Epiphany 4

Matins

✠ The Fourth Sunday after Epiphany ✠

JANUARY 30, A. D. 2022

Prelude: "In Babilone" by Paul Manz

Versicles

O Lord, open my lips,

And my mouth will declare your praise.

Make haste, O God, to deliver me;

Make haste to help me, O Lord.

Glory be to the Father and to the Son

and to the Holy Spirit;

as it was in the beginning,

is now, and will be forever. Amen.

Praise to You, O Christ. Alleluia.

Psalmody

Blessed be God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

O come, let us worship Him.

Venite

Blessed be God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

O come, let us worship Him.

Psalm 10:16–18 (Antiphon: Psalm 10:12)

Arise, O Lord; O God, lift up your hand;

forget not the afflicted.

The Lord is king forever and ever;

the nations perish from his land.

O Lord, you hear the desire of the afflicted;

you will strengthen their heart;

You will incline your ear to do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed,

so that man who is of the earth may strike terror no more.

Glory be to the Father and to the Son

and to the Holy Spirit;

as it was in the beginning,

is now and will be forever. Amen.

Arise, O Lord; O God, lift up your hand;

forget not the afflicted.

Office Hymn

Readings: Jeremiah 1:4–10 (17–19); 1 Corinthians 12:31b—13:13; Luke 4:31–44

(after each reading)

O Lord, have mercy on us.

Thanks be to God.

Te Deum

Prayers

Lord, have mercy;

Christ, have mercy;

Lord, have mercy.

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 forever and ever. Amen.

Almighty God, You know we live in the midst of so many dangers that in our frailty we cannot stand upright. Grant strength and protection to support us in all dangers and carry us through all temptations; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

Amen

God of heaven and earth, Your voice was heard at Sinai and Your authority was made manifest in Christ, the Prophet greater than Moses, we therefore pray You to make the preachers and ministers of Christ diligent to listen to His Word and speak it faithfully in His name and also to preserve us from false prophets who would lead us away from His truth; through Jesus Christ, our Lord.

Amen

Heavenly Father, we pray for our families and homes, that You would guard them and build them up in love, support parents in their task of instructing their children, strengthen those whose faith is weak, and make us bold to forego convenience and security to attest the truths of our most holy faith with heart and action; through Jesus Christ, our Lord.

Amen.

O Lord, our heavenly Father, almighty and everlasting God, You have safely brought us to the beginning of this day; defend us in the same with Your mighty power and grant that this day we fall into no sin, neither run into any kind of danger, but that all our doings, being ordered by Your governance, may be righteous in Your sight; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

Amen.

Benedicamus and Blessing

Let us bless the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

The grace of our Lord ✠ Jesus Christ and the love of God and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with us all.

Amen.

Postlude: "'Great 9/8' Prelude in C Major” – J. S. Bach

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Matins from Lutheran Service Book. Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture quotations are from the ESV®Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.