Tuesday Morning Prayer – 2nd January 2024 Readings: Psalm 5;6 Isaiah 64; Ephesians 2.1-10

Led by Felicity Scott, Liturgical Assistant at St John the Baptist Anglican Church Bulimba, QLD, Australia.

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

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Welcome to Tuesday 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

Blessed be God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, Blessed be God forever.

Let us Pray.

1

We will proclaim the name of the Lord

Ascribe greatness to our God

Glory to God; Father, Son and Holy Spirit: 

as in the beginning, so now, and for ever. Amen. 

2 The Opening Canticle,

God who is rich in mercy

out of the great love with which he loved us,

even when we were dead through our trespasses

made us alive together with Christ,

and raised us up with him:

and made us sit with him

in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus

that he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace:

 in kindness towards us in Christ Jesus.

Ephesians 2.4-7

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; 6

5

1 Hear my words, O Lord, give heed to my groaning:

listen to my cry, you that are my king and my God.

2 In the morning when I pray to you,

surely you will hear my voice:

at daybreak I lay my prayers before you, and look up.

3 For you are not a God who

takes pleasure in wickedness:

nor can any evil dwell with you.

4 The boastful cannot stand in your sight:

you hate all those that work mischief.

5 Those who speak lies you destroy:

you abhor the treacherous, O Lord,

and those that are stained with blood.

6 But because of your great goodness

I will come into your house:

I will bow down toward your holy temple

in awe and fear of you.

7 Lead me, O Lord, in your righteousness,

for my enemies lie in wait:

make straight your way before me.

8 For there is no truth in their mouth:

and within they are eaten up by malice.

9 Their throat is an open sepulchre:

and their tongue speaks smooth and flattering words.

10 Destroy them, O God,

let them fall by their own contriving:

cast them out for their many offences,

for they have rebelled against you.

11 But let all who put their trust in you rejoice:

let them shout with joy for ever.

12 Be the defender of those who love your name:

let them exult because of you.

13 For you will bless, O Lord, those that are righteous:

you will cover them with your favour as with a shield.

6

1 O Lord, rebuke me not in your indignation:

nor chasten me in your fierce displeasure.

2 Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am weak:

O Lord, heal me, for my very bones are afraid.

3 My soul also is greatly troubled:

and you, Lord—how long will you delay?

4 Turn again, O Lord, and deliver my soul:

O save me for your mercy’s sake.

5 For in death no one remembers you:

and who can give you thanks from the grave?

6 I am wearied with my groaning:

every night I drown my bed with weeping,

and water my couch with my tears.

7 My eyes waste away for sorrow:

they grow dim because of all my enemies.

8 Away from me, all you that do evil:

for the Lord has heard the voice of my weeping.

9 The Lord has heard my supplication:

the Lord will receive my prayer.

10 All my enemies shall be put to shame and

greatly dismayed:

they shall turn back and be confounded in a moment.

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

Lord, our God, our Creator, Redeemer, and Sanctifier: we ask you to cleanse us from all hypocrisy, to unite us to our fellow men and women by the bonds of peace and love, and to confirm us in holiness; now and for ever. 

Amen.

6 One or two Readings from the Bible as appointed.

1st Reading

Isaiah 64

1 O that you would tear open the heavens and come down,

     so that the mountains would quake at your presence— 

2 as when fire kindles brushwood

     and the fire causes water to boil—

to make your name known to your adversaries,

     so that the nations might tremble at your presence! 

3 When you did awesome deeds that we did not expect,

     you came down, the mountains quaked at your presence. 

4 From ages past no one has heard,

     no ear has perceived,

no eye has seen any God besides you,

     who works for those who wait for him. 

5 You meet those who gladly do right,

     those who remember you in your ways.

But you were angry, and we sinned;

     because you hid yourself we transgressed. 

6 We have all become like one who is unclean,

     and all our righteous deeds are like a filthy cloth.

We all fade like a leaf,

     and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away. 

7 There is no one who calls on your name,

     or attempts to take hold of you;

for you have hidden your face from us,

     and have delivered us into the hand of our iniquity. 

8 Yet, O Lord , you are our Father;

     we are the clay, and you are our potter;

     we are all the work of your hand. 

9 Do not be exceedingly angry, O Lord ,

     and do not remember iniquity for ever.

     Now consider, we are all your people. 

10 Your holy cities have become a wilderness,

     Zion has become a wilderness,

     Jerusalem a desolation. 

11 Our holy and beautiful house,

     where our ancestors praised you,

has been burned by fire,

     and all our pleasant places have become ruins. 

12 After all this, will you restrain yourself, O Lord ?

     Will you keep silent, and punish us so severely? 

2nd Reading

Ephesians 2.1-10

1 You were dead through the trespasses and sins 2