Cantica Gaudia

Season of Epiphany: Monday Morning Prayer

Opening:  Make in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.

Canticle:
Arise, shine, for your light has come
and the glory of the Lord has dawned upon you.
For behold, darkness covers the land;
deep gloom enshrouds the peoples.
But over you the Lord will rise
and his glory will appear upon you.
Nations will stream to your light,
and kings to the brightness of your dawning.
Your gates will always be open;
by day or night they will never be shut.
They will call you, The City of the Lord,
The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
Violence will no more be heard in your land,
ruin or destruction within your borders.
You will call your walls, Salvation,
and all your portals Praise.
The sun will no more be your light by day;
by night you will not need the brightness of the moon.
The Lord will be your everlasting light,
and your God will be your glory.

Glory to God, who made us, who bears our pain, and who loves us,
As it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever.  Amen.

Reading: Oh, feed me this day Holy Spirit, with
the fragrance of the fields and the
freshness of the oceans which you have
made, and help me to hear and hold
in all dearness those exacting and wonderful
words of our Lord Christ Jesus saying:
“Follow me.”

The Lord’s Prayer: 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 for ever.  Amen.

Prayer:
That this day may be holy, good, and joyful – we pray you, O Lord.
That we may offer you our worship and our work – we pray you, O Lord.
That we may strive for the wellbeing of all creation – we pray you, O Lord.
That in the pleasures and pains of life, we may know the love of Christ and be thankful – we pray you, O Lord.
That we may be bound together by your Holy Spirit with all your saints, entrusting one another and all our life to Christ – we pray you, O Lord.
Let us commend ourselves and all for whom we pray to the mercy and protection of God.  Amen.

Collect: God, you have made our world and seen that it is good; grant to us, created to complete your work, the bright, delightful vision that makes us care for what we do.  We ask this in the name of our brother Jesus Christ.  Amen.

Going forth: May the God of hope fill us with all joy and peace in believing through the power of the Holy Spirit.  Amen.