Daily Prayer for Year One : Third Week of Lent-Sunday 
 Lent:   07-March-2021

Psalm 34:1– 22

Jeremiah 6:9– 15

1 Corinthians 6:12– 20

Mark 5:1– 20

The Officiant begins the service with one or more of the following sentences of Scripture, or with the Service of Light, and continuing with the appointed Psalmody; or with the versicle 'O God, make speed to save us'

Let my prayer be set forth in your sight as incense, the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice. Psalm 141:2

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ. Philippians 1:2

Worship the Lord in the beauty of his holiness; let the whole earth tremble before him. Psalm 96:9

Yours is the day, O God, yours also the night; you established the moon and the sun. You fixed all the boundaries of the earth; you made both summer and winter. Psalm 74:15,16

I will bless the Lord who gives me counsel; my heart teaches me, night after night. I have set the Lord always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not fall. Psalm 16:7,8

Seek him who made the Pleiades and Orion, and turns deep darkness into the morning, and darkens the day into night; who calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out upon the surface of the earth: The Lord is his name. Amos 5:8

If I say, 'Surely the darkness will cover me, and the light around me turn to night,' darkness is not dark to you, O Lord; the night is as bright as the day; darkness and light to you are both alike. Psalm 139:10,11

Jesus said, 'I am the light of the world; whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.' John 8:12

Confession of Sin   Introduction

Most merciful God,
we confess that we have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done, and by what we have left undone. We have not loved you with our whole heart; we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. We are truly sorry and we humbly repent. For the sake of your Son Jesus Christ, have mercy on us and forgive us; that we 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
Officiant:   Lord, open our lips.
People:     And our mouth shall proclaim your praise

Officiant and People: 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

Then follows one of the Invitatory Psalms Venite

The following Antiphon may be sung or said with the Invitatory Psalm

The Lord is full of compassion and mercy: Come let us adore him.

The Lessons

Psalm 34

⁽¹⁾ I will bless the LORD at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth. ⁽²⁾ My soul shall make its boast in the LORD; The humble shall hear of it and be glad. ⁽³⁾ Oh, magnify the LORD with me, And let us exalt His name together. ⁽⁴⁾ I sought the LORD, and He heard me, And delivered me from all my fears.

⁽⁵⁾ They looked to Him and were radiant, And their faces were not ashamed. ⁽⁶⁾ This poor man cried out, and the LORD heard him, And saved him out of all his troubles. ⁽⁷⁾ The angel of the LORD encamps all around those who fear Him, And delivers them. ⁽⁸⁾ Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good; Blessed is the man who trusts in Him!

⁽⁹⁾ Oh, fear the LORD, you His saints! There is no want to those who fear Him. ⁽¹⁰⁾ The young lions lack and suffer hunger; But those who seek the LORD shall not lack any good thing. ⁽¹¹⁾ Come, you children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD. ⁽¹²⁾ Who is the man who desires life, And loves many days, that he may see good?

⁽¹³⁾ Keep your tongue from evil, And your lips from speaking deceit. ⁽¹⁴⁾ Depart from evil and do good; Seek peace and pursue it. ⁽¹⁵⁾ The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, And His ears are open to their cry. ⁽¹⁶⁾ The face of the LORD is against those who do evil, To cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

⁽¹⁷⁾ The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears, And delivers them out of all their troubles. ⁽¹⁸⁾ The LORD is near to those who have a broken heart, And saves such as have a contrite spirit. ⁽¹⁹⁾ Many are the afflictions of the righteous, But the LORD delivers him out of them all. ⁽²⁰⁾ He guards all his bones; Not one of them is broken.

⁽²¹⁾ Evil shall slay the wicked, And those who hate the righteous shall be condemned. ⁽²²⁾ The LORD redeems the soul of His servants, And none of those who trust in Him shall be condemned.

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.

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 6

⁽⁹⁾ Thus says the LORD of hosts: 'They shall thoroughly glean as a vine the remnant of Israel; As a grape-gatherer, put your hand back into the branches.' ⁽¹⁰⁾ To whom shall I speak and give warning, That they may hear? Indeed their ear is uncircumcised, And they cannot give heed. Behold, the word of the LORD is a reproach to them; They have no delight in it. ⁽¹¹⁾ Therefore I am full of the fury of the LORD. I am weary of holding it in. 'I will pour it out on the children outside, And on the assembly of young men together; For even the husband shall be taken with the wife, The aged with him who is full of days. ⁽¹²⁾ And their houses shall be turned over to others, Fields and wives together; For I will stretch out My hand Against the inhabitants of the land,' says the LORD.

⁽¹³⁾ Because from the least of them even to the greatest of them, Everyone is given to covetousness; And from the prophet even to the priest, Everyone deals falsely. ⁽¹⁴⁾ They have also healed the hurt of My people slightly, Saying, 'Peace, peace!' When there is no peace. ⁽¹⁵⁾ Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? No! They were not at all ashamed; Nor did they know how to blush. Therefore they shall fall among those who fall; At the time I punish them, They shall be cast down,' says the LORD.

  The Word of the Lord.
  Thanks be to God.

1 Corinthians 6

⁽¹²⁾ All things are lawful for me, but all things are not helpful. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any. ⁽¹³⁾ Foods for the stomach and the stomach for foods, but God will destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. ⁽¹⁴⁾ And God both raised up the Lord and will also raise us up by His power. ⁽¹⁵⁾ Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a harlot? Certainly not!

⁽¹⁶⁾ Or do you not know that he who is joined to a harlot is one body with her? For 'the two,' He says, 'shall become one flesh.' ⁽¹⁷⁾ But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with Him. ⁽¹⁸⁾ Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body. ⁽¹⁹⁾ Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own?

⁽²⁰⁾ For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's.

  The Word of the Lord.
  Thanks be to God.

Mark 5

⁽¹⁾ Then they came to the other side of the sea, to the country of the Gadarenes. ⁽²⁾ And when He had come out of the boat, immediately there met Him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit, ⁽³⁾ who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no one could bind him, not even with chains, ⁽⁴⁾ because he had often been bound with shackles and chains. And the chains had been pulled apart by him, and the shackles broken in pieces; neither could anyone tame him.

⁽⁵⁾ And always, night and day, he was in the mountains and in the tombs, crying out and cutting himself with stones. ⁽⁶⁾ When he saw Jesus from afar, he ran and worshiped Him. ⁽⁷⁾ And he cried out with a loud voice and said, 'What have I to do with You, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I implore You by God that You do not torment me.' ⁽⁸⁾ For He said to him, 'Come out of the man, unclean spirit!'

⁽⁹⁾ Then He asked him, 'What is your name?' And he answered, saying, 'My name is Legion; for we are many.' ⁽¹⁰⁾ Also he begged Him earnestly that He would not send them out of the country. ⁽¹¹⁾ Now a large herd of swine was feeding there near the mountains. ⁽¹²⁾ So all the demons begged Him, saying, 'Send us to the swine, that we may enter them.'

⁽¹³⁾ And at once Jesus gave them permission. Then the unclean spirits went out and entered the swine (there were about two thousand); and the herd ran violently down the steep place into the sea, and drowned in the sea. ⁽¹⁴⁾ So those who fed the swine fled, and they told it in the city and in the country. And they went out to see what it was that had happened. ⁽¹⁵⁾ Then they came to Jesus, and saw the one who had been demon-possessed and had the legion, sitting and clothed and in his right mind. And they were afraid. ⁽¹⁶⁾ And those who saw it told them how it happened to him who had been demon-possessed, and about the swine.

⁽¹⁷⁾ Then they began to plead with Him to depart from their region. ⁽¹⁸⁾ And when He got into the boat, he who had been demon-possessed begged Him that he might be with Him. ⁽¹⁹⁾ However, Jesus did not permit him, but said to him, 'Go home to your friends, and tell them what great things the Lord has done for you, and how He has had compassion on you.' ⁽²⁰⁾ And he departed and began to proclaim in Decapolis all that Jesus had done for him; and all marveled.

  The Gospel of the Lord.
  Thanks be to God.

The Canticles

15 The Song of Mary       Magnificat Luke 1:46 to 55

Can be read after the Old Testament Reading
 
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 forever.

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.

17 The Song of the Simeon       Nunc Dimittis Luke 2:29 to 32

Can be read after the New Testament Reading
 
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
*Officiant and People together, all standing

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

Officiant : The Lord be with you.
People :   And with your Spirit.
Officiant : Let us pray.

The Lord's Prayer   Traditional
Suffrages   A

The Collect of the Week:    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.

The Collect of the Day:  A Collect for Sundays
O God, you make us glad with the weekly remembrance of the glorious resurrection of your Son our Lord: Give us this day such blessing through our worship of you, that the week to come may be spent in your favor; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Then, unless the Eucharist or a form of general intercession is to follow,one of these prayer for mission is added
O God and Father of all, whom the whole heavens adore: Let the whole earth also worship you, all nations obey you, all tongues confess and bless you, and men and women everywhere love you and serve you in peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

or this
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.

or the following
O God, you manifest in your servants the signs of your presence: Send forth upon us the spirit of love, that in companionship with one another your abounding grace may increase among us; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Here may be sung a hymn or anthem.
Authorized intercessions and thanksgivings may follow.
Before the close of the Office one or both of the following may be used

The General Thanksgiving
Officiant and People
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 our selves 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 St. Chrysostom
Officiant
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.

Then may be said
Let us bless the Lord.
Thanks be to God

The Officiant may then conclude with one of the following
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with us all evermore. Amen. 2 Corinthians 13:14
---or---
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
---or---
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 forever and ever. Amen. Ephesians 3:20,21


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