Morning Prayer: Tuesday 11 November 2025
This is the new revised order for Daily Prayer authorised for experimental use. You can find the 2006 Revised version here.
Martin of Tours, Bishop, c 397
Week C
Week of Proper 32
O Lord, open our lips:
and our mouth shall proclaim your praise.
Glory be 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: Be joyful in God, all you lands;* sing the glory of the divine name! (Psalm. 66.1)
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 Psalms 66 and 92)
1. All the earth bows down before you,*
sings to you, sings out your name.
2. Bless our God, you peoples;*
make the voice of God’s praise to be heard.
3. It is a good thing to give thanks to the Lord,*
and to sing praises to your name, O Most High;
4. to tell of your loving-kindness early in the morning*
and of your faithfulness in the night season.
Glory ...
or a suitable hymn
to shame; *
deliver me in your righteousness.
2. Incline your ear to me; *
make haste to deliver me.
3. Be my strong rock, a castle to keep me safe, for you are
my crag and my stronghold; *
for the sake of your name, lead me and guide me.
4. Take me out of the net that they have secretly set for
me, *
for you are my tower of strength.
5. Into your hands I commend my spirit, *
for you have redeemed me, O Lord, O God of truth.
6. I hate those who cling to worthless idols *
and I put my trust in the Lord.
7. I will rejoice and be glad because of your mercy; *
for you have seen my affliction; you know my distress.
8. You have not shut me up in the power of the enemy; *
you have set my feet in an open place.
9. Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am in trouble; *
my eye is consumed with sorrow, and also my throat
and my belly.
10. For my life is wasted with grief, and my years with
sighing; *
my strength fails me because of affliction, and my
bones are consumed.
11. I have become a reproach to all my enemies and even
to my neighbours,*
a dismay to those of my acquaintance; when they see
me in the street they avoid me.
12. I am forgotten like a corpse, out of mind; *
I am as useless as a broken pot.
13. For I have heard the whispering of the crowd; fear is all
around; *
they put their heads together against me; they plot to
take my life.
14. But as for me, I have trusted in you, O Lord. *
I have said, “You are my God.”
15. My times are in your hand; *
rescue me from the hand of my enemies, and from
those who persecute me.
16. Make your face to shine upon your servant, *
and in your loving-kindness save me.”
17. Lord, let me not be ashamed for having called upon
you; *
rather, let the wicked be put to shame; let them be
silent in the grave.
18. Let the lying lips be silenced which speak against the
righteous, *
haughtily, disdainfully and with contempt.
19. How great is your goodness, O Lord, which you have
laid up for those who fear you; *
which you have done in the sight of all for those who
put their trust in you.
20. You hide them in the covert of your presence from
those who slander them; *
you keep them in your shelter from the strife of
tongues.
21. Blessed are you, O Lord, *
for you have shown me the wonders of your love in abesieged city.
22. Yet I said in my alarm, “I have been cut off from the
sight of your eyes.” *
Nevertheless, you heard the sound of my entreat when
I cried out to you.
23. Love the Lord, all you who worship God; *
the Lord protects the faithful, but repays to the full
those who act haughtily.
24. Be strong and let your heart take courage, *
all you who wait for the Lord.
Glory ...
Conclusion
Isaiah 12
1. Behold God is my salvation;*
I will trust and not be afraid;
2. the Lord God is my strength and my song;
the Lord God has become my salvation.
3. With joy you will draw water*
from the wells of salvation.
4. Give thanks to the Lord, call upon God’s name;*
make known the Lord’s deeds among the nations.
5. Sing to the Lord who has done gloriously;*
let this be known in all the earth.
6. Shout and sing for joy, O inhabitant of Sion,*
for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel
Glory ...
Be joyful in God, all you lands;*sing the glory of the divine name!
READING(S)
Nehemiah 9.26-38
‘Now therefore, our God—the great and mighty and awesome God, keeping covenant and steadfast love—do not treat lightly all the hardship that has come upon us, upon our kings, our officials, our priests, our prophets, our ancestors, and all your people, since the time of the kings of Assyria until today. You have been just in all that has come upon us, for you have dealt faithfully and we have acted wickedly; our kings, our officials, our priests, and our ancestors have not kept your law or heeded the commandments and the warnings that you gave them. Even in their own kingdom, and in the great goodness you bestowed on them, and in the large and rich land that you set before them, they did not serve you and did not turn from their wicked works. Here we are, slaves to this day—slaves in the land that you gave to our ancestors to enjoy its fruit and its good gifts. Its rich yield goes to the kings whom you have set over us because of our sins; they have power also over our bodies and over our livestock at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.’
Because of all this we make a firm agreement in writing, and on that sealed document are inscribed the names of our officials, our Levites, and our priests.
Revelation 18.9-20
‘Alas, alas, the great city,
Babylon, the mighty city!
For in one hour your judgement has come.’
And the merchants of the earth weep and mourn for her, since no one buys their cargo any more, cargo of gold, silver, jewels and pearls, fine linen, purple, silk and scarlet, all kinds of scented wood, all articles of ivory, all articles of costly wood, bronze, iron, and marble, cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, frankincense, wine, olive oil, choice flour and wheat, cattle and sheep, horses and chariots, slaves—and human lives.
‘The fruit for which your soul longed
has gone from you,
and all your dainties and your splendour
are lost to you,
never to be found again!’
The merchants of these wares, who gained wealth from her, will stand far off, in fear of her torment, weeping and mourning aloud,
‘Alas, alas, the great city,
clothed in fine linen,
in purple and scarlet,
adorned with gold,
with jewels, and with pearls!
For in one hour all this wealth has been laid waste!’
And all shipmasters and seafarers, sailors and all whose trade is on the sea, stood far off and cried out as they saw the smoke of her burning,
‘What city was like the great city?’
And they threw dust on their heads, as they wept and mourned, crying out,
‘Alas, alas, the great city,
where all who had ships at sea
grew rich by her wealth!
For in one hour she has been laid waste.’
Rejoice over her, O heaven, you saints and apostles and prophets! For God has given judgement for you against her.
Silence
Response (Psalm 63.4)
I will bless you Lord as long as I live.
I will bless you Lord as long as I live.
And lift up my hands in your name.
As long as I live.
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit
I will bless you Lord as long as I live.
SONG OF ZECHARIAH
Song of Zechariah Antiphon: You will guide us with your counsel, O God: * and, after, receive us with glory. God’s love is shed abroad in our hearts: * * through the Holy Spirit.
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. God’s love is shed abroad in our hearts: * * through the Holy Spirit.
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 refuge and strength,the very author of devotion:
hear the prayers of your Church;
and grant that what we seek in faith
we may in fact obtain;
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.
