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Opening

Blessed be God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
And blessed be his kingdom, now and for ever. Amen.

Come, let us worship God our King.
Come, let us worship Christ, our King and our God.
Come, let us worship Christ among us, our King and our God.

Holy God,
holy and mighty,
holy immortal one,
have mercy upon us. (3x)

Glory be to the + Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,
now and always and forever and ever. Amen.

From Psalm 51

Open my lips, O Lord, *
and my mouth shall proclaim your praise.

Create in me a clean heart, O God, *
and renew a right spirit within me.

Cast me not away from your presence *
and take not your holy Spirit from me.

Give me the joy of your saving help again *
and sustain me with your bountiful Spirit.

Glory be to the + Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,
now and always and forever and ever. Amen.

A Psalm

Psalm 39

Dixi, Custodiam

I said, “I will keep watch upon my ways, so that I do not offend with my tongue.

I will put a muzzle on my mouth while the wicked are in my presence.”

So I held my tongue and said nothing; I refrained from rash words; but my pain became unbearable.

My heart was hot within me; while I pondered, the fire burst into flame;

I spoke out with my tongue:

Lord, let me know my end and the number of my days, so that I may know how short my life is.

You have given me a mere handful of days, and my lifetime is as nothing in your sight; truly, even those who stand erect are but a puff of wind.

We walk about like a shadow, and in vain we are in turmoil; we heap up riches and cannot tell who will gather them.

And now, what is my hope? O Lord, my hope is in you.

Deliver me from all my transgressions and do not make me the taunt of the fool.

I fell silent and did not open my mouth, for surely it was you that did it.

Take your affliction from me; I am worn down by the blows of your hand.

With rebukes for sin you punish us; like a moth you eat away all that is dear to us; truly, everyone is but a puff of wind.

Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear to my cry; hold not your peace at my tears.

For I am but a sojourner with you, a wayfarer, as all my forebears were.

Turn your gaze from me, that I may be glad again, before I go my way and am no more.

Glory be to the + Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,
now and always and forever and ever. Amen.

The Readings

2 Corinthians 7:10-16

English Standard Version

For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief produces death. For see what earnestness this godly grief has produced in you, but also what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what longing, what zeal, what punishment! At every point you have proved yourselves innocent in the matter. So although I wrote to you, it was not for the sake of the one who did the wrong, nor for the sake of the one who suffered the wrong, but in order that your earnestness for us might be revealed to you in the sight of God. Therefore we are comforted.

And besides our own comfort, we rejoiced still more at the joy of Titus, because his spirit has been refres