The Second Sunday in Advent.
Psalm
50. Deus deorum.
THE Lord, even the Most Mighty God, hath spoken,
*and called the world, from the rising up of the sun unto the going down
thereof.
2 Out of Sion hath God appeared * in perfect
beauty.
3 Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence;
*there shall go before him a consuming fire, and a mighty tempest shall be
stirred up round about him.
4 He shall call the heaven from above, * and the
earth, that he may judge his people.
5 Gather my saints together unto me; * those that
have made a covenant with me with sacrifice.
6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness;
* for God is Judge himself.
7 Hear, O my people, and I will speak; * I myself
will testify against thee, O Israel; for I am God, even thy God.
8 I will not reprove thee because of thy
sacrifices; * as for thy burnt-offerings, they are alway before me.
9 I will take no bullock out of thine house, * nor
hegoats out of thy folds.
10 For all the beasts of the forest are mine, * and
so are the cattle upon a thousand hills.
11 I know all the fowls upon the mountains, * and
the wild beasts of the field are in my sight.
12 If I be hungry, I will not tell thee; * for the
whole world is mine, and all that is therein.
13 Thinkest thou that I will eat bulls’ flesh, *
and drink the blood of goats?
14 Offer unto God thanksgiving, * and pay thy vows
unto the Most Highest.
15 And call upon me in the time of trouble; * so
will I hear thee, and thou shalt praise me.
16 But unto the ungodly saith God, * Why dost thou
preach my laws, and takest my covenant in thy mouth;
17 Whereas thou hatest to be reformed, * and hast
cast my words behind thee?
18 When thou sawest a thief, thou consentedst unto
him; * and hast been partaker with the adulterers.
19 Thou hast let thy mouth speak wickedness, * and
with thy tongue thou hast set forth deceit.
20 Thou sattest and spakest against thy brother; *
yea, and hast slandered thine own mother’s son.
21 These things hast thou done, and I held my
tongue, and thou thoughtest wickedly, that I am even such a one as thyself; *
but I will reprove thee, and set before thee the things that thou hast done.
22 O consider this, ye that forget God, * lest I
pluck you away, and there be none to deliver you.
23 Whoso offereth me thanks and praise, he
honoureth me; * and to him that ordereth his way aright, will I show the
salvation of God.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son : and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be : world without end. Amen.
The Collect.
[The Collect from the First Sunday in Advent is to be repeated every day, with the other Collects in Advent, until Christmas-Eve:]
ALMIGHTY God, give us grace that we may cast away the works of darkness, and put upon us the armour of light, now in the time of this mortal life in which thy Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility; that in the last day, when he shall come again in his glorious majesty to judge both the quick and the dead, we may rise to the life immortal; through him who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
BLESSED Lord, who hast caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning; Grant that we may in such wise hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that by patience and comfort of thy holy Word, we may embrace, and ever hold fast, the blessed hope of everlasting life, which thou hast given us in our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.
Old Testament Reading: Isaiah 55.1-13
Psalter: Morning-80, 82; Evening-25, 26
Epistle Reading: Romans 15.4-13
Gospel Reading: Luke 21.25-33
This past Monday I was invited to open the Oklahoma County Commissioners meeting in prayer. Every time I have led public prayer in a civil government setting I follow a particular format that I found very useful It allows me to invoke the name of Jesus, and quote Scripture. You may find what I do helpful for when you’re called on to offer public prayer in a civil government setting.
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