Cross
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
O Lord, show us your mercy;
and grant us your salvation.
Clothe your ministers with righteousness;
Let your people sing with joy.
Give peace, O Lord, in all the world;
for only in you can we dwell in safety.
Lord, keep this nation under your care;
and guide us in the way of justice and truth.
Let your way be known upon earth;
your saving health among all nations.
Let not the needy, O Lord, be forgotten;
nor the hope of the poor be taken away.
Create in us clean hearts, O God;
and sustain us with your Holy Spirit.
— BCP 1979†
Invitatory
O Lord, you have searched me, and you know me.
You know my sitting down and my rising up.
You perceive my thoughts from afar.
You search out my path and my lying down,
and are acquainted with all my ways.
For there is not a word on my tongue,
but, behold, O Lord, you know it altogether.
You hem me in behind and before.
You laid your hand on me.
This knowledge is beyond me.
It is lofty. I cannot attain it.
For you formed my inmost being.
You knit me together in my mother’s womb.
I will give thanks to you,
for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
Your works are wonderful.
My soul knows that very well.
— Psalm 139:1-6, 13-14†
Cruciform
Very truly, I tell you all, hereafter you will see heaven opened,
and the angels of God ascending
and descending
on the Son of Man.
— John 1:51†
Weeks
Speak, Lord;
for your servant hears.
— 1 Samuel 3:9
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
Seek the Lord while he wills to be found;
call upon him when he draws near.
For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
nor your ways my ways, says the Lord.
For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways,
and my thoughts than your thoughts.
For as rain and snow fall from the heavens
and return not again, but water the earth,
so is my word that goes forth from my mouth;
it will not return to me empty;
But it will accomplish that which I have purposed,
and prosper in that for which I sent it.
— Isaiah 55:6, 8-10a, 11, de BCP 1979, trad. 2022
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.