Daily Prayer for Year One : Proper 20-Sunday 
 Ordinary Time:   22-September-2019

Psalm 93:1– 5

Psalm 96:1– 13

2 Kings 4:8– 37

Acts 9:10– 31

Luke 3:7– 18

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

Ordinary Time
Send out your light and your truth, that they may lead me, and bring me to your holy hill and to your dwelling. Psalm 43:3

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 this
Let 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   Alleluia

Then follows one of the Invitatory Psalm, Venite, or Jubilate

Venite Psalm 95:1-7
Come, let us sing to the Lord;
   let us shout for joy to the Rock of our salvation.
Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving
   and raise a loud shout to him with psalms.
For the Lord is a great God,
   and a great King above all gods.
In his hand are the caverns of the earth,
   and the heights of the hills are his also.
The sea is his, for he made it,
   and his hands have molded the dry land.
Come, let us bow down, and bend the knee,
   and kneel before the Lord our Maker.
For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand.
    Oh, that today you would hearken to his voice!

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

On other Sundays and weekdays  Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness: 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 93

⁽¹⁾ The LORD reigns, He is clothed with majesty; The LORD is clothed, He has girded Himself with strength. Surely the world is established, so that it cannot be moved. ⁽²⁾ Your throne is established from of old; You are from everlasting. ⁽³⁾ The floods have lifted up, O LORD, The floods have lifted up their voice; The floods lift up their waves. ⁽⁴⁾ The LORD on high is mightier Than the noise of many waters, Than the mighty waves of the sea.

⁽⁵⁾ Your testimonies are very sure; Holiness adorns Your house, O LORD, forever.

Psalm 96

⁽¹⁾ Oh, sing to the LORD a new song! Sing to the LORD, all the earth. ⁽²⁾ Sing to the LORD, bless His name; Proclaim the good news of His salvation from day to day. ⁽³⁾ Declare His glory among the nations, His wonders among all peoples. ⁽⁴⁾ For the LORD is great and greatly to be praised; He is to be feared above all gods.

⁽⁵⁾ For all the gods of the peoples are idols, But the LORD made the heavens. ⁽⁶⁾ Honor and majesty are before Him; Strength and beauty are in His sanctuary. ⁽⁷⁾ Give to the LORD, O families of the peoples, Give to the LORD glory and strength. ⁽⁸⁾ Give to the LORD the glory due His name; Bring an offering, and come into His courts.

⁽⁹⁾ Oh, worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness! Tremble before Him, all the earth. ⁽¹⁰⁾ Say among the nations, 'The LORD reigns; The world also is firmly established, It shall not be moved; He shall judge the peoples righteously.' ⁽¹¹⁾ Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; Let the sea roar, and all its fullness; ⁽¹²⁾ Let the field be joyful, and all that is in it. Then all the trees of the woods will rejoice before the LORD.

⁽¹³⁾ For He is coming, for He is coming to judge the earth. He shall judge the world with righteousness, And the peoples with His truth.

2 Kings 4

⁽⁸⁾ Now it happened one day that Elisha went to Shunem, where there was a notable woman, and she persuaded him to eat some food. So it was, as often as he passed by, he would turn in there to eat some food. ⁽⁹⁾ And she said to her husband, 'Look now, I know that this is a holy man of God, who passes by us regularly. ⁽¹⁰⁾ Please, let us make a small upper room on the wall; and let us put a bed for him there, and a table and a chair and a lampstand; so it will be, whenever he comes to us, he can turn in there.' ⁽¹¹⁾ And it happened one day that he came there, and he turned in to the upper room and lay down there.

⁽¹²⁾ Then he said to Gehazi his servant, 'Call this Shunammite woman.' When he had called her, she stood before him. ⁽¹³⁾ And he said to him, 'Say now to her, 'Look, you have been concerned for us with all this care. What can I do for you? Do you want me to speak on your behalf to the king or to the commander of the army?' ' She answered, 'I dwell among my own people.' ⁽¹⁴⁾ So he said, 'What then is to be done for her?' And Gehazi answered, 'Actually, she has no son, and her husband is old.' ⁽¹⁵⁾ So he said, 'Call her.' When he had called her, she stood in the doorway.

⁽¹⁶⁾ Then he said, 'About this time next year you shall embrace a son.' And she said, 'No, my lord. Man of God, do not lie to your maidservant!' ⁽¹⁷⁾ But the woman conceived, and bore a son when the appointed time had come, of which Elisha had told her. ⁽¹⁸⁾ And the child grew. Now it happened one day that he went out to his father, to the reapers. ⁽¹⁹⁾ And he said to his father, 'My head, my head!' So he said to a servant, 'Carry him to his mother.'

⁽²⁰⁾ When he had taken him and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died. ⁽²¹⁾ And she went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God, shut the door upon him, and went out. ⁽²²⁾ Then she called to her husband, and said, 'Please send me one of the young men and one of the donkeys, that I may run to the man of God and come back.' ⁽²³⁾ So he said, 'Why are you going to him today? It is neither the New Moon nor the Sabbath.' And she said, 'It is well.'

⁽²⁴⁾ Then she saddled a donkey, and said to her servant, 'Drive, and go forward; do not slacken the pace for me unless I tell you.' ⁽²⁵⁾ And so she departed, and went to the man of God at Mount Carmel. So it was, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said to his servant Gehazi, 'Look, the Shunammite woman!. ⁽²⁶⁾ Please run now to meet her, and say to her, 'Is it well with you? Is it well with your husband? Is it well with the child?' ' And she answered, 'It is well.' ⁽²⁷⁾ Now when she came to the man of God at the hill, she caught him by the feet, but Gehazi came near to push her away. But the man of God said, 'Let her alone; for her soul is in deep distress, and the LORD has hidden it from me, and has not told me.'

⁽²⁸⁾ So she said, 'Did I ask a son of my lord? Did I not say, 'Do not deceive me'?' ⁽²⁹⁾ Then he said to Gehazi, 'Get yourself ready, and take my staff in your hand, and be on your way. If you meet anyone, do not greet him; and if anyone greets you, do not answer him; but lay my staff on the face of the child.' ⁽³⁰⁾ And the mother of the child said, 'As the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you.' So he arose and followed her. ⁽³¹⁾ Now Gehazi went on ahead of them, and laid the staff on the face of the child; but there was neither voice nor hearing. Therefore he went back to meet him, and told him, saying, 'The child has not awakened.'

⁽³²⁾ When Elisha came into the house, there was the child, lying dead on his bed. ⁽³³⁾ He went in therefore, shut the door behind the two of them, and prayed to the LORD. ⁽³⁴⁾ And he went up and lay on the child, and put his mouth on his mouth, his eyes on his eyes, and his hands on his hands; and he stretched himself out on the child, and the flesh of the child became warm. ⁽³⁵⁾ He returned and walked back and forth in the house, and again went up and stretched himself out on him; then the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes.

⁽³⁶⁾ And he called Gehazi and said, 'Call this Shunammite woman.' So he called her. And when she came in to him, he said, 'Pick up your son.' ⁽³⁷⁾ So she went in, fell at his feet, and bowed to the ground; then she picked up her son and went out.

Acts 9

⁽¹⁰⁾ Now there was a certain disciple at Damascus named Ananias; and to him the Lord said in a vision, 'Ananias.' And he said, 'Here I am, Lord.' ⁽¹¹⁾ So the Lord said to him, 'Arise and go to the street called Straight, and inquire at the house of Judas for one called Saul of Tarsus, for behold, he is praying. ⁽¹²⁾ And in a vision he has seen a man named Ananias coming in and putting his hand on him, so that he might receive his sight.' ⁽¹³⁾ Then Ananias answered, 'Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much harm he has done to Your saints in Jerusalem.

⁽¹⁴⁾ And here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call on Your name.' ⁽¹⁵⁾ But the Lord said to him, 'Go, for he is a chosen vessel of Mine to bear My name before Gentiles, kings, and the children of Israel. ⁽¹⁶⁾ For I will show him how many things he must suffer for My name's sake.' ⁽¹⁷⁾ And Ananias went his way and entered the house; and laying his hands on him he said, 'Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you came, has sent me that you may receive your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.'

⁽¹⁸⁾ Immediately there fell from his eyes something like scales, and he received his sight at once; and he arose and was baptized. ⁽¹⁹⁾ So when he had received food, he was strengthened. Then Saul spent some days with the disciples at Damascus. ⁽²⁰⁾ Immediately he preached the Christ in the synagogues, that He is the Son of God. ⁽²¹⁾ Then all who heard were amazed, and said, 'Is this not he who destroyed those who called on this name in Jerusalem, and has come here for that purpose, so that he might bring them bound to the chief priests?'

⁽²²⁾ But Saul increased all the more in strength, and confounded the Jews who dwelt in Damascus, proving that this Jesus is the Christ. ⁽²³⁾ Now after many days were past, the Jews plotted to kill him. ⁽²⁴⁾ But their plot became known to Saul. And they watched the gates day and night, to kill him. ⁽²⁵⁾ Then the disciples took him by night and let him down through the wall in a large basket.

⁽²⁶⁾ And when Saul had come to Jerusalem, he tried to join the disciples; but they were all afraid of him, and did not believe that he was a disciple. ⁽²⁷⁾ But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles. And he declared to them how he had seen the Lord on the road, and that He had spoken to him, and how he had preached boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus. ⁽²⁸⁾ So he was with them at Jerusalem, coming in and going out. ⁽²⁹⁾ And he spoke boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus and disputed against the Hellenists, but they attempted to kill him.

⁽³⁰⁾ When the brethren found out, they brought him down to Caesarea and sent him out to Tarsus. ⁽³¹⁾ Then the churches throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace and were edified. And walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, they were multiplied.

Luke 3

⁽⁷⁾ Then he said to the multitudes that came out to be baptized by him, 'Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? ⁽⁸⁾ Therefore bear fruits worthy of repentance, and do not begin to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father.' For I say to you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones. ⁽⁹⁾ And even now the ax is laid to the root of the trees. Therefore every tree which does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.' ⁽¹⁰⁾ So the people asked him, saying, 'What shall we do then?'

⁽¹¹⁾ He answered and said to them, 'He who has two tunics, let him give to him who has none; and he who has food, let him do likewise.' ⁽¹²⁾ Then tax collectors also came to be baptized, and said to him, 'Teacher, what shall we do?' ⁽¹³⁾ And he said to them, 'Collect no more than what is appointed for you.' ⁽¹⁴⁾ Likewise the soldiers asked him, saying, 'And what shall we do?' So he said to them, 'Do not intimidate anyone or accuse falsely, and be content with your wages.'

⁽¹⁵⁾ Now as the people were in expectation, and all reasoned in their hearts about John, whether he was the Christ or not, ⁽¹⁶⁾ John answered, saying to all, 'I indeed baptize you with water; but One mightier than I is coming, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to loose. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. ⁽¹⁷⁾ His winnowing fan is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clean out His threshing floor, and gather the wheat into His barn; but the chaff He will burn with unquenchable fire.' ⁽¹⁸⁾ And with many other exhortations he preached to the people.

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.

16 The Song of Zechariah       Benedictus Dominus Deus Luke 1: 68-79 Can be read after the Old Testament Reading