Cross
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
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 moulded 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!
— Venite, Psalm 95:1-7, from BCP 1979
Invitatory
Ascribe to the Lord, you sons of the mighty,
ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.
Ascribe to the Lord the glory due to his name.
Worship the Lord in holy array.
The Lord’s voice is on the waters.
The God of glory thunders, even the Lord on many waters.
The Lord’s voice is powerful.
The Lord’s voice is full of majesty.
The Lord’s voice breaks the cedars.
Yes, the Lord breaks in pieces the cedars of Lebanon.
He makes them also to skip like a calf;
Lebanon and Sirion like a young, wild ox.
— Psalm 29:1-6
Cruciform
After me comes he who is mightier than I,
whose sandals I am not worthy to loosen.
I baptized you in water,
but he will baptize you in the Holy Spirit.
— Mark 1:7-8
Weeks
You are my beloved Son,
in whom I am well pleased.
— Mark 1:11
Following the seventh bead:
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit
as it was in the beginning, is now,
and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Dimissory
The Lord sat enthroned at the Flood.
Yes, the Lord sits as King forever.
the Lord will give strength to his people.
The Lord will bless his people with peace.
— Psalm 29:10-11
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.