Evening Prayer, Easter 3 Sunday, 26th April 2020

Holy One, make speed to save us: O God, come quickly to help us. Glory to God, Source of all being, Eternal Word and Holy Spirit;*as it was in the beginning, is now, and shall be for ever.  Amen. Sundays: From Psalm 150 Laudate Dominum  Hallelujah! Praise the Lord in the holy temple; praise God in the firmament of divine power.Praise the Lord for mighty acts; praise God for excellent greatness.Praise the Lord with the blast of the ram’s-horn; praise God with lyre and harp.Praise the Lord with timbrel and dance; praise God with strings and pipe.Praise the Lord with resounding cymbals; praise God with loud-clanging cymbals.Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Hallelujah!  READING: Luke 16:19–31 ‘There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. And at his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, who longed to satisfy his hunger with what fell from

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Worship for Easter 3 Sunday 26th April 2020

The provincial Eucharist will be live-streamed at 11am (and available thereafter) on YouTube and Facebook. Here is a Service of the Word Suitable for use at Home. May our gift of love in worship be offered in the name of the God whose best name is Love, in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.  Let us keep silence. *** The Greeting Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.  The collect for purity Almighty God, to whom all hearts are open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hidden: cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love you, and worthily magnify your holy name; through Christ our Lord.  Amen. Confession and absolution.God is love and we are God’s children. There is no room for fear in love. We love because God loved

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Evening Prayer 25th April

Festivals: St Mark, Evangelist. Holy One, make speed to save us: O God, come quickly to help us. Glory to God, Source of all being, Eternal Word and Holy Spirit;*as it was in the beginning, is now, and shall be for ever.  Amen. Festivals: From Psalm 113Hallelujah! Give praise, you servants of the Lord;*praise the name of the Lord.Let the name of the Lord be blessed,*from this time forth for evermore.From the rising of the sun to its going down*let the name of the Lord be praised.The Lord is high above all nations,*and his glory above the heavens.Who is like the Lord our God, who sits enthroned on high,*but stoops to behold the heavens and the earth?He takes up the weak out of the dust*and lifts up the poor from the ashes.He sets them with the princes,* with the princes of his people.He makes the woman of a childless house* to be a joyful mother of children. CLOSING: FROM REVELATION

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25th April Morning Prayer

Mark the Evangelist Morning Prayer: Festivals Holy One, open our lips: and we shall proclaim your praise. Glory to God, Source of all being, Eternal Word and Holy Spirit;*as it was in the beginning, is now, and shall be for ever.  Amen. Apostles & Evangelists: From Psalm 19 The heavens declare the glory of God,and the firmament shows his handiwork.One day tells its tale to another,*and one night imparts knowledge to another.Although they have no words or language,and their voices are not heard,Their sound has gone out into all lands,and their message to the ends of the world.In the deep has he set a pavilion for the sun;it comes forth like a bridegroom out of his chamber; it rejoices like a champion to run its course.It goes forth from the uttermost edge of the heavens and runs about to the end of it again;nothing is hidden from its burning heat.The law of the Lord is perfect and revives the soul;the

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Easter 2 Evening Prayer, Friday, 24th April 2020

Holy One, make speed to save us: O God, come quickly to help us. Glory to God, Source of all being, Eternal Word and Holy Spirit;*as it was in the beginning, is now, and shall be for ever.  Amen. Fridays: From Psalm 98, Cantate Domino Sing a new song to the Lord, who has done marvellous things, all the ends of the earth have seen your victory, O God.Shout with joy to the Lord, all you lands; lift up your voice, rejoice and sing.Sing to the Lord with the harp, with the harp and the voice of song.With trumpets and the sound of the horn shout with joy before our sovereign, the Lord.Let the sea make a noise and all that is in it, the lands and those who dwell therein.Let the rivers clap their hands, and let the hills ring out with joy before the Lord, who is coming to judge the earth.In righteousness shall God judge the world

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Easter 2 Morning Prayer, Friday 24th April 2020

Holy One, open our lips: and we shall proclaim your praise. Glory to God, Source of all being, Eternal Word and Holy Spirit;*as it was in the beginning, is now, and shall be for ever.  Amen. OPENING Fridays: From Psalm 16, Conserva me, Domine  Protect me, O God, for I take refuge in you; I have said to the Lord,“You are my Lord, my good above all other.”All my delight is upon the godly that are in the land, *upon those who are noble among the people.O Lord, you are my portion and my cup; it is you who uphold my lot.My boundaries enclose a pleasant land; indeed, I have a goodly heritage.I will bless the Lord who gives me counsel; my heart teaches me, night after night.I have set the Lord always before me; because you are at my side I shall not fall.My heart, therefore, is glad, and my spirit rejoices; my body also shall rest in hope.You

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Easter 2 Evening Prayer, Thursday, 23rd April 2020

Holy One, make speed to save us: O God, come quickly to help us. Glory to God, Source of all being, Eternal Word and Holy Spirit;*as it was in the beginning, is now, and shall be for ever.  Amen. Thursdays: From Psalm 133, Ecce, quam bonum  Oh, how good and pleasant it is, when kindred live together in unity!It is like fine oil upon the head that runs down upon the beard, upon the beard of Aaron, and runs down upon the collar of his robe.It is like the dew of Hermon that falls upon the hills of Zion. For there the Lord has ordained the blessing: life for evermore.Oh, how good and pleas-ant it is, when kindred live together in unity! READING: John 15:12–27 ‘This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You are my friends if you

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Easter 2 Morning Prayer, Thursday 23rd April 2020

Holy One, open our lips: and we shall proclaim your praise. Glory to God, Source of all being, Eternal Word and Holy Spirit;*as it was in the beginning, is now, and shall be for ever.  Amen. OPENING Thursdays: From Psalm 23, Dominus regit me The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not be in want.You make me lie down in green pastures and lead me beside still waters.You revive my soul and guide me along right pathways for your name’s sake.Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I shall fear no evil;for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.You spread a table before me in the presence of those who trouble me; you have anointed my head with oil, and my cup is running over.Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.  READING: 1 Peter

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Easter 2 Evening Prayer, Wednesday, 22nd April 2020

Holy One, make speed to save us: O God, come quickly to help us. Glory to God, Source of all being, Eternal Word and Holy Spirit;*as it was in the beginning, is now, and shall be for ever.  Amen. Wednesdays: From Psalm 114, In exitu Israel  Hallelujah! When Israel came out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange speech,Judah became the sanctuary of the Lord and Israel the dominion of God.The sea beheld it and fled; Jordan turned and went back.The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like young sheep.What ailed you, O sea, that you fled? O Jordan, that you turned back?You mountains, that you skipped like rams? You little hills like young sheep?Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob,who turned the hard rock into a pool of water and flint-stone into a flowing spring.  READING: John 15:1–11 ‘I am the true vine,

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Easter 2 Morning Prayer, Wednesday 22nd April 2020

Holy One, open our lips: and we shall proclaim your praise. Glory to God, Source of all being, Eternal Word and Holy Spirit;*as it was in the beginning, is now, and shall be for ever.  Amen. OPENING Wednesdays: From Psalm 18, Diligam te, Domine  I love you, O Lord my strength, O Lord my stronghold, my crag and my haven.My God, my rock in whom I put my trust, my shield, the horn of my salvation and my refuge; you are worthy of praise. I called upon the Lord in my distress and cried out to my God for help.You heard my voice from your heavenly dwelling; to your ears came my cry of anguish.You reached down from on high and grasped me; you drew me out of great waters.You brought me out into an open place; you rescued me because you delighted in me.  READING: 1 Peter 2:1–10 Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, and all guile, insincerity, envy,

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