God our Creator, let your Spirit come upon the world with power to fill us with every good gift, that our hearts may find favor in your sight and our wills may be shaped to accord with your own. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God for ever and ever. Amen

19 Blessed be the Lord,

    who daily bears us up;

    God is our salvation. Selah

20 Our God is a God of salvation,

    and to God, the Lord, belong deliverances from death.

28 Summon your power, O God,

    the power, O God, by which you have worked for us.

32 O kingdoms of the earth, sing to God;

    sing praises to the Lord, Selah

33 to him who rides in the heavens, the ancient heavens;

    behold, he sends out his voice, his mighty voice.

34 Ascribe power to God, whose majesty is over Israel,

    and whose power is in the skies.

35 Awesome is God from his sanctuary;

    the God of Israel—he is the one who gives power and strength to his people.

   Blessed be God!

                         

Psalm 68 – English Standard Version

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Ezekiel 18:1-4,19-32 – Hebrews 7:18-28 - Luke 10:25-37

God of infinite mercy, by the power of the Holy Spirit gather your Church into one, that we may dedicate ourselves entirely to you and be one in mind and heart. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God for ever and ever. Amen

15 The nations have sunk in the pit that they made;

    in the net that they hid, their own foot has been caught.

16 The Lord has made himself known;

     he has executed judgment;

    the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands.

17 The wicked shall return to Sheol,

    all the nations that forget God.

18 For the needy shall not always be forgotten,

    and the hope of the poor shall not perish forever.

19 Arise, O Lord! Let not man prevail;

    let the nations be judged before you!

20 Put them in fear, O Lord!

    Let the nations know that they are but men!

                         

Psalm 9 – English Standard Version

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Ezekiel 11:14-25 – Hebrews 7:1-17 - Luke 10:17-24

Almighty and merciful God, send forth the Holy Spirit upon your Church to make of us the temple where your glory dwells. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God for ever and ever. Amen

11 You who fear the Lord, trust in the Lord!

    He is their help and their shield.

13 He will bless those who fear the Lord,

    both the small and the great.

14 May the Lord give you increase,

    you and your children!

15 May you be blessed by the Lord,

    who made heaven and earth!

16 The heavens are the Lord's heavens,

    but the earth he has given to the children of man.

17 The dead do not praise the Lord,

    nor do any who go down into silence.

18 But we will bless the Lord

    from this time forth and forevermore.

   Praise the Lord!

                         

Psalm 115 – English Standard Version

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Ezekiel 7:10-15,23-27 – Hebrews 6:13-20 - Luke 10:1-17

Let the power of your Holy Spirit come upon us, Lord God, that we may keep your will faithfully before us and express it lovingly in our lives. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God for ever and ever. Amen

2 if it had not been the Lord who was on our side

    when people rose up against us,

3 then they would have swallowed us up alive,

    when their anger was kindled against us;

4 then the flood would have swept us away,

    the torrent would have gone over us;

5 then over us would have gone

    the raging waters.

6 Blessed be the Lord, 

   who has not given us as prey to their teeth!

7 We have escaped like a bird

    from the snare of the fowlers;

   the snare is broken, and we have escaped!

8 Our help is in the name of the Lord,

    who made heaven and earth.

                         

Psalm 124 – English Standard Version

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Ezekiel 4:1-17 – Hebrews 6:1-12 - Luke 9:51-62

Lord of heaven and earth, through the resurrection of your Son you have restored us to the life of grace. Lift up our eyes toward our Savior as he sits in splendor at your right hand; and grant that when he comes again in majesty, we who have been born to new life in baptism may be clothed in the robes of immortal glory. We make this prayer through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God for ever and ever. Amen

7 Truly no man can ransom another,

    or give to God the price of his life,

8 for the ransom of their life is costly

    and can never suffice,

9 that he should live on forever

    and never see the pit.

10 For he sees that even the wise die;

    the fool and the stupid alike must perish

    and leave their wealth to others.

11 Their graves are their homes forever,

    their dwelling places to all generations,

    though they called lands by their own names.

12 Man in his pomp will not remain;

    he is like the beasts that perish.

13 This is the path of those who have foolish confidence;

    yet after them people approve of their boasts.

                         

Psalm 49 – English Standard Version

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Ezekiel 1:28-3:3 – Hebrews 4:14-5:6 - Luke 9:28-36

Ascension Day

Almighty God, make our hearts dance with joy and thanksgiving; for in the ascension of Christ, your Son, our human nature is raised above the heavens, and where Christ, the Head, has gone before in glory we, his Body, are called in hope. We make our prayer through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God for ever and ever. Amen

1  O Lord, our Lord,

    how majestic is your name in all the earth!

   You have set your glory above the heavens.

2 Out of the mouth of babies and infants,

   you have established strength because of your foes,

    to still the enemy and the avenger.

3 When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers,

    the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,

4 what is man that you are mindful of him,

    and the son of man that you care for him?

5 Yet you have made him
    a little lower than the heavenly beings

    and crowned him with glory and honor.

6 You have given him dominion over the works of your hands;

    you have put all things under his feet,

7 all sheep and oxen,

    and also the beasts of the field,

8 the birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea,

    whatever passes along the paths of the seas.

                         

Psalm 8 – English Standard Version

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Ezekiel 1:1-14,24-28  – Hebrews 2:5-18 - Matthew 28:16-20

Dame Julian of Norwich

Lord God, who in your compassion granted to the Lady Julian many revelations of your nurturing and sustaining love: Move our hearts, like hers, to seek you above all things, for in giving us yourself you give us all; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen

5 For he will hide me in his shelter in the day of trouble;

   he will conceal me under the cover of his tent;

    he will lift me high upon a rock.

6 And now my head shall be lifted up

    above my enemies all around me,

    and I will offer in his tent sacrifices with shouts of joy;

    I will sing and make melody to the Lord.

7 Hear, O Lord, when I cry aloud;

    be gracious to me and answer me!

8 You have said, “Seek my face.”

    My heart says to you, “Your face, Lord, do I seek.”

9 Hide not your face from me.

   Turn not your servant away in anger,

    O you who have been my help.

   Cast me not off; forsake me not, O God of my salvation!

10 For my father and my mother have forsaken me,

    but the Lord will take me in.

11 Teach me your way, O Lord,

    and lead me on a level path because of my enemies.

                         

Psalm 27 – English Standard Version

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Baruch 3:24-37  – James 5:13-18 - Luke 12:22-31