Daily Offices

Thursday November 30 - Morning
Thursday November 30 - Evening

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Thursday - November 30 - Morning

St Andrew, Apostle & Martyr

Recommended liturgies
ANZPB pp80-82 or pp123-125

The readings are those set for Morning Prayer for the Feast of St Andrew.

Psalm 47 & 147:1-12
Sirach 14:20-27
John 12:20-32
Collect

Psalm 47 & 147:1-12

Psalm 47

¹ Clap your hands, all you nations;
 shout to God with cries of joy.

² For the Lord Most High is awesome,
 the great King over all the earth.
³ He subdued nations under us,
 peoples under our feet.
⁴ He chose our inheritance for us,
 the pride of Jacob, whom he loved.

⁵ God has ascended amid shouts of joy,
 the Lord amid the sounding of trumpets.
⁶ Sing praises to God, sing praises;
 sing praises to our King, sing praises.
⁷ For God is the King of all the earth;
 sing to him a psalm of praise.

⁸ God reigns over the nations;
 God is seated on his holy throne.
⁹ The nobles of the nations assemble
 as the people of the God of Abraham,
for the kings of the earth belong to God;
 he is greatly exalted.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit:
as it was in the beginning, is now,
and shall be for ever. Amen.

Psalm 147:1-12

¹ Praise the Lord.

How good it is to sing praises to our God,
 how pleasant and fitting to praise him!

² The Lord builds up Jerusalem;
 he gathers the exiles of Israel.
³ He heals the brokenhearted
 and binds up their wounds.
⁴ He determines the number of the stars
 and calls them each by name.
⁵ Great is our Lord and mighty in power;
 his understanding has no limit.
⁶ The Lord sustains the humble
 but casts the wicked to the ground.

⁷ Sing to the Lord with grateful praise;
 make music to our God on the harp.

⁸ He covers the sky with clouds;
 he supplies the earth with rain
 and makes grass grow on the hills.
⁹ He provides food for the cattle
 and for the young ravens when they call.

¹⁰ His pleasure is not in the strength of the horse,
 nor his delight in the legs of the warrior;
¹¹ the Lord delights in those who fear him,
 who put their hope in his unfailing love.

¹² Extol the Lord, Jerusalem;
 praise your God, Zion.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit:
as it was in the beginning, is now,
and shall be for ever. Amen.

Sirach 14:20-27

²⁰ Happy is the person who meditates on wisdom
 and reasons intelligently,
²¹ who reflects in his heart on her ways
 and ponders her secrets,
²² pursuing her like a hunter,
 and lying in wait on her paths;
²³ who peers through her windows
 and listens at her doors;
²⁴ who camps near her house
 and fastens his tent peg to her walls;
²⁵ who pitches his tent near her,
 and so occupies an excellent lodging place;
²⁶ who places his children under her shelter,
 and lodges under her boughs;
²⁷ who is sheltered by her from the heat,
 and dwells in the midst of her glory.

John 12:20-32

²⁰ Now there were some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the festival. ²¹ They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, with a request. “Sir,” they said, “we would like to see Jesus.” ²² Philip went to tell Andrew; Andrew and Philip in turn told Jesus.

²³ Jesus replied, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. ²⁴ Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds. ²⁵ Anyone who loves their life will lose it, while anyone who hates their life in this world will keep it for eternal life. ²⁶ Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be. My Father will honor the one who serves me.

²⁷ “Now my soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’? No, it was for this very reason I came to this hour. ²⁸ Father, glorify your name!”

Then a voice came from heaven, “I have glorified it, and will glorify it again.” ²⁹ The crowd that was there and heard it said it had thundered; others said an angel had spoken to him.

³⁰ Jesus said, “This voice was for your benefit, not mine. ³¹ Now is the time for judgment on this world; now the prince of this world will be driven out. ³² And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.”

Collect

Almighty God,
who gave such graceto your apostle Saint Andrew
that he readily obeyed the call of your Son Jesus Christ
 and brought his brother with him:
call us by your holy word,
and give us grace to follow you without delay
and to tell the good news of your kingdom:
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.

Thursday - November 30 - Evening

St Andrew, Apostle & Martyr

Recommended liturgies
ANZPB pp82-84 or pp126-128

The readings are those set for Evening Prayer for the Feast of St Andrew.

Psalm 87 &96
Zechariah 8:20-23
John 1:35-42
Collect

Psalm 87 & Psalm 96

Psalm 87

¹ He has founded his city on the holy mountain.
² The Lord loves the gates of Zion
 more than all the other dwellings of Jacob.

³ Glorious things are said of you,
 city of God:
⁴ “I will record Rahab and Babylon
 among those who acknowledge me —
Philistia too, and Tyre, along with Cush —
 and will say, ‘This one was born in Zion.’”
⁵ Indeed, of Zion it will be said,
 “This one and that one were born in her,
 and the Most High himself will establish her.”
⁶ The Lord will write in the register of the peoples:
 “This one was born in Zion.”

⁷ As they make music they will sing,
 “All my fountains are in you.”

Glory to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit:
as it was in the beginning, is now,
and shall be for ever. Amen.

Psalm 96

¹ Sing to the Lord a new song;
 sing to the Lord, all the earth.
² Sing to the Lord, praise his name;
 proclaim his salvation day after day.
³ Declare his glory among the nations,
 his marvelous deeds among all peoples.

⁴ For great is the Lord and most worthy of praise;
 he is to be feared above all gods.
⁵ For all the gods of the nations are idols,
 but the Lord made the heavens.
⁶ Splendor and majesty are before him;
 strength and glory are in his sanctuary.

⁷ Ascribe to the Lord, all you families of nations,
 ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.
⁸ Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name;
 bring an offering and come into his courts.
⁹ Worship the Lord in the splendor of his holiness;
 tremble before him, all the earth.
¹⁰ Say among the nations, “The Lord reigns.”
 The world is firmly established, it cannot be moved;
 he will judge the peoples with equity.

¹¹ Let the heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad;
 let the sea resound, and all that is in it.
¹² Let the fields be jubilant, and everything in them;
 let all the trees of the forest sing for joy.
¹³ Let all creation rejoice before the Lord, for he comes,
 he comes to judge the earth.
He will judge the world in righteousness
 and the peoples in his faithfulness.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit:
as it was in the beginning, is now,
and shall be for ever. Amen.

Zechariah 8:20-23

²⁰ This is what the Lord Almighty says: “Many peoples and the inhabitants of many cities will yet come, ²¹ and the inhabitants of one city will go to another and say, ‘Let us go at once to entreat the Lord and seek the Lord Almighty. I myself am going.’ ²² And many peoples and powerful nations will come to Jerusalem to seek the Lord Almighty and to entreat him.”

²³ This is what the Lord Almighty says: “In those days ten people from all languages and nations will take firm hold of one Jew by the hem of his robe and say, ‘Let us go with you, because we have heard that God is with you.’”

John 1:35-42

³⁵ The next day John was there again with two of his disciples. ³⁶ When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!”

³⁷ When the two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus. ³⁸ Turning around, Jesus saw them following and asked, “What do you want?”

They said, “Rabbi” (which means “Teacher”), “where are you staying?”

³⁹ “Come,” he replied, “and you will see.”

So they went and saw where he was staying, and they spent that day with him. It was about four in the afternoon.

⁴⁰ Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, was one of the two who heard what John had said and who had followed Jesus. ⁴¹ The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother Simon and tell him, “We have found the Messiah” (that is, the Christ). ⁴² And he brought him to Jesus.

Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon son of John. You will be called Cephas” (which, when translated, is Peter).

Collect

Almighty God,
who gave such graceto your apostle Saint Andrew
that he readily obeyed the call of your Son Jesus Christ
 and brought his brother with him:
call us by your holy word,
and give us grace to follow you without delay
and to tell the good news of your kingdom:
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.