Thursday after Sexagesima - Evening Prayer

Support Common Prayer Daily @ Patreon (https://dashboard.simplecast.com/acco...) Visit our Website for more www.commonprayerdaily.com (http://commonprayerdaily.com/) _______________ Sexagesima O Lord, how manifold are your works! in wisdom you have made them all; the earth is full of your creatures. Psalm 104:25 (BCP)   Confession Officiant: Let us humbly confess our sins unto Almighty God. People: Almighty and most merciful Father, we have erred and strayed from your ways like lost sheep. We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts. We have offended against your holy laws. We have left undone those things which we ought to have done, and we have done those things which we ought not to have done; and apart from your grace, there is no health in us.  O Lord, have mercy upon us. Spare all those who confess their faults. Restore all those who are penitent, according to your promises declared to all people in Christ Jesus our Lord. And grant, O most merciful Father, for his sake, that we may now live a godly, righteous, and sober life, to the glory of your holy Name. Amen. Officiant: Almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us all our sins through our Lord Jesus Christ, strengthen us in all goodness, and by the power of the Holy Spirit keep us in eternal life. 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.   Invitatory & Psalms Officiant: O God, make speed to save us.  People: O Lord, make haste to help us.  Officiant & People: Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:  as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen.   O Gracious Light Phos hilaron O gracious Light,  pure brightness of the everliving Father in heaven, O Jesus Christ, holy and blessed! Now as we come to the setting of the sun,  and our eyes behold the vesper light,  we sing your praises, O God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. You are worthy at all times to be praised by happy voices,  O Son of God, O Giver of life, and to be glorified through all the worlds.   Psalm 17 Exaudi, Domine 1 Hear my plea of innocence, O Lord; give heed to my cry; * listen to my prayer, which does not come from lying lips. 2 Let my vindication come forth from your presence; * let your eyes be fixed on justice. 3 Weigh my heart, summon me by night, * melt me down; you will find no impurity in me. 4 I give no offense with my mouth as others do; * I have heeded the words of your lips. 5 My footsteps hold fast to the ways of your law; * in your paths my feet shall not stumble. 6 I call upon you, O God, for you will answer me; * incline your ear to me and hear my words. 7 Show me your marvelous loving-kindness, * O Savior of those who take refuge at your right hand from those who rise up against them. 8 Keep me as the apple of your eye; * hide me under the shadow of your wings, 9 From the wicked who assault me, * from my deadly enemies who surround me. 10 They have closed their heart to pity, * and their mouth speaks proud things. 11 They press me hard, now they surround me, * watching how they may cast me to the ground, 12 Like a lion, greedy for its prey, * and like a young lion lurking in secret places. 13 Arise, O Lord; confront them and bring them down; * deliver me from the wicked by your sword. 14 Deliver me, O Lord, by your hand * from those whose portion in life is this world; 15 Whose bellies you fill with your treasure, * who are well supplied with children and leave their wealth to their little ones. 16 But at my vindication I shall see your face; * when I awake, I shall be satisfied, beholding your likeness.   Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:  as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen.   The Lessons Amos 9:1-10 English Standard Version I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and he said: “Strike the capitals until the thresholds shake,     and shatter them on the heads of all the people; and those who are left of them I will kill with the sword;     not one of them shall flee away;     not one of them shall escape. “If they dig into Sheol,     from there shall my hand take them; if they climb up to heaven,     from there I will bring them down. If they hide themselves on the top of Carmel,     from there I will search them out and take them; and if they hide from my sight at the bottom of the sea,  ...