Easter 5, BCP

Easter 5

Book of common Prayer

Morning Prayer

for a Non-gathering Community

May 10, 2020

God of Grace and God of Glory

God of grace and God of glory,

on your people pour your power;

crown your ancient church's story,

bring its bud to glorious flower.

Grant us wisdom, grant us courage

for the facing of this hour,

for the facing of this hour.

Lo! the hosts of evil round us

scorn the Christ, assail his ways!

From the fears that long have bound us

free our hearts to faith and praise.

Grant us wisdom, grant us courage

for the living of these days,

for the living of these days.

Cure your children's warring madness;

bend our pride to your control;

shame our wanton, selfish gladness,

rich in things and poor in soul.

Grant us wisdom, grant us courage,

lest we miss your kingdom's goal,

lest we miss your kingdom's goal.

Set our feet on lofty places,

gird our lives that they may be

armoured with all Christlike graces

in the fight for liberty.

Grant us wisdom, grant us courage,

lest we fail ourselves and thee,

lest we fail ourselves and thee.

   

Exhortation

DEARLY beloved, the Scripture moveth us in sundry places to acknowledge and confess our manifold sins and wickedness; and that we should not dissemble nor cloke them before the face of Almighty God our heavenly Father; but confess them with an humble, lowly, penitent, and obedient heart; to the end that we may obtain forgiveness of the same, by his infinite goodness and mercy.  And although we ought at all times humbly to acknowledge our sins before God; yet ought we most chiefly so to do, when we assemble and meet together to render thanks for the great benefits that we have received at his hands, to set forth his most worthy praise, to hear his most holy Word, and to ask those things which are requisite and necessary, as well for the body as the soul.  Wherefore I pray and beseech you, as many as are here present, to accompany me with a pure heart and humble voice unto the throne of the heavenly grace.

Confession

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 one, 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.

Absolution

ALMIGHTY God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who desireth not the death of a sinner, but rather that they may turn from their wickedness, and live, hath given power and commandment to his Ministers, to declare and pronounce to his people, being penitent, the Absolution and Remission of their sins.  He pardoneth and absolveth all them that truly repent and unfeignedly believe his holy Gospel.  Wherefore we beseech him to grant us true repentance and his Holy Spirit, that those things may please him which we do at this present, and that the rest of our life hereafter may be pure and holy; so that at the last we may come to his eternal joy; through Jesus Christ our Lord.  Amen.

The Lord’s Prayer

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.

VENITE, EXULTEMUS DOMINO                   Psalm 95

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 31.1-5, 15-16  In te, Domine, speravi

In you, O Lord, have I taken refuge; 

let me never be put to shame;

deliver me in your righteousness.

Incline your ear to me;

make haste to deliver me.

Be my strong rock, a castle to keep me safe,

for you are my crag and my stronghold;

for the sake of your name,

lead me and guide me.

Take me out of the net that they have secretly set for me,

for you are my tower of strength.

Into your hands I commend my spirit, 

for you have redeemed me, O Lord, O God of truth.

My times are in your hand;

rescue me from the hand of my enemies,  

and from those who persecute me.

Make your face to shine upon your servant,

and in your loving-kindness save me.”

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.

Acts 7.55-60

The First Lesson in written in the Book of Acts in the seventh chapter

beginning at the fifty fifth^th verse.

But filled with the Holy Spirit, he gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. ‘Look,’ he said, ‘I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!’ But they covered their ears, and with a loud shout all rushed together against him. Then they dragged him out of the city and began to stone him; and the witnesses laid their coats at the feet of a young man named Saul. While they were stoning Stephen, he prayed, ‘Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.’ Then he knelt down and cried out in a loud voice, ‘Lord, do not hold this sin against them.’ When he had said this, he died.

Here endeth the First Lesson.

TE DEUM LAUDAMUS

WE praise thee, O God;

we acknowledge thee to be the Lord.

All earth doth worship thee,

the Father everlasting.

To thee all Angels cry aloud,

the Heavens and all the Powers therein. 

To thee Cherubim and Seraphim continually do cry,  

Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of hosts;  

Heaven and earth are full of the Majesty of thy glory.

The glorious company of the Apostles praise thee;

The goodly fellowship of the Prophets praise thee;

The noble army of Martyrs praise thee; 

The holy Church throughout all the world doth acknowledge thee,

The Father, of an infinite Majesty; 

Thine honourable, true, and only Son; 

Also the Holy Ghost, the Comforter.

THOU art the King of Glory, O Christ.  

Thou art the everlasting Son of the Father.  

When thou tookest upon thee to deliver man, 

thou didst not abhor the Virgin’s womb. 

When thou hadst overcome the sharpness of death,

thou didst open the kingdom of heaven to all believers.

Thou sittest at the right hand of God,

in the glory of the Father.

We believe that thou shalt come to be our Judge. 

We therefore pray thee, help thy servants, 

whom thou hast redeemed with thy precious blood.

Make them to be numbered with thy Saints, 

in glory everlasting.

 O LORD, save thy people, and bless thine heritage; 

Govern them, and lift them up for ever.

Day by day we magnify thee;

And we worship thy Name, ever world without end. 

Vouchsafe, O Lord, to keep us this day without sin. 

O Lord, have mercy upon us, have mercy upon us. 

O Lord, let thy mercy lighten upon us, as our trust is in thee. 

O Lord, in thee have I trusted:

let me never be confounded.

1 Peter 2.2-10

The second lesson is written in First Letter of Peter in the first chapter,

beginning at the third verse.

Like newborn infants, long for the pure, spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow into salvation— if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good.

Come to him, a living stone, though rejected by mortals yet chosen and precious in God’s sight, and like living stones, let yourselves be built into a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. For it stands in scripture:

‘See, I am laying in Zion a stone,

   a cornerstone chosen and precious;

and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.’

To you then who believe, he is precious; but for those who do not believe,

‘The stone that the builders rejected

   has become the very head of the corner’,

and

‘A stone that makes them stumble,

   and a rock that makes them fall.’

They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own people, in order that you may proclaim the mighty acts of him who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light.

Once you were not a people,

   but now you are God’s people;

once you had not received mercy,

   but now you have received mercy.

Here endeth the second lesson.

BENEDICTUS                                            St Luke 1. 68

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.

Christ Is Made the Sure Foundation

Christ is made the sure foundation,

Christ the head and cornerstone,

chosen of the Lord and precious,

binding all the church in one;

holy Zion's help forever,

and her confidence alone.

All that dedicated city,

dearly loved of God on high,

in exultant jubilation

pours perpetual melody;

God the One in Three adoring

in glad hymns eternally.

To this temple, where we call thee,

come, O Lord of hosts, today:

with thy wonted loving-kindness

hear thy people as they pray;

and thy fullest benediction

shed within its walls alway.

Here vouchsafe to all thy servants

what they ask of thee to gain,

what they gain from thee forever

with the blessed to retain,

and hereafter in thy glory

evermore with thee to reign.

Laud and honor to the Father,

laud and honor to the Son,

laud and honor to the Spirit,

ever Three and ever One,

One in might, and One in glory,

while unending ages run.

John 14:1-14

The Holy Gospel is written in the fourteenth chapter of the Gospel according to John beginning at the first verse.

Glory be to thee, O Lord.

‘Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father’s house there are many dwelling-places. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, so that where I am, there you may be also. And you know the way to the place where I am going.’ Thomas said to him, ‘Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?’ Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you know me, you will know my Father also. From now on you do know him and have seen him.’

Philip said to him, ‘Lord, show us the Father, and we will be satisfied.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Have I been with you all this time, Philip, and you still do not know me? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, “Show us the Father”? Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own; but the Father who dwells in me does his works. Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; but if you do not, then believe me because of the works themselves. Very truly, I tell you, the one who believes in me will also do the works that I do and, in fact, will do greater works than these, because I am going to the Father. I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If in my name you ask me for anything, I will do it.

The Gospel of Christ

Praise be to thee, O Christ

Apostles’ Creed

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.

The Lord be with you;

And with thy spirit.

Let us prayer.

Lord, have mercy upon us.

Christ, have mercy upon us.

Lord, have mercy upon us.

The Lord’s Prayer   

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.

Collect of the Day

Risen Christ,

give us grace to love one another,

to search for truth and to walk in the ways of justice and peace,

so that we may abide in the Father’s love always.  Amen.

Propers Working Group (2016)

Collect for Peace 

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. 

Collect for Grace 

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.

The Lord’s My Shepherd

The Lord's my Shepherd, I'll not want;

he makes me down to lie

in pastures green; he leadeth me

the quiet waters by.

My soul he doth restore again,

and me to walk doth make

within the paths of righteousness,

e'en for his own name's sake.

Yea, though I walk through death's dark vale,

yet will I fear none ill,

for thou art with me; and thy rod

and staff me comfort still.

My table thou hast furnished

in presence of my foes;

my head thou dost with oil anoint,

and my cup overflows.

Goodness and mercy all my life

shall surely follow me;

and in God's house forevermore

my dwelling place shall be.

Sermon

Prayers of the People

Anglican Communion

   Pray for the Anglican Church of Kenya

      The Most Reverend Jackson Ole Sapit

         Primate and Archbishop of All Kenya

Anglican Church of Canada

   Diocese of Edmonton

      the Right Reverend Jane Alexander, Bishop

Council of the North

    Diocese of Moosonee

      The Most Reverend Anne Germond, Bishop

      The Most Reverend Fred Hiltz, Assisting Bishop

The Diocese of Edmonton

   Clergy widows and widowers of the Diocese of Edmonton

   Chaplain at Buyé High School

      Audace Kwizera

   Kehewin Cree Nation 

We continue to pray for Burundi and our twinned parishes

      Kabanga and St. Luke’s Bigombo

We also pray for the Canadian Armed Forces

  serving at home and abroad.

         

For those in Anxiety

Almighty God, who art afflicted in the afflictions of thy people:  Regard with thy tender compassion those in anxiety and distress; bear their sorrows and their cares; supply all their manifold needs; and help both them and us to put our whole trust and confidence in thee; through Jesus Christ our Lord.  Amen.

For Healing Ministries

Almighty God, whose blessed Son Jesus Christ went about doing good, and healing all manner of sickness and disease among people:  Continue, we beseech thee, this his gracious work among us; cheer, heal, and sanctify the sick; grant to the physicians, surgeons, and nurses wisdom and skill, sympathy and patience; and send down thy blessing upon all who labour to prevent suffering and to forward thy purposes of love; through Jesus Christ our Lord.  Amen.

A Prayer for all Conditions of People

O God, the Creator and Preserver of all humankind, we humbly beseech thee for all sorts and conditions of people; 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 afflected or distressed in mind, body, or estate;   [I will not place our individual parish prayers on the internet. 

We know who we pray for each week.  Rest assured that your loved ones continue in our prayers.]  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.

A General Thanksgiving

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 people.  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 mya be unfeignedly thankful, And that we show forth thy praise, Not only with our lips, but n 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.

A Prayer of Saint Chrysostom

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.

2 Corinthians 13. 14

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.

                  

Be Thou My Vision

Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart;

naught be all else to me, save that thou art--

thou my best thought by day or by night,

waking or sleeping, thy presence my light.

Be thou my wisdom, and thou my true word;

I ever with thee and thou with me, Lord;

thou my great Father, I thy true son;

thou in me dwelling, and I with thee one.

Riches I heed not, nor man’s empty praise,

thou mine inheritance, now and always:

thou and thou only, first in my heart,

High King of heaven, my treasure thou art.

High King of heaven, my victory won,

may I reach heaven's joys, O bright heav'n's Sun!

Heart of my own heart, whatever befall,

still be my vision, O Ruler of all.

Go Now in Peace