Today Readings

Ordinary Time
The Lord is in his holy temple; let all the earth keep silence before him. Habakkuk 2:20

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 Chapter 36

⁽¹⁾ An oracle within my heart concerning the transgression of the wicked: There is no fear of God before his eyes. ⁽²⁾ For he flatters himself in his own eyes, When he finds out his iniquity and when he hates. ⁽³⁾ The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit; He has ceased to be wise and to do good. ⁽⁴⁾ He devises wickedness on his bed; He sets himself in a way that is not good; He does not abhor evil.

⁽⁵⁾ Your mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens; Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds. ⁽⁶⁾ Your righteousness is like the great mountains; Your judgments are a great deep; O LORD, You preserve man and beast. ⁽⁷⁾ How precious is Your lovingkindness, O God! Therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of Your wings. ⁽⁸⁾ They are abundantly satisfied with the fullness of Your house, And You give them drink from the river of Your pleasures.

⁽⁹⁾ For with You is the fountain of life; In Your light we see light. ⁽¹⁰⁾ Oh, continue Your lovingkindness to those who know You, And Your righteousness to the upright in heart. ⁽¹¹⁾ Let not the foot of pride come against me, And let not the hand of the wicked drive me away. ⁽¹²⁾ There the workers of iniquity have fallen; They have been cast down and are not able to rise.

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 Chapter 39

⁽¹⁾ I said, 'I will guard my ways, Lest I sin with my tongue; I will restrain my mouth with a muzzle, While the wicked are before me.' ⁽²⁾ I was mute with silence, I held my peace even from good; And my sorrow was stirred up. ⁽³⁾ My heart was hot within me; While I was musing, the fire burned. Then I spoke with my tongue: ⁽⁴⁾ LORD, make me to know my end, And what is the measure of my days, That I may know how frail I am.

⁽⁵⁾ Indeed, You have made my days as handbreadths, And my age is as nothing before You; Certainly every man at his best state is but vapor. Selah ⁽⁶⁾ Surely every man walks about like a shadow; Surely they busy themselves in vain; He heaps up riches, And does not know who will gather them. ⁽⁷⁾ And now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in You. ⁽⁸⁾ Deliver me from all my transgressions; Do not make me the reproach of the foolish.

⁽⁹⁾ I was mute, I did not open my mouth, Because it was You who did it. ⁽¹⁰⁾ Remove Your plague from me; I am consumed by the blow of Your hand. ⁽¹¹⁾ When with rebukes You correct man for iniquity, You make his beauty melt away like a moth; Surely every man is vapor. Selah ⁽¹²⁾ Hear my prayer, O LORD, And give ear to my cry; Do not be silent at my tears; For I am a stranger with You, A sojourner, as all my fathers were.

⁽¹³⁾ Remove Your gaze from me, that I may regain strength, Before I go away and am no more.'

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.

Lamentations Chapter 1

⁽¹⁾ How lonely sits the city That was full of people! How like a widow is she, Who was great among the nations! The princess among the provinces Has become a slave! ⁽²⁾ She weeps bitterly in the night, Her tears are on her cheeks; Among all her lovers She has none to comfort her. All her friends have dealt treacherously with her; They have become her enemies. ⁽³⁾ Judah has gone into captivity, Under affliction and hard servitude; She dwells among the nations, She finds no rest; All her persecutors overtake her in dire straits. ⁽⁴⁾ The roads to Zion mourn Because no one comes to the set feasts. All her gates are desolate; Her priests sigh, Her virgins are afflicted, And she is in bitterness.

⁽⁵⁾ Her adversaries have become the master, Her enemies prosper; For the LORD has afflicted her Because of the multitude of her transgressions. Her children have gone into captivity before the enemy. ⁽⁶⁾ And from the daughter of Zion All her splendor has departed. Her princes have become like deer That find no pasture, That flee without strength Before the pursuer. ⁽⁷⁾ In the days of her affliction and roaming, Jerusalem remembers all her pleasant things That she had in the days of old. When her people fell into the hand of the enemy, With no one to help her, The adversaries saw her And mocked at her downfall. ⁽⁸⁾ Jerusalem has sinned gravely, Therefore she has become vile. All who honored her despise her Because they have seen her nakedness; Yes, she sighs and turns away.

⁽⁹⁾ Her uncleanness is in her skirts; She did not consider her destiny; Therefore her collapse was awesome; She had no comforter. 'O LORD, behold my affliction, For the enemy is exalted!' ⁽¹⁰⁾ The adversary has spread his hand Over all her pleasant things; For she has seen the nations enter her sanctuary, Those whom You commanded Not to enter Your assembly. ⁽¹¹⁾ All her people sigh, They seek bread; They have given their valuables for food to restore life. 'See, O LORD, and consider, For I am scorned.' ⁽¹²⁾ Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by? Behold and see If there is any sorrow like my sorrow, Which has been brought on me, Which the LORD has inflicted In the day of His fierce anger.

The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

1 Corinthians Chapter 15

⁽⁴¹⁾ There is one glory of the sun, another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differs from another star in glory. ⁽⁴²⁾ So also is the resurrection of the dead. The body is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption. ⁽⁴³⁾ It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness, it is raised in power. ⁽⁴⁴⁾ It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.

⁽⁴⁵⁾ And so it is written, 'The first man Adam became a living being.' The last Adam became a life-giving spirit. ⁽⁴⁶⁾ However, the spiritual is not first, but the natural, and afterward the spiritual. ⁽⁴⁷⁾ The first man was of the earth, made of dust; the second Man is the Lord from heaven. ⁽⁴⁸⁾ As was the man of dust, so also are those who are made of dust; and as is the heavenly Man, so also are those who are heavenly.

⁽⁴⁹⁾ And as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly Man. ⁽⁵⁰⁾ Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does corruption inherit incorruption.

The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

Matthew Chapter 11

⁽²⁵⁾ At that time Jesus answered and said, 'I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and prudent and have revealed them to babes. ⁽²⁶⁾ Even so, Father, for so it seemed good in Your sight. ⁽²⁷⁾ All things have been delivered to Me by My Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father. Nor does anyone know the Father except the Son, and the one to whom the Son wills to reveal Him. ⁽²⁸⁾ Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

⁽²⁹⁾ Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. ⁽³⁰⁾ For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.'

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 Second Song of Isaiah       Quaerite Dominum 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 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

The Collect of the Week:   Proper 24 The Sunday closest to October 19
Almighty and everlasting God, in Christ you have revealed your glory among the nations: Preserve the works of your mercy, that your Church throughout the world may persevere with steadfast faith in the confession of your Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen.

The Collect of the Day:  A Collect for Aid against Perils(Tues) Be our light in the darkness, O Lord, and in your great mercy defend us from all perils and dangers of this night; for the love of your only Son, our Savior Jesus Christ. 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   Chrysostom

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