Revised Common Lectionary
Daily Reading
Jan. 12, 2022
Opening Prayer
Lord, we give thanks for your eternal love and
for the great things you have done for your people. We want to do what is right and to be among
those who are your chosen ones that inherit the kingdom and join in giving
eternal praise. Send your Holy Spirit
among us now as we gather to worship in the matchless name of Jesus Christ.
Amen
Intercessory Prayer
Son of God:
You asked us to not hide our light because it will be known by others
who see us. But we also know that there
are times when the enemy wants to steal our light or convince us to hide
it. This can come at times when we face
the great difficulties of the world such as death and grief, illness and
hospitalizations, injuries to both of physical body and our psyche, abuse and
bullying, discrimination and marginalization.
Help us to show our light so that those who are having a difficult time
showing theirs will feel more as if they can defeat the forces that want to
take it or cause them to hide it. In the
name of Jesus Christ, we pray with His prayer… Our Father…Amen.
And also with you.
Christ our Lord invites to his table all who love him,
who earnestly repent of their sin
and seek to live in peace with one another.
Therefore, let us confess our sin before God and one another.
Psalm 106:5-12 says:
We have sinned, even as our
ancestors did;
we have done wrong and acted wickedly.
When our ancestors were in Egypt,
they gave no thought to your miracles;
they did not remember your many kindnesses,
and they rebelled by the sea, the Red Sea.
Yet he saved them for his name’s sake,
to make his mighty power known.
He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up;
he led them through the depths as through a
desert.
He saved them from the hand of the foe;
from the hand of the enemy he redeemed them.
The waters covered their adversaries;
not one of them survived.
Then they believed his promises
and sang his praise.
We pray forgiveness for the ways we are even unaware that we have done
things to harm others.
We ask your help in making changes in our lives and in the world to be
sure that all are treated with love and compassion.
We pray now individually to you in confession of our sins...Amen
Hear the good news:
Christ died for us while we were yet sinners;
that proves God's love toward us.
In the name of Jesus Christ, you are forgiven!
Glory to God Amen
Let us give our thanks and praise.
For it is right, and a good and joyful thing,
always and everywhere to give thanks to you,
Father Almighty, creator of heaven and earth.
You formed us in your image
and breathed into us the breath of life.
each person on this earth, all genders, all races, all ethnicities, all
nationalities
were made in your image and meant to be equals in front of you.
When we turned away, and our love failed,
your love remained steadfast.
You delivered us from captivity,
made covenant to be our sovereign God,
and spoke to us through the prophets.
And so,
with your people on earth
and all the company of heaven
we praise your name and join their unending hymn:
Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might,
heaven and earth are full of your glory.
Hosanna in the highest.
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
Hosanna in the highest.
Your Spirit anointed him
to preach good news to the poor,
to proclaim release to the captives
and recovering of sight to the blind,
to set at liberty those who are oppressed,
and to announce that the time had come
when you would save your people.
Even he would bring this love to all people and asked us to show it to
each person the same
He healed the sick, fed the hungry, and ate with sinners.
By the baptism of his suffering, death, and resurrection
you gave birth to your Church,
delivered us from slavery to sin and death,
and made with us a new covenant
by water and the Spirit.
When the Lord Jesus ascended,
he promised to be with us always,
in the power of your Word and Holy Spirit.
he took bread, gave thanks to you, broke the bread,
gave it to his disciples, and said:
"Take, eat; this is my body which is given for you.
Do this in remembrance of me."
When the supper was over, he took the cup,
gave thanks to you, gave it to his disciples, and said:
"Drink from this, all of you;
this is my blood of the new covenant,
poured out for you and for many
for the forgiveness of sins.
Do this, as often as you drink it,
in remembrance of me."
in remembrance of these your mighty acts in Jesus Christ,
we offer ourselves in praise and thanksgiving
as a holy and living sacrifice,
in union with Christ's offering for us,
as we proclaim the mystery of faith.
and on these gifts of bread and wine.
Make them be for us the body and blood of Christ,
that we may be for the world the body of Christ,
redeemed by his blood.
By your Spirit make us one with Christ,
one with each other,
and one in ministry to all the world,
until Christ comes in final victory
and we feast at his heavenly banquet.
with the Holy Spirit in your holy Church,
all honor and glory is yours, almighty Father,
now and forever. Amen.
Because there is one loaf,
we, who are many, are one body, for we all partake of the one loaf.
The bread which we break is a sharing in the body of Christ.
The blood of Christ, given for you. Amen.
Benediction
Eternal God, we give you thanks for this holy mystery
in which you have given yourself to us.
Grant that we may go into the world
in the strength of your Spirit,
to give ourselves for others,
in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Go forth in peace.
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ,
and the love of God,
and the communion of the Holy Spirit
be with you all. Amen.
No comments:
Post a Comment