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Prayer During the
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Thursday, 6 December 2018 Nicholas, Bishop of Myra, c.326 [Lesser Festival] |
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Preparation | ||||
O God, make speed to save us. | ||||
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O Lord, make haste to help us. | |||
Your words have I hidden within my heart, | ||||
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that I should not sin against you. | |||
Psalm 119.11
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Praise
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A hymn, song, canticle, extempore praise or | ||||
Saviour eternal, life of the world unfailing, light everlasting and our true redemption. |
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Taking our humanity in your loving freedom, you rescued our lost earth and filled the world with joy. |
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By your first advent justify us, by your second, set us free: that when the great light dawns and you come as judge of all, we may be robed in immortality and ready, Lord, to follow in your footsteps blest, wherever they may lead. |
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Salus Aeterna
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The Word of God
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Psalmody
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Either, Thursday Psalm 70 | ||||
Or, on any day Psalm 80.1-8 | ||||
Alternatively, when Morning and Evening Prayer are also celebrated, one of these cycles may be followed. | ||||
Psalm 70Refrain: Come to me quickly, O God. 1 O God, make speed to save me; ♦ 2 Let those who seek my life 3 Let those who mock and deride me ♦ 4 But let all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you; ♦ 5 As for me, I am poor and needy; ♦ 6 You are my help and my deliverer; ♦ Refrain: Come to me quickly, O God. O God, our helper and defender, |
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Psalm 80.1-81 Hear, O Shepherd of Israel, ♦ 2 Shine forth, you that are enthroned upon the cherubim, ♦ 3 Stir up your mighty strength ♦ 4 Turn us again, O God; ♦ 5 O Lord God of hosts, ♦ 6 You feed them with the bread of tears; ♦ 7 You have made us the derision of our neighbours, ♦ 8 Turn us again, O God of hosts; ♦ Faithful shepherd of your people, |
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Each psalm or group of psalms may end with | ||||
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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 shall be for ever. Amen. |
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Short readings
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Thursday | ||||
Jesus said to Peter, James, John and Andrew, ‘It is like a man going on a journey, when he leaves home and puts his slaves in charge, each with his work, and commands the doorkeeper to be on the watch. Therefore, keep awake — for you do not know when the master of the house will come, in the evening, or at midnight, or at cockcrow, or at dawn, or else he may find you asleep when he comes suddenly. And what I say to you I say to all: Keep awake.’ | ||||
Mark 13.34 - end
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Or, on any day in Advent | ||||
Comfort, O comfort my people, says your God. | ||||
Isaiah 40.1
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Response
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Silence, study, song, or words from Scripture, such as | ||||
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, | ||||
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for they will be filled. | |||
Matthew 5.6
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Prayers
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Prayers may include these concerns: | ||||
¶ | The Church, that she may be ready for the coming of Christ | |||
¶ | The leaders of the Church | |||
¶ | The nations, that they may be subject to the rule of God | |||
¶ | Those who are working for justice in the world | |||
¶ | The broken, that they may find God’s healing | |||
A form of intercession found here may be used. | ||||
Either, the following prayer is said | ||||
Keep us, O Lord, while we tarry on this earth, in a serious seeking after you, and in an affectionate walking with you, every day of our lives; that when you come, we may be found not hiding our talent, nor serving the flesh, nor yet asleep with our lamp unfurnished, but waiting and longing for our Lord, our glorious God for ever. |
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Amen. | |||
Richard Baxter (1691)
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Or, the Collect of the day is said | ||||
Almighty Father, lover of souls, who chose your servant Nicholas to be a bishop in the Church, that he might give freely out of the treasures of your grace: make us mindful of the needs of others and, as we have received, so teach us also to give; 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. |
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The Lord’s Prayer is said. | ||||
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As our Saviour taught us, so we pray | ||||
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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. |
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Let us pray with confidence as our Saviour has taught us | ||||
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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. |
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The Conclusion
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May the Lord make us ready for his coming in glory. | ||||
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Amen. | |||
©
The Archbishops' Council of the Church of England, 2000-2005 The Bible readings (other than the psalms) are from The New Revised Standard Version Anglicized Edition, copyright 1989, 1995 Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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