The Office of Matins25 February A.D. 2020 + 11 AM

The Good Shepherd Lutheran Church902 S Maple – Inglewood, CA 90301-3824

310.671.7644The Rev. Bruce J von Hindenburg, Pastor

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Common Versicles LSB 219

Psalmody Antiphon (Epiphany)

Venite LSB 220

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Antiphon (Epiphany)

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Additional Psalms Psalm 112; antiphon: Psalm 119:62-63

P At midnight I rise to | praise you,*because of your just and righ- |

teous decrees.P I am a companion of all who | fear you,*

of those who keep your | precepts.P Praise the LORD!

Blessèd is the man who | fears the LORD,*

who greatly delights in his com- | mandments! C His offspring will be mighty | in the land;*

the generation of the upright | will be blessed.P Wealth and riches are | in his house,*

and his righteousness endures for- | ever.C Light dawns in the darkness for the | upright;*

he is gracious, merciful, and | righteous.P It is well with the man who deals generous- | ly and lends;*

who conducts his affairs with | justice.C For the righteous will nev- | er be moved;*

he will be remembered for- | ever.P He is not afraid of | bad news;*

his heart is firm, trusting | in the LORD.C His heart is steady; he will not | be afraid,*

until he looks in triumph on his adver- | saries.P He has distributed freely; he has given to the poor;

his righteousness endures for- | ever;*his horn is exalted in | honor.

C The wicked man sees it and is angry;he gnashes his teeth and | melts away;*the desire of the wicked will | perish!

All: Glory be to the Father and | to the Son* and to the Holy | Spirit;as it was in the be- | ginning,* is now, and will be forever. | Amen.

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Office Hymn 924 Lord, Dismiss Us with Your Blessing

Text and tune: Public domain

ReadingsFirst Reading Job 20:1–23, 29

1Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said:2“Therefore my thoughts answer me,

because of my haste within me. 3I hear censure that insults me,

and out of my understanding a spirit answers me.4Do you not know this from of old,

since man was placed on earth,5that the exulting of the wicked is short,

and the joy of the godless but for a moment?6Though his height mount up to the heavens,

and his head reach to the clouds,7he will perish forever like his own dung;

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those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’8He will fly away like a dream and not be found;

he will be chased away like a vision of the night.9The eye that saw him will see him no more,

nor will his place any more behold him.10His children will seek the favor of the poor,

and his hands will give back his wealth.11His bones are full of his youthful vigor,

but it will lie down with him in the dust.12“Though evil is sweet in his mouth,

though he hides it under his tongue,13though he is loath to let it go

and holds it in his mouth,14yet his food is turned in his stomach;

it is the venom of cobras within him.15He swallows down riches and vomits them up again;

God casts them out of his belly.16He will suck the poison of cobras;

the tongue of a viper will kill him.17He will not look upon the rivers,

the streams flowing with honey and curds.18He will give back the fruit of his toil

and will not swallow it down;from the profit of his trading

he will get no enjoyment.19For he has crushed and abandoned the poor;

he has seized a house that he did not build.20“Because he knew no contentment in his belly,

he will not let anything in which he delights escape him.21There was nothing left after he had eaten;

therefore his prosperity will not endure.22In the fullness of his sufficiency he will be in distress;

the hand of everyone in misery will come against him.23To fill his belly to the full

God will send his burning anger against himand rain it upon him into his body.

29This is the wicked man’s portion from God,the heritage decreed for him by God.”

P O Lord, have mercy on us.C Thanks be to God.

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Second Reading John 8:21–3821So he said to them again, “I am going away, and you will seek me,

and you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come.” 22So the Jews said, “Will he kill himself, since he says, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come’?” 23He said to them, “You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world. 24I told you that you would die in your sins, for unless you believe that I am he you will die in your sins.” 25So they said to him, “Who are you?” Jesus said to them, “Just what I have been telling you from the beginning. 26I have much to say about you and much to judge, but he who sent me is true, and I declare to the world what I have heard from him.” 27They did not understand that he had been speaking to them about the Father. 28So Jesus said to them, “When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he, and that I do nothing on my own authority, but speak just as the Father taught me. 29And he who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to him.” 30As he was saying these things, many believed in him.

31So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, 32and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” 33They answered him, “We are offspring of Abraham and have never been enslaved to anyone. How is it that you say, ‘You will become free’?”

34Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is a slave to sin. 35The slave does not remain in the house forever; the son remains forever. 36So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. 37I know that you are offspring of Abraham; yet you seek to kill me because my word finds no place in you. 38I speak of what I have seen with my Father, and you do what you have heard from your father.”

P O Lord, have mercy on us.C Thanks be to God.

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Responsory LSB 221

Writing Augustine of HippoHandbook on Faith, Hope, and Love IX.30-31

He serves freely who freely does the will of his master. Accordingly he who is slave to sin is free to sin. But thereafter he will not be free to do right unless he is delivered from the bondage of sin and begins to be the servant of righteousness. This, then, is true liberty: the joy that comes in doing what is right. At the same time, it is also devoted service in obedience to righteous precept.

But how would a man, bound and sold, get back his liberty to do good, unless he could regain it from Him whose voice said, "If the Son shall make you free, then you will be free indeed"? But before this process begins in man, could anyone glory in his good works as if they were acts of his free will, when he Is not yet free to act rightly? He could do this only if, puffed up in proud vanity, he were merely boasting. This attitude is what the apostle was reproving when he said, "By grace you have been saved by faith."

And lest men should arrogate to themselves saving faith as their own work and not understand it as a divine gift, the same apostle who says somewhere else that he had "obtained mercy of the Lord to be trustworthy" makes here an additional comment: "And this is not of yourselves, rather it is a gift of

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God – not because of works either, lest any man should boast." But then, lest it be supposed that the faithful are lacking in good works, he added further, "For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God has prepared beforehand for us to walk in them."

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Hymn 941 We Praise You and Acknowledge You, O God

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Text: © 1999 Stephen P. Starke, admin. Concordia Publishing House. Used by permission: LSB Hymn License no. 110000401Tune: Public domain

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Kyrie LSB 227

Lord’s PrayerC 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 T deliver us from evil.For Thine is the kingdom

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and the power and the glory forever and ever. Amen.

Collects

Salutation LSB 227

Collect of the DayP Almighty and gracious Lord, pour out Your Holy Spirit on Your

faithful people. Keep us steadfast in Your grace and truth, protect and deliver us in times of temptation, defend us against all enemies, and grant to Your Church Your saving peace; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

Collect for GraceP 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.

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Benedicamus LSB 228

Benediction LSB 228

AcknowledgmentsUnless 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.

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