THE SUPPLEMENT TO THE
BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER
(Church of India, Pakistan, Burma, and
Ceylon,
1960)
The Lord's Supper
Collects,
Lessons, Epistles, and Gospels
IV. FOR SPECIAL INTENTIONS
1. Of the Passion
2. For the Guidance of the Holy Spirit
3. Of the Blessed Virgin Mary
4. For the Spread of the Gospel
5. For the Unity of Chirstendom
6. For Synods
7. For Hospitals
8. For Schools and Colleges
9. For the Peace of the World
10. For Peace in Our Land
11. On National Occasions
12.
In Time of Calamity
13. In Time of any Epidemic, Plague, or Sickness
14. On and Occasion of Thanksgiving
15. On the Anniversary of the Consecration or
Enthronement of a
Bishop
16. On the Anniversary of a Wedding
17. For Christian Homes
18. For One going on a Journey
19. For the Sick and Infirm
20. On the Day of Burial or
in Memory of the Departed
1.
OF THE
PASSION
The Collect
O
GOD, who by the passion of thy blessed Son
hast made the instrument of shameful death to be unto us the means of
life and
peace: Grant us so to glory in the Cross
of Christ, that we may gladly suffer shame and loss; for the sake of
the same
thy son our Lord. Amen.
The Epistle.
1 Corinthians 1. 17
CHRIST
sent me
not to baptize, but to preach the gospel:
not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be
made of
none effect. For the preaching of the
cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved
it is the
power of God. For it is written, I will
destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the
understanding of
the prudent. Where is the wise? where is
the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made
foolish the
wisdom of this world? For after that in
the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by
the
foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks
seek after wisdom: but we preach
Christ
crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks
foolishness; but
unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of
God, and
the wisdom of God. Because the
foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is
stronger than
men.
The Gospel. St John 12. 23
JESUS
answered
them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son of Man should be glorified. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn
of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone:
but if it die, it bringeth forth much
fruit. He that loveth his life shall
lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto
life
eternal. If any man serve me, let him
follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be:
if any man serve me, him will my Father
honour. Now is my soul troubled; and
what shall I say? Father, save me from
this hour: but for this cause came I
unto this hour. Father, glorify thy
name. Then came there a voice from
heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again. The people therefore, that stood by, and
heard it, said that it thundered: others
said, An angel spake to him. Jesus
answered and said, This voice came not because of me, but for your
sakes. Now is the judgement of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast
out. And I, if I be lifted up from the
earth, will draw all men unto me. This
he said, signifying what death he should die.
The Preface
IT is very
meet, right, and our bounden duty, that we should at all times, and in
all
places, give thanks unto thee, O Lord, Holy Father, Almighty,
Everlasting God.
THROUGH Jesus
Christ our Lord:
Who being found in
fashion as a man, humbled himself and became obedient unto death, even
the
death of the Cross; That, being lifted up from the earth, he might draw
all men
unto himself.
THEREFORE with
Angels and Archangels, and will all the company of heaven, we laud and
magnify
thy glorious name; evermore praising thee, and saying,
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HOLY, Holy, Holy, Lord
God of hosts, heaven and earth are full of thy glory. Glory be to
thee, O Lord most high. Amen.
Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord: Hosanna in the
highest.
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2.
FOR THE GUIDANCE OF THE
HOLY SPIRIT
The Collect
GOD, who at
Pentecost didst teach the hearts of thy faithful people, by the sending
to them
the light of thy Holy Spirit: Grant us
by the same Spirit to have a right judgement in all things, and
evermore to rejoice
in his holy comfort; through the merits of Christ Jesus our Saviour,
who liveth
and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the same Spirit, one God, world
without
end. Amen.
The Epistle.
1 Corinthians 12. 4
THERE are
diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.
And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord. And there are diversities of operations, but
is the same God, who worketh all in all.
But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to
profit
withal. For to one is given by the
Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same
Spirit;
to another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gift of healing by
the same
Spirit; to another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to
another
discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another
the interpretation
of tongues. But all these worketh that
one and the self-same Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he
will. For as the body is one, and hath
many members,
and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ. For
by one Spirit are we all baptized into
one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free;
and have
been all made to drink into one Spirit.
The Gospel.
St John
14. 23
JESUS said, If
a man love me, he will keep my words, and my Father will love him, and
we will
come unto him, and make our abode with him.
He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings:
and the word which ye hear is not mine, but
the Father’s which sent me. These things
have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you.
But the Comforter, which is the Holy Spirit,
whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things,
and bring
all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
The Preface
IT is very
meet, right, and our bounden duty, that we should at all times, and in
all
places, give thanks unto thee, O Lord, Holy Father, Almighty,
Everlasting God.
THROUGH Jesus
Christ our Lord: Who after that he had
ascended up far above all the heavens, and was set down at the right
hand of
thy Majesty: Did at Pentecost pour forth
upon the Universal Church thy Holy and Life-giving Spirit:
That through his glorious power the joy of
the everlasting gospel might go forth into all the world:
Whereby we have been brought out of darkness
and error into the clear light and true knowledge of thee, and of thy
Son our
Saviour Jesus Christ.
THEREFORE with Angels and Archangels, and with all the company of
heaven, we laud and magnify thy glorious name; evermore praising thee,
and saying,
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HOLY, Holy, Holy, Lord
God of hosts, heaven and earth are full of thy glory. Glory be to
thee, O Lord most high. Amen.
Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord: Hosanna in the
highest.
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3.
OF THE
BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
(which is specially suitable for use on
Saturdays)
The Collect
O ALMIGHTY God, who didst endue
with singular
grace the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of our Lord:
Vouchsafe, we beseech thee, to hallow our
bodies in purity, and our souls in humility and love; through the same
our Lord
and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.
The Lesson. Isaiah
7. 10
MOREOVER, the
Lord spake again unto Ahaz, saying, Ask thee a sign of the Lord thy
God; ask it
either in the depth, or in the height above.
But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the Lord. And he said, Hear ye now, O house of
David: Is it a small thing for you to
weary men, but will ye weary my God also?
Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign:
Behold, a Virgin shall conceive, and bear a
son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
The Epistle.
Galatians 4. 1
THE heir, as
long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be
lord of
all; but is under tutors and governors, until the time appointed of the
father. Even so we, when we were children,
were in bondage under the elements of the world: but
when the fullness of time was come, God
sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, to redeem them
that
were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth
the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a
son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
The Gospel.
St Luke 1. 26
IN the sixth
month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee
named Nazareth,
to a Virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of
David; and
the Virgin’s name was Mary. And the
angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, though that art highly
favoured, the
Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women. And
when she saw him she was troubled at his
saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be. And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary;
for thou hast found favour with God.
And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a
Son, and
shalt call his name JESUS. He shall be
great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest:
and the Lord god shall give unto him the
throne of his father David. And he shall
reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall
be no
end. Then said Mary unto the angel, How
shall this be, seeing I know not a man?
And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Spirit shall
come
upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be
born of thee shall be called the Son of God.
And behold, thy cousin Elizabeth, she hath also conceived a son
in her
old age; and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren: for with God nothing shall be impossible. And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the
Lord; be it unto me according to thy word.
And the angel departed from her.
The Preface
IT is very
meet, right, and our bounden duty, that we should at all times, and in
all
places, give thanks unto thee, O Lord, Holy Father, Almighty,
Everlasting God.
BECAUSE thou
didst give Jesus Christ thine only Son to be born for our salvation: Who, by the operation of the Holy Spirit, was
made very man of the substance of the Virgin Mary his mother: And that without spot of sin, to make us
clean from all sin.
THEREFORE with Angels and Archangels, and with all the company of
heaven, we laud and magnify thy glorious name; evermore praising thee,
and saying,
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HOLY, Holy, Holy, Lord
God of hosts, heaven and earth are full of thy glory. Glory be to
thee, O Lord most high. Amen.
Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord: Hosanna in the
highest.
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Further Epistles and Gospels may be chosen from the Propers
for other Festivals
connected with the Blessed Virgin Mary.
4.
FOR THE SPREAD OF THE GOSPEL
The Collect
O GOD of all the nations of the
earth, remember
the multitudes of those, who, though created in thine image, have not
known
thee, nor the redemption wrought by thy Son Jesus Christ; and grant
that by the
prayers and labours of thy holy Church they may be delivered from all
superstition
and unbelief, and brought to worship thee; through him whom thou hast
sent to
be the Resurrection and the Life of all men, the same thy Son Jesus
Christ our
Lord. Amen.
Or,
O GOD, our heavenly Father, who
didst manifest
thy love by sending thine only-begotten Son into the world that all
might live
through him: Pour thy Spirit upon thy
Church that it may fulfil his command to preach the Gospel to every
creature;
send forth, we beseech thee, labourers into thy harvest; defend them in
all
dangers and temptations; and hasten the time when the fullness of the
Gentiles
shall be gathered in, and all Israel shall be saved; through the same
thy Son
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Or,
O GOD, who hast made of one blood
all nations of
men for to dwell on the face of the earth, and didst send thy blessed
Son Jesus
Christ to preach peace to them that are afar off, and to them that are
nigh: Grant that all the people of this
land may feel after thee and find thee; and hasten, O heavenly Father,
the
fulfilment of thy promise, to pour out thy Spirit upon all flesh;
through the
same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Or,
O LORD, who hast warned us that
thou wilt require
much of those to whom much is given:
Grant that we, whose lot is cast in so goodly a heritage, may
strive
together the more abundantly, by prayer, almsgiving, and fasting, and
by all
other appointed means, to extend to those who know thee not what we so
richly
enjoy; and as we have entered into the labours of others, so to labour
that others
may enter into ours, to the fulfilment of thy holy will, and the
salvation of
all mankind; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
(a)
The
Epistle. Ephesians 2.
13
NOW in Christ
Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of
Christ. For he is our peace, who hath made
both one,
and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us: having abolished in his flesh the enmity,
even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in
himself of
twain one new man, so making peace; and that he might reconcile both
unto God
in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:
and came and preached peace to you which were
afar off, and to them that were nigh.
For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the
Father. Now therefore ye are no more
strangers and
foreigners, but fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household
of God;
and are built upon the foundation of the Apostles and Prophets, Jesus
Christ
himself being the chief corner stone; in whom all the building fitly
framed
together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord: in
whom ye also are builded together for an
habitation of God through the Spirit.
The Gospel.
St John
1. 35
ON the morrow
John stood, and two of his disciples; and looking upon Jesus as he
walked, he
saith, Behold the Lamb of God! And the
two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.
Then Jesus turned, and saw them following,
and saith unto them, What seek ye? They
said unto him, Rabbi, (which is to say, being interpreted, Master,)
where dwellest
thou? He saith unto them, Come and
see. They came and saw where he dwelt,
and abode with him that day: for it was
about the tenth hour. One of the two
which heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter’s
brother. He first findeth his own
brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messiah, which is,
being
interpreted, the Christ. And he brought
him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him,
he said, Thou art Simon the son of John:
thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone.
(b)
The Lesson. Isaiah 2.
2
IT shall come
to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord’s house shall
be
established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the
hills;
and all nations shall flow unto it. And
many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain
of the
Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his
ways, and
we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the
Lord from
Jerusalem. And he shall judge between the nations, and
shall reprove many peoples: and they
shall beat their swords into plow-shares, and their spears into
pruning-hooks: nation shall not lift up
sword against nation,
neither shall they learn war any more.
The Gospel.
St Matthew 9. 35
JESUS went
about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and
preaching
the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease
among
the people. But when he saw the
multitudes,
he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were
scattered
abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.
Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is
plenteous, but
the labourers are few; pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that
he will
send forth labourers into his harvest.
(c)
The Lesson. Isaiah 49.
5
AND now saith
the Lord that formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob
again
to him, and that Israel be gathered unto him:
(for I am honourable in the eyes of the Lord, and my God is
become my
strength:) yea, he saith, It is too light a thing that thou shouldest
be my servant
to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the
Gentiles,
that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth. Thus saith the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel,
and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation
abhorreth,
to a servant of rulers: Kings shall see
and arise; princes, and they shall worship; because of the Lord that is
faithful,
even the Holy One of Israel, who hath chosen thee.
Thus saith the Lord, In an acceptable time
have I helped thee: and I will preserve
thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people to raise up the land,
to make
them inherit the desolate heritages; saying to them that are bound, Go
forth;
to them that are in darkness, Show yourselves.
They shall feed in the ways, and on all bare heights shall be
their
pasture. They shall not hunger nor
thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them:
for he that hath mercy on them shall lead
them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them.
And I will make all my mountains a way, and
my highways shall be exalted. Behold,
these shall come from far: and lo, these
from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim. Sing,
O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and
break forth into singing, O mountains; for the Lord hath comforted his
people,
and will have mercy upon his afflicted.
The Gospel.
St Matthew 28. 16
THE eleven
disciples went away into Galilee,
into a
mountain where Jesus had appointed them.
And when they saw him, they worshipped him:
but some doubted. And Jesus came
and spake to them, saying, All
power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
Go ye therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing
them in
the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit: teaching them to observe all things
whatsoever I have commanded you: and lo,
I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.
(d)
The Lesson. Revelation 22.
16
I, JESUS have sent mine angel to
testify unto you
these things in the churches. I am the
root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star. And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come.
And whosoever will, let him take the water of
life freely.
The Gospel.
St John
7. 37
IN the last
day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any
man
thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.
He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his
belly
shall flow rivers of living water. But
this spake he of the Spirit, that they that believe on him should
receive: for the Holy Spirit was not yet
given; because
that Jesus was not yet glorified.
Note, that these Epistles and Gospels should not be
interchanged at the
option of the celebrant, but each Epistle or Lesson should be read with
the
corresponding Gospel.
5. FOR THE UNITY
OF
CHRISTENDOM
The Collect
O LORD Jesu Christ, who didst say
to thine Apostles,
Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: Regard
not our sins, but the faith of thy
Church, and grant it that peace and unity which is agreeable to thy
will; who
livest and reignest with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God, world
without
end. Amen.
The Epistle.
Ephesians 4. 4
THERE is one body, and one Spirit,
even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith,
one
baptism, one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all,
and in
all. But unto every one of us is given
grace, according to the measure of the gift of Christ.
Wherefore he saith,
When
he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive,
And
he gave gifts unto men.
(Now
that he
ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower
parts of
the earth? He that descended is the same
also that ascended up far above all the heavens, that he might fill all
things.) And he gave some to be
Apostles, and some Prophets, and some Evangelists, and some Pastors and
Teachers; for the perfecting of the saints unto the work of
ministering, unto
the building up of the body of Christ; till we all come in the unity of
the
faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, and
unto the
measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ; that we henceforth be
no more
children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of
doctrine, by
the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to
deceive; but speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all
things,
which is the head, even Christ: from
whom the whole body fitly joined together, and compacted by that which
every
joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of
every
part, maketh increase of the body, unto the building up of itself in
love.
The Gospel.
St. John
17. 11
JESUS said,
Now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come
to thee,
Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me,
that
they may be one, as we are.
While I was
with them in the world, I kept them in my name:
those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost,
but the
son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.
And now come I to thee; and these things I
speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.
I have given them thy word; and the world
hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of
the
world.
I pray not that thou shouldest
take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the
evil.
They are not of the world, even as
I am not of the world.
Sanctify them
through thy truth:
thy word is
truth.
As thou hast sent me into the
world,
even so have I also sent them into the world.
And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be
sanctified through the truth.
Neither
pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me
through
their word; that they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I
in
thee, that they also may be one in us:
that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
And the glory which thou gavest me I have
given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:
I in them, and thou in me, that they may be
made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent
me, and
hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.
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6.
FOR
SYNODS
The Collect
O LORD God, the father of lights
and fountain of
all wisdom, who in the days of the Apostles didst send thy Holy Spirit
to
direct the first Council of thy Church in Jerusalem:
Look mercifully upon us, and so bless the
Bishop and assessors assembled in Synod, that through their
deliberations thy
Church may be preserved in the true faith, and in godly discipline;
through our
Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.
Or,
GUIDE, we
beseech thee, Almighty God, with the light of thy Holy Spirit, our
Bishop(s),
Clergy, and Laity, in the Diocesan Council (or,
General Council), that they may wisely consult together for the
good of thy
Church and the glory of thy name; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Epistle.
1 Corinthians 12. 1
CONCERNING
spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant.
Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away
unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led.
Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the
Spirit
of God calleth Jesus Christ accursed; and that no man can say that
Jesus is the
Lord, but by the Holy Spirit. Now there
are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.
And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord. And there are diversities of operations, but
is the same God who worketh all in all.
But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to
profit
withal. For to one is given by the
Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same
Spirit;
to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit; to another the
working of
miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to
another
divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues. But all these worketh that one and the
self-same
Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.
The Gospel.
St. John
15. 1
JESUS said to
his disciples, I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he
taketh away; and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that
it may
bring forth more fruit. Now ye are clean
through the word which I have spoken unto you.
Abide in me, and I in you. As the
branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no
more can
ye, except ye abide in me. I am the
vine, ye are the branches. He that
abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit; for
without me
ye can do nothing. If a man abide not in
me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them,
and
cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what
ye will,
and it shall be done unto you. Herein is
my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my
disciples.
7.
FOR
HOSPITALS
The Collect
ALMIGHTY God,
whose blessed Son Jesus Christ went about doing good, and healing all
manner of
sickness and all manner of disease among the people:
Continue, we beseech thee, this his gracious
work among us (especially in . . .);
cheer, heal, and sanctify the sick; to doctors and nurses grant
diligence and
skill, sympathy and patience; and send down thy blessing on all who
labour to
prevent suffering, and to forward thy purposes of love; through the
same Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Lesson.
Acts 5. 12
BY the hands
of the Apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people: (and they were all with one accord in
Solomon’s porch: and of the rest durst
no man join himself to them: but the
people magnified them: and believers were
the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women:) insomuch
that
they brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and
couches, that at the least the shadow of Peter passing by might
overshadow some
of them. There came also a multitude out
of the cities round about unto Jerusalem,
bringing sick folks, and them which were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed every one.
The Gospel.
St Luke 7. 19
JOHN calling
unto him two of his disciples sent them to Jesus, saying, Art thou he
that
should come? or look we for another?
When the men were come unto him, they said, John Baptist hath
sent us
unto thee, saying, Art thou he that should come? or look we for another? And in that same hour he cured many of their
infirmities and plagues, and of evil spirits; and unto many that were
blind he
gave sight. Then Jesus answering said
unto them, Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and
heard; how
that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf
hear, the
dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached.
8.
FOR
SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES
The Collect
ALMIGHTY God,
we beseech thee, with thy gracious favor to behold our Universities,
Colleges,
and Schools (especially . . .), that
knowledge may be increased among us, and all good learning flourish and
abound. Bless all who teach and all who
learn; and grant that in humility of heart they may ever look unto
thee, who
art the fountain of all wisdom; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Lesson.
Ecclesiasticus 4. 11
WISDOM exalteth
her children,
And
layeth hold of them that seek her.
He
that loveth her loveth life;
And
they that seek to her early shall be filled with joy.
He
that holdeth her fast shall inherit glory;
And
wheresoever she entereth the Lord will bless.
Those
that serve her shall minister to the Holy One:
And
them that love her the Lord doth love.
Whoso
giveth ear unto her shall judge the nations:
And
he that attendeth unto her shall dwell securely.
If
a man commit himself unto her, he shall inherit her;
And
his generation shall hold her in possession.
For
at the first she will walk with him by crooked ways,
And
bring fear and dread upon him,
And
torment him with her discipline,
Until
she may trust his soul, and try him by her laws.
Then
will she return the straight way unto him,
And
comfort him, and show him her secrets.
But
if he do wrong, she will forsake him,
And
give him over to
his own ruin.
Or,
The Epistle.
Philippians 4. 8
FINALLY,
brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest,
whatsoever
things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are
lovely,
whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if
there be
any praise, think on these things. Those
things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen
in me,
do: land the God of peace shall be with
you.
The Gospel.
St Matthew 7. 24
JESUS said,
Whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken
him unto
a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew,
and
beat upon that house; and it fell not:
for it was founded upon a rock.
And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them
not,
shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the
sand: and the rain descended, and the
floods came,
and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell:
and great was the fall of it. And
it came to pass, when Jesus had ended
these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine:
for he taught them as one having authority,
and not as the scribes.
9.
FOR THE
PEACE OF THE WORLD
The Collect
ETERNAL God,
in whose perfect kingdom no sword is drawn but the sword of
righteousness, and
no strength known but the strength of love:
We pray thee so mightily to shed and spread abroad thy Spirit,
that all
peoples and ranks may be gathered under one banner, of the Prince of
peace; as
children of one God and Father of all; to whom be dominion and glory
now and
for ever. Amen.
The Epistle.
St James 3. 17, and part of
Chapter 4
THE wisdom
that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to
be intreated,
full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without
hypocrisy. And the fruit of righteousness
is sown in
peace of them that make peace. From
whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of
your
lusts that war in your members? Ye lust,
and have not: ye kill, and desire to
have and cannot obtain: ye fight and
war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.
Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may
consume it
upon your lusts. Ye adulterers and
adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity
with God?
whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God. Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain,
The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?
But he giveth more grace. Wherefore
he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from
you. Draw nigh to God, and he will draw
nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye
sinners;
and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep:
let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to
heaviness. Humble yourselves in the sight
of the Lord,
and he shall lift you up.
The Gospel.
St Matthew 5. 43
JESUS said,
Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour,
and hate
thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love
your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you,
and
pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; that ye
may be the
children of your Father which is in heaven:
for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and
sendeth
rain on the just and on the unjust. For
if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the
publicans
the same? And if ye salute your brethren
only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so? Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father
which is in heaven is perfect.
10.
FOR
PEACE IN OUR LAND
The Collect
O GOD, who hast taught us that the
fruit of righteousness
is peace: Remove from among us all dangers
of civil strife and discord; grant grace to the members of thy Church
to show
forth there brotherly union in thee, and enable them to serve their
neighbours
by promoting reconciliation and harmony among all men (or, those
who are now at variance); through thy Son Jesus Christ
our Lord. Amen.
The Lesson.
Isaiah 32. 1
BEHOLD, a king
shall rule in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgement. And a man shall be as an hiding place from
the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry
place, as
the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of
them
that hear shall hearken. The heart also
of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the
stammerers shall
be ready to speak plainly. The vile
person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be
bountiful. Then judgement shall dwell in
the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field. And the work of righteousness shall be peace;
and the effect of righteousness, quietness and assurance for ever. And my people shall dwell in a peaceable
habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places.
The Gospel.
St John
14. 27
JESUS said to
his disciples, Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you:
not as the world giveth, give I unto
you.
Let not your heart be troubled,
neither
let it be afraid.
Ye have heard how I
said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you.
If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I
said, I go unto the Father:
for my
Father is greater than I.
And now I have
told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye
might
believe.
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11.
ON
NATIONAL OCCASIONS
The Collect
O GOD of all nations, look in
mercy, we beseech
thee, on our land. Give wisdom and
understanding
to the President (or Governor-General),
the Prime Minister, and all her rulers, and to her peoples unity and
concord. Guide their policies by the
light of thy life-giving Spirit, that she may go forward in justice and
liberty, prosperity and peace; and in thy good time grant that she may
bring
her glory and honour into the kingdom of thy blessed Son, Jesus Christ
our
Lord. Amen.
The Epistle.
Romans 13. 1
LET every soul
be subject unto the higher powers; for there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. Whosoever therefore resisteth the power
resisteth the ordinance of God: and they
that resist shall receive to themselves judgement.
For rulers are not a terror to good works,
but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be
afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise
of the
same: for he is the minister of God to
thee for good. But if thou do that which
is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain:
for he is the minister of God, a revenger to
execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.
Wherefore ye must needs be subject not only for wrath, but also
for
conscience sake. For for this cause pay
ye tribute also: for they are God’s
ministers, attending continually upon this very thing.
Render therefore to all their dues; tribute
to whom tribute is due, custom to whom custom, fear to whom fear,
honour to
whom honour.
The Gospel.
St Matthew 22. 16
THE Pharisees
sent out unto him their disciples, with the Herodians, saying, Master,
we know
that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither
carest thou
for any man; for thou regardest not the person of men.
Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is
it lawful to give tribute unto Cæsar, or
not? But Jesus perceived their
wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites? show me the
tribute-money. And they brought unto him
a penny. And he saith unto them, Whose
is this image and superscription? They
say unto him, Cæsar’s. Then saith he
unto them, Render therefore unto Cæsar the things which are Cæsar’s;
and unto
God the things that are God’s. When they
had heard these words, they marveled, and left him, and went their way.
12.
IN
TIME OF CALAMITY
The Collect
WE humbly
beseech thee, O Father, mercifully to look upon our infirmities; and
for the
glory of thy name turn from us all those evils that we most righteously
have
deserved; and grant, that in all our troubles we may put our whole
trust and
confidence in thy mercy, and evermore serve thee in holiness and
pureness of
living, to thy honour and glory; through our only Mediator and
Advocate, Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Epistle.
Romans 8. 35
WHO shall
separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or
persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
As it is written, For thy sake we are killed
all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. Nay, in all these things we are more than
conquerors
through him that loved us. For I am
persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor
principalities, nor
powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth,
nor any
other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God,
which is in
Christ Jesus our Lord.
The Gospel.
St. Mark 4. 36
WHEN they had
sent away the multitude, they took Jesus even as he was in the ship. And there were also with him other little
ships. And there arose a great storm of
wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full. And he was in the hinder part of the ship,
asleep on a pillow: and they awake him,
and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish?
And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said
unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the
wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye
have no
faith? And they feared exceedingly, and
said one to another, What manner of man is this, that even the wind and
the sea
obey him?
13.
IN TIME OF
ANY EPIDEMIC, PLAGUE, OR
SICKNESS
The Collect
O ALMIGHTY and merciful God, with
whom are the
issues of life and death: Grant, we
beseech thee, help and deliverance to those who are visited with
grievous
sickness. We look humbly up to thee with
sure confidence in thy power to save; and trusting wholly in thy mercy,
beseech
thee to grant relief from our affliction, and health and strength to
thy
people, that they may serve thee with quiet, lowly, and thankful
hearts;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Lesson.
1 Kings 8. 37
IF there be in
the land famine, if there be pestilence, blasting, mildew, locust, or
if there
be caterpillar; if their enemy besiege them in the land of their
cities;
whatsoever plague, whatsoever sickness there be; what prayer and
supplication
soever be made by any man, or by all thy people Israel, which shall
know every
man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this
house: then hear thou in heaven thy
dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and give to every man according to
his
ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the
hearts
of all the children of men;) that they may fear thee all the days that
they
live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.
The Gospel.
St Mark 1. 32
AT even, when
the sun did set, they brought unto him all that were diseased, and them
that
were possessed with devils. And all the
city was gathered together at the door.
And he healed many that were sick of divers diseases, and cast
out many
devils; and suffered not the devils to speak, because they knew him.
14.
ON AN
OCCASION OF THANKSGIVING
The Collect
O GOD, whose love we cannot
measure and whose
blessings are without number: We bless
and praise thee for all thy goodness, who in our weakness art our
strength, in
our darkness light, in our sorrows comfort and peace, and from
everlasting to
everlasting art our God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, world without
end. Amen.
The Lesson.
Revelation 4. 1
AFTER this I
looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and
the first voice which I heard was as it
were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I
will show
thee things which must be hereafter. And
immediately I was in the Spirit; and behold, a throne was set in
heaven, and
one sat on the throne: and he that sat
was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone:
and there was a rainbow round about the
throne, in sight like unto an emerald.
And round about the throne were four and twenty seats; and upon
the
seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment;
and they
had on their heads crowns of gold. And
out of the throne proceeded lightnings, and thunderings, and voices. And there were seven lamps of fire burning
before
the throne, which are the seven spirits of God.
And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round
about the throne, were four living creatures full of eyes before and
behind. And the first creature was like
a lion, and the second creature like a calf, and the third creature had
a face
as a man, and the fourth creature was like a flying eagle.
And the four living creatures had each of
them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying,
Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come. And when those living creatures give glory,
and honour, and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for
ever and
ever, the four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the
throne,
and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns
before the
throne, saying, Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory, and honour,
and
power: for thou hast created all things,
and for thy pleasure they are, and were created.
The Gospel.
St Luke 10. 21
JESUS
rejoiced in the Holy Spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of
heaven
and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent,
and hast
revealed them unto babes: even so, Father;
for so it seemed good in thy sight. All
things are delivered to me of my Father:
and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the
Father
is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him.
And he turned him unto his disciples, and
said privately, Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see: for I tell you, that many prophets and kings
have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them;
and to
hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.
15.
ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE CONSECRATION
OR ENTHRONEMENT OF A BISHOP
The Collect
O GOD, the Pastor and Ruler of all
thy faithful
people, look down in mercy on thy servant N.
our Bishop, to whom thou hast given charge over this diocese; and
evermore
guide, defend, comfort, sanctify, and save him:
and grant him by thy grace so to advance in word and good
example, that
he, with the flock committed to him, may attain to everlasting life;
through
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Epistle.
Hebrews 5. 1
EVERY high
priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to
God,
that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins:
who can have compassion on the ignorant, and
on them that are out of the way: for
that he himself is also compassed with infirmity. And
by reason hereof he ought, as for the
people, so also for himself, to offer for sins. And
no man taketh this honour unto himself,
but he that is called of God, as was Aaron.
The Gospel.
St Mark 13. 33
JESUS said
unto his disciples, Take ye heed, watch and pray:
for
ye know not when the time is.
For the Son
of Man is as a man taking a far
journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to
every
man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.
Watch
ye therefore:
for ye know not when the
master of the house
cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the
morning:
lest coming suddenly he may find
you
sleeping.
And what I say unto you I say
unto all, Watch.
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16.
ON
THE ANNIVERSARY OF A WEDDING
The Collect
O GOD our Father, who by thy holy
Apostle hast
taught us that love is the fulfilling of the law: Grant
to these thy servants that, loving one
another, they may continue in thy love unto their lives’ end; through
Jesus
Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee in the unity of the
Holy
Spirit, one God, world without end. Amen.
The Epistle.
Ephesians 5. 22
WIVES, submit
yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
For the husband is the head of the wife, even
as Christ is the head of the Church: and
he is the saviour of the body. Therefore
as the Church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own
husbands
in every thing. Husbands, love your
wives, even as Christ also loved the Church, and gave himself for it;
that he
might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
that he
might present it to himself a glorious Church, not having spot, or
wrinkle, or
any such thing: but that it should be
holy and without blemish. So ought men
to love their wives as their own bodies.
He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and
cherisheth
it, even as the Lord the Church: for we
are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
For this cause shall a man leave his father
and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be
one flesh.
The Gospel.
St John
15. 9
JESUS said
unto his disciples, As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. If
ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in
my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his
love. These things have I spoken unto you,
that my
joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.
This is my commandment, That ye love one another,
as I have loved you.
17.
FOR CHRISTIAN
HOMES
The Collect
ALMIGHTY God,
our heavenly Father, whose blessed Son Jesus Christ did share at
Nazareth the
life of an earthly home: Bless, we
beseech thee, (this and) all Christian homes, and grant that in them
his
presence may ever be manifest and his peace and love may always abound
to the
glory of thy name: through the same
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Epistle.
Philemon 1
PAUL, a
prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy our brother, unto Philemon our
dearly
beloved, and fellowlabourer, and to our beloved Apphia, and Archippus
our
fellowsoldier, and to the church in thy house:
Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus
Christ. I thank my God, making mention
of thee always in my prayers, hearing of thy love and faith, which thou
hast
toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all saints; that the fellowship of
thy faith
may become effectual by the acknowledging of every good thing which is
in you
in Christ Jesus. For we have great joy
and consolation in thy love, because the hearts of the saints are
refreshed by
thee, brother.
The Gospel. St
Luke 2. 51
AND he went
down with them, and came to Nazareth,
and was subject unto them: but his
mother kept all these sayings in her heart.
And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with
God and
man.
18.
FOR
ONE GOING ON A JOURNEY
The Collect
ASSIST us
mercifully, O Lord, in these our supplications and prayers, and dispose
the way
of thy servants towards the attainment of everlasting salvation; that,
among
all the changes and chances of this mortal life, they may ever be
defended by thy
most gracious and ready help; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Lesson.
Genesis 28. 10
JACOB went out
from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.
And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all
night,
because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and
put them
for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.
And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on
the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven:
and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it. And behold, the Lord stood above it, and
said, I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I
give it, and to thy seed; and thy seed shall be as the dust of the
earth, and
thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the
north, and to
the south: and in thee and in thy seed
shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
And behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places
whither
thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not
leave
thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of. And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be
with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread
to eat,
and raiment to put on, so that I come again to my father’s house in
peace; then
shall the Lord be my God.
Or,
The Lesson.
Exodus 33. 12
MOSES said
unto the Lord, See, thou sayest unto me, Bring up this people: and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt
send with me. Yet thou hast said, I know
thee by name, and thou hast also found grace in my sight.
Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found
grace in thy sight, show me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I
may find
grace in thy sight: and consider that
this nation is thy people. And he said,
My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.
And he said unto him, If thy presence go not
with me, carry us not up hence. For
wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have found grace
in thy
sight? is it not in that thou goest with us? so shall we be separated,
I and my
people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth.
The Gospel.
St John
14. 1
JESUS said to
his disciples, Let not your heart be troubled; ye believe in God,
believe also
in me. In my Father’s house are many
mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you.
I go to prepare a place for you: and
if I go and prepare a place for you, I
will come again, and receive you unto myself, that where I am, there ye
may be
also. And whither I go ye know, and the
way ye know. Thomas saith unto him,
Lord, we know not whither thou goest, and how can we know the way? Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the
truth, and the life: no man cometh unto
the Father but by me.
19.
FOR
THE SICK AND INFIRM
The Collect
ALMIGHTY
Father, giver of life and health: Look
mercifully, we beseech thee, on this thy servant, that by thy blessing
upon him and upon those who minister to him,
he may speedily be restored to
health, if it be thy gracious will, and give thanks to thee in thy holy
Church;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Epistle.
St James 5. 13
IS any among
you afflicted? let him pray. Is any
merry? let him sing psalms. Is any sick
among you? let him call for the elders of the Church; and let them pray
over
him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
and the prayer of faith shall save the sick,
and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they
shall be
forgiven him. Confess your faults one to
another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed.
The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous
man availeth much.
The Gospel.
St Matthew 8. 5
WHEN Jesus
was entered into Capernaum,
there came unto him a centurion beseeching him, and saying, Lord, my
servant
lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented.
And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and
heal him. The centurion answered and
said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof; but
speak
the word only, and my servant shall be healed.
For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say unto this man, Go, and he goeth;
and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he
doeth
it. When Jesus heard it, he marveled,
and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found
so
great faith, no not in Israel.
And I say unto you, That many shall come from
the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and
Jacob, in
the kingdom of heaven. But the children
of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness:
there shall be weeping and gnashing of
teeth. And Jesus said unto the
centurion, Go thy way, and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto
thee. And his servant was healed in the
self-same
hour.
20. ON THE DAY OF BURIAL
OR INMEMORY
OF THE DEPARTED
The Collect
O LORD, the maker and redeemer of
all believers: Grant to the faithful
departed all the unsearchable
benefits of thy Son’s passion; that in the day of his appearing they
may be manifested
as thy true children; through the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Or,
GRANT, O Lord,
that as we are baptized into the death of thy blessed Son our Saviour
Jesus
Christ, so by continual mortifying our corrupt affections we may be
buried with
him; and that through the grave, and gate of death, we may pass to our
joyful
resurrection; for his merits, who died, and was buried, and rose again
for us,
thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Or,
O MERCIFUL God, the Father of our
Lord Jesus
Christ, who is the resurrection and the life; in whom whosoever
believeth shall
live, though he die; and whosoever liveth, and believeth in him, shall
not die
eternally; who also hath taught us, by his holy Apostle Saint Paul, not
to be
sorry, as men without hope, for them that sleep in him:
We meekly beseech thee, O Father, to raise us
from the death of sin unto the life of righteousness; that, when we
shall
depart this life, we may rest in him, as our hope is this our brother doth; and that, at the general
resurrection in the last day, we may be found acceptable in thy sight;
and
receive that blessing, which thy well-beloved Son shall then pronounce
to all
that love and fear thee, saying, Come, ye blessed children of my
Father,
receive the kingdom prepared for you from the beginning of the world. Grant this, we beseech thee, O merciful
Father, through Jesus Christ, our Mediator and Redeemer.
Amen.
The Epistle.
1 Corinthians 15. 51
BEHOLD, I show
you a mystery: We shall not all sleep,
but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye,
at the
last trump, (for the trumpet shall sound,) and the dead shall be raised
incorruptible,
and we shall be changed. For this
corruptible
must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible shall have put on
incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality; then shall
be
brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in
victory. O death, where is thy
sting? O grave, where is thy victory? The sting of death is sin, and the strength
of sin is the law. But thanks be to God,
which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast,
unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye
know that
your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
Or,
The Epistle.
2 Corinthians 4. 16, and part
of Chap. 5
THOUGH our
outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a
moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of
glory; while
we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are
not seen;
for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are
not seen
are eternal. For we know that if our
earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of
God, an
house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to
be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven; if so be that
being
clothed we shall not be found naked. For
that we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but
clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.
Or,
The Epistle.
1 Thessalonians 4. 13
I WOULD not have you to be
ignorant, brethren,
concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others
which have
no hope. For if we believe that Jesus
died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God
bring with
him. For this we say unto you by the
word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of
the
Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.
For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout,
with the
voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God:
and the dead in Christ shall rise first: then
we which are alive and remain shall be
caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these
words.
The Gospel.
St John
5. 24
JESUS said, Verily,
verily I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him
that sent
me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is
passed
from death unto life. Verily, verily I
say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear
the
voice of the Son of God: and they that
hear shall live. For as the Father hath
life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;
and hath
given him authority to execute judgement also, because he is the Son of
Man. Marvel not at this:
for the hour is coming, in the which all that
are in the graves shall hear his voice, and shall come forth; they that
have
done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil,
unto
the resurrection of judgement.
Or,
The Gospel.
St John
6. 37
JESUS said,
All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to
me I
will in no wise cast out. For I came
down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that
sent me. And this is the Father’s will
which hath sent
me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but
should raise
it up again at the last day. And this is
the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and
believeth
on him, may have everlasting life: and I
will raise him up at the last day.
Or,
The Gospel.
St John
11. 21
THEN said
Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not
died. But I know, that even now,
whatsoever thou
wilt ask of God, God will give it thee.
Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again.
Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall
rise again in the resurrection at the last day.
Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead,
yet shall he life: and whosoever liveth
and believeth in me shall never die.
Believest thou this? She saith
unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou
art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world.
The Hymn, O Lamb of God, may
be said or sung in the following form:
O LAMB
of God, that takest away the sin of the
world, Grant them rest.
O
Lamb of God,
that takest away the sin of the world, Grant them rest.
O
Lamb of God, that takest away the sin of the world, Grant them rest
everlasting.
The Service may be
concluded after the Post-Communion Prayers as follows:
Priest.
The Lord be with you;
Answer. And
with thy spirit.
Priest. May
they rest in peace.
Answer. Amen.
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