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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 94

Deus ultionum

O Lord God of vengeance, O God of vengeance, show yourself.

Rise up, O Judge of the world; give the arrogant their just deserts.

How long shall the wicked, O Lord, how long shall the wicked triumph?

They bluster in their insolence; all evildoers are full of boasting.

They crush your people, O Lord, and afflict your chosen nation.

They murder the widow and the stranger and put the orphans to death.

Yet they say, "The Lord does not see, the God of Jacob takes no notice."

Consider well, you dullards among the people; when will you fools understand?

He that planted the ear, does he not hear? he that formed the eye, does he not see?

He who admonishes the nations, will he not punish? he who teaches all the world, has he no knowledge?

The Lord knows our human thoughts; how like a puff of wind they are.

Happy are they whom you instruct, O Lord! whom you teach out of your law;

To give them rest in evil days, until a pit is dug for the wicked.

For the Lord will not abandon his people, nor will he forsake his own.

For judgment will again be just, and all the true of heart will follow it.

Who rose up for me against the wicked? who took my part against the evildoers?

If the Lord had not come to my help, I should soon have dwelt in the land of silence.

As often as I said, “My foot has slipped,” your love, O Lord, upheld me.

When many cares fill my mind, your consolations cheer my soul.

Can a corrupt tribunal have any part with you, one which frames evil into law?

They conspire against the life of the just and condemn the innocent to death.

But the Lord has become my stronghold, and my God the rock of my trust.

He will turn their wickedness back upon them and destroy them in their own malice; the Lord our God will destroy them.

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 4:25–32

Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members one of another. Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, and give no opportunity to the devil. Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him labor, doing honest work with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with anyone in need. Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, t