Amazement | Morning Prayer for Ordinary Time

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Amazement | Morning Prayer for Ordinary Time
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This is Ordinary Time, Proper 8, in the Church Calendar.

As always, our general order comes from the Book of Common Prayer (1979) Daily Office and Scripture readings from the Revised Common Lectionary. We’ll sing a retuned version of “There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy” by Frederick Faber, Stephanie Osorio, and me throughout today’s time of prayer. We’ll read Psalm 30 followed by the Gloria Patri. Our Lesson is Mark 5:21-43. 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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Artwork is by Annemiek Punt. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/diglib-fulldisplay.pl?SID=20210625950895369&code=act&RC=57959&Row=1

There’s a Wideness
Frederick W. Faber, Ben Ward, Stephanie Osorio

There’s a wideness in God’s mercy
like the wideness of the sea
there’s a kindness in God’s justice
which is more than liberty
There is welcome for the sinner
and more graces for the good
There is mercy with the Savior
there is healing in his blood

How wide, how high
How vast, everlasting enough
We’ll never reach the border
Expanding like the universe
It’s the heart of holy order
Mercy, kindness, overwhelming love

For the love of God is broader
than the measure of our mind
and the heart of the Eternal
is most wonderfully kind
If our love were but more simple
we should rest upon God’s word
and our lives would be illumined
by the presence of our Lord

Prayer of Confession

Most merciful God,
we confess that we have sinned against you
in 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 30

1 I will exalt you, O Lord,
  because you have lifted me up *
  and have not let my enemies triumph over me.

2 O Lord my God, I cried out to you, *
  and you restored me to health.

3 You brought me up, O Lord, from the dead; *
  you restored my life as I was going down to the grave.

4 Sing to the Lord, you servants of his; *
  give thanks for the remembrance of his holiness.

5 For his wrath endures but the twinkling of an eye, *
  his favor for a lifetime.

6 Weeping may spend the night, *
  but joy comes in the morning.

7 While I felt secure, I said,
  “I shall never be disturbed. *
  You, Lord, with your favor, made me as strong as the mountains.”

8 Then you hid your face, *
  and I was filled with fear.

9 I cried to you, O Lord; *
  I pleaded with the Lord, saying,

10 “What profit is there in my blood, if I go down to the Pit? *
  will the dust praise you or declare your faithfulness?

11 Hear, O Lord, and have mercy upon me; *
  O Lord, be my helper.”

12 You have turned my wailing into dancing; *
  you have put off my sack-cloth and clothed me with joy.

13 Therefore my heart sings to you without ceasing; *
  O Lord my God, I will give you thanks for ever.

Mark 5:21-43 (NRSV)

When Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other side, a great crowd gathered around him; and he was by the sea. Then one of the leaders of the synagogue named Jairus came and, when he saw him, fell at his feet and begged him repeatedly, “My little daughter is at the point of death. Come and lay your hands on her, so that she may be made well, and live.” So he went with him. And a large crowd followed him and pressed in on him. Now there was a woman who had been suffering from hemorrhages for twelve years. She had endured much under many physicians, and had spent all that she had; and she was no better, but rather grew worse. She had heard about Jesus, and came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak, for she said, “If I but touch his clothes, I will be made well.” Immediately her hemorrhage stopped; and she felt in her body that she was healed of her disease. Immediately aware that power had gone forth from him, Jesus turned about in the crowd and said, “Who touched my clothes?” And his disciples said to him, “You see the crowd pressing in on you; how can you say, ‘Who touched me?’” He looked all around to see who had done it. But the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came in fear and trembling, fell down before him, and told him the whole truth. He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace, and be healed of your disease.” While he was still speaking, some people came from the leader’s house to say, “Your daughter is dead. Why trouble the teacher any further?” But overhearing what they said, Jesus said to the leader of the synagogue, “Do not fear, only believe.” He allowed no one to follow him except Peter, James, and John, the brother of James. When they came to the house of the leader of the synagogue, he saw a commotion, people weeping and wailing loudly. When he had entered, he said to them, “Why do you make a commotion and weep? The child is not dead but sleeping.” And they laughed at him. Then he put them all outside, and took the child’s father and mother and those who were with him, and went in where the child was. He took her by the hand and said to her, “Talitha cum,” which means, “Little girl, get up!” And immediately the girl got up and began to walk about (she was twelve years of age). At this they were overcome with amazement. He strictly ordered them that no one should know this, and told them to give her something to eat.

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 Spirit
and 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 8

Almighty God, you have built your Church upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief cornerstone: Grant us so to be joined together in unity of spirit by their teaching, that we may be made a holy temple acceptable to you; 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)

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