--Today is the Holy Day of St. Clement--
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

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.

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

Lord, open our lips. And our mouth shall proclaim your praise
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   Alleluia

Venite
The Antiphon:

?  a short sentence recited before or after a psalm to help us understand the readings

The mercy of the Lord is everlasting: Come let us adore him.

The Lessons

Psalm 119

⁽¹⁴⁵⁾ I call with all my heart; answer me, O LORD, and I will obey your decrees. ⁽¹⁴⁶⁾ I call out to you; save me and I will keep your statutes. ⁽¹⁴⁷⁾ I rise before dawn and cry for help; I have put my hope in your word. ⁽¹⁴⁸⁾ My eyes stay open through the watches of the night, that I may meditate on your promises.

⁽¹⁴⁹⁾ Hear my voice in accordance with your love; preserve my life, O LORD, according to your laws. ⁽¹⁵⁰⁾ Those who devise wicked schemes are near, but they are far from your law. ⁽¹⁵¹⁾ Yet you are near, O LORD, and all your commands are true. ⁽¹⁵²⁾ Long ago I learned from your statutes that you established them to last forever.

⁽¹⁵³⁾ Look upon my suffering and deliver me, for I have not forgotten your law. ⁽¹⁵⁴⁾ Defend my cause and redeem me; preserve my life according to your promise. ⁽¹⁵⁵⁾ Salvation is far from the wicked, for they do not seek out your decrees. ⁽¹⁵⁶⁾ Your compassion is great, O LORD; preserve my life according to your laws.

⁽¹⁵⁷⁾ Many are the foes who persecute me, but I have not turned from your statutes. ⁽¹⁵⁸⁾ I look on the faithless with loathing, for they do not obey your word. ⁽¹⁵⁹⁾ See how I love your precepts; preserve my life, O LORD, according to your love. ⁽¹⁶⁰⁾ All your words are true; all your righteous laws are eternal.

⁽¹⁶¹⁾ Rulers persecute me without cause, but my heart trembles at your word. ⁽¹⁶²⁾ I rejoice in your promise like one who finds great spoil. ⁽¹⁶³⁾ I hate and abhor falsehood but I love your law. ⁽¹⁶⁴⁾ Seven times a day I praise you for your righteous laws.

⁽¹⁶⁵⁾ Great peace have they who love your law, and nothing can make them stumble. ⁽¹⁶⁶⁾ I wait for your salvation, O LORD, and I follow your commands. ⁽¹⁶⁷⁾ I obey your statutes, for I love them greatly. ⁽¹⁶⁸⁾ I obey your precepts and your statutes, for all my ways are known to you.

⁽¹⁶⁹⁾ May my cry come before you, O LORD; give me understanding according to your word. ⁽¹⁷⁰⁾ May my supplication come before you; deliver me according to your promise. ⁽¹⁷¹⁾ May my lips overflow with praise, for you teach me your decrees. ⁽¹⁷²⁾ May my tongue sing of your word, for all your commands are righteous.

⁽¹⁷³⁾ May your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen your precepts. ⁽¹⁷⁴⁾ I long for your salvation, O LORD, and your law is my delight. ⁽¹⁷⁵⁾ Let me live that I may praise you, and may your laws sustain me. ⁽¹⁷⁶⁾ I have strayed like a lost sheep. Seek your servant, for I have not forgotten your commands.

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 12

⁽¹⁾ This is the word of the LORD concerning Israel. The LORD, who stretches out the heavens, who lays the foundation of the earth, and who forms the spirit of man within him, declares: ⁽²⁾ I am going to make Jerusalem a cup that sends all the surrounding peoples reeling. Judah will be besieged as well as Jerusalem. ⁽³⁾ On that day, when all the nations of the earth are gathered against her, I will make Jerusalem an immovable rock for all the nations. All who try to move it will injure themselves. ⁽⁴⁾ On that day I will strike every horse with panic and its rider with madness,' declares the LORD. 'I will keep a watchful eye over the house of Judah, but I will blind all the horses of the nations.

⁽⁵⁾ Then the leaders of Judah will say in their hearts, 'The people of Jerusalem are strong, because the LORD Almighty is their God.' ⁽⁶⁾ On that day I will make the leaders of Judah like a firepot in a woodpile, like a flaming torch among sheaves. They will consume right and left all the surrounding peoples, but Jerusalem will remain intact in her place. ⁽⁷⁾ The LORD will save the dwellings of Judah first, so that the honor of the house of David and of Jerusalem's inhabitants may not be greater than that of Judah. ⁽⁸⁾ On that day the LORD will shield those who live in Jerusalem, so that the feeblest among them will be like David, and the house of David will be like God, like the Angel of the LORD going before them.

⁽⁹⁾ On that day I will set out to destroy all the nations that attack Jerusalem. ⁽¹⁰⁾ And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and supplication. They will look on me, the one they have pierced, and they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for him as one grieves for a firstborn son.

The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

Ephesians Chapter 1

⁽³⁾ Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. ⁽⁴⁾ For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love ⁽⁵⁾ he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will-- ⁽⁶⁾ to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves.

⁽⁷⁾ In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace ⁽⁸⁾ that he lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding. ⁽⁹⁾ And he made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ, ⁽¹⁰⁾ to be put into effect when the times will have reached their fulfillment-- to bring all things in heaven and on earth together under one head, even Christ.

⁽¹¹⁾ In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will, ⁽¹²⁾ in order that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, might be for the praise of his glory. ⁽¹³⁾ And you also were included in Christ when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. Having believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, ⁽¹⁴⁾ who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God's possession-- to the praise of his glory.

The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

Luke Chapter 19

⁽¹⁾ Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through. ⁽²⁾ A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was wealthy. ⁽³⁾ He wanted to see who Jesus was, but being a short man he could not, because of the crowd. ⁽⁴⁾ So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree to see him, since Jesus was coming that way.

⁽⁵⁾ When Jesus reached the spot, he looked up and said to him, 'Zacchaeus, come down immediately. I must stay at your house today.' ⁽⁶⁾ So he came down at once and welcomed him gladly. ⁽⁷⁾ All the people saw this and began to mutter, 'He has gone to be the guest of a 'sinner.'' ⁽⁸⁾ But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, 'Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the amount.'

⁽⁹⁾ Jesus said to him, 'Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham. ⁽¹⁰⁾ For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost.'

The Gospel of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.


Glory to God      
 
Glory to God in the highest,
and peace to his people on earth.

Lord God, heavenly King,
almighty God and Father,
we worship you, we give you thanks,
we praise you for your glory.

Lord Jesus Christ, only Son of the Father,
Lord God, Lamb of God,
you take away the sin of the world:
have mercy on us;
you are seated at the right hand of the Father:
receive our prayer.

For you alone are the Holy One,
you alone are the Lord,
you alone are the Most High,
Jesus Christ,
with the Holy Spirit,
in the glory of God the Father. 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.

The 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: Lord Jesus Christ, you stretched out your arms of love on the hard wood of the cross that everyone might come within the reach of your saving embrace: So clothe us in your Spirit that we, reaching forth our hands in love, may bring those who do not know you to the knowledge and love of you; for the honor of your Name. Amen.

Personal Prayers and Reflection

This is a time to pause, consider and listen. Pray for yourself and others. When you lack the words


Closing Prayers   Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving
Almighty God, Father of all mercies, we your unworthy servants give you humble thanks for all your goodness and loving-kindness to us and to all whom you have made. We bless you for our creation, preservation, and all the blessings of this life; but above all for your immeasurable love in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ; for the means of grace, and for the hope of glory. And, we pray, give us such an awareness of your mercies, that with truly thankful hearts we may show forth your praise, not only with our lips, but in our lives, by giving up ourselves to your service, and by walking before you in holiness and righteousness all our days; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with you and the Holy Spirit, be honor and glory throughout all ages. Amen.

A Prayer of Saint Chrysostom
Almighty God, you have given us grace at this time with one accord to make our common supplication to you; and you have promised through your well-beloved Son that when two or three are gathered together in his Name you will be in the midst of them: Fulfill now, O Lord, our desires and petitions as may be best for us; granting us in this world knowledge of your truth, and in the age to come life everlasting. Amen.

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 for ever and ever. Amen. Ephesians 3:20,21



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