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.

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 140

⁽¹⁾ Rescue me, O LORD, from evil men; protect me from men of violence, ⁽²⁾ who devise evil plans in their hearts and stir up war every day. ⁽³⁾ They make their tongues as sharp as a serpent's; the poison of vipers is on their lips. Selah ⁽⁴⁾ Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; protect me from men of violence who plan to trip my feet.

⁽⁵⁾ Proud men have hidden a snare for me; they have spread out the cords of their net and have set traps for me along my path. Selah ⁽⁶⁾ O LORD, I say to you, 'You are my God.' Hear, O LORD, my cry for mercy. ⁽⁷⁾ O Sovereign LORD, my strong deliverer, who shields my head in the day of battle-- ⁽⁸⁾ do not grant the wicked their desires, O LORD; do not let their plans succeed, or they will become proud. Selah

⁽⁹⁾ Let the heads of those who surround me be covered with the trouble their lips have caused. ⁽¹⁰⁾ Let burning coals fall upon them; may they be thrown into the fire, into miry pits, never to rise. ⁽¹¹⁾ Let slanderers not be established in the land; may disaster hunt down men of violence. ⁽¹²⁾ I know that the LORD secures justice for the poor and upholds the cause of the needy.

⁽¹³⁾ Surely the righteous will praise your name and the upright will live before you.

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 142

⁽¹⁾ I cry aloud to the LORD; I lift up my voice to the LORD for mercy. ⁽²⁾ I pour out my complaint before him; before him I tell my trouble. ⁽³⁾ When my spirit grows faint within me, it is you who know my way. In the path where I walk men have hidden a snare for me. ⁽⁴⁾ Look to my right and see; no one is concerned for me. I have no refuge; no one cares for my life.

⁽⁵⁾ I cry to you, O LORD; I say, 'You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.' ⁽⁶⁾ Listen to my cry, for I am in desperate need; rescue me from those who pursue me, for they are too strong for me. ⁽⁷⁾ Set me free from my prison, that I may praise your name. Then the righteous will gather about me because of your goodness to me.

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.

Isaiah Chapter 24

⁽¹⁴⁾ They raise their voices, they shout for joy; from the west they acclaim the LORD's majesty. ⁽¹⁵⁾ Therefore in the east give glory to the LORD; exalt the name of the LORD, the God of Israel, in the islands of the sea. ⁽¹⁶⁾ From the ends of the earth we hear singing: 'Glory to the Righteous One.' But I said, 'I waste away, I waste away! Woe to me! The treacherous betray! With treachery the treacherous betray!' ⁽¹⁷⁾ Terror and pit and snare await you, O people of the earth.

⁽¹⁸⁾ Whoever flees at the sound of terror will fall into a pit; whoever climbs out of the pit will be caught in a snare. The floodgates of the heavens are opened, the foundations of the earth shake. ⁽¹⁹⁾ The earth is broken up, the earth is split asunder, the earth is thoroughly shaken. ⁽²⁰⁾ The earth reels like a drunkard, it sways like a hut in the wind; so heavy upon it is the guilt of its rebellion that it falls-- never to rise again. ⁽²¹⁾ In that day the LORD will punish the powers in the heavens above and the kings on the earth below.

⁽²²⁾ They will be herded together like prisoners bound in a dungeon; they will be shut up in prison and be punished after many days. ⁽²³⁾ The moon will be abashed, the sun ashamed; for the LORD Almighty will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before its elders, gloriously.

The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

1 Peter Chapter 3

⁽¹³⁾ Who is going to harm you if you are eager to do good? ⁽¹⁴⁾ But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. 'Do not fear what they fear; do not be frightened.' ⁽¹⁵⁾ But in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect, ⁽¹⁶⁾ keeping a clear conscience, so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander.

⁽¹⁷⁾ It is better, if it is God's will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil. ⁽¹⁸⁾ For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive by the Spirit, ⁽¹⁹⁾ through whom also he went and preached to the spirits in prison ⁽²⁰⁾ who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In it only a few people, eight in all, were saved through water,

⁽²¹⁾ and this water symbolizes baptism that now saves you also-- not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a good conscience toward God. It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ, ⁽²²⁾ who has gone into heaven and is at God's right hand-- with angels, authorities and powers in submission to him. ⁽¹⁾ Therefore, since Christ suffered in his body, arm yourselves also with the same attitude, because he who has suffered in his body is done with sin. ⁽²⁾ As a result, he does not live the rest of his earthly life for evil human desires, but rather for the will of God. ⁽³⁾ For you have spent enough time in the past doing what pagans choose to do-- living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing and detestable idolatry. ⁽⁴⁾ They think it strange that you do not plunge with them into the same flood of dissipation, and they heap abuse on you.

⁽⁵⁾ But they will have to give account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead. ⁽⁶⁾ For this is the reason the gospel was preached even to those who are now dead, so that they might be judged according to men in regard to the body, but live according to God in regard to the spirit.

The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

Matthew Chapter 20

⁽¹⁷⁾ Now as Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside and said to them, ⁽¹⁸⁾ We are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief priests and the teachers of the law. They will condemn him to death ⁽¹⁹⁾ and will turn him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified. On the third day he will be raised to life!' ⁽²⁰⁾ Then the mother of Zebedee's sons came to Jesus with her sons and, kneeling down, asked a favor of him.

⁽²¹⁾ What is it you want?' he asked. She said, 'Grant that one of these two sons of mine may sit at your right and the other at your left in your kingdom.' ⁽²²⁾ You don't know what you are asking,' Jesus said to them. 'Can you drink the cup I am going to drink?' 'We can,' they answered. ⁽²³⁾ Jesus said to them, 'You will indeed drink from my cup, but to sit at my right or left is not for me to grant. These places belong to those for whom they have been prepared by my Father.' ⁽²⁴⁾ When the ten heard about this, they were indignant with the two brothers.

⁽²⁵⁾ Jesus called them together and said, 'You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them. ⁽²⁶⁾ Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, ⁽²⁷⁾ and whoever wants to be first must be your slave-- ⁽²⁸⁾ just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.'

The Gospel of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.


The Second Song of Isaiah      Isaiah 55:6 to 11

Seek the Lord while he wills to be found;
call upon him when he draws near.
Let the wicked forsake their ways
and the evil ones their thoughts;
And let them turn to the Lord, and he will have compassion,
and to our God, for he will richly pardon.
For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
nor your ways my ways, says the Lord.
For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways,
and my thoughts than your thoughts.
For as rain and snow fall from the heavens
and return not again, but water the earth,
Bringing forth life and giving growth,
seed for sowing and bread for eating,
So is my word that goes forth from my mouth;
it will not return to me empty;
But it will accomplish that which I have purposed,
and prosper in that for which I sent it.
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: 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: O God, you have made of one blood all the peoples of the earth, and sent your blessed Son to preach peace to those who are far off and to those who are near: Grant that people everywhere may seek after you and find you; bring the nations into your fold; pour out your Spirit upon all flesh; and hasten the coming of your kingdom; through Jesus Christ our Lord. 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

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