MORNING PRAYER E P I P H A N Y 2 0 17 O Lord, open our lips and our mouth shall proclaim your praise. Your light springs up for the righteous and all the peoples have seen your glory. Blessed are you, Sovereign God, king of the nations, to you be praise and glory for ever. From the rising of the sun to its setting your name is proclaimed in all the world. As the Sun of Righteousness dawns in our hearts anoint our lips with the seal of your Spirit that we may witness to your gospel and sing your praise in all the earth. 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.
O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness; let the whole earth tremble before him. Tell it out among the nations that the Lord is King. O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness. Tell out his salvation from day to day. Let the whole earth tremble before him. Declare his glory among the nations and his wonders among all peoples. O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness; let the whole earth tremble before him.
(from Psalm 96)
A time of informal prayer follows, then this or the collect for the day is used: Almighty God, in Christ you make all things new: transform the poverty of our nature by the riches of your grace, and in the renewal of our lives make known your heavenly glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Believing the promises of God, 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 Christ, who sends us to the nations, give us the power of his Spirit. Amen. Let us bless the Lord. Thanks be to God.
MORNING PRAYER LECTIONARY St Stephen St John Evang. Holy Innocents December 29 December 30 December 31
Ps119.161-168 Psalm 117 Psalm 124 Psalm 19 Psalm 113 Psalm 102
Acts 7.51-end 1 John ch1 Jer. 31.15-17 Isa 57.15-end Isa 59.1-15a Isa 59.15b-end
Matt.10.17-22 John 21.19b-end Matt. 2.13-18 John 1.1-18 John 1.19-28 John 1.29-34
January 2 January 3 January 4 January 5 January 6 January 7
Psalm 18.1-30 Psalm 127 Psalm 89.1-37 Psalm 48 Psalm 46 Psalm 99
Isa 60.1-12 Isa 60.13-end Isa 61 Isa 62 Isa 63.7-end Isa 64
John 1.35-42 John 1.43-end John 2.1-12 John 2.13-end 1 John 3 1 John 4.7-end
January 9 January 10 January 11 January 12 January 13 January 14
Psalm 2 Psalm 9 Psalm 20 Psalm 21 Psalm 67 Psalm 33
Amos 1 Amos 2 Amos 3 Amos 4 Amos 5.1-17 Amos 5.18-end
1 Cor.1.1-17 1 Cor. 1.18-end 1 Cor. 2 1 Cor. 3 1 Cor. 4 1 Cor. 5
January 16 January 17 January 18 January 19 January 20 January 21
Psalm 146 Psalm 132 Psalm 81 Psalm 76 Psalm 27 Psalm 122
Amos 6 Amos 7 Amos 8 Amos 9 Hos.1.1-2.1 Hos.2.2-17
1 Cor. 6.1-11 1 Cor. 6.12-end 1 Cor. 7.1-24 1 Cor. 7.25-end 1 Cor. 8 1 Cor. 9.1-14
January 23 January 24 Conv. St Paul Timothy & Titus January 27 January 28
Psalm 108 Psalm 36 Psalm 67 Psalm 100 Psalm 65 Psalm 68
Hos. 2.18-3.end Hos. 4.1-16 Acts 9.1-22 2 Tim. 2.1-8 Hos.6.7-7.2 Hos. 8
1 Cor. 9.15-end 1 Cor. 10.1-13 Matt. 19.27-end Luke10.1-9 1 Cor.11.17-end 1 Cor.12.1-11