Today is the Feast of St. Michael & All Angels -- Click for Readings
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

Saint and Major Saints' Days
Their sound has gone out into all lands, and their message to the ends of the world. Psalm 19:4

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.
Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness: 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 shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. ⁽²⁾ I will say of the LORD, 'He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.' ⁽³⁾ Surely he will save you from the fowler's snare and from the deadly pestilence. ⁽⁴⁾ He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.

⁽⁵⁾ You will not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day, ⁽⁶⁾ nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the plague that destroys at midday. ⁽⁷⁾ A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you. ⁽⁸⁾ You will only observe with your eyes and see the punishment of the wicked.

⁽⁹⁾ If you make the Most High your dwelling-- even the LORD, who is my refuge-- ⁽¹⁰⁾ then no harm will befall you, no disaster will come near your tent. ⁽¹¹⁾ For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways; ⁽¹²⁾ they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.

⁽¹³⁾ You will tread upon the lion and the cobra; you will trample the great lion and the serpent. ⁽¹⁴⁾ Because he loves me,' says the LORD, 'I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name. ⁽¹⁵⁾ He will 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 will I 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 praise the LORD and make music to your name, O Most High, ⁽²⁾ to proclaim your love in the morning and your faithfulness at night, ⁽³⁾ to the music of the ten-stringed lyre and the melody of the harp. ⁽⁴⁾ For you make me glad by your deeds, O LORD; I sing for joy at the works of your hands.

⁽⁵⁾ How great are your works, O LORD, how profound your thoughts! ⁽⁶⁾ The senseless man does not know, fools do not understand, ⁽⁷⁾ that though the wicked spring up like grass and all evildoers flourish, they will be forever destroyed. ⁽⁸⁾ But you, O LORD, are exalted forever.

⁽⁹⁾ For surely your enemies, O LORD, surely your enemies will perish; all evildoers will be scattered. ⁽¹⁰⁾ You have exalted my horn like that of a wild ox; fine oils have been poured upon me. ⁽¹¹⁾ My eyes have seen the defeat of my adversaries; my ears have heard the rout of my wicked foes. ⁽¹²⁾ The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon;

⁽¹³⁾ planted in the house of the LORD, they will flourish in the courts of our God. ⁽¹⁴⁾ They will still bear fruit in old age, they will stay fresh and green, ⁽¹⁵⁾ proclaiming, 'The LORD is upright; he is my Rock, and there is no wickedness 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.

2 Kings Chapter 9

⁽¹⁷⁾ When the lookout standing on the tower in Jezreel saw Jehu's troops approaching, he called out, 'I see some troops coming.' 'Get a horseman,' Joram ordered. 'Send him to meet them and ask, 'Do you come in peace?'' ⁽¹⁸⁾ The horseman rode off to meet Jehu and said, 'This is what the king says: 'Do you come in peace?'' 'What do you have to do with peace?' Jehu replied. 'Fall in behind me.' The lookout reported, 'The messenger has reached them, but he isn't coming back.' ⁽¹⁹⁾ So the king sent out a second horseman. When he came to them he said, 'This is what the king says: 'Do you come in peace?'' Jehu replied, 'What do you have to do with peace? Fall in behind me.' ⁽²⁰⁾ The lookout reported, 'He has reached them, but he isn't coming back either. The driving is like that of Jehu son of Nimshi-- he drives like a madman.'

⁽²¹⁾ Hitch up my chariot,' Joram ordered. And when it was hitched up, Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah rode out, each in his own chariot, to meet Jehu. They met him at the plot of ground that had belonged to Naboth the Jezreelite. ⁽²²⁾ When Joram saw Jehu he asked, 'Have you come in peace, Jehu?' 'How can there be peace,' Jehu replied, 'as long as all the idolatry and witchcraft of your mother Jezebel abound?' ⁽²³⁾ Joram turned about and fled, calling out to Ahaziah, 'Treachery, Ahaziah!' ⁽²⁴⁾ Then Jehu drew his bow and shot Joram between the shoulders. The arrow pierced his heart and he slumped down in his chariot.

⁽²⁵⁾ Jehu said to Bidkar, his chariot officer, 'Pick him up and throw him on the field that belonged to Naboth the Jezreelite. Remember how you and I were riding together in chariots behind Ahab his father when the LORD made this prophecy about him: ⁽²⁶⁾ Yesterday I saw the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons, declares the LORD, and I will surely make you pay for it on this plot of ground, declares the LORD.' Now then, pick him up and throw him on that plot, in accordance with the word of the LORD.' ⁽²⁷⁾ When Ahaziah king of Judah saw what had happened, he fled up the road to Beth Haggan. Jehu chased him, shouting, 'Kill him too!' They wounded him in his chariot on the way up to Gur near Ibleam, but he escaped to Megiddo and died there. ⁽²⁸⁾ His servants took him by chariot to Jerusalem and buried him with his fathers in his tomb in the City of David.

⁽²⁹⁾ (In the eleventh year of Joram son of Ahab, Ahaziah had become king of Judah.) ⁽³⁰⁾ Then Jehu went to Jezreel. When Jezebel heard about it, she painted her eyes, arranged her hair and looked out of a window. ⁽³¹⁾ As Jehu entered the gate, she asked, 'Have you come in peace, Zimri, you murderer of your master?' ⁽³²⁾ He looked up at the window and called out, 'Who is on my side? Who?' Two or three eunuchs looked down at him.

⁽³³⁾ Throw her down!' Jehu said. So they threw her down, and some of her blood spattered the wall and the horses as they trampled her underfoot. ⁽³⁴⁾ Jehu went in and ate and drank. 'Take care of that cursed woman,' he said, 'and bury her, for she was a king's daughter.' ⁽³⁵⁾ But when they went out to bury her, they found nothing except her skull, her feet and her hands. ⁽³⁶⁾ They went back and told Jehu, who said, 'This is the word of the LORD that he spoke through his servant Elijah the Tishbite: On the plot of ground at Jezreel dogs will devour Jezebel's flesh.

⁽³⁷⁾ Jezebel's body will be like refuse on the ground in the plot at Jezreel, so that no one will be able to say, 'This is Jezebel.''

The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

1 Corinthians Chapter 7

⁽¹⁾ Now for the matters you wrote about: It is good for a man not to marry. ⁽²⁾ But since there is so much immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband. ⁽³⁾ The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband. ⁽⁴⁾ The wife's body does not belong to her alone but also to her husband. In the same way, the husband's body does not belong to him alone but also to his wife.

⁽⁵⁾ Do not deprive each other except by mutual consent and for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control. ⁽⁶⁾ I say this as a concession, not as a command. ⁽⁷⁾ I wish that all men were as I am. But each man has his own gift from God; one has this gift, another has that. ⁽⁸⁾ Now to the unmarried and the widows I say: It is good for them to stay unmarried, as I am.

⁽⁹⁾ But if they cannot control themselves, they should marry, for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

Matthew Chapter 6

⁽⁷⁾ And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. ⁽⁸⁾ Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. ⁽⁹⁾ This, then, is how you should pray: ''Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, ⁽¹⁰⁾ your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

⁽¹¹⁾ Give us today our daily bread. ⁽¹²⁾ Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. ⁽¹³⁾ And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.' ⁽¹⁴⁾ For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

⁽¹⁵⁾ But if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.

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 20 The Sunday closest to September 21
Grant us, Lord, not to be anxious about earthly things, but to love things heavenly; and even now, while we are placed among things that are passing away, to hold fast to those that shall endure; 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