Prayers of Intercession

Cross: Our Father, who art in heaven Amen. Invitatory: Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit; As it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen. Cruciform: 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. Versicles, Daily Office Weeks: So bless our loved ones, our enemies, and ourselves that our need may be met, our suffering eased, And our heart made whole in the perfect love of your Son Jesus Christ. Amen.

Morning Prayers (form 1)

Cross: Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my strength and my redeemer. Psalm 19:14 Invitatory: Lord, open my lips, and my mouth shall proclaim your praise. Cruciform: 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. 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 97:1-2,6-7
or the entirety of the Venite (see Book of Common Prayer p. 82), or the following

Prayers for Confidence in God

Cross: Our Father, who art in heaven Amen. Invitatory: Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit; As it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen. Cruciform: This is another day, O Lord. I know not what it will bring forth, but make me ready, Lord, for whatever it may be. If I am to stand up, help me to stand bravely. If I am to sit still, help me to sit quietly. If I am to lie low, help me to do it patiently. And if I am to do nothing, let me do it gallantly. Make these words more than words, and give me the Spirit of Jesus. Amen. Weeks: Why are you so full of heaviness, O my soul? * and why are you so disquieted within me? Put your trust in God, for I will yet give thanks to him, * who is the help of my countenance, and my God. Psalm 42:14-15

Glorify the Lord, all you works of the Lord, * praise him and highly exalt him for ever. In the firmament of his power, glorify the Lord, * praise him and highly exalt him for ever.
Song of the Three Young Men, 35-36

Weeks: Bless the Lord, O my soul, * and all that is within me, bless his holy Name. Psalm 103:1 Dismissary: The hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for such the Father seeks to worship him. John 4:23 Cross: Our Father, who art in heaven Amen. 1

Morning Prayers (form 2)

Cross: Thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy, "I dwell in the high and holy place and also with the one who has a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble and to revive the heart of the contrite." Isaiah 57:15 Invitatory: Lord, open my lips, and my mouth shall proclaim your praise. Cruciform: Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, * O Lord, my strength and my redeemer. Psalm 19:14
or the following (omit Alleluia during Lent)

Prayers of Praise
Cross: Our Father, who art in heaven Amen. Invitatory: Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit; As it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen. Cruciform: Give praise, you servants of the LORD; * praise the Name of the LORD. Let the Name of the LORD be blessed, * from this time forth for evermore. Psalm 113:1-2 Weeks: Glory to you, Lord God of our fathers; * you are worthy of praise; glory to you. Glory to you for the radiance of your holy Name; * we will praise you and highly exalt you for ever.
Song of the Three Young Men, 29-30

(Alleluia.) Christ our Passover has been sacrificed for us; * therefore let us keep the feast, Not with the old leaven, the leaven of malice and evil, * but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. (Alleluia.)
I Corinthians 5:7-8

Prayers for Succor

Cross: Our Father, who art in heaven Amen. Invitatory: Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit; As it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen. Cruciform: Why are you so full of heaviness, O my soul? * and why are you so disquieted within me? Put your trust in God, for I will yet give thanks to him, * who is the help of my countenance, and my God. Psalm 42:14-15 Weeks: Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am in trouble; * my eye is consumed with sorrow, and also my throat and my belly. Psalm 31:9 15

Weeks: Early in the morning, Lord, you hear my voice; * early in the morning I make my appeal and watch for you. Psalm 5:3
or the following

Blessed be the Lord day by day, * the God of our salvation, who bears our burdens. Psalm 68:19 Dismissary: Send out your light and your truth, that they may lead me, and bring me to your holy hill and to your dwelling. Psalm 43:3 Cross: Our Father, who art in heaven Amen. 2

Prayer of Self-Dedication
Cross: Our Father, who art in heaven Amen. Invitatory: Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit; As it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen. Cruciform: 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. attributed to St. Francis
or the following

Prayer at Noonday
Cross: If anyone is in Christ s/he is a new creation; the old has passed away, behold the new has come. All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation. 2 Corinthians 5:17-18 Invitatory: Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Cruciform: I lift up my eyes to the hills; * from where is my help to come? My help comes from the LORD, * the maker of heaven and earth. Psalm 121:1-2
or the following

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. attr. to St. Francis Weeks: O God, be all my love, all my hope, all my striving; Let my thoughts and words flow from you, my daily life be in you, and every breath I take be for you. Amen. John Cassian

From the rising of the sun to its setting my Name shall be great among the nations, and in every place incense shall be offered to my Name, and a pure offering; for my Name shall be great among the nations, says the Lord of Hosts. Malachi 1:11 Weeks: Your word is a lantern to my feet * and a light upon my path. I am sworn and I am determined * to keep your righteous judgments. Psalm 119:105-106 Dismissary: Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Cross: Our Father, who art in heaven Amen.

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Evening Prayers (form 1)

Cross: Yours is the day, O God, yours also the night; you established the moon and the sun. You fixed all the boundaries of the earth; you made both summer and winter. Psalm 74:15,16 Invitatory: O God, make speed to save us; O Lord, make haste to help us. Cruciform: O gracious light, pure brightness of the everliving Father in heaven, O Jesus Christ, holy and blessed! Now as we come to the setting of the sun, and our eyes behold the vesper light, we sing your praises, O God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. You are worthy at all times to be praised by happy voices, O Son of God, O Giver of life, and to be glorified through all the worlds. Phos Hilaron
or the entirety of the Phos Hilaron (see BCP p.118), or the following

Prayers for Mercy

Cross: Our Father, who art in heaven Amen. Invitatory: Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit; As it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen. Cruciform: Holy God, Holy and Mighty, Holy Immortal One, Have mercy upon us. Trisagion Weeks: Jesus Christ, son of the Living God; Have mercy upon me, a sinner. Amen. Orthodox Prayer

Prayers for Godliness

Cross: Our Father, who art in heaven Amen. Invitatory: Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit; As it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen. Cruciform: Grant to us your servants that we may have, To our God, a heart of flame; To our neighbors, a heart of love; * And to ourselves, a heart of steel. St. Augustine of Hippo Weeks: Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my strength and my redeemer. Psalm 19:14

Glorify the Lord, you angels and all powers of the Lord, * O heavens and all waters above the heavens. Sun and moon and stars of the sky, glorify the Lord, * praise him and highly exalt him for ever.
Song of the Three Young Men, 37-41

Weeks: Let my prayer be set forth in your sight as incense, * the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice. Ps. 141:2 Dismissary: I will bless the Lord who gives me counsel; my heart teaches me, night after night. I have set the Lord always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not fall. Psalm 16:7,8 Cross: Our Father, who art in heaven Amen. 4

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Seasonal (Easter Season)

Cross: If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Col. 3:1 Invitatory: Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit; As it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen. Cruciform: Your right hand, O Lord, is glorious in might; * your right hand, O Lord, has overthrown the enemy. Who can be compared with you, O Lord, among the gods? * who is like you, glorious in holiness, awesome in renown, and worker of wonders? You stretched forth your right hand; * the earth swallowed them up. With your constant love you led the people you redeemed; * with your might you brought them in safety to your holy dwelling. Exodus 15:6,11-13
or the following

Evening Prayers (form 2)

Cross: Seek him who made the Pleiades and Orion, and turns deep darkness into the morning, and darkens the day into night; who calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out upon the surface of the earth: The Lord is his name. Amos 5:8 Invitatory: O God, make speed to save us; O Lord, make haste to help us. Cruciform: Holy God, Holy and Mighty, Holy Immortal One, Have mercy upon us. Trisagion
or the following

O God, you will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are fixed on you; for in returning and rest we shall be saved; in quietness and trust shall be our strength. Isaiah 26:3; 30:15 Weeks: Lord, you are in the midst of us and we are called by your Name: Do not forsake us, O Lord our God. Amen. Jeremiah 14:9,22
or the following

There is a sound of exultation and victory * in the tents of the righteous: The right hand of the Lord has triumphed! * the right hand of the Lord is exalted! the right hand of the Lord has triumphed! Psalm 118:16 Weeks: Thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. I Corinthians 15:57 Dismissary: Christ has entered, not into a sanctuary made with hands, a copy of the true one, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf. Hebrews 9:24 Cross: Our Father, who art in heaven Amen. 12

Guide us waking, O Lord, and guard us sleeping; That awake we may watch with Christ, and asleep we may rest in peace. Amen. Dismissary: If I say, Surely the darkness will cover me, and the light around me turn to night, darkness is not dark to you, O Lord; the night is as bright as the day; darkness and light to you are both alike. Psalm 139:10, 11 Cross: Our Father, who art in heaven Amen. 5

Compline

(Night Prayers)

Seasonal (Holy Week)

Cross: All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all. Isaiah 53:6 Invitatory: Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit; As it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen. Cruciform: Save me, O God, * for the waters have risen up to my neck. I am sinking in deep mire, * and there is no firm ground for my feet. I have grown weary with my crying; my throat is inflamed; * my eyes have failed from looking for God. Psalm 69: 1-2,4
or the following

Cross: Be sober, be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. Resist him, firm in your faith. 1 Peter 5:8-9a Invitatory: My help is in the Name of the Lord; the maker of heaven and earth. Amen. Cruciform: Lord, you now have set your servant free * to go in peace as you have promised; For these eyes of mine have seen the Savior, * whom you have prepared for all the world to see: A Light to enlighten the nations, * and the glory of your people Israel. Luke 2:29-32
or the following

O God, you will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are fixed on you; for in returning and rest we shall be saved; in quietness and trust shall be our strength. Isaiah 26:3; 30:15 Weeks: Be our light in the darkness, O Lord, and in your great mercy defend us from all perils and dangers of this night; for the love of your only Son, our Savior Jesus Christ. Amen.
or the following

I gave my back to those who struck me, and my cheeks to those who pulled out the beard; * I did not hide my face from insult and spitting. The Lord God helps me; * therefore I have not been disgraced; Therefore I have set my face like flint, * and I know that I shall not be put to shame. Isaiah 50:6-7 Weeks: Be not far away, O Lord; * you are my strength; hasten to help me. Psalm 22:18 Dismissary: Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look and see if there is any sorrow like my sorrow which was brought upon me, whom the Lord has afflicted. Lamentations 1:12 Cross: Our Father, who art in heaven Amen.

Guide us waking, O Lord, and guard us sleeping; that awake we may watch with Christ, and asleep we may rest in peace. Amen. Dismissary: Come to me, all who labor and are heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. Matthew
11:28-30

Cross: Our Father, who art in heaven Amen. 6

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Seasonal (Lent)
Cross: I will arise and go to my father, and I will say to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you; I am no longer worthy to be called your child. Luke 15:18-19 Invitatory: Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit; As it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen. Cruciform: Now, O Lord, I bend the knee of my heart, * and make my appeal, sure of your gracious goodness. I have sinned, O Lord, I have sinned, * and I know my wickedness only too well. Therefore I make this prayer to you: * Forgive me, Lord, forgive me. Prayer of Manasseh 11-13
or the entire Prayer of Manasseh (BCP p. 90), or the following

Seasonal (Advent)
Cross: In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Isaiah 40:3 Invitatory: Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit; As it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen. Cruciform: When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion, * then were we like those who dream. Then was our mouth filled with laughter, * and our tongue with shouts of joy. Then they said among the nations, * The Lord has done great things for them. The Lord has done great things for us, and we are glad indeed. Psalm 126:1-4
or the following

Open my lips, O Lord, * and my mouth shall proclaim your praise. Had you desired it, I would have offered sacrifice, * but you take no delight in burnt-offerings. The sacrifice of God is a troubled spirit; * a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise. Psalm 150: 16-18 Weeks: Create in me a clean heart, O God, * and renew a right spirit within me. Psalm 50: 11 Dismissary: Rend your hearts and not your garments. Return to the Lord your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and repents of evil. Joel 2:13 Cross: Our Father, who art in heaven Amen. 10

My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord, my spirit rejoices in God my Savior; * for he has looked with favor on his lowly servant From this day all generations will call me blessed: * the Almighty has done great things for me, and holy is his Name. Luke 1:46-49
Or the entirety of Psalm 126, or the Magnificat (see BCP p. 119)

Weeks: Show us your mercy, O Lord, * and grant us your salvation. Psalm 85:7 Dismissary: The glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together. Isaiah 40:5 Cross: Our Father, who art in heaven Amen. 7

Seasonal (Christmas)
Cross: Behold, the dwelling of God is with mankind. He will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself will be with them, and be their God. Revelation 21:3 Invitatory: Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit; As it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen. Cruciform: Behold, I bring you good news of a great joy which will come to all the people; for to you is born this day in the city of David, a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. Luke 2:10, 11
or the following

Seasonal (Epiphany)
Cross: Nations shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising. Isaiah 60:3 Invitatory: Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit; As it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen. Cruciform: Lord, you now have set your servant free * to go in peace as you have promised; For these eyes of mine have seen the Savior, * whom you have prepared for all the world to see: A Light to enlighten the nations, * and the glory of your people Israel. Luke 2:29-32
or the following

The Word became flesh and dwelt among us, * and we have seen his glory: The glory as of a fathers only son, * full of grace and truth. No one has ever seen God; it is God the only Son * who is near to the Fathers heart, who has made him known. John 1:14,18 Weeks: Glory to God in the highest, * and peace to his people on earth! Amen. Luke 2:14 Dismissary: Light has sprung up for the righteous, * and joyful gladness for those who are truehearted. O give thanks unto the Lord, and call upon his Name; * tell the people what he has done. Psalm 97:11, 105:1 Cross: Our Father, who art in heaven Amen. 8

Who can fail to do you homage, Lord, and sing the praises of your Name? * for you only are the Holy One. All nations will draw near and fall down before you, * because your just and holy works have been revealed. Revelation 15:4
Or the entirety of The Song of the Redeemed (BCP, p.94)

Weeks: Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, * who alone does wondrous deeds! And blessed be his glorious Name for ever! * and may all the earth be filled with his glory. Psalm 72:18-19 Dismissary: I will give you as a light to the nations, that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth. Isaiah 49:6b Cross: Our Father, who art in heaven Amen.