Eastertide
The leader reads the regular text. The people read the bold text.
O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness; let the whole earth stand in awe of him.
Psalm 96:9
Therefore stay awake—for you do not know when the master of the house will come, in the evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or in the morning—lest he come suddenly and find you asleep.
Mark 13:35-36
Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.
Revelation 21:3
Nations shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising.
Isaiah 60:3
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
Isaiah 53:6
Thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Corinthians 15:57
For Christ has entered, not into holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true things, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf.
Hebrews 9:24
The Spirit and the Bride say, “Come.” And let the one who hears say, “Come.” And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who desires take the water of life without price.
Revelation 22:17
Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of Hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory!
Isaiah 6:3
The LORD by wisdom founded the earth; by understanding he established the heavens; by his knowledge the deeps broke open, and the clouds drop down the dew.
Proverbs 3:19-20
Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
LORD, I have loved the habitation of your house and the place where your honor dwells.
Let my prayer be set forth in your sight as incense, and let the lifting up of my hands be an evening sacrifice.
When I was in trouble I called upon the Lord, and he hearkened to my calling. Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips and from a deceitful tongue.
What reward shall be given or done unto you, O false tongue? Even mighty and sharp arrows, with hot burning coals.
Woe is me, that I am constrained to dwell in Meshech, and to have my habitation among the tents of Kedar.
My soul has long dwelt among those who are enemies of peace.
I labor for peace, but when I speak to them of it, they make themselves ready for battle.
Psalm 120
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.
I will lift up my eyes unto the hills; from whence comes my help? My help comes from the Lord, who has made heaven and earth. He will not let your foot be moved, and he who keeps you will not sleep.
Behold, he who keeps Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.
The Lord himself is your keeper; the Lord is your defense upon your right hand,
So that the sun shall not burn you by day, neither the moon by night.
The Lord shall preserve you from all evil; indeed, it is he who shall keep your soul.
The Lord shall preserve your going out and your coming in, from this time forth for evermore.
Psalm 121
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.
O God, my heart is fixed, my heart is firmly fixed; I will sing and give praise with the best that I have. Awake, my soul; awake, lute and harp; I myself will awaken the dawn.
I will give thanks unto you, O Lord, among the peoples, and I will sing praises unto you among the nations,
For the greatness of your mercy reaches to the heavens, and your faithfulness to the clouds.
Exalt yourself, O God, above the heavens; let your glory be over all the earth.
That your beloved may be delivered, save me by your right hand, and answer me.
God has spoken in his holiness: “I will rejoice and divide Shechem, and parcel out the valley of Succoth.
Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the helmet for my head; Judah is my scepter.
Moab is my wash-pot; over Edom will I cast my shoe; over Philistia will I triumph.”
Who will lead me into the strong city, and who will bring me into Edom?
Have you not forsaken us, O God? And will you not, O God, go forth with our hosts?
O help us against the enemy, for vain is the help of man.
Through God we shall do great acts, for it is he who shall tread down our enemies.
Psalm 108
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.
Hold not your tongue, O God of my praise, for the mouth of the ungodly, the mouth of the deceitful is opened upon me. They have spoken against me with false tongues; they encompassed me with words of hatred, and fought against me without a cause.
In return for the love that I had for them, they have become my adversaries; but I give myself to prayer.
Thus have they rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
Set an ungodly man to be ruler over him, and let an accuser stand at his right hand.
When judgment is given, let him be condemned, and let sentence be passed on him for guilt.
Let his days be few, and let another take his office.
Let his children be fatherless and his wife a widow.
Let his children be vagabonds and beg their bread; let them be driven out, even from desolate places.
Let the creditor consume all that he has, and let strangers take his labor for spoil.
Let there be no one to pity him, nor to have compassion upon his fatherless children.
Let his posterity be destroyed, and in the next generation let his name be blotted out.
Let the wickedness of his fathers be held in remembrance in the sight of the Lord, and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.
Let them be always before the Lord, that he may root out the memorial of them from the earth,
Because he was not minded to do good, but persecuted to death the poor and needy, and those who were brokenhearted.
His delight was in cursing; let curses come upon him; he loved not blessing; therefore let it be far from him.
He clothed himself with cursing as with a garment, so let it soak into his body like water, and like oil into his bones.
Let it be to him as the cloak that he has on and as the belt that he always wears.
Let this be the recompense from the Lord to my enemies, and to those who speak evil against my soul.
But deal with me, O Lord God, according to your Name; for sweet is your mercy.
O deliver me, for I am helpless and poor, and my heart is wounded within me.
I disappear like the shadow that lengthens, and am shaken off like a grasshopper.
My knees are weak through fasting; my flesh is grown lean for want of nourishment.
I have become a reproach to them; when they look on me, they shake their heads.
Help me, O Lord my God; save me according to your mercy;
And they shall know that this is your hand, and that you, O Lord, have done it.
Though they curse, yet you bless; let them be confounded who rise up against me, but let your servant rejoice.
Let my adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own disgrace as with a cloak.
As for me, I will give great thanks unto the Lord with my mouth, and praise him among the multitude,
For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save their souls from the unrighteous judges.
Psalm 109
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.
What shall I give unto the Lord for all the benefits that he has done unto me? I will lift up the cup of salvation and call upon the Name of the Lord.
I will pay my vows unto the Lord in the presence of all his people; dear in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.
O Lord, I am your servant; I am your servant, and the child of your handmaid; you have broken my bonds asunder.
I will offer you the sacrifice of thanksgiving and will call upon the Name of the Lord.
I will pay my vows unto the Lord in the sight of all his people, in the courts of the Lord’s house, even in the midst of you, O Jerusalem. Praise the Lord.
Psalm 116
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.
The Lord is my shepherd; therefore I can lack nothing. He shall feed me in green pastures and lead me forth beside the waters of comfort. He shall refresh my soul and bring me forth in the paths of righteousness for his Name’s sake.
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff comfort me.
You shall prepare a table before me, in the presence of those who trouble me; you have anointed my head with oil, and my cup shall be full.
Surely your goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.
Psalm 23
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.
A reading from Holy Scripture.
Lector: A reading from Job 20.
Job 20
Lector: The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
Lector: A reading from Hebrews 10:19-end.
Hebrews 10:19-end
Lector: The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
Almighty God, you gave your only Son to be for us both a sacrifice for sin and an example of godly living: Give us grace thankfully to receive his inestimable benefits, and daily to follow the blessed steps of his most holy life; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
The Third Sunday of Easter
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with us all evermore. Amen.
May the God of hope fill us with all joy and peace in believing through the power of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Glory to God whose power, working in us, can do infinitely more than we can ask or imagine: Glory to him from generation to generation in the Church, and in Christ Jesus for ever and ever. Amen.