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Thursday in the Third Week of Lent

Theme for Thursday: God's Abundance

We offer to God our worship, with thanksgiving for our homes and the material blessings of our lives. And as we give thanks, we remember people who are homeless and live in poverty and we pray for parishioners dedicated to serving the poor and righting the inequities of our society.

Sentence for the Week

Jesus said, 'I am the light of the world; whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.' John 8:12

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

O Gracious Light   Phos hilaron

O gracious Light,

pure brightness of the ever living God in Heaven,

O Jesus Christ, holy and blessed!

Now as we come to the setting of the sun,

and our eyes behold the vesper light,

we sing your praises. O blessed God:

Sun of our night, and light of our day.

You are worthy at all times to be praised by happy voices.

O Child of God, O Giver of life,

be glorified through all the world. Amen.

The Psalms Appointed

Psalm 85 Benedixisti, Domine

You have been gracious to your land, O God;*

you have restored the good fortune of Jacob.

You have forgiven the iniquity of your people*

and blotted out all their sins.

You have withdrawn all your fury*

and turned yourself from your wrathful indignation.

Restore us then, O God our Savior;*

let your anger depart from us.

Will you be displeased with us for ever;*

will you prolong your anger from age to age?

Will you not give us life again,*

that your people may rejoice in you?

Show us your mercy, O God,*

and grant us your salvation.

I will listen to what you are saying,*

for you are speaking peace to your faithful people and to those who turn their hearts to you.

Truly, your salvation is very near to those who fear you,*

that your glory may dwell in our land.

Mercy and truth have met together;*

righteousness and peace have kissed each other.

Truth shall spring up from the earth,*

and righteousness shall look down from heaven.

You, O God, will indeed grant prosperity,*

and our land will yield its increase.

Righteousness shall go before you,*

and peace shall be a pathway for your feet.

Psalm 86 Inclina, Domine

Bow down your ear, O God, and answer me,*

for I am poor and in misery.

Keep watch over my life, for I am faithful;*

save your servant, for I put my trust in you.

Be merciful to me, O God, for you are my God;*

I call upon you all the day long.

Gladden the soul of your servant,*

for to you, O God, I lift up my soul.

For you, O God, are good and forgiving,*

and great is your love toward all who call upon you.

Give ear, O God, to my prayer,*

and attend to the voice of my supplications.

In the time of my trouble I will call upon you,*

for you will answer me.

Among the gods there is none like you, O God,*

nor anything like your works.

All nations you have made will come and worship you, O God,*

and glorify your Name.

For you are great; you do wondrous things;*

and you alone are God.

Teach me your way, O God, and I will walk in your truth;*

knit my heart to you that I may fear your Name.

I will thank you, my God, with all my heart,*

and glorify your Name for evermore.

For great is your love toward me;*

you have delivered me from the nethermost Pit.

The arrogant rise up against me, O God, and a band of the violent seeks my life;*

they have not set you before their eyes.

But you, O God, are gracious and full of compassion,*

slow to anger, and full of kindness and truth.

Turn to me and have mercy upon me;*

give your strength to your servant and save the child of your handmaid.

Show me a sign of your favor, so that those who hate me may see it and be ashamed,*

because you, O God, have helped me and comforted me.

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 John 8:21-32

Jesus said to the Pharisees, “I am going away, and you will search for me, but you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come.” Then the Jews said,The Jewish leaders asked, “Is he going to kill himself? Is that what he means by saying, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come’?” He said to them, “You are from below, I am from above; you are of this world, I am not of this world. I told you that you would die in your sins, for you will die in your sins unless you believe that I am he.” They said to him, “Who are you?” Jesus said to them, “Why do I speak to you at all? I have much to say about you and much to condemn; but the one who sent me is true, and I declare to the world what I have heard from him.” They did not understand that he was speaking to them about the Father. So Jesus said, “When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will realize that I am he, and that I do nothing on my own, but I speak these things as the Father instructed me. And the one who sent me is with me; he has not left me alone, for I always do what is pleasing to him.” As he was saying these things, many believed in him.

Then Jesus said to the JewsJesus told the people who had believed in him, “If you continue in my word, you are truly my disciples; and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”

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

Rich In Mercy Ephesians 2:4-7; 3:20, 21

You O God are rich in mercy:*

out of the great love with which you loved us.

Even when we were dead through our sins:*

you made us alive together with Christ.

You raised us up in union with him:*

and made us sit with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,

So that you might show the immeasurable riches of your grace:*

in kindness towards us in Christ Jesus.

By your Spirit at work within us;*

you do far more abundantly than all we ask or think.

To you be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus:*

through all generations for ever and ever. Amen.

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 A

V.  Show us your mercy, O God;

R.  And grant us your salvation.

V.  Clothe your ministers with righteousness;

R.  Let your people sing with joy.

V.  Give peace, O God, in all the world;

R.  For only in you can we live in safety.

V.  O God, keep this nation under your care;

R.  And guide us in the way of justice and truth.

V.  Let your way be known upon earth;

R.  Your saving health among all nations.

V.  Let not the needy, O God, be forgotten;

R.  Nor the hope of the poor be taken away.

V.  Create in us clean hearts, O God;

R.  And sustain us with your Holy Spirit.

Collect for the Week

Almighty God, you know that we have no power in ourselves to help ourselves: Keep us both outwardly in our bodies and inwardly in our souls, that we may be defended from all adversities which may happen to the body, and from all evil thoughts which may assault and hurt the soul; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Collect for the Diocese

Collect for God's Abundance

Almighty God we thank you that you sent your son Jesus into our world, not so we could have less death, but that we would have life and and have it abundantly. Grant us grace to humbly walk with Jesus, and be as liberal with your abundant love as he was, and is, and will be forever more. Amen

Prayers for People Engaged in Poverty & Economic Justice Ministries

We pray for people engaged in empowering people to live with greater financial security and the freedom to choose the direction of their lives.
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

Let us bless the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

The love of God has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us. Amen. Romans 5:5

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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