Morning Prayer: Matins



ELW Morning PrayerMarch 16, 2020Dialogue and DoxologyO Lord, open my lips,and my mouth shall proclaim your praise.Glory to the Father, and to the Sonand to the Holy Spirit:as it was in the beginning, is now,and will be forever. Amen.PsalmodyThe psalmody begins with a morning psalm of praise: Psalm 95:1-7a (the Venite), Psalm 63:1-8, Psalm 67, Psalm 100, or another appropriate psalm.The Sun of righteousness will arise with healing in his wings.Oh, come, let us worship and e, let us sing to the Lord:let us shout for joy to the rock of our salvation.Let us come before God’s presence with thanksgivingand raise a loud shout to the Lord with psalms.For you, Lord, are a great God,and a great ruler above all gods.In your hand are the caverns of the earth;the heights of the hills are also yours.The sea is yours, for you made it;and your hands have molded the dry e, let us worship and bow down;let us kneel before the Lord our maker.For the Lord is our God,and we are the people of God’s pastureand the sheep of God’s e, let us sing to the Lord:let us shout for joy to the rock of our salvation.God our maker, you guide us as the sheep of your fold. When we stray into rebellion and unbelief, bring us back and restore us, that we may follow your ways and listen to the voice of our shepherd who gives us eternal life, Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord.Amen.Psalm 100Make a joyful noise to the?Lord,?all you lands!2Serve the?Lord?with gladness; come into God’s presence?with a song.3Know that the?Lord?is God, our maker to whom?we belong;we are God’s people and the sheep?of God’s pasture.4Enter the gates of the?Lord?with thanksgiving and the?courts with praise;give thanks and bless God’s?holy name.5Good indeed is the?Lord, whose steadfast love is?everlasting,whose faithfulness endures from?age to age.Lord our God, we come before you with thanksgiving and praise, for you have created us as your people and you sustain us with your hand. Nourish us in your rich pasture and keep us in your steadfast love, that we may bless your name and serve you with gladness day after day; through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord.Amen.Psalm 42:1-81As the deer longs?for the water-brooks,so longs my soul for?you, O God.2I thirst for God, for the?living God;when shall I come to appear before the presence of God?3My tears have been my food?day and night,while all day long they say to me, “Where now?is your God?”4I pour out my soul when I think?on these things;how I went with the multitude and led them into the house of God, with shouts of thanksgiving, among those?keeping festival.5Why are you so full of heaviness, O my soul, and why are you so disquieted within me?Put your trust in God, for I will yet give thanks to the one who is my help?and my God6My soul is heavy within me;therefore I will remember you from the land of Jordan, and from the peak of Mizar among the?heights of Hermon.7One deep calls to another in the roar of?your cascades;all your rapids and floods have gone?over me.8The?Lord?grants lovingkindness?in the daytime;in the night season the?Lord’s song is with me, a prayer to the God?of my life.O God, never-failing fountain of life, through the saving waters of baptism you call us from the depth of sin to the abundance of mercy. Do not forget the trials of our exile, but from the wellspring of your word satisfy our thirst for you, that we may come rejoicing to your house; through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord.Amen.?ReadingsRomans 5:1-11Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we?have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,?2?through whom we have obtained access?to this grace in which we stand; and we?boast in our hope of sharing the glory of God.?3?And not only that, but we?also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,?4?and endurance produces character, and character produces hope,?5?and hope does not disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us.6?For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.?7?Indeed, rarely will anyone die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person someone might actually dare to die.?8?But God proves his love for us in that while we still were sinners Christ died for us.?9?Much more surely then, now that we have been justified by his blood, will we be saved through him from the wrath of God.?10?For if while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more surely, having been reconciled, will we be saved by his life.?11?But more than that, we even boast in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.Word of God, Word of LifeThanks be to GodYou have been born anewthrough the living and abiding word of God.Gospel CanticleIn the tender compassion of our Godthe dawn from on high shall break upon us.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 Savior,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,holy and righteous before you, all the days of our life.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 salvationby the forgiveness of their sins.In the tender compassion of our Godthe 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.PrayersThe assembly kneels or stands. The following or another form of the prayers may be used.The Lord be with you.And also with you.Let us pray.A brief silence for prayer follows each petition.Mighty God of mercy, we thank you for the resurrection dawn, bringing the glory of our risen Lord who makes every day new.Especially we thank you—for the sustaining goodness of your creation?.?.?.for the new creation in Christ and all gifts of healing and forgiveness?.?.?.for the gifts of relationship with others?.?.?.for the communion of faith in your church?.?.?.Other thanksgivings may be added.Merciful God of might, renew this weary world, heal the hurts of all your children, and bring about your peace for all in Christ Jesus, the living Lord.Especially we pray—for those who govern nations of the world?.?.?.for the people in countries ravaged by strife or warfare?.?.?.for all who work for peace and international harmony?.?.?.for all who strive to save the earth from carelessness and destruction?.?.?.for the church of Jesus Christ in every land?.?.?.Other intercessions may be added.O God, you have called your servants to ventures of which we cannot see the ending, by paths as yet untrodden, through perils unknown. Give us faith to go out with good courage, not knowing where we go, but only that your hand is leading us and your love supporting us; through Jesus Christ our Lord.Amen.Lord’s PrayerLord, remember us in your kingdom and teach us to pray.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 thosewho trespass against us;and lead us not into temptation,but deliver us from evil.For thine is the kingdom,and the power, and the glory,forever and ever. Amen.BlessingLet us bless the Lord.Thanks be to God.Almighty God, the Father, ? the Son, and the Holy Spirit, bless and preserve us.Amen.From .Copyright ? 2020 Augsburg Fortress. All rights reserved. ................
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