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Tuesday Evening Compline on the Back Pew

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An Order for Compline The Officiant begins The Lord Almighty grant us a peaceful night and a perfect end.  Amen. Officiant Our help is in the Name of the Lord; People The maker of heaven and earth. Let us confess our sins to God. Silence may be kept. Officiant and People Almighty God, our heavenly Father: We have sinned against you, through our own fault, in thought, and word, and deed, and in what we have left undone. For the sake of your Son our Lord Jesus Christ, forgive us all our offenses; and grant that we may serve you in newness of life, to the glory of your Name. Amen. May the Almighty God grant us forgiveness of all our sins, and the grace and comfort of the Holy Spirit.  Amen.                 O God, make speed to save us. People O Lord, make haste to help us. 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 e...

9 minutes of Isaiah 50:4-9 for Palm Sunday

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Isaiah 50:4-9 4  The Lord  God  has given me      the tongue of a teacher, that I may know how to sustain      the weary with a word. Morning by morning he wakens—      wakens my ear      to listen as those who are taught. 5  The Lord  God  has opened my ear,      and I was not rebellious,      I did not turn backwards. 6  I gave my back to those who struck me,      and my cheeks to those who pulled out the beard; I did not hide my face      from insult and spitting. 7  The Lord  God  helps me;      therefore I have not been disgraced; therefore I have set my face like flint,      and I know that I shall not be put to shame; 8       he who vindicates me is near. Who will contend with me?   ...

Tuesday Morning Prayer (I'm outside a Lutheran Church near our house).

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Daily Morning Prayer 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. Jubilate        Psalm 100 Be joyful in the Lord, all you lands; *     serve the Lord with gladness     and come before his presence with a song. now 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. Psalm 121 1 I lift up my eyes to the hills; *   ...

Monday Evening Compline

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An Order for Compline The Officiant begins The Lord Almighty grant us a peaceful night and a perfect end.  Amen. Officiant Our help is in the Name of the Lord; People The maker of heaven and earth. Let us confess our sins to God. Silence may be kept. Officiant and People Almighty God, our heavenly Father: We have sinned against you, through our own fault, in thought, and word, and deed, and in what we have left undone. For the sake of your Son our Lord Jesus Christ, forgive us all our offenses; and grant that we may serve you in newness of life, to the glory of your Name. Amen. May the Almighty God grant us forgiveness of all our sins, and the grace and comfort of the Holy Spirit.  Amen.                      O God, make speed to save us. People          O Lord, make haste to help us. Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit...

11 Minutes of Bible for Palm Sunday

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The Lessons Appointed for Use on the Sunday of the Passion: Palm Sunday Year A  Revised Common Lectionary The Liturgy of the Palms Matthew 21:1-11 Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29 The Liturgy of the Word Isaiah 50:4-9a Philippians 2:5-11 Matthew 26:14- 27:66 or Matthew 27:11-54 Psalm 31:9-16 at The Liturgy of the Palms The Gospel:   Matthew 21:1-11 When Jesus and his disciples had come near Jerusalem and had reached Bethphage, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, saying to them, "Go into the village ahead of you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her; untie them and bring them to me. If anyone says anything to you, just say this, `The Lord needs them.' And he will send them immediately." This took place to fulfill what had been spoken through the prophet, saying, "Tell the daughter of Zion, Look, your king is coming to you, humble, and mounted on a donkey, and on a colt, the foal of a donkey." The d...