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Prayer During the Day on Tuesday | |||
| Preparation | ||||
| O God, make speed to save us. | ||||
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O Lord, make haste to help us. | |||
| To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul. | ||||
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O my God, in you I trust. | |||
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Psalm 25.1a |
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Praise |
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| A hymn, song, canticle, extempore praise, or | ||||
| I am giving you worship with all my life, I am giving you obedience with all my power, I am giving you praise with all my strength, I am giving you honour with all my speech. |
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| I am giving you love with all my heart, I am giving you affection with all my sense, I am giving you my being with all my mind, I am giving you my soul, O most high and holy God. |
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| Praise to the Father, Praise to the Son, Praise to the Spirit, The Three in One. |
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adapted from Alexander Carmichael, Carmina Gadelica (1900) |
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The Word of God |
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Psalmody |
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| On any Tuesday Psalm 17.1-8 | ||||
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| Week 1 Psalm 16 Week 2 Psalm 25 Week 3 Psalm 36 Week 4 Psalm 39 |
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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 | ||||
| If you will only obey the Lord your God, by diligently
observing all
his commandments that I am commanding you today, the Lord your
God will set you high above all the nations of the earth; all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, if you obey the Lord your God: Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the field. Blessed shall be the fruit of your womb, the fruit of your ground, and the fruit of your livestock, both the increase of your cattle and the issue of your flock. Blessed shall be your basket and your kneading-bowl. Blessed shall you be when you come in, and blessed shall you be when you go out. |
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Deuteronomy 28.1-6 |
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| Week Two | ||||
| They shall see the glory of the Lord, the majesty of our God. Strengthen the weak hands, and make firm the feeble knees. Say to those who are of a fearful heart, ‘Be strong, do not fear! Here is your God. He will come with vengeance, with terrible recompense. He will come and save you.’ Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf unstopped; then the lame shall leap like a deer, and the tongue of the speechless sing for joy. For waters shall break forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert. | ||||
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Isaiah 35.2c-6 |
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| Week Three | ||||
| As Jesus walked along, he saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him, ‘Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?’ Jesus answered, ‘Neither this man nor his parents sinned; he was born blind so that God’s works might be revealed in him.We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming when no one can work. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.’ | ||||
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John 9.1-5 |
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| Week Four | ||||
| Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb through the middle of the street of the city. On either side of the river is the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, producing its fruit each month; and the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. | ||||
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Revelation 22.1,2 |
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| Or, on any Tuesday | ||||
| Great crowds came to Jesus, bringing with them the lame, the maimed, the blind, the mute, and many others. They put them at his feet, and he cured them. | ||||
Matthew 15.30 |
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Response |
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| Silence, study, song, or words from Scripture, such as | ||||
| Jesus said, I am the light of the world. | ||||
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Whoever follows me will have the light of life. | |||
John 8.12 |
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Prayers |
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| Prayers may include these concerns: | ||||
| ¶ | All who are sick in body, mind or spirit | |||
| ¶ | Those in the midst of famine or disaster | |||
| ¶ | Victims of abuse and violence, intolerance and prejudice | |||
| ¶ | Those who are bereaved | |||
| ¶ | All who work in the medical and healing professions | |||
| Forms of prayer can be found here. | ||||
| The Collect of the day or the following prayer is said | ||||
| Eternal God, the light of the minds that know you, the joy of the hearts that love you, and the strength of the wills that serve you: grant us so to know you that we may truly love you, so to love you that we may truly serve you, whose service is perfect freedom; through Jesus Christ our Lord. |
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Amen. | |||
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after Augustine of Hippo (430) |
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| The Lord's Prayer is said. | ||||
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The Conclusion |
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| May Christ our redeemer bring us healing and wholeness. | ||||
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Amen. | |||