OPENING SENTENCES

Send out your light and your truth, that they may lead me, and bring me to your holy hill and to your dwelling. Psalm 43:3

CONFESSION OF SIN

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 neighbors 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.

Silence for reflection

Come now, let us argue it out, says the Lord: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be like snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool. Amen.

Lord, open our lips. *
And our mouths shall proclaim your praise!

MORNING PSALM

Psalm 83

O God, do not be silent; *
do not keep still nor hold your peace, O God;

For your enemies are in tumult, *
and those who hate you have lifted up their heads.

They take secret counsel against your people *
and plot against those whom you protect.

They have said, "Come, let us wipe them out from among
the nations; *
let the name of Israel be remembered no more."

They have conspired together; *
they have made an alliance against you:

The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; *
the Moabites and the Hagarenes;

Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; *
the Philistines and those who dwell in Tyre.

The Assyrians also have joined them, *
and have come to help the people of Lot.

Do to them as you did to Midian, *
to Sisera, and to Jabin at the river of Kishon:

They were destroyed at Endor; *
they became like dung upon the ground.

Make their leaders like Oreb and Zeëb, *
and all their commanders like Zebah and Zalmunna,

Who said, "Let us take for ourselves *
the fields of God as our possession."

O my God, make them like whirling dust *
and like chaff before the wind;

Like fire that burns down a forest, *
like the flame that sets mountains ablaze.

Drive them with your tempest *
and terrify them with your storm;

Cover their faces with shame, O LORD, *
that they may seek your Name.

Let them be disgraced and terrified for ever; *
let them be put to confusion and perish.

Let them know that you, whose Name is YAHWEH, *
you alone are the Most High over all the earth.

Lord, dispel from us the error of pride and illusions of greatness, and help us to abandon every vice and stand in awe of you, for you alone are the Most High over all the world now and forever.

Glory to the Father and to the Son
and to the Holy Spirit; *
as it was in the beginning
is now and shall be for ever. Amen.

MORNING SONG

But for You Who Fear My Name - The Welcome Wagon

MORNING LESSONS

For those not receiving Evening Prayer emails, the lectionary OT & NT Lessons for today are Numbers 12:1-16; Romans 2:12-24.

Matthew 18:10-20

“Take care that you do not despise one of these little ones; for, I tell you, in heaven their angels continually see the face of my Father in heaven.What do you think? If a shepherd has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go in search of the one that went astray? And if he finds it, truly I tell you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that never went astray. So it is not the will of your Father in heaven that one of these little ones should be lost.

“If another member of the church sins against you, go and point out the fault when the two of you are alone. If the member listens to you, you have regained that one. But if you are not listened to, take one or two others along with you, so that every word may be confirmed by the evidence of two or three witnesses. If the member refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church; and if the offender refuses to listen even to the church, let such a one be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector. Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. Again, truly I tell you, if two of you agree on earth about anything you ask, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven. For where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there among them.”

Silence for reflection

CONCLUDING PRAYER

In the morning, pray for:

the day and its tasks
the world and its needs
the Church and her life

Conclude with the Lord's Prayer and/or the following Collect:

Keep, O Lord, your household the Church in your steadfast faith and love, that through your grace we may proclaim your truth with boldness, and minister your justice with compassion; for the sake of our Savior Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Let us bless the Lord. *
Thanks be to God!