Advent
The glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together. Isaiah 40:5

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.
Our King and Savior now draws near: 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 18

⁽¹⁾ I will love You, O LORD, my strength. ⁽²⁾ The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer; My God, my strength, in whom I will trust; My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. ⁽³⁾ I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; So shall I be saved from my enemies. ⁽⁴⁾ The pangs of death surrounded me, And the floods of ungodliness made me afraid.

⁽⁵⁾ The sorrows of Sheol surrounded me; The snares of death confronted me. ⁽⁶⁾ In my distress I called upon the LORD, And cried out to my God; He heard my voice from His temple, And my cry came before Him, even to His ears. ⁽⁷⁾ Then the earth shook and trembled; The foundations of the hills also quaked and were shaken, Because He was angry. ⁽⁸⁾ Smoke went up from His nostrils, And devouring fire from His mouth; Coals were kindled by it.

⁽⁹⁾ He bowed the heavens also, and came down With darkness under His feet. ⁽¹⁰⁾ And He rode upon a cherub, and flew; He flew upon the wings of the wind. ⁽¹¹⁾ He made darkness His secret place; His canopy around Him was dark waters And thick clouds of the skies. ⁽¹²⁾ From the brightness before Him, His thick clouds passed with hailstones and coals of fire.

⁽¹³⁾ The LORD thundered from heaven, And the Most High uttered His voice, Hailstones and coals of fire. ⁽¹⁴⁾ He sent out His arrows and scattered the foe, Lightnings in abundance, and He vanquished them. ⁽¹⁵⁾ Then the channels of the sea were seen, The foundations of the world were uncovered At Your rebuke, O LORD, At the blast of the breath of Your nostrils. ⁽¹⁶⁾ He sent from above, He took me; He drew me out of many waters.

⁽¹⁷⁾ He delivered me from my strong enemy, From those who hated me, For they were too strong for me. ⁽¹⁸⁾ They confronted me in the day of my calamity, But the LORD was my support. ⁽¹⁹⁾ He also brought me out into a broad place; He delivered me because He delighted in me. ⁽²⁰⁾ The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands He has recompensed 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 2

⁽¹²⁾ For the day of the LORD of hosts Shall come upon everything proud and lofty, Upon everything lifted up -- And it shall be brought low -- ⁽¹³⁾ Upon all the cedars of Lebanon that are high and lifted up, And upon all the oaks of Bashan; ⁽¹⁴⁾ Upon all the high mountains, And upon all the hills that are lifted up; ⁽¹⁵⁾ Upon every high tower, And upon every fortified wall;

⁽¹⁶⁾ Upon all the ships of Tarshish, And upon all the beautiful sloops. ⁽¹⁷⁾ The loftiness of man shall be bowed down, And the haughtiness of men shall be brought low; The LORD alone will be exalted in that day, ⁽¹⁸⁾ But the idols He shall utterly abolish. ⁽¹⁹⁾ They shall go into the holes of the rocks, And into the caves of the earth, From the terror of the LORD And the glory of His majesty, When He arises to shake the earth mightily.

⁽²⁰⁾ In that day a man will cast away his idols of silver And his idols of gold, Which they made, each for himself to worship, To the moles and bats, ⁽²¹⁾ To go into the clefts of the rocks, And into the crags of the rugged rocks, From the terror of the LORD And the glory of His majesty, When He arises to shake the earth mightily. ⁽²²⁾ Sever yourselves from such a man, Whose breath is in his nostrils; For of what account is he?

The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

1 Thessalonians Chapter 3

⁽¹⁾ Therefore, when we could no longer endure it, we thought it good to be left in Athens alone, ⁽²⁾ and sent Timothy, our brother and minister of God, and our fellow laborer in the gospel of Christ, to establish you and encourage you concerning your faith, ⁽³⁾ that no one should be shaken by these afflictions; for you yourselves know that we are appointed to this. ⁽⁴⁾ For, in fact, we told you before when we were with you that we would suffer tribulation, just as it happened, and you know.

⁽⁵⁾ For this reason, when I could no longer endure it, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter had tempted you, and our labor might be in vain. ⁽⁶⁾ But now that Timothy has come to us from you, and brought us good news of your faith and love, and that you always have good remembrance of us, greatly desiring to see us, as we also to see you -- ⁽⁷⁾ therefore, brethren, in all our affliction and distress we were comforted concerning you by your faith. ⁽⁸⁾ For now we live, if you stand fast in the Lord.

⁽⁹⁾ For what thanks can we render to God for you, for all the joy with which we rejoice for your sake before our God, ⁽¹⁰⁾ night and day praying exceedingly that we may see your face and perfect what is lacking in your faith? ⁽¹¹⁾ Now may our God and Father Himself, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way to you. ⁽¹²⁾ And may the Lord make you increase and abound in love to one another and to all, just as we do to you,

⁽¹³⁾ so that He may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all His saints.

The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

Luke Chapter 20

⁽²⁷⁾ Then some of the Sadducees, who deny that there is a resurrection, came to Him and asked Him, ⁽²⁸⁾ saying: 'Teacher, Moses wrote to us that if a man's brother dies, having a wife, and he dies without children, his brother should take his wife and raise up offspring for his brother. ⁽²⁹⁾ Now there were seven brothers. And the first took a wife, and died without children. ⁽³⁰⁾ And the second took her as wife, and he died childless.

⁽³¹⁾ Then the third took her, and in like manner the seven also; and they left no children, and died. ⁽³²⁾ Last of all the woman died also. ⁽³³⁾ Therefore, in the resurrection, whose wife does she become? For all seven had her as wife.' ⁽³⁴⁾ And Jesus answered and said to them, 'The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage.

⁽³⁵⁾ But those who are counted worthy to attain that age, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry nor are given in marriage; ⁽³⁶⁾ nor can they die anymore, for they are equal to the angels and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection. ⁽³⁷⁾ But even Moses showed in the burning bush passage that the dead are raised, when he called the Lord 'the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.' ⁽³⁸⁾ For He is not the God of the dead but of the living, for all live to Him.'

⁽³⁹⁾ Then some of the scribes answered and said, 'Teacher, You have spoken well.' ⁽⁴⁰⁾ But after that they dared not question Him anymore.

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 Third Song of Isaiah       Surge, illuminare Isaiah 60:1 to 3, 11a, 14c, 18 to 19

Arise, shine, for your light has come,
and the glory of the Lord has dawned upon you.
For behold, darkness covers the land;
deep gloom enshrouds the peoples.
But over you the Lord will rise,
and his glory will appear upon you.
Nations will stream to your light,
and kings to the brightness of your dawning.
Your gates will always be open;
by day or night they will never be shut.
They will call you, The City of the Lord,
The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
Violence will no more be heard in your land,
ruin or destruction within your borders.
You will call your walls, Salvation,
and all your portals, Praise.
The sun will no more be your light by day;
by night you will not need the brightness of the moon.
The Lord will be your everlasting light,
and your God will be your glory.

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:  First Sunday of Advent
Almighty God, give us grace to cast away the works of darkness, and put on the armor of light, now in the time of this mortal life in which your Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility; that in the last day, when he shall come again in his glorious majesty to judge both the living and the dead, we may rise to the life immortal; through him who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.

Collect of the Day: Heavenly Father, in you we live and move and have our being: We humbly pray you so to guide and govern us by your Holy Spirit, that in all the cares and occupations of our life we may not forget you, but may remember that we are ever walking in your sight; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

A Prayer for Mission: 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.

Personal Prayers and Reflection

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


Closing Prayers   Thanksgiving

Conclude with 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



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