Morning Prayer: Wednesday 5 August 2015

August 5, 2015

Oswald of Northumbria, Martyr, 642

Morning Prayer – Week C

O Lord, open our lips:

and our mouth shall proclaim your praise.

Glory to the Father and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit;*

as it was in the beginning, is now, and shall be for ever.

Amen.

PSALMODY

Antiphon: Be joyful in God, all you lands;*

sing the glory of his name! (Ps. 66.1)

Opening

VENITE

1 O come let us sing out to the Lord,*

let us shout in triumph to the rock of our salvation.

2 Let us come before his face with thanksgiving*

and cry out to him joyfully in psalms.

3 For the Lord is a great God,*

and a great king above all gods.

4 In his hands are the depths of the earth,*

and the peaks of the mountains are his also.

5 The sea is his and he made it;*

his hands moulded dry land.

6 Come let us worship and bow down,*

and kneel before the Lord our maker.

7 For he himself is our God;*

we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand.

8 Today if only you would hear his voice:*

‘Do not harden your hearts as Israel did in the wilderness;

9 when your fathers tested me;*

put me to proof though they had seen my works.

10 Of whom I swore in my wrath:*

“They shall not enter my rest.”’

Glory to the Father… (may be said by all)

or (from Psalms 66 and 92)

1 All the earth bows down before you,*

sings to you, sings out your name.

2 Bless our God, you peoples;*

make the voice of his praise to be heard.

3 It is a good thing to give thanks to the Lord,*

and to sing praises to your name, O Most High;

4 to tell of your loving-kindness early in the morning*

and of your faithfulness in the night season.

Glory to the Father…

or a suitable hymn

Psalm 27

Conclusion (from Isaiah 12)

1 Behold God is my salvation;*

I will trust and not be afraid;

2 the Lord God is my strength and my song;

he has become my salvation.

3 With joy you will draw water*

from the wells of salvation.

4 Give thanks to the Lord, call upon his name;*

make known his deeds among the nations.

5 Sing to the Lord for he has done gloriously;*

let this be known in all the earth.

6 Shout and sing for joy, O inhabitant of Sion,*

for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel.

Glory to the Father…

Antiphon: Be joyful in God, all you lands;*

sing the glory of his name! (Ps. 66.1)

READING(S)

2 Samuel 9:1-13

David asked, ‘Is there still anyone left of the house of Saul to whom I may show kindness for Jonathan’s sake?’ Now there was a servant of the house of Saul whose name was Ziba, and he was summoned to David. The king said to him, ‘Are you Ziba?’ And he said, ‘At your service!’ The king said, ‘Is there anyone remaining of the house of Saul to whom I may show the kindness of God?’ Ziba said to the king, ‘There remains a son of Jonathan; he is crippled in his feet.’ The king said to him, ‘Where is he?’ Ziba said to the king, ‘He is in the house of Machir son of Ammiel, at Lo-debar.’ Then King David sent and brought him from the house of Machir son of Ammiel, at Lo-debar. Mephibosheth son of Jonathan son of Saul came to David, and fell on his face and did obeisance. David said, ‘Mephibosheth!’ He answered, ‘I am your servant.’ David said to him, ‘Do not be afraid, for I will show you kindness for the sake of your father Jonathan; I will restore to you all the land of your grandfather Saul, and you yourself shall eat at my table always.’ He did obeisance and said, ‘What is your servant, that you should look upon a dead dog such as I am?’

Then the king summoned Saul’s servant Ziba, and said to him, ‘All that belonged to Saul and to all his house I have given to your master’s grandson. You and your sons and your servants shall till the land for him, and shall bring in the produce, so that your master’s grandson may have food to eat; but your master’s grandson Mephibosheth shall always eat at my table.’ Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants. Then Ziba said to the king, ‘According to all that my lord the king commands his servant, so your servant will do.’ Mephibosheth ate at David’s table, like one of the king’s sons. Mephibosheth had a young son whose name was Mica. And all who lived in Ziba’s house became Mephibosheth’s servants. Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem, for he always ate at the king’s table. Now he was lame in both his feet.

Acts 19:1-10

While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul passed through the inland regions and came to Ephesus, where he found some disciples. He said to them, ‘Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you became believers?’ They replied, ‘No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.’ Then he said, ‘Into what then were you baptized?’ They answered, ‘Into John’s baptism.’ Paul said, ‘John baptized with the baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him, that is, in Jesus.’ On hearing this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. When Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied— altogether there were about twelve of them.

He entered the synagogue and for three months spoke out boldly, and argued persuasively about the kingdom of God. When some stubbornly refused to believe and spoke evil of the Way before the congregation, he left them, taking the disciples with him, and argued daily in the lecture hall of Tyrannus. This continued for two years, so that all the residents of Asia, both Jews and Greeks, heard the word of the Lord.

Silence

Response (Ps. 63.4)

I will bless you Lord as long as I live.

I will bless you Lord as long as I live.

And lift up my hands in your name.

As long as I live.

Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.

I will bless you Lord as long as I live.

BENEDICTUS

Benedictus Antiphon: God promised of old* to save us.

1 Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel,*

for he has come to his people and set them free.

2 He has raised up for us a mighty saviour,*

born of the house of his servant David.

3 Through his holy prophets he promised of old*

that he would save us from our enemies,

from the hands of all that hate us.

4 He promised to show mercy to our forebears,*

and to remember his holy covenant.

5 This was the oath he swore to our father Abraham:*

to set us free from the hands of our enemies,

6 free to worship him without fear,*

holy and righteous in his sight all the days of our life.

7 You my child shall be called the prophet of the Most High,*

for you will go before the Lord to prepare his way,

8 to give his people knowledge of salvation*

by the forgiveness of all their sins.

9 In the tender compassion of our God*

the dawn from on high shall break upon us,

10 to shine on those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death,*

and to guide our feet into the way of peace.

Glory to the Father… (may be said by all)

Benedictus Antiphon: God promised of old* to save us.

PRAYERS

Lord, have mercy upon us.

Christ, have mercy upon us.

Lord, have mercy upon us.

Our Father in heaven,

hallowed be your name,

your kingdom come,

your will be done,

on earth as in heaven.

Give us today our daily bread.

Forgive us our sins

as we forgive those who sin against us.

Do not bring us to to the time of trial,

but deliver us from evil.

For the kingdom, the power,

and the glory are yours,

now and for ever.

Amen.

Collect of the Day

Almighty God, your Son Jesus Christ fed the hungry with the bread of his life and the word of his kingdom. Renew your people with your heavenly grace, and in all our weakness sustain us by your true and living bread, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

God most holy, we give you thanks for bringing us out of the shadow of night into the light of morning; and we ask you for the joy of spending this day in your service, so that when evening comes, we may once more give you thanks, through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord. Amen.

Let us bless the Lord: Thanks be to God!

The Lord bless us and preserve us from all evil; and bring us to life eternal. Amen.