Daily Anglican Prayer - Monday Evening – 21st October 2024

Daily Prayer from the Anglican Prayer Book for Australia

Daily Anglican Prayer - Monday Evening – 21st October 2024

Readings:

Psalm 119. 129-152;

Daniel 4. 1-18;

Matthew 15. 1-20.

Led by Felicity Scott, a Liturgical Assistant with the Anglican Church, QLD, Australia.

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

https://dailyprayeranglicanprayerbookforaustralia.podbean.com

Welcome to Monday Evening prayer.

We proclaim the Good News message of our Lord Jesus Christ:

GOD in his infinite mercy, forgives all sins, and through our baptism in the name of our Saviour, Jesus Christ, we are given a rebirth into new life, free from the burden of all sin. ALLELUIA

With faithfulness we respond to the good news message:

We acknowledge Christ as our saviour and accept with gratitude, that we are forgiven for all wrong doings, past and present. To honour the gift of forgiveness, we release our burden of guilt and rise up to live in the glory of God forever more.

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

Let us Pray.

1

May the God of hope fill us with all joy and peace in believing,

so that by the power of the Holy Spirit we may abound in hope.

Romans 15.13

Glory to God; Father, Son and Holy Spirit:

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

2 The Opening Canticle, A Song of Hope

The spirit of the Lord God is upon me:
because the Lord has anointed me
to bring good tidings to the afflicted.
The Lord has sent me to bind up the broken-hearted:
to proclaim liberty for the captives,
and release for those in prison,
To comfort all who mourn:
to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes,
The oil of gladness instead of mourning:
a garment of splendour for the heavy heart.
They shall be called trees of righteousness:
planted for the glory of the Lord.

Isaiah 61.1–3

3 The Opening Prayer

The day is now past, and the night is at hand.

Let us pray with one heart and mind.

Silence may be kept.

Father of lights, receive the prayer and praise we offer you as our evening sacrifice; make us a light for all the world, delivered by your goodness from all the works of darkness; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord.

The readings disclaimer.

The readings that follow are from the NRSV bible Old and New Testament. The bible readings are included to bring understanding of God’s relationship over time with people. The readings represent an old historic way of life and the biblical instructions contained in the readings are illustrative of old ways and are NOT to be carried out in today’s modern world. Today we use the modern legal system to bring order and justice to all people.

4 The Psalms as appointed. A pause is observed after each.

Psalm

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

God who wonderfully created us and even more wonderfully restored our humanity: strengthen us by your Holy Spirit to triumph over suffering and death and grant us eternal joy; through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen.

6 One or two Readings from the Bible as appointed.

1st Reading

Hear the word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.

2nd Reading

The readings may be followed by a period of silence for reflection, a hymn or

Hear the message of Christ. Thanks be to God.

7 The Canticle, A Song of God’s Children

In Christ Jesus, the life-giving law of the Spirit:
has set us free from the law of sin and death.
All who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God:
It is the Spirit that enables us to cry, ‘Abba!’ Father.
The Spirit bears witness that we are God’s children:
and if God’s children, then heirs of God.
We are heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ:

For the creation waits with eager longing:

For the revealing of the children of God.

Romans 8.2, 14, 15, 19

8 The belief and principle is said

I believe in God,
creator of heaven and earth,

whose love and merciful forgiveness

endures everlasting.

I believe in Christ the saviour,

whose example of love and compassion,

taught us a restored way to live, in collaborative unity with all people.

I believe in the Holy Spirit,

whose divine guidance, brings

us together to be one with the Holy Trinity.

9 The Prayers

Lord have mercy.

Christ have mercy.

God have mercy.

9 The Lord’s Prayer

Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins
as we forgive those who sin against us.
Save us from the time of trial
and deliver us from evil.
For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours
now and for ever. Amen.

Prayer of the Week

Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost

Generous God,

Your Son has opened for us a new and living way into your presence

Give us pure hearts and steadfast wills

To worship you in spirit and in truth.

Through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen

10 Intercessions and Thanksgivings may be made according to local custom and need.

Let us Pray.

A thankful Prayer

GOD, how great thou art.

We thank GOD for the gift of forgiveness.

We thank GOD for the gift of rebirth into new life free from the burden of all sin.

We thank GOD for the gift of Christ’s sacrifice.

We thank GOD for the gift of life on earth.

We thank GOD for the gift of our planet of abundance.

We thank GOD for the gift of our free will.

We thank GOD for the gift of our families.

We thank you GOD for the gift of your grace and presence.

Amen.

God of abundance, we honour your greatness and thank you for all you give us.

For the beauty of earth and sky and sea.

For the richness of mountains, deserts, and rivers.

For the songs of birds and the beauty of flowers.

We praise you for these good gifts,

and pray that we safeguard our heritage to the honour and glory of your name.

Generous God Hear our prayer

Merciful God, we pray for your mercy to be given to the country of Russia, Ukraine, Palestine and Israel. We pray for your intervention, to impart peace as an initiative in the minds of all those at war across the world. We ask this in Jesus Christ’s name.

Generous God Hear our prayer

Loving God, we ask your blessing for those listed on the Anglican cycle of prayer:

• The Diocese of Kansas – The Episcopal Church
• The Diocese of Riverina:
• The Parish of Barambah:
• Anglicare SQ Meilene Court Retirement Village (Bundaberg)
• All Saints Anglican School, Merrimac:
• All Parishes seeking new clergy.
• All schools seeking new chaplains.
• All Prison ministry chaplaincy teams
• All people joining in this prayer offering

Generous God; Hear our prayer

11 The Evening Collect

Lighten our darkness, Lord, we pray:

and in your great mercy defend us

from all perils and dangers of this night.

for the love of your only Son our Saviour Jesus Christ.

Amen.

12

The Lord be with you.

And also with you.

Let us praise the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

Since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus the pioneer and perfecter of our faith.

Amen.

Hebrews 12.1

Music by John Keys – Anglican Chant Canticle organ accompaniments.

A reminder disclaimer to the listener.

The readings in the podcast may include ancient and old-fashioned sayings and instructions that we do not in any way condone as in use or to be used in today’s modern world. The readings have not been modernised to reflect todays thinking, instead the readings remain from the old version of the NRSV bible. The podcast owners explicitly declare that each listener is responsible for their own actions in response to the bible readings and the podcast owners bare no responsibility in this sense.