This version of the Morning Prayer is adapted from the Episcopal Book of Prayer and the Ionia Prayerbook.
This is the same text, absent the lectionary reading, I use when I lead Morning Services at a Convention.
There are references to "reader," "leader," and " people" within the text this is for when the services are done "in person." You are invited to read aloud those portions if you wish.
[fabric print from Horikiri Iris Garden (Horikiri no hanashÅbu), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei) - artist: Utagawa Hiroshige I - fabric print in the collection of The Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, MA ]
-
===========================================
Easter Sunday
-
(OPENING RESPONSES)
leader: The world
belongs to God
all: The earth and all its
people
leader: How good it
is, how wonderful,
all: To live together in
unity
leader: Love and
faith come together,
all: Justice and peace join
hands
leader: If Christ's
disciples keep silent
all: These stones would shout
aloud
leader: Open our
lips, O God,
all: And our mouths shall
proclaim your praise
Leader: Holy God,
Maker of all
all: Have
mercy on us
Leader: Jesus Christ,
Servant of the poor
all: Have mercy on us
leader: Holy
Spirit, Breath of life
all: Have Mercy on us
leader: Let us in
silence confess our faults and admit our frailty
(A BRIEF PERIOD OF
SILENCE IS KEPT)
Leader: Before God,
with the people of God,
I confess to my brokenness:
to the ways I wound my life,
the lives of others,
and the life of the world.
ALL: May God forgive you, Christ
renew you,
and the Spirit enable
you to grow in love
Leader: Amen.
All: Before God, with the
people of God,
we confess to our
brokenness:
to the ways we wound our
lives,
the lives of others,
and the life of the
world
Leader: May God
forgive us, Christ Renew us,
and the Spirit enable us to grow in
love.
All: Amen
(PRAYER FOR GOD'S
HELP)
Leader: Move among
us, O God; give us life:
All: Let your people rejoice
in you
Leader: Make our
hearts clean within us:
All: Renew us in mind and
spirit.
Leader: Give us
again the joy of your help:
All: With your spirit of
freedom sustain us.
Leader: And now, as
Jesus taught us, we say:
ALL: Our Father in heaven,
Hallowed by 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,
Save us in the time of trial
And deliver us from
evil,
For the kingdom, the
power
And the glory are yours,
Now and for ever. Amen.
(AFFIRMATION)
Leader: With the
whole church
All: We affirm
That we are made in
God's image,
befriended by Christ,
empowered by the Spirit.
Leader: With people
everywhere
All: We affirm
God's goodness at the
heart of humanity,
Planted more deeply than
all that is wrong.
Leader: With all
creation
All: We celebrate
The miracle and wonder
of life;
The unfolding purposes
of God,
Forever at work in
ourselves and the world.
Prayer for
Thanksgiving
Blessed are you, Lord God of our salvation,
to you be praise and glory for ever.
As once you ransomed your people from Egypt
and led them to freedom in the promised land,
so now you have delivered us from the dominion of darkness
and brought us into the kingdom of your risen Son.
May we, the first fruits of your new creation,
rejoice in this new day you have made,
and praise you for your mighty acts.
Blessed be God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
to you be praise and glory for ever.
As once you ransomed your people from Egypt
and led them to freedom in the promised land,
so now you have delivered us from the dominion of darkness
and brought us into the kingdom of your risen Son.
May we, the first fruits of your new creation,
rejoice in this new day you have made,
and praise you for your mighty acts.
Blessed be God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
All: Blessed be God for ever.
Christ
has been raised from the dead: •
the first fruits of those who sleep.
For as by man came death: •
by man has come also the resurrection of the dead;
for as in Adam all die: •
even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
the first fruits of those who sleep.
For as by man came death: •
by man has come also the resurrection of the dead;
for as in Adam all die: •
even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
(PSALM: said responsively
- by one of the worshipers)
Psalm 114 In exitu Israel
1 Hallelujah!
When Israel came out of Egypt, *
the house of Jacob from a people of strange speech,
When Israel came out of Egypt, *
the house of Jacob from a people of strange speech,
2 Judah became God's
sanctuary *
and Israel his dominion.
and Israel his dominion.
3 The sea beheld it and
fled; *
Jordan turned and went back.
Jordan turned and went back.
4 The mountains skipped
like rams, *
and the little hills like young sheep.
and the little hills like young sheep.
5 What ailed you, O sea,
that you fled? *
O Jordan, that you turned back?
O Jordan, that you turned back?
6 You mountains, that you skipped like rams? *
you little hills like young sheep?
you little hills like young sheep?
7 Tremble, O earth, at the
presence of the Lord, *
at the presence of the God of Jacob,
at the presence of the God of Jacob,
8 Who turned the hard rock
into a pool of water *
and flint-stone into a flowing spring.
and flint-stone into a flowing spring.
(Old Testament: Read by one of the worshipers)
Isaiah
55:1-11
Ho,
everyone who thirsts,
come to the waters; and you that have no money,
come, buy and eat!
come to the waters; and you that have no money,
come, buy and eat!
Come, buy wine and milk
without money and without price.
without money and without price.
Why do you spend your money for that
which is not bread,
and your labor for that which does not satisfy?
Listen carefully to me, and eat what is good,
and delight yourselves in rich food.
and your labor for that which does not satisfy?
Listen carefully to me, and eat what is good,
and delight yourselves in rich food.
Incline your ear, and come to me;
listen, so that you may live.
I will make with you an everlasting covenant,
my steadfast, sure love for David.
listen, so that you may live.
I will make with you an everlasting covenant,
my steadfast, sure love for David.
See, I made him a witness to the
peoples,
a leader and commander for the peoples.
See, you shall call nations that you do not know,
and nations that do not know you shall run to you,
a leader and commander for the peoples.
See, you shall call nations that you do not know,
and nations that do not know you shall run to you,
because of the Lord your God, the
Holy One of Israel,
for he has glorified you.
Seek the Lord while he may be found,
call upon him while he is near;
for he has glorified you.
Seek the Lord while he may be found,
call upon him while he is near;
let the wicked forsake their way,
and the unrighteous their thoughts;
let them return to the Lord, that he may have mercy on them,
and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
and the unrighteous their thoughts;
let them return to the Lord, that he may have mercy on them,
and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
For my thoughts are not your
thoughts,
nor are your ways my ways, says the Lord.
For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts.
nor are your ways my ways, says the Lord.
For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts.
For as the rain and the snow come
down from heaven,
and do not return there until they have watered the earth,
making it bring forth and sprout,
giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater,
So shall my word be that goes out from my mouth;
it shall not return to me empty,
but it shall accomplish that which I purpose,
and succeed in the thing for which I sent it.
and do not return there until they have watered the earth,
making it bring forth and sprout,
giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater,
So shall my word be that goes out from my mouth;
it shall not return to me empty,
but it shall accomplish that which I purpose,
and succeed in the thing for which I sent it.
The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God. Epistle
Romans 6:3-11
Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? Therefore we have been buried with him by baptism into death, so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life.For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his. We know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be destroyed, and we might no longer be enslaved to sin. For whoever has died is freed from sin. But if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. We know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him.
The death he died, he died to sin, once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God. So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus
The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
(READING FOR THE
DAY)
Leader: This
morning's reading comes from the Gospel of Matthew.
Listen now for the Word of God.
Matthew 28:1-10
After the sabbath, as the first day of
the week was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb.
And suddenly there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord, descending
from heaven, came and rolled back the stone and sat on it. His appearance was
like lightning, and his clothing white as snow. For fear of him the guards
shook and became like dead men. But the angel said to the women, "Do not
be afraid; I know that you are looking for Jesus who was crucified. He is not
here; for he has been raised, as he said. Come, see the place where he lay. Then
go quickly and tell his disciples, `He has been raised from the dead, and
indeed he is going ahead of you to Galilee; there you will see him.' This is my
message for you." So they left the tomb quickly with fear and great joy,
and ran to tell his disciples. Suddenly Jesus met them and said,
"Greetings!" And they came to him, took hold of his feet, and
worshiped him. Then Jesus said to them, "Do not be afraid; go and tell my
brothers to go to Galilee; there they will see me."
The Word of the
Lord.
Thanks be to
God.
(a period of
silence is kept)
Leader: For the Word of God in
Scripture,
for the Word of God among us,
for the Word of God within us
ALL: Thanks be to God.
(Homily by leader)
(PRAYERS OF GRATITUDE AND CONCERN)
Leader. Let not the
needy, O Lord, be forgotten;
All: Nor the hope of the poor
be taken away.
Leader: Create in
us clean hearts, O God;
All: And sustain us with your
Holy Spirit.
Leader: For each of
our prayers, please add, aloud or silently,
your own concerns
Leader: Give
guidance and care for the needs of the world at large,
and for the life of Your church
God, in your mercy,
All: Hear our prayer
Leader: For the
concerns of our cities, towns and nations,
give guidance to our leaders and care
for their people
God, in Your mercy,
All: Hear our prayer
Leader: For the
concerns and comfort of those of us here, our families,
for those absent or those who are ill,
and in remembrance of those who are
gone,
God in your mercy,
All: Hear our prayer.
Leader: Remember
all those the world has forgotten,
Those without family, or those on the
streets,
Those who are damaged by drugs,
alcohol or their own minds.
Remember the unemployed, the widow,
the orphan,
and the prisoner.
God in your mercy,
All: Hear our prayer.
Leader: Living God, may we not fail
you,
All: Nor we fail them
Leader: O God, set
Your blessing on us
as we begin this day together.
Confirm us in the truth by which we
rightly live;
confront us with the truth from which
we wrongly turn.
We ask not for what we want,
but for what You know we need,
as we offer this day and ourselves for
You and to You,
Through Jesus Christ, our Savior.
ALL: Amen
A Prayer of
St. Chrysostom
Almighty God, you have given us grace at this
time with one accord to make our common supplication to you; and you have
promised through your well-beloved Son that when two or three are gathered
together in his Name you will be in the midst of them: Fulfill now, O Lord, our
desires and petitions as may be best for us; granting us in this world
knowledge of your truth, and in the age to come life everlasting. Amen.
(CLOSING)
Leader: This is the
day that God has made;
All: We will rejoice and be
glad in it.
Leader: We will not
offer to God
All: Offerings that cost us
nothing.
Leader: Go in peace
to love and to serve;
All: We will seek peace and
pursue it.
Leader: In the name
of the Trinity of Love,
All: God in community, holy
and One.
Amen
No comments:
Post a Comment