Wednesday 17 June Evening Prayer
Jack Kinkead is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Evening Prayer
Time: Jun 17, 2020 07:30 PM London
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WEDNESDAY 17 JUNE EVENING PRAYER
GREETING
The Lord be with you.
And also with you.
PREPARATION
Beloved in Christ, we come together to offer to Almighty God
our worship and praise and thanksgiving, to confess our sins
and to receive God’s forgiveness, to hear God’s holy word
proclaimed, to bring our needs and the needs of the world, and
to pray that in the power of the Holy Spirit we may serve God
and know the greatness of God’s love.
PENITENCE
Let us confess our sins to God our Father.
Heavenly Father, we have sinned against you and against
our neighbour in thought and word and deed, through
negligence, through weakness, through our own deliberate
fault; by what we have done and by what we have failed to
do. We are truly sorry and repent of all our sins. For the
sake of your Son Jesus Christ who died for us, forgive us
all that is past; and grant that we may serve you in
newness of life to the glory of your name. Amen.
Almighty God, who forgives all who truly repent, have mercy
on you, pardon and deliver you from all your sins, confirm
and strengthen you in all goodness, and keep you in eternal
life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
VERSICLES AND RESPONSES
O Lord, open our lips
and our mouth shall proclaim your praise.
O God, make speed to save us.
O Lord, make haste to help us.
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit;
as it was in the beginning is now and shall be for ever.
Amen.
Praise the Lord.
The Lord’s name be praised.
THE WORD OF GOD
PSALM
Psalm 31:21-24
Thanks be to the Lord *
for he hath shewed me marvellous great kindness in a strong
city.
And when I made haste, I said *
I am cast out of the sight of thine eyes.
Nevertheless, thou heardest the voice of my prayer *
when I cried unto thee.
O love the Lord, all ye his saints *
for the Lord preserveth them that are faithful, and
plenteously rewardeth the proud doer.
Be strong, and he shall establish your heart *
all ye that put your trust in the Lord.
Glory be to the Father, * and to the Son, and to the Holy
Spirit;
as it was in the beginning * is now and ever shall be, world
without end. Amen.
FIRST READING
Nehemiah 9:1-8
Now on the twenty-fourth day of this month the people of
Israel were assembled with fasting and in sackcloth, and with
dust on their heads. Then those of Israelite descent separated
themselves from all foreigners, and stood and confessed their
sins and the iniquities of their ancestors. They stood up in
their place and read from the book of the law of
the LORD their God for a fourth part of the day, and for
another fourth they made confession and worshipped
the LORD their God. Then Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah,
Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani stood on the stairs of the
Levites and cried out with a loud voice to the LORD their
God. Then the Levites, Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah,
Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, ‘Stand up
and bless the LORD your God from everlasting to everlasting.
Blessed be your glorious name, which is exalted above all
blessing and praise.’ And Ezra said: ‘You are the LORD, you
alone; you have made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all
their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is
in them. To all of them you give life, and the host of heaven
worships you. You are the LORD, the God who chose Abram
and brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans and gave him the
name Abraham; and you found his heart faithful before you,
and made with him a covenant to give to his descendants the
land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite,
the Jebusite, and the Girgashite; and you have fulfilled your
promise, for you are righteous.
CANTICLE
Magnificat
My soul doth magnify the Lord, and my spirit hath rejoiced in
God my Saviour.
For he hath regarded the lowliness of his handmaiden.
For behold from henceforth all generations shall call me
blessed.
For he that is mighty hath magnified me,
and holy is his name.
And his mercy is on them that fear him throughout all
generations.
He hath shewed strength with his arm, he hath scattered the
proud, in the imagination of their hearts.
He hath put down the mighty from their seat and hath exalted
the humble and meek.
He hath filled the hungry with good things and the rich he
hath sent empty away.
He remembering his mercy hath holpen his servant Israel, as
he promised to our forefathers, Abraham and his seed for ever.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit;
as it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be, world
without end. Amen.
SECOND READING
St Luke 6:12-19
Now during those days he went out to the mountain to pray;
and he spent the night in prayer to God. And when day came,
he called his disciples and chose twelve of them, whom he
also named apostles: Simon, whom he named Peter, and his
brother Andrew, and James, and John, and Philip, and
Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James son of
Alphaeus, and Simon, who was called the Zealot, and Judas
son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.
He came down with them and stood on a level place, with a
great crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of people
from all Judea, Jerusalem, and the coast of Tyre and
Sidon. They had come to hear him and to be healed of their
diseases; and those who were troubled with unclean spirits
were cured. And all in the crowd were trying to touch him, for
power came out from him and healed all of them.
CANTICLE
Nunc Dimittis
Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace: according
to thy word. For mine eyes have seen thy salvation which thou
hast prepared before the face of all people; to be a light to
lighten the Gentiles and to be the glory of thy people Israel.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit;
as it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be, world
without end. Amen.
ADDRESS
THE APOSTLES’ CREED
I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and
earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, God’s only Son, our Lord. Who was
conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was
buried; he descended to the dead. On the third day he rose
again; he ascended into heaven, he is seated at the right hand
of the Father, and he will come again to judge the living and
the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the
communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection
of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.
THE PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
The Lord be with you.
And also with you.
Let us pray
Lord, have mercy.
Christ, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy.
Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as in
heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us.
Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil.
For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours now
and for ever. Amen.
THE COLLECTS
God, the strength of all those who put their trust in you:
Mercifully accept our prayers and, because through the
weakness of our mortal nature we can do no good thing
without you, grant us the help of your grace, that in the
keeping of your commandments we may please you, both in
will and deed; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
O God from whom all holy desires, all good judgments
and all just works proceed: Give to your servants that
peace which the world cannot give, that our hearts may be
se to obey your commandments, and that we, being
defended from the fear of our enemies, may pass our time
in rest and quietness; through Jesus Christ your Son our
Lord. Amen.
Lighten our darkness, O Lord, we pray and in your great
mercy defend us from all perils and dangers of this night;
for the love of your only Son, our Saviour Jesus Christ.
Amen.
GOING OUT AS GOD’S PEOPLE
May the God of hope fill us with all joy and believing, so
that by the Holy Spirit we may abound in hope. Amen.