Morning Prayer: Sunday 8 June 2025
This is the new revised order for Daily Prayer authorised for experimental use. You can find the 2006 Revised version here.
Whitsunday
Easter
DAY OF PENTECOST
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
in whose city is the holy hill of God.
2. Beautiful and lofty, the joy of all the earth, is the hill of Zion, *
the very centre of the world and the city of the great sovereign.
3. God is in its citadels *
and is known to be its sure refuge.
4. Behold, the rulers of the earth assembled *
and marched forward together.
5. They looked and were astounded; *
they retreated and fled in terror.
6. Trembling seized them there; *
they writhed like a woman in childbirth,
7. like ships of the sea *
when the east wind shatters them.
8. As we have heard, so have we seen, in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God; *
God has established it for ever.
9. We have waited in silence on your loving-kindness,
O God, *
in the midst of your temple.
10. Your praise, like your name, O God, reaches to the world’s end; *
your hand is full of justice.
11. Let Mount Zion be glad and the cities of Judah
rejoice, *
because of your judgements.
12. Make the circuit of Zion; walk round about it; *
count the number of its towers.
13. Consider well its bulwarks; examine its strongholds; *
that you may tell those who come after.
14. This God is our God for ever and ever, *
who shall be our guide for evermore.
Glory ...
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)
Joel 2.21-32
be glad and rejoice,
for the Lord has done great things!
Do not fear, you animals of the field,
for the pastures of the wilderness are green;
the tree bears its fruit,
the fig tree and vine give their full yield.
O children of Zion, be glad
and rejoice in the Lord your God;
for he has given the early rain for your vindication,
he has poured down for you abundant rain,
the early and the later rain, as before.
The threshing-floors shall be full of grain,
the vats shall overflow with wine and oil.
I will repay you for the years
that the swarming locust has eaten,
the hopper, the destroyer, and the cutter,
my great army, which I sent against you.
You shall eat in plenty and be satisfied,
and praise the name of the Lord your God,
who has dealt wondrously with you. And my people shall never again be put to shame.
You shall know that I am in the midst of Israel,
and that I, the Lord, am your God and there is no other.
And my people shall never again
be put to shame.
Then afterwards
I will pour out my spirit on all flesh;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
your old men shall dream dreams,
and your young men shall see visions.
Even on the male and female slaves,
in those days, I will pour out my spirit.
I will show portents in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and columns of smoke. The sun shall be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes. Then everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved; for in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be those who escape, as the Lord has said, and among the survivors shall be those whom the Lord calls.
Acts 2.14-21
“In the last days it will be, God declares,
that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh,
and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
and your young men shall see visions,
and your old men shall dream dreams.
Even upon my slaves, both men and women,
in those days I will pour out my Spirit;
and they shall prophesy.
And I will show portents in the heaven above
and signs on the earth below,
blood, and fire, and smoky mist.
The sun shall be turned to darkness
and the moon to blood,
before the coming of the Lord’s great and glorious day.
Then everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.”
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. In the Spirit,* * we have access to the Father; 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. In the Spirit,* * we have access to the Father; 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, who on the day of Pentecostenlightened the hearts of your people
by the fire of the Holy Spirit:
give us wisdom and understanding,
and lead us into all truth,
that your Church may be kept in the unity of the Spirit
and the bond of peace;
through Jesus Christ, our Lord,
who lives and reigns with you,
in the unity of the same 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.
