Morning Prayer: Friday 11 April 2025

Friday 11 April 2025

This is the new revised order for Daily Prayer authorised for experimental use. You can find the 2006 Revised version here.

George Augustus Selwyn, Bishop and Missionary, 1878
Lent

Week 5 of Lent

O Lord, open our lips:
and our mouth shall proclaim your praise.

Glory to God, Source of all Being, * Eternal Word, and Holy Spirit;*
as it was in the beginning, is now, and shall be for ever. Amen.
Amen.

PSALMODY

Antiphon:

Opening

Glory ...
or a suitable Hymn

(Or from Psalm 86)

1. Among the gods there is none like you, O Lord,*
nor anything like your works.

2. All nations you have made will come and worship you, O Lord,*
and glorify your name.

3. For you are great; you do wondrous things;*
and you alone are God.

4. Teach me your way, O Lord, and I will walk in your truth;*
knit my heart to you that I may fear your name.

Glory ...
or a suitable hymn

Psalm 105.1-22
1. Give thanks to the Lord and call upon the divine name; *
make known the deeds of the Lord among the peoples.
2. Sing to the Lord, sing praises, *
and speak of all the marvellous works of the Lord.
3. Glory in the holy name; *
let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice.
4. Search for the strength of the Lord; *
continually seek the face of God.
5. Remember the marvels the Lord has done, *
the wonders and the judgements of the mouth of the Lord,
6. O offspring of Abraham the servant of God, *
O children of Jacob the chosen of the Lord.
7. The Lord is our God, *
whose judgements prevail in all the world,
8. who has always been mindful of the covenant, *
the promise made for a thousand generations:
9. the covenant made with Abraham, *
the oath sworn to Isaac,
10. established as a statute for Jacob, *
an everlasting covenant for Israel,
11. saying, ”To you will I give the land of Canaan *
to be your allotted inheritance.”
12. When they were few in number, *
of little account, and sojourners in the land,
13. wandering from nation to nation *
and from one kingdom to another,
14. The Lord let no one oppress them *
and rebuked rulers for their sake,
15. saying, ”Do not touch my anointed *
and do my prophets no harm.”
16. Then God called for a famine in the land *
and destroyed the supply of bread.
17. The Lord sent a man before them, *
Joseph, who was sold as a slave
18. They bruised his feet in fetters; *
his neck they put in an iron collar.
19. Until his prediction came to pass, *
the word of the Lord tested him.
20. The king sent and released him; *
the ruler of the peoples set him free.
21. He set him as master over his household, *
as a ruler over all his possessions,
22. to instruct his princes according to his will *
and to teach his elders wisdom.

Glory ...


Conclusion

Isaiah 42

1. Behold my servant, whom I uphold*
my chosen, in whom my soul delights;

2. I have put my spirit upon him*
to bring forth justice to the nations.

3. My servant will not cry nor lift up his voice*
or make it heard in the street;

4. Nor break a bruised reed, *
nor quench a dimly burning wick.

5. My servant will faithfully bring forth justice,*
and will not fail nor be discouraged, till justice has been established in the earth.

Glory ...

O God, you are my God; eagerly I seek you.

READING(S)

Jeremiah 29.1,4-13

These are the words of the letter that the prophet Jeremiah sent from Jerusalem to the remaining elders among the exiles, and to the priests, the prophets, and all the people, whom Nebuchadnezzar had taken into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon. Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, to all the exiles whom I have sent into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon: Build houses and live in them; plant gardens and eat what they produce. Take wives and have sons and daughters; take wives for your sons, and give your daughters in marriage, that they may bear sons and daughters; multiply there, and do not decrease. But seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the Lord on its behalf, for in its welfare you will find your welfare. For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Do not let the prophets and the diviners who are among you deceive you, and do not listen to the dreams that they dream, for it is a lie that they are prophesying to you in my name; I did not send them, says the Lord.

For thus says the Lord: Only when Babylon’s seventy years are completed will I visit you, and I will fulfil to you my promise and bring you back to this place. For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope. Then when you call upon me and come and pray to me, I will hear you. When you search for me, you will find me; if you seek me with all your heart,

Romans 11.13-24

Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I glorify my ministry in order to make my own people jealous, and thus save some of them. For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead! If the part of the dough offered as first fruits is holy, then the whole batch is holy; and if the root is holy, then the branches also are holy.

But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, were grafted in their place to share the rich root of the olive tree, do not vaunt yourselves over the branches. If you do vaunt yourselves, remember that it is not you that support the root, but the root that supports you. You will say, ‘Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in.’ That is true. They were broken off because of their unbelief, but you stand only through faith. So do not become proud, but stand in awe. For if God did not spare the natural branches, perhaps he will not spare you. Note then the kindness and the severity of God: severity towards those who have fallen, but God’s kindness towards you, provided you continue in his kindness; otherwise you also will be cut off. And even those of Israel, if they do not persist in unbelief, will be grafted in, for God has the power to graft them in again. For if you have been cut from what is by nature a wild olive tree and grafted, contrary to nature, into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these natural branches be grafted back into their own olive tree.

Silence

Response ((Psalm 6.4))

Turn, O Lord, and deliver me.
Turn, O Lord, and deliver me.
Save me for your mercy’s sake.
And deliver me.
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit
Turn, O Lord, and deliver me.

SONG OF ZECHARIAH

Song of Zechariah Antiphon: Anyone who serves me must follow me, says the Lord; * where I am, there shall my servant be also.

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 ... (may be said by all)

Song of Zechariah Antiphon: Anyone who serves me must follow me, says the Lord; * where I am, there shall my servant be also.

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 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

Merciful God,
look upon your family as we travel to the foot of the cross:
and, by your great goodness, guide us in body;
that, by your protection,
we may also be preserved in heart and mind;
through Jesus Christ, our Lord,
who lives and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, world without end.
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.