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Invitation to Worship
Come, let us sing to Adonai, let us praise the God of all creation!
O Holy One,+ open my lips.
~And my mouth will proclaim your praise.
Let everything that lives and that breathes-
~give praise to Adonai, alleluia!
Sunday Morning Hymn
On this day, the first days,
God our Abba’s Name we praise;
Who creation’s Source and Spring
Did the world from darkness bring.
On this day th’ eternal Son
over death his triumph won;
On this day the Spirit came
with those gifts of living flame.
God, you made woman and man
Godlike in your loving plan,
Fill us with that love divine
that like stars we too may shine.
Word-Made-Flesh, all praises be!
You from sin have set us free;
And with you we die and rise
Unto God in sacrifice.
Holy Spirit you impart
Gifts of love to ev’ry heart
Give us light and grace, we pray,
Fill our hearts this holy day.
God, O Blessed Three in One
May your holy will be done;
In your word our souls are free,
As we praise the Trinity. Amen.
Text: LeMans Breviary, 1748; Melody: GOTT SEI DANK
PSALMODY
Antiphon/Refrain
With all my heart I long for you in the night, Adonai;
I seek you eagerly when morning breaks.
Psalm 62/63
O God, you are my God, for you I long for you my soul is thirsting.
My body pines for you like a dry weary land without water;
So I gaze on you in your holy place to see your strength and your glory.
For your love is better than life, my lips will speak your praise.
So I will bless you all my life, in your name I will lift up my hands.
My soul shall be filled as with a banquet, my mouth shall praise you with joy.
On my bed I remember you. On you I muse through the night,
for you have been my help; in the shadow of your wings I rejoice.
My soul clings to you; your right hand holds me fast.
Glory to the ABBA and to the WORD
and to the BREATH of Love.
As always before,
so now and evermore. Amen.
With all my heart I long for you in the night, Adonai;
I seek you eagerly when morning breaks.
READING Wisdom 2: 18-20
The wicked say: With revilement and torture let us put the just one to the test
that we may have proof of his gentleness
and try his patience.
Let us condemn him to a shameful death;
for according to his own words, God will take care of him.
Responsory
R. May our hearts be wholly with Adonai, *that we may keep the Torah and follow its commandments. V. May God be with us, as God was with our ancestors, *that we may keep the Torah and follow its commandments. V. Glory to the Abba and to the Word and to the Holy Breath of Love.
Canticle of Zachariah
Antiphon
If any of you would be first, you must be last of all
and servant of all.
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
If any of you would be first, you must be last of all
and servant of all.
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SERVICE OF PRAYER
Litany of Intercession
For all those who labor in the vineyards, orchards, fields and farms, that each may receive a living wage and the joy of working with Mother Earth to nourish the life of all living things, Love, in your mercy, hear our prayer.
For all who search for work, especially those forced by unjust legal and economic systems to leave their native lands in order to provide for their families, Love, in your mercy, hear our prayer.
For all those who have asked for our prayers and those for whom we have promised to pray, Love in your mercy, hear our prayer.
For all who are suffering in mind, body or spirit, and for those who care for them,
Love in your mercy, hear our prayer.
For those who have died, and for those who grieve their passing, Love, in your mercy, hear our prayer.
Prayer of Jesus
Our Father…
Closing Prayer & Blessing
God of Day and God of Darkness, the harmony and balance of creation reveal the mystery of your love. Through the change of seasons you enable Mother Earth to give birth to a wondrous diversity of landscapes and life, winds and weather, creatures and crops. Help us to recognize and honor the holiness of each earthly being and the communion among all things so that our ways of living and loving may lead to the freedom, flourishing and fullness of life for all creation. For yours is the power and the glory of love, now and forever. ~Amen.
May the God who blesses creation with times and seasons + bless us with reverence and love for all people and all Earthkind. ~Amen
Let us bless Adonai. ~Thanks be to God.