Morning Prayer, Wednesday, March 9th 2011

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
Psalm 51. 17.

Rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God; for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.
Joel 2. 13.

Let us humbly confess our sins to Almighty God.

ALMIGHTY and most merciful Father, We have erred and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep, We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts, We have offended against thy holy laws, We have left undone those things which we ought to have done, And we have done those things which we ought not to have done; And there is no health in us. But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us, miserable offenders. Spare thou them, O God, which confess their faults. Restore thou them that are penitent; According to thy promises declared unto mankind in Christ Jesu our Lord. And grant, O most merciful Father, for his sake, That we may hereafter live a godly, righteous, and sober life, To the glory of thy holy Name. Amen.

ALMIGHTY Father, who of thy great love didst give thy dearly beloved Son to die for us; Grant that through his Cross our sins may be put away, and remembered no more against us, and that, cleansed by his Blood, and mindful of his sufferings, we may take up our cross daily, and follow him in newness of life, until we come to his everlasting kingdom; through the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

OUR Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be 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 them that 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.

O Lord, open thou our lips;
And our mouth shall show forth thy praise.
O God, make speed to save us;
O Lord, make haste to help us.

GLORY be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost;
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Praise ye the Lord;
The Lord's Name be praised.


O COME, let us sing unto the LORD: / let us heartily rejoice in the strength of our salvation.
Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, / and show ourselves glad in him with psalms.
For the LORD is a great God, / and a great King above all gods.
In his hand are all the corners of the earth: / and the strength of the hills is his also.
The sea is his, and he made it: / and his hands prepared the dry land.
O COME, let us worship, and fall down, / and kneel before the LORD our Maker.
For he is the Lord our God; / and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand.
TO-DAY, O that ye would hear his voice: / 'Harden not your hearts as in the Provocation, and as in the day of Temptation in the wilderness;
When your fathers tempted me, / proved me, and saw my works.
Forty years long was I grieved with that generation, and said, / "It is a people that do err in their hearts, for they have not known my ways";
Unto whom I sware in my wrath, / that they should not enter into my rest.'
GLORY be to the Father, and to the Son, / and to the Holy Ghost;
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, / world without end. Amen.

PSALM 44. Deus, auribus.
WE have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, / what thou hast done in their time of old;
2 How thou didst drive out the nations with thy hand, and plant our fathers in: / how thou didst afflict the peoples, but madest Israel to flourish.
3 For they gat not the land in possession through their own sword, / neither was it their own arm that helped them;
4 But thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance; / because thou hadst a favour unto them.
5 THOU art my King and my God, / who ordainest victory for Jacob.
6 Through thee will we overthrow our enemies, / and in thy Name will we tread them under, that rise up against us.
7 For I will not trust in my bow: / it is not my sword that shall help me.
8 But it is thou that hast saved us from our enemies, / and hast put them to confusion that hate us.
9 We make our boast of God all day long, / and will praise thy Name for ever.
10 BUT now thou art far off, and puttest us to confusion, / and goest not forth with our armies.
11 Thou makest us to turn our backs upon our enemies, / so that they that hate us spoil our goods.
12 Thou lettest us be eaten up like sheep, / and hast scattered us among the nations.
13 Thou sellest thy people for nought, / and takest no money for them.
14 Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, / to be laughed to scorn and had in derision of them that are round about us.
15 Thou makest us to be a by-word among the nations, / and that the peoples shake their heads at us.
16 All day long my disgrace is before me, / and the shame of my face hath covered me,
17 At the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth, / at the sight of the enemy and avenger.
18 AND though all this be come upon us, yet do we not forget thee, / nor behave ourselves falsely in thy covenant.
19 Our heart is not turned back, / neither our steps gone out of thy way;
20 No, not when thou hast smitten us into the place of dragons, / and covered us with the shadow of death.
21 If we have forgotten the Name of our God, / and holden up our hands to any strange god,
22 Shall not God search it out? / for he knoweth the very secrets of the heart.
23 For thy sake also are we killed all the day long,/ and are counted as sheep appointed to be slain.
24 UP, Lord, why sleepest thou? / awake, and be not absent from us for ever.
25 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, / and forgettest our misery and trouble?
26 For our soul is brought low, even unto the dust: / our body cleaveth unto the ground.
27 Arise, and help us, / and deliver us for thy mercy's sake.
PSALM 45. Eructavit cor meum.
MY heart overfloweth with a good matter: I recite my verses for the king: / my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.
2 THOU art fairer than the children of men; / full of grace are thy lips; therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.
3 Gird thee with thy sword upon thy thigh, O mighty one, / according to thy glory and thy majesty.
4 And in thy majesty ride on to victory in the cause of truth, and of meekness and righteousness; / and let thy right hand teach thee terrible deeds.
5 Thy arrows are very sharp in the heart of the king's enemies, / and the peoples shall be subdued unto thee.
6 THY throne, O God, endureth for ever: / the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.
7 Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; / wherefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
8 All thy garments smell of myrrh, aloes, and cassia; / out of ivory palaces stringed instruments make thee glad.
9 Kings' daughters are among thy honourable women: / upon thy right hand doth stand the queen in a vesture of gold.
10 HEARKEN, O daughter, consider, and incline thine ear; / forget also thine own people and thy father's house;
11 So shall the king have pleasure in thy beauty; / since he is thy lord, bow thou down to him.
12 And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift: / even the rich among the people shall entreat thy favour.
13 The king's daughter within the palace is all glorious; / her clothing is of wrought gold.
14 She is brought to the king in raiment of needlework: / the virgins that be her fellows bear her company, and are brought unto thee.
15 With joy and gladness are they led along, / as they enter into the king's palace.
16 INSTEAD of thy fathers thou shalt have sons, / whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth.
17 I will make thy name to be remembered from one generation to another; / therefore shall the peoples praise thee, world without end.
PSALM 46. Deus noster refugium.
GOD is our hope and strength, / a very present help in trouble.
2 Therefore will we not fear, though the earth be changed, / and though the hills be carried into the midst of the sea;
3 Though the waters thereof rage and swell, / and though the mountains shake at the tempest of the same.
4 The LORD of hosts is with us; / the God of Jacob is our refuge.
5 THERE is a river, the streams whereof make glad the city of God, / the holy place of the tabernacle of the Most High.
6 God is in the midst of her, therefore shall she not be moved; / God shall help her, and that right early.
7 The nations make much ado, and the kingdoms are moved; / but God uttereth his voice, and the earth doth melt away.
8 The LORD of hosts is with us; / the God of Jacob is our refuge.
9 O come hither, and behold the works of the LORD, / what wonders he hath wrought upon the earth.
10 He maketh wars to cease in all the world; / he breaketh the bow, and snappeth the spear in sunder, and burneth the chariots in the fire.
11 Be still then, and know that I am God; / I will be exalted among the nations, and I will be exalted in the earth.
12 The LORD of hosts is with us; / the God of Jacob is our refuge.

Isaiah 57:15-end

O ALL ye Works of the Lord, bless ye the Lord: / praise him, and magnify him for ever.
O ye Angels of the Lord, bless ye the Lord: / praise him, and magnify him for ever.

O YE Heavens, bless ye the Lord: / praise him, and magnify him for ever.
O ye Waters that be above the Firmament, bless ye the Lord: / praise him, and magnify him for ever.
O all ye Powers of the Lord, bless ye the Lord: / praise him, and magnify him for ever.
O ye Sun and Moon, bless ye the Lord: / praise him, and magnify him for ever.
O ye Stars of Heaven, bless ye the Lord: / praise him, and magnify him for ever.
O ye Showers and Dew, bless ye the Lord: / praise him, and magnify him for ever.
O ye Winds of God, bless ye the Lord: / praise him, and magnify him for ever.
O ye Fire and Heat, bless ye the Lord: / praise him, and magnify him for ever.
O ye Winter and Summer, bless ye the Lord: / praise him, and magnify him for ever.
O ye Dews and Frosts, bless ye the Lord: / praise him, and magnify him for ever.
O ye Frost and Cold, bless ye the Lord: / praise him, and magnify him for ever.
O ye Ice and Snow, bless ye the Lord: / praise him, and magnify him for ever.
O ye Nights and Days, bless ye the Lord: / praise him, and magnify him for ever.
O ye Light and Darkness, bless ye the Lord: / praise him, and magnify him for ever.
O ye Lightnings and Clouds, bless ye the Lord: / praise him, and magnify him for ever.

O LET the Earth bless the Lord: / praise him, and magnify him for ever.
O ye Mountains and Hills, bless ye the Lord: / praise him, and magnify him for ever.
O all ye Green Things upon the Earth, bless ye the Lord: / praise him, and magnify him for ever.
O ye Wells, bless ye the Lord: / praise him, and magnify him for ever.
O ye Seas and Floods, bless ye the Lord: / praise him, and magnify him for ever.
O ye Whales, and all that move in the Waters, bless ye the Lord: / praise him, and magnify him for ever.
O all ye Fowls of the Air, bless ye the Lord: / praise him, and magnify him for ever.
O all ye Beasts and Cattle, bless ye the Lord: / praise him, and magnify him for ever.
O ye Children of Men, bless ye the Lord: / praise him, and magnify him for ever.

O LET Israel bless the Lord: / praise him, and magnify him for ever.
O ye Priests of the Lord, bless ye the Lord: / praise him, and magnify him for ever.
O ye Servants of the Lord, bless ye the Lord: / praise him, and magnify him for ever.
O ye Spirits and Souls of the Righteous, bless ye the Lord: / praise him, and magnify him for ever.
O ye holy and humble Men of heart, bless ye the Lord: / praise him, and magnify him for ever.
O Ananias, Azarias, and Misael, bless ye the Lord: / praise him, and magnify him for ever.

GLORY be to the Father, and to the Son, / and to the Holy Ghost;
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, / world without end. Amen.

Mark 2:13-22

BLESSED be the Lord God of Israel; / for he hath visited and redeemed his people;
And hath raised up a mighty salvation for us, / in the house of his servant David;
As he spake by the mouth of his holy Prophets, / which have been since the world began;
That we should be saved from our enemies, / and from the hands of all that hate us;
To perform the mercy promised to our forefathers, / and to remember his holy covenant;
To perform the oath which he sware to our forefather Abraham, / that he would grant us
That we being delivered out of the hands of our enemies / might serve him without fear,
In holiness and righteousness before him, / all the days of our life.
AND thou, child, shalt be called the Prophet of the Highest: / for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;
To give knowledge of salvation unto his people / for the remission of their sins;
Through the tender mercy of our God; / whereby the day-spring from on high hath visited us;
To give light to them that sit in darkness, and in the shadow of death, / and to guide our feet into the way of peace.
GLORY be to the Father, and to the Son, / and to the Holy Ghost;
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, / world without end. Amen.

I BELIEVE in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth:
And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord, Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, Born of the Virgin Mary, Suffered under Pontius Pilate, Was crucified, dead, and buried: He descended into hell; The third day he rose again from the dead; He ascended into heaven, And sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Ghost; The holy Catholic Church; The Communion of Saints; The Forgiveness of sins; The Resurrection of the body, And the Life everlasting. Amen.

Lord, have mercy upon us.
Christ, have mercy upon us.
Lord, have mercy upon us.

OUR Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be 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 them that trespass against us; And lead us not into temptation, But deliver us from evil. Amen.

O Lord, show thy mercy upon us;
And grant us thy salvation.
O Lord, save the Queen;
And mercifully hear us when we call upon thee.
Endue thy Ministers with righteousness;
And make thy chosen people joyful.
O Lord, save thy people;
And bless thine inheritance.
Give peace in our time, O Lord;
And evermore mightily defend us.
O God, make clean our hearts within us;
And take not thy Holy Spirit from us.

ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who hatest nothing that thou hast made, and dost forgive the sins of all them that are penitent: Create and make in us new and contrite hearts, that we worthily lamenting our sins, and acknowledging our wretchedness, may obtain of thee, the God of all mercy, perfect remission and forgiveness; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

O GOD, who art the author of peace and lover of concord, in knowledge of whom standeth our eternal life, whose service is perfect freedom: Defend us thy humble servants in all assaults of our enemies; that we, surely trusting in thy defence, may not fear the power of any adversaries; through the might of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

O LORD our heavenly Father, Almighty and everlasting God, who hast safely brought us to the beginning of this day: Defend us in the same with thy mighty power; and grant that this day we fall into no sin, neither run into any kind of danger; but that all our doings may be ordered by thy governance, to do always that is righteous in thy sight; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

ALMIGHTY God, the fountain of all goodness, we humbly beseech thee to bless our Sovereign Lady, Queen ELIZABETH, the Parliaments of the Commonwealth, and all who are set in authority under her; that they may order all things in wisdom, righteousness, and peace, to the honour of thy holy Name, and the good of thy Church and people; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, from whom cometh every good and perfect gift: Send down upon our Bishops and Clergy, and all Congregations committed to their charge, the healthful Spirit of thy grace; and that they may truly please thee, pour upon them the continual dew of thy blessing. Grant this, O Lord, for the honour of our Advocate and Mediator, Jesus Christ. Amen.

O GOD, the Creator and Preserver of all mankind, we humbly beseech thee for all sorts and conditions of men; that thou wouldest be pleased to make thy ways known unto them, thy saving health unto all nations. More especially we pray for the good estate of the Catholic Church; that it may be so guided and governed by thy good Spirit, that all who profess and call themselves Christians may be led into the way of truth, and hold the faith in unity of spirit, in the bond of peace, and in righteousness of life. Finally we commend to thy fatherly goodness all those, who are any ways afflicted or distressed in mind, body, or estate; that it may please thee to comfort and relieve them, according to their several necessities, giving them patience under their sufferings, and a happy issue out of all their afflictions. And this we beg for Jesus Christ his sake. Amen.

ALMIGHTY God, Father of all mercies, We thine unworthy servants do give thee most humble and hearty thanks For all thy goodness and loving-kindness To us and to all men; We bless thee for our creation, preservation, and all the blessings of this life; But above all for thine inestimable love In the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ; For the means of grace, And for the hope of glory. And we beseech thee, give us that due sense of all thy mercies, That our hearts may be unfeignedly thankful, And that we show forth thy praise, Not only with our lips, but in our lives; By giving up ourselves to thy service, And by walking before thee in holiness and righteousness all our days; Through Jesus Christ our Lord, To whom, with thee and the Holy Ghost, be all honour and glory, world without end. Amen.

ALMIGHTY God, who hast given us grace at this time with one accord to make our common supplications unto thee; and dost promise that when two or three are gathered together in thy Name thou wilt grant their requests: Fulfil now, O Lord, the desires and petitions of thy servants, as may be most expedient for them; granting us in this world knowledge of thy truth, and in the world to come life everlasting. Amen.

THE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore. Amen.