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Invitation to Worship
Come, let us sing to Adonai, let us praise the God of all Creation!
We make the Sign of the Cross over our lips as we begin.
O Holy ONE + open my lips,
~And my mouth will proclaim your praise.
Let all creation praise the greatness of God!
Let the universe extol the glory of Adonai!
MORNING HYMN
All may sing or alternate the verses of any Morning Hymn .
Great God of Morning and of Night
We thank you for your gifts of light;
as in the dawn the shadows fly
We seem to find you now more nigh.
Fresh hopes have wakened in the heart,
Fresh force to do our daily part;
In peaceful sleep our strength restore,
Throughout the day to serve you more.
O God of Light, your love alone
Can make our human hearts your own;
Be ever with us, Christ, that we
Your blessed face may one day see.
Praise God, our Maker and our Friend;
Praise God through time, till time shall end,
Till psalm and song God’s name adore
Through heav’n’s great day of evermore.
PSALMODY
REFRAIN
Praise God and highly exalt God for ever!
Canticle of the Three Children (Dan 3:57-87)
You angels and all powers of Adonai,
O heavens and all waters above the heavens.
Sun and moon and stars of the sky,
glorify Adonai.
Praise God and highly exalt God for ever!
Every shower of rain and fall of dew,
all winds and fire and heat.
Winter and summer,
glorify Adonai.
Praise God and highly exalt God for ever!
O chill and cold,
drops of dew and flakes of snow.
Frost and cold, ice and sleet,
glorify Adonai.
Praise God and highly exalt God for ever!
O Mother Earth,
O mountains and hills and valleys.
All that grows upon the earth,
glorify Adonai.
Praise God and highly exalt God for ever!
O springs of water, seas and streams,
O whales and all that move in the waters.
All birds of the air,
glorify Adonai.
Praise God and highly exalt God for ever!
O beast of the wild,
and all you flocks and herds.
All women and men everywhere,
glorify Adonai.
Praise God and highly exalt God for ever!
Let us glorify the ONE, and the WORD
and exalt the HOLY BREATH.
In the firmament of God’s power and love,
glorify Adonai.
Praise God and highly exalt God for ever!
Refrain: Howard Hughes, S.M., Praise God In Song (GIA, 1979), adpt.
READING II CORINTHIANS 5: 17-18
Whoever is in Christ is a new creation:
the old things have passed away;
behold, new things have come.
And all this is from God,
who has reconciled us through Christ
and given us the ministry of reconciliation.
Silent Prayer
Responsory
R. God looked at everything in creation, *God named everything very good! V. Light and darkness, Sun, Moon, and the stars, *God named everything very good! V. Earth and Sea, Sky and Birds, Fish and all Creatures, *God named everything very good! V. Human beings in God’s image and likeness, *God named everything very good! R. God looked at everything in creation, God named everything very good!
Canticle of Zachary– Luke 1:68-79
Antiphon
It was said to your ancestors,
Do not take a false oath…
But I say, do not swear at all;
Let your ‘Yes’ mean ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No’ mean ‘No.’
Blessed + be Adonai, the God of Israel,
Who visits this people to set us free
Raising for us a sign of salvation
In the house and family of David.
God promised throughout past ages
In words of holy prophets
To save us from our enemies,
And from the control of our oppressors.
Adonai favored our ancestors
And remembered the sacred covenant.
The pledge to Abraham and Sarah
Is now renewed for us;
That freed from the grip of our foes
We might worship without fear
And be both just and holy
For the rest of our days.
And you, child, called “prophet of the Most High,”
Will go ahead to prepare the way,
By teaching this people of salvation
Through forgiveness of their sins.
For the loving compassion of the Holy One
As the Rising Sun will shine upon us
To illumine the darkness and dispel death’s shadow
To guide our feet on the way of peace.
Glory to the ONE and to the WORD
and to the BREATH of Love!
As always before,
so now and evermore. Amen.
It was said to your ancestors,
Do not take a false oath
But I say, do not swear at all;
Let your ‘Yes’ mean ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No’ mean ‘No.’
Intercessory Prayer
You created all things and found everything you made to be very good;
help us to live as your image, loving and caring for all of creation.
You gave us the Sun to provide the energy, light, and heat that enabled Mother Earth to
bring forth life in all its marvelous diversity, individuality and community: ~give us the wisdom and will to live in harmony with and for the common good of all creation.
You gave us the Sabbath Day to rehearse your reign:
may we cease from work and reverence all that you sustain.
Create new hearts in us, O God,
and fill us with your Holy Spirit.
Prayer of Jesus
Our Father …
Closing Prayer & Blessing
Holy One and God of endless Compassion, you are the praise of all your saints and the joy of all creation. Direct all our actions by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit and further them on with your continual help so that every prayer and work of ours may always begin from you, be carried out in harmony with all of creation, and through you be brought to completion. For yours is the power and glory of love now and forever. Amen.
May the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension,
+ guard our hearts and our minds in Christ Jesus. ~Amen.
Let us bless Adonai.
~Thanks be to God.