Morning Prayer for Friday 5.29.26

Here is a link to our liturgy: Morning Prayer 5.29.26, Friday after Pentecost, Ember Day | Daily Office Network

Transcript

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Good morning and welcome. I'm Father Tom Roy, the Vicar of the Daily Office Network. The Daily Office Network is a community of Christians who gather together on a daily basis to pray morning prayer from the Episcopal Church's Book of Common Prayer. We use a news story, we mix in artwork, we have a video at the end. We come from several different faith traditions in several different countries. All are welcome here, where we do our best to exercise tolerance and decency with one another. Now let's begin morning prayer. It is Friday, the 29th. It is a Friday after Pentecost. It is also Ember Day. Daily Office Network is podcasting. You can find us on Apple or Spotify. There are links here. Click on one of those or search Daily Office Network on those sites. Do not ordain anyone hastily and do not participate in the sins of others. Keep yourself pure. Photograph of some smiling folks in front of the altar. The Reverend Carol Davenport, pastor of Trinity Episcopal Church at the time, welcomed young worshipers but feared they would get bored easily. Her solution was to give each child a turn as an altar companion. They could process with Davenport, stand next to her during the service, and assist with easy tasks like ringing the Sanctus bell. Successful intergenerational worship starts with the question: what is it that we want children in the parish? We want for children in the parish. Davenport said, I think what we want is for children to come to love what we love about the liturgy. And just asking them to sit next to their parents and be still and quiet is not going to be the way to do that. Trinity Episcopal Church is one of several dioceses of Missouri congregations asking those questions and trying new approaches to involve young people in their liturgies. For the past couple of years, the Reverend Aaron Pickersgill has been working with small groups of congregational leaders like Davenport to experiment in their Sunday services through an initiative called This Young Church. In the photo above, that is one of the child children serving as a junior acolyte alongside an adult. The children are our future. We need to figure out how to get them interested in being involved in the church and in the love of Jesus. The hour is coming, and now is when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth. And our mouth shall proclaim your praise.

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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. Let us come before God's presence with thanksgiving and raise to the Lord and shout with songs. For you are a great God. You are great above all gods. In your hands are the caverns of the earth, and the heights of the hills are yours also. The sea is yours, for you made it, and your hands have molded the dry land. Come, let us bow down and bend the knee and kneel before the Lord our Maker. For you are our God, and we are the people of your pastor and the sheep of your hand. Oh, that today we would hearken to your voice.

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Thank you, Hattie. Excuse me. Her psalm appointed for this morning is Psalm number 31. I'm going to ask Jill and Martha to lead our psalm. Jill, would you start?

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In you, O Lord, have I taken refuge. Let me never be put to shame. Deliver me in your righteousness.

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Incline your ear to me. Make haste to deliver me.

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Be my strong rock, a castle to keep me safe, for you are my crack and my stronghold. For the sake of your name, lead me and guide me.

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Take me out of the net that ye have secretly set for me. For you are my power of strength.

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And to your hands I commend my spirit, for you have redeemed me, O Lord, O God of truth.

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I hate those who cling to worthless idols. And I put my trust in the Lord.

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I will rejoice and be glad because of your mercy. For you have seen my affliction. You know my distress.

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You have not shut me up in the power of the enemy. You have set my feet in an open place.

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Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am in trouble. My eye is consumed with sorrow, and also my throat and my belly.

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For my life is whistle with grief, and my ears will sigh. My strength fails me because of affliction, and my bones are consumed.

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I have become a reproach to all my enemies and even to my neighbors, a dismay to those of my acquaintance. When they see me in the street, they avoid me.

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I am forgotten out of mine as if I were dead. I am as useless as a broken pot.

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For I have heard the whispering of the crowd, fear is all around. They put their heads together against me, and they plot to take my life.

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But as for me, I have trusted in you, Lord. I have said, You are my God.

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My times are in your hand. Rescue me from the hand of my enemies and from those who persecute me.

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Make my face to shine upon yourself. And in your loving and in your loving kindness save me.

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Lord, let me not be ashamed for having called upon you. Rather, let the wicked be put to shame. Let them be silent in the grave.

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Let the lion lips be silent who speak against the righteous. Utterly, disdainfully, and with contempt.

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How great is your goodness, O Lord, which you have laid up for those who fear you, which you have done in the sight of all, for those who put their trust in you.

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You hide them in the covert of your presence from those who slander them. You keep them in your shelter, from the strife of tombs.

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Blessed be the Lord. You have shown me the wonders of your love in a besieged city.

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Yet I said in my lamb, I have been cut off from the sight of your eyes. Nevertheless, you heard the sound of my entreaty when I cried out to you.

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Love the Lord, all you who are faithful. The Lord protects the pious, but re praise to the full those who act haughtily.

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Be strong and let your heart take courage, all you who wait for the Lord.

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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.

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Amen. Thank you, Jill and Martha. Beware of wine bibbers. Those fancy bottles contain poison. Our reading is from Proverbs chapter 23, verse 19 to 21, and 29 through 24, verse two. I'm sorry, and twenty nine, twenty-four, verse two. Chad, would you lead this?

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Hear my child, and be wise, and direct your mind in the way. Do not be among the wine bibbers or among gluttonous eaters of meat, for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them with rags. Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaining? Who has wounds without cause? Who has redness of eyes? Those who linger late over wine, those who keep trying mixed wines. Do not look at wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup or goes down smoothly. At the last it bites like a serpent and stings like an adder. Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind utter perverse things. You will be like one who lies down in the midst of the sea, like one who lies on the top of a mast. They struck me, you will say, but I was not hurt. They beat me, but I did not feel it. When shall I awake? I will seek another drink. Do not envy the wicked, nor desire to be with them, for their minds divide as violence, and their lips talk of mischief. The word of the Lord.

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Thanks be to God. Thank you, Chad. Our first canticle is the second song of Isaiah. Mother Unjell, would you lead this?

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Seek the Lord while he wills to be found. Call upon him when he draws near. Let the wicked forsake them away, and the evil ones and thoughts, and let them return to the Lord, and he will have compassion. And he will come on. Bringing four thumbnails again. Z for some wing and twin floret. Zoom is one of them to the smart from my month. It will not return to me empty. But it will accomplish the much which I must and promise from which I sent it. 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.

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Thank you, Mother Angel. Treading out the grain. Paul, would you lead this one?

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Let the elders who rule well be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in preaching and teaching. For the scripture says you shall not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain, and the laborer deserves to be paid. Never accept any accusation against an elder except on the evidence of two or three witnesses. As for those who persist in sin, rebuke them in the presence of all, so that the rest also may stand in fear. In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus and of the elect angels, I warn you to keep these instructions without prejudice, doing nothing on the basis of partiality. Do not ordain anyone hastily, and do not participate in the sins of others. Keep yourself pure. The word of the Lord.

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Thanks be to God. Thank you, Paul. Our second canticle is a song to the lamb, Mother Unjo.

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Splendor and Kingly Pum are you splendid alone for you created everything that is, and by your will they were created and have a bing. And you must find a light on the twistling from with your bloody. From every family, language, people and nation, and the kingdom of priests do some gum. And some to him who sits upon the thrum. And to Christ the lamb. Do you worship and praise dominion and splendum? Fuller and forever. Splendum and kingly palm. Are you splendid?

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Thank you, Mother Angel. Well, we talked about planting seeds yesterday. Today we have the parable of the mustard seed. Our reading is from Matthew chapter thirteen, verses thirty-one through thirty-five. Deacon Elizabeth, would you lead this?

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Sure. Jesus put before them another parable. The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that someone took and sowed in his field. It is the smallest of all the seeds, but when it has grown, it is the greatest of shrubs and becomes a tree. So that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches. He told them another parable. Jesus told the crowds all these things in parables. Without a parable, he told them nothing. This was to fulfill what had been spoken through the prophet. I will open my mouth to speak in parables. I'll proclaim what has been hidden from the foundation of the world. The word of the Lord.

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Thanks be to God. Thank you, Deacon. And now 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 power of 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. And now the prayers begin with our Lord's Prayer. Jacqueline, would you lead us in the Lord's Prayer and then we'll read the suffrages?

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The Lord be with you.

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And also with you.

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Let us pray. 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 forever. Amen.

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Help us, O God our Savior.

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Deliver us and forgive us our sins.

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Look upon your congregation.

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Give to your people the blessing of peace.

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Declare your glory among the nations.

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And your wonders among all peoples.

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Do not let the oppressed be shamed and turned away.

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Never forget the lives of your poor.

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Continue your loving kindness to those who know you.

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And your favor to those who are true of heart.

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Satisfy us by your loving kindness in the morning.

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So shall we rejoice and be glad all the days of our life. Thank you, Jacqueline.

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And now we have, I believe, three prayers. A collect of the day for proper three, an Ember Day collect for people who are the choice fit for persons of the ministry, and a collect for Fridays. Patricia, would you lead us in these three prayers?

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Grant, O Lord, that the course of the world may be peaceably governed by your providence, and that your church may joyfully serve you in confidence and serenity through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God for ever and ever. Amen. O God, you led your holy apostles to ordain ministers in every place. Grant that your church, under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, may choose suitable persons for the ministry of word and sacrament, and may uphold them in their work for the extension of your kingdom, through him who is the shepherd and bishop of our souls, Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God forever and ever. Amen. Almighty God, whose most dear son went not up to joy, but first he suffered pain and entered not into glory before he was crucified. Mercifully grant that we, walking in the way of the cross, may find it none other than the way of life and peace. Through Jesus Christ, your Son, our Lord. Amen.

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Amen. Continue with the prayer for the mission of the church. Robert, would you lead this and then I'll bless the Lord and bless us?

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O God, you have made of one blood all the peoples of the earth, and sent your blessed Son to preach peace to those who are far off and to those who are near. Grant that people everywhere may seek after you and find you, bring the nations into your fold, pour out your spirit upon all flesh, and hasten the coming of your kingdom through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Let us bless the Lord. Thanks be to God.

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Now to him who is able to keep you from falling, and to present you without blemish before the presence of his glory with rejoicing. To the only God, our Savior be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority through Jesus Christ our Lord before all time, now and forever. And the blessing of God, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit be upon you now and remain with you always. Amen.

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Amen.

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That is morning prayer on this Friday. Thank you for coming to pray today. Wherever you go, take that love of Jesus that lives inside of you, the Jesus you carry with you every day in your heart. Share that Jesus with the world. Show that Jesus to the world. Hope to see you back with us on Monday, safe and sound.