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Prayer During
the Day from Ascension Day until the Day of Pentecost |
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| Preparation | ||||
| O God, make speed to save us. | ||||
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O Lord, make haste to help us. | |||
| Gladden the soul of your servant, | ||||
| All | for to you, O Lord, I lift up my soul. | |||
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Psalm 86.4 |
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Praise |
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| A hymn, song, canticle , extempore praise or | ||||
| Blessed are you, the God of our ancestors, worthy to be praised and exalted for ever. |
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| Blessed is your holy and glorious name, worthy to be praised and exalted for ever. |
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| Blessed are you, in your holy and glorious temple, worthy to be praised and exalted for ever. |
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| Blessed are you who look into the depths, worthy to be praised and exalted for ever. |
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| Blessed are you, enthroned on the cherubim, worthy to be praised and exalted for ever. |
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| Blessed are you on the throne of your kingdom, worthy to be praised and exalted for ever. |
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| Blessed are you in the heights of heaven, worthy to be praised and exalted for ever. |
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The Song of the Three 29-34 |
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The Word of God |
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Psalmody |
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| On Ascension Day and on any day Psalm 47 | ||||
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| Sunday Psalm 104.26-32 Monday Psalm 21.1-7 Tuesday Psalm 29 Wednesday Psalm 46 Thursday Psalm 84 Friday Psalm 93 Saturday Psalm 98 |
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| When Morning and Evening Prayer are also celebrated, one of these cycles may be followed. | ||||
| 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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| Ascension Day or on any day after Ascension | ||||
| Christ did not enter a sanctuary made by human hands, a mere copy of the true one, but he entered into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf. | ||||
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Hebrews 9.24 |
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| Friday after Ascension | ||||
| As it is, we do not yet see everything in subjection to human beings, but we do see Jesus, who for a little while was made lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honour because of the suffering of death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone. It was fitting that God, for whom and through whom all things exist, in bringing many children to glory, should make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through sufferings. | ||||
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Hebrews 2.8b-10 |
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| Saturday after Ascension | ||||
| I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. | ||||
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Romans 8.38,39 |
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| Sunday after Ascension | ||||
| 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. | ||||
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John 7.37-39a |
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| Monday | ||||
| Have you not known? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable. He gives power to the faint, and strengthens the powerless. Even youths will faint and be weary, and the young will fall exhausted; but those who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint. | ||||
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Isaiah 40.28-end |
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| Tuesday | ||||
| Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of services, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who activates all of them in everyone.To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. | ||||
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I Corinthians 12.4-7 |
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| Wednesday | ||||
| I will pour out my spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions. Even on the male and female slaves, in those days, I will pour out my spirit. | ||||
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Joel 2.28,29 |
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| Thursday | ||||
| Jesus said, ‘Ask, and it will be given to you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you. For everyone who asks receives, and everyone who searches finds, and for everyone who knocks, the door will be opened. Is there anyone among you who, if your child asks for a fish, will give a snake instead of a fish? Or if the child asks for an egg, will give a scorpion? If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!’ | ||||
Luke 11.9-13 |
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| Friday | ||||
| In Christ every one of God’s promises is a ‘Yes’. For this reason it is through him that we say the ‘Amen’, to the glory of God. But it is God who establishes us with you in Christ and has anointed us, by putting his seal on us and giving us his Spirit in our hearts as a first instalment. | ||||
2 Corinthians 1.20-22 |
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| Saturday | ||||
| The Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And all of us, with unveiled faces, seeing the glory of the Lord as though reflected in a mirror, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another; for this comes from the Lord, the Spirit. | ||||
2 Corinthians 3.17,18 |
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| The Day of Pentecost | ||||
| Jesus said, ‘Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.’ When he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them,‘Receive the Holy Spirit.’ | ||||
John 20.21,22 |
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Response |
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| Silence, study, song, or words from Scripture, such as | ||||
| Blessed are those who mourn, | ||||
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All for they will be comforted. | |||
Matthew 5.4 |
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Prayers |
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| Prayers may include these concerns: | ||||
| ¶ | God’s royal priesthood, that it may be empowered by the Spirit | |||
| ¶ | Those who wait on God, that they may find renewal | |||
| ¶ | All people, that they may acknowledge the kingdom of the ascended Christ | |||
| ¶ | The earth, for productivity and for fruitful harvests | |||
| ¶ | All who are struggling with broken relationships | |||
| A form of prayer can be found here. | ||||
| The Collect of the day or the following prayer is said | ||||
| O King enthroned on high, Comforter and Spirit of truth, you that are in all places and fill all things, the treasury of blessings and the giver of life, come and dwell with us, cleanse us from every stain and save our souls, O gracious one. |
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Amen. | |||
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an Orthodox prayer |
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| The Lord's Prayer is said. | ||||
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The Conclusion |
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| May the grace of the Holy Spirit enlighten our hearts and minds. | ||||
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Amen. | |||