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Refuge | Morning Prayer for Ordinary Time – Morning Prayer and Worship
This is Ordinary Time, Proper 7.
As always, our Scripture readings and general order come from the Book of Common Prayer (1979) Daily Office. We’ll sing “Abba” by Jonathan David Helser throughout today’s time of prayer. We’ll read Psalm 9:9-20 followed by the Gloria Patri. Our Lesson is Mark 4:35-41. We’ll say the Apostles’ Creed, the Lord’s Prayer, and the Collect of the Day. We’ll then have a time of prompted prayer.
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Painting is “Tempest” by Kathleen Peterson. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/diglib-fulldisplay.pl?SID=20210619435108583&code=ACT&RC=56574&Row=14
AbbaJonathan David Helser
You’re more real than the ground I’m standing onYou’re more real than the wind in my lungs
Your thoughts define meYou’re inside meYou’re my reality
Abba, I belong to You
You’re closer than the skin on my bonesYou’re closer than the song on my tongue
You came running down my prodigal roadYou came running with a ring and a robeGrace is the collision on the way back homeWith the arms of a Father who won’t let go
Prayer of Confession
Most merciful God,we confess that we have sinned against youin thought, word, and deed,by what we have done,and by what we have left undone.We have not loved you with our whole heart;we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves.We are truly sorry and we humbly repent.For the sake of your Son Jesus Christ,have mercy on us and forgive us;that we may delight in your will,and walk in your ways,to the glory of your Name. Amen.
Psalm 9:9-20
9 The Lord will be a refuge for the oppressed, *a refuge in time of trouble.
10 Those who know your Name will put their trust in you, *for you never forsake those who seek you, O Lord.
11 Sing praise to the Lord who dwells in Zion; *proclaim to the peoples the things he has done.12 The Avenger of blood will remember them; *he will not forget the cry of the afflicted.
13 Have pity on me, O Lord; *see the misery I suffer from those who hate me,O you who lift me up from the gate of death;
14 So that I may tell of all your praisesand rejoice in your salvation *in the gates of the city of Zion.
15 The ungodly have fallen into the pit they dug, *and in the snare they set is their own foot caught.
16 The Lord is known by his acts of justice; *the wicked are trapped in the works of their own hands.
17 The wicked shall be given over to the grave, *and also all the peoples that forget God.
18 For the needy shall not always be forgotten, *and the hope of the poor shall not perish for ever.
19 Rise up, O Lord, let not the ungodly have the upper hand; *let them be judged before you.
20 Put fear upon them, O Lord; *let the ungodly know they are but mortal.
Mark 4:35-41 (NRSV)
On that day, when evening had come, Jesus said to them, “Let us go across to the other side.” And leaving the crowd behind, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was. Other boats were with him. A great windstorm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that the boat was already being swamped. But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion; and they woke him up and said to him, “Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?” He woke up and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Peace! Be still!” Then the wind ceased, and there was a dead calm. He said to them, “Why are you afraid? Have you still no faith?” And they were filled with great awe and said to one another, “Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?”
The Apostles’ Creed
I believe in God, the Father almighty,creator of heaven and earth.I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord.He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spiritand born of the Virgin Mary.He suffered under Pontius Pilate,was crucified, died, and was buried.He descended to the dead.On the third day he rose again.He ascended into heaven,and is seated at the right hand of the Father.He will come again to judge the living and the dead.I believe in the Holy Spirit,the holy catholic Church,the communion of saints,the forgiveness of sins,the resurrection of the body,and the life everlasting. Amen.
The Lord’s Prayer
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 those who 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,for ever and ever. Amen.
Collect of the Day
Proper 7, Rite Two
O Lord, make us have perpetual love and reverence for your holy Name, for you never fail to help and govern those whom you have set upon the sure foundation of your loving-kindness; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with us all evermore. Amen. (2 Corinthians 13:14)
