{"id":434,"date":"2020-03-25T13:43:31","date_gmt":"2020-03-25T17:43:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stpeterstrinity.org\/?p=434"},"modified":"2020-03-29T11:21:28","modified_gmt":"2020-03-29T15:21:28","slug":"morning-prayer-march-29-2020-fifth-sunday-in-lent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stpeterstrinity.org\/?p=434","title":{"rendered":"Morning Prayer- March 29, 2020: Fifth Sunday in Lent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Saint Peter\u2019s-Trinity Episcopal Church<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>160 Main Street, Thomaston, Connecticut 06787<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t forget to leave a comment in the comment section at the bottom of the page.<\/p>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4>Prelude &#8211; &#8220;Largo&#8221; &#8211; Anton Dvorak, arr. Robert J. Hughes<\/h4>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-434-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/stpeterstrinity.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/0321201357.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/stpeterstrinity.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/0321201357.mp3\">http:\/\/stpeterstrinity.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/0321201357.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<h3>Hymn &#8211; 1<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Qg4xN5nNQX4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>1. Father. we praise thee, now the night is over,<br \/>\nactive and watchful, stand we all before thee;<br \/>\nsinging we offer prayer and meditation: thus we adore thee.<\/p>\n<p>2.Monarch of all things, fit us for thy mansions;<br \/>\nbanish our weakness, health and wholeness sending;<br \/>\nbring us to heaven, where thy saints united joy without ending.<\/p>\n<p>3.All holy Father, Son, and equal Spirit,<br \/>\nTrinity blessed, send us thy salvation;<br \/>\nthine is the glory, gleaming and resounding through all creation.<\/p>\n<p>Rend your hearts and not your garments. Return to the Lord your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and repents of evil. Joel 2:13<\/p>\n<h3>The Confession<\/h3>\n<p>Let us confess our sins against God and our neighbor.<br \/>\nSilence may be kept.<br \/>\nOfficiant and People together, all kneeling<br \/>\nMost merciful God,\u2028we confess that we have sinned against you\u2028in thought, word, and deed,\u2028by what we have done,\u2028and by what we have left undone.\u2028We have not loved you with our whole heart;\u2028we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves.\u2028We are truly sorry and we humbly repent.\u2028For the sake of your Son Jesus Christ,\u2028have mercy on us and forgive us;\u2028that we may delight in your will,\u2028and walk in your ways,\u2028to the glory of your Name. Amen.<br \/>\nThe people say together, in the absence of a Priest who alone stands and says<br \/>\nAlmighty God have mercy on us, forgive us all our sins through our Lord Jesus Christ, strengthen us in all goodness, and by the power of the Holy Spirit keep us in eternal life.\u00a0Amen.The Invitatory and Psalter<br \/>\nOfficiant Lord, open our lips.<br \/>\nPeople And our mouth shall proclaim your praise.<\/p>\n<p>Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: as it was in the<br \/>\nbeginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen. Alleluia.<br \/>\nWorship the Lord in the beauty of holiness: Come let us adore him.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Venite Psalm 95:1-7<\/strong><br \/>\nCome, let us sing to the Holy One; *<br \/>\nlet us shout for joy to the Rock of our salvation.<br \/>\nLet us come before God\u2019s presence with thanksgiving *<br \/>\nand raise a loud shout with psalms.<br \/>\nFor you, O God are a great God, *<br \/>\nyou are great King above all gods.<br \/>\nIn your hand are the caverns of the earth, *<br \/>\nand the heights of the hills are yours also.<br \/>\nThe sea is yours, for you made it, *<br \/>\nand your hands have molded the dry land.<br \/>\nCome, let us bow down, and bend the knee, *<br \/>\nand kneel before God, our Maker.<br \/>\nFor you are our God, and we are the people of your pasture and the sheep of your hand. *<br \/>\nOh, that today we would hearken to his voice!<br \/>\nGlory to the holy and undivided Trinity, one God,*as it was in the beginning, is now and will be forever. Amen.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PSALM 130<\/strong><br \/>\n1\u00a0Out of the depths have I called to you, O\u00a0Lord;\u2028Lord, hear my voice; *\u2028let your ears consider well the voice of my supplication.<br \/>\n2 If you,\u00a0Lord, were to note what is done amiss, *\u2028O Lord, who could stand?<br \/>\n3 For there is forgiveness with you; *\u2028therefore you shall be feared.<br \/>\n4 I wait for the\u00a0Lord; my soul waits for him; *\u2028in his word is my hope.<br \/>\n5 My soul waits for the\u00a0Lord,\u2028more than watchmen for the morning, *\u2028more than watchmen for the morning.<br \/>\n6 O Israel, wait for the\u00a0Lord, *\u2028for with the\u00a0Lord\u00a0there is mercy;<br \/>\n7 With him there is plenteous redemption, *\u2028and he shall redeem Israel from all their sins.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ezekiel 37:1-14<\/strong><br \/>\nThe hand of the\u00a0Lord\u00a0came upon me, and he brought me out by the spirit of the\u00a0Lord\u00a0and set me down in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones. He led me all around them; there were very many lying in the valley, and they were very dry. He said to me, \u201cMortal, can these bones live?\u201d I answered, \u201cO Lord\u00a0God, you know.\u201d Then he said to me, \u201cProphesy to these bones, and say to them: O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord. Thus says the Lord\u00a0God\u00a0to these bones: I will cause breath to enter you, and you shall live. I will lay sinews on you, and will cause flesh to come upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and you shall live; and you shall know that I am the\u00a0Lord.\u201d So I prophesied as I had been commanded; and as I prophesied, suddenly there was a noise, a rattling, and the bones came together, bone to its bone. I looked, and there were sinews on them, and flesh had come upon them, and skin had covered them; but there was no breath in them. Then he said to me, \u201cProphesy to the breath, prophesy, mortal, and say to the breath: Thus says the Lord\u00a0God: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.\u201d I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood on their feet, a vast multitude. Then he said to me, \u201cMortal, these bones are the whole house of Israel. They say, \u2018Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost; we are cut off completely.\u2019 Therefore prophesy, and say to them, Thus says the Lord\u00a0God: I am going to open your graves, and bring you up from your graves, O my people; and I will bring you back to the land of Israel. And you shall know that I am the\u00a0Lord, when I open your graves, and bring you up from your graves, O my people. I will put my spirit within you, and you shall live, and I will place you on your own soil; then you shall know that I, the\u00a0Lord, have spoken and will act,\u201d says the\u00a0Lord.<\/p>\n<h3>Hymn \u2013 455<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/J5h8Z8rxpys\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>1. O Love of God, how strong and true, eternal and yet ever new;<br \/>\nuncomprehended and unbougut, beyond all knowledge and all thought.<br \/>\n2. O widembracing, wondrous Love, we read thee in the sky above;<br \/>\nwe read thee in the earth below, in seas that swell and streams that flow.<br \/>\n3. We read thee best in him who came to bear for us the cross of shame,<br \/>\nsent by the Father from on high, our life to live, our death to die.<br \/>\n4. We read thy power to bless and save e\u2019en in the darkness of the grave;<br \/>\nstill more in resurrection light we read the fullness of thy might.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dwelling in the Word<\/strong><br \/>\nWhat word or phrase is God speaking to your heart?<br \/>\nIs God nudging you to share a message with someone who is different than you?<br \/>\nWhat might that message be?<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Lesson- John 11:1-45<\/strong><br \/>\nNow a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. Mary was the one who anointed the Lord with perfume and wiped his feet with her hair; her brother Lazarus was ill. So the sisters sent a message to Jesus, \u201cLord, he whom you love is ill.\u201d But when Jesus heard it, he said, \u201cThis illness does not lead to death; rather it is for God\u2019s glory, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.\u201d Accordingly, though Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus, after having heard that Lazarus was ill, he stayed two days longer in the place where he was.<br \/>\nThen after this he said to the disciples, \u201cLet us go to Judea again.\u201d The disciples said to him, \u201cRabbi, the Jews were just now trying to stone you, and are you going there again?\u201d Jesus answered, \u201cAre there not twelve hours of daylight? Those who walk during the day do not stumble, because they see the light of this world. But those who walk at night stumble, because the light is not in them.\u201d After saying this, he told them, \u201cOur friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going there to awaken him.\u201d The disciples said to him, \u201cLord, if he has fallen asleep, he will be all right.\u201d Jesus, however, had been speaking about his death, but they thought that he was referring merely to sleep. Then Jesus told them plainly, \u201cLazarus is dead. For your sake I am glad I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him.\u201d Thomas, who was called the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, \u201cLet us also go, that we may die with him.\u201d<br \/>\nWhen Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb four days. Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, some two miles away, and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them about their brother. When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, while Mary stayed at home. Martha said to Jesus, \u201cLord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. But even now I know that God will give you whatever you ask of him.\u201d Jesus said to her, \u201cYour brother will rise again.\u201d Martha said to him, \u201cI know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day.\u201d Jesus said to her, \u201cI am the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in me, even though they die, will live, and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?\u201d She said to him, \u201cYes, Lord, I believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, the one coming into the world.\u201d<br \/>\nWhen she had said this, she went back and called her sister Mary, and told her privately, \u201cThe Teacher is here and is calling for you.\u201d And when she heard it, she got up quickly and went to him. Now Jesus had not yet come to the village, but was still at the place where Martha had met him. The Jews who were with her in the house, consoling her, saw Mary get up quickly and go out. They followed her because they thought that she was going to the tomb to weep there. When Mary came where Jesus was and saw him, she knelt at his feet and said to him, \u201cLord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.\u201d When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her also weeping, he was greatly disturbed in spirit and deeply moved. He said, \u201cWhere have you laid him?\u201d They said to him, \u201cLord, come and see.\u201d Jesus began to weep. So the Jews said, \u201cSee how he loved him!\u201d But some of them said, \u201cCould not he who opened the eyes of the blind man have kept this man from dying?\u201d<br \/>\nThen Jesus, again greatly disturbed, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone was lying against it. Jesus said, \u201cTake away the stone.\u201d Martha, the sister of the dead man, said to him, \u201cLord, already there is a stench because he has been dead four days.\u201d Jesus said to her, \u201cDid I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?\u201d So they took away the stone. And Jesus looked upward and said, \u201cFather, I thank you for having heard me. I knew that you always hear me, but I have said this for the sake of the crowd standing here, so that they may believe that you sent me.\u201d When he had said this, he cried with a loud voice, \u201cLazarus, come out!\u201d The dead man came out, his hands and feet bound with strips of cloth, and his face wrapped in a cloth. Jesus said to them, \u201cUnbind him, and let him go.\u201d<br \/>\nMany of the Jews therefore, who had come with Mary and had seen what Jesus did, believed in him.<br \/>\n<strong>Lector:<\/strong> The Word of the Lord.<br \/>\n<strong>People:<\/strong> Thanks be to God.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reflection<\/strong><br \/>\nWhat word or phrase is God speaking to your heart?<br \/>\nIs God nudging you to share a message with someone who is different than you?<br \/>\nWhat might that message be?<\/p>\n<p>A period of silence may follow.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Canticle &#8211; The Song of Zechariah Luke 1:68-79<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel; *<br \/>\nhe has come to his people and set them free.<br \/>\nHe has raised up for us a mighty savior, *<br \/>\nborn of the house of his servant David.<br \/>\nThrough his holy prophets he promised of old,<br \/>\nthat he would save us from our enemies, *<br \/>\nfrom the hands of all who hate us.<br \/>\nHe promised to show mercy to our fathers *<br \/>\nand to remember his holy covenant.<br \/>\nThis was the oath he swore to our father Abraham, *<br \/>\nto set us free from the hands of our enemies,<br \/>\nFree to worship him without fear, *<br \/>\nholy and righteous in his sight all the days of our life.<br \/>\nYou, my child, shall be called the prophet of the Most High, *<br \/>\nfor you will go before the Lord to prepare his<br \/>\nway, to give his people knowledge of salvation *<br \/>\nby the forgiveness of their sins.<br \/>\nIn the tender compassion of our God *<br \/>\nthe dawn from on high shall break upon us,<br \/>\nTo shine on those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death, *<br \/>\nand to guide our feet into the way of peace.<\/p>\n<p>Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: * as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Apostles\u2019 Creed<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord. He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended to the dead. On the third day he rose again. He ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Prayers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Officiant The Lord be with you.<br \/>\nPeople And also with you.<br \/>\nOfficiant Let us pray.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Suffrage\u00a0\u00a0B<\/strong><br \/>\nV.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Save your people, Lord, and bless your inheritance;<br \/>\nR.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Govern and uphold them, now and always.<\/p>\n<p>V.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Day by day we bless you;<br \/>\nR.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0We praise your name for ever.<\/p>\n<p>V.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Lord, keep us from all sin today;<br \/>\nR.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Have mercy upon us, Lord, have mercy.<\/p>\n<p>V.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Lord, show us your love and mercy;<br \/>\nR.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0For we put our trust in you.<\/p>\n<p>V.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0In you, Lord, is our hope;<br \/>\nR.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0And we shall never hope in vain.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A Collect for Sundays<\/strong><br \/>\nO God, you make us glad with the weekly remembrance of the glorious resurrection of your Son our Lord: Give us this day such blessing through our worship of you, that the week to come may be spent in your favor; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\u00a0Amen.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Collect of the Day<\/strong><br \/>\nAlmighty God, you alone can bring into order the unruly wills and affections of sinners: Grant your people grace to love what you command and desire what you promise; that, among the swift and varied changes of the world, our hearts may surely there be fixed where true joys are to be found; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.\u00a0Amen.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A Prayer of St. Chrysostom<\/strong><br \/>\nAlmighty God, you have given us grace at this time with one accord to make our common supplication to you; and you have promised through your well-beloved Son that when two or three are gathered together in his Name you will be in the midst of them: Fulfill now, O Lord, our desires and petitions\u2028as may be best for us; granting us in this world knowledge of your truth, and in the age to come life everlasting.\u00a0Amen.<br \/>\nLet us bless the Lord.<br \/>\n<strong>Thanks be to God.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>HYMN \u2013 511<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/w-agMQZMHUg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>1. Holy Spirit, ever living as the Church\u2019s very life;<br \/>\nHoly Spirit, ever striving through her in a ceaseless strife;<br \/>\nHoly Spirit, ever forming in the Church the mind of Christ;<br \/>\nthee we praise with endless worship for thy fruits and gifts unpriced.<\/p>\n<p>2. Holy Spirit, ever working through the Church\u2019s ministry;<br \/>\nquick-ening, strength-ening and absolving; setting captive sinners free;<br \/>\nHoly Spirit, ever binding age to age, and soul to soul,<br \/>\nin a fellowship unending thee we worship and extol.<\/p>\n<p>May the God of hope fill us with all joy and peace in believing through the power of the Holy Spirit.\u00a0<strong>Amen.<\/strong> Romans 15<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Postlude: &#8220;Morning Praise&#8221; &#8211; Elizabeth T. van Woert<\/strong><\/h4>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-434-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/stpeterstrinity.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/0321201413.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/stpeterstrinity.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/0321201413.mp3\">http:\/\/stpeterstrinity.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/0321201413.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saint Peter\u2019s-Trinity Episcopal Church 160 Main Street, Thomaston, Connecticut 06787 Don&#8217;t forget to leave a comment in the comment section at the bottom of the page. Prelude &#8211; &#8220;Largo&#8221; &#8211; Anton Dvorak, arr. Robert J. Hughes Hymn &#8211; 1 1. 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