Today's liturgy has been adapted from the service of Daily Morning Prayer in the 2019 Book of Common Prayer 

Call to Worship: Philippians 1:2 

Confession:

 Almighty and most merciful Father, we have erred and stared from your ways like lost sheep. We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts. We have offended against your holy laws. We have left undone those things which we ought to have done, and we have done those things which we ought not to have done; and apart from your grace, there is no health in us. O Lord, have mercy upon us. Spare all those who confess their faults. Restore all those who are penitent, according to your promises declared to all people in Christ Jesus our Lord. And grant, O most merciful Father, for his sake, that we may now live a godly, righteous, and sober life, to the glory of your holy Name. 

Absolution: 

Grant to your faithful people, merciful Lord, pardon and peace; that we may be cleansed from all our sins, and serve you with a quiet mind; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen 

Antiphon:  

The earth is the Lord's for he made it:  O come, let us adore him. 

Psalm 136 

Response: 

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit; as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. 

First Lesson: 2 Kings 14 

Second Lesson: Acts 4:5-31 

This is the Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God 

A Collect for the Renewal of Life 

O God, the King eternal, whose light divides the day from the night and turns the shadow of death into the morning: Drive far from us all wrong desires, incline our hearts to keep your law, and guide our feet into the way of peace; that, having done your will with cheerfulness during the day, we may, when night comes, rejoice to give you thanks; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

A Prayer of St. John Chrysostom 

Almighty God, you have given us grace at this time, with one accord to make our common supplications to you; and you have promised through your well-beloved Son that when two or three are gathered together in his Name you will grant their requests: Fulfill now, O Lord, our desires and petitions as may be best for us; granting us in this world knowledge of your truth, and in the age to come life everlasting. Amen. 

Benediction: 2 Corinthians 13:14 

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