Morning Prayer for Lent 3
The Father’s Voice was heard from the cloud:
“This is my Son, the Beloved. Listen to him. Listen to him”
Glory to the Father, glory to the Son,
Glory to the Holy Spirit now and for ever. Amen.
The Father’s Voice was heard from the cloud:
“This is my Son, the Beloved. Listen to him. Listen to him”
We pray for peace in the Holy Land,
for Syria, Iraq and all the troubled countries
where people’s lives are threatened or taken from them
by violence or war.
We pray for refugees,
and for those who need to show mercy.
Lord, hear us: Lord, graciously hear us.
We sit
Psalm 39: Here I am, O Lord! I come to do your will.
I waited, I waited for the Lord. He stooped and he heard my cry.
He put a new song in my mouth, a song in the praise of our God.
Here I am, O Lord! I come to do your will.
You ask not for sacrifice and offerings. You ask for an open ear.
You ask not for holocaust or victim. Instead, Oh my God, here I am.
Here I am, O Lord! I come to do your will.
In the scroll of the book it stands written that I listen and do your will.
My God I delight in your law, your law finds its home in my heart.
Here I am, O Lord! I come to do your will
Let us pray
God, our Father,
you bid us listen to your Son, the Well-beloved.
Nourish our hearts on your word, purify the eyes of our mind,
and fill us with joy at the vision of your glory.
we ask this through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
a reading from the prophet Joel 2: 7
Between vestibule and altar let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, lament.
Let them say, ‘Spare your people, O Lord!
Do not make your heritage a thing of shame, a byword for the nations.’
A verse of the Benedictus
God swore his oath to Abraham and Sarah, to give us all our freedom from all fear;
to save each one from those who seek to harm them, that we might serve in holiness of life,
that we might serve in justice and in truth, our ev’ry day in presence of the Lord.
Intercessions
As we move through Lent, we ask that we may learn to understand ourselves and each other better,
and to grow in kindness with the efforts we make
in praying, in self-sacrifice, and in generosity.
Lord, hear us
We pray for all the churches, that we may grow closer to each other as we follow Christ more faithfully.
Lord, hear us
We pray for all believers and all men and women of good will.
Lord, hear us
We pray for peace, for the victims of violence, and war, and for refugees.
Lord, hear us
We pray that those most afflicted may be blessed with faith and with the knowledge that they are loved,
and that they do matter,
Lord, hear us
Let us pray.
Look with kindness on your family, Lord,
and give us the strength to care for others
so that our hearts may burn with love of you.
Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
May the Lord bless us and keep us from all harm,
and may he lead us to eternal life.
Copyright: Psalm 39 ; Words and music Noel Donnelly © Kevin Mayhew. The Benedictus: words © Stephen Eric Smythe
