The Third Sunday after Pentecost21 June 2020 (Father’s Day)

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The Third Sunday after Pentecost

21 June 2020 (Father’s Day)

Daily Morning Prayer: Rite Two

Hymn 607

1 O God of every nation, of every race and land,

Redeem the whole creation with your almighty hand;

Where hate and fear divide us and bitter threats are hurled,

In love and mercy guide us and heal our strife-torn world.

2 From search for wealth and power and scorn of truth and right,

From trust in bombs that shower destruction through the night,

From pride of race and nation and blindness to your way,

Deliver every nation, eternal God, we pray!

3 Lord, strengthen all who labor that we may find release

From fear of rattling saber, from dread of war’s increase;

When hope and courage falter, your still small voice be heard;

With faith that none can alter, your servants undergird.

4 Keep bright in us the vision of days when war shall cease,

When hatred and division give way to love and peace,

Till dawns the morning glorious when truth and justice reign

And Christ shall rule victorious o’er all the world’s domain.

The Officiant begins the service with one or more of these sentences of  Scripture, or with the versicle "Lord, open our lips" on page 80.

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and from the Lord  Jesus Christ.    Philippians 1:2

I was glad when they said to me, "Let us go to the house of  the Lord."    Psalm 122:1

Send out your light and your truth, that they may lead me,  and bring me to your holy hill and to your dwelling. 

Psalm 43:3

The Lord is in his holy temple; let all the earth keep silence  before him.    Habakkuk 2:20

Confession of Sin

The Officiant says to the people

Let us confess our sins against God and our neighbor. 

Silence may be kept.

Officiant and People together, all kneeling

Most merciful God,  we confess that we have sinned against you  in thought, word, and deed,  by what we have done,  and by what we have left undone.  We have not loved you with our whole heart;  we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves.  We are truly sorry and we humbly repent.  For the sake of your Son Jesus Christ,  have mercy on us and forgive us;  that we may delight in your will,  and walk in your ways,  to the glory of your Name. Amen. 

The Priest alone stands and says

Almighty God have mercy on you, forgive you all your sins  through our Lord Jesus Christ, strengthen you in all  goodness, and by the power of the Holy Spirit keep you in  eternal life. Amen.

The Invitatory and Psalter

All stand

Officiant

Lord, open our lips.

People

And our mouth shall proclaim your praise.

Officiant and 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. Alleluia!

Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness: Come let us  adore him.

Jubilate Psalm 100

Be joyful in the Lord, all you lands; *      serve the Lord with gladness      and come before his presence with a song. 

Know this: The Lord himself is God; *      he himself has made us, and we are his;      we are his people and the sheep of his pasture.

Enter his gates with thanksgiving;  go into his courts with praise; *      give thanks to him and call upon his Name. 

For the Lord is good;  his mercy is everlasting; *      and his faithfulness endures from age to age. 

Then follows

Psalm 86:1-10, 16-17

Inclina, Domine

1 Bow down your ear, O Lord, and answer me, * for I am poor and in misery.

2 Keep watch over my life, for I am faithful; * save your servant who puts his trust in you.

3 Be merciful to me, O Lord, for you are my God; * I call upon you all the day long.

4 Gladden the soul of your servant, * for to you, O Lord, I lift up my soul.

5 For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving, * and great is your love toward all who call upon you.

6 Give ear, O Lord, to my prayer, * and attend to the voice of my supplications.

7 In the time of my trouble I will call upon you, * for you will answer me.

8 Among the gods there is none like you, O Lord, * nor anything like your works.

9 All nations you have made will come and worship you, O Lord, * and glorify your Name.

10 For you are great; you do wondrous things; * and you alone are God.

16 Turn to me and have mercy upon me; * give your strength to your servant; and save the child of your handmaid.

17 Show me a sign of your favor, so that those who hate me may see it and be ashamed; * because you, O Lord, have helped me and comforted me.

At the end of the Psalms is sung or said

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. Alleuia!

The Lessons

The Jewish Scriptures

A reading from Genesis (21:8-21)

The child grew, and was weaned; and Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned. But Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, playing with her son Isaac. So she said to Abraham, “Cast out this slave woman with her son; for the son of this slave woman shall not inherit along with my son Isaac.” The matter was very distressing to Abraham on account of his son. But God said to Abraham, “Do not be distressed because of the boy and because of your slave woman; whatever Sarah says to you, do as she tells you, for it is through Isaac that offspring shall be named for you. As for the son of the slave woman, I will make a nation of him also, because he is your offspring.” So Abraham rose early in the morning, and took bread and a skin of water, and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, along with the child, and sent her away. And she departed, and wandered about in the wilderness of Beer-sheba.

When the water in the skin was gone, she cast the child under one of the bushes. Then she went and sat down opposite him a good way off, about the distance of a bowshot; for she said, “Do not let me look on the death of the child.” And as she sat opposite him, she lifted up her voice and wept. And God heard the voice of the boy; and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven, and said to her, “What troubles you, Hagar? Do not be afraid; for God has heard the voice of the boy where he is. Come, lift up the boy and hold him fast with your hand, for I will make a great nation of him.” Then God opened her eyes and she saw a well of water. She went, and filled the skin with water, and gave the boy a drink.

God was with the boy, and he grew up; he lived in the wilderness, and became an expert with the bow. He lived in the wilderness of Paran; and his mother got a wife for him from the land of Egypt.

Here ends the Lesson

Silence may be kept after each Reading.

9 The First Song of Isaiah Ecce, Deus Isaiah 12:2-6

Surely, it is God who saves me; *     I will trust in him and not be afraid.  For the Lord is my stronghold and my sure defense, *      and he will be my Savior.  Therefore you shall draw water with rejoicing *      from the springs of salvation.  And on that day you shall say, *      Give thanks to the Lord and call upon his Name;  Make his deeds known among the peoples; *      see that they remember that his Name is exalted.  Sing the praises of the Lord, for he has done great things, *      and this is known in all the world.  Cry aloud, inhabitants of Zion, ring out your joy, *      for the great one in the midst of you is the Holy One of Israel. 

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 Epistle

A reading from Romans (6:1b-11)

Should we continue in sin in order that grace may abound? By no means! How can we who died to sin go on living in it? Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? Therefore we have been buried with him by baptism into death, so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life.

For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his. We know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be destroyed, and we might no longer be enslaved to sin. For whoever has died is freed from sin. But if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. We know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him. The death he died, he died to sin, once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God. So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.

Here ends the lesson.

The Gloria is sung to a familiar tune

Glory to God in the highest,     and peace to his people on earth. Lord God, heavenly King, almighty God and Father,     we worship you, we give you thanks,     we praise you for your glory. Lord Jesus Christ, only Son of the Father, Lord God, Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world:     have mercy on us; you are seated at the right hand of the Father:      receive our prayer. For you alone are the Holy One, you alone are the Lord, you alone are the Most High,     Jesus Christ,     with the Holy Spirit,     in the glory of God the Father. Amen.

The Gospel

A reading from the gospel according to Matthew (10:24-39)

Jesus said to the twelve disciples, “A disciple is not above the teacher, nor a slave above the master; it is enough for the disciple to be like the teacher, and the slave like the master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign those of his household!

“So have no fear of them; for nothing is covered up that will not be uncovered, and nothing secret that will not become known. What I say to you in the dark, tell in the light; and what you hear whispered, proclaim from the housetops. Do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell. Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. And even the hairs of your head are all counted. So do not be afraid; you are of more value than many sparrows.

“Everyone therefore who acknowledges me before others, I also will acknowledge before my Father in heaven; but whoever denies me before others, I also will deny before my Father in heaven.

“Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.

For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother,

and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; and one’s foes will be members of one’s own household.

Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; and whoever does not take up the cross and follow me is not worthy of me. Those who find their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will find it.”

Here ends the lesson.

The sermon.

Hymn 377

1 All people that on earth do dwell,

Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice:

Him serve with mirth, his praise forth tell,

Come ye before him and rejoice.

2 Know that the Lord is God indeed;

Without our aid he did us make;

We are his folk, he doth us feed,

And for his sheep he doth us take.

3 O enter then his gates with praise,

Approach with joy his courts unto;

Praise, laud, and bless his Name always,

For it is seemly so to do.

4 For why? The Lord our God is good,

His mercy is for ever sure;

His truth at all times firmly stood,

And shall from age to age endure.

5 To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,

The God whom heaven and earth adore,

From men and from the angel host

Be praise and glory evermore.

The Apostles' Creed

Officiant and People together, all standing

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. 

The Prayers

The People stand or kneel 

Officiant

The Lord be with you.

People

And also with you.

Officiant

Let us pray.

Officiant and People

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.

Then follows one of these sets of Suffrages

A

V.    Show us your mercy, O Lord;  R.    And grant us your salvation.  V.    Clothe your ministers with righteousness;  R.    Let your people sing with joy.  V.    Give peace, O Lord, in all the world;  R.    For only in you can we live in safety.

V.    Lord, keep this nation under your care;  R.    And guide us in the way of justice and truth.  V.    Let your way be known upon earth;  R.    Your saving health among all nations.  V.    Let not the needy, O Lord, be forgotten;  R.    Nor the hope of the poor be taken away.  V.    Create in us clean hearts, O God;  R.    And sustain us with your Holy Spirit.

The Officiant then says one or more of the following Collects

The Collect of the Day 

O Lord, make us have perpetual love and reverence for your holy Name, for you never fail to help and govern those whom you have set upon the sure foundation of your lovingkindness; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

A Collect for Sundays 

O God, you make us glad with the weekly remembrance of  the glorious resurrection of your Son our Lord: Give us this  day such blessing through our worship of you, that the week  to come may be spent in your favor; through Jesus Christ our  Lord. Amen.

A Collect for Grace 

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. 

A Collect for Guidance 

Heavenly Father, in you we live and move and have our  being: We humbly pray you so to guide and govern us by  your Holy Spirit, that in all the cares and occupations of our  life we may not forget you, but may remember that we are  ever walking in your sight; through Jesus Christ our Lord.  Amen.

Then, unless the Eucharist or a form of general intercession is to follow,  one of these prayers for mission is added.

Lord Jesus Christ, you stretched out your arms of love on  the hard wood of the cross that everyone might come within  the reach of your saving embrace: So clothe us in your Spirit  that we, reaching forth our hands in love, may bring those  who do not know you to the knowledge and love of you; for  the honor of your Name. Amen.

Authorized intercessions and thanksgivings may follow.

The Prayers of the People

Before the close of the Office one or both of the following may be used

The General Thanksgiving

Officiant and People

Almighty God, Father of all mercies,  we your unworthy servants give you humble thanks  for all your goodness and loving-kindness  to us and to all whom you have made.  We bless you for our creation, preservation,  and all the blessings of this life;  but above all for your immeasurable love  in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ;  for the means of grace, and for the hope of glory.  And, we pray, give us such an awareness of your mercies,  that with truly thankful hearts we may show forth your praise,  not only with our lips, but in our lives,  by giving up our selves to your service,  and by walking before you  in holiness and righteousness all our days;  through Jesus Christ our Lord,  to whom, with you and the Holy Spirit,  be honor and glory throughout all ages. Amen.

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.

Then may be said

Let us bless the Lord!

Thanks be to God!

The Officiant may then conclude with one of the following

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and  the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with us all evermore.  Amen. 2 Corinthians 13:14 

And the blessing of God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit come upon you and remain with you always.

Hymn 648

1 When Israel was in Egypt’s land,

Let my people go;

Oppressed so hard they could not stand,

Let my people go.

Go down, Moses, way down in Egypt’s land;

Tell old Pharaoh to let my people go.

2 The Lord told Moses what to do,

Let my people go;

To lead the children of Israel through,

Let my people go.

Go down, Moses, way down in Egypt’s land;

Tell old Pharaoh to let my people go.

3 They journeyed on at his command,

Let my people go;

And came at length to Canaan’s land,

Let my people go.

Go down, Moses, way down in Egypt’s land;

Tell old Pharaoh to let my people go.

4 Oh, let us all from bondage flee,

Let my people go;

And let us all in Christ be free,

Let my people go.

Go down, Moses, way down in Egypt’s land;