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 Jesu 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, the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.
145 | I call with my whole heart; * hear me, O Lord, I will keep thy statutes. |
146 | Yea, even unto thee do I call; * help me, and I shall keep thy testimonies. |
147 | Early in the morning do I cry unto thee; * for in thy word is my trust. |
148 | Mine eyes prevent the night watches; * that I might be occupied in thy words. |
149 | Hear my voice, O Lord, according unto thy lovingkindness; * quicken me, according as thou art wont. |
150 | They draw nigh that of malice persecute me, * and are far from thy law. |
151 | Be thou nigh at hand, O Lord; * for all thy commandments are true. |
152 | As concerning thy testimonies, I have known long since, * that thou hast grounded them 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. |
153 | O consider mine adversity, and deliver me, * for I do not forget thy law. |
154 | Avenge thou my cause, and deliver me; * quicken me, according to thy word. |
155 | Health is far from the ungodly; * for they regard not thy statutes. |
156 | Great is thy mercy, O Lord; * quicken me, as thou art wont. |
157 | Many there are that trouble me, and persecute me; * yet do I not swerve from thy testimonies. |
158 | It grieveth me when I see the transgressors; * because they keep not thy law. |
159 | Consider, O Lord, how I love thy commandments; * O quicken me, according to thy lovingkindness. |
160 | Thy word is true from everlasting; * all the judgements of thy righteousness endure for evermore. |
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. |
161 | Princes have persecuted me without a cause; * but my heart standeth in awe of thy word. |
162 | I am as glad of thy word, * as one that findeth great spoils. |
163 | As for lies, I hate and abhor them; * but thy law do I love. |
164 | Seven times a day do I praise thee; * because of thy righteous judgements. |
165 | Great is the peace that they have who love thy law; * and they are not offended at it. |
166 | Lord, I have looked for thy saving health, * and done after thy commandments. |
167 | My soul hath kept thy testimonies, * and loved them exceedingly. |
168 | I have kept thy commandments and testimonies; * for all my ways are before thee. |
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. |
169 | Let my complaint come before thee, O Lord; * give me understanding, according to thy word. |
170 | Let my supplication come before thee; * deliver me, according to thy word. |
171 | My lips shall speak of thy praise, * when thou hast taught me thy statutes. |
172 | Yea, my tongue shall sing of thy word; * for all thy commandments are righteous. |
173 | Let thine hand help me; * for I have chosen thy commandments. |
174 | I have longed for thy saving health, O Lord; * and in thy law is my delight. |
175 | O let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; * and thy judgements shall help me. |
176 | I have gone astray like a sheep that is lost; * O seek thy servant, for I do not forget thy commandments. |
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 | Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts. |
2 | But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap: |
3 | And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness. |
4 | Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the Lord, as in the days of old, and as in former years. |
5 | And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the Lord of hosts. |
6 | For I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed. |
7 | Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the Lord of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return? |
8 | Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings. |
9 | Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation. |
10 | Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. |
11 | And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the Lord of hosts. |
12 | And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the Lord of hosts. |
13 | Your words have been stout against me, saith the Lord. Yet ye say, What have we spoken so much against thee? |
14 | Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the Lord of hosts? |
15 | And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered. |
16 | Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another: and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name. |
17 | And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him. |
18 | Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not. |
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 | Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ. |
2 | Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you. |
3 | But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God. |
4 | Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoureth his head. |
5 | But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven. |
6 | For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered. |
7 | For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man. |
8 | For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man. |
9 | Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man. |
10 | For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels. |
11 | Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord. |
12 | For as the woman is of the man, even so is the man also by the woman; but all things of God. |
13 | Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman pray unto God uncovered? |
14 | Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him? |
15 | But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering. |
16 | But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God. |
17 | Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse. |
18 | For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it. |
19 | For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you. |
20 | When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat the Lord's supper. |
21 | For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken. |
22 | What? have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye the church of God, and shame them that have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I praise you not. |
23 | For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread: |
24 | And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me. |
25 | After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. |
26 | For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come. |
27 | Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. |
28 | But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. |
29 | For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body. |
30 | For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep. |
31 | For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. |
32 | But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world. |
33 | Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, tarry one for another. |
34 | And if any man hunger, let him eat at home; that ye come not together unto condemnation. And the rest will I set in order when I come. |
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.
O Lord, we beseech thee, let thy continual pity cleanse and defend thy Church; and because it cannot continue in safety without thy succour, preserve it evermore by thy help and goodness, 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.