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Second Friday of Advent

Theme for Friday: Forgiveness

With deep gratitude for God’s compassion in which we live and move and have our being, we pray that we would have Christ's compassion and courage in our heats so that we can love and forgive our neighbors and ourselves.

Sentence for the Week

For the same God who said, 'Out of darkness let light shine,' has caused his light to shine within us, to give the light of revelation—the revelation of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. 2 Corinthians 4:5-6

Confession of Sin

The Invitatory and Psalter

O God, let our mouths proclaim your praise.

Let our hearts rejoice in your goodness.

Amen! Praise and glory and wisdom, thanksgiving and honor, power and might be to our God for ever and ever. Amen!

Canticle

A Song of Penitence   Kyrie Pantokrator

O Lord and Ruler of the hosts of heaven,*

God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and of all their righteous offspring:

You made the heavens and the earth,*

with all their vast array.

All things quake with fear at your presence;*

they tremble because of your power.

But your merciful promise is beyond all measure;*

it surpasses all that our minds can fathom.

O Lord, you are full of compassion,*

long suffering, and abounding in mercy.

You hold back your hand;*

you do not punish as we deserve.

In your great goodness, Lord, you have promised forgiveness to sinners,*

that they may repent of their sin and be saved.

And now, O Lord, I bend the knee of my heart,*

and make my appeal, sure of your gracious goodness.

I have sinned, O Lord, I have sinned,*

and I know my wickedness only too well.

Therefore I make this prayer to you:*

Forgive me, Lord, forgive me.

Do not let me perish in my sin,*

nor condemn me to the depths of the earth.

For you, O Lord, are the God of those who repent,*

and in me you will show forth your goodness.

Unworthy as I am, you will save me, in accordance with your great mercy,*

and I will praise you without ceasing all the days of my life.

For all the powers of heaven sing your praises,*

and yours is the glory to ages of ages. Amen.

The Psalm Appointed

Psalm 35 Judica, Domine

Fight those who fight me, O God;*

attack those who are attacking me.

Take up shield and armor*

and rise up to help me.

Draw the sword and bar the way against those who pursue me;*

say to my soul, "I am your salvation."

Let those who seek after my life be shamed and humbled;*

let those who plot my ruin fall back and be dismayed.

Let them be like chaff before the wind,*

and let the angel of God drive them away.

Let their way be dark and slippery,*

and let the angel of God pursue them.

For they have secretly spread a net for me without a cause;*

without a cause they have dug a pit to take me alive.

Let ruin come upon them unawares;*

let them be caught in the net they hid; let them fall into the pit they dug.

Then I will be joyful in you, O Most High;*

I will glory in your victory.

My very bones will say, "O God, who is like you?*

You deliver the poor from those who are too strong for them, the poor and needy from those who rob them."

Malicious witnesses rise up against me;*

they charge me with matters I know nothing about.

They pay me evil in exchange for good;*

my soul is full of despair.

But when they were sick I dressed in sack-cloth*

and humbled myself by fasting;

I prayed with my whole heart, as one would for a friend or a neighbor;*

I behaved like those who mourn for their mothers, bowed down and grieving.

But when I stumbled, they were glad and gathered together; they gathered against me;*

strangers whom I did not know tore me to pieces and would not stop.

They put me to the test and mocked me;*

they gnashed at me with their teeth.

O God, how long will you look on?*

Rescue me from the roaring beasts, and my life from the young lions.

I will give you thanks in the great congregation;*

I will praise you in the mighty throng.

Do not let my treacherous foes rejoice over me,*

nor let those who hate me without a cause wink at each other.

For they do not plan for peace,*

but invent deceitful schemes against the quiet in the land.

They opened their mouths at me and said,*

"Aha! we saw it with our own eyes."

You saw it, O God; do not be silent;*

O God, be not far from me.

Awake, arise, to my cause;*

to my defense, my God and my Savior!

Give me justice, O my God, according to your righteousness;*

do not let them triumph over me.

Do not let them say in their hearts, "Aha! just what we want!"*

Do not let them say, "We have swallowed you up."

Let all who rejoice at my ruin be ashamed and disgraced;*

let those who boast against me be clothed with dismay and shame.

Let those who favor my cause sing out with joy and be glad;*

let them say always, "Great are you, O God, you desire the prosperity of your servant."

And my tongue shall be talking of your righteousness*

and of your praise all the day long.

All Glory to the Loving One, Source of our being, Eternal Word, and Life-Giving Spirit:
as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen.

The First Lesson

A Reading from Matthew 23:27-39

Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples, “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, which on the outside look beautiful, but inside they are full of the bones of the dead and of all kinds of filth. So you also on the outside look righteous to others, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the graves of the righteous, and you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our ancestors, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’ Thus you testify against yourselves that you are descendants of those who murdered the prophets. Fill up, then, the measure of your ancestors. You snakes, you brood of vipers! How can you escape being sentenced to hell? Therefore I send you prophets, sages, and scribes, some of whom you will kill and crucify, and some you will flog in your synagogues and pursue from town to town, so that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar. Truly I tell you, all this will come upon this generation.

“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often have I desired to gather your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing! See, your house is left to you, desolate. For I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, ‘Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord.’”

A time of silence may be kept.

Officiant   For the word of God in scripture,
for the Word of God among us,
for the Word of God within us.

People      Thanks be to God.

Canticle

The Second Song of Isaiah Quaerite Dominum Isaiah 55:6 11

Seek the Lord while he wills to be found;*

call upon him when he draws near.

Let the wicked forsake their ways*

and the evil ones their thoughts;

And let them turn to the Lord, and he will have compassion,*

and to our God, for he will richly pardon.

For my thoughts are not your thoughts,*

nor your ways my ways, says the Lord.

For as the heavens are higher than the earth,*

so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

For as rain and snow fall from the heavens*

and return not again, but water the earth,

Bringing forth life and giving growth,*

seed for sowing and bread for eating,

So is my word that goes forth from my mouth;*

it will not return to me empty;

But it will accomplish that which I have purposed,*

and prosper in that for which I sent it.

All Glory to the Loving One, Source of our being, Eternal Word, and Life-Giving Spirit:
as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen.

The Prayers

The Lord be with you.
And also with you.
Let us pray.

Eternal Spirit, Earth-maker, Pain-bearer, Life-giver,

Source of all that is and that shall be,

Father and Mother of us all,

Loving God, in whom is heaven:

The hallowing of your name echo through the universe!

The way of your justice be followed by the peoples of the world!

Your heavenly will be done by all created beings!

Your commonwealth of peace and freedom sustain our hope and come on earth.

With the bread we need for today, feed us.

In the hurts we absorb from one another, forgive us.

In times of temptation and test, strengthen us.

From trials too great to endure, spare us.

From the grip of all that is evil, free us.

For you reign in the glory of the power that is love, now and forever. Amen.

Suffrages

Suffrage B

V.  Save your people, O God, and bless your inheritance;

R.  Govern and uphold them, now and always.

V.  Day by day we bless you;

R.  We praise your name for ever.

V.  O God, keep us from all sin today;

R.  Have mercy upon us, God, have mercy.

V.  O God, show us your love and mercy;

R.  For we put our trust in you.

V.  In you, O God, is our hope;

R.  And we shall never hope in vain.

Collect for the Week

Merciful God, who sent your messengers the prophets to preach repentance and prepare the way for our salvation: Give us grace to heed their warnings and forsake our sins, that we may greet with joy the coming of Jesus Christ our Redeemer; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Collect for the Diocese

Collect for Forgiveness

Loving God in whom is heaven, we remember and live in the presence of your son Jesus who is the living proof that you love and forgive us. As we hear his cry from the cross, "Father forgive them, because they don't know what they are doing," we pray that you would help us cleanse our hearts of resentment toward people who have hurt and betrayed us. And help us forgive ourselves, so that we can truly love our neighbors and ourselves and grow into the full expression of your love here on earth that you intended us to be in Jesus Christ. Amen.

Prayers for People Engaged in Compassion Ministries

We pray for people entrusted with the care and nurture of souls, for psychologists, social workers, counselors, spiritual directors, and clergy, that they all will be wise and loving agents of God's healing and transformation.
Amen.

Parish Intercessions

And we pray for our own needs and the needs of others.

Collect for Our Time

God of all mercy, keep us from a mindless acceptance of things as they are, and a longing for peace without the courage to work for justice. Let us all know in the life-threatening pandemics of disease, poverty, racism, and violence there is an inner calm that comes from faith in you, and that from this central heart of peace, there may flow a creative and courageous compassion, a deep thirst for racial justice, and a relentless proclamation of your love, to heal and reconcile your world in you through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Dismissal

Walk in love with Christ's courage and compassion in your hearts.

Thanks be to God.

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid. Amen. John 14:27

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Acknowledgements: With Gratitude

Pray for Peace, Work for Justice.

This Daily Office App was created in 2020 at St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Ladue, MO, as a partial response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the murder of George Floyd. Because of the pandemic we and many congregations began offering online variations of the Daily Office from the Book of Common Prayer. George Floyd's murder brought into sharp relief the racism and many other injustices in our world. We believe it is pointless to pray for peace unless we are actively working for justice in all spheres of our daily lives.

Within our congregation we have many people such as, medical personnel and teachers, who are putting their lives at risk to help create a better world. We also have numerous parishioners employed or engaged in not-for-profit agencies, research, and outreach all of which are striving to right the wrongs of our society and in the words of the Lord's Prayer, "helping God's Kingdom come on earth". To focus our need to engage in social action we have created this Daily Office with a two week cycle of social justice themes to help us:

• Pray and reflect on our part in the systemic evils that corupt our world.
• Pray intentionally for parishioners and the programs they work in to "Heal the World."
• Pray for courage and wisdom to discover and empower us to be the change we wish to see in the world.

The Episcopal Book of Common Prayer and its many companion books through out the Anglican Communion are wonderful treasure troves of prayers and resources for deepening our spiritual lives and inspiring action in the world. Such books are however are a frozen meal, they need thawing out, warming up, and seasoning with local spices. This is what this app seeks to do. It added the necessary flavors of St. Peter's, Ladue, so whether at home, in church, or travelling the world, we can continue to remember and pray for one another as we walk the way of love and make this a better world in which our children's children can love and grow into the image of God that God creates them to be.

If you would like to adapt this app for your own congregation or community setting and add your own spices and flavors please email us and we can create a specific parish option for you.

Specific Acknowledgements and Copyrights.

The service structure and the traditional psalms canticles and prayers are taken from the Episcopal Book of Common Prayer, 1979, available from The Church Hymnal Corporation, New York. Inclusive canticles and prayers have been adapted from a variety of sources including Enriching our Worship, 1998 also available from The Church Hymnal Corporation, New York.

Inclusive Psalms were taken from The Saint Helena Psalter, ©Copyright 2005 by The Order of St. Helena, Inc. All rights reserved. Used with permission.

Specific prayers such as the Inclusive Lord’s Prayer has been taken from A New Zealand Prayerbook, ©Copyright 1989 the Church of the Province of New Zealand. This prayerbook has also provided inspiration for the inclusive Compline service and partial content to many of the collects.

In general, Biblical passages are taken from The New Revised Standard Version, ©Copyright 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

We are also indebted to The Rev. Br. Richard Edward Helmer, BSG. the developer of the The Daily Office App who provided technical advice and resources as we developed this app.

We are also indebted to Sandie Willey and her gift of words and discerning eye as together we crafted many of the prayers as we worked to create this Daily Office for Our Times.

In the course of preparing this app we have visited many websites, read and prayed many prayers, and been inspired by many writers. To all the people who share their creativity with the world we say thank you for the beauty of your words and the times when a word becomes a sparkle of truth and a moment of transcendence.

With Gratitude
Rob Voyle,
Interim Rector, St. Peter's, 2020
Director of the Appreciative Way

©Copyright 2020-2025, Rob Voyle