Today is the Feast of The Transfiguration -- Click for Readings
Ordinary Time
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my strength and my redeemer. Psalm 19:14

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.
The mercy of the Lord is everlasting: 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 136

⁽¹⁾ Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good. His love endures forever. ⁽²⁾ Give thanks to the God of gods. His love endures forever. ⁽³⁾ Give thanks to the Lord of lords: His love endures forever. ⁽⁴⁾ to him who alone does great wonders, His love endures forever.

⁽⁵⁾ who by his understanding made the heavens, His love endures forever. ⁽⁶⁾ who spread out the earth upon the waters, His love endures forever. ⁽⁷⁾ who made the great lights-- His love endures forever. ⁽⁸⁾ the sun to govern the day, His love endures forever.

⁽⁹⁾ the moon and stars to govern the night; His love endures forever. ⁽¹⁰⁾ to him who struck down the firstborn of Egypt His love endures forever. ⁽¹¹⁾ and brought Israel out from among them His love endures forever. ⁽¹²⁾ with a mighty hand and outstretched arm; His love endures forever.

⁽¹³⁾ to him who divided the Red Sea asunder His love endures forever. ⁽¹⁴⁾ and brought Israel through the midst of it, His love endures forever. ⁽¹⁵⁾ but swept Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea; His love endures forever. ⁽¹⁶⁾ to him who led his people through the desert, His love endures forever.

⁽¹⁷⁾ who struck down great kings, His love endures forever. ⁽¹⁸⁾ and killed mighty kings-- His love endures forever. ⁽¹⁹⁾ Sihon king of the Amorites His love endures forever. ⁽²⁰⁾ and Og king of Bashan-- His love endures forever.

⁽²¹⁾ and gave their land as an inheritance, His love endures forever. ⁽²²⁾ an inheritance to his servant Israel; His love endures forever. ⁽²³⁾ to the One who remembered us in our low estate His love endures forever. ⁽²⁴⁾ and freed us from our enemies, His love endures forever.

⁽²⁵⁾ and who gives food to every creature. His love endures forever. ⁽²⁶⁾ Give thanks to the God of heaven. His love endures 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.

Judges Chapter 9

⁽²²⁾ After Abimelech had governed Israel three years, ⁽²³⁾ God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the citizens of Shechem, who acted treacherously against Abimelech. ⁽²⁴⁾ God did this in order that the crime against Jerub-Baal's seventy sons, the shedding of their blood, might be avenged on their brother Abimelech and on the citizens of Shechem, who had helped him murder his brothers. ⁽²⁵⁾ In opposition to him these citizens of Shechem set men on the hilltops to ambush and rob everyone who passed by, and this was reported to Abimelech.

⁽⁵⁰⁾ Next Abimelech went to Thebez and besieged it and captured it. ⁽⁵¹⁾ Inside the city, however, was a strong tower, to which all the men and women-- all the people of the city-- fled. They locked themselves in and climbed up on the tower roof. ⁽⁵²⁾ Abimelech went to the tower and stormed it. But as he approached the entrance to the tower to set it on fire, ⁽⁵³⁾ a woman dropped an upper millstone on his head and cracked his skull.

⁽⁵⁴⁾ Hurriedly he called to his armor-bearer, 'Draw your sword and kill me, so that they can't say, 'A woman killed him.'' So his servant ran him through, and he died. ⁽⁵⁵⁾ When the Israelites saw that Abimelech was dead, they went home. ⁽⁵⁶⁾ Thus God repaid the wickedness that Abimelech had done to his father by murdering his seventy brothers. ⁽⁵⁷⁾ God also made the men of Shechem pay for all their wickedness. The curse of Jotham son of Jerub-Baal came on them.

The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

Acts Chapter 4

⁽³²⁾ All the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but they shared everything they had. ⁽³³⁾ With great power the apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and much grace was upon them all. ⁽³⁴⁾ There were no needy persons among them. For from time to time those who owned lands or houses sold them, brought the money from the sales ⁽³⁵⁾ and put it at the apostles' feet, and it was distributed to anyone as he had need.

⁽³⁶⁾ Joseph, a Levite from Cyprus, whom the apostles called Barnabas (which means Son of Encouragement), ⁽³⁷⁾ sold a field he owned and brought the money and put it at the apostles' feet. ⁽¹⁾ Now a man named Ananias, together with his wife Sapphira, also sold a piece of property. ⁽²⁾ With his wife's full knowledge he kept back part of the money for himself, but brought the rest and put it at the apostles' feet. ⁽³⁾ Then Peter said, 'Ananias, how is it that Satan has so filled your heart that you have lied to the Holy Spirit and have kept for yourself some of the money you received for the land? ⁽⁴⁾ Didn't it belong to you before it was sold? And after it was sold, wasn't the money at your disposal? What made you think of doing such a thing? You have not lied to men but to God.'

⁽⁵⁾ When Ananias heard this, he fell down and died. And great fear seized all who heard what had happened. ⁽⁶⁾ Then the young men came forward, wrapped up his body, and carried him out and buried him. ⁽⁷⁾ About three hours later his wife came in, not knowing what had happened. ⁽⁸⁾ Peter asked her, 'Tell me, is this the price you and Ananias got for the land?' 'Yes,' she said, 'that is the price.'

⁽⁹⁾ Peter said to her, 'How could you agree to test the Spirit of the Lord? Look! The feet of the men who buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out also.' ⁽¹⁰⁾ At that moment she fell down at his feet and died. Then the young men came in and, finding her dead, carried her out and buried her beside her husband. ⁽¹¹⁾ Great fear seized the whole church and all who heard about these events.

The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

John Chapter 2

⁽¹³⁾ When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. ⁽¹⁴⁾ In the temple courts he found men selling cattle, sheep and doves, and others sitting at tables exchanging money. ⁽¹⁵⁾ So he made a whip out of cords, and drove all from the temple area, both sheep and cattle; he scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. ⁽¹⁶⁾ To those who sold doves he said, 'Get these out of here! How dare you turn my Father's house into a market!'

⁽¹⁷⁾ His disciples remembered that it is written: 'Zeal for your house will consume me.' ⁽¹⁸⁾ Then the Jews demanded of him, 'What miraculous sign can you show us to prove your authority to do all this?' ⁽¹⁹⁾ Jesus answered them, 'Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days.' ⁽²⁰⁾ The Jews replied, 'It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and you are going to raise it in three days?'

⁽²¹⁾ But the temple he had spoken of was his body. ⁽²²⁾ After he was raised from the dead, his disciples recalled what he had said. Then they believed the Scripture and the words that Jesus had spoken. ⁽²³⁾ Now while he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many people saw the miraculous signs he was doing and believed in his name. ⁽²⁴⁾ But Jesus would not entrust himself to them, for he knew all men.

⁽²⁵⁾ He did not need man's testimony about man, for he knew what was in a man.

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 First Song of Isaiah       Kyrie Pantokrator Isaiah 12:2 to 6
 
Surely, it is God who saves me;
  I will trust in him and not be afraid.
For the Lord is my stronghold
and my sure defense,
  and he will be my Savior.
Therefore you shall draw water with rejoicing
  from the springs of salvation.
And on that day you shall say,
  Give thanks to the Lord and call upon his Name;
Make his deeds known among the peoples;
  see that they remember that his Name is exalted.
Sing the praises of the Lord,
for he has done great things,
  and this is known in all the world.
Cry aloud, inhabitants of Zion, ring out your joy,
  for the great one in the midst of you is the Holy One of 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 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

Seasonal Collect:   Proper 13 The Sunday closest to August 3
Let your continual mercy, O Lord, cleanse and defend your Church; and, because it cannot continue in safety without your help, protect and govern it always by your goodness; 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, who after the creation of the world rested from all your works and sanctified a day of rest for all your creatures: Grant that we, putting away all earthly anxieties, may be duly prepared for the service of your sanctuary, and that our rest here upon earth may be a preparation for the eternal rest promised to your people in heaven; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

A Prayer for Mission: 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.

Personal Prayers and Reflection

This is a time to pause, consider and listen. Pray for yourself and others.


Closing Prayers   Thanksgiving

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



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