Wednesday
Morning
The Lord gave the sun for a light by day
and the moon and stars in their courses
for a light by night.
The Lord cleft the sea and its waves roared;
the Lord of Hosts is his name. Jeremiah 31: 35
2 Collect of the Day Daily Prayer
3 Song of Praise
1 I shall sing to the Lord,
for he has risen up in triumph.
2 The Lord is my refuge and my defence;
he has shown himself my deliverer.
3 He is my God, and I shall glorify him;
my father’s God, and I shall exalt him.
4 Lord, who is like you among the gods?
Who is like you, majestic in holiness.
worthy of awe and praise,
worker of wonders?
5 In your constant love you led the people
whom you had redeemed:
6 you guided them by your strength
to your holy dwelling-place.
7 You will bring them in and plant them
in the mount that is your possession,
the sanctuary
which your own hands established.
8 The Lord will reign for ever and for ever.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit:
as it was in the beginning, is now,
and will be for ever. Amen.
4 Psalm(s) said or sung
6 Silence
7 Song of Praise
1 Lord God, you are great.
There is none like you;
2 there is no God but you,
as everything we have heard bears witness.
3 And your people Israel,
to whom can they be compared?
Is there any other nation on earth
whom you, God,
have set out to redeem from slavery
to be your people?
4 You have won renown for yourself
by great and awesome deeds,
driving out other nations and their gods
to make way for your people
whom you redeemed from Egypt.
5 You have established your people Israel
as your own for ever,
and you, Lord, have become their God.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit:
as it was in the beginning, is now,
and will be for ever.
Amen.
9 Thanksgivings and
Intercessions
Prayers for the season
10 Final Collect
Vulnerable God,
you challenge the powers
that rule this world,
through the needy,
the compassionate,
and those who are filled with longing.
Make us hunger and thirst to see right prevail,
that we may see your face
and be satisfied in you,
through Jesus Christ. Amen.
Ever present God,
this day enfolds us and surrounds us:
be in our speaking and in our thinking;
be in our life and on our lips;
be in our hearts and in our souls;
today and for ever.
Amen.
11 Conclusion
May the Lord bless us
and guard us;
may the Lord make his face shine on us
and be gracious to us;
may the Lord look kindly on us
and give us peace.
Amen.
Extracts from the Book of Common Order of the Church of Scotland 2nd ed. 1996 ISBN 0 7152 0721 0 © Panel on Worship of the Church of Scotland 1994
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