Episode Details

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 44

Deus, auribus

We have heard with our ears, O God, our forefathers have told us, the deeds you did in their days, in the days of old.

How with your hand you drove the peoples out and planted our forefathers in the land; how you destroyed nations and made your people flourish.

For they did not take the land by their sword, nor did their arm win the victory for them; but your right hand, your arm, and the light of your countenance, because you favored them.

You are my King and my God; you command victories for Jacob.

Through you we pushed back our adversaries; through your Name we trampled on those who rose up against us.

For I do not rely on my bow, and my sword does not give me the victory.

Surely, you gave us victory over our adversaries and put those who hate us to shame.

Every day we gloried in God, and we will praise your Name for ever.

Nevertheless, you have rejected and humbled us and do not go forth with our armies.

You have made us fall back before our adversary, and our enemies have plundered us.

You have made us like sheep to be eaten and have scattered us among the nations.

You are selling your people for a trifle and are making no profit on the sale of them.

You have made us the scorn of our neighbors, a mockery and derision to those around us.

You have made us a byword among the nations, a laughing-stock among the peoples.

My humiliation is daily before me, and shame has covered my face;

Because of the taunts of the mockers and blasphemers, because of the enemy and avenger.

All this has come upon us; yet we have not forgotten you, nor have we betrayed your covenant.

Our heart never turned back, nor did our footsteps stray from your path;

Though you thrust us down into a place of misery, and covered us over with deep darkness.

If we have forgotten the Name of our God, or stretched out our hands to some strange god,

Will not God find it out? for he knows the secrets of the heart.

Indeed, for your sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

Awake, O Lord! why are you sleeping? Arise! do not reject us for ever.

Why have you hidden your face and forgotten our affliction and oppression?

We sink down into the dust; our body cleaves to the ground.

Rise up, and help us, and save us, for the sake of your steadfast love.

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 8:16-9:5

English Standard Version

But thanks be to God, who put into the heart of Titus the same earnest care I have for you. For he not only accepted our appeal, but being himself ve