(1928 BCP, 1892 Psalter, elements from Anglican Breviary)050440x
To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him; neither have we obeyed the voice of the LORD our God, to walk in his laws which he set before us. Dan. ix. 9, 10.
℣. 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.
Mercy and truth † shall go before thy face.
PSALM 89. Misericordias Domini
1 MY song shall be alway of the loving-kindness of the LORD:
with my mouth will I ever be showing thy truth from one generation to another.
2 For I have said, Mercy shall be set up for ever:
thy truth shalt thou stablish in the heavens.
3 I have made a covenant with my chosen:
I have sworn unto David my servant:
4 Thy seed will I stablish for ever:
and set up thy throne from one generation to another.
5 O LORD, the very heavens shall praise thy wondrous works:
and thy truth in the congregation of the saints.
6 For who is he among the clouds:
that shall be compared unto the LORD?
7 And what is he among the gods:
that shall be like unto the LORD?
8 God is very greatly to be feared in the council of the saints:
and to be had in reverence of all them that are round about him.
9 O LORD God of hosts, who is like unto thee:
thy truth, most mighty LORD, is on every side.
10 Thou rulest the raging of the sea:
thou stillest the waves thereof when they arise.
11 Thou hast subdued Egypt, and destroyed it:
thou hast scattered thine enemies abroad with thy mighty arm.
12 The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine:
thou hast laid the foundation of the round world, and all that therein is.
13 Thou hast made the north and the south:
Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy Name.
14 Thou hast a mighty arm:
strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.
15 Righteousness and equity are the habitation of thy seat:
mercy and truth shall go before thy face.
16 Blessed is the people, O LORD, that can rejoice in thee:
they shall walk in the light of thy countenance.
17 Their delight shall be daily in thy Name:
and in thy righteousness shall they make their boast.
18 For thou art the glory of their strength:
and in thy loving-kindness thou shalt lift up our horns.
19 For the LORD is our defence:
the Holy One of, Israel is our King.
20 Thou spakest sometime in visions unto thy saints, and saidst:
I have laid help upon one that is mighty, I have exalted one chosen out of the people.
21 I have found David my servant:
with my holy oil have I anointed him.
22 My hand shall hold him fast:
and my arm shall strengthen him.
23 The enemy shall not be able to do him violence:
the son of wickedness shall not hurt him.
24 I will smite down his foes before his face:
and plague them that hate him.
25 My truth also and my mercy shall be with him:
and in my Name shall his horn be exalted.
26 I will set his dominion also in the sea:
and his right hand in the floods.
27 He shall call me, Thou art my Father:
my God, and my strong salvation.
28 And I will make him my firstborn:
higher than the kings of the earth.
29 My mercy will I keep for him for evermore:
and my covenant shall stand fast with him.
30 His seed also will I make to endure for ever:
and his throne as the days of heaven.
31 But if his children forsake my law:
and walk not in my judgments;
32 If they break my statutes, and keep not my I commandments:
I will visit their offences with the rod, and their sin with scourges.
33 Nevertheless, my loving-kindness will I not utterly take from him:
nor suffer my truth to fail.
34 My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips:
I have sworn once by my holiness, that I will not fail David.
35 His seed shall endure for ever:
and his seat is like as the sun before me.
36 He shall stand fast for evermore as the moon:
and as the faithful witness in heaven.
37 But thou hast abhorred and forsaken thine anointed:
and art displeased at him.
38 Thou hast broken the covenant of thy servant:
and cast his crown to the ground.
39 Thou hast overthrown all his hedges:
and broken down his strongholds.
40 All they that go by spoil him:
and he is become a reproach to his neighbours.
41 Thou hast set up the right hand of his enemies:
and made all his adversaries to rejoice.
42 Thou hast taken away the edge of his sword:
and givest him not victory in the battle.
43 Thou hast put out his glory:
and cast his throne down to the ground.
44 The days of his youth hast thou shortened:
and covered him with dishonour.
45 LORD, how long wilt thou hide thyself, for ever:
and shall thy wrath burn like fire?
46 O remember how short my time is:
wherefore hast thou made all men for nought?
47 What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death:
and shall he deliver his soul from the hand of hell?
48 Lord, where are thy old loving-kindnesses:
which thou swarest unto David in thy truth?
49 Remember, Lord, the rebuke that thy servants have:
and how I do bear in my bosom the rebukes of many people;
50 Wherewith thine enemies have blasphemed thee, and slandered the footsteps of thine anointed:
Praised be the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen.
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.
Mercy and truth † shall go before thy face.
O ye that love the LORD † see that ye hate the thing which is evil; the LORD preserveth the souls of his saints; he shall deliver them from the hand of the ungodly.
PSALM 97. Dominus regnavit
1 THE LORD is King, the earth may be glad thereof:
yea, the multitude of the isles may be glad thereof.
2 Clouds and darkness are round about him:
righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his seat.
3 There shall go a fire before him:
and burn up his enemies on every side.
4 His lightnings gave shine unto the world:
the earth saw it, and was afraid.
5 The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD:
at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.
6 The heavens have declared his righteousness:
and all the people have seen his glory.
7 Confounded be all they that worship carved images, and that delight in vain gods:
worship him, all ye gods.
8 Sion heard of it, and rejoiced:
and the daughters of Judah were glad, because of thy judgments, O LORD.
9 For thou, LORD, art higher than all that are in the earth:
thou art exalted far above all gods.
10 O ye that love the LORD, see that ye hate the thing which is evil:
the Lord preserveth the souls of his saints; he shall deliver them from the hand of the ungodly.
11 There is sprung up a light for the righteous:
and joyful gladness for such as are true-hearted.
12 Rejoice in the LORD, ye righteous:
and give thanks for a remembrance of his holiness.
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.
O ye that love the LORD † see that ye hate the thing which is evil; the LORD preserveth the souls of his saints; he shall deliver them from the hand of the ungodly.
He hath remembered † his mercy.
PSALM 98. Cantate Domino
1 O SING unto the LORD a new song:
for he hath done marvellous things.
2 With his own right hand, and with his holy arm:
hath he gotten himself the victory.
3 The LORD declared his salvation:
his righteousness hath he openly showed in the sight of the heathen.
4 He hath remembered his mercy and truth toward the house of Israel:
and all the ends of the world have seen the salvation of our God.
5 Show yourselves joyful unto the LORD, all ye lands:
sing, rejoice, and give thanks.
6 Praise the LORD upon the harp:
sing to the harp with a psalm of thanksgiving.
7 With trumpets also and shawms:
O show yourselves joyful before the LORD, the King.
8 Let the sea make a noise, and all that therein is:
the round world, and they that dwell therein.
9 Let the floods clap their hands, and let the hills be joyful together before the LORD:
for he is come to judge the earth.
10 With righteousness shall he judge the world:
and the people with equity.
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.
He hath remembered † his mercy.
Here beginneth the 1st verse of the 41st Chapter of Jeremiah
Here beginneth the 1st verse of the 15th Chapter of Jeremiah
Here endeth the First Lesson.
Hymn: Audi benigne conditor
O Merciful Creator, hear!
To us in pity bow Thine ear:
accept the tearful prayer we raise
in this our fast of forty days.
Our hearts are open, Lord, to Thee:
Thou knowest our infirmity;
pour out on all who seek Thy face
abundance of Thy pardoning grace.
Our sins are many, this we know;
spare us, good Lord, Thy mercy show;
and for the honor of Thy name
our fainting souls to life reclaim.
Give us the self-control that springs
from discipline of outward things,
that fasting inward secretly
the soul may purely dwell with Thee.
We pray Thee, Holy Trinity,
one God, unchanging Unity,
that we from this our abstinence
may reap the fruits of penitence. Amen.
Here beginneth the 18th verse of the 13th Chapter of Luke
Here beginneth the 38th verse of the 12th Chapter of Mark
Here endeth the Second Lesson.
The Song of Mary Magnificat
Luke 1:46-55
From the hand † of all that hate us, * good Lord, deliver us.
MY soul doth magnify the Lord, * and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Savior.
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.
From the hand † of all that hate us, * good Lord, deliver us.
The Apostles' Creed
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. | ℣. Kyrie eleison | |
℟. Christ, have mercy upon us. | or | ℟. Christe eleison |
℣. Lord, have mercy upon us. | ℣. Kyrie eleison |
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 deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory,
for ever and ever. 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.
℟. For it is thou, Lord, only, that makest us dwell in safety.
℣. O God, make clean our hearts within us.
℟. And take not thy Holy Spirit from us.
The Collect of the Day
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 those 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.
¶ This Collect is to be said every day in Lent, after the Collect appointed for the day, until Palm Sunday.
A Collect for Peace
O God, from whom all holy desires, all good counsels, and
all just works do proceed: Give unto thy servants the peace
which the world cannot give, that our hearts may be set to
obey thy commandments, and also that by thee, we, being
defended from the fear of all enemies, may pass our time in
rest and quietness; through the merits of Jesus Christ our
Savior. Amen.
A Collect for Aid against 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 Savior Jesus Christ. Amen.
The General ThanksgivingALMIGHTY God, Father of all mercies, we, thine unworthy servants, do give thee most humble and hearty thanks for all thy goodness and loving-kindness to us and to all men; We bless thee for our creation, preservation, and all the blessings of this life; but above all, for thine inestimable love in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ; for the means of grace, and for the hope of glory. And, we beseech thee, give us that due sense of all thy mercies, that our hearts may he unfeignedly thankful; and that we show forth thy praise, not only with our lips, but in our lives, by giving up our selves to thy service, and by walking before thee in holiness and righteousness all our days; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with thee and the Holy Ghost, be all honour and glory, world without end. Amen.
2 Cor. xiii. 14.
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.