Week 1 Friday Evening

Hail, gladdening Light, / of His pure glory poured
Who is th'immortal Father, / heavenly, blessed
Holiest of Holies - / Jesus Christ our Lord!
Now as we come / to the sun's hour of rest
The lights of the evening / round us shine
We hymn the Father, / Son and Holy Spirit divine!
Worthiest art thou / at all times to be sung
With undefiled tongue / Son of our God, giver of life, alone:
Therefore in all the world / thy glories, Lord, they own.
Amen.

O LORD, I have called to you, come to me quickly! / Listen to my voice when I call to you.
Let my prayer be set before you like incense; / the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth. / Keep the door of my lips.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit. / As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end.
Amen.

My soul magnifies the Lord. / My spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior,
For he has looked at the humble state of his handmaid. / For behold, from now on, all generations will call me blessed.
For he who is mighty has done great things for me. / Holy is his name.
His mercy is for generations of generations on those who fear him. / He has shown strength with his arm.
He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts. / He has put down princes from their thrones and has exalted the lowly.
He has filled the hungry with good things. / He has sent the rich away empty.
He has given help to Israel, his servant, that he might remember mercy, / As he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and his seed forever.
Amen.

Psalm 102

Hear my prayer, O LORD! / Let my cry come to you.
Don’t hide your face from me in the day of my distress. / Turn your ear to me. Answer me quickly in the day when I call.
For my days consume away like smoke. / My bones are burned as a torch.
My heart is blighted like grass, and withered, / for I forget to eat my bread.
By reason of the voice of my groaning, / my bones stick to my skin.
I am like a pelican of the wilderness. / I have become as an owl of the waste places.
I watch, and have become like a sparrow / that is alone on the housetop.
My enemies reproach me all day. / Those who are mad at me use my name as a curse.
For I have eaten ashes like bread, / and mixed my drink with tears,
Because of your indignation and your wrath, / for you have taken me up, and thrown me away.
My days are like a long shadow. / I have withered like grass.
But you, O LORD, will remain forever; / your renown endures to all generations.
You will arise and have mercy on Zion; / for it is time to have pity on her. Yes, the set time has come.
For your servants take pleasure in her stones, / and have pity on her dust.
So the nations will fear the name of the LORD; / all the kings of the earth your glory.
For the LORD has built up Zion. / He has appeared in his glory.
He has responded to the prayer of the destitute, / and has not despised their prayer.
This will be written for the generation to come. / A people which will be created will praise the LORD.
For he has looked down from the height of his sanctuary. / From heaven, the LORD saw the earth;
to hear the groans of the prisoner; / to free those who are condemned to death;
that men may declare the name of the LORD in Zion, / and his praise in Jerusalem;
when the peoples are gathered together, / the kingdoms, to serve the LORD.
He weakened my strength along the course. / He shortened my days.
I said, “My God, don’t take me away in the midst of my days. / Your years are throughout all generations.
Of old, you laid the foundation of the earth. / The heavens are the work of your hands.
They will perish, but you will endure. Yes, all of them will wear out like a garment. / You will change them like a cloak, and they will be changed.
But you are the same. / Your years will have no end.
The children of your servants will continue. / Their seed will be established before you.”

Psalm 119 Hey

Teach me, O LORD, the way of your statutes. / I will keep them to the end.
Give me understanding, and I will keep your law. / Yes, I will obey it with my whole heart.
Direct me in the path of your commandments, / for I delight in them.
Turn my heart toward your statutes, / not toward selfish gain.
Turn my eyes away from looking at worthless things. / Revive me in your ways.
Fulfil your promise to your servant, / that you may be feared.
Take away my disgrace that I dread, / for your ordinances are good.
Behold, I long for your precepts! / Revive me in your righteousness.

Psalm 127

Unless the LORD builds the house, they labour in vain who build it. / Unless the LORD watches over the city, the watchman guards it in vain.
It is vain for you to rise up early, to stay up late, eating the bread of toil; / for he gives sleep to his loved ones.
Behold, children are a heritage of the LORD. / The fruit of the womb is his reward.
As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, / so are the children of youth.
Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them. / They won’t be disappointed when they speak with their enemies in the gate.

Hear, O Israel, The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.  This is the first and great commandment.  The second is like it: Love your neighbour as yourself.  On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. Lord, have mercy upon us and write both these your laws in our hearts, we beseech you.

Lord, have mercy upon us. / Christ, have mercy upon us.
Lord, have mercy upon us. / Let us pray.

Our Father, who art in Heaven, hallowed by thy name.  Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.  Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us, and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory for ever and ever. 
Amen.

From all evil and mischief, from sin, and from the crafts and assaults of the Devil, / from your wrath and from everlasting condemnation,
Good Lord, deliver us
From all blindness of heart, from pride, vanity, and hypocrisy, / from envy, hatred and malice, and all uncharitableness,
Good Lord, deliver us
From all uncleanness in thought, word and deed, / and from all deceits of the world, the flesh and the Devil
Good Lord, deliver us
By the mystery of your holy Incarnation, by your holy Nativity, / by your Baptism, Fasting and Temptation,
Good Lord, deliver us
By your Agony and bloody Sweat, by your Cross and Passion, / By your precious Death and Burial,
Good Lord, deliver us
By your glorious Resurrection and Ascension, by your sending of the Holy Spirit, / by your heavenly Intercession and by your Coming again in glory,
Good Lord, deliver us
In all times of tribulation, and in all times of prosperity, / in the hour of death and in the day of judgement,
Good Lord, deliver us

May the peace of God which passes all understanding / keep our hearts and minds in the knowledge and love of Christ.
Amen.