The document provides a morning prayer service that includes: - A reading of Psalm 103 praising God for his forgiveness, healing, compassion, and justice. - A short reading from John 4:46-50 about Jesus healing the royal official's son from a distance. - A thought reflecting on God as the ultimate healer of both physical and spiritual diseases. - A closing prayer asking God to water us with his love, make us children of quietness, and bind us closely to him and each other.

1. August 15, 2014
Morning
Prayers

2. Introduction
In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the
Holy Spirit, one God. Amen.
Kyrie eleison. Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy,
Lord bless us.
Amen. Alleluia.
If you are praying with another person – read responsively
where appropriate

3. The Psalm – Psalm 103
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia
1
O my soul, come, praise the Eternal
with all that is in me—body, emotions, mind, and will—every part of who I am—
praise His holy name.
2
O my soul, come, praise the Eternal;
sing a song from a grateful heart;
sing and never forget all the good He has done.
3
Despite all your many offenses, He forgives and releases you.
More than any doctor, He heals your diseases.
4
He reaches deep into the pit to deliver you from death.
He crowns you with unfailing love and compassion like a king.
5
When your soul is famished and withering,
He fills you with good and beautiful things, satisfying you as long as you live.
He makes you strong like an eagle, restoring your youth.
6
When people are crushed, wronged, enslaved, raped, murdered,
the Eternal is just;
He makes the wrongs right.
7
He showed Moses His ways;
He allowed His people Israel to see His wonders and acts of power.
8
The Eternal is compassionate and merciful.
When we cross all the lines, He is patient with us.
When we struggle against Him, He lovingly stays with us—changing, convicting, prodding;
9
He will not constantly criticize,
nor will He hold a grudge forever.
10
Thankfully, God does not punish us for our sins and depravity as we deserve.
In His mercy, He tempers justice with peace.
11
Measure how high heaven is above the earth;
God’s wide, loving, kind heart is greater for those who revere Him.
12
You see, God takes all our crimes—our seemingly inexhaustible sins—and removes them.
As far as east is from the west, He removes them from us.
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia

4. Short Reading and Meditation
46Then he came again to Cana in
Galilee where he had changed the
water into wine. Now there was a royal
official whose son lay ill in Capernaum.
47When he heard that Jesus had come
from Judea to Galilee, he went and
begged him to come down and heal his
son, for he was at the point of death.
48Then Jesus said to him, "Unless you
see signs and wonders you will not
believe." 49The official said to him,
"Sir, come down before my little boy
dies." 50Jesus said to him, "Go; your
son will live." The man believed the
word that Jesus spoke to him and
started on his way.
Thought for Today
"More than any doctor, He
heals your diseases. He
reaches deep into the pit to
deliver you from death." The
abilities to restore health to
our bodies that bless us at
the hands of health-care
providers are gifts from God.
For those we are grateful.
But let us never lose sight of
the ultimate Life Giver whose
steadfast love and mercy
heal us from diseases of body
and soul.
John 4:46-50

5. Prayer
Pray Silently or Aloud for Others and Yourself
O God, Who is the unsearchable abyss of peace, the ineffable
sea of love, the fountain of blessings, and the bestower of
affection, Who sends peace to those that receive it; open to us
this day the sea of Your love, and water us with the plenteous
streams from the riches of Your grace. Make us children of
quietness, and heirs of peace. Kindle in us the fire of Your love;
sow in us Your fear; strengthen our weakness by Your power;
bind us closely to You and to each other in one firm bond of
unity; for the sake of Jesus Christ. AMEN.
--Syrian Clementine Liturgy