Daily Prayer for Year Two : Proper 2-Wednesday 
 Ordinary Time:   23-May-2018

Psalm 119:1– 24

Proverbs 6:1– 19

1 John 5:1– 12

Matthew 11:16– 24

The Officiant begins the service with one or more of these sentences of Scripture.

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

Confession of Sin

Dearly beloved, we have come together in the presence of Almighty God our heavenly Father, to set forth his praise, to hear his holy Word, and to ask, for ourselves and on behalf of others, those things that are necessary for our life and our salvation. And so that we may prepare ourselves in heart and mind to worship him, let us kneel in silence, and with penitent and obedient hearts confess our sins, that we may obtain forgiveness by his infinite goodness and mercy.or thisLet us confess our sins against God and our neighbor.

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.

*A deacon or lay person using the preceding form remains kneeling, and substitutes 'us' for 'you' and 'our' for 'your.' 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 for ever. Amen

Except in Lent, add   Alleluia
Then follows one of the Invitatory Psalm, Venite, or Jubilate

Jubilate Psalm 100
Be joyful in the Lord, all you lands; *
   serve the Lord with gladness and come before his presence with a song.
Know this: The Lord himself is God; *
    he himself has made us, and we are his; we are his people and the sheep of his pasture.
Enter his gates with thanksgiving; go into his courts with praise; *
   give thanks to him and call upon his Name.
For the Lord is good; his mercy is everlasting; *
    and his faithfulness endures from age to age.

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

On other Sundays and weekdays  The earth is the Lord's for he made it: Come let us adore him.

The Lessons

*At the end of the Psalms is sung or said
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: *
as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen.

*After each Lesson the Reader may say
Officiant : The Word of the Lord. Response : Thanks be to God.

Psalm 119

⁽¹⁾ Blessed are the undefiled in the way, Who walk in the law of the LORD! ⁽²⁾ Blessed are those who keep His testimonies, Who seek Him with the whole heart! ⁽³⁾ They also do no iniquity; They walk in His ways. ⁽⁴⁾ You have commanded us To keep Your precepts diligently.

⁽⁵⁾ Oh, that my ways were directed To keep Your statutes! ⁽⁶⁾ Then I would not be ashamed, When I look into all Your commandments. ⁽⁷⁾ I will praise You with uprightness of heart, When I learn Your righteous judgments. ⁽⁸⁾ I will keep Your statutes; Oh, do not forsake me utterly!

⁽⁹⁾ How can a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed according to Your word. ⁽¹⁰⁾ With my whole heart I have sought You; Oh, let me not wander from Your commandments! ⁽¹¹⁾ Your word I have hidden in my heart, That I might not sin against You! ⁽¹²⁾ Blessed are You, O LORD! Teach me Your statutes!

⁽¹³⁾ With my lips I have declared All the judgments of Your mouth. ⁽¹⁴⁾ I have rejoiced in the way of Your testimonies, As much as in all riches. ⁽¹⁵⁾ I will meditate on Your precepts, And contemplate Your ways. ⁽¹⁶⁾ I will delight myself in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.

⁽¹⁷⁾ Deal bountifully with Your servant, That I may live and keep Your word. ⁽¹⁸⁾ Open my eyes, that I may see Wondrous things from Your law. ⁽¹⁹⁾ I am a stranger in the earth; Do not hide Your commandments from me. ⁽²⁰⁾ My soul breaks with longing For Your judgments at all times.

⁽²¹⁾ You rebuke the proud -- the cursed, Who stray from Your commandments. ⁽²²⁾ Remove from me reproach and contempt, For I have kept Your testimonies. ⁽²³⁾ Princes also sit and speak against me, But Your servant meditates on Your statutes. ⁽²⁴⁾ Your testimonies also are my delight And my counselors.

Proverbs 6

⁽¹⁾ My son, if you become surety for your friend, If you have shaken hands in pledge for a stranger, ⁽²⁾ You are snared by the words of your mouth; You are taken by the words of your mouth. ⁽³⁾ So do this, my son, and deliver yourself; For you have come into the hand of your friend: Go and humble yourself; Plead with your friend. ⁽⁴⁾ Give no sleep to your eyes, Nor slumber to your eyelids.

⁽⁵⁾ Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, And like a bird from the hand of the fowler. ⁽⁶⁾ Go to the ant, you sluggard! Consider her ways and be wise, ⁽⁷⁾ Which, having no captain, Overseer or ruler, ⁽⁸⁾ Provides her supplies in the summer, And gathers her food in the harvest.

⁽⁹⁾ How long will you slumber, O sluggard? When will you rise from your sleep? ⁽¹⁰⁾ A little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep -- ⁽¹¹⁾ So shall your poverty come on you like a prowler, And your need like an armed man. ⁽¹²⁾ A worthless person, a wicked man, Walks with a perverse mouth;

⁽¹³⁾ He winks with his eyes, He shuffles his feet, He points with his fingers; ⁽¹⁴⁾ Perversity is in his heart, He devises evil continually, He sows discord. ⁽¹⁵⁾ Therefore his calamity shall come suddenly; Suddenly he shall be broken without remedy. ⁽¹⁶⁾ These six things the LORD hates, Yes, seven are an abomination to Him:

⁽¹⁷⁾ A proud look, A lying tongue, Hands that shed innocent blood, ⁽¹⁸⁾ A heart that devises wicked plans, Feet that are swift in running to evil, ⁽¹⁹⁾ A false witness who speaks lies, And one who sows discord among brethren.

1 John 5

⁽¹⁾ Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves Him who begot also loves him who is begotten of Him. ⁽²⁾ By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep His commandments. ⁽³⁾ For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome. ⁽⁴⁾ For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world -- our faith.

⁽⁵⁾ Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? ⁽⁶⁾ This is He who came by water and blood -- Jesus Christ; not only by water, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who bears witness, because the Spirit is truth. ⁽⁷⁾ For there are three that bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one. ⁽⁸⁾ And there are three that bear witness on earth: the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three agree as one.

⁽⁹⁾ If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater; for this is the witness of God which He has testified of His Son. ⁽¹⁰⁾ He who believes in the Son of God has the witness in himself; he who does not believe God has made Him a liar, because he has not believed the testimony that God has given of His Son. ⁽¹¹⁾ And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. ⁽¹²⁾ He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.

Matthew 11

⁽¹⁶⁾ "But to what shall I liken this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to their companions, ⁽¹⁷⁾ "and saying: 'We played the flute for you, And you did not dance; We mourned to you, And you did not lament.' ⁽¹⁸⁾ "For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, 'He has a demon.' ⁽¹⁹⁾ "The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Look, a glutton and a winebibber, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' But wisdom is justified by her children."

⁽²⁰⁾ Then He began to rebuke the cities in which most of His mighty works had been done, because they did not repent: ⁽²¹⁾ "Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. ⁽²²⁾ "But I say to you, it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment than for you. ⁽²³⁾ "And you, Capernaum, who are exalted to heaven, will be brought down to Hades; for if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.

⁽²⁴⁾ "But I say to you that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment than for you."

The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

CanticlesCanticles can be prayed or sung after each reading or after all readings.After the Old Testament a Canticle may be read or Silence may be kept after each Reading. One of the following Canticles can be sung or said after each reading.

20 Glory to God       Gloria in excelsis   Glory to God in the highest, and peace to his people on earth. Lord God, heavenly King, almighty God and Father, we worship you, we give you thanks, we praise you for your glory. Lord Jesus Christ, only Son of the Father, Lord God, Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world: have mercy on us; you are seated at the right hand of the Father: receive our prayer. For you alone are the Holy One, you alone are the Lord, you alone are the Most High, Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit, in the glory of God the Father. 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 *The People stand or kneel

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

The Lord's Prayer
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name,
  thy kingdom come, thy will be done,
  on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
  And forgive us our trespasses,
  as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory,
  forever and ever. Amen.

Then follows one of these sets of Suffrages
A
V.  Show us your mercy, O Lord;
R.  And grant us your salvation.
V.  Clothe your ministers with righteousness;
R.  Let your people sing with joy.
V.  Give peace, O Lord, in all the world;
R.  For only in you can we live in safety.
V.  Lord, keep this nation under your care;
R.  And guide us in the way of justice and truth.
V.  Let your way be known upon earth;
R.  Your saving health among all nations.
V.  Let not the needy, O Lord, be forgotten;
R.  Nor the hope of the poor be taken away.
V.  Create in us clean hearts, O God;
R.  And sustain us by your Holy Spirit.

B
V.  Save your people, Lord, and bless your inheritance;
R.  Govern and uphold them, now and always.
V.  Day by day we bless you;
R.  We praise your name forever.
V.  Lord, keep us from all sin today;
R.  Have mercy on us, Lord, have mercy.
V.  Lord, show us your love and mercy;
R.  For we put our trust in you.
V.  In you, Lord, is our hope;
R.  And we shall never hope in vain.

The Collect of the Week:    Proper 2 Week of the Sunday closest to May 18
Almighty and merciful God, in your goodness keep us, we pray, from all things that may hurt us, that we, being ready both in mind and body, may accomplish with free hearts those things which belong to your purpose; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

The Collect of the Day:  A Collect for Grace(Wednesday) Lord God, almighty and everlasting Father, you have brought us in safety to this new day: Preserve us with your mighty power, that we may not fall into sin, nor be overcome by adversity; and in all we do, direct us to the fulfilling of your purpose; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

A Prayer for Mission: Lord Jesus Christ, you stretched out your arms of love on the hard wood of the cross that everyone might come within the reach of your saving embrace: So clothe us in your Spirit that we, reaching forth our hands in love, may bring those who do not know you to the knowledge and love of you; for the honor of your Name. Amen.

A Time for Personal Prayers Authorized intercessions and thanksgivings may follow.

Consider praying for yourself, your family and friends, lay your burdens on Jesus Christ, intercede for those hurting, pray in tongues when you lack the words.

Before the close of the Office, one or both of the prayers below 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 for ever and ever. Amen. Ephesians 3:20,21

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