Evensong January 8

Opening Hymn: LEVAS2 (L176)    An Evening Prayer

1 If I have wounded any soul today,
If I have caused one foot to go astray,
If I have walked in my own willful way,
Dear Lord, forgive!

2 If I have uttered idle words or vain,
If I have turned aside from want or pain,
Lest I offend some other through the strain,
Dear Lord, forgive!

3 If I have been perverse, or hard, or cold,
If I have longed for shelter in the fold,
When thou hast given me some fort to hold,
Dear Lord, forgive!

4 Forgive the sins I have confessed to thee;
Forgive the secret sins I do not see;
O guide me, love me, and my keeper be.
Dear Lord, forgive!

V: O God, make speed to save us.R: O Lord, make haste to help us.

Gloria Patri

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy GhostAs it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be.World without end. Amen, amen!

O Gracious Light Phos hilaron with words

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 or Psalms Appointed

Psalm 112 Beatus vir

¹   Hallelujah! Happy are they who fear the Lord *
and have great delight in his commandments!
²   Their descendants will be mighty in the land; *
the generation of the upright will be blessed.
³   Wealth and riches will be in their house, *
and their righteousness will last for ever.
⁴   Light shines in the darkness for the upright; *
the righteous are merciful and full of compassion.
⁵   It is good for them to be generous in lending *
and to manage their affairs with justice.
⁶   For they will never be shaken; *
the righteous will be kept in everlasting remembrance.
⁷   They will not be afraid of any evil rumors; *
their heart is right; they put their trust in the Lord.
⁸   Their heart is established and will not shrink, *
until they see their desire upon their enemies.
⁹   They have given freely to the poor, *
and their righteousness stands fast for ever; they will hold up their head with honor.
¹⁰   The wicked will see it and be angry; they will gnash their teeth and pine away; *
the desires of the wicked will perish.

Psalm 113 Laudate, pueri

¹   Hallelujah! Give praise, you servants of the LORD; *
praise the Name of the LORD.
²   Let the Name of the LORD be blessed, *
from this time forth for evermore.
³   From the rising of the sun to its going down *
let the Name of the LORD be praised.
⁴   The LORD is high above all nations, *
and his glory above the heavens.
⁵   Who is like the LORD our God, who sits enthroned on high, *
but stoops to behold the heavens and the earth?
⁶   He takes up the weak out of the dust *
and lifts up the poor from the ashes.
⁷   He sets them with the princes, *
with the princes of his people.
⁸   He makes the woman of a childless house *
to be a joyful mother of children.

Gloria Patri

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy GhostAs it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be.World without end. Amen, amen!

The Lessons

A reading from John 7:37-52

On the last day of the festival, the great day, while Jesus was standing there, he cried out, "Let anyone who is thirsty come to me, and let the one who believes in me drink. As the scripture has said, 'Out of the believer's heart shall flow rivers of living water.'" Now he said this about the Spirit, which believers in him were to receive; for as yet there was no Spirit, because Jesus was not yet glorified. When they heard these words, some in the crowd said, "This is really the prophet." Others said, "This is the Messiah." But some asked, "Surely the Messiah does not come from Galilee, does he? Has not the scripture said that the Messiah is descended from David and comes from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?" So there was a division in the crowd because of him. Some of them wanted to arrest him, but no one laid hands on him. Then the temple police went back to the chief priests and Pharisees, who asked them, "Why did you not arrest him?" The police answered, "Never has anyone spoken like this!" Then the Pharisees replied, "Surely you have not been deceived too, have you? Has any one of the authorities or of the Pharisees believed in him? But this crowd, which does not know the law-- they are accursed." Nicodemus, who had gone to Jesus before, and who was one of them, asked, "Our law does not judge people without first giving them a hearing to find out what they are doing, does it?" They replied, "Surely you are not also from Galilee, are you? Search and you will see that no prophet is to arise from Galilee."

Here ends the Reading.

LEVAS2 (L243) Glory to God

Optional

Hymnal 1982 (S105) The Nicene Creed

The Prayers

V: The Lord be with you.R: And also with you.V: Let us pray.

LEVAS2 (L264)   Our Father

Suffrages B

That this evening may be holy, good, and peaceful,

We entreat you, O Lord.

That your holy angels may lead us in paths of peace and goodwill,

We entreat you, O Lord.

That we may be pardoned and forgiven for our sins and offenses,

We entreat you, O Lord.

That there may be peace to your Church and to the whole world,

We entreat you, O Lord.

That we may depart this life in your faith and fear,and not be condemned before the great judgment seat of Christ,

We entreat you, O Lord.

That we may be bound together by your Holy Spirit inthe communion of Barnabas and all your saints,entrusting one another and all our life to Christ,

We entreat you, O Lord.

Collect of the Day

Holy God, you chose your faithful servant Harriett Bedell to exercise the ministry of deaconess and to be a missionary among indigenous peoples: Fill us with compassion and respect for all people, and empower us for the work of ministry throughout the world; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen.

A Collect for Protection

O God, the life of all who live, the light of the faithful, the strength of those who labor, and the repose of the dead: We thank you for the blessings of the day that is past, and humbly ask for your protection through the coming night. Bring us in safety to the morning hours; through him who died and rose again for us, your Son our Savior Jesus Christ. Amen.

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. 

LEVAS2 (L262)   Amen

Let us bless the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship
of the Holy Spirit, be with us all evermore. Amen.
2 Corinthians 13:14

CLOSING HYMN

Hymnal 1982 (H128) We Three Kings

Evensong January 7

Opening Hymn: LEVAS2 (L176)    An Evening Prayer

1 If I have wounded any soul today,
If I have caused one foot to go astray,
If I have walked in my own willful way,
Dear Lord, forgive!

2 If I have uttered idle words or vain,
If I have turned aside from want or pain,
Lest I offend some other through the strain,
Dear Lord, forgive!

3 If I have been perverse, or hard, or cold,
If I have longed for shelter in the fold,
When thou hast given me some fort to hold,
Dear Lord, forgive!

4 Forgive the sins I have confessed to thee;
Forgive the secret sins I do not see;
O guide me, love me, and my keeper be.
Dear Lord, forgive!

V: O God, make speed to save us.R: O Lord, make haste to help us.

Gloria Patri

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy GhostAs it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be.World without end. Amen, amen!

O Gracious Light Phos hilaron with words

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 or Psalms Appointed

Psalm 114 In exitu Israel

¹   Hallelujah! When Israel came out of Egypt, *
the house of Jacob from a people of strange speech,
²   Judah became God's sanctuary *
and Israel his dominion.
³   The sea beheld it and fled; *
Jordan turned and went back.
⁴   The mountains skipped like rams, *
and the little hills like young sheep.
⁵   What ailed you, O sea, that you fled? *
O Jordan, that you turned back?
⁶   You mountains, that you skipped like rams? *
you little hills like young sheep?
⁷   Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, *
at the presence of the God of Jacob,
⁸   Who turned the hard rock into a pool of water *
and flint-stone into a flowing spring.

Psalm 115 Non nobis, Domine

¹   Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to your Name give glory; *
because of your love and because of your faithfulness.
²   Why should the heathen say, *
"Where then is their God?"
³   Our God is in heaven; *
whatever he wills to do he does.
⁴   Their idols are silver and gold, *
the work of human hands.
⁵   They have mouths, but they cannot speak; *
eyes have they, but they cannot see;
⁶   They have ears but they cannot hear; *
noses, but they cannot smell;
⁷   They have hands, but they cannot feel; feet, but they cannot walk; *
they make no sound with their throat.
⁸   Those who make them are like them, *
and so are all who put their trust in them.
⁹   O Israel, trust in the LORD; *
he is their help and their shield.
¹⁰   O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD; *
he is their help and their shield.
¹¹   You who fear the LORD, trust in the LORD; *
he is their help and their shield.
¹²   The LORD has been mindful of us, and he will bless us; *
he will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron;
¹³   He will bless those who fear the LORD, *
both small and great together.
¹⁴   May the LORD increase you more and more, *
you and your children after you.
¹⁵   May you be blessed by the LORD, *
the maker of heaven and earth.
¹⁶   The heaven of heavens is the LORD'S, *
but he entrusted the earth to its peoples.
¹⁷   The dead do not praise the LORD, *
nor all those who go down into silence;
¹⁸   But we will bless the LORD, *
from this time forth for evermore. Hallelujah!

Gloria Patri

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy GhostAs it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be.World without end. Amen, amen!

The Lessons

A reading from John 6:30-33, 6:48-51

So they said to him, "What sign are you going to give us then, so that we may see it and believe you? What work are you performing? Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, 'He gave them bread from heaven to eat.'" Then Jesus said to them, "Very truly, I tell you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is that which comes down from heaven and gives life to the world." I am the bread of life. Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that one may eat of it and not die. I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats of this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh."

LEVAS2 (L243) Glory to God

Optional

Hymnal 1982 (S105) The Nicene Creed

The Prayers

V: The Lord be with you.R: And also with you.V: Let us pray.

LEVAS2 (L264)   Our Father

Suffrages B

That this evening may be holy, good, and peaceful,

We entreat you, O Lord.

That your holy angels may lead us in paths of peace and goodwill,

We entreat you, O Lord.

That we may be pardoned and forgiven for our sins and offenses,

We entreat you, O Lord.

That there may be peace to your Church and to the whole world,

We entreat you, O Lord.

That we may depart this life in your faith and fear,and not be condemned before the great judgment seat of Christ,

We entreat you, O Lord.

That we may be bound together by your Holy Spirit inthe communion of Barnabas and all your saints,entrusting one another and all our life to Christ,

We entreat you, O Lord.

Collect of the Day

O God, by the leading of a star you manifested your only Son to the Peoples of the earth: Lead us, who know you now by faith, to your presence, where we may see your glory face to face; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.

A Collect for Aid against Perils

Be our light in the darkness, O Lord, and in your great mercy defend us from all perils and dangers of this night; for the love of your only Son, our Savior Jesus Christ. Amen.

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. 

LEVAS2 (L262)   Amen

Let us bless the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship
of the Holy Spirit, be with us all evermore. Amen.
2 Corinthians 13:14

CLOSING HYMN

Hymnal 1982 (H128) We Three Kings

Evensong January 6

Opening Hymn: LEVAS2 (L176)    An Evening Prayer

1 If I have wounded any soul today,
If I have caused one foot to go astray,
If I have walked in my own willful way,
Dear Lord, forgive!

2 If I have uttered idle words or vain,
If I have turned aside from want or pain,
Lest I offend some other through the strain,
Dear Lord, forgive!

3 If I have been perverse, or hard, or cold,
If I have longed for shelter in the fold,
When thou hast given me some fort to hold,
Dear Lord, forgive!

4 Forgive the sins I have confessed to thee;
Forgive the secret sins I do not see;
O guide me, love me, and my keeper be.
Dear Lord, forgive!

V: O God, make speed to save us.R: O Lord, make haste to help us.

Gloria Patri

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy GhostAs it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be.World without end. Amen, amen!

O Gracious Light Phos hilaron with words

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 or Psalms Appointed

Psalm 96 Cantate Domino

¹   Sing to the LORD a new song; *
sing to the LORD, all the whole earth.
²   Sing to the LORD and bless his Name; *
proclaim the good news of his salvation from day to day.
³   Declare his glory among the nations *
and his wonders among all peoples.
⁴   For great is the LORD and greatly to be praised; *
he is more to be feared than all gods.
⁵   As for all the gods of the nations, they are but idols; *
but it is the LORD who made the heavens.
⁶   Oh, the majesty and magnificence of his presence! *
Oh, the power and the splendor of his sanctuary!
⁷   Ascribe to the LORD, you families of the peoples; *
ascribe to the LORD honor and power.
⁸   Ascribe to the LORD the honor due his Name; *
bring offerings and come into his courts.
⁹   Worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness; *
let the whole earth tremble before him.
¹⁰   Tell it out among the nations: "The LORD is King! *
he has made the world so firm that it cannot be moved; he will judge the peoples with equity."
¹¹   Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea thunder and all that is in it; *
let the field be joyful and all that is therein.
¹²   Then shall all the trees of the wood shout for joy before the LORD when he comes, *
when he comes to judge the earth.
¹³   He will judge the world with righteousness *
and the peoples with his truth.

Psalm 100 Jubilate Deo

¹   Be joyful in the LORD, all you lands; *
serve the LORD with gladness and come before his presence with a song.
²   Know this: The LORD himself is God; *
he himself has made us, and we are his; we are his people and the sheep of his pasture.
³   Enter his gates with thanksgiving; go into his courts with praise; *
give thanks to him and call upon his Name.
⁴   For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; *
and his faithfulness endures from age to age.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:
as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.

Gloria Patri

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy GhostAs it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be.World without end. Amen, amen!

The Lessons

A reading from Isaiah 52:7-10

How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of the messenger who announces peace, who brings good news, who announces salvation, who says to Zion, "Your God reigns." Listen! Your sentinels lift up their voices, together they sing for joy; for in plain sight they see the return of the LORD to Zion. Break forth together into singing, you ruins of Jerusalem; for the LORD has comforted his people, he has redeemed Jerusalem. The LORD has bared his holy arm before the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.

Here ends the Reading.

A reading from Matthew 12:14-21

But the Pharisees went out and conspired against him, how to destroy him. When Jesus became aware of this, he departed. Many crowds followed him, and he cured all of them, and he ordered them not to make him known. This was to fulfill what had been spoken through the prophet Isaiah: "Here is my servant, whom I have chosen, my beloved, with whom my soul is well pleased. I will put my Spirit upon him, and he will proclaim justice to the Gentiles. He will not wrangle or cry aloud, nor will anyone hear his voice in the streets. He will not break a bruised reed or quench a smoldering wick until he brings justice to victory. And in his name the Gentiles will hope."

Here ends the Reading.

LEVAS2 (L243) Glory to God

Optional

Hymnal 1982 (S105) The Nicene Creed

The Prayers

V: The Lord be with you.R: And also with you.V: Let us pray.

LEVAS2 (L264)   Our Father

Suffrages B

That this evening may be holy, good, and peaceful,

We entreat you, O Lord.

That your holy angels may lead us in paths of peace and goodwill,

We entreat you, O Lord.

That we may be pardoned and forgiven for our sins and offenses,

We entreat you, O Lord.

That there may be peace to your Church and to the whole world,

We entreat you, O Lord.

That we may depart this life in your faith and fear,and not be condemned before the great judgment seat of Christ,

We entreat you, O Lord.

That we may be bound together by your Holy Spirit inthe communion of Barnabas and all your saints,entrusting one another and all our life to Christ,

We entreat you, O Lord.

Collect of the Day

O God, by the leading of a star you manifested your only Son to the Peoples of the earth: Lead us, who know you now by faith, to your presence, where we may see your glory face to face; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.

A Collect for Peace

Most holy God, the source of all good desires, all right judgments, and all just works: Give to us, your servants, that peace which the world cannot give, so that our minds may be fixed on the doing of your will, and that we, being delivered from the fear of all enemies, may live in peace and quietness; through the mercies of Christ Jesus our Savior. Amen.

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.

LEVAS2 (L262)   Amen

Let us bless the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship
of the Holy Spirit, be with us all evermore. Amen.
2 Corinthians 13:14

CLOSING HYMN

Hymnal 1982 (H128) We Three Kings