The Ninth Friday After Pentecost

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Opening

Blessed be God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
And blessed be his kingdom, now and for ever. Amen.

Come, let us worship God our King.
Come, let us worship Christ, our King and our God.
Come, let us worship Christ among us, our King and our God.

Holy God,
holy and mighty,
holy immortal one,
have mercy upon us. (3x)

Glory be to the + Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,
now and always and forever and ever. Amen.

From Psalm 51

Open my lips, O Lord, *
and my mouth shall proclaim your praise.

Create in me a clean heart, O God, *
and renew a right spirit within me.

Cast me not away from your presence *
and take not your holy Spirit from me.

Give me the joy of your saving help again *
and sustain me with your bountiful Spirit.

Glory be to the + Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,
now and always and forever and ever. Amen.

A Psalm

Psalm 18

Part II Et retribuet mihi

The Lord rewarded me because of my righteous dealing; because my hands were clean he rewarded me;

For I have kept the ways of the Lord and have not offended against my God;

For all his judgments are before my eyes, and his decrees I have not put away from me;

For I have been blameless with him and have kept myself from iniquity;

Therefore the Lord rewarded me according to my righteous dealing, because of the cleanness of my hands in his sight.

With the faithful you show yourself faithful, O God; with the forthright you show yourself forthright.

With the pure you show yourself pure, but with the crooked you are wily.

You will save a lowly people, but you will humble the haughty eyes.

You, O Lord, are my lamp; my God, you make my darkness bright.

With you I will break down an enclosure; with the help of my God I will scale any wall.

As for God, his ways are perfect; the words of the Lord are tried in the fire; he is a shield to all who trust in him.

For who is God, but the Lord? who is the Rock, except our God?

It is God who girds me about with strength and makes my way secure.

He makes me sure-footed like a deer and lets me stand firm on the heights.

He trains my hands for battle and my arms for bending even a bow of bronze.

You have given me your shield of victory; your right hand also sustains me; your loving care makes me great.

You lengthen my stride beneath me, and my ankles do not give way.

I pursue my enemies and overtake them; I will not turn back till I have destroyed them.

I strike them down, and they cannot rise; they fall defeated at my feet.

You have girded me with strength for the battle; you have cast down my adversaries beneath me; you have put my enemies to flight.

I destroy those who hate me; they cry out, but there is none to help them; they cry to the Lord, but he does not answer.

I beat them small like dust before the wind; I trample them like mud in the streets.

You deliver me from the strife of the peoples; you put me at the head of the nations.

A people I have not known shall serve me; no sooner shall they hear than they shall obey me; strangers will cringe before me.

The foreign peoples will lose heart; they shall come trembling out of their strongholds.

The Lord lives! Blessed is my Rock! Exalted is the God of my salvation!

He is the God who gave me victory and cast down the peoples beneath me.

You rescued me from the fury of my enemies; you exalted me above those who rose against me; you saved me from my deadly foe.

Therefore will I extol you among the nations, O Lord, and sing praises to your Name.

He multiplies the victories of his king; he shows loving-kindness to his anointed, to David and his descendants for ever.

Glory be to the + Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,
now and always and forever and ever. Amen.

The Readings

1 Corinthians 14:26-40

English Standard Version

What then, brothers? When you come together, each one has a hymn, a lesson, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. Let all things be done for building up. If any speak in a tongue, let there be only two or at most three, and each in turn, and let someone interpret. But if there is no one to interpret, let each of them keep silent in church and speak to himself and to God. Let two or three prophets speak, and let the others weigh what is said. If a revelation is made to another sitting there, let the first be silent. For you can all prophesy one by one, so that all may learn and all be encouraged, and the spirits of prophets are subject to prophets. For God is not a God of confusion but of peace.

As in all the churches of the saints, the women should keep silent in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak, but should be in submission, as the Law also says. If there is anything they desire to learn, let them ask their husbands at home. For it is shameful for a woman to speak in church.

Or was it from you that the word of God came? Or are you the only ones it has reached? If anyone thinks that he is a prophet, or spiritual, he should acknowledge that the things I am writing to you are a command of the Lord. If anyone does not recognize this, he is not recognized. So, my brothers, earnestly desire to prophesy, and do not forbid speaking in tongues. But all things should be done decently and in order.

The Word of the Lord
Thanks Be to God

Matthew 21:12-14, 17-20

English Standard Version

And Jesus entered the temple and drove out all who sold and bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold pigeons. He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you make it a den of robbers.”

And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he healed them.

And leaving them, he went out of the city to Bethany and lodged there.

In the morning, as he was returning to the city, he became hungry. And seeing a fig tree by the wayside, he went to it and found nothing on it but only leaves. And he said to it, “May no fruit ever come from you again!” And the fig tree withered at once.

When the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, “How did the fig tree wither at once?”

The Word of the Lord
Thanks Be to God

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.

Examen

In God's presence, think through the day ahead:

the work you will do, the people you will encounter,

the dangers or uncertainties you face,

the possibilities for joy and acts of kindness,

any particular resolutions you need to renew,

consider what might draw you from the love of God and neighbor,

the opportunities you will have to know and serve God and to grow in virtue,

remember those closest to you and all for whom you have agreed to pray,

ask God's blessings, guidance, and strength in all that lies before you.

Gather up these thoughts and reflections in the words
Our Savior taught us to say:

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.

The Collects of the Day

O Lord, mercifully receive the prayers of your people who call upon you, and grant that they may know and understand what things they ought to do, and also may have grace and power faithfully to accomplish them; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Lord God, almighty and everlasting Father, you have brought us in safety to this new day: Preserve us with your mighty power, that we may not fall into sin, nor be overcome by adversity; and in all we do, direct us to the fulfilling of your purpose; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Closing Prayers

A Prayer of St. Chrysostom

Almighty God, you have given us grace at this time with one accord to make our common supplication to you; and you have promised through your well-beloved Son that when two or three are gathered together in his Name you will be in the midst of them: Fulfill now, O Lord, our desires and petitions as may be best for us; granting us in this world knowledge of your truth, and in the age to come life everlasting. Amen.

Glory be to the + Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,
now and always and forever and ever. Amen.

Lord, have mercy! (3x)

God, be gracious to us and bless us and shine Your countenance upon us and have mercy on us.

This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it!

The Father+ is my hope; the Son, my refuge; the Holy Spirit, my protection:
All-Holy Trinity, glory to You!

Amen!