Morning Prayer

The Minister shall begin Morning and Evening Prayer by reading one or more of the following Sentences of Scripture. On any day, save a Day of Fasting or Abstinence, or on any day when the Litany or Holy Communion is immediately to follow, the Minister may, at his discretion, pass at once from the Sentences to the Lord's Prayer and Angelic Salutation, which may never be omitted.

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

Psalm 51:17

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 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—

To be said by the whole Congregation, after the Minister, all kneeling.

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 those, O God, who confess their faults. Restore thou those 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.

Declaration of Absolution

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, 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 those 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, 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.

Hail Mary, full of grace; The Lord is with thee; Blessed art thou amongst women, And blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, Pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. 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.

On the days hereafter named, immediately before and after the Venite may be sung or said the Invitatory Antiphon. But NOTE, That on Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter Even, the Venite is omitted, and it may be omitted on Ash Wednesday.

Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, One God; * O come, let us adore him.

O come, let us sing unto the Lord: let us heartily rejoice in the strength of our salvation. Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving: and shew ourselves glad in him with psalms. For the Lord is a great God: and a great King above all gods. In his hand are all the corners of the earth: and the strength of the hills is his also. The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands prepared the dry land. O come, let us worship and fall down: and kneel before the Lord our Maker. For he is the Lord our God: and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To-day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts: as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness. When your fathers tempted me: proved me, and saw my works. Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said: It is a people that do err in their hearts, for they have not known my ways; Unto whom I sware in my wrath: that they should not enter into my rest.

Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, One God; * O come, let us adore him.

℣. 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.

44, 45, 46

¹WE HAVE heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us : what thou hast done in their time of old;

²How thou hast driven out the heathen with thy hand, and planted them in : how thou hast destroyed the nations and cast them out.

³For they gat not the land in possession through their own sword : neither was it their own arm that helped them;

⁴But thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance : because thou hadst a favour unto them.

⁵Thou art my King, O God : send help unto Jacob.

⁶Through thee will we overthrow our enemies : and in thy Name will we tread them under, that rise up against us.

⁷For I will not trust in my bow : it is not my sword that shall help me;

⁸But it is thou that savest us from our enemies : and puttest them to confusion that hate us.

⁹We make our boast of God all day long : and will praise thy Name for ever.

¹⁰But now thou art far off, and puttest us to confusion : and goest not forth with our armies.

¹¹Thou makest us to turn our backs upon our enemies : so that they which hate us spoil our goods.

¹²Thou lettest us be eaten up like sheep : and hast scattered us among the heathen.

¹³Thou sellest thy people for nought : and takest no money for them.

¹⁴Thou makest us to be rebuked of our neighbours : to be laughed to scorn, and had in derision of them that are round about us.

¹⁵Thou makest us to be a by-word among the heathen : and that the people shake their heads at us.

¹⁶My confusion is daily before me : and the shame of my face hath covered me;

¹⁷For the voice of the slanderer and blasphemer : for the enemy and avenger.

¹⁸And though all this be come upon us, yet do we not forget thee : nor behave ourselves frowardly in thy covenant.

¹⁹Our heart is not turned back : neither our steps gone out of thy way;

²⁰No, not when thou hast smitten us into the place of dragons : and covered us with the shadow of death.

²¹If we have forgotten the Name of our God, and holden up our hands to any strange god : shall not God search it out? for he knoweth the very secrets of the heart.

²²For thy sake also are we killed all the day long : and are counted as sheep appointed to be slain.

²³Up, Lord, why sleepest thou : awake, and be not absent from us for ever.

²⁴Wherefore hidest thou thy face : and forgettest our misery and trouble?

²⁵For our soul is brought low, even unto the dust : our belly cleaveth unto the ground.

²⁶Arise, and help us : and deliver us for thy mercy's sake.

¹MY HEART is inditing of a good matter : I speak of the things which I have made unto the King.

²My tongue is the pen : of a ready writer.

³Thou art fairer than the children of men : full of grace are thy lips, because God hath blessed thee for ever.

⁴Gird thee with thy sword upon thy thigh, O thou most Mighty : according to thy worship and renown.

⁵Good luck have thou with thine honour : ride on, because of the word of truth , of meekness, and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.

⁶Thy arrows are very sharp, and the people shall be subdued unto thee : even in the midst among the King's enemies.

⁷Thy seat, O God, endureth for ever : the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.

⁸Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity : wherefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

⁹All thy garments smell of myrrh, aloes, and cassia : out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.

¹⁰Kings' daughters were among thy honourable women : upon thy right hand did stand the queen in a vesture of gold, wrought about with divers colours.

¹¹Hearken, O daughter, and consider, incline thine ear : forget also thine own people, and thy father's house.

¹²So shall the King have pleasure in thy beauty : for he is thy Lord God, and worship thou him.

¹³And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift : like as the rich also among the people shall make their supplication before thee.

¹⁴The King's daughter is all glorious within : her clothing is of wrought gold.

¹⁵She shall be brought unto the King in raiment of needle-work : the virgins that be her fellows shall bear her company, and shall be brought unto thee.

¹⁶With joy and gladness shall they be brought : and shall enter into the King's palace.

¹⁷Instead of thy fathers thou shalt have children : whom thou mayest make princes in all lands.

¹⁸I will remember thy Name from one generation to another : therefore shall the people give thanks unto thee, world without end.

¹GOD is our hope and strength : a very present help in trouble.

²Therefore will we not fear, though the earth be moved : and though the hills be carried into the midst of the sea;

³Though the waters thereof rage and swell : and though the mountains shake at the tempest of the same.

⁴The rivers of the flood thereof shall make glad the city of God : the holy place of the tabernacle of the most Highest.

⁵God is in the midst of her, therefore shall she not be removed : God shall help her, and that right early.

⁶The heathen make much ado, and the kingdoms are moved : but God hath shewed his voice, and the earth shall melt away.

⁷The Lord of hosts is with us : the God of Jacob is our refuge.

⁸O come hither, and behold the works of the Lord : what destruction he hath brought upon the earth.

⁹He maketh wars to cease in all the world : he breaketh the bow, and knappeth the spear in sunder, and burneth the chariots in the fire.

¹⁰Be still then, and know that I am God : I will be exalted among the heathen, and I will be exalted in the earth.

¹¹The Lord of hosts is with us : the God of Jacob is our refuge.

℣. 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 Samuel 30

¹Now when David and his men came to Ziklag on the third day, the Amalekites had made a raid against the Negeb and against Ziklag. They had overcome Ziklag and burned it with fire

²and taken captive the women and all who were in it, both small and great. They killed no one, but carried them off and went their way.

³And when David and his men came to the city, they found it burned with fire, and their wives and sons and daughters taken captive.

⁴Then David and the people who were with him raised their voices and wept until they had no more strength to weep.

⁵David's two wives also had been taken captive, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel.

⁶And David was greatly distressed, for the people spoke of stoning him, because all the people were bitter in soul, each for his sons and daughters. But David strengthened himself in the LORD his God.

⁷And David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, “Bring me the ephod.” So Abiathar brought the ephod to David.

⁸And David inquired of the LORD, “Shall I pursue after this band? Shall I overtake them?” He answered him, “Pursue, for you shall surely overtake and shall surely rescue.”

⁹So David set out, and the six hundred men who were with him, and they came to the brook Besor, where those who were left behind stayed.

¹⁰But David pursued, he and four hundred men. Two hundred stayed behind, who were too exhausted to cross the brook Besor.

¹¹They found an Egyptian in the open country and brought him to David. And they gave him bread and he ate. They gave him water to drink,

¹²and they gave him a piece of a cake of figs and two clusters of raisins. And when he had eaten, his spirit revived, for he had not eaten bread or drunk water for three days and three nights.

¹³And David said to him, “To whom do you belong? And where are you from?” He said, “I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite, and my master left me behind because I fell sick three days ago.

¹⁴We had made a raid against the Negeb of the Cherethites and against that which belongs to Judah and against the Negeb of Caleb, and we burned Ziklag with fire.”

¹⁵And David said to him, “Will you take me down to this band?” And he said, “Swear to me by God that you will not kill me or deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will take you down to this band.”

¹⁶And when he had taken him down, behold, they were spread abroad over all the land, eating and drinking and dancing, because of all the great spoil they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from the land of Judah.

¹⁷And David struck them down from twilight until the evening of the next day, and not a man of them escaped, except four hundred young men, who mounted camels and fled.

¹⁸David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken, and David rescued his two wives.

¹⁹Nothing was missing, whether small or great, sons or daughters, spoil or anything that had been taken. David brought back all.

²⁰David also captured all the flocks and herds, and the people drove the livestock before him, and said, “This is David's spoil.”

²¹Then David came to the two hundred men who had been too exhausted to follow David, and who had been left at the brook Besor. And they went out to meet David and to meet the people who were with him. And when David came near to the people he greeted them.

²²Then all the wicked and worthless fellows among the men who had gone with David said, “Because they did not go with us, we will not give them any of the spoil that we have recovered, except that each man may lead away his wife and children, and depart.”

²³But David said, “You shall not do so, my brothers, with what the LORD has given us. He has preserved us and given into our hand the band that came against us.

²⁴Who would listen to you in this matter? For as his share is who goes down into the battle, so shall his share be who stays by the baggage. They shall share alike.”

²⁵And he made it a statute and a rule for Israel from that day forward to this day.

²⁶When David came to Ziklag, he sent part of the spoil to his friends, the elders of Judah, saying, “Here is a present for you from the spoil of the enemies of the LORD.”

²⁷It was for those in Bethel, in Ramoth of the Negeb, in Jattir,

²⁸in Aroer, in Siphmoth, in Eshtemoa,

²⁹in Racal, in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, in the cities of the Kenites,

³⁰in Hormah, in Bor-ashan, in Athach,

³¹in Hebron, for all the places where David and his men had roamed.

The following Hymn is sung or said on all Sundays in Advent, Septuagesimatide, & Lent; and on Days below Semidouble, such as Ferias, Memorials, and Vigils. NOTE, The Old Testament Canticle may be said instead of the Benedicite.

O all ye Works of the Lord, bless ye the Lord: * praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Angels of the Lord, bless ye the Lord: * praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Heavens, bless ye the Lord: * praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Waters that be above the firmament, bless ye the Lord: * praise him, and magnify him for ever. O all ye Powers of the Lord, bless ye the Lord: * praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Sun and Moon, bless ye the Lord: * praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Stars of heaven, bless ye the Lord: * praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Showers and Dew, bless ye the Lord: * praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye winds of God, bless ye the Lord: * praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Fire and Heat, bless ye the Lord * praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Winter and Summer, bless ye the Lord: * praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Dews and Frosts, bless ye the Lord: * praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Frost and Cold, bless ye the Lord: * praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Ice and Snow, bless ye the Lord * praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Nights and Days, bless ye the Lord: * praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Light and Darkness, bless ye the Lord: * praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Lightnings and Clouds, bless ye the Lord * praise him, and magnify him for ever. O let the Earth bless the Lord: * yea, let it praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Mountains and Hills, bless ye the Lord: * praise him, and magnify him for ever. O all ye Green Things upon the earth, bless ye the Lord: * praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Wells, bless ye the Lord: * praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Seas and Floods, bless ye the Lord: * praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Whales, and all that move in the waters, bless ye the Lord: * praise him, and magnify him for ever. O all ye Fowls of the air, bless ye the Lord: * praise him, and magnify him for ever. O all ye Beasts and Cattle, bless ye the Lord: * praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Children of Men, bless ye the Lord: * praise him, and magnify him for ever. O let Israel bless the Lord: * praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Priests of the Lord, bless ye the Lord: * praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Servants of the Lord, bless ye the Lord: * praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Spirits and Souls of the Righteous, bless ye the Lord: * praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye holy and humble Men of heart, bless ye the Lord: * praise him, and magnify him for ever. Let us bless the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Ghost: * praise him, and magnify him 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.

Luke 9:37-50

³⁷On the next day, when they had come down from the mountain, a great crowd met him.

³⁸And behold, a man from the crowd cried out, “Teacher, I beg you to look at my son, for he is my only child.

³⁹And behold, a spirit seizes him, and he suddenly cries out. It convulses him so that he foams at the mouth, and shatters him, and will hardly leave him.

⁴⁰And I begged your disciples to cast it out, but they could not.”

⁴¹Jesus answered, “O faithless and twisted generation, how long am I to be with you and bear with you? Bring your son here.”

⁴²While he was coming, the demon threw him to the ground and convulsed him. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit and healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.

⁴³And all were astonished at the majesty of God. Jesus Again Foretells His Death But while they were all marveling at everything he was doing, Jesus said to his disciples,

⁴⁴“Let these words sink into your ears: The Son of Man is about to be delivered into the hands of men.”

⁴⁵But they did not understand this saying, and it was concealed from them, so that they might not perceive it. And they were afraid to ask him about this saying.

⁴⁶An argument arose among them as to which of them was the greatest.

⁴⁷But Jesus, knowing the reasoning of their hearts, took a child and put him by his side

⁴⁸and said to them, “Whoever receives this child in my name receives me, and whoever receives me receives him who sent me. For he who is least among you all is the one who is great.”

⁴⁹John answered, “Master, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him, because he does not follow with us.”

⁵⁰But Jesus said to him, “Do not stop him, for the one who is not against you is for you.”

Blessed ✠ be the Lord God of Israel; * for he hath visited and redeemed his people; And hath raised up a mighty salvation for us, * in the house of his servant David; As he spake by the mouth of his holy Prophets, * which have been since the world began; That we should be saved from our enemies, * and from the hand of all that hate us. To perform the mercy promised to our forefathers, * and to remember his holy covenant; To perform the oath which he sware to our forefather Abraham, * that he would give us; That we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies * might serve him without fear; In holiness and righteousness before him, * all the days of our life. And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: * for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways; To give knowledge of salvation unto his people * for the remission of their sins, Through the tender mercy of our God; * whereby the day-spring from on high hath visited us; To give light to them that sit in darkness, and in the shadow of death, * and to guide our feet into the way of peace.

℣. 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. or, O Lord, hear our prayer. ℟. And with thy spirit. or, And let our cry come unto thee.

℣. Let us pray. ℣. Lord, have mercy upon us. ℟. Christ, have mercy upon us. ℣. Lord, have mercy upon us.

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. 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.

Collect of the Day

Wednesday after the 13th Sunday after Trinity

Almighty and merciful God, of whose only gift it cometh that thy faithful people do unto thee true and laudable service; Grant, we beseech thee, that we may so faithfully serve thee in this life, that we fail not finally to attain thy heavenly promises. Through.

A Collect for Peace

O God, who art the author of peace and lover of concord, in knowledge of whom standeth our eternal life, whose service is perfect freedom; Defend us thy humble servants in all assaults of our enemies; that we, surely trusting in thy defence, may not fear the power of any adversaries, through the might of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

A Collect for Grace

O Lord, our heavenly Father, Almighty and everlasting God, who hast safely brought us to the beginning of this day; Defend us in the same with thy mighty power; and grant that this day we fall into no sin, neither run into any kind of danger; but that all our doings, being ordered by thy governance, may be righteous in thy sight; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

℣. The Lord be with you. or, O Lord, hear our prayer. ℟. And with thy spirit. or, And let our cry come unto thee. ℣. Let us bless the Lord (alleluia, alleluia.) ℟. Thanks be to God (alleluia, alleluia.) ℣. May the souls ✠ of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. ℟. Amen.

The following Prayers shall be omitted here when the Great Litany is said, and may be omitted when the Holy Communion is to follow. The Prayer for the Head of State is here said.

A Prayer for the Clergy and People

Almighty and everlasting God, from whom cometh every good and perfect gift; Send down upon our Bishops, and other Clergy, and upon the 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.

A Prayer for all Sorts & Conditions of Men

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 thy holy Church universal; 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; (especially those for whom our prayers are desired;) 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's sake. Amen.

A General Thanksgiving

Almighty 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; (to those who desire now to offer up their praises and thanksgivings for thy late mercies vouchsafed unto them.) 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 be 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.

A Prayer of St. Chrysostom

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

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.