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MatinsThe Song of Hannah
You Lord make poor and make rich:
you bring low and you also exalt.
You raise up the poor from the dust:
and lift the needy from the ash-heap.
You make them sit with princes:
and inherit a seat of honour.
For yours O Lord are the pillars of the earth:
and on them you have set the world.
Amen.
Old Testament Reading - The Good News of Deliverance
1 The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the suffering and afflicted. He has sent me to comfort the brokenhearted, to announce liberty to captives, and to open the eyes of the blind. 2He has sent me to tell those who mourn that the time of God’s favor to them has come, and the day of his wrath to their enemies. 3To all who mourn in Israel he will give: beauty for ashes; joy instead of mourning; praise instead of heaviness. For God has planted them like strong and graceful oaks for his own glory.
. . . . .Isaiah 61:1-3Confession
Almighty and merciful God,
we have sinned against you,
in thought, word and deed.
We have not loved you with all our heart.
We have not loved others
as our Saviour Christ loves us.
We are truly sorry.
In your mercy forgive what we have been,
help us to amend what we are,
and direct what we shall be;
that we may delight in your will
and walk in your ways,
through Jesus Christ our Saviour.
Amen.
