Morning Prayer: Thursday 12 June 2025

Thursday 12 June 2025

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

John Skinner, Priest, 1807, and John Skinner, Bishop, 1816
Week A

Week of Proper 10

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: I will sing to the Lord as long as I live;* I will praise my God while I have my being. (Psalm 104.33)

Opening

Come, let us sing

1 Come, let us sing to the Lord; *
let us shout for joy to the rock of our salvation.
2 Let us come before the presence of the Lord with thanksgiving *
and raise a loud shout to God with psalms.
3 For you, O Lord, are a great God, *
and a great sovereign above all gods.
4 In your hand are the caverns of the earth, *
and the heights of the hills are yours also.
5 The sea is yours, for you made it, *
and your hands have moulded the dry land.
6 Come, let us bow down, and bend the knee, *
and kneel before the Lord our Maker.
7 For you are our God, and we are the people of your pasture and the sheep of your hand. *
Oh, that today we would hearken to your voice!
8 “Harden not your hearts, *
as your forebears did in the wilderness.
9 They put me to the test, *
though they had seen my works.
10 So I swore in my wrath, *
‘They shall not enter into my rest.’”

Glory ...
or a suitable Hymn

(Or from Psalm 104)

1. You spread out the heavens like a curtain;*
you lay the beams of your chambers in the waters above;

2. You make the clouds your chariot;*
you ride on the wings of the wind;

3. You make the winds your messengers*
and flames of fire your servants.

4. You have set the earth upon its foundations,*
so that it never shall move at any time.

Glory ...
or a suitable hymn

Psalm 106.1-18
1. Hallelujah! Give thanks to the Lord who is good, *
whose mercy endures for ever.
2. Who can declare your mighty acts, O Lord, *
or show forth all your praise?
3. Happy are those who act with justice *
and always do what is right!
4. Remember me, O Lord, with the favour you have for your people, *
and visit me with your saving help;
5. that I may see the prosperity of your elect and be glad with the gladness of your people, *
that I may glory with your inheritance.
6. We have sinned as our ancestors did; *
we have done wrong and dealt wickedly.
7. In Egypt they did not consider your marvellous works, nor remember the abundance of your love; *
they defied the Most High at the Red Sea.
8. But you saved them for your name’s sake, *
to make your power known.
9. You rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up, *
and you led them through the deep as through a desert.
10. You saved them from the hand of those who hated them *
and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
11. The waters covered their oppressors; *
not one of them was left.
12. Then they believed your words *
and sang you songs of praise.
13. But they soon forgot your deeds *
and did not wait for your counsel.
14. A craving seized them in the wilderness, *
and they put you to the test in the desert.
15. You gave them what they asked, *
but sent leanness into their soul.
16. They envied Moses in the camp, *
and Aaron, the holy one of the Lord.
17. The earth opened and swallowed Dathan *
and covered the company of Abiram.
18. Fire blazed up against their company, *
and flames devoured the wicked.

Glory ...


Conclusion

from Isaiah 45

1. Thus says the Lord who created the heavens,*
who formed the earth and made it;

2. who did not create it a chaos,*
but formed it to be inhabited –

3. Turn to me and be saved, all the ends of the earth;*
for I am God: there is no other.

4. From my mouth has gone forth in righteousness*
a word that shall not return:

5 “To me every knee shall bow,*
every tongue shall swear”.’

6. In the Lord all the offspring of Israel*
shall triumph and glory.

Glory ...

I will sing to the Lord as long as I live;* I will praise my God while I have my being.

READING(S)

Ecclesiasticus 44.19-45.5

Abraham was the great father of a multitude of nations,
and no one has been found like him in glory.
He kept the law of the Most High,
and entered into a covenant with him;
he certified the covenant in his flesh,
and when he was tested he proved faithful.
Therefore the Lord assured him with an oath
that the nations would be blessed through his offspring;
that he would make him as numerous as the dust of the earth,
and exalt his offspring like the stars,
and give them an inheritance from sea to sea
and from the Euphrates to the ends of the earth.

To Isaac also he gave the same assurance
for the sake of his father Abraham.
The blessing of all people and the covenant
he made to rest on the head of Jacob;
he acknowledged him with his blessings,
and gave him his inheritance;
he divided his portions,
and distributed them among twelve tribes.


From his descendants the Lord brought forth a godly man,
who found favour in the sight of all

and was beloved by God and people,
Moses, whose memory is blessed.
He made him equal in glory to the holy ones,
and made him great, to the terror of his enemies.
By his words he performed swift miracles;
the Lord glorified him in the presence of kings.
He gave him commandments for his people,
and revealed to him his glory.
For his faithfulness and meekness he consecrated him,
choosing him out of all humankind.
He allowed him to hear his voice,
and led him into the dark cloud,
and gave him the commandments face to face,
the law of life and knowledge,
so that he might teach Jacob the covenant,
and Israel his decrees.

2 Corinthians 12.1-10

It is necessary to boast; nothing is to be gained by it, but I will go on to visions and revelations of the Lord. I know a person in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven—whether in the body or out of the body I do not know; God knows. And I know that such a person—whether in the body or out of the body I do not know; God knows— was caught up into Paradise and heard things that are not to be told, that no mortal is permitted to repeat. On behalf of such a one I will boast, but on my own behalf I will not boast, except of my weaknesses. But if I wish to boast, I will not be a fool, for I will be speaking the truth. But I refrain from it, so that no one may think better of me than what is seen in me or heard from me, even considering the exceptional character of the revelations. Therefore, to keep me from being too elated, a thorn was given to me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to torment me, to keep me from being too elated. Three times I appealed to the Lord about this, that it would leave me, but he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness.’ So, I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me. Therefore I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities for the sake of Christ; for whenever I am weak, then I am strong.

Silence

Response (Psalm 92.4)

In all you have done, O Lord, you have made me glad.
In all you have done, O Lord, you have made me glad.
I will sing for joy because of the works of your hands.
You have made me glad.
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit
In all you have done, O Lord, you have made me glad.

SONG OF ZECHARIAH

Song of Zechariah Antiphon: Christ is the chosen of God: * * who brings healing to the nations.

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: Christ is the chosen of God: * * who brings healing to the nations.

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, our hope and strength,
the source and end of all our prayers:
because our mortal nature is weak
we can do nothing good without your help;
support us with your grace,
that in keeping your commandments,
we may ever remain in your love;
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.