CIPBC Prayer Book: The Daily Office

THE ORDER FOR

MORNING AND EVENING PRAYER

GENERAL RUBRICS

All Priests and Deacons are to say daily Morning and Evening Prayer, either publicly or privately, not being hindered by sickness or some other urgent cause.

And the Parish Priest not being reasonably hindered, shall say publicly in church Morning and Evening Prayer, or other Form of daily service authorized by the Episcopal Synod, and he shall cause a bell be tolled a convenient time before he begins, that the people may come to hear God's Word, and to pray, with him.

On weekdays, and on Sundays when another Service from the Prayer Book follows immediately, the Service may begin with the versicle, O; Lord, open thou our lips. And when the Lord's Supper follows immediately, all may be omitted after the second Canticle.

The First and Second Lessons shall be read as appointed by provincial authority.

The Reader should so stand and turn himself, that he, may best be heard by all such as are present.

Before every Lesson the Reader shall say first the name of the Book, next the number of the Chapter, and then, if need be, of the verse, at which the Lesson begins. And after every Lesson, Here endeth the First, or the Second, Lesson.

A Hymn may be sung before the Benedictus in Morning Prayer; or the Magnificat in Evening Prayer.

A Hymn or Anthem may be sung after the Collects.

When a Sermon is preached, a Hymn may be sung before the Sermon. Between the Sermon and the Blessing another Hymn may be sung, which on Festival: Days may be sung: in procession.

INTRODUCTORY SENTENCES

TO MORNING OR EVENING PRAYER

The Minister shall read some one or more of these Sentences that follow:

Of Penitence

I WILL arise, and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, and am no more worthy to be called thy son.

St Luke 15.18, 19

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us: but, if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

1 St John 1. 8

To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him: neither have we obeyed the voice of the Lord our God, to walk in his laws which he set before us.

Daniel 9.9, 1

Enter not into judgement with thy servant, O Lord; for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.

Psalm 143.2

Of Worship.

God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

St John 4. 2

O worship the Lord' in the beauty of holiness: let the whole earth stand in awe of him.

Psalm 96.

Advent.

Repent ye; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

St Matthew 3.

The night is far spent, and the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.

Romans.13. 1

Christmas.

Behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which shall be to all people: for, unto you is, born in the city of David, a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.

St. Luke 2.10, 11

Herein was the love of God manifested in us, that God hath sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.

I St John 4.9

Epiphany.

From .the rising of the sun even unto be going down of the same my name is great among the nations; and in every place incense is offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name is great among the nations, saith the Lord.

Malachi 1. 11

The Lord declared his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly showed in the sight of the heathen.

Psalm 98. 2

Lent.

Rend your heart, land not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.

Joel 2. 13

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

Psalm 51. 17

Passiontide.

Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass y? Behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow.

Lamentations 1. 12

Good Friday.

God commendeth his love toward us; in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died or us.

Romans 5.. 8

Easter Even.

Rest in the Lord and wait patiently or him; and he shall give thee thy heart's desire.

Psalm 37. 7, 4

Easter.

Blessed. be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy hath begotten us again unto a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.

1 St Peter 1. 3

Ascension Day.

Seeing that we have a great high priest that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

Hebrews 4. 14, 16

Whitsunday.

The love of God hath been shed abroad in our hearts through the Holy Spirit which was given unto us.

Romans 5. 5

Trinity.

God is love; and he that abideth in love abideth in God and God in him.

1 St John 4. 16

All Saints.

Seeing we are. compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight; and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith.

Hebrews 12. 1:, 2

Saints' Days.

The righteous shall be had in ever lasting remembrance; the memory of the just is blessed.

Psalm 11.2.:6, Proverbs 10. 7

The New Year or any Anniversary.

They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint.

Isaiah 40. 31

.Harvest.

The earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof.

Psalm 24.1

Time of Trouble.

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

Psalm 46.

National.

O let the nations rejoice and be glad: for, thou shalt judge the folk righteously, and govern the nations upon earth.

Psalm 67. 6

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MORNING PRAYER

The Minister, having read one or more of the Introductory. Sentences, shall turn to the people, and say the Exhortation in the form following:

EARLY 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 cloke 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 most chiefly 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 with me

Or else the Minister may omit any Exhortation and say.

Let us humbly confess our sins to, Almighty God.

And thereupon silence shall be kept for a space, all kneeling: then shall: follow the General Confession, to be said by the whole congregation together with the Minister, all kneeling.

LMIGHTY 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 them, O God, which confess their faults. Restore thou them that 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.

Or else this shorter Confession and Prayer for Forgiveness

E confess to God Almighty, The. Father, the Son,. and the Holy Spirit, That we have sinned in thought, word, and deed, Through our own grievous fault. Wherefore we pray God to, have mercy upon us.

LMIGHTY God, have mercy upon us, Forgive us all our sins, Deliver us from all evil, Confirm .and strengthen us in all goodness, And bring us to everlasting life; Through . Jesus Christ., our Lord. Amen.

If a Priest be present, he shall stand and pronounce the Absolution, or Remission of sins, the people still kneeling.

LMIGHTY 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 them that 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.

Or this shorter Absolution,

HE Almighty and merciful Lord grant unto you pardon and remission of all your sins, time for true repentance, amendment of life, and the .grace and comfort of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Then may follow, the Lord's Prayer.

All kneeling, the Minister shall say, or sing:

LORD, open thou our lips;

Answer. And. our mouth shall show forth thy praise.

Minister. O God, make speed to save us;

Answer. O Lord, make haste to help us.

Here, all standing up, the Minister shall continue,

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: and to the Holy Spirit;

Answer. As it was in the beginning is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen.

Minister. Praise ye the Lord;

Answer. The Lord's name be praised.

Then shall be said or sung this Psalm following: except when Proper Anthems (page 247) are appointed in place thereof and on the nineteenth day of every month it is not to be read here, but in the ordinary course of the Psalms; and on days other than Sundays and Holy Days, it may be omitted.

VENITE, EXULTEMUS DOMINO

Psalm 95

COME, let us sing unto the Lord; * let us heartily rejoice in the strength of our salvation.

2 Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving; * and show ourselves glad in him with psalms.

3 For the Lord is a great God; * and a great King above all gods.

4 In. his hand are all the: corners of the ;earth; * and the strength of the hills is his also. .

5 The sea is his, and he made it, * and his hands prepared the dry land.

6 O come, let us worship, and fall down, * and kneel before the Lord our Maker.

7 For he is the Lord our God; * and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand..

8 Today if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, * as in the provocation., and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness;

9 When your fathers tempted me, * proved, me, and saw my works.

10 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; .

11 Unto whom I sware in my wrath, * that .they should not enter into my rest.

Glory be to the Father; and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit;

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.

Then shall follow the Psalms in order as they are appointed.

Then shall be read distinctly the First Lesson, taken out of the Old Testament or Apocrypha.

And after that shall be said or sung the Hymn called Te Deum Laudamus, except that on any weekday the Canticle Urbs Fortitudinis may be used, and from Septuagesima Sunday until Easter Eve inclusive the Canticle Benedicite shall take its place.

TE DEUM LAUDAMUS

E praise thee, O God; * we, acknowledge thee, to be the Lord.

2 All the earth doth worship thee, * the Father everlasting.

3 To thee all Angels cry aloud, * the Heavens, and all the Powers therein;

4 To thee Cherubim and Seraphim * continually do cry,

5 Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord * God of Sabaoth

6 Heaven and earth are full * of the Majesty of thy glory.

7 The glorious company of the Apostles * praise thee;

8 The goodly fellowship of the Prophets * praise thee;

9 The noble army of Martyrs * praise thee;

10 The holy Church throughout all the world * doth acknowledge thee;

11 The Father, * of an infinite Majesty;

12 Thine honourable, true, * and only Son;

13 Also the Holy Spirit, * the Comforter.

HOU art the King of Glory, * O Christ.

15 Thou art the everlasting Son * of the Father.

16 When thou tookest. upon thee to deliver man, * thou didst not abhor the Virgin's womb.

17 When thou hadst overcome the sharpness of death, * thou didst open the kingdom of heaven to all believers.

18 Thou sittest at the right hand of God, * in the Glory of the Father.

19 We believe that thou shalt come * to be our Judge.

20 We therefore pray thee, help thy servants, * whom thou hast redeemed with thy precious blood.

21 Make them to be numbered with thy Saints, * in glory everlasting.

LORD, save thy people, * and bless thine heritage.

23 Govern them, * and lift them up forever.

24 Day by day * we magnify thee;

25 And we worship thy name * ever world without end.

26 Vouchsafe, O Lord, * to keep us this day without sin..

27 O Lord, have mercy upon us, * have mercy upon us.

28 O Lord, let thy mercy lighten upon us, * as our trust is in thee.

29 O Lord, in thee have I trusted; * let me never be confounded.

BENEDICITE OMNIA OPERA

The words praise him, and magnify him for ever may be repeated every time that bless ye the Lord occurs, as in verses 1, 2, 10, 11, 16, 19.

ALL ye Works of the Lord, bless ye the Lord: * praise him, and magnify him for ever.

2 O ye Angels of the Lord, bless ye the Lord: * praise him, and magnify him for ever.

3 O ye Heavens, bless ye the Lord: * :O ye Waters that be above the firmament, bless ye the Lord.

4 O all ye Powers of the Lord, bless ye the Lord: O ye Sun and Moon, bless ye the Lord.

5 O ye Stars of Heaven, bless ye the Lord:. * O ye Showers and Dew, bless ye, the Lord.

6 O ye Winds of God, bless ye the Lord: * O ye Fire and Heat, bless ye the Lord.

7 O ye Winter and Summer, bless ye the Lord: * O. ye Dews and Frosts, bless ye the Lord.

8 O ye Frost and Cold, bless ye the Lord: *O Ice and Snow,, bless ye the Lord.

9 O ye Nights and Days, bless ye the Lord: * O ye Light and Darkness, bless ye the Lord.

10 O ye Lightnings and Clouds, bless ye the Lord: * praise him, and magnify him for ever.

ET the Earth bless the Lord: * yea, let it praise him, and magnify him for ever.

12 O ye Mountains and Hills, bless ye the Lord: * O all ye Green Things upon the earth; bless ye the Lord.

13 O ye Wells, bless ye the Lord: * O ye Seas and Floods, bless ye the Lord.

14 O ye Whales, and all that move in the waters, bless ye the Lord: * O all ye Fowls of the air, bless ye the Lord.

15 O all ye Beasts and Cattle, bless ye the Lord: * O ye Children of Men, bless ye the .Lord.

ET Israel bless the Lord;. praise him, and magnify him for ever.

17 O ye Priests of the Lord, bless ye the Lord: * O ye Servants of the Lord, bless ye the Lord.

18 O ye Spirits and Souls of the Righteous, bless ye the Lord: * O ye holy and humble Men of heart, bless ye the Lord.

19 O Ananias, Azarias, and Misael, bless ye the Lord: * praise him, and magnify him for ever.

Let us bless the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit: * let us praise him, and magnify him or ever.

Blessed .art thou, O Lord, in the firmament of heaven: * praised and exalted above all for ever.

URBS FORTITUDINIS

Isaiah 26. 1

E have a strong city; * salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks.:

2 Open ye the gates, * that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in.

3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: * because he trusteth in thee

4 Trust ye in the Lord for ever, * for in the Lord Jehovah is an everlasting rock..

5 The way of the just: is uprightness: * thou that art upright dost direct the path of the just.

6 Yea, in the way of thy judgements, O Lord, have we waited, for thee; * the desire of our soul. is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit;.

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.

Then shall be read in like manner the Second Lesson, taken out of the New Testament.

And after that, the Hymn called Benedictus (or the Song of Zacharias); except when that shall happen to be read in the chapter for the Day, or for the Gospel on S John Baptist's Day.

BENEDICTUS

St Luke 1.68

LESSED be the Lord God of Israel; * for he hath visited, and redeemed his people;

2 And hath raised up a mighty salvation for us, * in the house of his servant David;

3 As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, * which have been since the world began;

4 That we should be saved from our enemies, * and from the hand of all that hate us;

5 To perform the mercy promised to our forefathers, * and to remember his holy covenant;

6 To perform the oath which he sware to our forefather Abraham, * that he would give us;

7 That we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies * might serve him without fear

8 In holiness and righteousness before him, * all the days of our life.

9 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;

10 To give knowledge of salvation .unto his people * for the remission of their sins,

11 Through the tender mercy of our God; * whereby the day-spring from on high hath visited us,

12 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 he Holy Spirit;

As it was in the beginning, is now, and. ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.

Or, Psalm 100

BE joyful in the Lord, all ye lands: * serve the O Lord with gladness; and come before his presence with a song.

2 Be ye sure that the Lord he is God; it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; * we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

3 O go your way into his gates with thanksgiving and into his courts with praise; * be thankful unto him, and speak good of his name.

4 For the Lord is gracious, his mercy is everlasting; * and his truth endureth from generation to generation.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit;

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.

Then shall be sung or said the Apostles' Creed, by the Minister and the people, standing: except that it may be omitted, if in place thereof the Athanasian Creed, or the latter part thereof, be sung or said.

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 Spirit, 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 Spirit, The holy Catholic Church; The Communion of Saints; The Forgiveness of sins; The Resurrection of the body; And the Life everlasting. Amen.

Minister. The Lord be with you;

Answer. And with thy spirit.

Minister. Let us pray.

Then shall be said these Prayers, all devoutly kneeling:

Lord, have mercy upon us.

Christ, have mercy upon us.

Lord, have mercy upon us.

Then the Minister and people shall say the Lord's Prayer.

UR Father, who 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 nto. temptation; But deliver us from evil.. Amen.

Then the Minister, standing up, shall say,

O Lord, show thy mercy upon us;

Answer. And grant us thy salvation.

Minister. Endue thy ministers with righteousness;

Answer. And make thy chosen people joyful.

Minister. O Lord, save thy people;

Answer. And bless thin inheritance.

Minister. O Lord, he gracious unto our land;

Answer. And mercifully hear us when we call upon thee.

Minister. Give peace in our time,.O Lord;

Answer. For it is thou, Lord, only, that makest us dwell in safety.

Minister. O God, make clean our hearts within us.

Answer. And take not thy Holy Spirit from us.

Then shall be said the Collect or Collects of the Day, and after that the Collect for Peace, and the Collect for Grace, the people kneeling.

COLLECT FOR PEACE

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.

COLLECT FOR GRACE

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 may be ordered by thy governance, to do always that is righteous in. thy sight; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Here may follow a Hymn or Anthem.

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EVENING PRAYER

The Minister, having read one or more of the Introductory. Sentences, shall turn to the people, and say the Exhortation in the form following:

Or else the Minister may omit any Exhortation and say.

Let us humbly confess our sins to, Almighty God.

And thereupon silence shall be kept for a space, all kneeling: then shall: follow the General Confession, to be said by the whole congregation together with the Minister, all kneeling.

Or else this shorter Confession and Prayer for Forgiveness

E confess to God Almighty, The. Father, the Son,. and the Holy Spirit, That we have sinned in thought, word, and deed, Through our own grievous fault. Wherefore we pray God to, have mercy upon us.

If a Priest be present, he shall stand and pronounce the Absolution, or Remission of sins, the people still kneeling.

Or this shorter Absolution,

HE Almighty and merciful Lord grant unto you pardon and remission of all your sins, time for true repentance, amendment of life, and the .grace and comfort of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Then may follow, the Lord's Prayer.

All kneeling, the Minister shall say, or sing:

LORD, open thou our lips;

Answer. And. our mouth shall show forth thy praise.

Minister. O God, make speed to save us;

Answer. O Lord, make haste to help us.

Here, all standing up, the Minister shall continue,

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: and to the Holy Spirit;

Answer. As it was in the beginning is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen.

Minister. Praise ye the Lord;

Answer. The Lord's name be praised.

Then shall follow the Psalms in order as they are appointed.

Then shall be read distinctly the First Lesson, taken out of the Old Testament or Apocrypha.

And after that the Magnificat (or the Song of the Blessed Virgin Mary), as follows:

MAGNIFICAT

St Luke 1. 46

Y soul doth magnify the Lord, * and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.

. 2 For he hath regarded * the lowliness of his hand-maiden.

3 For behold, from henceforth * all generations shall call me blessed.

4 For he that is mighty hath magnified me; * and holy is his name.

5 And his mercy is on them that fear him * throughout all generations. .

6 He hath showed strength with his arm; * he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.

7 He hath put down the, mighty from their seat, * and hath exalted the humble and meek.

8 He hath filled the hungry with good things; * and the rich he hath sent empty away. .

9 He remembering his mercy hath holpen his servant Israel; * as he promised, to our forefathers Abraham and. his seed forever.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit;

As, it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, *world without end. Amen.

Then shall be read. in like manner the: Second Lesson taken out of the New Testament.

And after that, Nunc Dimittis (or the Song of Simeon) as follows:

NUNC DIMITTIS

St Luke 2. 29

LORD, now lettest thou thy servant depart peace, * according. to thy word.

2 For mine eyes have seen * thy salvation,

3 Which thou hast prepared * before the face of all people;

4 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 :Spirit

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be * world without end. Amen.

BELIEVE in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth:

I believe in the Holy Spirit, The holy Catholic Church; The Communion of Saints; The Forgiveness of sins; The Resurrection of the body; And the Life everlasting. Amen.

Minister. The Lord be with you;

Answer. And with thy spirit.

Minister. Let us pray.

Then shall be said these Prayers, all devoutly kneeling:

Lord, have mercy upon us.

Christ, have mercy upon us.

Lord, have mercy upon us.

Then the Minister and people shall say the Lord's Prayer.

Then the Minister, standing up, shall say,

O Lord, show thy mercy upon us;

Answer. And grant us thy salvation.

Minister. Endue thy ministers with righteousness;

Answer. And make thy chosen people joyful.

Minister. O Lord, save thy people;

Answer. And bless thin inheritance.

Minister. O Lord, he gracious unto our land;

Answer. And mercifully hear us when we call upon thee.

Minister. Give peace in our time,.O Lord;

Answer. For it is thou, Lord, only, that makest us dwell in safety.

Minister. O God, make clean our hearts within us.

Answer. And take not thy Holy Spirit from us.

Then shall be said the Collect or Collects of the Day and after that the Collect for Peace, and the Collect for Aid against all Perils; as follows.

COLLECT FOR PEACE

GOD, from whom all holy desires, all good counsels, and all just works do proceed: Give unto thy servants that peace which the world cannot give; that our hearts may be set to obey thy commandments, and also that by thee we being defended from the fear of our enemies may pass our time in rest and quietness; through the merits of Jesus Christ our Saviour. Amen.

COLLECT FOR AID AGAINST ALL PERILS

IGHTEN our darkness, we beseech thee, O Lord; and by thy great mercy defend us from all perils and dangers of this night;

for the love of thy only Son, our Saviour, Jesus Christ. Amen.

Here may. follow a Hymn or Anthem.

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THE CONCLUSION TO

MORNING AND EVENING PRAYER

Morning and Evening Prayer should conclude with one of the following endings.

Before the Conclusion the Minister may at his discretion read one or more of the Occasional Prayers and Thanksgivings, or the Short Litany; or else offer prayer

in his own words, subject to any direction which the Bishop may give. The Prayers may be said after a Sermon, if desired.

A Prayer of St Chrysostom

LMIGHTY 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 most expedient for them; granting us in this world knowledge of thy truth, and in the world to come life everlasting. Amen.

2 Corinthians 13

HE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the lone, of God,

and the fellowship of the Holy Spin be with us all evermore. Amen.

Or, the latter alone may be said.

O God the Father, who loved us, and made accepted in the Beloved:

To God the Son, who loved us, and loosed from our sins by his own blood:

To God the Holy Spirit, who sheddeth the love of God abroad in our hearts;

To the one true God be all love and all glory for time and for eternity. Amen.

III

OW unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,

to him be glory in the Church by Christ Jesus, throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.

OW unto him that is able to keep us from falling and to present us faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy;

to the only wise God our Saviour be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.

OW unto the King eternal; immortal, invisible, the only wise God,

be honour and glory, for ever and ever. Amen.

NTO him that loved us and washed us from our sins in his own blood, and hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father,

to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

VII

Minister. The Lord be with you;

Answer. And with thy spirit.

Minister. Let us bless the Lord;

Answer. Thanks be to God.

Here the Minister may add,

Let us depart in peace;

Answer. In the name of the Lord. Amen.

Here a Sermon may be preached.

At the offering of the alms the following may be said by the Priest alone, or by Priest and people together.

LESSED be thou, O Lord God, for ever and ever. Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty:
for all than is in the heaven and in the earth is thine: thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all:
both riches and honour come of thee and of thine own do we give unto thee. Amen.

The Priest may dismiss the people with one of these blessings.

HE blessing of God Almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit,

be amongst you an remain with you always. Amen.

OD the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit,

bless, preserve, and keep you, now and evermore. Amen.

NTO God's gracious mercy and protection we commit you.

The Lord bless you, and keep you: the Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious unto you:

the Lord lift up his countenance upon you, and give you peace, both now and evermore. Amen.

When a Priest is not present, the following may be said:

HE Almighty and merciful God bless us and keep us

this day (night) and for evermore. Amen.

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