Daily Anglican Prayer - Monday Evening – 25th November 2024

Daily Anglican Prayer - Monday Evening – 25th November 2024

Readings:

Psalm 64, 67;

Wisdom 8. 5-18;

Mark 1. 29-39.

Led by Felicity Scott, a Liturgical Assistant with the Anglican Church, QLD, Australia.

The full prayer transcript is available by going to this episode on the Podcast website.

https://dailyprayeranglicanprayerbookforaustralia.podbean.com

Welcome to Monday Evening prayer.

We proclaim the Good News message of our Lord Jesus Christ:

GOD in his infinite mercy, forgives all sins, and through our baptism in the name of our Saviour, Jesus Christ, we are given a rebirth into new life, free from the burden of all sin. ALLELUIA

With faithfulness we respond to the good news message:

We acknowledge Christ as our saviour and accept with gratitude, that we are forgiven for all wrong doings, past and present. To honour the gift of forgiveness, we release our burden of guilt and rise up to live in the glory of God forever more.

Blessed be God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, Blessed be God forever.

Let us Pray.

 

1

May the God of hope fill us with all joy and peace in believing,

so that by the power of the Holy Spirit we may abound in hope. 

Romans 15.13  

 

Glory to God; Father, Son and Holy Spirit: 

as in the beginning, so now, and for ever. Amen. 

  

2 The Opening Canticle, A Song of Hope

The spirit of the Lord God is upon me:  because the Lord has anointed me  to bring good tidings to the afflicted.  The Lord has sent me to bind up the broken-hearted:  to proclaim liberty for the captives,  and release for those in prison,  To comfort all who mourn:  to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes,  The oil of gladness instead of mourning:  a garment of splendour for the heavy heart.  They shall be called trees of righteousness:  planted for the glory of the Lord. 

Isaiah 61.1–3

  

 

3 The Opening Prayer

The day is now past, and the night is at hand. 

Let us pray with one heart and mind. 

 

Silence may be kept.

 

Father of lights, receive the prayer and praise we offer you as our evening sacrifice; make us a light for all the world, delivered by your goodness from all the works of darkness; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord. 

 

The readings disclaimer.

The readings that follow are from the NRSV bible Old and New Testament. The bible readings are included to bring understanding of God’s relationship over time with people. The readings represent an old historic way of life, and the biblical instructions contained in the readings are illustrative of old ways and are NOT for use in today’s modern world. Today we adopt tolerance and the modern legal justice system to bring order and govern all countries.

 

4 The Psalms as appointed. A pause is observed after each.

Psalm

 

5 At the end of the (last) pause there may follow

God who wonderfully created us and even more wonderfully restored our humanity: strengthen us by your Holy Spirit to triumph over suffering and death and grant us eternal joy; through Jesus Christ our Lord. 

Amen.

 

6 One or two Readings from the Bible as appointed.

 

1st Reading

Hear the word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.

2nd Reading

The readings may be followed by a period of silence for reflecti