Dearly beloved brethren, the Scripture moveth us in sundry places to acknowledge and confess our manifold sins and wickedness; and that we should not dissemble nor cloak them before the face of Almighty God our heavenly Father; but confess them with an humble, lowly, penitent, and obedient heart; to the end that we may obtain forgiveness of the same, by his infinite goodness and mercy. And although we ought at all times humbly to acknowledge our sins before God; yet ought we most chiefly so to do, when we assemble and meet together, to render thanks for the great benefits that we have received at his hands, to set forth his most worthy praise, to hear his most holy Word, and to ask those things which are requisite and necessary as well for the body as the soul. Wherefore I pray and beseech you, as many as are here present, to accompany me with a pure heart, and humble voice, unto the throne of the heavenly grace, saying after me:
Almighty and most merciful Father, We have erred and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep: We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts: We have offended against thy holy laws: 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; And there is no health in us. But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us, miserable offenders: Spare thou themthose, O God, whichwho confess their faults: Restore thou them thatthose who are penitent; According to thy promises declared unto mankind in Christ Jesus our Lord. And grant, O most merciful Father, for his sake, That we may hereafter live a godly, righteous, and sober life, To the glory of thy holy Name. Amen.
Almighty God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who desireth not the death of a sinner, but rather that he may turn from his wickedness and live; and, hath given power and commandment to his Ministers, to declare and pronounce to his people, being penitent, the absolution and remission of their sins:. He pardoneth and absolveth all them thatthose who truly repent, and unfeignedly believe his holy Gospel. Wherefore let us beseech him to grant us true repentance, and his Holy Spirit; that those things may please him which we do at this present, and that the rest of our life hereafter may be pure and holy; so that at the last we may come to his eternal joy, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Our Father, whichwho art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done inon earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive them thatthose who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, But deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.
O Lord, open thou our lips.
And our mouth shall show forth thy praise.
O God, make speed to save us.
O Lord, make haste to help us.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost;
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Praise ye the Lord.
The Lord's Name be praised.
1 | Help me, Lord, for there is not one godly man left; * for the faithful are minished from among the children of men. |
2 | They talk of vanity every one with his neighbour; * they do but flatter with their lips, and dissemble in their double heart. |
3 | The Lord shall root out all deceitful lips, * and the tongue that speaketh proud things; |
4 | Which have said, With our tongue will we prevail; * we are they that ought to speak, who is lord over us? |
5 | Now for the comfortless trouble's sake of the needy, * and because of the deep sighing of the poor, |
6 | I will up, saith the Lord; * and will help every one from him that swelleth against him, and will set him at rest. |
7 | The words of the Lord are pure words; * even as the silver, which from the earth is tried, and purified seven times in the fire. |
8 | Thou shalt keep them, O Lord; * thou shalt preserve him from this generation for ever. |
9 | The ungodly walk on every side: * when they are exalted, the children of men are put to rebuke. |
† | Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen. |
1 | How long wilt thou forget me, O Lord, for ever? * how long wilt thou hide thy face from me? |
2 | How long shall I seek counsel in my soul, and be so vexed in my heart? * how long shall mine enemies triumph over me? |
3 | Consider, and hear me, O Lord my God; * lighten mine eyes, that I sleep not in death. |
4 | Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him: * for if I be cast down, they that trouble me will rejoice at it. |
5 | But my trust is in thy mercy, * and my heart is joyful in thy salvation. |
6 | I will sing of the Lord, because he hath dealt so lovingly with me; * yea, I will praise the Name of the Lord most Highest. |
† | Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen. |
1 | The fool hath said in his heart, * There is no God. |
2 | They are corrupt, and become abominable in their doings; * there is none that doeth good, no not one. |
3 | The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men, * to see if there were any that would understand, and seek after God. |
4 | But they are all gone out of the way, they are altogether become abominable; * there is none that doeth good, no not one. |
5 | Their throat is an open sepulchre, with their tongues have they deceived; * the poison of asps is under their lips. |
6 | Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness; * their feet are swift to shed blood. |
7 | Destruction and unhappiness is in their ways, and the way of peace have they not known; * there is no fear of God before their eyes. |
8 | Have they no knowledge, that they are all such workers of mischief, * eating up my people as it were bread, and call not upon the Lord? |
9 | There were they brought in great fear, even where no fear was; * for God is in the generation of the righteous. |
10 | As for you, ye have made a mock at the counsel of the poor, * because he putteth his trust in the Lord. |
11 | Who shall give salvation unto Israel out of Sion? When the Lord turneth the captivity of his people, * then shall Jacob rejoice, and Israel shall be glad. |
† | Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen. |
1 | And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel. |
2 | Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: they were judges in Beer-sheba. |
3 | And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment. |
4 | Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah, |
5 | And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations. |
6 | But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the Lord. |
7 | And the Lord said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them. |
8 | According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, wherewith they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also unto thee. |
9 | Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that shall reign over them. |
10 | And Samuel told all the words of the Lord unto the people that asked of him a king. |
11 | And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before his chariots. |
12 | And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots. |
13 | And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers. |
14 | And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants. |
15 | And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants. |
16 | And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work. |
17 | He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants. |
18 | And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the Lord will not hear you in that day. |
19 | Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us; |
20 | That we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles. |
21 | And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the Lord. |
22 | And the Lord said to Samuel, Hearken unto their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said unto the men of Israel, Go ye every man unto his city. |
My soul doth magnify the Lord, * and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
For he hath regarded * the lowliness of his handmaiden.
For behold, from henceforth
* all generations shall call me blessed.
For he that is mighty hath magnified me;
* and holy is his Name.
And his mercy is on them that fear him
* throughout all generations.
He hath showed strength with his arm;
* he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
He hath put down the mighty from their seat,
* and hath exalted the humble and meek.
He hath filled the hungry with good things;
* and the rich he hath sent empty away.
He remembering his mercy, hath holpen his servant Israel;
* as he promised to our forefathers, Abraham and his seed, for ever.
Glory be to the Father,
and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost;
As it was in the beginning,
is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
1 | Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it. |
2 | For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it. |
3 | For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world. |
4 | For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works. |
5 | And in this place again, If they shall enter into my rest. |
6 | Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief: |
7 | Again, he limiteth a certain day, saying in David, To day, after so long a time; as it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts. |
8 | For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day. |
9 | There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. |
10 | For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his. |
11 | Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief. |
12 | For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. |
13 | Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do. |
14 | Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession. |
15 | For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. |
16 | Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. |
Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, * according to thy word.
For mine eyes have seen * thy salvation,
Which thou hast prepared * before the face of all people;
To be a light to lighten the Gentiles, * and to be the glory of thy people Israel.
Glory be to the Father,
and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost;
As it was in the beginning,
is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth: And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord; Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, Born of the Virgin Mary, Suffered under Pontius Pilate, Was crucified, dead, and buried; He descended into hell; The third day he rose again from the dead; He ascended into heaven, And sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost; The holy Catholic Church; The Communion of Saints; The Forgiveness of sins; The Resurrection of the body; And the Life everlasting. Amen.
The Lord be with you:
And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
Lord, have mercy upon us.
Christ, have mercy upon us.
Lord, have mercy upon us.
Our Father, whichwho art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done inon earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive them thatthose who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, But deliver us from evil. Amen.
O Lord, show thy mercy upon us;
And grant us thy salvation.
O Lord, save the State;
And mercifully hear us, when we call upon thee.
Endue thy Ministers with righteousness;
And make thy chosen people joyful.
O Lord, save thy people;
And bless thine inheritance.
Give peace in our time, O Lord;
Because there is none other that fighteth for us, but only thou, O God.
O God, make clean our hearts within us;
And take not thy Holy Spirit from us.
Grant, we beseech thee, Almighty God, that we, who for our evil deeds do worthily deserve to be punished, by the comfort of thy grace may mercifully be relieved, through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.
Almighty and everlasting God, who hatest nothing that thou hast made, and dost forgive the sins of all them thatthose who are penitent; Create and make in us new and contrite hearts, that we worthily lamenting our sins, and acknowledging our wretchedness, may obtain of thee, the God of all mercy, perfect remission and forgiveness, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
O God, from whom all holy desires, all good counsels, and all just works do proceed; Give unto thy servants that peace which the world cannot give; that both our hearts may be set to obey thy commandments, and also that by thee we being defended from the fear of our enemies, may pass our time in rest and quietness, through the merits of Jesus Christ our Saviour. Amen.
Lighten our darkness, we beseech thee, O Lord; and by thy great mercy defend us from all perils and dangers of this night, for the love of thy only Son, our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.
O Lord our Governor, whose glory is in all the world; We commend this nation to thy merciful care, that being guided by thy Providence, we may dwell secure in thy peace. Grant to [—, and to] all in Authority, wisdom and strength to know and to do thy will. Fill them with the love of truth and righteousness; and make them ever mindful of their calling to serve this people in thy fear; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen.
Almighty and everlasting God, who alone workest great marvels; Send down upon our Bishops, and Curates, and all Congregations committed to their charge, the healthful Spirit of thy grace; and that they may truly please thee, pour upon them the continual dew of thy blessing: Grant this, O Lord, for the honour of our Advocate and Mediator Jesus Christ. Amen.
Most gracious God, we humbly beseech thee, as for this nation in general, so especially for the Legislature at this time assembled: That thou wouldest be pleased to direct and prosper all their consultations to the advancement of thy glory, the good of thy Church, the safety, honour, and welfare of thy people; that all things may be so ordered and settled by their endeavours, upon the best and surest foundations, that peace and happiness, truth and justice, religion and piety may be established among us for all generations. These and all other necessaries, for them, for us, and thy whole Church, we humbly beg in the Name and Mediation of Jesus Christ our most blessed Lord and Saviour. Amen.
O God, the Creator and Preserver of all mankind, we humbly beseech thee for all sorts and conditions of men, that thou wouldest be pleased to make thy ways known unto them, thy saving health unto all Nations. More especially we pray for the good estate of the Catholic Church; that it may be so guided and governed by thy good Spirit, that all who profess and call themselves Christians, may be led into the way of truth, and hold the faith in unity of spirit, in the bond of peace, and in righteousness of life. Finally, we commend to thy fatherly goodness, all those who are any ways afflicted or distressed in mind, body, or estate; that it may please thee to comfort and relieve them according to their several necessities, giving them patience under their sufferings, and a happy issue out of all their afflictions: And this we beg for Jesus Christ his sake. Amen.
Almighty God, who hast given us grace at this time with one accord to make our common supplications unto thee; and dost promise that when two or three are gathered together in thy Name, thou wilt grant their requests; Fulfil now, O Lord, the desires and petitions of thy servants, as may be most expedient for them; granting us in this world knowledge of thy truth, and in the world to come life everlasting. Amen.
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore. Amen.