Morning Prayer

Opening Sentence

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

Antiphon

The Lord is glorious in his saints: * O come, let us adore him.

Psalms

146

First Lesson

II Samuel 17 or 17:1–23

Second Lesson

Philemon

Evening Prayer

Opening Sentence

O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness; let the whole earth stand in awe of him. psalm 96:9

Psalms

147

First Lesson

Jonah 1

Second Lesson

Matthew 2

Collects

Seasonal Collect

O Lord, we pray that your grace may always precede and follow after us, that we may continually be given to good works; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Special Collect

Almighty God, we give you thanks for the ministry of N., who labored that the Church of Jesus Christ might be one: Grant that we, instructed by his teaching and example, and knit together in unity by your Spirit, may ever stand firm upon the one foundation, which is Jesus Christ our Lord; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Remembrance

Charles Chapman Grafton, Bishop of Fond du Lac and Ecumenist, 1912