Prayer During the Day
Epiphany Season
    Saturday, 11 January 2025
Mary Slessor, Missionary in West Africa, 1915 [Commemoration]
     
     
      Preparation  
     
    O God, make speed to save us.
All
   O Lord, make haste to help us.
     
    With you, O God, is the well of life
All
   and in your light shall we see light.
   
cf Psalm 36.9
     
   
Praise
  
     
    A hymn, song, canticle, extempore praise or
     
    Christ Jesus was revealed in the flesh
and vindicated in the spirit.
     
    He was seen by angels
and proclaimed among the nations.
     
    Believed in throughout the world,
he was taken up in glory.
     
    This will be made manifest at the proper time
by the blessed and only Sovereign,
     
    Who alone has immortality,
and dwells in unapproachable light.
     
    To the King of kings and Lord of lords
be honour and eternal dominion. Amen.
   
I Timothy 3.16; 6.15,16
     
   
The Word of God
  
     
   
Psalmody
     
    Either, Saturday Psalm 149
     
    (or)
     
    Or, on any day Psalm 72.10-15
     
    Alternatively, when Morning and Evening Prayer are also celebrated, one of these cycles may be followed.
     
   

Psalm 149

Refrain: Sound praises to the Lord, all the earth.

1  Alleluia.
      O sing to the Lord a new song; ♦
   sing his praise in the congregation of the faithful.

2  Let Israel rejoice in their maker; ♦
   let the children of Zion be joyful in their king.

3  Let them praise his name in the dance; ♦
   let them sing praise to him with timbrel and lyre.

4  For the Lord has pleasure in his people ♦
   and adorns the poor with salvation.

5  Let the faithful be joyful in glory; ♦
   let them rejoice in their ranks,

6  With the praises of God in their mouths ♦
   and a two-edged sword in their hands;

7  To execute vengeance on the nations ♦
   and punishment on the peoples;

8  To bind their kings in chains ♦
   and their nobles with fetters of iron;

9  To execute on them the judgement decreed: ♦
   such honour have all his faithful servants.
      Alleluia.

Refrain: Sound praises to the Lord, all the earth.

Glorious and redeeming God,
give us hearts to praise you all our days
and wills to reject the world’s deceits,
that we may bind the evils of our age
and proclaim the good news of salvation
in Jesus Christ our Lord.
     
    (or)
     
   

Psalm 72.10-15

Refrain: The Lord is king; let the earth rejoice.

10  The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall pay tribute; ♦
   the kings of Sheba and Seba shall bring gifts.

11  All kings shall fall down before him; ♦
   all nations shall do him service.

12  For he shall deliver the poor that cry out, ♦
   the needy and those who have no helper.

13  He shall have pity on the weak and poor; ♦
   he shall preserve the lives of the needy.

14  He shall redeem their lives from oppression and violence, ♦
   and dear shall their blood be in his sight.

15  Long may he live;
      unto him may be given gold from Sheba; ♦
   may prayer be made for him continually
      and may they bless him all the day long.

Refrain: The Lord is king; let the earth rejoice.

May your kingdom come, O God,
with deliverance for the needy,
with peace for the righteous,
with overflowing blessing for all nations,
with glory, honour and praise
for Christ, the only Saviour.
    Each psalm or group of psalms may end with
     
All
   Glory to the Father and to the Son
and to the Holy Spirit;
as it was in the beginning is now
and shall be for ever. Amen.
     
   
Short readings
  
     
    Either, Saturday
    In the midst of the lampstands I saw one like the Son of Man, clothed with a long robe and with a golden sash across his chest. His head and his hair were white as white wool, white as snow; his eyes were like a flame of fire, his feet were like burnished bronze, refined as in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of many waters. In his right hand he held seven stars, and from his mouth came a sharp, two-edged sword, and his face was like the sun shining with full force.
   
Revelation 1.13-16
     
    Or, on any day in Epiphany
    Jesus said, ‘I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness but will have the light of life.’
   
John 8.12
     
   
Response
  
     
    Silence, study, song, or words from Scripture, such as
     
    Blessed are the meek,
All
   for they will inherit the earth.
   
Matthew 5.5
     
   
Prayers
  
     
    Prayers may include these concerns:
     
    The unity of the Church
    The peace of the world
    The healing of the sick
    The revelation of Christ to those from whom his glory is hidden
    All who travel
     
    A form of intercession found here may be used.
     
    Either, the following prayer is said
     
    O good Jesus,
Word of the Father and
      brightness of his glory,
whom angels desire to behold:
teach me to do your will
that, guided by your Spirit,
I may come to that blessed city of
      everlasting day,
where all are one in heart and mind,
where there is safety and eternal peace,
happiness and delight,
where you live with the Father and the Holy Spirit,
world without end.
All
   Amen.
   
after Gregory the Great (604)
     
    Or, the Collect of the day is said
     
    O God,
who by the leading of a star
manifested your only Son to the peoples of the earth:
mercifully grant that we,
who know you now by faith,
may at last behold your glory face to face;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
AllAmen.
     
    The Lord’s Prayer is said.
     
    (Either)
     
    As our Saviour taught us, so we pray
     
All
  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.
Lead us not into temptation
but deliver us from evil.
For the kingdom, the power,
and the glory are yours
now and for ever.
Amen.
     
    (or)
     
    Let us pray with confidence as our Saviour has taught us
     
All
  Our Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name;
thy kingdom come;
thy will be done;
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation;
but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom,
the power and the glory,
for ever and ever.
Amen.
     
   
The Conclusion
  
     
    May the light of Christ our Lord shine in all our hearts.
All
   Amen.
     
   

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