The Seventeenth Sunday After Pentecost

Support Common Prayer Daily @ Patreon<br />Visit our Website for more www.commonprayerdaily.com_______________Opening Words:“Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!”Rev 4:8 (ESV) Confession:*Let us humbly confess our sins unto Almighty God. Almighty and most merciful Father,<br />we have erred and strayed from your ways like lost sheep.<br />We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts.<br />We have offended against your holy laws.<br />We have left undone those things which we ought to have done, and we have done those things which we ought not to have done;<br />and apart from your grace, there is no health in us.O Lord, have mercy upon us.<br />Spare all those who confess their faults.<br />Restore all those who are penitent, according to your promises declared to all people in Christ Jesus our Lord.And grant, O most merciful Father, for his sake, that we may now live a godly, righteous, and sober life, to the glory of your holy Name. Amen. Almighty God have mercy on you, forgive you all your sins through our Lord Jesus Christ, strengthen you in all goodness, and by the power of the Holy Spirit keep you in eternal life. Amen. The InvitatoryO Lord, open our lips,<br />and our mouths shall show forth your praise. <br />Create in us clean hearts, O God, <br />and renew a right spirit within us. <br />Cast us not away from your presence, <br />and take not your holy Spirit from us. <br />O give us the comfort of your help again, <br />and sustain us with your willing Spirit.Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:<br />as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen. PsalmsPsalm 145Exaltabo te, Deus1I will exalt you, O God my King, *and bless your Name for ever and ever.2Every day will I bless you *and praise your Name for ever and ever.3Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised; *there is no end to his greatness.4One generation shall praise your works to another *and shall declare your power.5I will ponder the glorious splendor of your majesty *and all your marvelous works.6They shall speak of the might of your wondrous acts, *and I will tell of your greatness.7They shall publish the remembrance of your great goodness; *they shall sing of your righteous deeds.8The Lord is gracious and full of compassion, *slow to anger and of great kindness. Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: *<br />as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen. The LessonsJonah 3:10-4:11English Standard Version10 When God saw what they did, how they turned from their evil way, God relented of the disaster that he had said he would do to them, and he did not do it.4 But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry. 2 And he prayed to the Lord and said, “O Lord, is not this what I said when I was yet in my country? That is why I made haste to flee to Tarshish; for I knew that you are a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and relenting from disaster. 3 Therefore now, O Lord, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.” 4 And the Lord said,