Wednesday before Easter
EVENING
Lord's Prayer and Preces
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.
Ps. 6.
| O Lord, rebuke me not in thine indignation, neither chasten me in thy displeasure. |
| Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am weak; O Lord, heal me, for my bones are vexed. |
| My soul also is sore troubled: but, Lord, how long wilt thou punish me? |
| Turn thee, O Lord, and deliver my soul; O save me for thy mercy's sake. |
| For in death no man remembereth thee; and who will give thee thanks in the pit? |
| I am weary of my groaning; every night wash I my bed, and water my couch with my tears. |
| My beauty is gone for very trouble, and worn away because of all mine enemies. |
| Away from me, all ye that work vanity; for the Lord hath heard the voice of my weeping. |
| The Lord hath heard my petition; the Lord will receive my prayer. |
| All mine enemies shall be confounded, and sore vexed; they shall be turned back, and put to shame suddenly. |
| 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. |
Ps. 7.
| O Lord my God, in thee have I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me; |
| Lest he devour my soul, like a lion, and tear it in pieces, while there is none to help. |
| O Lord my God, if I have done any such thing; or if there be any wickedness in my hands; |
| If I have rewarded evil unto him that dealt friendly with me; yea, I have delivered him that without any cause is mine enemy; |
| Then let mine enemy persecute my soul, and take me; yea, let him tread my life down upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. |
| Stand up, O Lord, in thy wrath, and lift up thyself, because of the indignation of mine enemies; arise up for me in the judgement that thou hast commanded. |
| And so shall the congregation of the people come about thee: for their sakes therefore lift up thyself again. |
| The Lord shall judge the people; give sentence with me, O Lord, according to my righteousness, and according to the innocency that is in me. |
| O let the wickedness of the ungodly come to an end; but guide thou the just. |
| For the righteous God trieth the very hearts and reins. |
| My help cometh of God, who preserveth them that are true of heart. |
| God is a righteous Judge, strong and patient; and God is provoked every day. |
| If a man will not turn, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready. |
| He hath prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors. |
| Behold, he travaileth with mischief; he hath conceived sorrow, and brought forth ungodliness. |
| He hath graven and digged up a pit, and is fallen himself into the destruction that he made for other. |
| For his travail shall come upon his own head, and his wickedness shall fall on his own pate. |
| I will give thanks unto the Lord, according to his righteousness; and I will praise the Name of the Lord most High. |
| 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. |
Ps. 8.
| O Lord our Governor, how excellent is thy Name in all the world; thou that hast set thy glory above the heavens! |
| Out of the mouth of very babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength, because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger. |
| For I will consider thy heavens, even the works of thy fingers; the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained. |
| What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? |
| Thou madest him lower than the angels, to crown him with glory and worship. |
| Thou makest him to have dominion of the works of thy hands, and thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet; |
| All sheep and oxen; yea, and the beasts of the field; |
| The fowls of the air, and the fishes of the sea; and whatsoever walketh through the paths of the seas. |
| O Lord our Governor, how excellent is thy Name in all the world! |
| 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. |
First Lesson✤
| O Israel, return unto the Lord thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity. |
| Take with you words, and turn to the Lord: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips. |
| Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy. |
| I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him. |
| I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. |
| His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon. |
| They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive as the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon. |
| Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found. |
| Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the Lord are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein. |
MAGNIFICATFirst Canticle
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.
Second Lesson✤
| Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus; |
| Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was faithful in all his house. |
| For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more honour than the house. |
| For every house is builded by some man; but he that built all things is God. |
| And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after; |
| But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end. |
| Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice, |
| Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness: |
| When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years. |
| Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways. |
| So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.) |
| Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God. |
| But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. |
| For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end; |
| While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation. |
| For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses. |
| But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness? |
| And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not? |
| So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief. |
NUNC DIMITTISSecond Canticle
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.
Collect of the Day
Almighty and everlasting God, who of thy tender love towards mankind, hast sent thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ, to take upon him our flesh, and to suffer death upon the cross, that all mankind should follow the example of his great humility; Mercifully grant, that we may both follow the example of his patience, and also be made partakers of his resurrection, through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Collect of Lent
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.
Collect for Peace
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.
Collect for Aid Against All Perils
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.
