Daily Anglican prayer - Monday morning – 2nd December 2024.

Daily Prayer from the Anglican Prayer Book for Australia

Daily Anglican prayer - Monday morning – 2nd December 2024.

Readings NRSV: Psalm 77; Isaiah 1. 18- 31; Mark 4. 1-20.

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

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

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Welcome to Monday Morning prayer from the Anglican ‘A prayer book for Australia’.

We proclaim the Good News 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:

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

God’s love has been poured into our hearts,

through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.

Romans 5.5

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 God’s Marvellous Acts

I will sing a new hymn to my God:
O Lord you are great and marvellous,
you are marvellous in your strength, invincible.
Let the whole creation serve you:
for you spoke and all things came to be;
You sent out your Spirit and it formed them:
no one can resist your voice.
Mountains and seas are stirred to their depths:
rocks melt like wax at your presence;
But to those who revere you:
you still show mercy.

Judith 16.13–15

3 The Opening Prayer

The night has passed, and the day lies open before us;

let us pray with one heart and mind.

Silence may be kept.

As we rejoice in the gift of this new day,
so may the light of your presence, O God,
set our hearts on fire with love for you;
now and for ever.

Amen.

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

Psalm

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

Creator Spirit, Advocate promised by our Lord Jesus: increase our faith and help us to walk in the light of your presence, to the glory of God the Father; 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, a reflection, or

Hear the message of Christ. Thanks be to God.

7 The Canticle, A Song of Isaiah

‘Behold, God is my salvation:
I will trust and will not be afraid;
‘For the Lord God is my strength and my song:
and has become my salvation.’
With joy you will draw water:
from the wells of salvation.
On that day you will say:
‘Give thanks to the Lord, call upon his name;
‘Make known his deeds among the nations:
proclaim that his name is exalted.
‘Sing God’s praises, who has triumphed gloriously:
let this be known in all the world.
‘Shout and sing for joy, you that dwell in Zion:
for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel.’

Isaiah 12.2–6

8 The belief and principle is said

I believe in God,
creator of heaven and earth,

whose love and merciful forgiveness

endures everlasting.

I believe in Christ the saviour,

whose example of love and compassion,

taught us a restored way to live, in collaborative unity with all people.

I believe in the Holy Spirit,

whose divine guidance brings

us together to be one with the Holy Trinity.

9 The Prayers

Lord have mercy.

Christ have mercy.

God have mercy.

10 The Lord’s Prayer and the Collect of the Day

Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins
as we forgive those who sin against us.
Save us from the time of trial
and deliver us from evil.
For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours
now and for ever. Amen.

Prayer of the Week

First Sunday of advent

Almighty God,

Give us grace that we may cast away the works of darkness

And put on armour of light

Now in the time of this mortal life in which your Son

Jesus Christ came among us in great humility, that on the last day

When he shall come again in his glorious majesty,

to judge the living and the dead

We may rise to the life immortal,

through him who lives and reigns with you and

the Holy Spirit one God, now and for ever. Amen

11 Intercessions and Thanksgivings may be made according to local custom and need.

Let us Pray

Let us pray for the world and for the church.

God, how great your majesty abounds before us. We thank you for all your generosity. May the peace and blessings of our Lord Jesus Christ be abundant across all nations and countries forever more.

Loving God Grant our prayer

Holy God divine and merciful, your blessing on the people is loved by all, for which our gratitude knows no end. Grant, we pray, your saving blessing on all those experiencing times of trouble or strife, that they may receive the guidance of wisdom to lead them to a path of safety.

Loving God Grant our prayer

Almighty God, hear our prayer to bring about a change throughout the people, we ask for your grace to relay the wisdom to each man and each woman how to co-exist in peace and the will to do so, to continue to respect one another and teach their offspring to do so also.

Loving God Grant our prayer

Blessed God, we ask your blessing for those listed on the Anglican cycle of prayer:

• The Diocese of Kitale – The Anglican Church of Kenya
• The Diocese of Adelaide:
• The Parish of Goonaneman:
• Anglican Schools Office, Church House:
• Anglican Church Grammar School, East Brisbane
• All Prison ministry chaplaincy teams
• All people joining in this prayer offering.

Loving God Grant our prayer

12 The Morning Collect

Eternal God and Father,

by whose power we are created

and by whose love we are redeemed:

guide and strengthen us by your Spirit,

that we may give ourselves to your service,

and live this day in love to one another and to you;

through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

13

The Lord be with you.

And also with you.

Let us praise the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

God did not give us a spirit of cowardice
but a spirit of power and of love and of self-discipline.
May we rekindle the gift of God within us.

Amen.

see 2 Timothy 1.6–7

Music by John Keys – Anglican Chant Canticle organ accompaniments.

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