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Prayer During the Day on Saturday | |||
| Preparation | ||||
| O God, make speed to save us. | ||||
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O Lord, make haste to help us. | |||
| Your love, O Lord, reaches to the heavens | ||||
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and your faithfulness to the clouds. | |||
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Psalm 36.5 |
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Praise |
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| A hymn, song, canticle, extempore praise or | ||||
| What shall I give you, Lord, in return for all your kindness? Glory to you for your love. Glory to you for your patience. Glory to you for forgiving us all our sins. Glory to you for coming to save our souls. Glory to you for your incarnation in the virgin’s womb. Glory to you for your bonds. Glory to you for receiving the cut of the lash. Glory to you for accepting mockery. Glory to you for your crucifixion. Glory to you for your burial. Glory to you for your resurrection. Glory to you that you were preached to all. Glory to you in whom they believed. |
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Ephrem the Syrian (373) |
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The Word of God |
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Psalmody |
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| On any Saturday Psalm 63.1-8 | ||||
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| Week 1 Psalm 130 Week 2 Psalm 131 Week 3 Psalm 138 Week 4 Psalm 139 |
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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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| Week One | ||||
| The wolf shall live with the lamb, the leopard shall lie down with the kid, the calf and the lion and the fatling together, and a little child shall lead them. The cow and the bear shall graze, their young shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. The nursing child shall play over the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put its hand on the adder’s den. They will not hurt or destroy on all my holy mountain; for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea. | ||||
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Isaiah 11.6-9 |
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| Week Two | ||||
| For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and earth takes its name. I pray that, according to the riches of his glory, he may grant that you may be strengthened in your inner being with power through his Spirit, and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, as you are being rooted and grounded in love. I pray that you may have the power to comprehend, with all the saints, what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. | ||||
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Ephesians 3.14-19 |
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| Week Three | ||||
| When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days. Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, some two miles away, and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them about their brother.When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, while Mary stayed at home. Martha said to Jesus, ‘Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. But even now I know that God will give you whatever you ask of him.’ Jesus said to her, ‘Your brother will rise again.’ Martha said to him, ‘I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day.’ Jesus said to her, ‘I am the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in me, even though they die, will live, and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die.’ | ||||
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John 11.17-26a |
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| Week Four | ||||
| When the Lamb had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell before the Lamb, each holding a harp and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. They sing a new song: 'You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, for you were slaughtered and by your blood you ransomed for God saints from every tribe and language and people and nation; you have made them to be a kingdom and priests serving our God, and they will reign on earth.' | ||||
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Revelation 5.8 - 10 |
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| Or, on any Saturday | ||||
| We look not at what can be seen but at what cannot be seen; for what can be seen is temporary, but what cannot be seen is eternal. | ||||
2 Corinthians 4.18 |
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Response |
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| Silence, study, song, or words from Scripture, such as | ||||
| Jesus said, I am the resurrection and the life. | ||||
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Those who believe in me will never die. | |||
cf John 11.25,26 |
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Prayers |
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| Prayers may include these concerns: | ||||
| ¶ | Our homes, families, friends and all whom we love | |||
| ¶ | Those whose time is spent caring for others | |||
| ¶ | Those who are close to death | |||
| ¶ | Those who have lost hope | |||
| ¶ | The worship of the Church | |||
| Forms of prayer can be found here. | ||||
| The Collect of the day or the following prayer is said | ||||
| God be in my head, and in my understanding; | ||||
| God be in my eyes, and in my looking; | ||||
| God be in my mouth, and in my speaking; | ||||
| God be in my heart, and in my thinking; | ||||
| God be at mine end, and at my departing. | ||||
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Amen. | |||
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Sarum Primer |
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| The Lord's Prayer is said. | ||||
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The Conclusion |
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| May Christ dwell in our hearts by faith. | ||||
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Amen. | |||