Monday Evening Devotion

Psalm 89:19-28

For the Lord is our defence *

 the Holy One of Israel is our King.

  Thou spakest sometime in visions unto thy saints, and saidst *

 I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.

  I have found David my servant *

 with my holy oil have I anointed him.

  My hand shall hold him fast *

 and my arm shall strengthen him.

  The enemy shall not be able to do him violence *

 the son of wickedness shall not hurt him.

  I will smite down his foes before his face *

 and plague them that hate him.

  My truth also and my mercy shall be with him *

 and in my Name shall his horn be exalted.

  I will set his dominion also in the sea *

 and his right hand in the floods.

  He shall call me, Thou art my Father *

 my God, and my strong salvation.

  And I will make him my first-born *

 higher than the kings of the earth.

(Translation: Coverdale)

A Reading

(1 Corinthians 7:25-31)

Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.

I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be.

Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.

But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh: but I spare you.

But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;

And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not;

And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.

(Translation: Authorized Version)

A period of silence may follow.

Canticle

Magna et mirabilia

Revelation 15:3-4

Great and marvellous are thy works, *
    Lord God Almighty!
Just and true are thy ways, *
    Thou King of saints.
Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy Name? *
    For thou only art holy:
For all nations shall come and worship before thee; *
    for thy judgments are made manifest.
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. 

(Source: Anglican Service Book)

Prayers for Ourselves and Neighbors

Everlasting God, I pray for my own needs and those of others:

Silence or add individual intentions here

I confess to Almighty God that I have sinned by my own fault in thought, word, and deed, in things done and left undone; especially these sins which I have committed today:

Silence or add individual intentions here

For these and all other sins which I cannot now remember, I am truly sorry. I pray God to have mercy upon me. I firmly intend amendment of life, and I humbly beg forgiveness of God and his Church.

+May the Almighty God grant me forgiveness of all my sins, and the grace and comfort of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Holy Trinity, One God, Thou art the bearer of good things, grant unto me a grateful heart that I may go forth with thanksgiving for all thy blessings:

Silence or add individual intentions here

And now, I gather my all prayers in the words Thy Son hath taught us:

Our Father, who art in heaven,

    hallowed be thy Name,

    thy kingdom come,

    thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread.

And forgive us our trespasses,

    as we forgive those who trespass against us.

And lead us not into temptation,

    but deliver us from evil.

For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory,

    for ever and ever. Amen.

A Collect for Peace

O God, from whom all holy desires, all good counsels, and all just works do proceed: Give unto thy servants that peace which the world cannot give, that our hearts may be set to obey thy commandments, and also that by thee, we, being defended from the fear of all enemies, may pass our time in rest and quietness; through the merits of Jesus Christ our Savior. Amen.

+The almighty and merciful Lord, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, bless me and keep me. Amen.