Morning Prayer: Thursday 10 April 2025

Thursday 10 April 2025

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

William Law, Priest, 1761
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 103
1. Bless the Lord, O my soul, *
and all that is within me, bless God’s holy name.
2. Bless the Lord, O my soul, *
and forget not all the benefits of the Lord.
3. The Lord forgives all your sins *
and heals all your infirmities;
4. redeeming your life from the grave *
and crowning you with mercy and loving-kindness;
5. satisfying you with good things, *
and renewing your youth like an eagle’s.
6. The Lord executes righteousness *
and judgement for all who are oppressed.
7. O Lord, you made your ways known to Moses *
and your works to the children of Israel.
8. You are full of compassion and mercy, *
slow to anger and of great kindness.
9. You will not always accuse us, *
nor will you keep your anger for ever.
10. You have not dealt with us according to our sins, *
nor rewarded us according to our wickedness.
11. For as the heavens are high above the earth, *
so is your mercy great upon those who fear you.
12. As far as the east is from the west, *
so far have you removed our sins from us.
13. As parents care for their children, *
so do you, O Lord, care for those who fear you.
14. For you yourself know whereof we are made; *
you remember that we are but dust.
15. Our days are like the grass; *
we flourish like a flower of the field;
16. when the wind goes over it, it is gone, *
and its place shall know it no more.
17. But your merciful goodness endures for ever on those who fear you, *
and your righteousness on children’s children;
18. on those who keep the covenant *
and remember the commandments and do them.
19. The Lord is enthroned in heaven, *
and has dominion over all.
20. Bless the Lord, you angels, you mighty ones who do the bidding of God, *
and hearken to the voice of the word of the Lord.
21. Bless the Lord, all you hosts, *
you ministers who do the will of God.
22. Bless the Lord, all you works of the Lord, in all places of the dominion of the Lord; *
bless the Lord, O my soul.

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 26.1-16

At the beginning of the reign of King Jehoiakim son of Josiah of Judah, this word came from the Lord: Thus says the Lord: Stand in the court of the Lord’s house, and speak to all the cities of Judah that come to worship in the house of the Lord; speak to them all the words that I command you; do not hold back a word. It may be that they will listen, all of them, and will turn from their evil way, that I may change my mind about the disaster that I intend to bring on them because of their evil doings. You shall say to them: Thus says the Lord: If you will not listen to me, to walk in my law that I have set before you, and to heed the words of my servants the prophets whom I send to you urgently—though you have not heeded— then I will make this house like Shiloh, and I will make this city a curse for all the nations of the earth.

The priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the Lord. And when Jeremiah had finished speaking all that the Lord had commanded him to speak to all the people, then the priests and the prophets and all the people laid hold of him, saying, ‘You shall die! Why have you prophesied in the name of the Lord, saying, “This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate, without inhabitant”?’ And all the people gathered around Jeremiah in the house of the Lord.

When the officials of Judah heard these things, they came up from the king’s house to the house of the Lord and took their seat in the entry of the New Gate of the house of the Lord. Then the priests and the prophets said to the officials and to all the people, ‘This man deserves the sentence of death because he has prophesied against this city, as you have heard with your own ears.’

Then Jeremiah spoke to all the officials and all the people, saying, ‘It is the Lord who sent me to prophesy against this house and this city all the words you have heard. Now therefore amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of the Lord your God, and the Lord will change his mind about the disaster that he has pronounced against you. But as for me, here I am in your hands. Do with me as seems good and right to you. Only know for certain that if you put me to death, you will be bringing innocent blood upon yourselves and upon this city and its inhabitants, for in truth the Lord sent me to you to speak all these words in your ears.’

Then the officials and all the people said to the priests and the prophets, ‘This man does not deserve the sentence of death, for he has spoken to us in the name of the Lord our God.’

Romans 11.1-12

I ask, then, has God rejected his people? By no means! I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, a member of the tribe of Benjamin. God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew. Do you not know what the scripture says of Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel? ‘Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have demolished your altars; I alone am left, and they are seeking my life.’ But what is the divine reply to him? ‘I have kept for myself seven thousand who have not bowed the knee to Baal.’ So too at the present time there is a remnant, chosen by grace. But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works, otherwise grace would no longer be grace.

What then? Israel failed to obtain what it was seeking. The elect obtained it, but the rest were hardened, as it is written,
‘God gave them a sluggish spirit,
eyes that would not see
and ears that would not hear,
down to this very day.’
And David says,
‘Let their table become a snare and a trap,
a stumbling-block and a retribution for them;
let their eyes be darkened so that they cannot see,
and keep their backs for ever bent.’
So I ask, have they stumbled so as to fall? By no means! But through their stumbling salvation has come to the Gentiles, so as to make Israel jealous. Now if their stumbling means riches for the world, and if their defeat means riches for Gentiles, how much more will their full inclusion mean!

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.