layout: true class: middle --- class: center # Evening Prayer ## For the Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost ### _from the Book of Common Prayer, pp. 115ff._ ??? emacs was destroying my two-space line breaks. Use M-: to evaluate: (remove-hook 'before-save-hook 'delete-trailing-whitespace) Also: M-x electric-indent-mode (to turn off?) ******************* START THE RECORDING! ******************* --- Officiant: > Seek him who made the Pleiades and Orion, and turns deep darkness into the morning, and darkens the day into night; who calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out upon the surface of the earth: The Lord is his name. .smaller[_Amos 5:8_] ## Confession of Sin Officiant: > Dear friends in Christ, here in the presence of Almighty God, let us kneel in silence, and with penitent and obedient hearts confess our sins, so that we may obtain forgiveness by his infinite goodness and mercy. ##### The people kneel or stand as able. Silence may be kept. --- > Officiant and **People**: > **Most merciful God, we confess that we have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done, and by what we have left undone. We have not loved you with our whole heart; we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. We are truly sorry and we humbly repent. For the sake of your Son Jesus Christ, have mercy on us and forgive us; that we may delight in your will, and walk in your ways, to the glory of your Name. Amen.** --- > Priest: > Almighty God have mercy on you, forgive you all your sins through our Lord Jesus Christ, strengthen you in all goodness, and by the power of the Holy Spirit keep you in eternal life. Amen. ##### A deacon or lay person using the preceding form remains kneeling, and substitutes “us” for “you” and “our” for “your.” --- .smaller[_(BCP 117)_] ## The Invitatory and Psalter Officiant: > O God, make speed to save us. **People:** > **O Lord, make haste to help us.** **All:** > **Glory 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.** --- ### O Gracious Light — _Phos hilaron_ **All:** > **O gracious light, pure brightness of the everliving Father in heaven, O Jesus Christ, holy and blessed!** > **Now as we come to the setting of the sun, and our eyes behold the vesper light, we sing your praises, O God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.** > **You are worthy at all times to be praised by happy voices, O Son of God, O Giver of Life, and to be glorified through all the worlds.** --- ## The Psalm Appointed ##### The People are seated. ##### The Psalm is sung or said in a suitable manner (e.g., responsively by verse, in unison, or read by the lector). **Psalm** 124 _Nisi quia Dominus_ .smaller[_(BCP 781)_] > 1 If the LORD had not been on our side, \* let Israel now say; **2 If the LORD had not been on our side, \* when enemies rose up against us;** > 3 Then would they have swallowed us up alive \* in their fierce anger toward us; **4 Then would the waters have overwhelmed us \* and the torrent gone over us;** --- > 5 Then would the raging waters \* have gone right over us. **6 Blessed be the LORD! \* he has not given us over to be a prey for their teeth.** > 7 We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowler; \* the snare is broken, and we have escaped. **8 Our help is in the Name of the LORD, \* the maker of heaven and earth.** > **Glory 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 Lessons ### The First Lesson _Esther 7:1-6,9-10; 9:20-22_ Lector: > A reading from the book of Esther. > ... > The word of the Lord. **People:** > **Thanks be to God.** ##### Silence may be kept. --- **Canticle 15**: The Song of Mary – _Magnificat_ .smaller[(Luke 1:46-55) _(BCP 119)_] **All:** > **My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord, my spirit rejoices in God my Savior; \* for he has looked with favor on his lowly servant. From this day all generations will call me blessed: \* the Almighty has done great things for me, and holy is his Name. He has mercy on those who fear him \* in every generation. He has shown the strength of his arm, \* he has scattered the proud in their conceit.** --- > **He has cast down the mighty from their thrones, \* and has lifted up the lowly. He has filled the hungry with good things, \* and the rich he has sent away empty. He has come to the help of his servant Israel, \* for he has remembered his promise of mercy, The promise he made to our fathers, \* to Abraham and his children for ever.** > **Glory 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 Second Lesson _James 5:13-20_ Lector: > A reading from the epistle of James. > ... > The word of the Lord. **People:** > **Thanks be to God.** ##### Silence may be kept. --- **Canticle 17**: The Song of Simeon — _Nunc Dimittis_ .smaller[(Luke 2:29-32) _(BCP 120)_] **All:** > **Lord, you now have set your servant free \* to go in peace as you have promised; For these eyes of mine have seen the Savior, \* whom you have prepared for all the world to see: A Light to enlighten the nations, \* and the glory of your people Israel.** > **Glory 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 Third Lesson _Mark 9:38-50_ Lector: > A reading from Mark’s Gospel. > ... > The word of the Lord. **People:** > **Thanks be to God.** ##### Silence may be kept. ##### A brief homily, spiritual conversation, or moment of silence may be placed here. --- ## The Apostles' Creed .smaller[_(BCP 120)_] Officiant and **People** together, all standing: > **I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord. He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. He 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, and is seated at the right hand of the Father. 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.** Officiant: > The Lord be with you. **People:** > **And also with you.** Officiant: > Let us pray. --- Officiant and **People:** > 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. Save us from the time of trial, and deliver us from evil. For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours, now and for ever. Amen.** --- ## Suffrages .smaller[_(BCP 122)_] Officiant: > That this evening may be holy, good, and peaceful, **People:** > **We entreat you, O Lord.** Officiant: > That your holy angels may lead us in paths of peace and goodwill, **People:** > **We entreat you, O Lord.** --- Officiant: > That we may be pardoned and forgiven for our sins and offenses, **People:** > **We entreat you, O Lord.** Officiant: > That there may be peace to your Church and to the whole world, **People:** > **We entreat you, O Lord.** --- Officiant: > That we may depart this life in your faith and fear, and not be condemned before the great judgment seat of Christ, **People:** > **We entreat you, O Lord.** Officiant: > That we may be bound together by your Holy Spirit in the communion of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Blessed Thomas, and all your saints, entrusting one another and all our life to Christ, **People:** > **We entreat you, O Lord.** --- ### The Collect of the Day Officiant: > O God, you declare your almighty power chiefly in showing mercy and pity: Grant us the fullness of your grace, that we, running to obtain your promises, may become partakers of your heavenly treasure; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. **People:** > **Amen.** --- ### A Collect for Sundays > O God, you make us glad with the weekly remembrance of the glorious resurrection of your Son our Lord: Give us this day such blessing through our worship of you, that the week to come may be spent in your favor; through Jesus Christ our Lord. **Amen.** --- ### 20. For the Sick (modeled after BCP 260) > Heavenly Father, giver of life and health: Comfort and relieve your sick servants, and give your power of healing to those who minister to their needs, that those suffering from Covid-19 and its secondary harms may be strengthened in their weakness and have confidence in your loving care; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. **Amen.** --- ### A Prayer for Mission > O God and Father of all, whom the whole heavens adore: Let the whole earth also worship you, all nations obey you, all tongues confess and bless you, and men and women everywhere love you and serve you in peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord. **Amen.** ##### Intercessions and thanksgivings may follow. --- ### A Prayer of St. Chrysostom .smaller[_(BCP 102)_] Officiant: > Almighty God, you have given us grace at this time with one accord to make our common supplication to you; and you have promised through your well-beloved Son that when two or three are gathered together in his Name you will be in the midst of them: Fulfill now, O Lord, our desires and petitions as may be best for us; granting us in this world knowledge of your truth, and in the age to come life everlasting. **People:** > **Amen.** --- Officiant: > Let us bless the Lord. **People:** > **Thanks be to God.** ##### The Officiant then concludes with the following sentence of scripture: > Glory to God whose power, working in us, can do inifinitely more than we can ask or imagine: Glory to him from generation to generation in the Church, and in Christ Jesus for ever and ever. **Amen.** .smaller[_(Ephesians 3:20,21)_]