Tuesday, 2 December Morning Prayer The Opening Opening Sentence In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Isaiah 40:3 Confession Let us confess our sins against God and our neighbour. Most merciful God, we confess that we have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done, and by what we have left undone. We have not loved you with our whole heart; we have not loved our neighbours as ourselves. We are truly sorry and we humbly repent. For the sake of your Son Jesus Christ, have mercy on us and forgive us; that we may delight in your will, and walk in your ways, to the glory of your Name. Amen. Almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us all our sins through our Lord Jesus Christ, strengthen us in all goodness, and by the power of the Holy Spirit keep us in eternal life. Amen. Lord, open our lips. And our mouth shall proclaim your praise. Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever Amen. Our King and Saviour now draws near: Come let us adore him. Jubilate Be joyful in the Lord, all you lands; serve the Lord with gladness and come before his presence with a song. Know this: The Lord himself is God; he himself has made us, and we are his; we are his people and the sheep of his pasture. Enter his gates with thanksgiving; go into his courts with praise; give thanks to him and call upon his Name. For the Lord is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his faithfulness endures from age to age. Antiphon Our King and Saviour now draws near: Come let us adore him. Psalm 6 1 LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger;* do not punish me in your wrath. 2Have pity on me, LORD, for I am weak;* heal me, LORD, for my bones are racked. 3My spirit shakes with terror;* how long, O LORD, how long? 4Turn, O LORD, and deliver me;* save me for your mercys sake. 5For in death no one remembers you;* and who will give you thanks in the grave? 6I grow weary because of my groaning;* every night I drench my bed and flood my couch with tears. 7My eyes are wasted with grief * and worn away because of all my enemies. 8Depart from me, all evildoers,* for the LORD has heard the sound of my weeping. 9The LORD has heard my supplication;* the LORD accepts my prayer. 10All my enemies shall be confounded and quake with fear;* they shall turn back and suddenly be put to shame. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen. Amen. The Lessons The Old Testament Reading Isaiah 1:21-31 21How the faithful city has become a whore! She that was full of justice, righteousness lodged in her- but now murderers. 22Your silver has become dross, your wine is mixed with water.23Your princes are rebels and companions of thieves. Everyone loves a bribe and runs after gifts. They do not defend the orphan, and the widows cause does not come before them.24Therefore says the Sovereign, the LORD of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel: Ah, I will pour out my wrath on my enemies, and avenge myself on my foes.25I will turn my hand against you; I will smelt away your dross as with lye and remove all your alloy.26And I will restore your judges as at the first, and your counsellors as at the beginning. Afterward you shall be called the city of righteousness, the faithful city.27Zion shall be redeemed by justice, and those in her who repent, by righteousness.28But rebels and sinners shall be destroyed together, and those who forsake the LORD shall be consumed.29For you shall be ashamed of the oaks in which you delighted; and you shall blush for the gardens that you have chosen.30For you shall be like an oak whose leaf withers, and like a garden without water.31The strong shall become like tinder, and their work like a spark; they and their work shall burn together, with no one to quench them. The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. New Testament Reading 1 Thessalonians 2:1-12 1You yourselves know, brothers and sisters, that our coming to you was not in vain.2but though we had already suffered and been shamefully mistreated at Philippi, as you know, we had courage in our God to declare to you the gospel of God in spite of great opposition.3For our appeal does not spring from deceit or impure motives or trickery.4but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the message of the gospel, even so we speak, not to please mortals, but to please God who tests our hearts.5As you know and as God is our witness, we never came with words of flattery or with a pretext for greed;6nor did we seek praise from mortals, whether from you or from others,7though we might have made demands as apostles of Christ. But we were gentle among you, like a nurse tenderly caring for her own children.8So deeply do we care for you that we are determined to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own selves, because you have become very dear to us.9You remember our labour and toil, brothers and sisters; we worked night and day, so that we might not burden any of you while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.10You are witnesses, and God also, how pure, upright, and blameless our conduct was toward you believers.11As you know, we dealt with each one of you like a father with his children.12urging and encouraging you and pleading that you lead a life worthy of God, who calls you into his own kingdom and glory. The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. Gospel Luke 20:9-18 9He began to tell the people this parable: A man planted a vineyard, and leased it to tenants, and went to another country for a long time.10When the season came, he sent a slave to the tenants in order that they might give him his share of the produce of the vineyard; but the tenants beat him and sent him away empty-handed.11Next he sent another slave; that one also they beat and insulted and sent away empty-handed.12And he sent still a third; this one also they wounded and threw out.13Then the owner of the vineyard said, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son; perhaps they will respect him. 14But when the tenants saw him, they discussed it among themselves and said, This is the heir; let us kill him so that the inheritance may be ours. 15So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them. 16He will come and destroy those tenants and give the vineyard to others. When they heard this, they said, Heaven forbid!. 17But he looked at them and said, What then does this text mean: The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone 18Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces; and it will crush anyone on whom it falls. The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. The Prayers Collect of the Day: Advent 1 Almighty God, give us grace to cast away the works of darkness, and put on the armor of light, now in the time of this mortal life in which your Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility; that in the last day, when he shall come again in his glorious majesty to judge both the living and the dead, we may rise to the life immortal; through him who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. For Mission O God and Father of all, whom the whole heavens adore: Let the whole earth also worship you, all nations obey you, all tongues confess and bless you, and men and women everywhere love you and serve you in peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. A Collect for Guidance Heavenly Father, in you we live and move and have our being: We humbly pray you so to guide and govern us by your Holy Spirit, that in all the cares and occupations of our life we may not forget you, but may remember that we are ever walking in your sight; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. A Prayer Attributed to St. Francis Lord, make us instruments of your peace. Where there is hatred, let us sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is discord, union; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; where there is sadness, joy. Grant that we may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; to be understood as to understand; to be loved as to love. For it is in giving that we receive; it is in pardoning that we are pardoned; and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. Amen. Please add your own prayers Benediction
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