Lauds : Prayer Upon Rising

Prime : Morning Prayer – 0600
Prayer of the Day
“The LORD makes poor and makes rich; He brings low and He exalts. He raises up the poor from the dust; He lifts the needy from the ash heap to make them sit with princes and inherit a seat of honor. For the pillars of the earth are the LORD’s, and on them He has set the world.”^{1 Samuel 2.6-8}Speak to my heart of your steadfast love, for in you I trust. Cause me to know the way that I should go, for to you I lift up my soul, to you I dedicate this day.

HEAR, O ISRAEL: the LORD IS OUR GOD, the LORD IS ONE.
(Whispered) Blessed be His name, whose glorious kingdom is for ever and ever.

And you shall love the LORD your GOD with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength.

Today, Father, may your words be always in front of my eyes; may my hands be engaged in the practice of your commands.

I recall the power of your outstretched arm in redeeming us from the house of bondage, and today I will lean on that same arm for strength to live in a redemptive manner. May I be honored to partner with you in the repair of the world.

May it be your will and may it be my will, LORD our GOD, and GOD of our forefathers, that the body, soul, and spirit you have given me be subject to your service.

Blessed are You, LORD our GOD, King of the universe, who has sanctified us by His son and sanctifies us with His commandments.

My heart exults in the LORD; my strength is exalted in the LORD.

My mouth derides my enemies, because I rejoice in your salvation.

There is none holy like the LORD; there is none besides you; there is no rock like our GOD.^{21 Samuel 2.1-2}

Psalm of the Day: Psalm 93
The LORD reigns; He is robed in majesty; the LORD is robed; he has put on strength as his belt.
Yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved.

Your throne is established from of old; You are from everlasting.

The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their roaring.

Mightier than the thunders of many waters, mightier than the waves of the sea, the LORD on high is mighty!

Your decrees are very trustworthy; holiness befits your house, O LORD, forevermore.

Terce : Mid-Morning Prayer – 0900
First Testament Reading: Ezekiel 18.1-4, 25-32

Benedictus – The Song of Zechariah
Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for He has visited and redeemed His people;
And has raised up a horn of salvation for us, in the house of His servant David;
As He spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets, from of old;
That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all who hate us;
To show the mercy promised to our forebears, and to remember His holy covenant;
The oath that He swore to our father Abraham, to grant us;
That we, being delivered from the hand of our enemies, might serve Him without fear;
In holiness and righteousness before Him, all our days;
And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High, for you will go before the Lord to prepare His ways;
To give knowledge of salvation to His people, in the forgiveness of their sins;
Because of the tender mercy of our God, whereby the sunrise shall visit us from on high;
To give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit;
As it was in the beginning, is now, and shall be forever; world without end. Amen.

Sext : Noon-Day Prayer – 1200

After the Ascension of Our Lord, His followers at Jerusalem chose a replacement for Judas. The man chosen was Matthias, “and he was numbered with the Eleven.” Apart from the information given in the first chapter of Acts, nothing is known of him. It would be a mistake to conclude from this that he was a failure and a bad choice as an apostle. We know as much as we do about Peter and Paul because Luke (a travelling companion of Paul) wrote extensively about them. About most of the other apostles (those belonging to the original twelve and later ones like Matthias) we know little after Pentecost on an individual basis.  -by James Kiefer   Satucket Lectionary

Lauds : Prayer Upon Rising

Prime : Morning Prayer – 0600
Prayer of the Day
Hear and be merciful to me, a sinner, O Gracious Father. Renew a right spirit within me, and restore to me the knowledge of my salvation in Messiah.

Speak to my heart of Your steadfast love, for in You I trust. Cause me to know the way that I should go, for to You I lift up my soul, to You I dedicate this day.

HEAR, O ISRAEL, THE LORD IS OUR GOD, THE LORD IS ONE.

(Whispered) Blessed be His name, Whose glorious kingdom is for ever and ever.

And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength.

Today, Father, may your words be always in front of my eyes; may my hands be engaged in the practices of your commands.

I recall the power of your outstretched arm in redeeming us from the house of bondage, and today I will lean on the same arm for strength to live in a redemptive manner. May I be honored to partner with you in the repair of the world.

May it be your will and may it be my will, LORD our God, and God of our forefathers, that the body, soul, and spirit you have given me be subject to your service.

Blessed are You, LORD our God, King of the universe, who has consecrated us by Your Son and consecrates us by His commandments.

Satisfy us in morning with your steadfast love that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.

Psalm of the Day: Psalm 81
Sing aloud to God our Strength; shout for joy to the God of Jacob!
Raise a song; sound the tambourine, the sweet lyre with the harp.
Blow the trumpet at the new moon, at the full moon, on our feast day.

For it is a statute for Israel, a rule of the God of Jacob.
He made it a decree in Joseph when he went out over the land of Egypt.
I hear a language I had not known: “I relieved your shoulder of the burden;
your hands were freed from the basket. In distress you called, and I delivered you;
I answered you in the secret place of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah

Hear, O my people, while I admonish you!
O Israel, if you would but listen to me!
There shall be no strange god among you; you shall not bow down to a foreign god.
I am the Lord your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.
Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.

“But my people did not listen to my voice; Israelwould not submit to me.
So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts, to follow their own counsels.
Oh, that my people would listen to me, that Israel would walk in my ways!
I would soon subdue their enemies and turn my hand against their foes.
Those who hate the Lord would cringe toward him, and their fate would last forever.
But he would feed you with the finest of the wheat, and with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”

Terce : Mid-Morning Prayer – 0900
First Testament Reading: Habakkuk 3.1-16

Prayer: Jubilate Deo
O be joyful in the Lord, all you lands
serve the Lord with gladness, and come before His presence with a song.

Be sure that the Lord is God

It is He that has made us, and not we ourselves;
we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.

O go your way into His gates with thanksgiving,
and into His courts with praise

Be thankful unto Him, and speak goodof His Name.

For the Lord is gracious, His mercy is everlasting

And His truth endures from generation to generation.

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.

Sext : Noon-Day Prayer – 1200
Cloud of Witness Reading: Polycarp
Charles Todd Quintard (1824-1898) was the second bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Tennessee and the first Vice-Chancellor of the University of the South at Sewanee.

Polycarp was Bishop of Smyrna (today known as Izmir), a city on the west coast of Turkey. The letters to the “seven churches in Asia” at the beginning of the book of Revelation include a letter to the church in Smyrna, identifying it as a church undergoing persecution.
Polycarp is said to have known the Apostle John, and to have been instructed by him in the Christian faith. Polycarp, in his turn, was known to Irenaeus, who later became Bishop of Lyons in what is now France. We have (1) Irenaeus’s brief memoir of Polycarp; (2) a letter to Polycarp from Ignatius of Antioch, written around 115 AD when Ignatius was passing through Turkey, being sent in chains to Rome to be put to death; (3) a letter from Polycarp to the church at Philippi, written at the same time; and (4) an account of the arrest, trial, conviction, and martyrdom of Polycarp, written after his death by one or more members of his congregation.

Polycarp was denounced to the government, arrested, and tried on the charge of being a Christian. When the proconsul urged him to save his life by cursing Christ, he replied: “Eighty-six years I have served him, and he never did me any wrong. How can I blaspheme my King who saved me?” The magistrate was reluctant to kill a a gentle old man, but he had no choice.

Polycarp was sentenced to be burned. As he waited for the fire to be lighted, he prayed:

Lord God Almighty, Father of your blessed and beloved child Jesus Christ, through whom we have received knowledge of  you, God of angels and hosts and all creation, and of the whole race of the upright who live in your presence:  I bless you that you have thought me worthy of this day and hour, to be numbered among the martyrs and share in the cup of Christ, for resurrection to eternal life, for soul and body in the incorruptibility of the Holy Spirit.  Among them may I be accepted before you today, as a rich and acceptable sacrifice, just as you, the faithful and true God, have prepared and foreshown and brought about. For this reason and for all things I praise you, I bless you, I glorify you, through the eternal heavenly high priest Jesus Christ, your beloved child, through whom be glory to you, with him and the Holy Spirit, now and for the ages to come. Amen.

The fire was then lit and shortly thereafter a soldier stabbed Polycarp to death by order of the magistrate. His friends gave his remains honorable burial, and wrote an account of his death to other churches. See the Penguin volume,Ancient Christian Writers.  by James Kiefer

Note: Clicking on the link above will take you to Amazon.com where you may buy the book if you wish.   More information on Polycarp is online on a page devoted to him.  Satucket Lectionary

Noon-Day Meditation
Italics indicates use of Anglican Prayer Beads
The Cross: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen

Invitatory
Blessed are You, Lord our God, King of the Universe,
Who establishes the work of our hands.
Let the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be upon us.

Use the 4 cruciforms to pause & reflect … first set of ‘weeks’ beads
Our Father, Who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name;
Thy kingdom come; Thy will be done; on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread
And forgive us our trespasses
As we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation;
But deliver us from evil. Amen

Cruciform: Pause … second set of ‘weeks’ beads
We believe and trust
In God the Father Almighty.
We believe and trust
In Jesus Christ His Son.
We believe and trust
In the Holy Spirit.
We believe and trust in the Three in One.

Cruciform: Pause… third set of ‘weeks’ beads
Speak to my heart of your steadfast love;
Cause me to know the way that I should go.
May your words be always in front of my eyes;
May my hands be engaged in the practice of your commands.
Thanks be to God, Who set us apart by the sacrifice of His Son;
Thanks to the Son, Who redeemed us by His faithfulness;
Thanks be to the Spirit, Who sanctifies us through the commandments.

Cruciform: Pause… fourth set of ‘weeks’ beads
You humbly chose the Virgin’s womb;
You rose again from death’s dark tomb.
I bind unto myself this day
The power of God to cleanse and heal,
The Holy Spirit to search and seal,
The faithful Son—His name to pray;
The Truth, the Life, the only Way.

Pause- Cross:
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen

None : Afternoon Prayer – 1500
Epistle Reading: Philippians 3.12-21

Prayer of St. Columban
How I wish he would awaken me, his humble servant, from the sleep of slothfulness… How I wish he would enkindle me with that fire of divine love. The flames of his love burn beyond the stars, the longing for his overwhelm delights and the divine fire ever burn within me! How i wish I might deserve to have my lantern always burning at night in the temple of my Lord, to give light to all who enter the house of my God. Give me, I pray you, Lord , in the name of Jesus Christ, your Son and my God, that love that does not fail so that my lantern, burning within me and giving light to others, may be always lighted and never extinguished.

Vespers : Evening – 1800
Evening Psalm Reading: Psalm 86

Gospel Reading: John 10.19-30

Prayer: “Stay with Me Lord”, from St. Pio of Pietrlcina
Stay with me, Lord, for it is necessary to have
you present so that I do not forget you.
You know how easily I abandon you.

Stay with me, Lord, because I am weak
and I need your strength,
that I may not fall so often.

Stay with me, Lord, for you are my life,
and without You, I am without passion.

Stay with me, Lord, for you are my light,
and without You, I am in darkness.

Stay with me, Lord, to show me your will.

Stay with me, Lord, so that I hear your voice
and follow you.

Stay with me, Lord, for I desire to love you
very much, and always be in your company.

Stay with me, Lord, if you wish me to be faithful to you.

Stay with me, Lord, for as poor as my soul is,
I want it to be a place of consolation for you, a nest of love.

Stay with me, Jesus, for it is getting late and the day is coming to a close, and life passes;
death, judgment, eternity approaches. It is necessary to renew my strength,
so that I will not stop along the way and for that, I need you.
It is getting late and death approaches,
I fear the darkness, the temptations, the dryness, the cross, the sorrows.
O how I need you, my Jesus, in this night of exile!
Stay with me tonight, Jesus, in life with all it’s dangers. I need you.
Stay with me, Lord, because at the hour of my death, I want to remain united to you,
if not by communion, at least by grace and love.
Stay with me, Jesus, I do not ask for divine consolation, because I do not merit it,
but the gift of Your Presence, oh yes, I ask this of You!
Stay with me, Lord, for it is You alone I look for, Your Love, Your Grace, Your Will, Your Heart,
Your Spirit, because I love You and ask no other reward but to love You more and more.
With a firm love, I will love you with all my heart while on earth
and continue to love you perfectly during all eternity. Amen

Matins : Night Watch – 2100
Prayer of Examine, Night Prayer
Presence Begin this practice by recognizing the presence of God. Remind yourself of God’s presence with you and His desire to be with you. Consider praying for the Holy Spirit to help you be attentive to God’s presence. To become more focused, it might be helpful to repeat a simple phrase during this time, like 10 “Be still, and know that I am God.” (Psalm 46.10 ). It’s important to begin this practice in a calm and centered state. There may be days when you’ll need the entire time to remember and focus on the nearness of God. Don’t rush past this portion. Take the necessary time to wait and find comfort in God’s presence.

“Gracious God, in these moments please remind me of your presence and generosity, and give me the wisdom and courage to live gracefully with myself, others, and the world you have wonderfully made. For the sake of Jesus, the Author and Finisher of our faith. Amen.”

Take some time and focus on the nearness of God. Open yourself to His presence.

18 “The LORD is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.” (Psalm 145.18)

9 “The LORD is good to all, and his mercy is over all that he has made. 10 All your works shall give thanks to you, O LORD, and all your saints shall bless you!” (Psalm 145: 9-10).

Gratitude “If the only prayer you say in your entire life is ‘Thank You,’: wrote Meister Eckhart, “that would suffice.” As you think about the past 24 hours, what causes you to be thankful? Look back over the past day, the big and small aspects of life, and recognize what reasons you have to be grateful. Focus on these experiences and encounters, helping your mind and spirit center on the goodness and generosity of God.

If you’re using a journal, consider capturing your thanks in writing, expressing words of gratitude and giving testimony to God’s generosity and faithfulness. Find encouragement and reminders of God’s goodness, and be thankful.

Looking back over the past 24 hours, for what are you most grateful? What makes you feel thankful? Using simple words, express your gratitude to God.

3 “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places” (Ephesians 1:3)

Review Over-packed lives can rob us of the opportunity to learn from the past, to see how yesterday might inform today. “Where did the time go?!” we ask ourselves, often struggling to remember what we did just a week ago. Here we can benefit again from taking time to look back over the past 24 hours. By intentionally reviewing our interactions, responses, feelings and intentions, we can avoid letting days speed by. We can pause to learn more about ourselves and about God’s activity in our lives.

Try to look back objectively as you review. Rather than interpreting, justifying, or rationalizing, the intent is to observe and remember. Allow your mind to wander the situations you’ve been in and to notice details. The questions in this exercise should help you bring specific experiences to mind.

• When or where in the past 24 hours were you cooperating most fully with God’s action in your life?
• When were you resisting?
• What habits and life patterns do you notice from the past day?
• When did I feel most alive? Most drained of life?
• When did I have the greatest sense of belonging? When did I feel most alone?
• When did I give love? Where did I receive love?
• When did I feel most fully myself? Least myself?
• When did I feel most whole? Most fragmented?

8 Let me hear in the morning of your steadfast love,
for in you I trust.
Make me know the way I should go,
for to you I lift up my soul.

9 Deliver me from my enemies, O LORD!
I have fled to you for refuge!^a
10 Teach me to do your will,
for you are my God!
Let your good Spirit lead me
on level ground! (Psalm 143.8-10)

Response Having spent time remembering, it seems natural to want to respond in some way. Take time to journal or pray, expressing your thoughts on the actions, attitudes, feelings, and interactions you’ve remembered as a part of this exercise. You might need to seek forgiveness, ask for direction, share a concern, express gratitude, or resolve to make changes and move forward.

Allow your observations to guide your responses:

• Beginning today, how do you want to live your life differently?
• What patterns do you want to keep living tomorrow?

“Ever-present Father, help me to meet you in the Scriptures I read and the prayers I say; in the

bread I break and the meals I share; in my investments at work and my enjoyments at play; and in the neighbors and family I welcome, love, and serve, for Your sake and that Your love and peace may reign now and forever. Amen.”

20Now may the God of peace who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant, 21equip you with everything good that you may do his will, working in us^a that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen. (Hebrews 13. 20-21)

Compline Bedside Prayer
The Nunc Dimittis
Save us, O Lord, while waking, and guard us while sleeping,
That awake we may watch with Christ and asleep may rest in peace.

Now, Lord, You let your servant go in peace: Your word has been fulfilled.

My own eyes have seen the salvation which you have prepared in the sight of every people;

A light to reveal you to the nations and the glory of your peopleIsrael.

Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit;
As it was in the beginning is now and shall be for ever.

Amen.

Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version, Cross Way Bibles, 2001. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Art Work
Untitled, depictions of the hours (associated wording: Lauds, Prime, Terce, Sext, None Vespers, Matins, Compline). Found randomly on the internet; no citing available.
Lauds
Prayer upon Rising from Morning Prayer & More Rev. Fr. Nathan Long, OAC, KMF Press (2007).
Prime
Prayer and Psalm from Morning Prayer & More Rev. Fr. Nathan Long, OAC, KMF Press 2007).
Terce
Jubilate Deo (Psalm 100) from Psalm 100 Church of England/Anglican Common Worship. Language updated.
Torah or First Testament reading from (Torah) Torah Portions First Fruits of Zion or (First Testament) Daily Office Lectionary ESV online
Sext
King Messiah Fellowship Midday Office taken from KMF Prayer Book
Cloud of Witnesses complied by Rev. Fr. Will Armstrong, COAC, based on Episcopalian Saints, Catholic Saint of the Dayr, Magnificat
None
Prayers/inspiration of the Cloud of Witnesses complied and/or by Rev. Fr. Will Armstrong
Torah or Epistle from (Torah) Torah Portions First Fruits of Zion or (Epistle) Daily Office Lectionary ESV online
Vespers
Evening Psalms or Wisdom Reading compiled by Brother Nathan or Brother Will. Book of Wisdom from Scripture taken from the Good News Translation – Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission. (Good News Translation w/ Apocrypha)
Gospel from Daily Office Lectionary English Standard Version online.
Stay with Me Lord from St. Pio’s Communion Prayer St. Pio of Pietrelcina. Prayer has been edited for updated language, and adapted as it was originally an Eucharistic communion prayer,
Matins
Prayer of Examin by St. Ignatius, taken from St. Ignatius Examination of Conscience Mar’sHillChurch,Grand Rapids.
Compline
Nunc Dimittis from An Anglican Prayer Book, The Anglican Mission of the Americas, Preservation Press of the Prayer Book Society of the USA (2008) p14.

Prayer Upon Rising

Prime : Morning Prayer – 0600
Prayer of the Day
Almighty God, unto whom all hearts are open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hid:

Cleanse the thoughts of my heart by the inspiration of Your Holy Spirit, that I may perfectly love you, and worthily magnify your holy Name, through Messiah our Lord, Amen.

Our Father, which are in Heaven
Hallowed be Thy Name.
Thy Kingdom come,
Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread
And forgive us our trespasses
As we forgive them that trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation
But deliver us from evil
For Thine is the Kingdom, and the Power, and the Glory forever and ever.

Speak to my heart of your steadfast love,
For in You I trust
Cause me to know the way that I should go,
For to You I lift up my soul
To You I dedicate this day

HEAR, O ISRAEL: the LORD is OUR GOD, the LORD IS ONE
(whispered): Blessed be His name, Whose glorious kingdom is for ever and ever.

And You shall love the LORD your GOD with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength.

Today, Father, may Your words be always in front of my eyes; may my hands be engaged in the practice of Your commands.

I recall the power of Your outstretched arm in redeeming us from the house of bondage, and today I will lean on that same arm for strength to live in a redemptive manner.

May I be honored to partner with You in the repair of the world.

May it be Your will, and may it be my will, LORD our GOD, and GOD of our forefathers, that the body, soul, and spirit You have given me be subject to Your service.

Blessed are You, LORD our GOD, King of the universe, Who has sanctified us by His Son, and sanctifies us with His commandments.

“The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in Him.” The LORD is good to those who wait for HIM, to the soul who seeks Him. It is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.” ^{Lamentations 3.24-26}

Satisfy us in the morning with Your steadfast love that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.

Psalm of the Day: Psalm 94
O Lord, God of vengeance, O God of vengeance, shine forth!
Rise up, O judge of the earth; repay to the proud what they deserve!
O Lord, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked exult?
They pour out their arrogant words; all the evildoers boast.
They crush Your people, O Lord, and afflict Your heritage.
They kill the widow and the sojourner, and murder the fatherless;
and they say, “The Lord does not see; the God of Jacob does not perceive.”

Understand, O dullest of the people!
Fools, when will you be wise?
He who planted the ear, does He not hear?
He who formed the eye, does He not see?
He who disciplines the nations, does He not rebuke?
He who teaches man knowledge— the Lord—knows the thoughts of man, that they are but a breath.

Blessed is the man whom You discipline, O Lord, and whom You teach out of Your law,
to give him rest from days of trouble, until a pit is dug for the wicked.

For the Lord will not forsake His people; He will not abandon His heritage;
for justice will return to the righteous, and all the upright in heart will follow it.

Who rises up for me against the wicked?
Who stands up for me against evildoers?
If the Lord had not been my help, my soul would soon have lived in the land of silence.

When I thought, “My foot slips,” your steadfast love, O Lord, held me up.
When the cares of my heart are many, your consolations cheer my soul.
Can wicked rulers be allied with you, those who frame injustice by statute?

They band together against the life of the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.
But the Lord has become My stronghold, and My God the rock of My refuge.
He will bring back on them their iniquity and wipe them out for their wickedness;
the Lord our God will wipe them out.

Terce : Mid-Morning Prayer – 0900
First Testament Reading: Amos 5.6-15

The Breastplate of St. Patrick (edited)
I arise today through God’s strength to pilot me:
God’s might to uphold me,
God’s wisdom to guide me,
God’s eye to look before me,
God’s ear to hear me,
God’s word to speak for me,
God’s hand to guard me,
God’s way to lie before me,
God’s shield to protect me,
God’s host to save me
From snares of devils,
From temptations of vices,
From everyone who shall wish me ill,
Afar and a-near,
Alone and in multitude.
Against every knowledge that corrupts man’s body and soul…
Christ to shield me today
Against poison, against burning,
Against drowning, against wounding,
So that there may come to me abundance of reward.

Christ with me, Christ before me, Christ behind me,
Christ in me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me,
Christ on my right, Christ on my left,
Christ when I lie down, Christ when I sit down, Christ when I arise,
Christ in the heart of every man who thinks of me,
Christ in the mouth of everyone who speaks of me,
Christ in every eye that sees me,

Sext : Noon-Day Prayer – 1200
Cloud of Witness Reading: Eric Liddell 
 Eric Henry Liddell (16 January 1902 – 21 February 1945, was a Scottish athlete, rugby union international and missionary. Liddell was the winner of the Men’s 400 metres at the 1924 Summer Olympics held in Paris. He was portrayed in the film Chariots of Fire. Born in China, Liddell returned there as a Protestant missionary in later life.

Prayer Upon Rising

Prime: Morning Prayer – 0600
Morning Prayer
I will sing of your strength; I will sing aloud of your steadfast love in the morning. For you have been to me a Fortress and a Refuge in the day of my distress. O my Strength, I will sing praises to you, for You, O God, are my Fortress, the God who shows me steadfast love.

ALMIGHTY and most Merciful Father, I have erred, and strayed from your ways like a lost sheep.

I have followed too much the devises and desires of my heart. I have offended your holy laws.

I have left undone those things which I ought to have done; and I have done those things which I ought not to have done.

But You, O Lord, have mercy upon us, miserable offenders.

Spare those, O God, who confess their faults. Restore them that are penitent, according to your promises in Christ Jesus our Lord.

And grant, O most merciful Father, for his sake, that I may be Godly, righteous, sober, and vigilant, to the glory of Thy Holy Name. Amen.

Speak to my heart of your steadfast love, for in you I trust. Cause me to know the way that I should go, for to you I lift up my soul, to you I dedicate this day.

HEAR, O ISRAEL, THE LORD IS OUR GOD, THE LORD IS ONE.

(Whisper) Blessed be His name, whose glorious kingdom is for ever and ever.

And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength.

Today, Father, may your words be always in front of my eyes; may my hands be engaged in the practices of your commands.

I recall the power of your outstretched arm in redeeming us from the house of bondage, and today I will lean on the same arm for strength to live in a redemptive manner. May I be honored to partner with you in the repair of the world.

May it be your will and may it be my will, LORD our God, and God of our forefathers, that the body, soul, and spirit you have given me be subject to your service.

Blessed are You, LORD our God, King of the universe, who has set us apart by Your Son and set us apart with His commandments.

How precious is your kindness, O God! Extend your kindness to those who know you, and steadfast love to the upright of heart. Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.

But I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: The steadfast love the LORD never ceases; His mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness!

Satisfy us in morning with your steadfast love that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.

Psalm of the Day: Psalm 82
God has taken His place in the divine council; in the midst of judges* He holds judgment: “How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked?” Selah

^”Give justice to the weak and the fatherless; maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute. Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked.”

“They have neither knowledge nor understanding, they walk about in darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken.

I had taken you for divine beings*, sons of the Most High, all of you; nevertheless, like men you shall die, and fall like any prince.”

Arise, O God, judge the earth; for you shall inherit all the nations!

* These two areas, a preferred alternative translation to that of the ESV (see the 1917 and 1972 JPS translations respectively.

Terce : Mid-Morning Prayer – 0900
First Testament Reading: Proverbs 30.1-4, 24-33

Prayer of Thomas Merton
MY LORD GOD, I have no idea where I am going.
I do not see the road ahead of me.
I cannot know for certain where it will end.
Nor do I really know myself,

And the fact that I think that I am following your will does not mean that I am actually doing so.
But I believe that the desire to please you does in fact please you.
And I hope I have that desire in all that I am doing.
I hope that I will never do anything apart from that desire.
And I know that if I do this you will lead me by the right road

Though I may know nothing about it.
Therefore will I trust you always

Though I may seem to be lost and in the shadow of death.
I will not fear, for you are ever with me, and you will never leave me to face my perils alone.

Sext Noon-Day Prayer – 1200
Cloud of Witness Reading: John Henry Newman
The Venerable John Henry Newman, C.O. (21 February 1801 – 11 August 1890) was a Roman Catholic priest and cardinal, a convert from Anglicanism in October 1845. In his early life, he was a major figure in the Oxford Movement to bring the Church of England back to its Catholic roots.   Eventually his studies in history persuaded him to become a Roman Catholic. Both before and after becoming a Roman Catholic, he wrote influential books, including Via Media, Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine (1845),Apologia Pro Vita Sua (1865–66) and the Grammar of Assent (1870).

Prayer Upon Rising

Prime : Morning Prayer – 0600
Prayer of the Day
Give attention to the sound of my cry, my King and my God, for to you do I pray. O LORD, in the morning you hear my voice; in the morning I prepare a sacrifice for you and watch. ^{Psalm 5.2-3}

Speak to my heart of your steadfast love, for in you I trust.

Cause me to know the way that I should go, for to you I lift up my soul, to you I dedicate this day.

HEAR, O ISRAEL: the LORD IS OUR GOD, the LORD IS ONE.

(Whispered) Blessed be His name, whose glorious kingdom is for ever and ever.

And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength.

Today, Father, may your words be always in front of my eyes; may my hands be engaged in the practice of your commands.

I recall the power of your outstretched arm in redeeming us from the house of bondage, and today I will lean on that same arm for strength to live in a redemptive manner. May I be honored to partner with you in the repair of the world.

May it be your will and may it be my will, LORD our God, and God of our forefathers, that the body, soul, and spirit you have given me be subject to your service.

Blessed are You, LORD our God, King of the universe, who has sanctified us by His Son and sanctifies us with His commandments.

How precious is your kindness, O God! Extend your kindness to those who know you, and stead fast love to the upright of heart.

Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love that we may rejoice and be glad all of our days.

Psalm of the Day: Psalm 48
Great is the LORD and greatly to be praised in the city of our God! His holy mountain, beautiful in elevation, is the joy of all the earth, Mount Zion, in the far north, the city of the great King. Within her citadels God has made Himself known as a fortress. For behold, the kings assembled; they came on together. As soon as they saw it, they were astounded; they were in panic; they took to flight. Trembling took hold of them there, anguish as of a woman in labor. By the east wind you shattered the ships of Tarshish. As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God, which God will establish forever. Selah

We have thought on your steadfast love, O God, in the midst of your temple. As your name, O God, so your praise reaches to the ends of the earth. Your right hand is filled with righteousness. Let Mount Zion be glad! Let the daughters of Judah rejoice because of your judgments! Walk about Zion, go around her, number her towers, consider well her ramparts, go through her citadels, that you may tell the next generation that this is God, our God forever and ever. He will guide us forever.

Terce : Mid-Morning Prayer – 0900
First Testament Reading: Proverbs 27.1-6, 10-12

Prayer of St. Julian
Prayer of St. Julian
God, of your goodness give me yourself
For you are good enough for me.
I may ask nothing less that is fully to your worship
And if I do anything less ever, ever shall I be in want
Only in You I have all.

Sext Noon-Day Prayer – 1200
Cloud of Witnesses –  Fredrick Douglas

Lauds : Prayer Upon Rising

Prime : Morning Prayer – 0600
Prayer of the Day
O LORD, I cry out to You; each morning my prayer rises before you, may it be to You a pleasing aroma, may You accept it as an offering of my free will.

Speak to my heart of your steadfast love, for in you I trust. Cause me to know the way that I should go, for to you I lift up my soul, to you I dedicate this day.

HEAR, O ISRAEL: THE LORD IS OUR GOD, THE LORD IS ONE!

(Whispered) Blessed be His name, whose glorious kingdom is for ever and ever.

And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength.

Today, Father, may your words be always in front of my eyes; may my hands be engaged in the practice of your commands.

I recall the power of your outstretched arm in redeeming us from the house of bondage, and today I will lean on that same arm for strength to live in a redemptive manner. May I be honored to partner with you in the repair of the world.

May it be your will and may it be my will, LORD our God, and God of our forefathers, that the body, soul, and spirit you have given me be subject to your service.

Blessed are You, LORD our God, King of the universe, who has consecrated us by Your Son and consecrates us with His commandments.

I take refuge in the shadow of your wings; may I be content with the abundance of your house; and may you give us to drink from the river of your delights. For you are the source of life, and by your light we share light.

Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.

Sunday’s Psalm: Psalm 24
The earth is the LORD’s and the fullness thereof,the world and those who dwell therein, for He has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the rivers.

Who shall ascend the hill of the LORD? And who shall stand in Hisholy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to what is false and does not swear deceitfully. He will receive blessing from the LORD and righteousness from the God of His salvation. Such is the generation of those who seek Him, who seek the face of the God of Jacob. Selah

Lift up your heads, O gates! And be lifted up, O ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in. Who is this King of glory? The LORD, strong and mighty, the LORD, mighty in battle! Lift up your heads, O gates! And lift them up, O ancient doors that the King of glory may come in. Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, He is the King of glory! Selah

Terce : Mid-Morning Prayer – 0900
First Testament Reading – 2 King 2.1-12

Prayer: Te Deum
We praise You, O God; we acknowledge you to be the Lord.
All creations worships you; the Father everlasting.
To you all Angels and the powers o heaven loudly cry,
To you cherubim and seraphim continually sing:
“Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of hosts,
Heaven and earth are full of the majesty of your glory.

The glorious company of the apostles praise you.
The noble fellowship of the prophets praise you.
The white-robed army of martyrs praise you.
The holy Church through all the world acclaims you:
The Father, of majesty unbounded,
Your adorable, true and only Son,
And the Holy Spirit, the Counselor.

You are the King of glory, Lord Christ. You are everlasting Son of the Father.
When became man to set us free, you humbled yourself to be born of a Virgin.
When you had overcome the sting of death, You opened the kingdom of heaven to all believers.
You sit at the right hand of God, in the glory of the Father.
We believe that you will come again to be our Judge.
Come then, Lord, we pray, and help your servants whom you have redeemed with your precious blood.
Bring us to be united with your saints in everlasting glory.

O LORD, save your people and bless your inheritance.
Govern them, and uphold them now and always.
Day by day we glorify you
And we worship Your Name always, forever and ever.

O Lord, by your grace, keep us this day from all sin.
O Lord, have mercy on us, have mercy on us.
O Lord, let your mercy rest upon us, for we put our trust in you.
O Lord, I have trusted in you, let me not be abandoned at the last.

Sext : Noon-Day Prayer – 1200
Cloud of Witnesses: St. Conrad of Piacenza
Born of a noble family in northern Italy, Conrad as a young man married Euphrosyne, daughter of a nobleman.

One day while hunting he ordered attendants to set fire to some brush in order to flush out the game. The fire spread to nearby fields and to a large forest. Conrad fled. An innocent peasant was imprisoned, tortured to confess and condemned to death. Conrad confessed his guilt, saved the man’s life and paid for the damaged property.

Soon after this event, Conrad and his wife agreed to separate: she to a Poor Clare monastery and he to a group of hermits following the Third Order Rule. His reputation for holiness, however, spread quickly. Since his many visitors destroyed his solitude, Conrad went to a more remote spot in Sicily where he lived 36 years as a hermit, praying for himself and for the rest of the world.

Prayer and penance were his answer to the temptations that beset him. Conrad died kneeling before a crucifix. He was canonized in 1625.

Francis of Assisi was drawn both to contemplation and to a life of preaching; periods of intense prayer nourished his preaching. Some of his early followers, however, felt called to a life of greater contemplation, and he accepted that. Though Conrad of Piacenza is not the norm in the Church, he and other contemplatives remind us of the greatness of God and of the joys of heaven.

Pope Paul VI’s 1969 Instruction on the Contemplative Life includes this passage: “To withdraw into the desert is for Christians tantamount to associating themselves more intimately with Christ’s passion, and it enables them, in a very special way, to share in the paschal mystery and in the passage of Our Lord from this world to the heavenly homeland” (#1).  Saint of the Day

Noon-Day Meditation
Italics indicates use of Anglican Prayer Beads
The Cross: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen

Invitatory
Blessed are You, Lord our God, King of the Universe,
Who establishes the work of our hands.
Let the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be upon us.

Use the 4 cruciforms to pause & reflect…. first set of ‘weeks’ beads

Our Father, Who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name;
Thy kingdom come; Thy will be done; on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread
And forgive us our trespasses
As we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation;
But deliver us from evil. Amen

Cruciform: Pause… second set of ‘weeks’ beads

We believe and trust
In God the Father Almighty.
We believe and trust
In Jesus Christ His Son.
We believe and trust
In the Holy Spirit.
We believe and trust in the Three in One.

Cruciform: Pause… third set of ‘weeks’ beads

Speak to my heart of your steadfast love;
Cause me to know the way that I should go.
May your words be always in front of my eyes;
May my hands be engaged in the practice of your commands.
Thanks be to God, Who set us apart by the sacrifice of His Son;
Thanks to the Son, Who redeemed us by His faithfulness;
Thanks be to the Spirit, Who sanctifies us through the commandments.

Cruciform: Pause… fourth set of ‘weeks’ beads

You humbly chose the Virgin’s womb;
You rose again from death’s dark tomb.
I bind unto myself this day
The power of God to cleanse and heal,
The Holy Spirit to search and seal,
The faithful Son—His name to pray;
The Truth, the Life, the only Way.

Pause- Cross:
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen

None : Afternoon Prayer – 1500
Epistle Reading – 2 Corinthians 3.7-18

Christ the King Prayer
Almighty and merciful God,
You break the power of evil and make all things new
In your Son Jesus Christ, the King of the universe.
May all in heaven and earth acclaim your glory and never cease to praise you.
We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
Who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
One God, for ever and ever.

Vespers Evening 1800
Evening Psalm Reading – Psalm 82

Gospel Reading: Luke 9.18-27

Prayer- St. Francis of Assisi
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace,
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
Where there is injury, pardon;
Where there is doubt, faith;
Where there is despair, hope;
Where there is darkness, light;
Where there is sadness, joy;

O Divine Master, grant that I 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.

Matins : Night-watch – 2100
Prayer of Examine, Night Prayer
Presence Begin this practice by recognizing the presence of God. Remind yourself of God’s presence with you and His desire to be with you. Consider praying for the Holy Spirit to help you be attentive to God’s presence. To become more focused, it might be helpful to repeat a simple phrase during this time, like 10 “Be still, and know that I am God.” (Psalm 46.10 ). It’s important to begin this practice in a calm and centered state. There may be days when you’ll need the entire time to remember and focus on the nearness of God. Don’t rush past this portion. Take the necessary time to wait and find comfort in God’s presence.

“Gracious God, in these moments please remind me of Your presence and generosity, and give me the wisdom and courage to live gracefully with myself, others, and the world you have wonderfully made. For the sake of Jesus, the Author and Finisher of our faith. Amen.”

Take some time and focus on the nearness of God. Open yourself to His presence.

18 “The LORD is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.” (Psalm 145.18)

9 “The LORD is good to all, and his mercy is over all that he has made. 10 All your works shall give thanks to you, O LORD, and all your saints shall bless you!” (Psalm 145: 9-10).

Gratitude “If the only prayer you say in your entire life is ‘Thank You,’: wrote Meister Eckhart, “that would suffice.” As you think about the past 24 hours, what causes you to be thankful? Look back over the past day, the big and small aspects of life, and recognize what reasons you have to be grateful. Focus on these experiences and encounters, helping your mind and spirit center on the goodness and generosity of God.

If you’re using a journal, consider capturing your thanks in writing, expressing words of gratitude and giving testimony to God’s generosity and faithfulness. Find encouragement and reminders of God’s goodness, and be thankful.

Looking back over the past 24 hours, for what are you most grateful? What makes you feel thankful? Using simple words, express your gratitude to God.

3“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places” (Ephesians 1:3)

Review Over-packed lives can rob us of the opportunity to learn from the past, to see how yesterday might inform today. “Where did the time go?!” we ask ourselves, often struggling to remember what we did just a week ago. Here we can benefit again from taking time to look back over the past 24 hours. By intentionally reviewing our interactions, responses, feelings and intentions, we can avoid letting days speed by. We can pause to learn more about ourselves and about God’s activity in our lives.

Try to look back objectively as you review. Rather than interpreting, justifying, or rationalizing, the intent is to observe and remember. Allow your mind to wander the situations you’ve been in and to notice details. The questions in this exercise should help you bring specific experiences to mind.

• When or where in the past 24 hours were you cooperating most fully with God’s action in your life?
• When were you resisting?
• What habits and life patterns do you notice from the past day?
• When did I feel most alive? Most drained of life?
• When did I have the greatest sense of belonging? When did I feel most alone?
• When did I give love? Where did I receive love?
• When did I feel most fully myself? Least myself?
• When did I feel most whole? Most fragmented?

8 Let me hear in the morning of your steadfast love,

for in you I trust.

Make me know the way I should go,

for to you I lift up my soul.

9 Deliver me from my enemies, O LORD!

I have fled to you for refuge!^a

10 Teach me to do your will,

for you are my God!

Let your good Spirit lead me

on level ground! (Psalm 143.8-10)

Response Having spent time remembering, it seems natural to want to respond in some way. Take time to journal or pray, expressing your thoughts on the actions, attitudes, feelings, and interactions you’ve remembered as a part of this exercise. You might need to seek forgiveness, ask for direction, share a concern, express gratitude, or resolve to make changes and move forward.

Allow your observations to guide your responses:

• Beginning today, how do you want to live your life differently?
• What patterns do you want to keep living tomorrow?

“Ever-present Father, help me to meet you in the Scriptures I read and the prayers I say; in the

bread I break and the meals I share; in my investments at work and my enjoyments at play; and in the neighbors and family I welcome, love, and serve, for Your sake and that Your love and peace may reign now and forever. Amen.”

20Now may the God of peace who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant, 21equip you with everything good that you may do his will, working in us^a that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen. (Hebrews 13. 20-21)

Compline Bedside Prayer
The Nunc Dimittis
Save us, O Lord, while waking, and guard us while sleeping,
That awake we may watch with Christ and asleep may rest in peace.
Now, Lord, You let your servant go in peace: Your word has been fulfilled.
My own eyes have seen the salvation which you have prepared in the sight of every people;
A light to reveal you to the nations and the glory of your people Israel.
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit;
As it was in the beginning is now and shall be for ever.
Amen.

Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version, Cross Way Bibles, 2001. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Artwork
Untitled, depictions of the hours (associated wording: Lauds, Prime, Terce, Sext, None Vespers, Matins, Compline). Found randomly on the internet; no citing available.
Lauds
Prayer upon Rising from Morning Prayer & More Rev. Fr. Nathan Long, OAC, KMF Press (2007).
Prime
Prayer and Psalm from Morning Prayer & More Rev. Fr. Nathan Long, OAC, KMF Press 2007).
Terce
Te Deum from An Anglican Prayer Book, The Anglican Mission of the Americas, Preservation Press of the Prayer Book Society of the USA (2008) pp10-12.
First Testament reading from or Daily Office Lectionary ESV online
Sext
King Messiah Fellowship Midday Office taken from KMF Prayer Book
Cloud of Witnesses complied by Rev. Fr. Will Armstrong, COAC, based on Episcopalian Saints, Catholic Calendar, or Magnificat
None
Prayers/inspiration of the Cloud of Witnesses complied and/or by Rev. Fr. Will Armstrong. Other prayers used are cited at the end of the prayer.
Torah or Epistle from (Torah) Torah Portions First Fruits of Zion or (Epistle) Daily Office Lectionary ESV online
Vespers
“Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi”, from Prayer Guide
Book of Wisdom from Scripture taken from the Good News Translation – Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission. (Good News Translation w/ Apocrypha
Gospel from Daily Office Lectionary English Standard Version online.
Matins
Prayer of Examin by St. Ignatius, taken from St. Ignatius Examination of Conscience Mar’s Hill Church, Grand Rapids.
Compline
Nunc Dimittis from An Anglican Prayer Book, The Anglican Mission of the Americas, Preservation Press of the Prayer Book Society of the USA (2008) p14.

Prayer Upon Rising

Prime : Morning Prayer
(Sabbath morning prayer and Psalm after breakfast (Prime and Terce are done together as rising may have been later due to consecrated Sabbath, morning rest)

Psalm of the Day: Psalm 92
It is good to give thanks to the LORD,
to sing praises to your name, O Most High;
to declare your steadfast love in the morning,
and your faithfulness by night,
to the music of the lute and the harp,
to the melody of the lyre.

For you, O LORD, have made me glad by your work;
at the works of your hands I sing for joy.

How great are your works, O LORD!

Your thoughts are very deep!

The stupid man cannot know;
the fool cannot understand this:
that though the wicked sprout like grass
and all evildoers flourish,
they are doomed to destruction forever;
but you, O LORD, are on high forever.

For behold, your enemies, O LORD,
for behold, your enemies shall perish;
all evildoers shall be scattered.
But you have exalted my horn like that of the wild ox;
you have poured over me^a fresh oil.

My eyes have seen the downfall of my enemies;
my ears have heard the doom of my evil assailants.

The righteous flourish like the palm tree
and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

They are planted in the house of the LORD;
they flourish in the courts of our God.

They still bear fruit in old age;
they are ever full of sap and green,
to declare that the LORD is upright;
he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

Morning Prayer
My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God, my Savior, for He has looked on the humble estate of His servant.
He Who is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is His name.

And His mercy is for those who fear Him, from generation to generation.

He has shown strength with His arm; He has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts; He has brought down the mighty from their thrones and exalted those of humble estate;

He has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich He has sent away empty.

He has helped His servant Israel in remembrance of His mercy, as He spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and to His offspring forever.
Speak to my heart of Your steadfast love, for in You I trust. Cause me to know the way that I should go, for to You I lift up my soul, to You I dedicate this day.

HEAR, O ISRAEL, THE LORD IS OUR GOD, THE LORD IS ONE.
(Whispered) Blessed be His name, Whose glorious kingdom is for ever and ever.

And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength.

Today, Father, may Your words be always in front of my eyes; may my hands be engaged in the practices of Your commands.

I recall the power of Your outstretched arm in redeeming us from the house of bondage, and today I will lean on the same arm for strength to live in a redemptive manner. May I be honored to partner with You in the repair of the world.

May it be Your will and may it be my will, LORD our God, and God of our forefathers, that the body, soul, and spirit You have given me be subject to Your service.

Blessed are You, LORD our God, King of the universe, who has consecrated us by Your Son and consecreates us by His commandments.

Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for He has visited and redeemed His people and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David, as He spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets from of old, that we should be saved from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us, to show the mercy promised to our fathers and to remember His holy covenant, the oath that He swore to our father Abraham, to grant us that we, being delivered from the hand of our enemies, might serve Him without fear, in holiness and righteousness before Him all our days.

Satisfy us in morning with your steadfast love that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.

Sext : Noonday Prayer – 1200
First Testament Reading: Genesis 35.1-20

Afternoon Sabbath Prayer: Likrat Shabbat
We cannot merely pray to you, O God, to end war;
For we know that You have made the world in a way
That man must find his own path to peace.
Within himself and with his neighbor.
We cannot merely pray to You, O God, to end starvation;
For You have already given us the resources
With which to feed the entire world,
If we would only use them wisely.
We cannot merely pray to You, O God, to root out prejudice;
For You have already given us eyes
With which to see the good in all men,
If we would only use them rightly.
We cannot merely pray to You, O God, to end despair,
For You have already given us the power
To clear away slums and to give hope,
If we would only use our power justly.
We cannot merely pray to You, O God, to end disease;
For You have already given us great minds
With which to search out cures and healing,
If we would only use them constructively.
Therefore we pray to You instead, O God,
For strength, determination and will power,
To do instead of just pray,
To become instead of merely to wish.

None : Afternoon – 1500
Reading from the Epistles: 1 John 3.1-11

Afternoon Prayer: A Song of Light (Phos Heron)
Joyful Light,
From the pure glory of the eternal heavenly Father
O holy, blessed Jesus Christ.
As we come to the setting of the sun
And see the evening light
We give thanks and praise to the Father and to the Son
And to the Holy Spirit of God
Worthy are You are all times
To be praised with holy voices,
Son of God, Giver of life
And to be glorified through all creation.

Vespers : Evening – 1800
Evening Psalm Reading: Psalm 81

Gospel Reading: John 11.1-16

Prayer: Benedictus es Domine
Blessed are You, Lord, the God of our fathers: worthy of praise, and highly exalted forever.
Blessed is Your holy and glorious Name: to be highly praised and highly exalted forever.
Blessed are You in Your holy and glorious temple: most worthy to be worshipped and glorified forever.
Blessed are You seated between the cherubim and beholding the depths: worthy of praise and highly exalted forever.
Blessed are You on Your royal throne: worthy of praise and highly exalted forever.
Blessed are You on Your royal throne: worthy of praise and highly exalted forever.
Blessed are You in the dome of heaven: worthy to be worshipped and glorified forever.
Let us bless the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit: sing praise to Him and highly exalt Him forever.

Matins : Night watch – 2100
Prayer of Examine, Night Prayer
Presence Begin this practice by recognizing the presence of God. Remind yourself of God’s presence with you and His desire to be with you. Consider praying for the Holy Spirit to help you be attentive to God’s presence. To become more focused, it might be helpful to repeat a simple phrase during this time, like 10 “Be still, and know that I am God.” (Psalm 46.10 ). It’s important to begin this practice in a calm and centered state. There may be days when you’ll need the entire time to remember and focus on the nearness of God. Don’t rush past this portion. Take the necessary time to wait and find comfort in God’s presence.

“Gracious God, in these moments please remind me of Your presence and generosity, and give me the wisdom and courage to live gracefully with myself, others, and the world you have wonderfully made. For the sake of Jesus, the Author and Finisher of our faith. Amen.”

Take some time and focus on the nearness of God. Open yourself to His presence.

18 “The LORD is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.” (Psalm 145.18)

9 “The LORD is good to all, and his mercy is over all that he has made. 10 All your works shall give thanks to you, O LORD, and all your saints shall bless you!” (Psalm 145: 9-10).

Gratitude “If the only prayer you say in your entire life is ‘Thank You,’: wrote Meister Eckhart, “that would suffice.” As you think about the past 24 hours, what causes you to be thankful? Look back over the past day, the big and small aspects of life, and recognize what reasons you have to be grateful. Focus on these experiences and encounters, helping your mind and spirit center on the goodness and generosity of God.

If you’re using a journal, consider capturing your thanks in writing, expressing words of gratitude and giving testimony to God’s generosity and faithfulness. Find encouragement and reminders of God’s goodness, and be thankful.

Looking back over the past 24 hours, for what are you most grateful? What makes you feel thankful? Using simple words, express your gratitude to God.

3 “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places” (Ephesians 1:3)

Review Over-packed lives can rob us of the opportunity to learn from the past, to see how yesterday might inform today. “Where did the time go?!” we ask ourselves, often struggling to remember what we did just a week ago. Here we can benefit again from taking time to look back over the past 24 hours. By intentionally reviewing our interactions, responses, feelings and intentions, we can avoid letting days speed by. We can pause to learn more about ourselves and about God’s activity in our lives.

Try to look back objectively as you review. Rather than interpreting, justifying, or rationalizing, the intent is to observe and remember. Allow your mind to wander the situations you’ve been in and to notice details. The questions in this exercise should help you bring specific experiences to mind.

• When or where in the past 24 hours were you cooperating most fully with God’s action in your life?
• When were you resisting?
• What habits and life patterns do you notice from the past day?
• When did I feel most alive? Most drained of life?
• When did I have the greatest sense of belonging? When did I feel most alone?
• When did I give love? Where did I receive love?
• When did I feel most fully myself? Least myself?
• When did I feel most whole? Most fragmented?

8 Let me hear in the morning of your steadfast love,
for in you I trust.
Make me know the way I should go,
for to you I lift up my soul.
9 Deliver me from my enemies, O LORD!
I have fled to you for refuge!^a
10 Teach me to do your will,
for you are my God!
Let your good Spirit lead me
on level ground! (Psalm 143.8-10)

Response Having spent time remembering, it seems natural to want to respond in some way. Take time to journal or pray, expressing your thoughts on the actions, attitudes, feelings, and interactions you’ve remembered as a part of this exercise. You might need to seek forgiveness, ask for direction, share a concern, express gratitude, or resolve to make changes and move forward.

Allow your observations to guide your responses:

• Beginning today, how do you want to live your life differently?
• What patterns do you want to keep living tomorrow?

“Ever-present Father, help me to meet You in the Scriptures I read and the prayers I say; in the bread I break and the meals I share; in my investments at work and my enjoyments at play; and in the neighbors and family I welcome, love, and serve, for Your sake and that Your love and peace may reign now and forever. Amen.”

20Now may the God of peace who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant, 21equip you with everything good that you may do his will, working in us^a that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen. (Hebrews 13.20-21)

Compline : Bedside Prayer
The Nunc Dimittis
Save us, O Lord, while waking, and guard us while sleeping,
That awake we may watch with Christ and asleep may rest in peace.
Now, Lord, You let Your servant go in peace: Your word has been fulfilled.
My own eyes have seen the salvation which You have prepared in the sight of every people;
A light to reveal You to the nations and the glory of Your people Israel.
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit;
As it was in the beginning is now and shall be for ever.
Amen.

Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version, Cross Way Bibles, 2001. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Art Work
Praying man at the Wailing Wall, by Fotolia, licensed and used by permission.
Untitled, depictions of the hours (associated wording: Lauds, Prime, Terce, Sext, None Vespers, Matins, Compline). Found randomly on the internet; no citing available.
Lauds
Prayer upon Rising from Morning Prayer & More Rev. Fr. Nathan Long, OAC, KMF Press (2007).
Prime & Terce
Prayer and Psalm from Morning Prayer & More Rev. Fr. Nathan Long, OAC, KMF Press 2007).>
Sext
Torah reading from Torah Portions First Fruits of Zion or First Testament from Daily Office Lectionary ESV online Likrat Shabbat Sabbath Prayer, by Jack Reimer
None
Prayers/inspiration of the Cloud of Witnesses complied and/or by Rev. Fr. Will Armstrong
Torah from Torah Portions First Fruits of Zion or Epistle from Daily Office Lectionary ESV online
Vespers
Evening Psalms or Wisdom Reading compiled by Brother Nathan or Brother Will. Book of Wisdom from Scripture taken from the Good News Translation – Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission. (Good News Translation w/ Apocrypha)
Gospel from Daily Office Lectionary English Standard Version online.
Benedictus es, Domine from The Song of the Three Young Men. Anglican Prayer Book, page 20.
Matins
Prayer of Examin by St. Ignatius, taken from St. Ignatius Examination of Conscience Mar’s Hill Church, Grand Rapids.
Compline
Nunc Dumittis from An Anglican Prayer Book, The Anglican Mission of
the Americas, Preservation Press of the Prayer Book Society of the
USA (2008) p14.

Lauds : Prayer Upon Rising

Prime : Morning Prayer – 0600
Prayer of the Day
“The LORD makes poor and makes rich; He brings low and He exalts. He raises up the poor from the dust; He lifts the needy from the ash heap to make them sit with princes and inherit a seat of honor. For the pillars of the earth are the LORD’s, and on them He has set the world.”^{1 Samuel 2.6-8}Speak to my heart of your steadfast love, for in you I trust. Cause me to know the way that I should go, for to you I lift up my soul, to you I dedicate this day.

HEAR, O ISRAEL: the LORD IS OUR GOD, the LORD IS ONE.
(Whispered) Blessed be His name, whose glorious kingdom is for ever and ever.

And you shall love the LORD your GOD with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength.

Today, Father, may your words be always in front of my eyes; may my hands be engaged in the practice of your commands.

I recall the power of your outstretched arm in redeeming us from the house of bondage, and today I will lean on that same arm for strength to live in a redemptive manner. May I be honored to partner with you in the repair of the world.

May it be your will and may it be my will, LORD our GOD, and GOD of our forefathers, that the body, soul, and spirit you have given me be subject to your service.

Blessed are You, LORD our GOD, King of the universe, who has sanctified us by His son and sanctifies us with His commandments.

My heart exults in the LORD; my strength is exalted in the LORD.

My mouth derides my enemies, because I rejoice in your salvation.

There is none holy like the LORD; there is none besides you; there is no rock like our GOD.^{21 Samuel 2.1-2}

Psalm of the Day: Psalm 93
The LORD reigns; He is robed in majesty; the LORD is robed; he has put on strength as his belt.
Yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved.

Your throne is established from of old; You are from everlasting.

The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their roaring.

Mightier than the thunders of many waters, mightier than the waves of the sea, the LORD on high is mighty!

Your decrees are very trustworthy; holiness befits your house, O LORD, forevermore.

Terce : Mid-Morning Prayer – 0900
First Testament Reading: Genesis 32.22-33.17

Benedictus – The Song of Zechariah
Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for He has visited and redeemed His people;
And has raised up a horn of salvation for us, in the house of His servant David;
As He spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets, from of old;
That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all who hate us;
To show the mercy promised to our forebears, and to remember His holy covenant;
The oath that He swore to our father Abraham, to grant us;
That we, being delivered from the hand of our enemies, might serve Him without fear;
In holiness and righteousness before Him, all our days;
And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High, for you will go before the Lord to prepare His ways;
To give knowledge of salvation to His people, in the forgiveness of their sins;
Because of the tender mercy of our God, whereby the sunrise shall visit us from on high;
To give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit;
As it was in the beginning, is now, and shall be forever; world without end. Amen.

Sext : Noon-Day Prayer – 1200

Janani Luwum was born in 1922. His father was a convert to Christianity. Janani was sent to school and eventually became a schoolteacher. In 1948 he was converted. He became very active in the East African revival movement, and became a lay reader, then a deacon, and then a priest in 1956. He was chosen to study for a year at St Augustine’s College in Canterbury, England. He returned to Uganda, worked as a parish priest, and then taught at Buwalasi Theological College. He made a second visit to Britain to study at the London College of Divinity, returning to Uganda to become Principal of Buwalasi. In 1969 he was consecrated bishop of Northern Uganda.

Lauds : Prayer Upon Rising

Prime : Morning Prayer – 0600
Prayer of the Day
Hear and be merciful to me, a sinner, O Gracious Father. Renew a right spirit within me, and restore to me the knowledge of my salvation in Messiah.

Speak to my heart of Your steadfast love, for in You I trust. Cause me to know the way that I should go, for to You I lift up my soul, to You I dedicate this day.

HEAR, O ISRAEL, THE LORD IS OUR GOD, THE LORD IS ONE.

(Whispered) Blessed be His name, Whose glorious kingdom is for ever and ever.

And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength.

Today, Father, may your words be always in front of my eyes; may my hands be engaged in the practices of your commands.

I recall the power of your outstretched arm in redeeming us from the house of bondage, and today I will lean on the same arm for strength to live in a redemptive manner. May I be honored to partner with you in the repair of the world.

May it be your will and may it be my will, LORD our God, and God of our forefathers, that the body, soul, and spirit you have given me be subject to your service.

Blessed are You, LORD our God, King of the universe, who has consecrated us by Your Son and consecrates us by His commandments.

Satisfy us in morning with your steadfast love that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.

Psalm of the Day: Psalm 81
Sing aloud to God our Strength; shout for joy to the God of Jacob!
Raise a song; sound the tambourine, the sweet lyre with the harp.
Blow the trumpet at the new moon, at the full moon, on our feast day.

For it is a statute for Israel, a rule of the God of Jacob.
He made it a decree in Joseph when he went out over the land of Egypt.
I hear a language I had not known: “I relieved your shoulder of the burden;
your hands were freed from the basket. In distress you called, and I delivered you;
I answered you in the secret place of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah

Hear, O my people, while I admonish you!
O Israel, if you would but listen to me!
There shall be no strange god among you; you shall not bow down to a foreign god.
I am the Lord your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.
Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.

“But my people did not listen to my voice; Israelwould not submit to me.
So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts, to follow their own counsels.
Oh, that my people would listen to me, that Israel would walk in my ways!
I would soon subdue their enemies and turn my hand against their foes.
Those who hate the Lord would cringe toward him, and their fate would last forever.
But he would feed you with the finest of the wheat, and with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”

Terce : Mid-Morning Prayer – 0900
First Testament Reading: Genesis 32.3-21

Prayer: Jubilate Deo
O be joyful in the Lord, all you lands
serve the Lord with gladness, and come before His presence with a song.

Be sure that the Lord is God

It is He that has made us, and not we ourselves;
we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.

O go your way into His gates with thanksgiving,
and into His courts with praise

Be thankful unto Him, and speak goodof His Name.

For the Lord is gracious, His mercy is everlasting

And His truth endures from generation to generation.

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.

Sext : Noon-Day Prayer – 1200
Cloud of Witness Reading: Charles Todd Quintard
Charles Todd Quintard (1824-1898) was the second bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Tennessee and the first Vice-Chancellor of the University of the South at Sewanee.

He was born in Connecticut to a Huguenot family, studied medicine at University Medical College, New York University and Bellevue Hospital, and moved to Memphis to teach physiology and pathological anatomy at Memphis Medical College. Under the influence of Bishop James Hervey Otey, Quintard studied for holy orders and entered the priesthood in the 1850s.

During the American Civil War, he was a chaplain and a surgeon in Tennessee’s Confederate army. 

Additional information may be found from:

• Project Canterbury, which has a number of older documents by and about him.
• A book, The spirit divided: memoirs of Civil War chaplains : the Confederacy, by John Wesley Brinsfield, which contains a memoir by Bp. Quintard concerning his service as a chaplain. This chapter is availablefrom Google Books.
• An address by his successor, Bp. Thomas Gailor, concerning Bp. Quintard’s involvement with Sewanee.

— from Wikipedia  Satucket Lectionary

Noon-Day Meditation
Italics indicates use of Anglican Prayer Beads
The Cross: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen

Invitatory
Blessed are You, Lord our God, King of the Universe,
Who establishes the work of our hands.
Let the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be upon us.

Use the 4 cruciforms to pause & reflect … first set of ‘weeks’ beads
Our Father, Who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name;
Thy kingdom come; Thy will be done; on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread
And forgive us our trespasses
As we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation;
But deliver us from evil. Amen

Cruciform: Pause … second set of ‘weeks’ beads
We believe and trust
In God the Father Almighty.
We believe and trust
In Jesus Christ His Son.
We believe and trust
In the Holy Spirit.
We believe and trust in the Three in One.

Cruciform: Pause… third set of ‘weeks’ beads
Speak to my heart of your steadfast love;
Cause me to know the way that I should go.
May your words be always in front of my eyes;
May my hands be engaged in the practice of your commands.
Thanks be to God, Who set us apart by the sacrifice of His Son;
Thanks to the Son, Who redeemed us by His faithfulness;
Thanks be to the Spirit, Who sanctifies us through the commandments.

Cruciform: Pause… fourth set of ‘weeks’ beads
You humbly chose the Virgin’s womb;
You rose again from death’s dark tomb.
I bind unto myself this day
The power of God to cleanse and heal,
The Holy Spirit to search and seal,
The faithful Son—His name to pray;
The Truth, the Life, the only Way.

Pause- Cross:
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen

None : Afternoon Prayer – 1500
Epistle Reading: 1 John 1.18-19

Prayer of St. Columban
How I wish he would awaken me, his humble servant, from the sleep of slothfulness… How I wish he would enkindle me with that fire of divine love. The flames of his love burn beyond the stars, the longing for his overwhelm delights and the divine fire ever burn within me! How i wish I might deserve to have my lantern always burning at night in the temple of my Lord, to give light to all who enter the house of my God. Give me, I pray you, Lord , in the name of Jesus Christ, your Son and my God, that love that does not fail so that my lantern, burning within me and giving light to others, may be always lighted and never extinguished.

Vespers : Evening – 1800
Evening Psalm Reading: Psalm 79

Gospel Reading: John 10.19-30

Prayer: “Stay with Me Lord”, from St. Pio of Pietrlcina
Stay with me, Lord, for it is necessary to have
you present so that I do not forget you.
You know how easily I abandon you.

Stay with me, Lord, because I am weak
and I need your strength,
that I may not fall so often.

Stay with me, Lord, for you are my life,
and without You, I am without passion.

Stay with me, Lord, for you are my light,
and without You, I am in darkness.

Stay with me, Lord, to show me your will.

Stay with me, Lord, so that I hear your voice
and follow you.

Stay with me, Lord, for I desire to love you
very much, and always be in your company.

Stay with me, Lord, if you wish me to be faithful to you.

Stay with me, Lord, for as poor as my soul is,
I want it to be a place of consolation for you, a nest of love.

Stay with me, Jesus, for it is getting late and the day is coming to a close, and life passes;
death, judgment, eternity approaches. It is necessary to renew my strength,
so that I will not stop along the way and for that, I need you.
It is getting late and death approaches,
I fear the darkness, the temptations, the dryness, the cross, the sorrows.
O how I need you, my Jesus, in this night of exile!
Stay with me tonight, Jesus, in life with all it’s dangers. I need you.
Stay with me, Lord, because at the hour of my death, I want to remain united to you,
if not by communion, at least by grace and love.
Stay with me, Jesus, I do not ask for divine consolation, because I do not merit it,
but the gift of Your Presence, oh yes, I ask this of You!
Stay with me, Lord, for it is You alone I look for, Your Love, Your Grace, Your Will, Your Heart,
Your Spirit, because I love You and ask no other reward but to love You more and more.
With a firm love, I will love you with all my heart while on earth
and continue to love you perfectly during all eternity. Amen

Matins : Night Watch – 2100
Prayer of Examine, Night Prayer
Presence Begin this practice by recognizing the presence of God. Remind yourself of God’s presence with you and His desire to be with you. Consider praying for the Holy Spirit to help you be attentive to God’s presence. To become more focused, it might be helpful to repeat a simple phrase during this time, like 10 “Be still, and know that I am God.” (Psalm 46.10 ). It’s important to begin this practice in a calm and centered state. There may be days when you’ll need the entire time to remember and focus on the nearness of God. Don’t rush past this portion. Take the necessary time to wait and find comfort in God’s presence.

“Gracious God, in these moments please remind me of your presence and generosity, and give me the wisdom and courage to live gracefully with myself, others, and the world you have wonderfully made. For the sake of Jesus, the Author and Finisher of our faith. Amen.”

Take some time and focus on the nearness of God. Open yourself to His presence.

18 “The LORD is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.” (Psalm 145.18)

9 “The LORD is good to all, and his mercy is over all that he has made. 10 All your works shall give thanks to you, O LORD, and all your saints shall bless you!” (Psalm 145: 9-10).

Gratitude “If the only prayer you say in your entire life is ‘Thank You,’: wrote Meister Eckhart, “that would suffice.” As you think about the past 24 hours, what causes you to be thankful? Look back over the past day, the big and small aspects of life, and recognize what reasons you have to be grateful. Focus on these experiences and encounters, helping your mind and spirit center on the goodness and generosity of God.

If you’re using a journal, consider capturing your thanks in writing, expressing words of gratitude and giving testimony to God’s generosity and faithfulness. Find encouragement and reminders of God’s goodness, and be thankful.

Looking back over the past 24 hours, for what are you most grateful? What makes you feel thankful? Using simple words, express your gratitude to God.

3 “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places” (Ephesians 1:3)

Review Over-packed lives can rob us of the opportunity to learn from the past, to see how yesterday might inform today. “Where did the time go?!” we ask ourselves, often struggling to remember what we did just a week ago. Here we can benefit again from taking time to look back over the past 24 hours. By intentionally reviewing our interactions, responses, feelings and intentions, we can avoid letting days speed by. We can pause to learn more about ourselves and about God’s activity in our lives.

Try to look back objectively as you review. Rather than interpreting, justifying, or rationalizing, the intent is to observe and remember. Allow your mind to wander the situations you’ve been in and to notice details. The questions in this exercise should help you bring specific experiences to mind.

• When or where in the past 24 hours were you cooperating most fully with God’s action in your life?
• When were you resisting?
• What habits and life patterns do you notice from the past day?
• When did I feel most alive? Most drained of life?
• When did I have the greatest sense of belonging? When did I feel most alone?
• When did I give love? Where did I receive love?
• When did I feel most fully myself? Least myself?
• When did I feel most whole? Most fragmented?

8 Let me hear in the morning of your steadfast love,
for in you I trust.
Make me know the way I should go,
for to you I lift up my soul.

9 Deliver me from my enemies, O LORD!
I have fled to you for refuge!^a
10 Teach me to do your will,
for you are my God!
Let your good Spirit lead me
on level ground! (Psalm 143.8-10)

Response Having spent time remembering, it seems natural to want to respond in some way. Take time to journal or pray, expressing your thoughts on the actions, attitudes, feelings, and interactions you’ve remembered as a part of this exercise. You might need to seek forgiveness, ask for direction, share a concern, express gratitude, or resolve to make changes and move forward.

Allow your observations to guide your responses:

• Beginning today, how do you want to live your life differently?
• What patterns do you want to keep living tomorrow?

“Ever-present Father, help me to meet you in the Scriptures I read and the prayers I say; in the

bread I break and the meals I share; in my investments at work and my enjoyments at play; and in the neighbors and family I welcome, love, and serve, for Your sake and that Your love and peace may reign now and forever. Amen.”

20Now may the God of peace who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant, 21equip you with everything good that you may do his will, working in us^a that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen. (Hebrews 13. 20-21)

Compline Bedside Prayer
The Nunc Dimittis
Save us, O Lord, while waking, and guard us while sleeping,
That awake we may watch with Christ and asleep may rest in peace.

Now, Lord, You let your servant go in peace: Your word has been fulfilled.

My own eyes have seen the salvation which you have prepared in the sight of every people;

A light to reveal you to the nations and the glory of your peopleIsrael.

Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit;
As it was in the beginning is now and shall be for ever.

Amen.

Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version, Cross Way Bibles, 2001. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Art Work
Untitled, depictions of the hours (associated wording: Lauds, Prime, Terce, Sext, None Vespers, Matins, Compline). Found randomly on the internet; no citing available.
Lauds
Prayer upon Rising from Morning Prayer & More Rev. Fr. Nathan Long, OAC, KMF Press (2007).
Prime
Prayer and Psalm from Morning Prayer & More Rev. Fr. Nathan Long, OAC, KMF Press 2007).
Terce
Jubilate Deo (Psalm 100) from Psalm 100 Church of England/Anglican Common Worship. Language updated.
Torah or First Testament reading from (Torah) Torah Portions First Fruits of Zion or (First Testament) Daily Office Lectionary ESV online
Sext
King Messiah Fellowship Midday Office taken from KMF Prayer Book
Cloud of Witnesses complied by Rev. Fr. Will Armstrong, COAC, based on Episcopalian Saints, Catholic Saint of the Dayr, Magnificat
None
Prayers/inspiration of the Cloud of Witnesses complied and/or by Rev. Fr. Will Armstrong
Torah or Epistle from (Torah) Torah Portions First Fruits of Zion or (Epistle) Daily Office Lectionary ESV online
Vespers
Evening Psalms or Wisdom Reading compiled by Brother Nathan or Brother Will. Book of Wisdom from Scripture taken from the Good News Translation – Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission. (Good News Translation w/ Apocrypha)
Gospel from Daily Office Lectionary English Standard Version online.
Stay with Me Lord from St. Pio’s Communion Prayer St. Pio of Pietrelcina. Prayer has been edited for updated language, and adapted as it was originally an Eucharistic communion prayer,
Matins
Prayer of Examin by St. Ignatius, taken from St. Ignatius Examination of Conscience Mar’sHillChurch,Grand Rapids.
Compline
Nunc Dimittis from An Anglican Prayer Book, The Anglican Mission of the Americas, Preservation Press of the Prayer Book Society of the USA (2008) p14.

Prayer Upon Rising

Prime : Morning Prayer – 0600
Prayer of the Day
Almighty God, unto whom all hearts are open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hid:

Cleanse the thoughts of my heart by the inspiration of Your Holy Spirit, that I may perfectly love you, and worthily magnify your holy Name, through Messiah our Lord, Amen.

Our Father, which are in Heaven
Hallowed be Thy Name.
Thy Kingdom come,
Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread
And forgive us our trespasses
As we forgive them that trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation
But deliver us from evil
For Thine is the Kingdom, and the Power, and the Glory forever and ever.

Speak to my heart of your steadfast love,
For in You I trust
Cause me to know the way that I should go,
For to You I lift up my soul
To You I dedicate this day

HEAR, O ISRAEL: the LORD is OUR GOD, the LORD IS ONE
(whispered): Blessed be His name, Whose glorious kingdom is for ever and ever.

And You shall love the LORD your GOD with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength.

Today, Father, may Your words be always in front of my eyes; may my hands be engaged in the practice of Your commands.

I recall the power of Your outstretched arm in redeeming us from the house of bondage, and today I will lean on that same arm for strength to live in a redemptive manner.

May I be honored to partner with You in the repair of the world.

May it be Your will, and may it be my will, LORD our GOD, and GOD of our forefathers, that the body, soul, and spirit You have given me be subject to Your service.

Blessed are You, LORD our GOD, King of the universe, Who has sanctified us by His Son, and sanctifies us with His commandments.

“The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in Him.” The LORD is good to those who wait for HIM, to the soul who seeks Him. It is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.” ^{Lamentations 3.24-26}

Satisfy us in the morning with Your steadfast love that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.

Psalm of the Day: Psalm 94
O Lord, God of vengeance, O God of vengeance, shine forth!
Rise up, O judge of the earth; repay to the proud what they deserve!
O Lord, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked exult?
They pour out their arrogant words; all the evildoers boast.
They crush Your people, O Lord, and afflict Your heritage.
They kill the widow and the sojourner, and murder the fatherless;
and they say, “The Lord does not see; the God of Jacob does not perceive.”

Understand, O dullest of the people!
Fools, when will you be wise?
He who planted the ear, does He not hear?
He who formed the eye, does He not see?
He who disciplines the nations, does He not rebuke?
He who teaches man knowledge— the Lord—knows the thoughts of man, that they are but a breath.

Blessed is the man whom You discipline, O Lord, and whom You teach out of Your law,
to give him rest from days of trouble, until a pit is dug for the wicked.

For the Lord will not forsake His people; He will not abandon His heritage;
for justice will return to the righteous, and all the upright in heart will follow it.

Who rises up for me against the wicked?
Who stands up for me against evildoers?
If the Lord had not been my help, my soul would soon have lived in the land of silence.

When I thought, “My foot slips,” your steadfast love, O Lord, held me up.
When the cares of my heart are many, your consolations cheer my soul.
Can wicked rulers be allied with you, those who frame injustice by statute?

They band together against the life of the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.
But the Lord has become My stronghold, and My God the rock of My refuge.
He will bring back on them their iniquity and wipe them out for their wickedness;
the Lord our God will wipe them out.

Terce : Mid-Morning Prayer – 0900
First Testament Reading: Genesis 31.25-50

The Breastplate of St. Patrick (edited)
I arise today through God’s strength to pilot me:
God’s might to uphold me,
God’s wisdom to guide me,
God’s eye to look before me,
God’s ear to hear me,
God’s word to speak for me,
God’s hand to guard me,
God’s way to lie before me,
God’s shield to protect me,
God’s host to save me
From snares of devils,
From temptations of vices,
From everyone who shall wish me ill,
Afar and a-near,
Alone and in multitude.
Against every knowledge that corrupts man’s body and soul…
Christ to shield me today
Against poison, against burning,
Against drowning, against wounding,
So that there may come to me abundance of reward.

Christ with me, Christ before me, Christ behind me,
Christ in me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me,
Christ on my right, Christ on my left,
Christ when I lie down, Christ when I sit down, Christ when I arise,
Christ in the heart of every man who thinks of me,
Christ in the mouth of everyone who speaks of me,
Christ in every eye that sees me,
Christ in every ear that hears me.

Sext : Noon-Day Prayer – 1200
Cloud of Witness Reading: Thomas Bray, Missionary and Priest
For many years, Josephine Bakhita was a slave but her spirit was always free and eventually that spirit prevailed.

In 1696 Thomas Bray, an English country parson, was commissioned to report on the condition of the Church in the colony of Maryland. He spent only ten weeks in the colony, but he radically re-organized and renewed the Church there, providing for the instruction of children and the systematic examination of candidates for pastoral positions. He founded thirty-nine lending libraries and numerous schools. Both in Maryland and upon his return to England, he wrote and preached in defense of the rights of enslaved Africans, and of Indians deprived of their land. Back in England, he worked for the reform of prison conditions, and for the establishment of preaching missions to prisoners. He persuaded General Oglethorpe to found a American colony (Georgia) for the settlement of debtors as an alternative to debtors’ prison. He founded a missionary society, the SPG (Society for the Propagation of the Gospel) and an educational and publishing society, the SPCK (Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge), both of which are still active today.  -by James Kiefer
More information about Thomas Bray, and a portrait of him, may be found at the SPCK’s web site.  Satucket Lectionary

Noon-Day Meditation
Italics indicates use of Anglican Prayer Beads

The Cross: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen

Invitatory
Blessed are You, Lord our God, King of the Universe,
Who establishes the work of our hands.
Let the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be upon us.

Use the 4 cruciforms to pause & reflect…. first set of ‘weeks’ beads
Our Father, Who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name;
Thy kingdom come; Thy will be done; on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread
And forgive us our trespasses
As we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation;
But deliver us from evil. Amen

Cruciform: Pause… second set of ‘weeks’ beads
We believe and trust
In God the Father Almighty.
We believe and trust
In Jesus Christ His Son.
We believe and trust
In the Holy Spirit.
We believe and trust in the Three in One.

Cruciform: Pause… third set of ‘weeks’ beads
Speak to my heart of Your steadfast love;
Cause me to know the way that I should go.
May Your words be always in front of my eyes;
May my hands be engaged in the practice of Your commands.
Thanks be to God, Who set us apart by the sacrifice of His Son;
Thanks to the Son, Who redeemed us by His faithfulness;
Thanks be to the Spirit, Who sanctifies us through the commandments.

Cruciform: Pause… fourth set of ‘weeks’ beads
You humbly chose the Virgin’s womb;
You rose again from death’s dark tomb.
I bind unto myself this day
The power of God to cleanse and heal,
The Holy Spirit to search and seal,
The faithful Son—His name to pray;
The Truth, the Life, the only Way.

Pause- Cross:
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen

None : Afternoon Prayer – 1500
Epistle Reading: 1 John 2.12-17

Prayer of Mother Teresa
Dear Jesus, help me to spread Thy fragrance everywhere I go. Flood my soul with Thy spirit and love. Penetrate and possess my wholebeing so utterly that all my life may only be a radiance of Thine. Shine through me and be so in me that every soul I come in contact with may feel Thy presence in my soul. Let them look up and see no longer me but only Jesus. Stay with me and then I shall begin to shine as you shine, so to shine as to be a light to others.

Vespers : Evening – 1800
Evening Psalm Reading: Psalm 78

Gospel: John 10.1-18

Prayer: Deus misereatur (Psalm 67)
God be merciful unto us, and bless us
and show us the light of Your face, and be merciful unto us
That your way may be known upon earth
Your saving health among all nations.
Let the people praise You, O God
Yes, let all the people praise You.
O let the nations rejoice and be glad
for You will judge the people righteously,
and govern the nations upon earth.
Let the people praise You, O God
Yes, let all the people praise You.
Then shall the earth bring forth her increase
and God, even our own God, shall give us his blessing.
God will bless us and all the ends of the world will fear Him.

Gloria Patria: 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.

Matins : Night Watch – 2100
Prayer of Examine, Night Prayer
Presence Begin this practice by recognizing the presence of God. Remind yourself of God’s presence with you and His desire to be with you. Consider praying for the Holy Spirit to help you be attentive to God’s presence. To become more focused, it might be helpful to repeat a simple phrase during this time, like 10 “Be still, and know that I am God.” (Psalm 46.10 ). It’s important to begin this practice in a calm and centered state. There may be days when you’ll need the entire time to remember and focus on the nearness of God. Don’t rush past this portion. Take the necessary time to wait and find comfort in God’s presence.

“Gracious God, in these moments please remind me of Your presence and generosity, and give me the wisdom and courage to live gracefully with myself, others, and the world you have wonderfully made. For the sake of Jesus, the Author and Finisher of our faith. Amen.”

Take some time and focus on the nearness of God. Open yourself to His presence.

18 “The LORD is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.” (Psalm 145.18)

9 “The LORD is good to all, and his mercy is over all that he has made. 10 All your works shall give thanks to you, O LORD, and all your saints shall bless you!” (Psalm 145: 9-10).

Gratitude “If the only prayer you say in your entire life is ‘Thank You,’: wrote Meister Eckhart, “that would suffice.” As you think about the past 24 hours, what causes you to be thankful? Look back over the past day, the big and small aspects of life, and recognize what reasons you have to be grateful. Focus on these experiences and encounters, helping your mind and spirit center on the goodness and generosity of God.

If you’re using a journal, consider capturing your thanks in writing, expressing words of gratitude and giving testimony to God’s generosity and faithfulness. Find encouragement and reminders of God’s goodness, and be thankful.

Looking back over the past 24 hours, for what are you most grateful? What makes you feel thankful? Using simple words, express your gratitude to God.

3 “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places” (Ephesians 1:3)

Review Over-packed lives can rob us of the opportunity to learn from the past, to see how yesterday might inform today. “Where did the time go?!” we ask ourselves, often struggling to remember what we did just a week ago. Here we can benefit again from taking time to look back over the past 24 hours. By intentionally reviewing our interactions, responses, feelings and intentions, we can avoid letting days speed by. We can pause to learn more about ourselves and about God’s activity in our lives.

Try to look back objectively as you review. Rather than interpreting, justifying, or rationalizing, the intent is to observe and remember. Allow your mind to wander the situations you’ve been in and to notice details. The questions in this exercise should help you bring specific experiences to mind.

• When or where in the past 24 hours were you cooperating most fully with God’s action in your life?
• When were you resisting?
• What habits and life patterns do you notice from the past day?
• When did I feel most alive? Most drained of life?
• When did I have the greatest sense of belonging? When did I feel most alone?
• When did I give love? Where did I receive love?
• When did I feel most fully myself? Least myself?
• When did I feel most whole? Most fragmented?

8 Let me hear in the morning of your steadfast love,
for in you I trust.
Make me know the way I should go,
for to you I lift up my soul.

9 Deliver me from my enemies, O LORD!

I have fled to you for refuge!^a
10 Teach me to do your will,
for you are my God!
Let your good Spirit lead me
on level ground! (Psalm 143.8-10)

Response Having spent time remembering, it seems natural to want to respond in some way. Take time to journal or pray, expressing your thoughts on the actions, attitudes, feelings, and interactions you’ve remembered as a part of this exercise. You might need to seek forgiveness, ask for direction, share a concern, express gratitude, or resolve to make changes and move forward.

Allow your observations to guide your responses:

• Beginning today, how do you want to live your life differently?
• What patterns do you want to keep living tomorrow?

“Ever-present Father, help me to meet You in the Scriptures I read and the prayers I say; in the
bread I break and the meals I share; in my investments at work and my enjoyments at play; and in the neighbors and family I welcome, love, and serve, for Your sake and that Your love and peace may reign now and forever. Amen.”

20Now may the God of peace who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant, 21equip you with everything good that you may do his will, working in us^a that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen. (Hebrews 13. 20-21)

Compline Bedside Prayer
The Nunc Dimittis
Save us, O Lord, while waking, and guard us while sleeping,
That awake we may watch with Christ and asleep may rest in peace.
Now, Lord, You let Your servant go in peace: Your word has been fulfilled.
My own eyes have seen the salvation which You have prepared in the sight of every people;
A light to reveal You to the nations and the glory of Your people Israel.
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit;
As it was in the beginning is now and shall be for ever.
Amen.

Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version, Cross Way Bibles, 2001. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Art Work
Praying Man by Ruth Mabee Rouleau, Safety Harbor, FL. Used with permission.
Untitled, depictions of the hours (associated wording: Lauds, Prime, Terce, Sext, None Vespers, Matins, Compline). Found randomly on the internet; no citing available.
Lauds
Prayer upon Rising from Morning Prayer & More Rev. Fr. Nathan Long, OAC, KMF Press (2007).
Prime
Prayer and Psalm from Morning Prayer & More Rev. Fr. Nathan Long, OAC, KMF Press 2007).
Terce
Breastplate of St. Patrick from St. Patrick’s Prayer edited, From the Book of Armagh
Torah from Torah Portions First Fruits of Zion or First Testament reading from Daily Office Lectionary ESV online
Sext
King Messiah Fellowship Midday Office taken from KMF Prayer Book
Cloud of Witnesses complied by Rev. Fr. Will Armstrong, COAC, based on Episcopalian Saints, Catholic Calendar, Magnificat
None
Prayers/inspiration of the Cloud of Witnesses complied and/or by Rev. Fr. Will Armstrong
Torah or Epistle from Torah or Epistle from Torah Portions First Fruits of Zion or Daily Office Lectionary ESV online
Vespers
Evening Psalms or Wisdom Reading compiled by Brother Nathan or Brother Will. Book of Wisdom from Scripture taken from the Good News Translation – Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission. (Good News Translation w/ Apocrypha)
Gospel from Daily Office Lectionary English Standard Version online.
Deus misereatur from Psalm 67 Prayer of God’s Blessing Church of England/Anglican Common Worship
Psalm or Proverb and Gospel chosen by Brother Nathan or Brother Will.
Matins
Prayer of Examin by St. Ignatius, taken from St. Ignatius Examination of Conscience Mar’s Hill Church, Grand Rapids