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THE DAILY OFFICE EVENING PRAYER RITE I for the FIFTH WEDNESDAY IN LENT, April 1st, 2020 At the sound of the bell,St. the John’s People of stand Lattingtown as the procession Episcopal enters the chapel.Church The Officiant begins with a sentence of Scripture (spoken). Let my prayer be set forth in thy sight as the incense, and let the lifting up of my hands be an evening sacrifice. Psalm 141:2 PRELUDE Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. Philippians 1:2 OPENING RESPONSORY (intoned by Officiant on monotone and responded by the people on a monotone) O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness; let the whole earth stand in awe of him. Psalm 96:9 Officiant The Lord is in his holy temple. PeopleThine is the day,Let Oall God,the earth thine keep also silence the beforenight; him. thou hast established the moon and the sun. Thou hast fixed all the boundaries of the earth; thou hast made summer and winter. OfficiantPsalm 74:15,16 The Lord preserve thy going out and thy coming in. People From this time forth for evermore. I will bless the Lord, who giveth me counsel; my heart teacheth me, night after night. I have set the Lord always Officiantbefore me; becauseO Lord, he supportis at my us right all the hand, day I long, shall untilnot fall. the shadows lengthen, and the Psalm 16:7,8 evening comes, and the busy world is hushed, and the fever of life is over, Seek him that andmade our the work Pleiad is done.es and Then, Orion, in thatthy mercy, turneth grant deep us darkness a safe lodging, into the and morning, a and darkeneth the day into night; thatholy calleth rest, for and the peace waters at the of last.the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The Lord is his Name. Amos 5:8 People Amen. If I say, “Surely the darkness will cover me, and the light around me turn to night,” darkness is not dark to thee, O Lord; the night is as bright as the day; darkness and light to thee are both alike. Psalm 139:10,11 THE OPENING SENTENCE, p. 62 (said by the Officiant) OfficiantJesus said, “I amIf I thesay, light“Surely of the world;darkness he will that cover followeth me, and me the shall light not around walk inme darkness, turn to but shall have the light of life.” night,” darkness is not dark to thee, O Lord; the night is as bright as the John 8:12 day; darkness and light to thee are both alike. Psalm 139:10,11 THE INVITATORYThe Invitatory AND PSALTER and, p.Psalter 63 O Gracious Light: see hymn board The Psalm(s) Appointed: see hymn board and refer to psalter ! 2! O GRACIOUS LIGHT (PHOS HILARON), p. 64 (sung by all) Hymn 25 in the Hymnal 1982 THE PSALM(S) APPOINTED: PSALM 130, p. 784 (said by all in unison) 1 Out of the depths have I called to you, O LORD; LORD, hear my voice; * let your ears consider well the voice of my supplication. 2 If you, LORD, were to note what is done amiss, * O LORD, who could stand? 3 For there is forgiveness with you; * therefore you shall be feared. 4 I wait for the LORD; my soul waits for him; * in his word is my hope. 5 My soul waits for the LORD, more than watchmen for the morning, * more than watchmen for the morning. 2 6 O Israel, wait for the LORD, * for with the LORD there is mercy; 7 With him there is plenteous redemption, * and he shall redeem Israel from all their sins. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: * as it was in the beginning is now, and will be for ever. Amen. THE FIRST LESSON Reader A reading from The Second Letter of Paul to the Corinthians 2:14 – 3:6. ut thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumphal procession, and through B us spreads in every place the fragrance that comes from knowing him. For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing; to the one a fragrance from death to death, to the other a fragrance from life to life. Who is sufficient for these things? For we are not peddlers of God’s word like so many; but in Christ we speak as persons of sincerity, as persons sent from God and standing in his presence. Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Surely we do not need, as some do, letters of recommendation to you or from you, do we? You yourselves are our letter, written on our hearts, to be known and read by all; and you show that you are a letter of Christ, prepared by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts. Such is the confidence that we have through Christ toward God. Not that we are competent of ourselves to claim anything as coming from us; our competence is from God, who has made us competent to be ministers of a new covenant, not of letter but of spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life. Reader The Word of the Lord. People Thanks be to God. 3 THE MAGNIFICAT, p. 64 HYMN S185 IN THE HYMNAL 1982 (sung by all) Luke 1:46-55 4 THE SECOND LESSON Reader A reading from the Gospel of Mark 10:1-16. esus left Capernaum and went to the region of Judea and beyond the Jordan. And crowds J again gathered around him; and, as was his custom, he again taught them. Some Pharisees came, and to test him they asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?” He answered them, “What did Moses command you?” They said, “Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of dismissal and to divorce her.” But Jesus said to them, “Because of your hardness of heart he wrote this commandment for you. But from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’ ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.” Then in the house the disciples asked him again about this matter. He said to them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her; and if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.” People were bringing little children to him in order that he might touch them; and the disciples spoke sternly to them. But when Jesus saw this, he was indignant and said to them, “Let the little children come to me; do not stop them; for it is to such as these that the kingdom of God belongs. Truly I tell you, whoever does 5 not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will never enter it.” And he took them up in his arms, laid his hands on them, and blessed them. Reader The Word of the Lord. People Thanks be to God. THE SONG OF SIMEON, p. 66 HYMN S196 IN THE HYMNAL 1982 (sung by all) 6 The First Lesson (seated) Silence. Then the Officiant stands to cue everyone else to stand and the organist to begin the introduction to the canticle. Magnificat: see hymn board The Second Lesson (seated) Silence. Then the Officiant stands to cue everyone else to stand and the organist to begin the introduction to the canticle. Nunc dimittis: see hymn board THE APOSTLE ’S CREED, p. 66 (said by all) The Apostles’ Creed (sung on a monotone) Officiant I believe in God, the Father almighty, People I believemaker in ofGod, heaven the and Father earth; almighty, makerAnd ofin Jesusheaven Christ and his onlyearth; Son our Lord; And inwho Jesus was conceivedChrist his by theonly Holy Son Ghost, our Lord; whoborn was of theconceived Virgin Mary, by the Holy Ghost, bornsuffered of the under Virgin Pontius Mary, Pilate, sufferedwas crucified, under dead, Pontius and buried. Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried. He descended into hell. He descended into hell. The third day he rose again from the dead. The third day he rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven, He ascended into heaven, andand sitteth sitteth on on the right right hand hand of God of theGod Father the almighty. Father almighty. FromFrom thence thence hehe shall shall come come to judge to judgethe quick the and quick the dead. and the dead. I believeI believe in the in the Holy Holy Ghost, Ghost, the theholy holy catholic catholic Church, Church, the thecommunion communion of of saints, saints, the theforgiveness forgiveness of of sins, sins, the theresurrection +resurrection of the the body, body, andand the the life life everlasting. everlasting. Amen. Amen. THE PRAYERSThe , Prayersp. 67 THE SUFFRAGES , p. 67 ! 3! 7 The Collects (sung by the Officiant, with the People responding, “Amen”) The Collect of the Day (see back of notebook) A Collect for Aid against Perils Lighten our darkness, we beseech thee, O Lord; and by thy great mercy defend us from all perils and dangers of this night; for the love of thy only Son, our Savior Jesus Christ.
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