Thy Kingdom Come, the Diocese of Southwark

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1 Thy Kingdom Come, the Diocese of Southwark Scripture readings for 18 May 2018 Morning Prayer Psalm 28 1 To you I call, O Lord my rock; be not deaf to my cry, lest, if you do not hear me, I become like those who go down to the Pit. 2 Hear the voice of my prayer when I cry out to you, when I lift up my hands to your holy of holies. 3 Do not snatch me away with the wicked, with the evildoers, who speak peaceably with their neighbours, while malice is in their hearts. 4 Repay them according to their deeds and according to the wickedness of their devices. 5 Reward them according to the work of their hands and pay them their just deserts. 6 They take no heed of the Lord s doings, nor of the works of his hands; therefore shall he break them down and not build them up. 7 Blessed be the Lord, for he has heard the voice of my prayer. 8 The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart has trusted in him and I am helped; 9 Therefore my heart dances for joy and in my song will I praise him. 10 The Lord is the strength of his people, 1

2 a safe refuge for his anointed. 11 Save your people and bless your inheritance; shepherd them and carry them for ever. Psalm 30 1 I will exalt you, O Lord, because you have raised me up and have not let my foes triumph over me. 2 O Lord my God, I cried out to you and you have healed me. 3 You brought me up, O Lord, from the dead; you restored me to life from among those that go down to the Pit. 4 Sing to the Lord, you servants of his; give thanks to his holy name. 5 For his wrath endures but the twinkling of an eye, his favour for a lifetime. Heaviness may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning. 6 In my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved. You, Lord, of your goodness, have made my hill so strong. 7 Then you hid your face from me and I was utterly dismayed. 8 To you, O Lord, I cried; to the Lord I made my supplication: 9 What profit is there in my blood, if I go down to the Pit? Will the dust praise you or declare your faithfulness? 10 Hear, O Lord, and have mercy upon me; O Lord, be my helper. 11 You have turned my mourning into dancing; you have put off my sackcloth and girded me with gladness; 12 Therefore my heart sings to you without ceasing; 2

3 All: O Lord my God, I will give you thanks for ever. Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, as Ezekiel Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God: It is not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am about to act, but for the sake of my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations to which you came. 23 I will sanctify my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, and which you have profaned among them; and the nations shall know that I am the Lord, says the Lord God, when through you I display my holiness before their eyes. 24 I will take you from the nations, and gather you from all the countries, and bring you into your own land. 25 I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you. 26 A new heart I will give you, and a new spirit I will put within you; and I will remove from your body the heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. 27 I will put my spirit within you, and make you follow my statutes and be careful to observe my ordinances. 28 Then you shall live in the land that I gave to your ancestors; and you shall be my people, and I will be your God. 3

4 Evening Prayer Psalm Out of the depths have I cried to you, O Lord; Lord, hear my voice; let your ears consider well the voice of my supplication. 2 If you, Lord, were to mark what is done amiss, O Lord, who could stand? 3 But there is forgiveness with you, so that you shall be feared. 4 I wait for the Lord; my soul waits for him; in his word is my hope. 5 My soul waits for the Lord, more than the night watch for the morning, more than the night watch for the morning. 6 O Israel, wait for the Lord, for with the Lord there is mercy; 7 With him is plenteous redemption and he shall redeem Israel from all their sins. Psalm O Lord, my heart is not proud; my eyes are not raised in haughty looks. 2 I do not occupy myself with great matters, with things that are too high for me. 3 But I have quieted and stilled my soul, like a weaned child on its mother s breast; so my soul is quieted within me. 4 O Israel, trust in the Lord, from this time forth for evermore. 4

5 Psalm By the waters of Babylon we sat down and wept, when we remembered Zion. 2 As for our lyres, we hung them up on the willows that grow in that land. 3 For there our captors asked for a song, our tormentors called for mirth: Sing us one of the songs of Zion. 4 How shall we sing the Lord s song in a strange land? 5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill. 6 Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I set not Jerusalem above my highest joy. 7 Remember, O Lord, against the people of Edom the day of Jerusalem, how they said, Down with it, down with it, even to the ground. 8 O daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, happy the one who repays you for all you have done to us; 9 Who takes your little ones, and dashes them against the rock. Matthew Then they brought to him a demoniac who was blind and mute; and he cured him, so that the one who had been mute could speak and see. 23 All the crowds were amazed and said, Can this be the Son of David? 24 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, It is only by Beelzebul, the ruler of the demons, that this fellow casts out the demons. 25 He knew what they were thinking and said to them, Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and no city or house divided against itself will stand. 26 If Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself; how then will his kingdom stand? 5

6 27 If I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your own exorcists cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges. 28 But if it is by the Spirit of God that I cast out demons, then the kingdom of God has come to you. 29 Or how can one enter a strong man s house and plunder his property, without first tying up the strong man? Then indeed the house can be plundered. 30 Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters. 31 Therefore I tell you, people will be forgiven for every sin and blasphemy, but blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven. 32 Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come. All Bible references (except to the Psalms) are to the New Revised Standard Version 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of Churches in the USA. Used by permission. All rights reserved. References to the Psalms are to the Common Worship psalter, published in Common Worship: Services and Prayers for the Church of England (2000) and Common Worship: Daily Prayer (2005) The Archbishops Council of the Church of England 6