Week 2 Sunday 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 110

Alleluia! I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart, / in the council of the upright, and in the congregation.
The LORD’s works are great, / pondered by all those who delight in them.
His work is honour and majesty. / His righteousness endures forever.
He has caused his wonderful works to be remembered. / the LORD is gracious and merciful.
He has given food to those who fear him. / He always remembers his covenant.
He has shown his people the power of his works, / in giving them the heritage of the nations.
The works of his hands are truth and justice. / All his precepts are sure.
They are established forever and ever. / They are done in truth and uprightness.
He has sent redemption to his people. He has ordained his covenant forever. / His name is holy and awesome!
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom. All those who do his work have a good understanding. / His praise endures forever!

Psalm 45

My heart overflows with a noble theme. I recite my verses for the king. / My tongue is like the pen of a skillful writer.
You are the most excellent of the sons of men. / Grace has anointed your lips, therefore God has blessed you forever.
Strap your sword on your thigh, mighty one: / your splendour and your majesty.
In your majesty ride on victoriously on behalf of truth, humility, and righteousness. / Let your right hand display awesome deeds.
Your arrows are sharp. The nations fall under you, / with arrows in the heart of the king’s enemies.
Your throne, God, is forever and ever. / A sceptre of equity is the sceptre of your kingdom.
You have loved righteousness, and hated wickedness. / Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows.
All your garments smell like myrrh, aloes, and cassia. / Out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made you glad.
Kings’ daughters are among your honourable women. / At your right hand the queen stands in gold of Ophir.
Listen, daughter, consider, and turn your ear. / Forget your own people, and also your father’s house.
So the king will desire your beauty, / Honor him, for he is your lord.
The daughter of Tyre comes with a gift. / The rich among the people entreat your favour.
The princess inside is all glorious. / Her clothing is interwoven with gold.
She shall be led to the king in embroidered work. / The virgins, her companions who follow her, shall be brought to you.
With gladness and rejoicing they shall be led. / They shall enter into the king’s palace.
Your sons will take the place of your fathers. / You shall make them princes in all the earth.
I will make your name to be remembered in all generations. / Therefore the peoples shall give you thanks forever and ever.

Psalm 108

My heart is steadfast, God. /I will sing and I will make music with my soul.
Wake up, harp and lyre! / I will wake up the dawn.
I will give thanks to you, O LORD, among the nations. / I will sing praises to you among the peoples.
For your loving kindness is great above the heavens. / Your faithfulness reaches to the skies.
Be exalted, God, above the heavens! / Let your glory be over all the earth.
That your beloved may be delivered, / save with your right hand, and answer us.
God has spoken from his sanctuary: “In triumph, / I will divide Shechem, and measure out the valley of Succoth.
Gilead is mine. Manasseh is mine. / Ephraim also is my helmet. Judah is my sceptre.
Moab is my wash pot. / I will toss my sandal on Edom. I will shout over Philistia.”
Who will bring me into the fortified city? / Who has led me to Edom?
Haven’t you rejected us, God? / You don’t go forth, God, with our armies.
Give us help against the enemy, / for the help of man is vain.
Through God, we will do valiantly. / For it is he who will tread down our enemies.

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.