday. ⁽⁷⁾ A thousand may fall at your side, And ten thousand at your right hand; But it shall not come near you. ⁽⁸⁾ Only with your eyes shall you look, And see the reward of the wicked.

⁽⁹⁾ Because you have made the LORD, who is my refuge, Even the Most High, your dwelling place, ⁽¹⁰⁾ No evil shall befall you, Nor shall any plague come near your dwelling; ⁽¹¹⁾ For He shall give His angels charge over you, To keep you in all your ways. ⁽¹²⁾ In their hands they shall bear you up, Lest you dash your foot against a stone.

⁽¹³⁾ You shall tread upon the lion and the cobra, The young lion and the serpent you shall trample underfoot. ⁽¹⁴⁾ Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him; I will set him on high, because he has known My name. ⁽¹⁵⁾ He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him and honor him. ⁽¹⁶⁾ With long life I will satisfy him, And show him My salvation.'

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 92

⁽¹⁾ It is good to give thanks to the LORD, And to sing praises to Your name, O Most High; ⁽²⁾ To declare Your lovingkindness in the morning, And Your faithfulness every night, ⁽³⁾ On an instrument of ten strings, On the lute, And on the harp, With harmonious sound. ⁽⁴⁾ For You, LORD, have made me glad through Your work; I will triumph in the works of Your hands.

⁽⁵⁾ O LORD, how great are Your works! Your thoughts are very deep. ⁽⁶⁾ A senseless man does not know, Nor does a fool understand this. ⁽⁷⁾ When the wicked spring up like grass, And when all the workers of iniquity flourish, It is that they may be destroyed forever. ⁽⁸⁾ But You, LORD, are on high forevermore.

⁽⁹⁾ For behold, Your enemies, O LORD, For behold, Your enemies shall perish; All the workers of iniquity shall be scattered. ⁽¹⁰⁾ But my horn You have exalted like a wild ox; I have been anointed with fresh oil. ⁽¹¹⁾ My eye also has seen my desire on my enemies; My ears hear my desire on the wicked Who rise up against me. ⁽¹²⁾ The righteous shall flourish like a palm tree, He shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

⁽¹³⁾ Those who are planted in the house of the LORD Shall flourish in the courts of our God. ⁽¹⁴⁾ They shall still bear fruit in old age; They shall be fresh and flourishing, ⁽¹⁵⁾ To declare that the LORD is upright; He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in Him.

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.

Jeremiah Chapter 11

⁽¹⁾ The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, ⁽²⁾ Hear the words of this covenant, and speak to the men of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem; ⁽³⁾ and say to them, 'Thus says the LORD God of Israel: 'Cursed is the man who does not obey the words of this covenant ⁽⁴⁾ which I commanded your fathers in the day I brought them out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, 'Obey My voice, and do according to all that I command you; so shall you be My people, and I will be your God,'

⁽⁵⁾ that I may establish the oath which I have sworn to your fathers, to give them 'a land flowing with milk and honey,' as it is this day.' ' ' And I answered and said, 'So be it, LORD.' ⁽⁶⁾ Then the LORD said to me, 'Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying: 'Hear the words of this covenant and do them. ⁽⁷⁾ For I earnestly exhorted your fathers in the day I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, until this day, rising early and exhorting, saying, 'Obey My voice.' ⁽⁸⁾ Yet they did not obey or incline their ear, but everyone followed the dictates of his evil heart; therefore I will bring upon them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do, but which they have not done.' '

⁽¹⁴⁾ So do not pray for this people, or lift up a cry or prayer for them; for I will not hear them in the time that they cry out to Me because of their trouble. ⁽¹⁵⁾ What has My beloved to do in My house, Having done lewd deeds with many? And the holy flesh has passed from you. When you do evil, then you rejoice. ⁽¹⁶⁾ The LORD called your name, Green Olive Tree, Lovely and of Good Fruit. With the noise of a great tumult He has kindled fire on it, And its branches are broken. ⁽¹⁷⁾ For the LORD of hosts, who planted you, has pronounced doom against you for the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have done against themselves to provoke Me to anger in offering incense to Baal.'

⁽¹⁸⁾ Now the LORD gave me knowledge of it, and I know it; for You showed me their doings. ⁽¹⁹⁾ But I was like a docile lamb brought to the slaughter; and I did not know that they had devised schemes against me, saying, 'Let us destroy the tree with its fruit, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be remembered no more.' ⁽²⁰⁾ But, O LORD of hosts, You who judge righteously, Testing the mind and the heart, Let me see Your vengeance on them, For to You I have revealed my cause.

The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

Romans Chapter 6

⁽¹⁾ What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? ⁽²⁾ Certainly not! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it? ⁽³⁾ Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? ⁽⁴⁾ Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.

⁽⁵⁾ For if we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection, ⁽⁶⁾ knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin. ⁽⁷⁾ For he who has died has been freed from sin. ⁽⁸⁾ Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him,

⁽⁹⁾ knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no longer has dominion over Him. ⁽¹⁰⁾ For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God. ⁽¹¹⁾ Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

John Chapter 8

⁽³³⁾ They answered Him, 'We are Abraham's descendants, and have never been in bondage to anyone. How can you say, 'You will be made free'?' ⁽³⁴⁾ Jesus answered them, 'Most assuredly, I say to you, whoever commits sin is a slave of sin. ⁽³⁵⁾ And a slave does not abide in the house forever, but a son abides forever. ⁽³⁶⁾ Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed.

⁽³⁷⁾ I know that you are Abraham's descendants, but you seek to kill Me, because My word has no place in you. ⁽³⁸⁾ I speak what I have seen with My Father, and you do what you have seen with your father.' ⁽³⁹⁾ They answered and said to Him, 'Abraham is our father.' Jesus said to them, 'If you were Abraham's children, you would do the works of Abraham. ⁽⁴⁰⁾ But now you seek to kill Me, a Man who has told you the truth which I heard from God. Abraham did not do this.

⁽⁴¹⁾ You do the deeds of your father.' Then they said to Him, 'We were not born of fornication; we have one Father -- God.' ⁽⁴²⁾ Jesus said to them, 'If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I proceeded forth and came from God; nor have I come of Myself, but He sent Me. ⁽⁴³⁾ Why do you not understand My speech? Because you are not able to listen to My word. ⁽⁴⁴⁾ You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it.

⁽⁴⁵⁾ But because I tell the truth, you do not believe Me. ⁽⁴⁶⁾ Which of you convicts Me of sin? And if I tell the truth, why do you not believe Me? ⁽⁴⁷⁾ He who is of God hears God's words; therefore you do not hear, because you are not of God.'

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

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:  Third Sunday in Lent
Almighty God, you know that we have no power in ourselves to help ourselves: Keep us both outwardly in our bodies and inwardly in our souls, that we may be defended from all adversities which may happen to the body, and from all evil thoughts which may assault and hurt the soul; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. 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