(p) Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. (2) Psalm 100. (p) Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. (q) Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you, saith the Lord. (3) Psalm 63 & 67. (q) Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you, saith the Lord. (r) Blessed are the peace-makers, blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. (4) Song of the Three Children. (Benedicite Omnia Opera.) (r) Blessed are the peace-makers, blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. (s) In your patience possess ye your souls. (s) In your patience possess ye your souls. 4th Thursday (the 22d.) (0) The Lord Almighty shall come. (1) Psalm 51. (0) The Lord Almighty shall come to save His people. (p) Turn Thee, Lord. (2) Psalm 90. (p) Turn Thee, Lord, a little while, and delay not to come to Thy servants. (q) The Lord who is to reign. (3) Psalm 63 & 67. (q) The Lord who is to reign shall come from Sion; Emmanuel is His mighty name. (r) He is my God. (4) Song of Moses. (Exod. xv.) (r) He is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father's God, and I will exalt Him. (s) O praise God. (s) O praise God in His holiness. 1st, 2nd, & 3rd Friday. (s) The Lord is our lawgiver. (5) Psalm 148-150. (s) The Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our king: He will come and save us. 4th Friday, (the 23d.) (0) Stand still. (1) Psalm 51. (0) Stand still, and ye shall see the salvation of the Lord. (p) To Thee, O Lord, have I lift up my soul. (p) To Thee, O Lord, have I lift up my soul; come, Lord, and deliver me, for I flee unto thee. (q) Come, O Lord, and do not tarry. (3) Psalm 63 and 67. (q) Come, O Lord, and do not tarry: absolve Thy people Israel from their iniquities. (r) God shall come from Lebanon. (4) Song of Habakkuk (Hab. iii.) (r) God shall come from Lebanon, and His brightness shall be as a stream. (s) But I will look towards the Lord. (s) But I will look towards the Lord, and will wait for God my Saviour. 3rd Saturday (the 17th.) (0) The prophets announced. (1) Psalm 51. (o) The prophets announced that the Saviour should be born of the Virgin Mary. (p) The Spirit of the Lord. (p) The Spirit of the Lord is upon me; He hath sent me to preach good tidings to the poor. (q) All the ends of the world. (q) All the ends of the world shall fear Him. (r) Ascribe ye greatness. (r) Ascribe ye greatness unto our God. (s) Praise Him. (s) Praise Him upon the welltuned cymbals. (t) Text. Isa. ii. 3. (for every day.) (u) Hymn. (v) Verse and Response. (for every day.) (w) Antiphon of the Benedictus. 1st Monday. 1st Tuesday. 1st Wednesday. 1st Thursday. 1st Friday. 1st Saturday. 2nd Monday. 2nd Tuesday. 2nd Wednesday. (q) for Sion's sake will I not hold my peace. (q) For Sion's sake will I not hold my peace, until the righteousness thereof goeth forth as brightness. (r) My speech shall drop as the rain. (4) Song of Moses. (Deut. xxxii.) (r) My speech shall drop as the rain, and our God shall come down upon us as the dew. (s) Tell the people, and say. (s) Tell the people, and say, Behold God our Saviour shall come. 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. En clara vox redarguit. The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord. Make his paths straight. The angel of the Lord made announcement to Mary, and she conceived of the Holy Ghost. Hallelujah. Before they came together, Mary was found with child of the Holy Ghost. Hallelujah. Out of Sion shall go forth the law, and the Word of the Lord from Jerusalem. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb. Behold God and man of the house of David shall come to sit on the throne. Hallelujah. O Sion, be not afraid: behold thy God shall come. Hallelujah. The Almighty Lord shall come from heaven, and in His hand is honour and dominion. The Lord shall arise upon thee, O Jerusalem; and His glory shall be seen in thee. Behold I send My messenger, who shall prepare My way before Thee. 2nd Thursday. 2nd Friday. 2nd Saturday. 3rd Monday. 3rd Tuesday. 3rd Wednesday. 3rd Thursday. 3rd Friday. 3rd Saturday. 4th Monday. 4th Tuesday. 4th Wednesday. (the 21st.) 4th Thursday. 4th Friday. Christmas Eve, &c. (x) Collect. (the same as in the four Sundays respectively.) (Except on the three Ember days, when it is as fol lows :) (x) Collect for Ember Wednesday. Friday. Saturday. Thou art He that should come, O Lord, whom we look for, to save Thy people. Say ye, strengthen the weak-hearted; behold our Lord God shall come. The Lord shall lift up an ensign among the nations, and shall gather together the dispersed of Israel. A rod shall go forth out of the root of Jesse, and all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord; and all flesh shall see the salvation of God. Thou, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, art not the least among the princes of Judah; for out of thee shall come forth a governor, that shall rule my people Israel. The Angel Gabriel was sent to a Virgin, Mary, who was espoused to Joseph. Watch ye in heart, for the Lord our God is at hand. As soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy. Hallelujah. How shall this be, Angel of God, seeing I know not a man? Hear thou, Mary the Virgin, the Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee. The Lord saith, Repent ye, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the Lord. Be afraid, for on the fifth day our Lord shall come to you. I will place salvation in Sion, and in Jerusalem my glory. Behold all things are accomplished, which were said by the Angel concerning Mary the Virgin. Grant to us, we beseech Thee, Almighty God, that when the festival of our redemption cometh, it may both furnish us with aids for this present life, and impart to us the rewards of everlasting bliss, through the Lord, &c. Raise up, we beseech Thee, O Lord, Thy power, and come, that they who rely upon Thy mercy may be speedily delivered from all adversity, who livest and reignest, &c. O God, who seest that we are afflicted by our own corruption, mercifully grant that we may be consoled by Thy visitation, who livest, &c. ((o)(p) (q) (s)) At the Third (11) At the Sixth (99) At the Ninth instead of the PRIME, THIRD, SIXTH, NINTH. The Service is the same as on the respective Sundays, except that from the 17th inclusive, the Antiphons in the four Services are taken successively from the 1st, 2d, 3d, and 5th Antiphons at Lauds, on the same day; That in Prime, there is a Psalm according to the day of the week, instead of the Benedicite, (vid. § 1. supra.) the Athanasian Creed is omitted, and the Text (c) is Love the truth and peace, saith the Lord of Hosts, instead of To the King, &c. And in the Third, Sixth, and Ninth, the Collect (nn, ss, xx) is the same as at the Lauds (x) of each day; and that the Text for every day is as follows: Behold the days come, saith the Lord, that I will raise unto David a righteous branch, and a king shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. In his days Judah shall be saved and Israel shall dwell safely; and this is His name whereby He shall be called, the Lord our righteousness. Her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged; for the Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel. |