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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 88

Domine, Deus

O Lord, my God, my Savior, by day and night I cry to you.

Let my prayer enter into your presence; incline your ear to my lamentation.

For I am full of trouble; my life is at the brink of the grave.

I am counted among those who go down to the Pit; I have become like one who has no strength;

Lost among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave,

Whom you remember no more, for they are cut off from your hand.

You have laid me in the depths of the Pit, in dark places, and in the abyss.

Your anger weighs upon me heavily, and all your great waves overwhelm me.

You have put my friends far from me; you have made me to be abhorred by them; I am in prison and cannot get free.

My sight has failed me because of trouble; Lord, I have called upon you daily; I have stretched out my hands to you.

Do you work wonders for the dead? will those who have died stand up and give you thanks?

Will your loving-kindness be declared in the grave? your faithfulness in the land of destruction?

Will your wonders be known in the dark? or your righteousness in the country where all is forgotten?

But as for me, O Lord, I cry to you for help; in the morning my prayer comes before you.

Lord, why have you rejected me? why have you hidden your face from me?

Ever since my youth, I have been wretched and at the point of death; I have borne your terrors with a troubled mind.

Your blazing anger has swept over me; your terrors have destroyed me;

They surround me all day long like a flood; they encompass me on every side.

My friend and my neighbor you have put away from me, and darkness is my only companion.

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

The Readings

Ephesians 3:8–21

To me, though I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ, and to bring to light for everyone what is the plan of the mystery hidden for ages in God, who created all things, so that through the church the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places. This was according to the eternal purpose that he has realized in Christ Jesus our Lord, in whom we have boldness and access with confidence through our faith in him. So I ask you not to lose heart over what I am suffering for you, which is your glory.

For this reason I bow my knees before th