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

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 94

⁽¹⁾ O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongs -- O God, to whom vengeance belongs, shine forth! ⁽²⁾ Rise up, O Judge of the earth; Render punishment to the proud. ⁽³⁾ LORD, how long will the wicked, How long will the wicked triumph? ⁽⁴⁾ They utter speech, and speak insolent things; All the workers of iniquity boast in themselves.

⁽⁵⁾ They break in pieces Your people, O LORD, And afflict Your heritage. ⁽⁶⁾ They slay the widow and the stranger, And murder the fatherless. ⁽⁷⁾ Yet they say, 'The LORD does not see, Nor does the God of Jacob understand.' ⁽⁸⁾ Understand, you senseless among the people; And you fools, when will you be wise?

⁽⁹⁾ He who planted the ear, shall He not hear? He who formed the eye, shall He not see? ⁽¹⁰⁾ He who instructs the nations, shall He not correct, He who teaches man knowledge? ⁽¹¹⁾ The LORD knows the thoughts of man, That they are futile. ⁽¹²⁾ Blessed is the man whom You instruct, O LORD, And teach out of Your law,

⁽¹³⁾ That You may give him rest from the days of adversity, Until the pit is dug for the wicked. ⁽¹⁴⁾ For the LORD will not cast off His people, Nor will He forsake His inheritance. ⁽¹⁵⁾ But judgment will return to righteousness, And all the upright in heart will follow it. ⁽¹⁶⁾ Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?

⁽¹⁷⁾ Unless the LORD had been my help, My soul would soon have settled in silence. ⁽¹⁸⁾ If I say, 'My foot slips,' Your mercy, O LORD, will hold me up. ⁽¹⁹⁾ In the multitude of my anxieties within me, Your comforts delight my soul. ⁽²⁰⁾ Shall the throne of iniquity, which devises evil by law, Have fellowship with You?

⁽²¹⁾ They gather together against the life of the righteous, And condemn innocent blood. ⁽²²⁾ But the LORD has been my defense, And my God the rock of my refuge. ⁽²³⁾ He has brought on them their own iniquity, And shall cut them off in their own wickedness; The LORD our God shall cut them off.

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 95

⁽¹⁾ Oh come, let us sing to the LORD! Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation. ⁽²⁾ Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving; Let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms. ⁽³⁾ For the LORD is the great God, And the great King above all gods. ⁽⁴⁾ In His hand are the deep places of the earth; The heights of the hills are His also.

⁽⁵⁾ The sea is His, for He made it; And His hands formed the dry land. ⁽⁶⁾ Oh come, let us worship and bow down; Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker. ⁽⁷⁾ For He is our God, And we are the people of His pasture, And the sheep of His hand. Today, if you will hear His voice: ⁽⁸⁾ Do not harden your hearts, as in the rebellion, As in the day of trial in the wilderness,

⁽⁹⁾ When your fathers tested Me; They tried Me, though they saw My work. ⁽¹⁰⁾ For forty years I was grieved with that generation, And said, 'It is a people who go astray in their hearts, And they do not know My ways.' ⁽¹¹⁾ So I swore in My wrath, 'They shall not enter My rest.' '

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 13

⁽¹⁾ Again the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and the LORD delivered them into the hand of the Philistines for forty years. ⁽²⁾ Now there was a certain man from Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren and had no children. ⁽³⁾ And the Angel of the LORD appeared to the woman and said to her, 'Indeed now, you are barren and have borne no children, but you shall conceive and bear a son. ⁽⁴⁾ Now therefore, please be careful not to drink wine or similar drink, and not to eat anything unclean.

⁽⁵⁾ For behold, you shall conceive and bear a son. And no razor shall come upon his head, for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb; and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.' ⁽⁶⁾ So the woman came and told her husband, saying, 'A Man of God came to me, and His countenance was like the countenance of the Angel of God, very awesome; but I did not ask Him where He was from, and He did not tell me His name. ⁽⁷⁾ And He said to me, 'Behold, you shall conceive and bear a son. Now drink no wine or similar drink, nor eat anything unclean, for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb to the day of his death.' ' ⁽⁸⁾ Then Manoah prayed to the LORD, and said, 'O my Lord, please let the Man of God whom You sent come to us again and teach us what we shall do for the child who will be born.'

⁽⁹⁾ And God listened to the voice of Manoah, and the Angel of God came to the woman again as she was sitting in the field; but Manoah her husband was not with her. ⁽¹⁰⁾ Then the woman ran in haste and told her husband, and said to him, 'Look, the Man who came to me the other day has just now appeared to me!' ⁽¹¹⁾ So Manoah arose and followed his wife. When he came to the Man, he said to Him, 'Are You the Man who spoke to this woman?' And He said, 'I am.' ⁽¹²⁾ Manoah said, 'Now let Your words come to pass! What will be the boy's rule of life, and his work?'

⁽¹³⁾ So the Angel of the LORD said to Manoah, 'Of all that I said to the woman let her be careful. ⁽¹⁴⁾ She may not eat anything that comes from the vine, nor may she drink wine or similar drink, nor eat anything unclean. All that I commanded her let her observe.' ⁽¹⁵⁾ Then Manoah said to the Angel of the LORD, 'Please let us detain You, and we will prepare a young goat for You.'

The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

Acts Chapter 5

⁽²⁷⁾ And when they had brought them, they set them before the council. And the high priest asked them, ⁽²⁸⁾ saying, 'Did we not strictly command you not to teach in this name? And look, you have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this Man's blood on us!' ⁽²⁹⁾ But Peter and the other apostles answered and said: 'We ought to obey God rather than men. ⁽³⁰⁾ The God of our fathers raised up Jesus whom you murdered by hanging on a tree.

⁽³¹⁾ Him God has exalted to His right hand to be Prince and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins. ⁽³²⁾ And we are His witnesses to these things, and so also is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey Him.' ⁽³³⁾ When they heard this, they were furious and plotted to kill them. ⁽³⁴⁾ Then one in the council stood up, a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law held in respect by all the people, and commanded them to put the apostles outside for a little while.

⁽³⁵⁾ And he said to them: 'Men of Israel, take heed to yourselves what you intend to do regarding these men. ⁽³⁶⁾ For some time ago Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody. A number of men, about four hundred, joined him. He was slain, and all who obeyed him were scattered and came to nothing. ⁽³⁷⁾ After this man, Judas of Galilee rose up in the days of the census, and drew away many people after him. He also perished, and all who obeyed him were dispersed. ⁽³⁸⁾ And now I say to you, keep away from these men and let them alone; for if this plan or this work is of men, it will come to nothing;

⁽³⁹⁾ but if it is of God, you cannot overthrow it -- lest you even be found to fight against God.' ⁽⁴⁰⁾ And they agreed with him, and when they had called for the apostles and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go. ⁽⁴¹⁾ So they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for His name. ⁽⁴²⁾ And daily in the temple, and in every house, they did not cease teaching and preaching Jesus as the Christ.

The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

John Chapter 3

⁽²²⁾ After these things Jesus and His disciples came into the land of Judea, and there He remained with them and baptized. ⁽²³⁾ Now John also was baptizing in Aenon near Salim, because there was much water there. And they came and were baptized. ⁽²⁴⁾ For John had not yet been thrown into prison. ⁽²⁵⁾ Then there arose a dispute between some of John's disciples and the Jews about purification.

⁽²⁶⁾ And they came to John and said to him, 'Rabbi, He who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you have testified -- behold, He is baptizing, and all are coming to Him!' ⁽²⁷⁾ John answered and said, 'A man can receive nothing unless it has been given to him from heaven. ⁽²⁸⁾ You yourselves bear me witness, that I said, 'I am not the Christ,' but, 'I have been sent before Him.' ⁽²⁹⁾ He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom's voice. Therefore this joy of mine is fulfilled.

⁽³⁰⁾ He must increase, but I must decrease. ⁽³¹⁾ He who comes from above is above all; he who is of the earth is earthly and speaks of the earth. He who comes from heaven is above all. ⁽³²⁾ And what He has seen and heard, that He testifies; and no one receives His testimony. ⁽³³⁾ He who has received His testimony has certified that God is true.

⁽³⁴⁾ For He whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God does not give the Spirit by measure. ⁽³⁵⁾ The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into His hand. ⁽³⁶⁾ He who believes in the Son has everlasting life; and he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.'

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

Seasonal Collect:   Proper 14 The Sunday closest to August 10
Grant to us, Lord, we pray, the spirit to think and do always those things that are right, that we, who cannot exist without you, may by you be enabled to live according to your will; 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: O God, the author of peace and lover of concord, to know you is eternal life and to serve you is perfect freedom: Defend us, your humble servants, in all assaults of our enemies; that we, surely trusting in your defense, may not fear the power of any adversaries; through the might of Jesus Christ our Lord. 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   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