THE DIVINE SERVICE. publickly administered in the Church; that so doing, they may, in case of sudden visitation, have the less cause to be disquieted for lack of the same. But if the sick person be not able to come to the Church, and yet is desirous to receive the Communion in his house; then he must give timely notice to the Curate, signifying also how many there are to communicate with him, (which shall be three, or two at the least,) and having a convenient place in the sick man's house, with all things necessary so prepared, that the Curate THANKSGIVING AFTER COMMUNION. Praise Him upon the well-tuned cymbals: praise Him upon the loud cymbals. Let everything that hath breath: praise the Lord. 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. NUNC DIMITTIS. 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. Then add the following prayers :— Lord, have mercy upon us. Christ, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us. OUR Father, which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, As it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive them that 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. LORD JESUS CHRIST, who in this wonderful sacrament hast left unto us a memorial of thy passion; Grant to us, we beseech Thee, so to reverence the sacred mysteries of thy THE DIVINE SERVICE. may reverently minister, he shall there celebrate the Holy Communion, beginning with the Collect, Epistle, and Gospel. After which the Priest shall proceed according to the form before prescribed for the Holy Communion, beginning at these words [Ye that do truly, &c.]. At the time of the distribution of the holy Sacrament, the priest shall first receive the Communion himself, and after minister unto them that are appointed to communicate with the sick, and last of all to the sick person. THANKSGIVING AFTER COMMUNION. Body and Blood that we may alway rejoice in the gifts of thy redemption, who livest and reignest with the Father and the Holy Ghost, GOD for ever and ever. Amen. I BESEECH Thee, O Lord Jesus Christ, that thy passion may be unto me virtue, whereby I may be defended against all evil. Let the sprinkling of thy Blood be the washing away of all my sins. Let thy death be to me everlasting glory. Amen. 0 MOST merciful GOD, who hast not disdained to receive us, miserable sinners, into thy Presence to glorify and praise Thee, forgive me all the failings which have come upon me even at this solemn hour, in that other thoughts have taken hold of my mind, or carried it away in vain desires: and enable me, in the strength of this holy Sacrament, to become free from these and all my other sins; through Jesus Christ. 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. THE INTROITS,* COLLECTS, EPISTLES, AND GOSPELS TO BE USED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. First Sunday in Advent. The Introit. Ps. i. ΑΙ LMIGHTY GOD, give us grace that we may cast away the works of darkness, and put upon us the armour of light, now in the time of this mortal life, in which thy Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility; that in the last day, when He shall come again in his glorious Majesty to judge both the quick and dead, we may rise to the life immortal, through Him who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost, now and ever. Amen. ¶This Collect is to be repeated every day, with the other Collects in Advent, until Christmas Eve. The Epistle. Owe no man anything. Rom. xiii. 8–14. The Gospel. When they drew nigh unto Jerusalem. S. Matt. xxi. 1-13. Second Sunday in Advent. The Introit. Ps. cxx. BLESSED LORD, who hast caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning; Grant that we may in such wise hear them, read, mark, The Gospel. And there shall be signs. S. Luke xxi. 25–33, Third Sunday in Advent. LORD JESU CHRIST, who at thy first coming didst send thy messenger to prepare thy way before Thee; Grant that the ministers and stewards of thy mysteries may likewise way, by turning the hearts of so prepare and make ready thy the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, that at thy second coming to judge the world we may be found an acceptable people in thy sight, who livest and reignest with the Father and the Holy Spirit, ever one GOD, world without end. Amen. The Epistle. Let a man so account of us. 1 Cor. iv. 1-5. The Gospel. Now when John had heard. S. Matt. xi. 2-10. * From the Prayer-Book of 1549. THE COLLECTS, &c. Fourth Sunday in Advent. |ning was the Word. S. John that whereas, The Introit. Ps. v. LORD, raise up (we pray Thee) thy power, and come among us, and with great might succour us; through our sins and wickedness, we are sore let and hindered in running the race that is set before us, thy bountiful grace and mercy may speedily help and deliver us; through the satisfaction of thy Son our Lord, to whom with Thee and the Holy Ghost be honour and glory, world without end. Amen. The Epistle. Rejoice in the Lord alway. Phil. iv. 4-7. The Gospel. This is the record of John. S. John i. 19-28. Christmas-Day. Introit at the First Communion. Ps. xcviii. At the Second. Ps. viii. ALMIGHTY GOD, who hast given us thy only-begotten Son to take our nature upon Him, and as at this time to be born of a pure Virgin, Grant that we being regenerate, and made thy children by adoption and grace, may daily be renewed by thy Holy Spirit; through the same our Lord Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the same Spirit, ever one GOD, world without end. Amen. The Epistle. GOD, who at sundry times. Heb. i. 1-12. The Gospel. In the begin i. 1-14. Saint Stephen's Day. The Introit. Ps. lii. GRANT, O Lord, that, in all our sufferings here upon earth for the testimony of thy truth, we may steadfastly look up to heaven, and by faith behold the glory that shall be revealed; and, being filled with the Holy Ghost, may learn to love and bless our persecutors by the example of thy first Martyr Saint Stephen, who prayed for his murderers to Thee, O blessed Jesus, who standest at the right hand of GOD to suc cour all those that suffer for Thee, our only Mediator and Advocate. Amen. Then shall follow the Collect of the Nativity, which shall be said continually unto Newyear's Eve. The Epistle. Stephen, being full of the Holy Ghost. Acts vii. 55-60. The Gospel. Behold, I send unto you prophets. S. Matt. xxiii. 34-39. Saint John the Evangelist's Day. The Introit. Ps. xi. MERCIFUL LORD, we be seech Thee to cast thy bright beams of light upon thy Church, that, it being enlightened by the doctrine of thy blessed Apostle and Evangelist Saint John may so walk in the light of thy truth, that it may at length attain to the light of THE COLLECTS, &c. everlasting life; through Jesus | to the law for man; Grant us Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. That which was from the beginning. 1 John i. the true Circumcision of the Spirit; that, our hearts, and all our members, being mortified from all worldly and carnal lusts, we may in all things obey thy blessed will; through the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. Blessed is the man. Rom. iv. 8-14. The Gospel. And it came to pass. S. Luke ii. 15-21. The same Collect, Epistle, and Gospel shall serve for every day after unto the Epiphany. |