MORNING PRAYER A D V E N T 2 01 5 O Lord, open our lips and our mouth shall proclaim your praise. Reveal among us the light of your presence that we may behold your power and glory. Blessed are you, Sovereign God of all, to you be praise and glory for ever. In your tender compassion the dawn from on high is breaking upon us to dispel the lingering shadows of night. As we look for your coming among us this day, open our eyes to behold your presence and strengthen our hands to do your will, that the world may rejoice and give you praise. Blessed be God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Blessed be God for ever. The night has passed, and the day lies open before us; let us pray with one heart and mind.
Silence is kept. As we rejoice in the gift of this new day, so may the light of your presence, O God, set our hearts on fire with love for you; now and for ever. Amen.
A psalm is read or sung (lectionary overleaf) Between two readings a hymn may be sung. Now it is time to awake out of sleep, for the night is far spent and the day is at hand. Now is our salvation nearer than when we first believed, for the night is far spent. Let us therefore cast off the works of darkness and put on the armour of light, for the day is at hand. Put on the Lord Jesus Christ and make no provision for the flesh, for the night is far spent and the day is at hand.
(from Romans 13) A time of informal prayer follows, then this or the collect for the day is used: Almighty God, give us grace to cast away the works of darkness and to put on the armour of light, now in the time of this mortal life, in which your Son Jesus Christ came to us in great humility; that on the last day, when he shall come again in his glorious majesty to judge the living and the dead, we may rise to the life immortal; through him who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.
Awaiting his coming in glory as our Saviour taught us, so we pray 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. Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours now and for ever. Amen. May the Lord, when he comes find us watching and waiting. Amen. Let us bless the Lord. Thanks be to God.
MORNING PRAYER LECTIONARY
Andrew Dec 1 Dec 2 Dec 3 Dec 4 Dec 5
Psalm 19:1-6 Psalm 80 Psalm 7 Psalm 42 Psalm 25 Psalm 9
Isaiah 52:7-10 Isaiah 26:1-13 Isaiah 28:1-13 Isaiah 28:14-end Isaiah 29:1-14 Isaiah 29:15-end
Matthew 4:18-22 Matthew 12:22-37 Matthew 12:38-end Matthew 13:1-23 Matthew 13:24-43 Matthew 13:44-end
Dec 7 Dec 8 Dec 9 Dec 10 Dec 11 Dec 12
Psalm 44 Psalm 56 Psalm 62 Psalm 54 Psalm 86 Psalm 145
Isaiah 30:1-18 Isaiah 30:19-end Isaiah 31 Isaiah 32 Isaiah 33:1-22 Isaiah 35
Matthew 14:1-12 Matthew 14:13-end Matthew 15:1-20 Matthew 15:21-28 Matthew 15:29-end Matthew 16:1-12
Dec 14 Dec 15 Dec 16 Dec 17 Dec 18 Dec 19
Psalm 40 Psalm 70 Psalm 75 Psalm 76 Psalm 98 Psalm 146
Isaiah 38:1-8, 21,21 Isaiah 38:9-20 Isaiah 39 Zephaniah 1:1-2:3 Zephaniah 3:1-13 Zephaniah 3:14-end
Matthew 16:13-end Matthew 17:1-13 Matthew 17:14-21 Matthew 17:22-end Matthew 18:1-20 Matthew 18:21-end
Dec 21 Dec 22 Dec 23 Dec 24
Psalm 121 Psalm 124 Psalm 130 Psalm 45
Malachi 1:1, 6-end Malachi 2:1-16 Malachi 2:17-3:12 Malachi 3:13-end of 4
Matthew 19:1-12 Matthew 19:3-15 Matthew 19:16-end Matthew 23:1-12