Pentecost Sunday Morning Prayer
Morning Prayer
to every race and nation by the promised gift of your Holy
Spirit: Shed abroad this gift throughout the world by the
preaching of the Gospel, that it may reach to the ends of the
earth; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns
with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever
and ever. Amen.
| Officiant | Lord, open our lips. |
| People | And our mouth shall proclaim your praise. |
Venite Psalm 95:1-7
Come, let us sing to the Lord; *
let us shout for joy to the Rock of our salvation.
Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving *
and raise a loud shout to him with psalms.
For the Lord is a great God, *
and a great King above all gods.
In his hand are the caverns of the earth, *
and the heights of the hills are his also.
The sea is his, for he made it, *
and his hands have molded the dry land.
Come, let us bow down, and bend the knee, *
and kneel before the Lord our Maker.
For he is our God,
and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand. *
Oh, that today you would hearken to his voice!
Psalm
104:25-35, 37
25 O Lord, how manifold are your works! *
in wisdom you have made them all;
the earth is full of your creatures.
26
Yonder is the great and wide sea
with its living things too many to number, *
creatures both small and great.
27
There move the ships,
and there is that Leviathan, *
which you have made for the sport of it.
28
All of them look to you *
to give them their food in due season.
29
You give it to them; they gather it; *
you open your hand, and they are filled with good things.
30
You hide your face, and they are terrified; *
you take away their breath,
and they die and return to their dust.
31
You send forth your Spirit, and they are created; *
and so you renew the face of the earth.
32
May the glory of the Lord endure
for ever; *
may the Lord rejoice in
all his works.
33
He looks at the earth and it trembles; *
he touches the mountains and they smoke.
34
I will sing to the Lord as
long as I live; *
I will praise my God while I have my being.
35
May these words of mine please him; *
I will rejoice in the Lord.
37
Bless the Lord, O my soul. *
Hallelujah!
Acts
2:1-21
When the day of Pentecost had come,
the disciples were all together in one place. And suddenly from heaven there came
a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where
they were sitting. Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a
tongue rested on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and
began to speak in other languages, as the Spirit gave them ability.
Now there were devout
Jews from every nation under heaven living in Jerusalem. And at this sound the
crowd gathered and was bewildered, because each one heard them speaking in the
native language of each. Amazed and astonished, they asked, "Are not all
these who are speaking Galileans? And how is it that we hear, each of us, in
our own native language? Parthians, Medes, Elamites, and residents of
Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia,
Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, both
Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabs-- in our own languages we hear them
speaking about God's deeds of power." All were amazed and perplexed,
saying to one another, "What does this mean?" But others sneered and
said, "They are filled with new wine."
But Peter, standing
with the eleven, raised his voice and addressed them, "Men of Judea and
all who live in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen to what I say.
Indeed, these are not drunk, as you suppose, for it is only nine o'clock in the
morning. No, this is what was spoken through the prophet Joel:
`In
the last days it will be, God declares,
that
I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh,
and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
and
your young men shall see visions,
and your old men shall dream dreams.
Even
upon my slaves, both men and women,
in those days I will pour out my Spirit;
and they shall prophesy.
And
I will show portents in the heaven above
and signs on the earth below,
blood, and fire, and smoky mist.
The
sun shall be turned to darkness
and the moon to blood,
before the coming of the Lord's great and glorious day.
Then
everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.' "
John 20:19-23
When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” After he said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.” When he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.”
The Prayers
| Officiant | The Lord be with you. |
| People | And also with you. |
| Officiant | Let us pray. |
| 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. |
A Prayer attributed to St. Francis
Lord, make us instruments of your peace. Where
there is
hatred, let us sow love; where there is injury, pardon;
where
there is discord, union; where there is doubt,
faith; where
there is despair, hope; where there is darkness,
light; where
there is sadness, joy. Grant that we may not so
much seek to
be consoled as to console; to be understood as
to understand;
to be loved as to love. For it is in giving that
we receive; it is
in pardoning that we are pardoned; and it is in
dying that we
are born to eternal life. Amen.
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