Invitatory Prayers here

It is good to give thanks to the Lord,

To sing praises to your name, oh Most High

To declare your steadfast love in the morning,

Your faithfulness by night,

To the music of the lute and the harp,

To the melody of the lyre.

For you, oh Lord, have made me glad by your work;

At the works of your hands I sing for joy.

How great are your works, oh Lord!

Your thoughts are very deep!

The dullard cannot know,

The stupid cannot understand this:

Though the wicked sprout like grass and all evildoers flourish,

They are doomed to destruction forever,

But you, oh Lord, are on high forever.

For your enemies, oh Lord,

For your enemies shall perish;

Aall evildoers shall be scattered.

But you have exalted my horn like that of the wild ox;

You have poured over me fresh oil.

My eyes have seen the downfall of my enemies;

My ears have heard the doom

Of my evil assailants.

The righteous flourish like the palm tree,

They grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

They are planted in the house of the Lord;

They flourish in the courts of our God.

In old age they still produce fruit;

They are always green and full of sap,

Showing that the Lord is upright;

He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

I will take you from the nations,

And gather you from all the countries,

And bring you into your own land.

I will sprinkle clean water upon you,

And you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses.

From all your idols I will cleanse you.

A new heart I will give you,

A new spirit I will put within you;

I will remove from your body the heart of stone

And give you a heart of flesh.

I will put my spirit within you,

And make you follow my statutes

And be careful to observe my ordinances.

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.

Oh Lord, our Sovereign,

How majestic is your name in all the earth!

You have set your glory

Above the heavens.

Out of the mouths of babes and infants

You have founded a bulwark because of your foes,

To silence the enemy and the avenger.

When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers,

The moon and the stars that you have established;

What are human beings that you are mindful of them,

Mortals that you care for them?

Yet you have made them a little lower than God,

And crowned them with glory and honor.

You have given them dominion over the works of your hands;

You have put all things under their feet,

All sheep and oxen, and also the beasts of the field,

The birds of the air, and the fish of the sea,

Whatever passes along the paths of the seas.

Oh Lord, our Sovereign,

How majestic is your name in all the earth!

2 Pt 3, 13-14

We, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. Wherefore, beloved, seeing that you look for such things, be diligent that you may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless. Do understand that the long-suffering of our Lord is an aid to salvation.

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