Week 4_Day 6 - CommonWealth Prayer

Morning

{Noon} {Evening}

I will raise myself up from this bed of sleep, to adore my God, and to labor for the salvation of my soul. O may I rise on the last day unto eternal life. Amen.

Repeated Stanzas (Tropars) to the Holy Trinity & Thrice Holy (Trisagion)

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.

Having risen from sleep we worship You, O Good One, and we sing with the angels and the living creatures (the seraphim and the cherubim), a hymn to You: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord, the all-powerful God, who was and is and is coming!” (Revelation 4:8)

The Jesus Prayer

O Lord Jesus (Yeshua) Christ (the Messiah), Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner.

Lord, Have Mercy (Kyrie Eleison)

Lord, have mercy, Christ (the Messiah) have mercy, Lord have mercy. (Luke 18:13)

I am nothing without you. I can’t do anything apart from you. I have no goodness of my own. I need you. I want you. I am desperate for you every moment of every day. Whatever I face today, whether poverty or plenty, in any situation: I can do all things through Christ (the Messiah) who strengthens me. (Philippians 4:13)

You created my innermost being. You knit me together in my mother’s womb. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be. (Psalm 139:13;16) You care for me. I am precious to You, made in Your image with honor. (Matthew 6:26; Psalms 8:4-5) You love me. (Romans 5:8; 1 John 4:9-10)

Morning Sacrifice – stand facing east toward Jerusalem and the future Temple (burn incense, light a candle, ring a bell, or sound a trumpet/shofar; have wine/juice and cracker/matzo ready)

Hear (Shema)

Listen and obey, Israel! The Lord is our God, The Lord alone! So love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, and strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Tell them to your children over and over again. Talk about them all the time, whether you’re at home or walking along the road or going to bed at night, or getting up in the morning. Write down copies and tie them to your wrists and foreheads to help you obey them. Write these laws on the door frames of your homes and on your town gates… I command you to love others as much as you love yourself. I am the Lord. (Deut. 6:4-9; Lev. 19:18; Luke 10:27 CEV)

The Lord’s Prayer – Expanded

Fill us with the bread of that Day; Living forever for those who will take; Raining down as in the wilderness; Hidden for those who endure to the end

Sacrificial Gift (Korbanot)

Master of the Worlds, You commanded Israel to bring the daily offering at its appointed time; and have the priests perform their service, and the Levites to sing and play music on the platform. And now, because of Your covenant discipline, the Holy Temple is destroyed, and the daily offering discontinued; we have neither a priest at his service, nor a Levite on his platform, nor an Israelite at his station.

Think of my prayer as sweet-smelling incense, and think of my lifted hands as an evening (or morning) sacrifice. (Psalm 141:2 CEV)

Restore the service to the inner sanctuary of your Temple, and receive in love and with favor both the fire-offerings of Israel and their prayers.

Please be willing, Lord, to help the city of Zion and to rebuild its walls. Then you will be pleased with the proper sacrifices, and we will offer bulls on your altar once again. (Psalm 51:18-19)

The Great Thanksgiving (Eucharist)

All glory be unto You, Almighty God, our Father in heaven, for You, of Your tender mercy, did give your only Son Jesus (Yeshua) the Messiah to suffer death on the cross for our redemption; who made there by His one oblation of himself once offered, a full, perfect, and sufficient sacrifice, oblation, and satisfaction, for the sins of the whole world; and did institute, and in his holy Gospel command us to continue, a perpetual memory of his precious death and sacrifice, until His coming again. Amen.

Confession of Sin & Absolution

Let us bow and humbly confess our sins to Almighty God:

Most merciful God,
we confess that we have sinned against you
in thought, word, and deed,
by what we have done, and by what we have left undone.
We have not loved you with our whole heart;
we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves.
We are truly sorry and we humbly repent.
For the sake of your Son Jesus (Yeshua) the Messiah,
have mercy on us and forgive us;
that we may delight in your will, and walk in your ways,
to the glory of your Name. Amen.

Take a moment to confess individual sins that come to mind.

Almighty God, our heavenly Father, who in his great mercy has promised forgiveness of sins to all those who sincerely repent and with true faith turn to him, have mercy upon us, pardon and deliver us from all your sins, confirm and strengthen us in all goodness, and bring us to everlasting life; through Jesus (Yeshua) the Messiah our Lord. Amen.

We hear the words of our Lord, “Your sins are forgiven. Go: and sin no more.”

Blessing over the Wine (raise the cup and recite)

We bless You, O Lord our God, King of the universe, Who creates the fruit of the vine. As we drink let us be filled with the knowledge of your sacrifice that our deeds may imitate the One who offers forgiveness through His blood; Who has given us the Way to deliverance from the wrath to come in Jesus (Yeshua) the Messiah. Amen.

Blessing over the Bread (raise the bread or cracker and break)

We bless You, O Lord our God, King of the universe, Who brings forth bread from the earth. We give you thanks, our Father, for the life and knowledge which You made known to us through Your Son Jesus (Yeshua). Yours is the glory forever and ever. As this broken bread was scattered upon the mountains (as seed) and gathered together as one bundle of wheat, so may Your assembly be gathered together from the ends of the earth into Your kingdom. For Yours is the glory and the power through Jesus (Yeshua) the Messiah forever and ever. Amen. (Didache)

Song of the Bible

Moses & Joshua

Earth and Sky, listen to what I say! Israel, I will teach you.
My words will be like gentle rain on tender young plants, or like dew on the grass.

Join with me in praising the wonderful name of the Lord our God.
The Lord is a mighty rock, and he never does wrong.

God can always be trusted to bring justice.

But you lie and cheat and are unfaithful to him.
You have disgraced yourselves and are no longer worthy to be his children.
Israel, the Lord is your Father, the one who created you, but you repaid him by being foolish.
Think about past generations. Ask your parents or any of your elders.
They will tell you that God Most High gave land to every nation.
He assigned a guardian angel (god) to each of them, but the Lord himself takes care of Israel.

Israel, the Lord discovered you in a barren desert filled with howling winds.
God became your fortress, protecting you as though you were his own eyes.
The Lord was like an eagle teaching its young to fly,

always ready to swoop down and catch them on its back.
Israel, the Lord led you, and without the aid of a foreign god, he helped you capture the land.

…Your wheat was the finest, and you drank the best wine.

Israel, you grew fat and rebelled against God, your Creator
you rejected the Mighty Rock, your only place of safety.
You made God jealous and angry by worshiping disgusting idols and foreign gods.

You offered sacrifices to demons, those useless gods that never helped you,
new gods that your ancestors never worshiped.

You turned away from God, your Creator; you forgot the Mighty Rock, the source of your life.
You were the Lord’s children, but you made him angry.
Then he rejected you and said, “You are unfaithful and can’t be trusted.
So I won’t answer your prayers; I’ll just watch and see what happens to you.

You worshiped worthless idols, and made me jealous and angry!
Now I will send a cruel and worthless nation to make you jealous and angry.

“My people, I will breathe out fire that sends you down to the world of the dead.
It will scorch your farmland, and burn deep down under the mountains.
I’ll send disaster after disaster to strike you like arrows.
You’ll be struck by starvation and deadly diseases,

by the fangs of wild animals and poisonous snakes.
Young and old alike will be killed in the streets and terrified at home.

…When only a few of the Lord’s people remain,

when their strength is gone, and some of them are slaves,
the Lord will feel sorry for them and give them justice.

Don’t you understand? I am the only God; there are no others.
I am the one who takes life and gives it again. I punished you with suffering.
But now I will heal you, and nothing can stop me!…Tell the heavens to celebrate and all gods to bow down to the Lord,
because he will take revenge on those hateful enemies who killed his people.
He will forgive the sins of Israel and purify their land. (Deuteronomy 32:1-43 CEV)

Scripture Reading

Torah Portion – follow the daily Torah portion for the week.

Out of Zion shall come forth the Torah (Law), and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. Blessed are You, Lord our God, who gave the Torah (Law) to His people Israel in holiness.

Scripture Prayer – Consecration

After Jesus (Yeshua) had finished speaking to his disciples, he looked up toward heaven and prayed: Father, the time has come for you to bring glory to your Son, in order that he may bring glory to you.

…I told my followers what you told me, and they accepted it… I am praying for them, but not for those who belong to this world… So keep them safe by the power of the name you have given me. Then they will be one with each other, just as you and I are one… Father, I don’t ask you to take my followers out of the world, but keep them safe from the evil one…Your word is the truth. So let this truth make them completely yours. I am sending them into the world, just as you sent me.

…I am not praying just for these followers. I am also praying for everyone else who will have faith because of what my followers will say about me. I want all of them to be one with each other, just as I am one with you and you are one with me. I also want them to be one with us. Then the people of this world will believe that you sent me… They will know that you love my followers as much as you love me.

Father, I want everyone you have given me to be with me, wherever I am. Then they will see the glory you have given me, because you loved me before the world was created. Good Father, the people of this world don’t know you. But I know you, and my followers know that you sent me. I told them what you are like, and I will tell them even more. Then the love you have for me will become part of them, and I will be one with them. (John 17:1-26 CEV)

Pray this scripture for yourself and specific names of others.

Parting Reading (Haftarah)

Have mercy on Zion, for it is the source of our life; to the one who is deeply humiliated, bring deliverance speedily, in our days. Bless are You, Lord, who gladdens Zion through her children. Amen.

Gladden us, Lord our God, with Elijah the prophet, Your servant, and with the kingdom of the House of David Your anointed, may he come speedily and cause our hearts to exult. On his throne let no stranger sit nor let others continue to inherit his honor, for by Your holy Name You swore to him that his lamp will not be extinguished forever and ever. Blessed are You, Lord, Shield of David. Amen.

Prayer for Protection

O Lord, Lover of men, and by Your loving-kindness I strive to do Your work today, and I ask You: help us at all times, in everything, and deliver us from every evil grief and distress of heart, and every attack of the devil, surround us by Your holy angels, that we may be guarded and guided, and lead me into Your eternal Kingdom. For You are my Creator, the Giver and Provider of everything good, and all my hope is in You, and to You I send up glory, now and forever, and to the ages of ages. Amen.

Come, Creator Spirit (Veni Creator Spiritus)

Come, Holy Spirit, Creator come, from your bright heavenly throne! Come, take possession of our souls, and make them all your own. Far from us drive our hellish foe, true peace unto us bring, and through all perils guide us safe beneath your sacred wing. Through you may we the Father know, through you the eternal Son and you the Spirit of them both, three times blessed, three in One.

Benediction

Grace and peace to you from him who is, and who was, and who is to come… and from Jesus (Yeshua) Christ (the Messiah), who is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. (Revelation 1:4-5a)

Noon

{Morning} {Evening}

Scripture Reading

Read a Psalm and a Proverb, Ecclesiastes, or Song of Solomon

Help us to Follow

Jesus (Yeshua) said: ‘Whoever would become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. The one who endures to the end will be saved.