Morning Prayer: Friday 17 April 2026

Friday 17 April 2026

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

Donnan, Abbot, and Companions, Martyrs, c 617
Easter

Week 2 of Easter

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

Glory be 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: Christ has been raised from the dead:* the first fruits of those who sleep. 1 Corinthians 15-20

Opening

Easter Anthems

1. Christ our Passover has been sacrificed for us;*
so let us celebrate the feast.
2. Not with the old leaven of corruption and wickedness,*
but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
3. Christ once raised from the dead dies no more;*
death has no more dominion over him.
4. In dying, he died to sin once for all;*
in living, he lives to God.


5. See yourselves therefore as dead to sin,*
and alive to God in Jesus Christ our Lord.
6. Christ has been raised from the dead,*
the first fruits of those who sleep.
7. For as by man came death,*
by man has come also the resurrection of the dead.
8. For as in Adam all die,*
even so in Christ shall all be made alive.

Glory ...
or a suitable hymn

Psalm 118
1. Give thanks to the Lord who is good; *
the mercy of the Lord endures for ever.
2. Let Israel now proclaim, *
”The mercy of the Lord endures for ever.”
3. Let the house of Aaron now proclaim, *
” The mercy of the Lord endures for ever.”
4. Let those who fear the Lord now proclaim, *
” The mercy of the Lord endures for ever.”
5. I called to the Lord in my distress; *
who answered by setting me free.
6. The Lord is at my side, therefore I will not fear; *
what can anyone do to me?
7. The Lord is at my side to help me; *
I will triumph over those who hate me.
8. It is better to rely on the Lord *
than to put any trust in flesh.
9. It is better to rely on the Lord *
than to put any trust in rulers.
10. All the ungodly encompass me; *
in the name of the Lord I will repel them.
11. They hem me in, they hem me in on every side; *
in the name of the Lord I will repel them.

12. They swarm about me like bees; they blaze like a
fire of thorns; *
in the name of the Lord I will repel them.
13. I was pressed so hard that I almost fell, *
but the Lord came to my help.
14. The Lord is my strength and my song, *
and has become my salvation.
15. There is a sound of exultation and victory *
in the tents of the righteous:
16. ”The mighty hand of the Lord has triumphed! *
the mighty hand of the Lord is exalted! the mighty
hand of the Lord has triumphed!”
17. I shall not die, but live, *
and declare the works of the Lord.
18. The Lord has punished me sorely, *
but did not hand me over to death.
19. Open for me the gates of righteousness; *
I will enter them; I will offer thanks to the Lord.
20. ”This is the gate of the Lord; *
those who are righteous may enter.”
21. I will give thanks to the Lord who answered me *
and has become my salvation.
22. The same stone which the builders rejected *
has become the chief cornerstone.

23. This is the Lord’s doing, *
and it is marvellous in our eyes.
24. On this day the Lord has acted; *
we will rejoice and be glad in it.
25. Hosannah, Lord, hosannah! *
Lord, send us now success.
26. Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord; *
we bless you from the house of the Lord.
27. God is the Lord and has shined upon us; *
form a procession with branches up to the horns of
the altar.
28. ”You are my God, and I will thank you; *
you are my God, and I will exalt you.”
29. Give thanks to the Lord who is good; *
the mercy of the Lord endures for ever.

Glory ...


Conclusion

Wisdom 10

1. Wisdom freed a holy people and a blameless race,*
from a nation of oppressors.
2. She entered the soul of a servant of the Lord,*
and withstood fearsome rulers with wonders and signs.
3. To the saints she gave the reward of their labours,*
and led them by a marvellous road.
4. She was their shelter by day,*
and a blaze of stars by night.
5. She brought them across the Red Sea;*
she led them through mighty waters.
6. She swallowed their enemies in the waves,*
and spat them out from the depths of the sea.
7. Then, Lord, the righteous sang the glories of your name,*
and praised together your protecting hand.
8. For wisdom opened the mouths of the silent*
and gave speech to the tongues of her children.

Glory ...

Antiphon: Christ has been raised from the dead:* the first fruits of those who sleep.

READING(S)

Exodus 16.23-36

he said to them, ‘This is what the Lord has commanded: “Tomorrow is a day of solemn rest, a holy sabbath to the Lord; bake what you want to bake and boil what you want to boil, and all that is left over put aside to be kept until morning.”’ So they put it aside until morning, as Moses commanded them; and it did not become foul, and there were no worms in it. Moses said, ‘Eat it today, for today is a sabbath to the Lord; today you will not find it in the field. For six days you shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which is a sabbath, there will be none.’

On the seventh day some of the people went out to gather, and they found none. The Lord said to Moses, ‘How long will you refuse to keep my commandments and instructions? See! The Lord has given you the sabbath, therefore on the sixth day he gives you food for two days; each of you stay where you are; do not leave your place on the seventh day.’ So the people rested on the seventh day.

The house of Israel called it manna; it was like coriander seed, white, and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey. Moses said, ‘This is what the Lord has commanded: “Let an omer of it be kept throughout your generations, in order that they may see the food with which I fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you out of the land of Egypt.”’ And Moses said to Aaron, ‘Take a jar, and put an omer of manna in it, and place it before the Lord, to be kept throughout your generations.’ As the Lord commanded Moses, so Aaron placed it before the covenant, for safe-keeping. The Israelites ate manna for forty years, until they came to a habitable land; they ate manna, until they came to the border of the land of Canaan. An omer is a tenth of an ephah.

1 Peter 3.13-4.6

Now who will harm you if you are eager to do what is good? But even if you do suffer for doing what is right, you are blessed. Do not fear what they fear, and do not be intimidated, but in your hearts sanctify Christ as Lord. Always be ready to make your defence to anyone who demands from you an account of the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and reverence. Keep your conscience clear, so that, when you are maligned, those who abuse you for your good conduct in Christ may be put to shame. For it is better to suffer for doing good, if suffering should be God’s will, than to suffer for doing evil. For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, in order to bring you to God. He was put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit, in which also he went and made a proclamation to the spirits in prison, who in former times did not obey, when God waited patiently in the days of Noah, during the building of the ark, in which a few, that is, eight people, were saved through water. And baptism, which this prefigured, now saves you—not as a removal of dirt from the body, but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers made subject to him.

Since therefore Christ suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same intention (for whoever has suffered in the flesh has finished with sin), so as to live for the rest of your earthly life no longer by human desires but by the will of God. You have already spent enough time in doing what the Gentiles like to do, living in licentiousness, passions, drunkenness, revels, carousing, and lawless idolatry. They are surprised that you no longer join them in the same excesses of dissipation, and so they blaspheme. But they will have to give an account to him who stands ready to judge the living and the dead. For this is the reason the gospel was proclaimed even to the dead, so that, though they had been judged in the flesh as everyone is judged, they might live in the spirit as God does.

Silence

Response (Psalm 96.4; 105.1)

Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised, alleluia, alleluia.
Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised, alleluia, alleluia.
Make known God’s deeds among the nations.
Alleluia, alleluia.
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.
Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised, alleluia, alleluia.

SONG OF ZECHARIAH

Song of Zechariah Antiphon: Peace be with you,* * says the Lord; alleluia!

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: Peace be with you,* * says the Lord; alleluia!

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

Almighty God:
in your great goodness, grant that we,
as pilgrims through the Easter mysteries,
may hold them fast in our lives;
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.