Morning Prayer: Sunday 1 June 2025
This is the new revised order for Daily Prayer authorised for experimental use. You can find the 2006 Revised version here.
Sunday after Ascension Day
Easter
Seventh Sunday after Easter
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: Christ has been raised from the dead:* the first fruits of those who sleep. (1 Corinthians 15-20)
Opening
Glory ...
or a suitable Hymn
(Or from Psalm 57)
1. Exalt yourself above the heavens, O God, *
and your glory over all the earth.
2. My heart is firmly fixed, O God, my heart is fixed;*
I will sing and make melody.
3. Wake up, my spirit; awake, lute and harp:*
I myself will waken the dawn.
4. I will confess you among the peoples, O Lord;*
I will sing praise to you among the nations.
5. For your loving-kindness is greater than the heavens,*
and your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.
6. Exalt yourself above the heavens, O God, *
and your glory over all the earth.
Glory ...
or a suitable hymn
they have made Jerusalem a heap of rubble.
2. They have given the bodies of your servants as food for the birds of the air, *
and the flesh of your faithful ones to the beasts of the field.
3. They have shed their blood like water on every side of Jerusalem, *
and there was no one to bury them.
4. We have become a reproach to our neighbours, *
an object of scorn and derision to those around us.
5. How long will you be angry, O Lord? *
Will your fury blaze like fire for ever?
6. Pour out your wrath upon the heathen who have not known you *
and upon the dominions that have not called upon your name.
7. For they have devoured Jacob *
and made his dwelling a ruin.
8. Remember not our past sins;
let your compassion be swift to meet us; *
for we have been brought very low.
9. Help us, O God our Saviour, for the glory of your name; *
deliver us and forgive us our sins, for your name’s sake.
10. Why should the heathen say, ”Where is their
God?” *
Let it be known among the heathen and in our sight
that you avenge the shedding of your servants’ blood.
11. Let the sorrowful sighing of the prisoners come before you, *
and by your great might spare those who are condemned to die.
12. May the revilings with which they reviled you, O Lord, *
return seven-fold into their bosoms.
13. For we are your people and the sheep of your pasture; *
we will give you thanks for ever and show forth your praise from age to age.
Glory ...
Psalm 82
1. God stands in the council of heaven *
and gives judgement in the midst of the gods:
2. “How long will you judge unjustly, *
and show favour to the wicked?
3. Save the weak and the orphan; *
defend the humble and needy;
4. Rescue the weak and the poor; *
deliver them from the power of the wicked.
5. They do not know, neither do they understand; they go about in darkness; *
all the foundations of the earth are shaken.
6. Now I say to you, ‘You are gods, *
and all of you children of the Most High;
7. nevertheless, you shall die like mortals, *
and fall like any prince.’”
8. Arise, O God, and rule the earth, *
for you shall take all nations for your own.
Conclusion
Isaiah 61 or Luke 4
1. The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,*
because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor,
2. and has sent me to proclaim release to the captives;*
recovery of sight to the blind;
3. to set at liberty those who are oppressed;*
to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.
4. I will greatly rejoice in the Lord;*
my soul shall exult in my God;
5. who has clothed me with the garment of salvation,*
and covered me with the robe of righteousness.
6. For as the earth brings forth its shoots,*
so the Lord will cause righteousness to spring forth before all nations.
Glory ...
Christ has been raised from the dead:* the first fruits of those who sleep.
READING(S)
2 Samuel 23.1-5
The oracle of David, son of Jesse,
the oracle of the man whom God exalted,
the anointed of the God of Jacob,
the favourite of the Strong One of Israel:
The spirit of the Lord speaks through me,
his word is upon my tongue.
The God of Israel has spoken,
the Rock of Israel has said to me:
One who rules over people justly,
ruling in the fear of God,
is like the light of morning,
like the sun rising on a cloudless morning,
gleaming from the rain on the grassy land.
Is not my house like this with God?
For he has made with me an everlasting covenant,
ordered in all things and secure.
Will he not cause to prosper
all my help and my desire?
Ephesians 1.15-23
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: You will guide us with your counsel, O God: * and, after, receive us with glory. I will not leave you desolate, says the Lord;* * I will come to you; 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.
Song of Zechariah Antiphon: You will guide us with your counsel, O God: * and, after, receive us with glory. I will not leave you desolate, says the Lord;* * I will come to you; 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
O God, the King of Glory, hear our prayer:that as we believe your Son Jesus Christ
to be exalted with great triumph to your kingdom in heaven;
so also we may know his presence with us now,
and to the end of time;
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.
