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--Today is the Feast of St John-Marie Vianney--
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
You are no longer strangers and sojourners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God. Ephesians 2:19

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 85

⁽¹⁾ Lord, You have been favorable to Your land; You have brought back the captivity of Jacob. ⁽²⁾ You have forgiven the iniquity of Your people; You have covered all their sin. Selah ⁽³⁾ You have taken away all Your wrath; You have turned from the fierceness of Your anger. ⁽⁴⁾ Restore us, O God of our salvation, And cause Your anger toward us to cease.

⁽⁵⁾ Will You be angry with us forever? Will You prolong Your anger to all generations? ⁽⁶⁾ Will You not revive us again, That Your people may rejoice in You? ⁽⁷⁾ Show us Your mercy, LORD, And grant us Your salvation. ⁽⁸⁾ I will hear what God the LORD will speak, For He will speak peace To His people and to His saints; But let them not turn back to folly.

⁽⁹⁾ Surely His salvation is near to those who fear Him, That glory may dwell in our land. ⁽¹⁰⁾ Mercy and truth have met together; Righteousness and peace have kissed. ⁽¹¹⁾ Truth shall spring out of the earth, And righteousness shall look down from heaven. ⁽¹²⁾ Yes, the LORD will give what is good; And our land will yield its increase.

⁽¹³⁾ Righteousness will go before Him, And shall make His footsteps our pathway.

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 86

⁽¹⁾ Bow down Your ear, O LORD, hear me; For I am poor and needy. ⁽²⁾ Preserve my life, for I am holy; You are my God; Save Your servant who trusts in You! ⁽³⁾ Be merciful to me, O Lord, For I cry to You all day long. ⁽⁴⁾ Rejoice the soul of Your servant, For to You, O Lord, I lift up my soul.

⁽⁵⁾ For You, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive, And abundant in mercy to all those who call upon You. ⁽⁶⁾ Give ear, O LORD, to my prayer; And attend to the voice of my supplications. ⁽⁷⁾ In the day of my trouble I will call upon You, For You will answer me. ⁽⁸⁾ Among the gods there is none like You, O Lord; Nor are there any works like Your works.

⁽⁹⁾ All nations whom You have made Shall come and worship before You, O Lord, And shall glorify Your name. ⁽¹⁰⁾ For You are great, and do wondrous things; You alone are God. ⁽¹¹⁾ Teach me Your way, O LORD; I will walk in Your truth; Unite my heart to fear Your name. ⁽¹²⁾ I will praise You, O Lord my God, with all my heart, And I will glorify Your name forevermore.

⁽¹³⁾ For great is Your mercy toward me, And You have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol. ⁽¹⁴⁾ O God, the proud have risen against me, And a mob of violent men have sought my life, And have not set You before them. ⁽¹⁵⁾ But You, O Lord, are a God full of compassion, and gracious, Longsuffering and abundant in mercy and truth. ⁽¹⁶⁾ Oh, turn to me, and have mercy on me! Give Your strength to Your servant, And save the son of Your maidservant.

⁽¹⁷⁾ Show me a sign for good, That those who hate me may see it and be ashamed, Because You, LORD, have helped me and comforted 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.

Judges Chapter 8

⁽²²⁾ Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, 'Rule over us, both you and your son, and your grandson also; for you have delivered us from the hand of Midian.' ⁽²³⁾ But Gideon said to them, 'I will not rule over you, nor shall my son rule over you; the LORD shall rule over you.' ⁽²⁴⁾ Then Gideon said to them, 'I would like to make a request of you, that each of you would give me the earrings from his plunder.' For they had gold earrings, because they were Ishmaelites. ⁽²⁵⁾ So they answered, 'We will gladly give them.' And they spread out a garment, and each man threw into it the earrings from his plunder.

⁽²⁶⁾ Now the weight of the gold earrings that he requested was one thousand seven hundred shekels of gold, besides the crescent ornaments, pendants, and purple robes which were on the kings of Midian, and besides the chains that were around their camels' necks. ⁽²⁷⁾ Then Gideon made it into an ephod and set it up in his city, Ophrah. And all Israel played the harlot with it there. It became a snare to Gideon and to his house. ⁽²⁸⁾ Thus Midian was subdued before the children of Israel, so that they lifted their heads no more. And the country was quiet for forty years in the days of Gideon. ⁽²⁹⁾ Then Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house.

⁽³⁰⁾ Gideon had seventy sons who were his own offspring, for he had many wives. ⁽³¹⁾ And his concubine who was in Shechem also bore him a son, whose name he called Abimelech. ⁽³²⁾ Now Gideon the son of Joash died at a good old age, and was buried in the tomb of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites. ⁽³³⁾ So it was, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel again played the harlot with the Baals, and made Baal-Berith their god.

⁽³⁴⁾ Thus the children of Israel did not remember the LORD their God, who had delivered them from the hands of all their enemies on every side; ⁽³⁵⁾ nor did they show kindness to the house of Jerubbaal (Gideon) in accordance with the good he had done for Israel.

The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

Acts Chapter 4

⁽¹⁾ Now as they spoke to the people, the priests, the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees came upon them, ⁽²⁾ being greatly disturbed that they taught the people and preached in Jesus the resurrection from the dead. ⁽³⁾ And they laid hands on them, and put them in custody until the next day, for it was already evening. ⁽⁴⁾ However, many of those who heard the word believed; and the number of the men came to be about five thousand.

⁽⁵⁾ And it came to pass, on the next day, that their rulers, elders, and scribes, ⁽⁶⁾ as well as Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the family of the high priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem. ⁽⁷⁾ And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, 'By what power or by what name have you done this?' ⁽⁸⁾ Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, 'Rulers of the people and elders of Israel:

⁽⁹⁾ If we this day are judged for a good deed done to a helpless man, by what means he has been made well, ⁽¹⁰⁾ let it be known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by Him this man stands here before you whole. ⁽¹¹⁾ This is the 'stone which was rejected by you builders, which has become the chief cornerstone.' ⁽¹²⁾ Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.'

The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

John Chapter 1

⁽⁴³⁾ The following day Jesus wanted to go to Galilee, and He found Philip and said to him, 'Follow Me.' ⁽⁴⁴⁾ Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. ⁽⁴⁵⁾ Philip found Nathanael and said to him, 'We have found Him of whom Moses in the law, and also the prophets, wrote -- Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.' ⁽⁴⁶⁾ And Nathanael said to him, 'Can anything good come out of Nazareth?' Philip said to him, 'Come and see.'

⁽⁴⁷⁾ Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward Him, and said of him, 'Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no deceit!' ⁽⁴⁸⁾ Nathanael said to Him, 'How do You know me?' Jesus answered and said to him, 'Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.' ⁽⁴⁹⁾ Nathanael answered and said to Him, 'Rabbi, You are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!' ⁽⁵⁰⁾ Jesus answered and said to him, 'Because I said to you, 'I saw you under the fig tree,' do you believe? You will see greater things than these.'

⁽⁵¹⁾ And He said to him, 'Most assuredly, I say to you, hereafter you shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of 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 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:   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: 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