Morning Prayer: Monday 10 March 2025

Monday 10 March 2025

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

Kessog, Bishop, c 700
Lent

Week 1 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: O God, you are my God; eagerly I seek you. (Psalm 63.1)

Opening

Glory ...
or a suitable Hymn

(Or from Psalm 63)

1. My soul thirsts for you, my flesh faints for you,*
as in a barren and dry land where there is no water.

2. For your loving-kindness is better than life itself;*
my lips shall give you praise.

3. For you have been my helper,*
and under the shadow of your wings I will rejoice.

4. My soul clings to you;*
your right hand holds me fast.

Glory ...
or a suitable hymn

Psalm 27
1. The Lord is my light and my salvation; * whom then
shall I fear?
The Lord is the strength of my life; * of whom then shall
I be afraid?
2. When evildoers came upon me to eat up my flesh, *
it was they, my foes and my adversaries, who stumbled
and fell.
3. Though an army should encamp against me, * yet my
heart shall not be afraid;
and though war should rise up against me,* yet will I
put my trust in God.
4. One thing have I asked of the Lord; one thing I seek;
that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of
my life, *
beholding the fair beauty of the Lord and seeking God
in the temple.
5. For in the day of trouble, O God, you shall keep me safe
in your shelter; *
you shall hide me in the secrecy of your dwelling and
set me high upon a rock.
6. Even now you lift up my head above my enemies round
about me. Therefore I will offer in your dwelling *
an oblation with sounds of great gladness; I will sing
and make music to the Lord.
7. Hearken to my voice, O Lord, when I call; *
have mercy on me and answer me.
8. You speak in my heart and say , “Seek my face.” *
Your face, Lord, will I seek.
9. Hide not your face from me, nor turn away your servant
in displeasure. *
You have been my helper; cast me not away; do not
forsake me, O God of my salvation.
10. Though my father and my mother forsake me, *
the Lord will sustain me.
11. Show me your way, O Lord; *
lead me on a level path, because of my enemies.
12. Deliver me not into the hand of my adversaries, *
for false witnesses have risen up against me, and also
those who speak malice.
13. What if I had not believed that I should see the
goodness of the Lord *
in the land of the living!
14. O tarry and await the pleasure of the Lord; be strong,
and God shall comfort your heart; *
wait patiently for the Lord.

Glory ...


Conclusion

Song of the New Creation Isaiah 43. 15-21

1. ‘I am the Lord, your Holy One,*
the Creator of Israel, whom I have chosen.’

2. Thus says the Lord, who makes a way in the sea,*
a path in the mighty waters,

3. ‘Remember not the former things,*
nor consider the things of old.

4. ‘Behold, I make all things new;*
now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?

5. I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert,*
to give drink to my chosen people,

6. ‘The people whom I formed for myself,*
that they might declare my praise.’

Glory ...

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

READING(S)

Deuteronomy 8.1-20

This entire commandment that I command you today you must diligently observe, so that you may live and increase, and go in and occupy the land that the Lord promised on oath to your ancestors. Remember the long way that the Lord your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, in order to humble you, testing you to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commandments. He humbled you by letting you hunger, then by feeding you with manna, with which neither you nor your ancestors were acquainted, in order to make you understand that one does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord. The clothes on your back did not wear out and your feet did not swell these forty years. Know then in your heart that as a parent disciplines a child so the Lord your God disciplines you. Therefore keep the commandments of the Lord your God, by walking in his ways and by fearing him. For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land, a land with flowing streams, with springs and underground waters welling up in valleys and hills, a land of wheat and barley, of vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive trees and honey, a land where you may eat bread without scarcity, where you will lack nothing, a land whose stones are iron and from whose hills you may mine copper. You shall eat your fill and bless the Lord your God for the good land that he has given you.

Take care that you do not forget the Lord your God, by failing to keep his commandments, his ordinances, and his statutes, which I am commanding you today. When you have eaten your fill and have built fine houses and live in them, and when your herds and flocks have multiplied, and your silver and gold is multiplied, and all that you have is multiplied, then do not exalt yourself, forgetting the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, who led you through the great and terrible wilderness, an arid waste-land with poisonous snakes and scorpions. He made water flow for you from flint rock, and fed you in the wilderness with manna that your ancestors did not know, to humble you and to test you, and in the end to do you good. Do not say to yourself, ‘My power and the might of my own hand have gained me this wealth.’ But remember the Lord your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth, so that he may confirm his covenant that he swore to your ancestors, as he is doing today. If you do forget the Lord your God and follow other gods to serve and worship them, I solemnly warn you today that you shall surely perish. Like the nations that the Lord is destroying before you, so shall you perish, because you would not obey the voice of the Lord your God.

Hebrews 2.11-18

For the one who sanctifies and those who are sanctified all have one Father. For this reason Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters, saying,
‘I will proclaim your name to my brothers and sisters,
in the midst of the congregation I will praise you.’
And again,
‘I will put my trust in him.’
And again,
‘Here am I and the children whom God has given me.’

Since, therefore, the children share flesh and blood, he himself likewise shared the same things, so that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil, and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by the fear of death. For it is clear that he did not come to help angels, but the descendants of Abraham. Therefore he had to become like his brothers and sisters in every respect, so that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make a sacrifice of atonement for the sins of the people. Because he himself was tested by what he suffered, he is able to help those who are being tested.

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: We shall not live by bread alone, * but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.

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: We shall not live by bread alone, * but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.

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,
whose Son fasted forty days in the wilderness,
and was tempted as we are, yet did not sin:
give us grace to discipline ourselves in submission to your Spirit,
that, as you know our weakness,
so we may know your power to save;
through the same 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.