Daily Anglican Prayer - Sunday Morning - 5th May 2024 Readings: Psalm 99; Acts 13.44-14.7; John 15.17-27. Led by Felicity Scott, a Liturgical Assistant at St John the Baptist Anglican Church Bulimba, QLD, Australia. The full prayer transcript is available by going to this episode on the Podcast website. https://dailyprayeranglicanprayerbookforaustralia.podbean.com Welcome to Sunday Morning prayer from the Anglican ‘A prayer book for Australia’. We proclaim the Good News of our Lord Jesus Christ: GOD in his infinite mercy, forgives all sins, and through our baptism in the name of our Saviour, Jesus Christ, we are given a rebirth into new life, free from the burden of all sin. ALLELUIA With faithfulness we respond to the good news: We acknowledge Christ as our saviour and accept with gratitude, that we are forgiven for all wrong doings, past and present. To honour the gift of forgiveness, we release our burden of guilt and rise up to live in the glory of God forever more. Blessed be God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, Blessed be God forever. Let us Pray. 1 This is the day that the Lord has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalm 118.24 Glory to God; Father, Son and Holy Spirit: as in the beginning, so now, and for ever. Amen. Sixth Sunday of Easter Jesus said, ‘You did not choose me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit.’ John 15.16 the Easter Anthems (page 423) may be used during the Easter season. Christ our Passover has been sacrificed for us: so let us celebrate the feast, Not with the old leaven of corruption and wickedness: but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. Christ once raised from the dead dies no more: death has no more dominion over him. In dying, he died to sin once for all: in living, he lives to God. See yourselves, therefore, as dead to sin: and alive to God in Jesus Christ our Lord. Christ has been raised from the dead: the first fruits of those who sleep. For since by one man came death: by another has come also the resurrection of the dead, For as in Adam all die: even so in Christ shall all be made alive. 3 The Opening Prayer The night has passed and the day lies open before us; let us pray with one heart and mind. Silence may be kept. As we rejoice in the gift of this new day, so may the light of your presence, O God, set our hearts on fire with love for you; now and for ever. Amen. Confession A pause for self-examination, the Confession and Absolution (see note 1) may be used here. 4 The Psalms as appointed. A pause is observed after each. Psalm 99 1 The Lord is king, let the nations tremble: he is enthroned upon the cherubim; let the earth quake. 2 The Lord is great in Zion: he is high above all nations. 3 Let them praise your great and terrible name: for holy is the Lord. 4 The Mighty One is king and loves justice: you have established equity, you have dealt righteousness and justice in Jacob. 5 O exalt the Lord our God: and bow down before his footstool, for he is holy. 6 Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among those who call upon his name: they called to the Lord and he answered. 7 He spoke to them from the pillar of cloud: they kept to his teachings and the law that he gave them. 8 You answered them, O Lord our God: you were a forgiving God to them, and pardoned their wrongdoing. 9 O exalt the Lord our God: and bow down towards his holy hill, for the Lord our God is holy. 5 At the end of the (last) pause there may follow Lord God, whose blessed Son rose in triumph and set us free: grant us the fullness of life he promised us, that through the Holy Spirit our hearts may possess him whom our eyes cannot see, the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 6 One or two Readings from the Bible as appointed. 1st Reading Acts 13.44-14.7 44 The next sabbath almost the whole city gathered to hear the word of the Lord. 45 But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy; and blaspheming, they contradicted what was spoken by Paul. 46 Then both Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, saying, ‘It was necessary that the word of God should be spoken first to you. Since you reject it and judge yourselves to be unworthy of eternal life, we are now turning to the Gentiles. 47 For so the Lord has commanded us, saying, “I have set you to be a light for the Gentiles, so that you may bring salvation to the ends of the earth.” ’ 48 When the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and praised the word of the Lord; and as many as had been destined for eternal life became believers. 49 Thus the word of the Lord spread throughout the region. 50 But the Jews incited the devout women of high standing and the leading men of the city, and stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of their region. 51 So they shook the dust off their feet in protest against them, and...
