OPENING PRAYER
It was you who opened up springs and streams;
you dried up the ever-flowing rivers.
The day is yours, and yours also the night;
you established the sun and moon.
Psalm 74:15-16 NIV
THE REFRAIN
You, who know our innermost being, You forgive us and raise us up, From the depths of our soul You call us to love, to grow toward harmony and wholeness. You well up in our hearts with the injunction to liberate all the oppressed of the earth. Psalm 76 Psalms for Praying (153)
THE WORD OF GOD/A READING
Psalm 46 ESV
God is our refuge and strength,
A very present help in trouble.
Therefore we will not fear through the earth gives way,
Though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea,
Though its waters roar and foam,
Though the mountains tremble at its swelling.
There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,
The holy habitation of the Most High.
God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved;
God will help her when morning dawns.
The nations rage, the kingdoms totter;
He utters his voice, the earth melts.
The Lord of hosts is with us;
The God of Jacob is our fortress.
Come, behold the works of the Lord,
How he has brought desolations on the earth.
He makes wars cease to the end of the earth;
He breaks the bow and shatters the spear;
He burns the chariots with fire.
“Be still, and know that I am God.
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth!”
The Lord of hosts is with us;
The God of Jacob is our fortress.
REFRAIN
You, who know our innermost being, You forgive us and raise us up, From the depths of our soul You call us to love, to grow toward harmony and wholeness. You well up in our hearts with the injunction to liberate all the oppressed of the earth. Psalm 76 Psalms for Praying (153)
PRAYERS
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 those
Who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation,
But deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom,
And the power, and the glory,
For ever and ever. Amen.
CONCLUSION
The Collect At the Close of the Day (BCP, 121)
Visit this place, O Lord, and drive far from it all snares of the enemy; let your holy angels dwell with us to preserve us in peace; and let your blessing be upon us always; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The almighty and merciful Lord, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, bless us and keep us. Amen.