Scripture Readings and Final Prayers

O Lord, open our lips , and our mouths shall proclaim your praise . Send your Holy Spirit upon us , and clothe us with power from on high. Allelu ia . Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name . Bless the Lord O my soul , and forget not all his benefits , who forgives all your sins, and heals all your infirmities , who redeems your life from the pit, and crowns you with faithful love and compassion , who satisfies you with good things, so that your youth is renewed like an eagle's. The Lord executes righteousness and judgment for all who are oppressed. He made his ways known to Moses, and his works to the children of Israel . The Lord has established his throne in heaven, and his kingdom has dominion over all . Bless the Lord you angels of his , you mighty ones who do his bidding, and hearken to the voice of his word . Bless the Lord all you his hosts, you ministers of his who do his will . Bless the Lord all you works of his, in all places of His dominion . Bless the Lord, O my soul . Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now and shall be for ever . Amen . The night has passed and the day lies open before us. Let us pray with one heart and mind . As we rejoice in the gift of this new day, so may the light of your presence, O God, set our hearts on fire with love for you now and for ever . Amen . Verses from Psalm 104 . I will sing to the Lord as long as I live. O Lord, how manifold are your works ! In wisdom you have made them all the earth is full of your creatures . There is the sea spread far and wide, and there move creatures beyond number, both small and gre at . There go the ships, and there is that Leviathan , which you have made to play in the deep . All of these look to you To give them their food in due season . When you give it them they gather it . You open your hand and they are filled with good . When you hide your face they are troubled. When you take away their breath, they die and return again to the dust. When you send forth your spirit, they are created , and you renew the face of the earth. May the glory of the Lord endure for ever . May the Lord rejoice in his works . He looks on the earth and it trembles . He touches the mountains and they smoke. I will sing to the Lord as long as I live. I will make music to my God while I have my being. I will sing to the Lord as long as I live . Let us pray . Creator God, send your Holy Spirit to renew this living world , that the whole creation, in its groaning and striving, may know your loving purpose, and come to reflect your glory in Jesus Christ our Lord . Amen. The first reading is from the prophet Isaiah, beginning at chapter sixty-five, verse seventeen . For I am about to create new heavens and a new earth. The former things shall not be remembered or come to mind , but be glad and rejoice forever in what I am creating . For I am about to create Jerusalem as a joy and its people as a delight . I will rejoice in Jerusalem and delight in my people . No more shall the sound of weeping be heard in it, or the cry of distress . No more shall there be in it an infant that lives but a few days, or an old person who does not live out a lifetime . For one who dies at a hundred years will be considered a youth, and one who falls short of a hundred will be considered accursed . They shall build houses and inhabit them They shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit. They shall not build and another inhabit. They shall not plant and another eat. For like the days of a tree shall the days of a And my chosen shall long enjoy the work of their hands . This shall not labor in vain or bear children for calamity , for they shall be offspring blessed by the Lord, and their descendants as well . Before they call I will answer . While they are yet speaking, I will hear the wolf and the lamb shall feed together, the lion shall eat straw like the ox , but the serpent its food shall be dust they shall not hurt or destroy on all my holy mountain, says the Lord. The city of God feels the whole while I will take you from thy nations and gather you from all thy foundri es . I will sprinkle clean water up on you and you shall be clean from all your uncleannessness on your heart I will give you and put on your spirit within you and I will remove from your body the heart of soul and give you a heart of lunch . You shall be like evil , and I will be your God glory to the Father and to the sun and to our own as it was in the beginning I shall be for an The second reading is from the book of Revelation, beginning at chapter twenty-one , verse one . Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth. For the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more . And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem , coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, See , the home of God is among mortals. He will dwell with them, they will be his peoples, and God himself will be with them. He will wipe every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more. Mourning and crying and pain will be no more, for the first things have passed away. And the one who was seated on the throne said, See, I am making all things new. Also he said, Write this, for these words are trustworthy and true. Then he said to me, It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega , the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give water, as a gift from the spring of the water of life. Those who conquer will inherit these things, and I will be their God, and they will be my children. But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the polluted, the murderers, the fornicators, the sorcerers, the adulterers, and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death . Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your people , and kindle in us the fire of your love . All who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God and fellow heirs with Christ . Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your people . Renew the face of your creation, Lord, pouring on us the gifts of your spirit , and kindle in us the fire of your love . For the creation waits with eager longing for the glorious liberty of the children of God . Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your people , and kindle in us the fire of your love . Christ has gone up on high and has led captivity captive . Hallelujah . Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel , who has come to his people and set them free . He has raised up for us a mighty Saviour , born of the house of his servant David , through his holy prophets God promised of old, to save us from our enemies, from the hands of all that hate us , to show mercy to our ancestors , and to remember his holy covenant. This was the oath God swore to our Fherat Abraham , to set us free from the hands of our enemies , free to worship him without fear, holy and righteous in his sight all the days of our life , and you child shall be called the prophet of the Most High, for you will go before the Lord to prepare his way , to give his people knowledge of salvation by the forgiveness of all their sins , in the tender compassion of our God , the dawn from on high shall break upon us to shine on those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death , and to guide our feet into the way of peace . Glory to the Father and to the Son, and to the Holy Spir it, as it was in the beginning, is now and shall be for ever . Amen . Christ has gone up on high and has led captiv ity captive . In union with the risen Christ and in the power of the promised Spirit, let us pray to the Father . For God's royal priesthood, for empowerment by the Spirit, let us pray to the Lord . Eternal God, giver of love and power, your Son Jesus Christ has sent us into all the world to preach the gospel of his kingdom. Confirm us in this mission, and help us to live the good news we proclaim through Jesus Christ our Lord . Amen . For those who wait on God, that they may find renewal, let us pray to the Lord . Come, Creator Spirit, Source of Life. Sustain us when our hearts are heavy and our wells have run dry. For you are the Father's gift with him who is our living water, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen . For all people, that they may acknowledge the kingdom of the ascended Christ, let us pray to the Lord . O God of all the nations, in the face of Jesus Christ your light and glory have blazed forth. With all your people, may we make known your grace and walk in the ways of peace for your name's sake . Amen . For the earth, for productivity and for fruitful harvests, let us pray to the Lord . Almighty God, whose will it is that the earth and the sea should bear fruit in due season. Bless the labours of those who work on land and sea. Grant us a good harvest, and the grace always to rejoice in your fatherly care. Through Jesus Christ our Lord . Amen . Finally, for all who are struggling with broken relationships, let us pray to the Lord . Compassionate God , you know the secrets of every heart. In your loving mercy, bring to your table all who are fearful and broken, all who are wounded and needy, that our hungers may be satisfied in the city of your peace, through Christ who is our peace . Amen . In a moment of silence, let us commend ourselves and all for whom we have prayed to the mercy and protection of God . O God the King of Glory, you have exalted your only Son Jesus Christ, with great triumph to your kingdom in heaven. We beseech you , leave us not comfortless, but send your Holy Spirit to strengthen us, and exalt us to the place where our Saviour Christ is gone before, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God now and for ever . Amen . Being made one by the power of the Spirit, as our Saviour taught us, so we pray . Give us to give us Saints as we are Lead us not into temptation but must be a sked on me for the kingdom the heart and li ws not May the Spirit kindle in us the fire of God's love. Amen . Let us bless the Lord. Alleluia. Alleluia . Thanks be to God. Alleluia. Alleluia.