Seasonal Elements for Morning and Evening Prayer in the BAS

Dear Friends,

Here's a link to a file containing some suggested seasonal elements for Morning and Evening Prayer when using The Book of Alternative Services  1985 from Epiphany through the Feast of the Presentation.

Click here to download the file in .docx.

Blessings,

Richard +

Morning and Evening Prayer for Advent

Dear Friends,

I have just prepared a revision of 'Morning and Evening Prayer for Advent' as authorized by General Synod 2016.

Click here for the Word file.

Click here for the PDF file.

May your prayers rise before our God as incense and the lifting up of your hands as the evening sacrifice.

Blessed Advent to one and to all,

Richard+

Trial Use Morning and Evening Prayer for the Seasons

Dear Friends,

As we begin our journey through All Saints towards Easter, I attach a link below to the Trial Use rites for Morning and Evening Prayer for the Seasons of the Church Year approved by General Synod 2016.

May these rites enrich you and your congregation's discipline of 'praying without ceasing'.

Praying without Ceasing:  

Seasonal Morning and Evening Prayer for Trial Use

With every good wish,

Richard+

Advent Morning & Evening Prayer: Revised Trial Use Text

If you are looking for a way to keep Advent in your personal life of prayer, then I recommend that you click on the link below:

Advent Morning and Evening Prayer:  Revised Trial Use Text.

I hope that it adds to your Advent.  Please send any comments to escully@national.anglican.ca.

Blessings,

Richard+

The Eve of Advent 1
28 November 2015

Morning and Evening Prayer for Ordinary Time

Dear Friends,

If you are interested in exploring the 'Trial Use' material being produced by the Liturgy Task Force of General Synod, then you might want to click on the link below.  It will link you to a PDF copy of 'Morning and Evening Prayer for Ordinary Time'.  In the file you will find Morning and Evening Prayer for each day of the week.

Morning and Evening Prayer for Ordinary Time

Blessings,

Richard+

New Trial Use Texts: Liturgical Psalter & Daily Prayer for Advent, Christmas & Epiphany

Dear Friends,

I am pleased to write to say that two more Trial Use Texts should be published soon on the national web-site of the Anglican Church of Canada.  In order to have them out, however, before Advent begins, here are two links:

1)  The Trial Use Liturgical Psalter emended for Inclusive Language and

2)  Trial Use Morning and Evening Prayer for Advent, Christmas and Epiphany.

Please send any corrections to liturgypacific@icloud.com.

Please send any comments to escully@national.anglican.ca.

Cheers,

Richard+

Morning and Evening Prayer from Ascension to the Sunday after Trinity

Dear Friends,

I have just posted, in two formats, a draft Order for Morning and Evening from Ascension to the Sunday after Pentecost.  This is part of the on-going work of the Liturgy Task Force of the Anglican Church of Canada.  At this point this is just my draft and does carry any authority other than my own long-time work on the revision of the Office.

Click here for Ascension to the Sunday after Pentecost in PDF.

Click here for Ascension to the Sunday after Pentecost in DOCX.

Morning and Evening Prayer for Eastertide

Dear Friends,

Forgive this belated draft of Morning and Evening Prayer for Easter.  It is part of the on-going project of the Liturgy Task Force of the General Synod.

I welcome your comments.

Click here for a PDF of 'Morning and Evening Prayer for Easter'.

Blessings to you all,

Richard+

Draft Morning and Evening Prayer for Lent

Dear Friends,

As part of the on-going work of the Liturgy Task Force of the Anglican Church of Canada, I am posting these two links to PDF and DOCX files containing draft Morning and Evening Prayer during Lent.  These offices are posted for your use and comment.  Comments may be sent to me by commenting on this blog post.

With every wish for a holy and life-renewing Lenten journey.

Richard

Morning and Evening Prayer in PDF format

Morning and Evening Prayer in DOCX format

Morning and Evening Prayer for Epiphanytide

As part of the on-going work of the Liturgy Task Force of General Synod, we have prepared draft orders for Morning and Evening Prayer for use from Epiphany until the Feast of the Presentation (2 February).

Click here for Morning and Evening Prayer in .docx format.

Click here for Morning and Evening Prayer in .pdf format.

Any comments or corrections or suggestions may be sent to the Rev'd Dr Richard Geoffrey Leggett at liturgy pacific@me.com.

Blessings to you.

Morning and Evening Prayer from Christmas Eve to Epiphany

21 December 2013
The Feast of Saint Thomas (traditional date)

Dear Friends,

The Liturgy Task Force of the Anglican Church of Canada is charged with the revision of the contemporary liturgical resources of our church.  Among the projects is a revision of Morning and Evening Prayer.

If you are interested in a look at a work in progress, then click on the link below:

Morning and Evening Prayer for Christmas (Dec 2013 Edition)

Please do not re-post this material.  It is for your use and for the use of those with whom you pray.

Thank you and blessings,

Richard Leggett

Morning & Evening Prayer for Ordinary Time

Pray Without Ceasing:  Daily Prayer for the Christian Year

For some time I have been working personally and as a member of the Liturgy Task Force of the Anglican Church of Canada on a revision of Morning and Evening Prayer.  I have just posted a penultimate draft to Drop Box.

Click here if you are interested in looking at the Draft.

I welcome any comments.

Matins and Vespers for Use from Ascension until Trinity

Dear Friends,

I have just posted PDF files containing Matins and Vespers for use from Ascension to Trinity.  These offices are part of an on-going project of the Liturgy Task Force of the Anglican Church of Canada.  I welcome any comments or suggestions.  You can contact me at liturgypacific@me.com.

Here are the links:

Click here for Matins for Use from Ascension to Trinity.

Click here for Vespers for Use from Ascension to Trinity. 

Blessings to one and to all.

Richard+

Morning and Evening Prayer for Easter

Dear Friends,

I have just completed draft orders of Morning Prayer and Evening Prayer for use from Easter to Ascension.  You may obtain the PDF by clicking on the links below:

Draft Morning Prayer for Easter

Draft Evening Prayer for Easter

May your prayers rise like incense to the Holy One who has given us new life through Christ.

Richard+

Lenten Evening Prayer

evening Prayer for Lent

From Ash Wednesday to the Fifth Sunday of Lent

The Gathering of the Community

Introductory Responses

Jesus Christ is the light of the world.

A light no darkness can extinguish.

Or

Light and peace in Jesus Christ our Lord.

Thanks be to God.

Then the Thanksgiving for the Light may be said or sung.

Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.

It is right to give our thanks and praise.

Blessed are you, O Lord our God, the shepherd of Israel,

their pillar of cloud by day, their pillar of fire by night.

In these forty days you lead us into the desert of repentance

that in this pilgrimage of prayer we might learn to be your people once more.

In fasting and service you bring us back to your heart.

You open our eyes to your presence in the world

and you free our hands to lead others to the radiant splendour of your mercy.

Be with us in the journey days for without you we are lost and will perish.

To you alone be dominion and glory, for ever and ever.  Amen. [i]

Evening Prayer continues with the Psalm of the Day.

The Proclamation of the Word of God

The Psalm

A Psalm from the Daily Office Lectionary, the Weekday Eucharistic Lectionary or the Revised Common Lectionary Daily Readings is said or sung.  The following short list of Psalms may be used. 

Sundays           Psalm 86

Mondays          Psalm 34

Tuesdays          Psalm 138

Wednesdays     Psalm 79

Thursdays        Psalm 50

Fridays             Psalm 130

Saturdays         Psalm 81

After the Psalm, Evening Prayer continues with the Reading.

The Reading

A Reading from the Daily Office Lectionary, the Weekday Eucharistic Lectionary or the Revised Common Lectionary Daily Readings is said or sung.  The following short list of Readings may be used.

Sundays           Luke 9.18-25

Mondays          Matthew 9.14-17

Tuesdays          Luke 5.27-32

Wednesdays     Matthew 6.7-15

Thursdays        Luke 11.29-32

Fridays             Matthew 7.7-12

Saturdays         Matthew 5.43-48

After a period of silent reflection one of the following may be said.

The Word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

Or

Hear what the Spirit is saying to the church.

Thanks be to God.

Or

Holy Word, Holy Wisdom.

Thanks be to God.

After the Reading, Evening Prayer continues the Responsory or the Canticle or both.  If two Readings are read, then the Responsory follows the first Reading and the Canticle the second.

The Responsory

The Responsory is said or sung.

Forsake me not, O Lord;

be not far from me, O my God.

Forsake me not, O Lord;

be not far from me, O my God.

Make haste to help me,

O Lord of my salvation.

Be not far from me, O my God.

Remember your compassion and love,

for they are from everlasting.

Be not far from me, O my God.

Glory to God, Source of all being, eternal Word and Holy Spirit.

Forsake me not, O Lord;

be not far from me, O my God. [iv]

Evening Prayer continues [with the second Reading or] the Canticle or an Affirmation of Faith.

The Canticle

‘The Song of Mary’ or one of the seasonal canticles, ‘The Song of Christ’s Glory’ or ‘A Song of the Wilderness’, may be said or sung.

The Song of Mary (Luke 1.46-55)

My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord,

            my spirit rejoices in God my Saviour,

for you, Lord, have looked with favour

            on your lowly servant.

From this day all generations will call me blessed:

            you, the Almighty, have done great things for me,

            and holy is your name.

You have mercy on those who fear you,

            from generation to generation.

You have shown strength with your arm

            and scattered the proud in their conceit,

casting down the mighty from their thrones

            and lifting up the lowly.

You have filled the hungry with good things

            and sent the rich away empty.

You have come to the aid of your servant Israel,

            to remember the promise of mercy,

the promise made to our forebears,

            to Abraham and his children for ever.

Or

The Song of Christ’s Glory (Philippians 2.5-11)

Christ Jesus was in the form of God, *

            but he did not cling to equality with God.

He emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, *

            and was born in our human likeness.

Being found in human form he humbled himself, *

            and became obedient unto death, even death on a cross.

Therefore God has highly exalted him, *

            and bestowed on him the name above every name,

that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, *

            in heaven and on earth and under the earth;

and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, *

            to the glory of God the Father. [v]

Or

A Song of Repentance (1 John 1.5-9)

This is the message we have heard

from Christ and proclaim to you: *

            that God is light,

            in whom there is no darkness at all.

If we say that have fellowship with God

while we walk in darkness, *

            we lie and do not do what is true.

But if we walk in the light as God is in the light, *

            we have fellowship with one another.

And the blood of Jesus, the Son of God, *

            cleanses us from all our sins.

If we say we have no sin, *

            we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.

If we confess our sins, *

            the One who is faithful and just will forgive us

            and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. [vi]

Evening Prayer continues with an Affirmation of Faith or the Litany.

Affirmation of Faith

Either The Apostles’ Creed or the ‘Hear, O Israel’ may be said or sung.

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. [vii]

Or

Hear, O Israel

Hear, O Israel,

the Lord our God, the Lord is one.

Love the Lord your God

with all your heart,

with all your soul,

with all your mind,

and with all your strength.

This is the first and the great commandment.

The second is like it:

Love your neighbour as yourself.

There is no commandment greater than these.

Evening Prayer continues with the Litany.

The Prayers of the Community

The Litany

The Litany is said or sung.

Let us offer our prayers to God saying, “Shepherd of Israel, hear and have mercy.”

For the church, that all who have found and all who seek God’s promise in the waters of baptism may enter gladly into the testing time of Lent, Shepherd of Israel, hear and have mercy.

For our world, that all living creatures may find goodness on the earth, our home, Shepherd of Israel, hear and have mercy.

For deliverance, that in the wastelands made by our greed and indifference we may fast from evil and grow hungry for justice, Shepherd of Israel, hear and have mercy.

For the sick and needy, that we may care for them and remember those who are in any need or trouble, Shepherd of Israel, hear and have mercy. [viii]

Additional intercessions, petitions and thanksgivings may be offered in silence or aloud.  After a period of silence either the Collect of the Day or one of the following Collects may be said or sung.

Lent 1

God of our salvation, your bow in the clouds proclaims your covenant with every living creature.  Teach us your paths and lead us in your truth, that by your Holy Spirit, we may remember our baptismal vows and be keepers of your trust with earth and its inhabitants.  Amen. [ix]

Lent 2

God of Sarah and Abraham, long ago you embraced your people in covenant and promised them your blessing.  Strengthen us in faith, that, with your disciples of every age, we may proclaim your deliverance in Jesus Christ to generations yet unborn.  Amen. [x]

Lent 3

God of infinite goodness, throughout the ages you have persevered in claiming and reclaiming your people.  Renew for us your call to repentance, surround us with witnesses to aid us on our journey, and grant us the time to fashion our lives anew, through Jesus Christ our Saviour.  Amen. [xi]

Lent 4

Eternal Lover of our wayward race, we praise you for your ever-open door.  You open your arms to accept us even before we turn to meet your welcome; you invite us to forgiveness even before our hearts are softened to repentance.  Hold before us the image of our humanity made new, that we may live in Jesus Christ, the model and the pioneer of your new creation.  Amen. [xii]

Evening Prayer continues with the Lord’s Prayer.

The Lord’s Prayer

Gathering our prayers and praises into one,

let us pray as our Saviour taught us,

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.

Evening Prayer continues with the Dismissal.

The Sending Forth of the Community

The Dismissal

Let us bless the Lord who forgives our sins.

Thanks be to God.

Evening Prayer may conclude with the following Sentence.

Look with your compassion upon us, O Lord, so that we may learn to know you more fully and to serve you with a more perfect will.  Amen. [xiii]

Note

All liturgical texts are taken from The Book of Alternative Services unless otherwise noted and may have been emended for more inclusive language.

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[i] From Praise God in Song (1979) as published in The Book of Alternative Service (1985), 64.

[ii] Common Worship:  Daily Prayer (2005), 67.

[iii] Common Worship:  Daily Prayer (2005), 67-69.

[iv] Common Worship:  Daily Prayer (2005), 241, 247 alt.

[v] Common Worship:  Daily Prayer (2005), 619.

[vi] Common Worship:  Daily Prayer (2005), 625.

[vii] Evangelical Lutheran Worship (2006), 105.

[viii] Intercessions for the Christian People (1990), 93 alt.

[ix] Revised Common Lectionary Prayers (2002), 79.

[x] Revised Common Lectionary Prayers (2002), 81.

[xi] Revised Common Lectionary Prayers (2002), 83 alt.

[xii] Revised Common Lectionary Prayers (2002), 85 alt.

[xiii] The Book of Occasional Services (2003), 26 alt.

Lenten Morning Prayer

Morning Prayer for Lent

From Ash Wednesday to the Fifth Sunday of Lent

The Gathering of the Community

Introductory Responses

We cast our burdens upon you, O Lord,

and you will sustain us.

Create in us clean hearts, O God,

and renew a right spirit within us.

Cast us not away from your presence

and take not your Holy Spirit from us.

Give us the joy of your saving help again

and sustain us with your bountiful Spirit.

Blessed are you, O Lord, day by day,

the God of our salvation who bears our burdens.

Morning Prayer continues with the Psalm.

The Proclamation of the Word of God

The Psalm

A Psalm from the Daily Office Lectionary, the Weekday Eucharistic Lectionary or the Revised Common Lectionary Daily Readings is said or sung.  The following short list of Psalms may be used. [i]

Sundays           Psalm 51

Mondays          Psalm 3

Tuesdays          Psalm 6

Wednesdays     Psalm 11

Thursdays        Psalm 12

Fridays             Psalm 32

Saturdays         Psalm 61

After the Psalm, Morning Prayer continues with the Reading.

The Reading

A Reading from the Daily Office Lectionary, the Weekday Eucharistic Lectionary or the Revised Common Lectionary Daily Readings is said or sung.  The following short list of Readings may be used. [ii]

Sundays           Romans 6.3-5

Mondays          Joel 2.12-14

Tuesdays          1 Corinthians 9.24-27

Wednesdays     Romans 7.21-25a

Thursdays        Isaiah 58.6-9a

Fridays             Matthew 6.1-4

Saturdays         Luke 10.38-42

After a period of silent reflection one of the following may be said.

The Word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

or

Hear what the Spirit is saying to the church.

Thanks be to God.

or

Holy Word, Holy Wisdom.

Thanks be to God.

After the Reading, Morning Prayer continues the Responsory or the Canticle or both.  If two Readings are read, then the Responsory follows the first Reading and the Canticle the second.

The Responsory

The Responsory is said or sung.

Incline your ear to me;

make haste to answer when I call.

Incline your ear to me;

make haste to answer when I call.

Lord, hear my prayer,

and let my cry come before you.

Make haste to answer when I call.

Hide not your face form me

in the day of my trouble.

Make haste to answer when I call.

You, O Lord, endure for ever,

and your name from age to age.

Make haste to answer when I call.

You will arise and have compassion on Zion,

for it is time to have pity upon her.

Make haste to answer when I call.

Glory to God, Source of all being, eternal Word and Holy Spirit.

Incline your ear to me;

make haste to answer when I call.

Morning Prayer continues [with the second Reading or] the Canticle or an Affirmation of Faith.

The Canticle

‘The Song of Zechariah’ or one of the seasonal canticles, ‘The New Jerusalem’ or ‘A Song of the Wilderness’, may be said or sung.

The Song of Zechariah  (Luke 1.68-79)

Blessed are you, Lord, the God of Israel, *

            you have come to your people and set them free.

You have raised up for us a mighty Saviour, *

            born of the house of your servant David.

Through your holy prophets, *

            you promised of old to save us from our enemies,

from the hands of all who hate us, *

            to show mercy to our forebears,

            and to remember your holy covenant.

This was the oath you swore to our father Abraham: *

            to set us free from the hands of our enemies,

            free to worship you without fear.

And you, child, shall be called the prophet of the Most High, *

            for you will go before the Lord to prepare the way,

to give God’s people knowledge of salvation *

            by the forgiveness of their sins.

In the tender compassion of our God *

            the dawn from on high shall break upon us,

to shine on those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death, *

            and to guide our feet into the way of peace. [iii]

Or

A Song from Ezekiel (Ezekiel 36.24-28)

I will take you from the nations, *

            and gather you from all the countries,

            and bring you home to your own land.

I will sprinkle clean water upon you, *

            and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses,

            and from all your idols I will cleanse you.

A new heart I will give you, *

            and a new spirit I will put within you;

and I will remove from your body the heart of stone *

            and give you a heart of flesh.

I will put my spirit within you, *

            and make you follow my statues

            and be careful to observe my ordinances.

Then you shall live in the land *

            I gave to your ancestors;

and you shall be my people *

            and I will be your God. [iv]

Or

The Song of Manasseh (Manasseh 1a, 2, 4, 6, 7a, b, 9a, c, 11, 12, 14b, 15b)

Lord almighty and God of our ancestors, *  

            you who made heaven and earth in all their glory:

all things tremble with awe at your presence, *

            before your great and mighty power.

Immeasurable and unsearchable is your promised mercy, *

            for you are God, Most High.

You are full of compassion, long-suffering and very merciful, *

            and you relent at human suffering.

O God, according to your great goodness, *

            you have promised forgiveness for repentance

            to those who have sinned against you.

The sins I have committed against you *

            are more in number than the sands of the sea.

I am not worthy to look up to the height of heaven, *

            because of the multitude of my iniquities.

And now I bend the knee of my heart before you, *

            imploring your kindness upon me.

I have sinned, O God, I have sinned, *

            and I acknowledge my transgressions.

Unworthy as I am, you will save me, *

            according to your great mercy.

For all the host of heaven sings your praise, *

            and your glory is for ever and ever. [v]

Morning Prayer continues with an Affirmation of Faith or the Litany.

Affirmation of Faith

Either The Apostles’ Creed or the ‘Hear, O Israel’ may be said or sung.

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. [vi]

Or

Hear, O Israel

Hear, O Israel,

the Lord our God, the Lord is one.

Love the Lord your God

with all your heart,

with all your soul,

with all your mind,

and with all your strength.

This is the first and the great commandment.

The second is like it:

Love your neighbour as yourself.

There is no commandment greater than these.

Morning Prayer continues with the Litany.

The Prayers of the Community

The Litany

The Litany is said or sung.

With confidence and trust let us pray to the God of the prodigal, saying, “God of mercy, hear our prayer.”

For the one holy catholic and apostolic Church throughout the world, God of mercy, hear our prayer.

For the mission of the Church, that in faithful witness it may preach the gospel to the ends of the earth, God of mercy, hear our prayer.

For those preparing for baptism and for their teachers and sponsors, God of mercy, hear our prayer.

For peace in the world, that a spirit of respect and reconciliation may grow among nations and peoples, God of mercy, hear our prayer.

For the poor, the persecuted, the sick and all who suffer; for refugees, prisoners and all in danger; that they may be relieved and protected, God of mercy, hear our prayer.

For all whom we have injured or offended, God of mercy, hear our prayer.

For grace to amend our lives and to further the reign of God, God of mercy, hear our prayer. [vii]

Additional intercessions, petitions and thanksgivings may be offered in silence or aloud.  After a period of silence either the Collect of the Day or one of the following Collects may be said or sung.

Lent 1

God of wilderness and water, your Son was baptized and tempted as we are.  Guide us through this season, that we may not avoid struggle, but open ourselves to blessing, through the cleansing depths of repentance and the heaven-rending words of the Spirit.  Amen. [viii]

Lent 2

Artist of souls, you sculpted a people for yourself out of the rocks of wilderness and fasting.  Help us as we take up your invitation to prayer and simplicity that the discipline of this Lenten season may sharpen our hunger for the feast of your holy friendship, and whet our thirst for the living water you offer through Jesus Christ.  Amen. [ix]

Lent 3

God of the covenant, in the glory of the cross your Son embraced the power of death and broke its hold over your people.  In this time of repentance, draw all people to yourself, that we who confess Jesus as Lord may put aside the deeds of death and accept the life of your kingdom.  Amen. [x]

Lent 4

God of the living, through baptism we pas from the shadow of death to the light of the resurrection.  Remain with us and give us hope that, rejoicing in the gift of the Spirit who gives life to our mortal flesh, we may be clothed with the garment of immortality, through Jesus Christ our Lord.  Amen. [xi]

Morning Prayer continues with the Lord’s Prayer.

The Lord’s Prayer

Gathering our prayers and praises into one,

let us pray as our Saviour taught us,

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.

Morning Prayer continues with the Dismissal.

The Sending Forth of the Community

The Dismissal

Let us bless the Lord who forgives our sins.

Thanks be to God.

Morning Prayer may conclude with the following Sentence.

Look with your compassion upon us, O Lord, so that we may learn to know you more fully and to serve you with a more perfect will.  Amen. [xii]

Note

All liturgical texts are taken from The Book of Alternative Services unless otherwise noted and may have been emended for more inclusive language.

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[i] Common Worship:  Daily Prayer (2005), 67.

[ii] Common Worship:  Daily Prayer (2005), 67-69.

[iii] Evangelical Lutheran Worship (2006), 303.

[iv] The New Revised Standard Version.

[v] Common Worship:  Daily Prayer (2005), 240.

[vi] Evangelical Lutheran Worship (2006), 105.

[vii] The Book of Alternative Services (1985), 121-122 alt.

[viii] Revised Common Lectionary Prayers (2002), 76.

[ix] Revised Common Lectionary Prayers (2002), 76 alt.

[x] Revised Common Lectionary Prayers (2002), 76.

[xi] Revised Common Lectionary Prayers (2002), 76.

[xii] The Book of Occasional Services (2003), 26 alt.