The Benefice of Barlings, Diocese of Lincoln : Parishes of Sudbrooke, Stainton by Langworth, and Barlings with Langworth

Morning

 

 

Who can tell what a day may bring forth ?
Cause me therefore,gracious God,
To live every day as if it were to be my last,
For I know not but that it may be such.
Cause me to live now
as I shall wish I had done when I come to die.
O grant that I may not die with any guilt on my conscience,
Or any known sin unrepented of,
But that I may be found in Christ,
Who is my only Saviour and Redeemer.                                   Thomas à  Kempis

 

 

O Lord,our heavenly Father,Almighty and everlasting God,
Who hast safely brought us to the beginning of this day :
Defend us in the same with thy mighty power;
And grant that this day we fall into no sin,
Neither run into any kind of danger,
But that all our doings may be ordered by thy governance,
To do all that is righteous in thy sight;
Through Jesus Christ our Lord.                                  BCP (Morning Prayer Collect)

 

 

We give thanks to you,heavenly Father,through Jesus Christ your dear Son,
That you have protected us through the night from all danger and harm;
And we beseech you to preserve and keep us,this day also,from all sin and evil;
That in all our thoughts,words and deeds,we may serve and please you.
In your hands we commend our bodies and souls,and all that is ours.
Let your holy angel guard us,that the wicked one may have no power over us.                                                                                                   Martin Luther

 

O God,creator of Light,
At the rising of your sun this morning,
Let the greatest of all lights,
Your love,
Rise like the sun within our hearts.                                         Armenian Church

 

 

Lord, grant me to greet the coming day in peace.
Help me in all things to rely on your holy will.
In every hour of the day reveal your will to me.
Teach me to treat all that comes to me throughout the day
with peace of soul,
And with the firm conviction that your will governs everything.
In all my deeds and word guide my thoughts and feelings.
In unforeseen events let me not forget that all are sent by you.
Teach me to act firmly and wisely,without embittering and
embarrassing others.
Give me strength to bear the fatigue of the coming day
with all that it shall bring.
Direct my will.
Teach me to pray.
Pray yourself in me.                                                               Philaret of Moscow

 

 

Almighty and everlasting Father,
We thank you that you have brought us safely to the beginning of this day.
Keep us from falling into sin or running into danger;
Order us in all or doings,and guide us to do always what is right in your eyes.
Through Jesus Christ our Lord.                                                                                   ASB

 

 

Father in heaven,
You have given us a mind to know you,
A will to serve you,
And a heart to love you.
Be with us today in all that we do,
So that your light may shine out in our lives;
Through Christ our Lord.                                                      Thomas More

 

 

The day returns and brings us the petty round
of irritating concerns and duties.
Help us to play the man,
Help us to perform them with laughter and kind faces,
Let cheerfulness abound with industry.
Give us to go blithely on our business all this day;
Bring us to our resting beds weary and content
and undishonoured;
And grant us in the end the gift of sleep.                           Robert Louis Stevenson

 

Help me to remember,
Lord,
That nothing is going to happen today
That you and I cannot handle together.