Week One
Sunday Evening I
Greeting and Doxology
PSALM 141
Let my prayer rise like incense, my upraised hands like an evening sacrifice.
Hurry, Lord! I call and call!
Listen! I plead with you.
Let my prayer rise like incense,
my upraised hands, like an evening sacrifice.
Lord, guard my lips,
watch my every word.
Let me never speak evil
or consider hateful deeds,
let me never join the wicked
to eat their lavish meals.
If the just correct me,
I take their rebuke as kindness
but the unction of the wicked
will never touch my head.
I pray and pray
against their hateful ways.
Let them be thrown
against a rock of judgment,
then they will know
I spoke the truth.
Then they will say,
“Our bones lie broken upon the ground,
scattered at the grave’s edge.”
Lord my God, I turn to you,
in you I find safety.
Do not strip me of life.
Do not spring on me
the traps of the wicked.
Let evildoers get tangled
in their own nets,
but let me escape.
READING
Romans 8: 22-27
We know that the whole creation has been groaning in labor pains until now;
and not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the first fruits of the Spirit,
groan inwardly while we wait for adoption, the redemption of our bodies. For in hope we were saved.
Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what is seen?
But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.
Likewise the spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought,
but that very Spirit intercedes with sighs too deep for words. And God, who searches the heart,
knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.
CANTICLE OF MARY
O the depths of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God!
I acclaim the greatness of the Lord,
I delight in God my savior,
who regarded my humble state.
Truly from this day on All ages will call me blest.
For God, wonderful in power,
has used that strength for me.
Holy the name of the Lord!
Whose mercy embraces the faithful,
one generation to the next.
The mighty arm of God
scatters the proud in their conceit,
Pulls tyrants from their thrones,
and raises up the humble.
The Lord fills the starving
And lets the rich go hungry.
God rescues lowly Israel,
recalling the promise of mercy,
the promise made to our ancestors,
to Abraham’s heirs for ever.
INTERCESSIONS
All things come from you and through you, and therefore we have the courage to pray:
--Christ, answer our prayer!
That the Church may fully reflect your love and compassion in the world, we implore you…
That the leaders of all nations may be mindful of you as they fulfill their responsibilities, we implore you…
That the oppressed of the world may come to know your love through the ministry of the church, we implore you…
That we may always conduct ourselves as true temples of your spirit, we implore you...
THE LORD’S PRAYER
PRAYER
The richness of your love is boundless, O God of mercy. Who can understand the depth of your love? You, our God, have done great things for us. We rejoice in our blessedness and ask that you stir up in our hearts the spirit of thanksgiving and generosity. Empower us to give freely what we have received as gift. We ask this in the name of Jesus. Amen.
BLESSING
May God’s blessing be upon us. Amen
May God’s light lead us in the way of Righteousness. Amen.
May our lives be patterned on Christ Jesus. Amen.