Ash Wed. - Passion Sunday

THE FIRST DAY OF LENT

COMMONLY CALLED
ASH WEDNESDAY
The Blessing and Distribution of Ashes
Before Mass shall be blessed ashes made by branches of olive or
other trees blessed in the year foregoing; and the blessing shall be
done in this manner:
The Priest, wearing a violet Cope, or without a Chasuble (the
Sacred Ministers being vested in violet dalmatic and tunicle), shall
go to bless the ashes, which shall be set in a vessel on the epistle
side of the altar. And first the Choir shall sing (or the Priest shall
say) the following antiphon.

Ant. Ps. 69. HEAR me, O Lord, for thy loving-kindness

is comfortable: turn thee unto me according to the
multitude of thy mercies. Ps. 69. Save me, O God; for
the waters are come in even unto my soul. Glory be to
the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As
it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be:
world without end. Amen. HEAR me, O Lord, for thy
loving-kindness is comfortable; turn thee unto me
according to the multitude of thy mercies.
Then shall the Priest say:
THE EXHORTATION
B RETHREN, in the primitive Church it was the

custom to observe with great devotion the days of
our Lord's Passion and Resurrection, and to prepare for
the same by a season of penitence and fasting. This
season of Lent provided also a time in which converts
to the faith were prepared for holy Baptism. It was
also a time when such persons as had, by reason of
notorious sins, been separated from the body of the
faithful, were reconciled and restored to the fellowship
of the Church by penitence and forgiveness. Thereby
the whole Congregation was put in mind of the
message of pardon and absolution contained in the
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Gospel of our Saviour, and of the need which all
Christians continually have, of a renewal of their
repentance and faith. I therefore invite you, in the
name of the Church, to the observance of a holy Lent,
by self-examination and repentance, by prayer, fasting,
and self-denial, and by reading and meditation upon
God's holy Word.
Here shall be read the following Lesson: Joel 2. 12-18.
T HEREFORE also now, saith the Lord, turn ye unto

me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with
weeping, and with mourning: And rend your heart,
and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your
God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and
of great kindness, and relenteth of doing harm. Who
knoweth if he will turn and relent, and leave a blessing
behind him; even a cereal offering and a drink offering
unto the Lord your God? Blow the trumpet in Zion,
sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly: Gather the
people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders,
gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let
the bridegroom go forth of his room, and the bride out
of her chamber. Let the priests, the ministers of the
Lord, weep between the porch and the altar, and let
them say, Spare thy people, O Lord, and give not thine
heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over
them: wherefore should they say among the people,
Where is their God? Then will the Lord be jealous for
his land, and pity his people.
Then the Priest, in the place where he is accustomed to say the
Litany, or at the foot of the altar, shall say with the people, all
kneeling, Psalm 51, Miserere Mei, Deus:
H AVE mercy upon me, O God, after thy great

goodness; / according to the multitude of thy
mercies do away mine offences.
2 Wash me throughly from my wickedness, / and
cleanse me from my sin.
3 For I acknowledge my faults, / and my sin is ever
before me.
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4 Against thee only have I sinned, and done that
which is evil in thy sight; / that thou mightest be
justified when thou speakest, and clear when thou
dost judge.
5 Behold, I was brought forth in wickedness, / and
in sin hath my mother conceived me.
6 But lo, thou requirest truth in the inward parts, /
and shalt make me to understand wisdom secretly.
7 Thou shalt purge me with hyssop, and I shall be
clean; / thou shalt wash me, and I shall be whiter than
snow.
8 Thou shalt make me hear of joy and gladness, /
that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.
9 Turn thy face from my sins, / and put out all my
misdeeds.
10 Make me a clean heart, O God, / and renew a
right spirit within me.
11 Cast me not away from thy presence, / and take
not thy holy spirit from me.
12 O give me the comfort of thy help again, / and
stablish me with a free spirit.
13 Then shall I teach thy ways unto the wicked, /
and sinners shall be converted unto thee.
14 Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O God, thou
that art the God of my salvation; / and my tongue shall
sing of thy righteousness.
15 O Lord, open thou my lips, / and my mouth shall
show forth thy praise.
16 For thou desirest no sacrifice, else would I give it;
/ but thou delightest not in burnt offerings.
1 7 The sacrifice of God is a troubled spirit: / a
broken and contrite heart, O God, shalt thou not
despise.
18 O be favourable and gracious unto Sion; / build
thou the walls of Jerusalem.
19 Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of
righteousness, with the burnt offerings and oblations; /
then shall they offer young bullocks upon thine altar.
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Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, / and to
the Holy Ghost;
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall
be, / world without end. Amen.
After which the Priest and People shall say, all kneeling:
Lord, have mercy upon us.

Christ, have mercy upon us.
Lord, have mercy upon us.
O UR FATHER who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy

Name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, on
earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily
bread; And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive
them that trespass against us; And lead us not into
temptation, But deliver us from evil. Amen.
Priest: O Lord, save thy servants;

People: That put their trust in thee.
Priest: Send unto them help from above;
People: And evermore mightily defend them.
Priest: Help us, O God our Saviour;
People: And for the glory of thy Name deliver
us; be merciful unto us sinners, for thy
Name's sake.
Then the Priest, standing at the epistle corner of the Altar, without
turning to the people, and with hands joined (which shall be
observed in like manner in the prayers appointed for all blessings)
shall intone on one note:
Priest: O Lord, hear our prayer;

People: And let our cry come unto thee.
Priest: The Lord be with you.
People: And with thy spirit.
Priest: Let us pray.
A LMIGHTY and everlasting God, we beseech thee

to spare them that are penitent, and to be
favourable to them that call upon thee. Vouchsafe, we
pray thee, to send thy holy Angel from heaven to
bl✠ess and sanc✠tify these ashes, that they may be a
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wholesome medicine to all them that humbly call upon
thy holy Name, who in their consciences by sin are
accused, who in the sight of thy heavenly mercy bewail
their sins, and earnestly and meekly implore thy
gracious loving-kindness. And we beseech thee to
grant to all them that call upon thy holy Name, that
being sprinkled with these ashes for the remission of
their sins, they may be preserved evermore both in
body and soul; through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Let us pray.
O GOD, who wouldest not the death of a sinner,

but rather that he should turn from his
wickedness and live: we beseech thee to have
compassion on the frailty of our mortal nature, and of
thy goodness to bl✠ess these ashes now to be set upon
our heads for a token of humility and for the remission
of our sins: that we, acknowledging ourselves to be
but dust and ashes, and that by reason of our vileness
we must return unto the same, may of thy mercy be
found worthy to obtain the pardon of our offences,
and the reward that thou dost promise to them that are
penitent; through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Then shall the Priest, setting incense in the censer, sprinkle the
ashes thrice with holy water; and he shall cense them thrice.
Thereafter the first of the Priests that are present shall draw near to
the Altar and set ashes on the head of the Celebrant, who shall not
genuflect. But if none be present, the Celebrant himself, standing
afore the Altar, shall set ashes on his own head, saying nothing.
And the Priest shall first set ashes on the head of the first of the
Priests from whom he received them, and then upon the ministers
being vested and kneeling before the Altar. And he shall say:
Genesis 3. Remember, O man, that dust thou art, and

unto dust shalt thou return.
Then shall the rest draw near, the Priests and Deacons, according to
their order, and after that the people; and all, meekly kneeling
before the Altar, shall receive the ashes from the Priest after the
manner appointed for the Ministers.
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Meanwhile the Choir sings the following Antiphons and
Responses.
Joel 2. Let us change our raiment for sackcloth and

ashes: let us fast and mourn before the Lord: for our
God is merciful to forgive us our sins.
Another Ant. Ibid. Let the priests, the ministers of the Lord,
weep between the porch and the altar, and let them
say: Spare, O Lord, spare thy people, and shut not up,
O Lord, the mouths of them that praise thee.
Then shall follow this Respond:
Esther 13. Joel 2. Emendemus. Let us amend the sins that in

our ignorance we have committed: lest the day of death
come upon us suddenly, and we find no place for
repentance though we seek it.
2 Hear, Lord, and have mercy: for we have sinned
against thee.
3 V. Ps. 79. Help us, O God of our salvation: for the
glory of thy Name deliver us, O Lord.
4 Hear, Lord, and have mercy, for we have sinned
against thee.
5 Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the
Holy Ghost.
6 Hear, Lord, and have mercy: for we have sinned
against thee.
And when all the ashes have been delivered, the Priest, having
cleansed his hands, shall intone on one note:
Priest: The Lord be with you.

People: And with thy spirit.
Priest: Let us pray.
A LMIGHTY and everlasting God, who forgavest

the people of Nineveh when they repented in
sackcloth and ashes: Mercifully grant that we, truly
repenting of our sins, may obtain of thee perfect
pardon and release; through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Let us pray.
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G RANT, we beseech thee, O Lord, that we who
now with prayer and fasting do put upon us the
armour of our Christian warfare, being defended by
the power of abstinence, may fight manfully against all
spiritual wickedness; through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Then shall the Priest, together with the Sacred Ministers, retire to
the Sacristy, where the Priest shall change from violet Cope to
violet Chasuble. When all are ready, the Priest and Sacred Ministers
shall enter the Sanctuary, and the Mass shall begin with the Introit.
AT THE MASS
There are no prayers at the foot of the Altar; the Introit is begun at
once.
INTROIT
THOU hast mercy on

EG 675. Misereris omnium. Wisdom 11.
all things, O Lord, and hatest nothing that thou hast
created: and winkest at men's iniquities, because they
should amend, and sparest all men, for they are thine,
O Lord, thou lover of souls. Ps. 57. Be merciful unto
me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth
in thee. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to
the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now,
and ever shall be: world without end. Amen. THOU
hast mercy on all things, O Lord, and hatest nothing
that thou hast created: and winkest at men's iniquities,
because they should amend, and sparest all men, for
they are thine, O Lord, thou lover of souls.
Or
IG 26. Ps. 57. Ant. SET UP thyself, O God, above the

heavens, / and thy glory above all the earth.
1 Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto
me; / for my soul trusteth in thee;
2 And under the shadow of thy wings shall be my
refuge, / until this tyranny be overpast.
3 I will call unto God Most High, / even unto the
God that shall perform the cause that I have in hand.
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4 He shall send from heaven and save me, / even
from the reproach of him that would eat me up.
5 God shall send forth his mercy and truth; / my
soul is among lions;
6 And I lie even among the children of men, that
are set on fire, / whose teeth are spears and arrows, and
their tongue a sharp sword.
7 Set up thyself, O God, above the heavens, / and
thy glory above all the earth.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, / and to the
Holy Ghost;
Ant. SET UP thyself, O God, above the heavens, / and
thy glory above all the earth.
THE COLLECT.
A LMIGHTY and everlasting God, who hatest

nothing that thou hast made, and dost forgive the
sins of all them that are penitent: create and make in us
new and contrite hearts; that we worthily lamenting
our sins, and acknowledging our wretchedness, may
obtain of thee, the God of all mercy, perfect remission
and forgiveness; through Jesus Christ thy Son our
Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity
of the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end.
Amen.
This Collect is to be read every day in Lent after the Collect
appointed for the day until Holy Week.
THE EPISTLE. St James 4. 6.
B R E T H R E N : GOD bestoweth abundant grace;

wherefore the Scripture 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
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mourning, and your joy to heaviness. Humble
yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift
you up. Speak not evil one of another, brethren.
GRADUAL
EG: Ps. 57. Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful

unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee. V. Ps. 79. He shall
send from heaven: and save me from the reproof of him
that would eat me up.
TRACT
Ps. 103. O Lord, deal not with us after our sins: nor
reward us according to our wickednesses. V. O Lord,
remember not our old sins, but have mercy upon us,
and that soon: for we are come to great misery. [All
kneel] Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of
thy Name, O Lord: O deliver us and be merciful unto
our sins, for thy Name's sake. [All rise]
Or
BCP: Ps. 103. THE L ORD is full of compassion and

gracious, / long-suffering, and of great goodness.
9 He will not alway be chiding: / neither keepeth
he his anger for ever.
10 He hath not dealt with us after our sins, / nor
rewarded us according to our wickednesses.
11 For look how high the heaven is in comparison of
the earth, / so great is his mercy also toward them that
fear him.
12 Look how wide also the east is from the west, / so
far hath he set our sins from us.
13 Yea, like as a father pitieth his own children, /
even so is the LORD merciful unto them that fear him.
14 For he knoweth whereof we are made: / he
remembereth that we are but dust.
THE GOSPEL. St Matthew 6. 16.
A ND Jesus spake unto his disciples, saying, When

ye fast, be not as the hypocrites, of a sad
countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they
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may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you,
They have their reward. But thou, when thou fastest,
anoint thine head, and wash thy face, that thou appear
not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in
secret; and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall
recompense thee. Lay not up for yourselves treasures
upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and
where thieves break through and steal: but lay up for
yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor
rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break
through nor steal: for where your treasure is, there will
your heart be also.
OFFERTORY. I will magnify thee, O Lord, for thou hast

set me up, and not made my foes to triumph over me:
O Lord my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast
healed me.
SECRET
G RANT, we beseech thee, O Lord: that like as we

do by these our oblations bring to remembrance
the institution of this holy observance; so we may by
thee be enabled to offer the same according to thy will;
through Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord, who liveth and
reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost,
ever one God, world without end. Amen.
Preface of Lent.
COMMUNION. He who doth meditate on the law of the

Lord day and night: will bring forth his fruit in due
season.
POSTCOMMUNION
W E beseech thee, O Lord, mercifully to protect us

who have now received this holy Sacrament: that
this our fast may be acceptable in thy sight; and
profitable unto us for the healing of our souls; through
Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord, who liveth and reigneth
with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, ever one
God, world without end. Amen.
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THURSDAY AFTER ASH WEDNESDAY
INTROIT
EG: AM. Dum clamarem. Ps. 55.WHEN I called upon the

Lord, he heard my voice, even from the battle that was
against me: yea, even God that endureth for ever shall
hear me, and bring them down: O cast thy burden
upon the Lord, and he shall nourish thee. Ps. Hear my
prayer, O Lord, and hide not thyself from my petition:
take heed unto me, and hear me. Glory be to the
Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it
was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world
without end. Amen. WHEN I called upon the Lord,
he heard my voice, even from the battle that was
against me: yea, even God that endureth for ever shall
hear me, and bring them down: O cast thy burden
upon the Lord, and he shall nourish thee.
Or
IG 25. Ps. 31. Ant. FOR THOU art my strong rock and
my castle: / be thou also my guide, and lead me for thy
Name's sake.
1 In thee, O LO R D , have I put my trust; / let me
never be put to confusion; deliver me in thy
righteousness.
2 Bow down thine ear to me; / make haste to
deliver me,
3 And be thou my strong rock and house of
defence, / that thou mayest save me.
4 For thou art my strong rock and my castle: / be
thou also my guide, and lead me for thy Name's sake.
5 Draw me out of the net that they have hidden for
me; / for thou art my strength.
6 Into thy hands I commend my spirit; / for thou
hast redeemed me, O LORD, thou God of truth.
Holy Ghost;
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Ant. FOR THOU art my strong rock and my castle: / be
THE COLLECT.
O GOD, who art wroth with them that sin against

thee, and sparest them that are penitent: we
beseech thee to hear the prayers of thy people that call
upon thee; that we, who have most justly deserved the
scourges of thine anger, may by thy great mercy be
delivered from the same; through Jesus Christ thy Son
our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the
unity of the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without
end. Amen.
Let us pray.

Amen.
THE LESSON. Exodus 24. 12.
T HE Lord said unto Moses, Come up to me into the

mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of
stone, and a law, and commandments which I have
written; that thou mayest teach them. And Moses rose
up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up into
the mount of God. And he said unto the elders, Tarry
ye here for us, until we come again unto you: and,
behold, Aaron and Hur are with you: if any man have
any matters to do, let him come unto them. And
Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered
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the mount. And the glory of the Lord abode upon
mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days: and the
seventh day he called unto Moses out of the midst of
the cloud. And the sight of the glory of the Lord was
like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes
of the children of Israel. And Moses went into the
midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount:
and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty
nights.
GRADUAL
Ps. 55.O cast thy burden upon the Lord: and he shall
nourish thee. V. When I cried unto the Lord he heard
my voice, from the battle that was against me.
TRACT
BCP: Ps. 31. O HOW plentiful is thy goodness, which

thou hast laid up for them that fear thee, / and that
thou hast wrought for them that put their trust in thee,
even before the sons of men!
23 Thou hidest them in the secret place of thine own
presence from the plottings of men: / thou keepest
them secretly in thy tabernacle from the strife of
tongues.
24 Thanks be to the LORD; / for he hath showed me
his marvellous loving-kindness in a strong city.
25 But as for me, I said in my haste, / 'I am cast out
of the sight of thine eyes.'
26 Nevertheless, thou heardest the voice of my
prayer, / when I cried unto thee.
W HEN 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
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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 marvelled, 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.
OFFERTORY. Unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul:

my God, I have put my trust in thee.
SECRET
W E beseech thee, O Lord, mercifully to have

respect unto these oblations: that the same may
be profitable for our increase in all godliness, and for
the attainment of everlasting salvation; through Jesus
Christ thy Son our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with
thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, ever one God,
world without end. Amen.
Preface of Lent.
COMMUNION. Then shalt thou be pleased with the

sacrifices of righteousness, with the burnt offerings and
oblations, upon thine altar, O Lord.
POSTCOMMUNION
O LORD, who hast vouchsafed to make us

partakers of thy heavenly benediction: grant, we
pray thee, that the pledge, which thou has given us in
this holy Sacrament, may be fulfilled in us unto
everlasting salvation; through Jesus Christ thy Son our
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Amen.
FRIDAY AFTER ASH WEDNESDAY

INTROIT
HEAR, O Lord, and have

EG: AM. Audivit Dominus. Ps. 30.
mercy upon me: Lord, be thou my helper. Ps. I will
magnify thee, O Lord, for thou hast set me up: and not
made my foes to triumph over me. Glory be to the
without end. Amen. HEAR, O Lord, and have mercy
upon me: Lord, be thou my helper.
Or
Name's sake.
righteousness.
deliver me,
Holy Ghost;
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THE COLLECT.
W E beseech thee, O Lord, to further with thy

gracious favour the fast which we have here
begun: that we, who with our bodies therein do thee
outward worship; may inwardly profess the same in
singleness of heart; through Jesus Christ thy Son our
Amen.
Let us pray.

Amen.
THE LESSON. 1 Kings 19. 3.
E LIJAH arose, and went for his life, and came to

Beersheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his
servant there. But he himself went a day's journey into
the wilderness, and came and sat down under a
juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he
might die; and said, It is enough; now, O Lord, take
away my life; for I am not better than my fathers. And
as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then
an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and
eat. And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake
baken on the coals, and a cruse of water at his head.
And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again.
And the angel of the Lord came again the second time,
and touched him, and said, Arise and eat; because the
journey is too great for thee. And he arose, and did eat
and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty
days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.
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GRADUAL
Ps. 27. One thing have I desired of the Lord, which I

will require, even that I may dwell in the house of the
Lord. V. To behold the fair beauty of the Lord, and to
visit his temple.
TRACT
reward us according to our wickednesses. V. O Lord,
remember not our old sins, but have mercy upon us,
and that soon: for we are come to great misery. [All
kneel] Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of
thy Name, O Lord: O deliver us and be merciful unto
our sins, for thy Name's sake. [All rise]
TRACT

tongues.
A T that time, Jesus said unto his disciples: 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
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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.
Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to
be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your
Father which is in heaven. Therefore when thou doest
thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the
hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that
they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you,
They have their reward. But when thou doest alms, let
not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:
that thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which
seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.
And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the
hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the
synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they
may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have
their reward. But thou, when thou prayest, enter into
thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to
thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which
seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
OFFERTORY. Quicken me, O Lord, according to thy

word: that I may know thy testimonies.
SECRET
G RANT, we beseech thee, O Lord, that this our

Lenten sacrifice of fasting may render our souls
acceptable in thy sight: and make us readily to serve
thee in all continence; through Jesus Christ thy Son
end. Amen.
Preface of Lent.
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COMMUNION. Serve the Lord with fear, and bow down
unto him with reverence; lest he be angry, and ye
perish in the way.
POSTCOMMUNION
D EFEND, O Lord, we pray thee, us thy servants,

and of thy mercy cleanse us from all our sins: that
we, being delivered from the domain of iniquity, may
be preserved from all assaults of adversity; through
SATURDAY AFTER ASH WEDNESDAY

INTROIT
HEAR, O Lord, and have

EG: AM. Audivit Dominus. Ps. 30.
mercy upon me: Lord, be thou my helper. Ps. I will
magnify thee, O Lord, for thou hast set me up: and not
made my foes to triumph over me. Glory be to the
without end. Amen. HEAR, O Lord, and have mercy
upon me: Lord, be thou my helper.
Or
Name's sake.
righteousness.
deliver me,
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Holy Ghost;
THE COLLECT.
A SSIST us mercifully, O Lord, in these our

supplications: and grant that, like as this fast hath
been ordained for the healing of our bodies and our
souls, so we may in all godliness and lowliness observe
the same; through Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord, who
liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy
Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen.
Let us pray.

Amen.
THE LESSON. Isaiah 38. 1.
I N those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And

Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came unto him,
and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Set thine
house in order: for thou shalt die, and not live. Then
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Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed
unto the Lord, and said, Remember now, O Lord, I
beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth
and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is
good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore. Then
came the word of the Lord to Isaiah, saying, Go, and
say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the Lord, the God of
David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen
thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen
years, and I will deliver thee.
GRADUAL
Ps. 27. One thing have I desired of the Lord, which I

will require, even that I may dwell in the house of the
Lord. V. To behold the fair beauty of the Lord, and to
visit his temple.
TRACT

tongues.
THE GOSPEL. St Mark 6. 45.
JESUS constrained his disciples to get into the ship,

and to go to the other side before unto Bethsaida,
while he sent away the people. And when he had sent
them away, he departed into a mountain to pray. And
when even was come, the ship was in the midst of the
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sea, and he alone on the land. And he saw them
toiling in rowing; for the wind was contrary unto them:
and about the fourth watch of the night he cometh
unto them, walking upon the sea, and would have
passed by them. But when they saw him walking
upon the sea, they supposed it had been a spirit, and
cried out: for they all saw him, and were troubled.
And immediately he talked with them, and saith unto
them, Be of good cheer: it is I; be not afraid. And he
went up unto them into the ship; and the wind ceased:
and they were sore amazed in themselves beyond
measure, and wondered. For they considered not the
miracle of the loaves: for their heart was hardened.
And when they had passed over, they came into the
land of Gennesaret, and drew to the shore. And when
they were come out of the ship, straightway they knew
him, and ran through that whole region round about,
and began to carry about in beds those that were sick,
where they heard he was. And whithersoever he
entered, into villages, or cities, or country, they laid the
sick in the streets, and besought him that they might
touch if it were but the border of his garment: and as
many as touched him were made whole.
OFFERTORY. Quicken me, O Lord, according to thy

word: that I may know thy testimonies.
SECRET
O LORD, who of thy goodness hast vouchsafed to

ordain this sacrifice for the propitiation of our sins:
we beseech thee, that thou wouldest graciously receive
the same; that the thoughts of our hearts, being
cleansed by its operation, may be made an oblation
acceptable in thy sight; through Jesus Christ thy Son
end. Amen.
Preface of Lent.
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COMMUNION. Serve the Lord with fear, and bow down
unto him with reverence; lest he be angry, and ye
perish in the way.
POSTCOMMUNION
O LORD, who hast here vouchsafed to quicken us

with thy gift of heavenly life: grant, we beseech
thee, that those things, which in this present life we do
receive in a mystery, may be our succour unto life
eternal; through Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord, who
THE FIRST SUNDAY IN LENT

INTROIT
EG 676. Invocabit me.HE shall call upon me, and I will

hearken unto him; I will deliver him, and bring him to
honour: with length of days will I satisfy him. Ps. 91.
Whoso dwelleth under the defence of the Most High:
shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. Glory
be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy
Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever
shall be: world without end. Amen. HE shall call upon
me, and I will hearken unto him; I will deliver him,
and bring him to honour: with length of days will I
satisfy him.
Or
IG 27. Ps. 91. Ant.I WILL say unto the LORD , 'Thou
art my refuge and my stronghold; / my God in whom I
will trust.'
1 Whoso dwelleth under the defence of the Most
High / shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
2 I will say unto the LO R D , 'Thou art my refuge
and my stronghold; / my God in whom I will trust.'
3 For he shall deliver thee from the snare of the
hunter, / and from the noisome pestilence.
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4 He shall defend thee under his wings, and thou
shalt be safe under his feathers; / his faithfulness is a
shield and buckler.
5 Thou shalt not be afraid for any terror by night, /
nor for the arrow that flieth by day;
6 For the pestilence that walketh in darkness, / nor
for the sickness that destroyeth in the noonday.
7 A thousand shall fall beside thee, and ten
thousand at thy right hand; / but it shall not come nigh
thee.
8 Yea, with thine eyes shalt thou behold, / and see
the reward of the ungodly.
Holy Ghost;
Ant. I WILL say unto the L ORD , 'Thou art my refuge
THE COLLECT.
O LORD, who for our sake didst fast forty days and
forty nights: give us grace to use such abstinence,
that, our flesh being subdued to the Spirit; we may
ever obey thy godly motions in righteousness and true
holiness, to thy honour and glory; who livest and
reignest with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God,
Let us pray.

Amen.
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THE EPISTLE. 2 Corinthians 6. 1.
B RETHREN: We then, as workers together with

him, beseech you also, that ye receive not the grace
of God in vain; (for he saith,
I have heard thee in a time accepted,
And in the day of salvation have I succoured thee:
behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the
day of salvation;) giving no offence in any thing, that
the ministry be not blamed; but in all things approving
ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in
afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, in stripes, in
imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in
fastings; by pureness, by knowledge, by long-
suffering, by kindness, by the Holy Spirit, by love
unfeigned, by the word of truth, by the power of God;
by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and
on the left; by honour and dishonour, by evil report
and good report; as deceivers, and yet true; as
unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold,
we live; as chastened, and not killed; as sorrowful, yet
alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as
having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
GRADUAL
EG: Ps. 91. He shall give his Angels charge over thee:
to keep thee in all thy ways. V. They shall bear thee in
their hands: that thou hurt not thy foot against a
stone.
TRACT
Ps. 91. Whoso dwelleth under the defence of the Most

High: shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
V. I will say unto the Lord, Thou art my hope and my
strong-hold: my God, in him will I trust. V. For he
shall deliver thee from the snare of the hunter: and
from the noisome pestilence. V. He shall defend thee
under his wings: and thou shalt be safe under his
feathers. V. His faithfulness and truth shall be thy
shield and buckler: thou shalt not be afraid for any
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terror by night. V. Nor for the arrow that flieth by day;
for the pestilence that walketh in darkness: nor for the
sickness that destroyeth in the noon-day. V . A
thousand shall fall beside thee, and ten thousand at
thy right hand: but it shall not come nigh thee. V. For
he shall give his Angels charge over thee: to keep thee
in all thy ways. V. They shall bear thee in their hands:
that thou hurt not thy foot against a stone. V. Thou
shalt go upon the lion and adder: the young lion and
the dragon shalt thou tread under thy feet. V. Because
he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver
him: I will set him up, because he hath known my
Name. V. He shall call upon me, and I will hear him:
yea, I am with him in trouble. V. I will deliver him,
and bring him to honour: with long life will I satisfy
him, and show him my salvation.
Or
BCP: Ps. 91. BECAUSE thou hast said, 'The L ORD is

my refuge', / and hast made the Most High thy
habitation,
10 There shall no evil happen unto thee, / neither
shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.
11 For he shall give his angels charge over thee, / to
keep thee in all thy ways.
12 They shall bear thee in their hands, / that thou
hurt not thy foot against a stone.
13 Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: / the
young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under
thy feet.
14 Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore
will I deliver him; / I will set him up, because he hath
known my Name.
15 He shall call upon me, and I will hear him: / yea, I
am with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and bring
him to honour.
16 With long life will I satisfy him, / and show him
my salvation.
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T HEN was Jesus led up by the Spirit into the

wilderness, to be tempted by the devil. And when
he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was
afterward an-hungred. And when the tempter came to
him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that
these stones be made bread. But he answered and
said, It is written,
Man shall not live by bread alone,
But by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth
of God.
Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and
setteth him on the pinnacle of the temple, and saith
unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself
down; for it is written,
He shall give his angels charge concerning thee,
And in their hands they shall bear thee up,
Lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
Jesus said unto him, It is written again,
Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high
mountain, and showeth him all the kingdoms of the
world, and the glory of them; and saith unto him, All
these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and
worship me. Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee
hence, Satan; for it is written,
Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God,
And him only shalt thou serve.
Then the devil leaveth him, and behold, angels came
and ministered unto him.
Creed is said.
OFFERTORY. He shall defend thee under his wings, and

thou shalt be safe under his feathers: his faithfulness
and truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
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SECRET
G RANT, we beseech thee, O Lord, that we who

offer unto thee this sacrifice in the beginning of
our Lenten fast: may use such abstinence from carnal
feastings; that we may likewise refrain ourselves from
all pleasures that may hurt the soul; through Jesus
Preface of Lent.
COMMUNION. The Lord shall defend thee under his

wings, and thou shalt be safe under his feathers: his
faithfulness and truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
POSTCOMMUNION
G RANT, O Lord, that this holy Sacrament, which

we have received: may in such wise deliver us
from our former nature; that we may be worthy to
enter into the fellowship of thy saving mysteries;
MONDAY IN THE FIRST WEEK OF LENT

INTROIT
EG: AM. Sicut oculi.EVEN as the eyes of servants look

unto the hand of their masters: even so our eyes wait
upon the Lord our God, until he have mercy upon us.
Ps. 127. Unto thee lift I up mine eyes: O thou that
dwellest in the heavens. Glory be to the Father, and to
the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the
beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without
end. Amen. EVEN as the eyes of servants look unto
the hand of their masters: even so our eyes wait upon
the Lord our God, until he have mercy upon us.
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Or
IG 27. Ps. 91. Ant. I WILL say unto the LORD, 'Thou
will trust.'
shield and buckler.
thee.
Holy Ghost;
THE COLLECT.
T URN thou us, O God our Saviour: and that this

Lenten Fast may be profitable unto us; vouchsafe,
we pray thee, to instruct our minds in all heavenly
learning; through Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord, who
Let us pray.
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Amen.
THE LESSON. Ezekiel 34. 11.
T HUS saith the Lord God: Behold, I, even I, will

both search my sheep, and seek them out. As a
shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is
among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out
my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where
they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
And I will bring them out from the people, and gather
them from the countries, and will bring them to their
own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel
by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the
country. I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon
the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there
shall they lie in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall
they feed upon the mountains of Israel. I will feed my
flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord
God. I will seek that which was lost, and bring again
that which was driven away, and will bind up that
which was broken, and will strengthen that which was
sick.
GRADUAL
Ps. 84. Behold, O God our defender: and look upon

thy servants. V. O Lord God of hosts, hear the prayers
of thy servants.
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TRACT
reward us according to our wickednesses. V. Ps. 79.
Lord, remember not our old sins, but have mercy upon
us, and that soon: for we are come to great misery. V.
[Here genuflect]. Help us, O God of our salvation, for the
glory of thy Name, Lord: O deliver us and be merciful
unto our sins, for thy Name’s sake.
Or

habitation,
thy feet.
known my Name.
him to honour.
my salvation.
O UR LORD JESUS CHRIST SAITH: When the

Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the
holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne
of his glory: and before him shall be gathered all
nations: and he shall separate them one from another,
as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: and
he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats
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on the left. Then shall the King say unto them on his
right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the
kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the
world: for I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I
was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger,
and ye took me in: naked, and ye clothed me: I was
sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came
unto me. Then shall the righteous answer him, saying,
Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or
thirsty, and gave thee drink? When saw we thee a
stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?
Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto
thee? And the King shall answer and say unto them,
Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it
unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have
done it unto me. Then shall he say also unto them on
the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into
everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
for I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was
thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: I was a stranger, and
ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick,
and in prison, and ye visited me not. Then shall they
also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an
hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or
in prison, and did not minister unto thee? Then shall
he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you,
Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these,
ye did it not to me. And these shall go away into
everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life
eternal.
OFFERTORY. Open thou mine eyes, O Lord, that I may

see the wondrous things of thy law. O teach me thy
statutes: O give me understanding that I may learn thy
commandments.
SECRET
W E beseech thee, O Lord, that thou wouldest

vouchsafe to sanctify these our oblations: and to
cleanse us from the defilement of all our iniquities;
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Preface of Lent.
COMMUNION. Verily I say unto you: Inasmuch as ye

have done it unto one of the least of these my
brethren, ye have done it unto me: come, ye blessed of
my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from
the foundation of the world.
POSTCOMMUNION
O LORD, who hast vouchsafed to bestow upon us

the healing gifts of thy bounty: grant, we beseech
thee; that, like as we do rejoice in the partaking of the
same, so they may be profitable to the renewing of our
souls; through Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord, who
TUESDAY IN THE FIRST WEEK OF LENT

INTROIT
EG: AM. Domine refugium. LORD thou hast been our

refuge from one generation to another: thou art from
everlasting, and world without end. Ps. 90. Before the
mountains were brought forth, or ever the earth and
the world were made: thou art God from everlasting,
and world without end. Glory be to the Father, and to
the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the
end. Amen. LORD thou hast been our refuge from
one generation to another: thou art from everlasting,
and world without end.
Or
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IG 27. Ps. 91. Ant.I WILL say unto the LORD, 'Thou art
my refuge and my stronghold; / my God in whom I
will trust.'
shield and buckler.
thee.
Holy Ghost;
THE COLLECT.
W E beseech Thee, O Lord, graciously to behold this

thy family: that, whereas we now do chasten our
bodies by the mortifying of the flesh, our souls may
shine in thy sight with longing after thee; through
Let us pray.
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Amen.
S EEK ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye

upon him while he is near: let the wicked forsake
his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and
let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy
upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly
pardon. For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. For as
the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways
higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your
thoughts. For as the rain cometh down, and the snow
from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth
the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it
may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: so
shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it
shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish
that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing
whereto I sent it.
GRADUAL
EG: Ps. 141.Let my prayer be set forth in thy sight as

the incense, O Lord. V. And let the lifting up of my
hands be an evening sacrifice.
TRACT
BCP: Ps. 91. BECAUSE thou hast said, 'The LORD is my

refuge', / and hast made the Most High thy habitation,
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thy feet.
known my Name.
him to honour.
my salvation.
W HEN Jesus was come into Jerusalem all the city

was moved, saying, Who is this? And the
multitude said, This is Jesus the Prophet of Nazareth of
Galilee. And Jesus went into the temple of God, and
cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple;
and overthrew the tables of the money-changers, and
the seats of them that sold doves; and said unto them,
It is written, My house shall be called the house of
prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves. And the
blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he
healed them. And when the chief priests and scribes
saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children
crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the son
of David; they were sore displeased, and said unto
him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith
unto them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth
of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?
OFFERTORY. My hope hath been in thee, O Lord: I

have said, Thou art my God. My times are in thy hand.
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SECRET

respect unto these our oblations: and by thy
power to defend us against all adversities; through
Preface of Lent.
COMMUNION. Thou hast heard me when I called, O

God of my righteousness: thou hast set me at liberty
when I was in trouble; have mercy upon me, and
hearken unto my prayer.
POSTCOMMUNION
G RANT, we beseech thee, Almighty God: that as in

these holy mysteries we have received the token
of our redemption; so we may effectually be brought to
the fulfilment of the same; through Jesus Christ thy
Son our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in
the unity of the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world
without end. Amen.
THE LENTEN EMBER DAYS

BEING THE WEDNESDAY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AFTER
THE FIRST SUNDAY IN LENT
EMBER WEDNESDAY IN LENT

EG: AM. Reminiscere. CALL to remembrance, O Lord, thy
tender mercies, and thy loving-kindnesses which have
been ever of old: O let not our enemies triumph against
us; deliver us, O God of Israel, out of all our troubles.
Ps. 25. Unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul: my God,
in thee have I trusted, let me not be confounded.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy
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shall be: world without end. Amen. CALL to
remembrance, O Lord, thy tender mercies, and thy
loving-kindnesses which have been ever of old: O let
not our enemies triumph against us; deliver us, O God
of Israel, out of all our troubles.
Or
IG 28. Ps. 84. Ant. BEHOLD, O God, our shield, / and

look upon the face of thine anointed.
8 O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: / hearken,
O God of Jacob.
9 Behold, O God, our shield, / and look upon the
face of thine anointed.
10 For one day in thy courts / is better than a
thousand.
11 I had rather be a door-keeper in the house of my
God, / than to dwell in the tents of ungodliness.
12 For the LO R D God is a light and defence; the
L ORD will give grace and glory; / and no good thing
shall he withhold from them that lead a godly life.
13 O LORD God of hosts, / blessed is the man that
putteth his trust in thee.
Holy Ghost;
Ant. BEHOLD, O God, our shield, / and look upon the
THE COLLECT.
A LMIGHTY God, the giver of all good gifts, who of

thy divine providence hast appointed divers
Orders in thy Church: give thy grace, we humbly
beseech thee, to all those who are to be called to any
office and administration in the same; and so replenish
them with the truth of thy doctrine, and endue them
with innocency of life, that they may faithfully serve
before thee, to the glory of thy great Name, and to the
benefit of thy holy Church; through Jesus Christ our
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Amen.
Let us pray.

Amen.
THE EPISTLE. Romans 12. 3.
B RETHREN: For I say, through the grace given

unto me, to every man that is among you, not to
think of himself more highly than he ought to think,
but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to
every man the measure of faith. For as we have many
members in one body, and all members have not the
same office; so we, being many, are one body in Christ,
and every one members one of another. Having then
gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us,
whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the
proportion of faith; or ministry, let us wait∗ on our
ministering; or he that teacheth, on teaching; or he that
exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it
with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that
showeth mercy, with cheerfulness. Let love be without
dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil, cleave to that
which is good. Be kindly affectioned one to another
with brotherly love, in honour preferring one another;
not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the
Lord; rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation;
continuing instant in prayer; distributing to the
necessity of saints; given to hospitality. Bless them
∗
"give ourselves to” (R.V.)
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which persecute you: bless, and curse not. Rejoice
with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that
weep. Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind
not high things, but condescend to men of low estate.
Be not wise in your own conceits. Recompense to no
man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of
all men. If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live
peaceably with all men.
TRACT
EG: Ps. 25. O bring thou me out of my troubles, O

Lord: look upon my adversity and misery: and forgive
me all my sin. V. Unto thee, O Lord, will I lift up my
soul, my God, I have put my trust in thee: O Let me
not be confounded: neither let mine enemies triumph
over me. V. For all they that hope in thee shall not be
ashamed: but such as do vain things shall be put to
confusion.
Or
BCP: Ps. 141. LORD, I call upon thee; haste thee unto
me, / and consider my voice when I cry unto thee.
2 Let my prayer be set forth in thy sight as the
incense, / and the lifting up of my hands as an evening
sacrifice.
3 Set a watch, O LO R D , before my mouth, / and
keep the door of my lips.
4 O let not mine heart be inclined to any evil thing:
/ let me not be occupied in ungodly works with the
men that work wickedness, neither let me eat of such
things as please them.
THE GOSPEL. St Luke 10. 2.
T HEREFORE said Jesus unto them, The harvest

truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye
therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send
forth labourers into his harvest. Go your ways: behold,
I send you forth as lambs among wolves. Carry neither
purse, nor scrip, nor shoes: and salute no man by the
way. And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say,
Peace be to this house. And if the son of peace be
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there, your peace shall rest upon it: if not, it shall turn
to you again. And in the same house remain, eating
and drinking such things as they give: for the labourer
is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house.
And into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive
you, eat such things as are set before you: and heal the
sick that are therein, and say unto them, The kingdom
of God is come nigh unto you. But into whatsoever
city ye enter, and they receive you not, go your ways
out into the streets of the same, and say, Even the very
dust of your city, which cleaveth on us, we do wipe off
against you: notwithstanding be ye sure of this, that
the kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.
OFFERTORY. My delight shall be in thy commandments,

which I have loved exceedingly: my hands also will I
lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved.
SECRET
A CCEPT, O Lord, we pray thee, this sacrifice, which

we offer unto thee for the propitiation of our sins:
that we, which have gone astray by reason of our
frailty; may be pardoned by thy mercy and guided by
thy power; through Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord,
who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the
Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen.
Preface of Lent.
COMMUNION. Consider my meditation: O hearken

thou unto the voice of my calling, my King and my
God; for unto thee will I make my prayer, O Lord.
POSTCOMMUNION
W E beseech thee, O Lord, that this holy Sacrament,

which we have received: may effectually cleanse
us from our secret offences; and deliver us from all the
assaults of our enemies; through Jesus Christ thy Son
end. Amen.
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THURSDAY IN THE FIRST WEEK OF LENT
INTROIT
EG: AM. Confessio.GLORY and worship are before him:

power and honour are in his sanctuary. Ps. 96. O sing
unto the Lord a new song: sing unto the Lord, all the
whole earth. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is
now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen.
GLORY and worship are before him: power and
honour are in his sanctuary.
Or
IG 27. Ps. 91. Ant.I WILL say unto the LORD , 'Thou
will trust.'
shield and buckler.
thee.
Holy Ghost;
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THE COLLECT.
W E beseech thee, O Lord, graciously to regard the

devout prayers of thy people: that they, who by
abstinence do mortify the deeds of the flesh; may by
the fruit of good works be renewed in the spirit of
their minds; through Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord,
Let us pray.

Amen.
I F thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke,

the pointing of the finger, and speaking vanity; and
if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy
the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity,
and thy darkness be as the noon day: and the Lord
shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in
drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be
like a watered garden, and like a spring of water,
whose waters fail not. And they that shall be of thee
shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the
foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be
called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths
to dwell in. If thou turn away thy foot from the
sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and
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call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord,
honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine
own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor
speaking thine own words: then shalt thou delight
thyself in the Lord; and I will cause thee to ride upon
the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the
heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the Lord
hath spoken it.
GRADUAL
Ps. 17.Keep me, O Lord, as the apple of an eye: hide

me under the shadow of thy wings. V. Let my sentence
come forth from thy presence: and let thine eyes look
upon the thing that is right.
TRACT

habitation,
thy feet.
known my Name.
him to honour.
my salvation.
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THE GOSPEL. St John 8. 31.
T HEN said Jesus to those Jews which believed on

him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my
disciples indeed; and ye shall know the truth, and the
truth shall make you free. They answered him, We be
Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any
man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free? Jesus
answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you,
Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin. And
the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the
Son abideth for ever. If the Son therefore shall make
you free, ye shall be free indeed. I know that ye are
Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my
word hath no place in you. I speak that which I have
seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have
seen with your father. They answered and said unto
him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If
ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of
Abraham. But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath
told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did
not Abraham. Ye do the deeds of your father. Then
said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we
have one Father, even God. Jesus said unto them, If
God were your Father, ye would love me: for I
proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of
myself, but he sent me. Why do ye not understand my
speech? even because ye cannot hear my word. Ye are
of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye
will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and
abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in
him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own:
for he is a liar, and the father of it. And because I tell
you the truth, ye believe me not.
OFFERTORY. The Angel of the Lord tarrieth round

about them that fear him, and delivereth them. O taste
and see how gracious the Lord is.
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SECRET
G RANT, we beseech thee, O Lord, that this sacrifice

which we offer unto thee in this time of fasting
ordained for the healing of our souls: may powerfully
avail for our salvation; through Jesus Christ thy Son
end. Amen.
Preface of Lent.
COMMUNION. The bread that I will give is my Flesh,

which I will give for the life of the world.
POSTCOMMUNION
W E pray thee, O Lord, that the gifts which of thy

bounty thou hast bestowed upon us: may
effectually avail for our comfort and succour; and
likewise renew us unto everlasting life; through Jesus
EMBER FRIDAY IN LENT

MISSIONARY WORK IN OUR OWN COUNTRY
INTROIT
EG: App(5). Deus misereatur.GOD be merciful unto us,

and bless us: and show us the light of his countenance,
and be merciful unto us: that thy way may be known
upon earth, thy saving health among all nations. Ps. 67.
Let the peoples praise thee, O God: yea, let all the
peoples praise thee. Glory be to the Father, and to the
Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the
end. Amen. GOD be merciful unto us, and bless us,
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and show us the light of his countenance, and be
merciful unto us: that thy way may be known upon
earth, thy saving health among all nations.
Or
IG 29. Ps. 89. Ant. 'THY SEED will I stablish for ever, /
and set up thy throne from one generation to another.'
1 My song shall be alway of the loving-kindness of
the LORD; / with my mouth will I ever be showing thy
faithfulness from one generation to another.
2 For I have said, 'Loving-kindness shall be built
up for ever; / thy faithfulness shalt thou stablish in the
heavens.'
3 'I have made a covenant with my chosen; / I have
sworn unto David my servant;
4 Thy seed will I stablish for ever, / and set up thy
throne from one generation to another.'
the Holy Ghost;
Ant. 'THY SEED will I stablish for ever, / and set up
thy throne from one generation to another.'
THE COLLECT.
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 peoples of the world may feel after
thee and find thee; and hasten, O Lord, the fulfilment
of thy promise to pour out thy Spirit upon all flesh;
through the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who
liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the same
Let us pray.

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benefit of thy holy Church;

Amen.
THE EPISTLE. 1 Thessalonians 1.1.
P AUL and Silvanus and Timothy unto the Church of

the Thessalonians, which is in God the Father, and
in the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace be unto you, and peace,
from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
We give thanks to God always for you all, making
mention of you in our prayers; remembering without
ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and
patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight
of God and our Father; knowing, brethren beloved,
your election by God. For our Gospel came not unto
you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy
Spirit, and in much assurance; as ye know what
manner of men we were among you for your sake.
And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord,
having received the word in much affliction, with joy
of the Holy Spirit: so that ye were examples to all that
believe in Macedonia and Achaia. For from you
sounded out the word of the Lord not only in
Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your
faith towards God is spread abroad.
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GRADUAL
EG: Ps. 67. Let all the peoples praise thee, O God: yea,
let all the peoples praise thee. V. God shall bless us:
and all the ends of the world shall fear him.
TRACT
Declare the honour of the Lord unto the nations: and

his wonders unto all peoples. V. For the Lord is great,
and cannot worthily be praised: he is more to be feared
than all gods. V. As for the gods of the peoples, they
are but idols: but it is the Lord that made the heavens.
Or
BCP: Ps. 22. I WILL declare thy Name unto my brethren;

/ in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.
23 O praise the L ORD , ye that fear him: / magnify
him, all ye of the seed of Jacob, and stand in awe of
him, all ye seed of Israel.
24 For he hath not despised nor abhorred the low
estate of the poor; / he hath not hid his face from him;
but when he called unto him he heard him.
25 Of thee cometh my praise in the great
congregation; / my vows will I perform in the sight of
them that fear him.
26 The poor shall eat and be satisfied; they that seek
after the L ORD shall praise him; / may your heart live
for ever.
THE GOSPEL. St Mark 1. 32.
A T even when the sun did set, they brought unto

Jesus 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 manifold diseases, and cast out devils; and
suffered not the devils to speak, because they knew
him. And in the morning, rising up a great while
before day, he went out and departed into a solitary
place, and there prayed. And Simon Peter and they
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that were with him followed after him. And when
they had found him, they said unto him, All men are
seeking for thee. And he said unto them, Let us go
into the neighbouring towns, that I may preach there
also; for therefore came I forth. And he preached in
their synagogues throughout all Galilee, and cast out
devils.
OFFERTORY. Ascribe unto the Lord, O ye kindreds of

the peoples; ascribe unto the Lord worship and power:
ascribe unto the Lord the honour due unto his Name;
O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.
SECRET
B EHOLD, O God, our Defender, and look upon the

face of thine Anointed, who gave himself a ransom
for all: and grant that from the rising of the sun even
unto the going down of the same, thy Name may be
great among the peoples, and in every place a pure
offering may be offered unto thy Name. Through the
same Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord, who liveth and
Preface of Lent.
COMMUNION. O praise the Lord, all ye nations; laud

him, all ye peoples: for his merciful kindness is ever
more and more towards us; and the truth of the Lord
endureth for ever.
POSTCOMMUNION
G RANT, we beseech thee, O Lord: that as thou hast

fed us with this reward of our redemption; so also
this means of eternal salvation may avail for the
furtherance of thy true religion; through Jesus Christ
thy Son our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee,
in the unity of the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world
without end. Amen.
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EMBER SATURDAY IN LENT
INTROIT
EG: AM. Intret oratio. O LET my prayer enter into thy

presence, O Lord: incline thine ear unto my calling. Ps.
88. O Lord God of my salvation, I have cried day and
night before thee. Glory be to the Father, and to the
end. Amen. O LET my prayer enter into thy presence,
O Lord: incline thine ear unto my calling.
Or
IG 57. Ps. 132. Ant. LET THY priests be clothed with

righteousness; / and let thy saints sing with joyfulness.
7 We will go into his dwelling-place / and fall low
on our knees before his footstool.
8 Arise, O LORD, into thy resting-place, / thou, and
the ark of thy strength.
9 Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; /
and let thy saints sing with joyfulness.
10 For thy servant David's sake, / turn not away the
the Holy Ghost;
Ant. LET THY priests be clothed with righteousness; /
and let thy saints sing with joyfulness.
THE COLLECT.

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benefit of thy holy Church; through Jesus Christ thy
without end. Amen.
Let us pray.

Amen.
THE EPISTLE. Romans 12. 3.
B RETHREN: FOR I say, through the grace given

unto me, to every man that is among you, not to
think of himself more highly than he ought to think,
but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to
every man the measure of faith. For as we have many
members in one body, and all members have not the
same office; so we, being many, are one body in Christ,
and every one members one of another. Having then
gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us,
whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the
proportion of faith; or ministry, let us wait on∗ our
ministering; or he that teacheth, on teaching; or he that
exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it
with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that
showeth mercy, with cheerfulness. Let love be without
dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil, cleave to that
which is good. Be kindly affectioned one to another
with brotherly love, in honour preferring one another;
not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the
Lord; rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation;
∗
“give ourselves to” (R.V.)
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continuing instant in prayer; distributing to the
necessity of saints; given to hospitality. Bless them
which persecute you: bless, and curse not. Rejoice
with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that
weep. Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind
not high things, but condescend to men of low estate.
Be not wise in your own conceits. Recompense to no
man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of
all men. If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live
peaceably with all men.
TRACT
Ps. 117. O praise the Lord, all ye heathen: praise him

all ye nations. V. For his merciful kindness is ever more
and more towards us: and the truth of the Lord
endureth for ever.
Or
BCP: Ps. 135. PRAISE the LORD , ye house of Israel: /

praise the LORD, ye house of Aaron.
20 Praise the LORD , ye house of Levi: / ye that fear
the LORD, praise the LORD.
21 Praised be the LORD out of Sion, / who dwelleth
at Jerusalem.
T HEREFORE said Jesus unto them, The harvest

truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye
therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send
forth labourers into his harvest. Go your ways: behold,
I send you forth as lambs among wolves. Carry neither
purse, nor scrip, nor shoes: and salute no man by the
way. And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say,
Peace be to this house. And if the son of peace be
there, your peace shall rest upon it: if not, it shall turn
to you again. And in the same house remain, eating
and drinking such things as they give: for the labourer
is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house.
And into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive
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you, eat such things as are set before you: and heal the
sick that are therein, and say unto them, The kingdom
of God is come nigh unto you. But into whatsoever
city ye enter, and they receive you not, go your ways
out into the streets of the same, and say, Even the very
dust of your city, which cleaveth on us, we do wipe off
against you: notwithstanding be ye sure of this, that
the kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.
OFFERTORY. O Lord God of my salvation, I have cried

day and night before thee: O let my prayer enter into
thy presence, O Lord.
SECRET
W E beseech thee, O Lord, that this our sacrifice

may sanctify our fast: thast those things, which
we do profess with our outward observance, may
inwardly be performed in our souls; through Jesus
Preface of Lent
COMMUNION. O Lord my God, in thee that I put my

trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and
deliver me.
POSTCOMMUNION
W E beseech thee, O Lord, that we thy faithful

people, which here do seek thy blessing, may in
such wise be strengthened by the same: that we may
never turn aside from the following of thy will, and
may evermore rejoice in the bounty of thy goodness;
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THE SECOND SUNDAY IN LENT
INTROIT
EG 677. Reminiscere. CALL to remembrance thy tender

compassion and mercy, O Lord, and thy loving-
kindnesses towards us, which have been ever of old:
neither suffer our enemies to triumph against us;
deliver us, O God of Israel, out of all our misery and
trouble. Ps. 25. Unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul:
my God, in thee have I trusted, let me not be
confounded. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son,
CALL to remembrance thy tender compassion and
mercy, O Lord, and thy loving-kindnesses towards us,
which have been ever of old: neither suffer our
enemies to triumph against us; deliver us, O God of
Israel, out of all our misery and trouble.
Or
CALL TO remembrance, O LORD, thy

IG 30. Ps. 25. Ant.
tender mercies, / and thy loving-kindnesses, which
have been ever of old.
1 Unto thee, O LO R D , do I lift up my soul; / my
God, I have put my trust in thee.
2 O let me not be confounded, / neither let mine
enemies triumph over me.
3 For all they that hope in thee shall not be
ashamed; / but such as transgress without a cause shall
be put to confusion.
4 Show me thy ways, O LORD , / and teach me thy
paths.
5 Lead me forth in thy truth and teach me: / for
thou art the God of my salvation; in thee is my hope all
the day long.
6 Call to remembrance, O L O R D , thy tender
mercies, / and thy loving-kindnesses, which have been
ever of old.
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7 O remember not the sins and offences of my
youth; / but according to thy mercy think thou upon
me, O LORD, for thy goodness.
Holy Ghost;
Ant. CALL TO remembrance, O L O R D , thy tender
ever of old.
THE COLLECT.
A LMIGHTY God, who seest that we have no power

of ourselves to help ourselves: keep us both
outwardly in our bodies, and inwardly in our souls;
that we may be defended from all adversities which
may happen to the body, and from all evil thoughts
which may assault and hurt the soul; through Jesus
Let us pray.

Amen.
THE EPISTLE. 1 Thessalonians 4. 1.
W E beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the

Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye
ought to walk, and to please God, so ye would
abound more and more. For ye know what charges we
gave you by the Lord Jesus. For this is the will of God,
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even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from
fornication; that every one of you should know how to
keep his own body in holiness and honour; not in the
lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles who know
not God; that no man transgress, and wrong his
brother in this matter; because the Lord is the avenger
of all such, as we also have forewarned you and
testified. For God hath not called us unto uncleanness,
but unto holiness.
GRADUAL
EG: Ps. 25.The sorrows of my heart are enlarged: O

bring thou me out of my troubles, O Lord. V. Look
upon my adversity and misery: and forgive me all my
sin.
TRACT
The Lord said unto the woman of Canaan: It is not

meet to take the children's bread, and cast it to the
dogs. V. And she said, Truth Lord: yet the dogs eat of
the crumbs which fall from their master's table. V. Jesus
said unto her, Woman, great is thy faith: be it unto
thee even as thou wilt.
Or
BCP: Ps. 123. UNTO thee lift I up mine eyes, / O thou

that dwellest in the heavens.
2 Behold, even as the eyes of servants look unto
the hand of their masters, / and as the eyes of a maiden
unto the hand of her mistress,
3 Even so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, /
until he have mercy upon us.
4 Have mercy upon us, O LORD , have mercy upon
us; / for we are utterly despised.
5 Our soul is filled with the scornful reproof of the
wealthy, / and with the despitefulness of the proud.
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JESUS went thence, and departed into the coasts of

Tyre and Sidon. And behold, a woman of Canaan
came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him,
saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David;
my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil. But he
answered her not a word. And his disciples came and
besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth
after us. But he answered and said, I am not sent, but
unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. Then came
she and knelt before him, saying, Lord, help me. But
he answered and said, It is not right to take the
children's bread, and to cast it to dogs. And she said,
Truth, Lord; yet the little dogs eat of the crumbs which
fall from their masters' table. Then Jesus answered and
said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto
thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made
whole from that very hour.
Creed is said.
OFFERTORY. My delight shall be in thy commandments,

which I have loved: my hands also will I lift up unto
thy commandments, which I have loved.
SECRET

respect unto these our oblations: that they may
be profitable unto us for our increase in all godliness;
and for the advancement of everlasting salvation;
Preface of Lent.
COMMUNION. Consider my meditation; O hearken thou

unto the voice of my calling, my King and my God: for
unto thee will I make my prayer.
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POSTCOMMUNION
W E humbly beseech thee, Almighty God: that we

whom thou dost vouchsafe to regenerate with
thy holy sacraments; may continually serve thee in all
virtuous and godly living; through Jesus Christ thy
without end. Amen.
MONDAY IN THE SECOND WEEK OF LENT

INTROIT
EG: AM. Redime me. DELIVER me, O Lord, and be

merciful unto me: my foot standeth right, I will praise
the Lord in the congregation. Ps. 26. Be thou my judge,
O Lord, for I have walked innocently: my trust hath
been also in the Lord, therefore I shall not fall. Glory
shall be: world without end. Amen. DELIVER me, O
Lord, and be merciful unto me: my foot standeth right,
I will praise the Lord in the congregation.
Or
CALL to remembrance, O LORD, thy

IG 30. Ps. 25. Ant.
paths.
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the day long.
ever of old.
Holy Ghost;
ever of old.
THE COLLECT.
G RANT, we beseech thee, Almighty God: that, like

as we thy family do abstain from food to the
mortifying of the flesh; so we may likewise fast from
sin to the following after righteousness; through Jesus
Let us pray.

Amen.
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THE EPISTLE. Hebrews 2. 1.
B RETHREN: We ought to give the more earnest

heed to the things which we have heard, lest at
any time we should let them slip. For if the word
spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression
and disobedience received a just recompense of
reward; how shall we escape, if we neglect so great
salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the
Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard
him; God also bearing them witness, both with signs
and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the
Holy Ghost, according to his own will? For unto the
angels hath he not put in subjection the world to
come, whereof we speak. But one in a certain place
testified, saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of
him: or the son of man, that thou visitest him? Thou
madest him a little lower than the angels; thou
crownedst him with glory and honour, and didst set
him over the works of thy hands: thou hast put all
things in subjection under his feet. For in that he put
all in subjection under him, he left nothing that is not
put under him. But now we see not yet all things put
under him. But we see Jesus, who was made a little
lower than the angels for the suffering of death,
crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace
of God should taste death for every man. For it
became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are
all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make
the captain of their salvation perfect through
sufferings.
GRADUAL
Ps. 70. Thou art my helper and redeemer: O Lord,

make no long tarrying. V. Let mine enemies be
ashamed and confounded, that seek after my soul.
TRACT
Ps 103. O Lord, deal not with us after our sins: nor
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[ Here genuflect]. Help us, O God of our salvation, for
the glory of thy Name, Lord: O deliver us and be
merciful unto our sins, for thy Name’s sake.
Or

JESUS said unto the Pharisees, I go my way, and ye

shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: whither I
go, ye cannot come. Then said the Jews, Will he kill
himself? because he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot
come. And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I
am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this
world. I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in
your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die
in your sins. Then said they unto him, Who art thou?
And Jesus saith unto them, Even the same that I said
unto you from the beginning. I have many things to
say and to judge of you: but he that sent me is true;
and I speak to the world those things which I have
heard of him. They understood not that he spake to
them of the Father. Then said Jesus unto them, When
ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know
that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as
my Father hath taught me, I speak these things. And
he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me
alone; for I do always those things that please him. As
he spake these words, many believed on him.
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OFFERTORY. I will thank the Lord for giving me
counsel; I have set the Lord always before me; for he is
on my right hand, therefore I shall not fall.
SECRET
G RANT, we beseech thee, O Lord: that this our

sacrifice of atonement and thanksgiving; may
render us in all things worthy of thy succour; through
Preface of Lent.
COMMUNION. O Lord our Governor, how excellent is

thy Name in all the world.
POSTCOMMUNION
G RANT, O Lord, that this holy Communion may

cleanse us from every guilty stain: and obtain for
us thy healing unto life eternal; through Jesus Christ
without end. Amen.
TUESDAY IN THE SECOND WEEK OF LENT

INTROIT
EG: AM. Tibi dixit. MY heart hath talked with thee:

‘Seek ye my face’; ‘The face Lord, will I seek.’ Hide
not thy face from me. Ps. 27. The Lord is my light and
my salvation: whom then shall I fear? Glory be to the
without end. Amen. MY heart hath talked with thee:
‘Seek ye my face’; ‘The face Lord, will I seek.’ Hide
not thy face from me.
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Or
IG 30. Ps. 25. Ant.CALL TO remembrance, O LORD, thy

paths.
the day long.
ever of old.
Holy Ghost;
ever of old.
THE COLLECT.
O MOST merciful God, we beseech thee so to

perfect in us the work of this holy observance:
that we, who by thine inspiration know those things
that we ought to do; may likewise by thee be enabled
to perform the same; through Jesus Christ thy Son our
Amen.
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Let us pray.

Amen.
B RETHREN: Both he that sanctifieth and they who

are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is
not ashamed to call them brethren, saying, I will
declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the
church will I sing praise unto thee. And again, I will
put my trust in him. And again, Behold I and the
children which God hath given me. Forasmuch then as
the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also
himself likewise partook of the same; that through
death he might destroy him that had the power of
death, that is, the devil; and deliver them who through
fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.
For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but
he took on him the seed of Abraham. Wherefore in all
things it behoved him to be made like unto his
brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high
priest in things pertaining to God, to make
reconciliation for the sins of the people. For in that he
himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to
succour them that are tempted.
GRADUAL
Ps. 55.O cast thy burden upon the Lord: and he shall
uphold thee. V. When I cried unto the Lord he heard
my voice, from the battle that was against me.
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TRACT

T HEN spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his

disciples, saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit
in Moses' seat: all therefore whatsoever they bid you
observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their
works: for they say, and do not. For they bind heavy
burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on
men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move
them with one of their fingers. But all their works they
do for to be seen of men: they make broad their
phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,
and love the uppermost places at feasts, and the chief
seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets,
and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi. But be not ye
called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and
all ye are brethren. And call no man your father upon
the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master,
even Christ. But he that is greatest among you shall be
your servant. And whosoever shall exalt himself shall
be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be
exalted.
OFFERTORY. Have mercy upon me, O God, after thy

great goodness: O Lord, do away mine offences.
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SECRET
W E beseech thee, O Lord: that by these holy

mysteries thou wouldest be pleased to
accomplish in us thy work of sanctification; that we,
being cleansed from all earthly and carnal vices, may
attain thy gift of everlasting life; through Jesus Christ
without end. Amen.
Preface of Lent.
COMMUNION. I will speak of all thy marvellous works.

I will be glad and rejoice in thee; yea, my songs will I
make of thy Name, O thou Most High.
POSTCOMMUNION
O LORD, who dost vouchsafe to feed us with these

holy gifts: grant, we beseech thee; that we may be
ever rendered worthy of the same, by walking
obediently after thy commandments; through Jesus
WEDNESDAY IN THE SECOND WEEK

OF LENT
INTROIT
EG: AM. Ne derelinquas.FORSAKE me not, O Lord my

God, be not thou far from me: O Lord God of my
salvation. Ps. 38. Out me not to rebuke, O Lord, in
thine anger, neither chasten me in thy heavy
displeasure. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son,
FORSAKE me not, O Lord my God, be not thou far
from me, O Lord God of my salvation.
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Or

paths.
the day long.
ever of old.
Holy Ghost;
ever of old.
THE COLLECT.
W E beseech thee, O Lord, graciously to hear the

prayers of thy people: that we, who by thine
ordinance abstain from carnal food; may likewise be
delivered from all sins that hurt the soul; through Jesus
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Let us pray.

Amen.
B RETHREN: Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of

the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and
High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus; who was
faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was
faithful in all his house. For this man was counted
worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who
hath builded the house hath more honour than the
house. For every house is builded by some man; but
he that built all things is God. And Moses verily was
faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of
those things which were to be spoken after; but Christ
as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if
we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the
hope firm unto the end.
GRADUAL
Ps. 28. O Lord, save thy people, and give bless thine
heritage. V. Unto thee will I cry, O Lord my strength:
be not deaf to my prayer; lest I become like them that
go down into the pit.
TRACT
us, and that soon: for we are come to great misery. V .
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Or

JESUS going up to Jerusalem took the twelve

disciples apart in the way, and said unto them,
Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man
shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the
scribes, and they shall condemn him to death, and
shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to
scourge, and to crucify him: and the third day he shall
rise again.
Then came to him the mother of Zebedee's children
with her sons, worshipping him, and desiring a certain
thing of him. And he said unto her, What wilt thou?
She saith unto him, Grant that these my two sons may
sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on the
left, in thy kingdom. But Jesus answered and said, Ye
know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup
that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the
baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him,
We are able. And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink
indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism
that I am baptized with: but to sit on my right hand,
and on my left, is not mine to give; but it shall be
given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father.
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And when the ten heard it, they were moved with
indignation against the two brethren. But Jesus called
them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of
the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they
that are great exercise authority upon them. But it shall
not be so among you: but whosoever will be chief
among you, let him be your servant: even as the Son of
man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister,
and to give his life a ransom for many.
OFFERTORY. Unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul;

my God, I have put my trust in thee. O let me not be
confounded, neither let mine enemies triumph over
me. For all they that hope in thee shall not be
ashamed.
SECRET
W E pray thee, O Lord, look down in mercy on the

sacrifice which we here present unto thee: that
we, drawing near unto thee in these holy mysteries;
may by the same be delivered from the chains of the
sins which we have committed; through Jesus Christ
without end. Amen.
Preface of Lent.
COMMUNION. The Lord is righteous; he loveth

righteous deeds; the upright shall behold his face.
POSTCOMMUNION
O LORD, who hast fed us with thy holy

sacraments: grant, we pray thee; that we may
thereby grow and increase toward the attainment of
Amen.
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THURSDAY IN THE SECOND WEEK OF LENT
INTROIT
EG: AM. Deus in adjutorium. HASTE thee, O God to

deliver me: make haste to help me, O Lord: let them be
ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul. Ps.
70. Let them be turned backward and put to confusion:
that wish me evil. Glory be to the Father, and to the
end. Amen. HASTE thee, O God to deliver me: make
haste to help me, O Lord: let them be ashamed and
confounded that seek after my soul.
Or
CALL TO remembrance, O LORD, thy

IG 30. Ps. 25. Ant.
paths.
the day long.
ever of old.
Holy Ghost;
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ever of old.
THE COLLECT.
G RANT to us, Lord, we beseech thee, the help of

thy grace: that we, being devoutly given to
abstinence and prayer; may be preserved both in body
and soul from all assaults of our enemies; through
Let us pray.

Amen.
B RETHREN: Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith,

To-day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your
hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation
in the wilderness: when your fathers tempted me,
proved me, and saw my works forty years. Wherefore I
was grieved with that generation, and said, They do
alway err in their heart; and they have not known my
ways. So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter
into my rest.) Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any
of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the
living God. But exhort one another daily, while it is
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called To-day; lest any of you be hardened through the
deceitfulness of sin. For we are made partakers of
Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence
stedfast unto the end; while it is said, To-day if ye will
hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the
provocation. For some, when they had heard, did
rebel: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by
Moses. But with whom was he grieved forty years?
was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcases
fell in the wilderness? And to whom sware he that
they should not enter into his rest, but to them that
believed not? So we see that they could not enter in
because of unbelief.
GRADUAL
Ps. 79. Be merciful unto our sins, O Lord; wherefore

should the nations say: ‘Where is now their God?’ V .
Help us, O God of our salvation: for the glory of thy
Name deliver us, O Lord.
TRACT

JESUS said, I can of mine own self do nothing: as I

hear, I judge: and my judgement is just; because I
seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father
which hath sent me.
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If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.
There is another that beareth witness of me; and I
know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is
true. Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the
truth. But I receive not testimony from man: but these
things I say, that ye might be saved. He was a burning
and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to
rejoice in his light.
But I have greater witness than that of John: for the
works which the Father hath given me to finish, the
same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the
Father hath sent me.
And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath
borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice
at any time, nor seen his shape. And ye have not his
word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye
believe not.
Ye search the scriptures, for in them ye think ye
have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life. I
receive not honour from men. But I know you, that ye
have not the love of God in you. I am come in my
Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall
come in his own name, him ye will receive. How can
ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and
seek not the honour that cometh from God only? Do
not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is
one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust.
For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed
me: for he wrote of me. But if ye believe not his
writings, how shall ye believe my words?
OFFERTORY. Moses besought the Lord his God, and

said: Why, O Lord, doth thy wrath wax hot against thy
people? Turn from thy fierce wrath; remember
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to whom thou swarest to
give a land flowing with milk and honey; and the Lord
relented of the evil which he thought to do unto his
people.
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SECRET
G RANT, O Lord, we pray thee: that the fast, which

we have dedicated to the honour of thy Name,
may by our present sacrifice be sanctified in thy sight;
that this profession of our outward observance may
inwardly work in us to good effect; through Jesus
Preface of Lent.
COMMUNION. He that eateth my Flesh and drinketh

my Blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him, saith the Lord
POSTCOMMUNION
W E beseech thee, O Lord: that we thy servants,

never failing of the succour of thy grace; may in
all things be devoutly given to thy holy service and
stablished by thy continual help; through Jesus Christ
without end. Amen.
FRIDAY IN THE SECOND WEEK OF LENT

INTROIT
EG: AM. Ego autem. AS for me, I shall behold thy

presence in righteousness: and when I awake, I shall
be satisfied with thy likeness. Ps. 17. Hear the right, O
Lord: consider my complaint. Glory be to the Father,
and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in
the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world
without end. Amen. AS for me, I shall behold thy
presence in righteousness: and when I awake, I shall
be satisfied with thy likeness.
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Or

paths.
the day long.
ever of old.
Holy Ghost;
ever of old.
THE COLLECT.
A LMIGHTY God, we humbly beseech thee: that we

may in such wise be cleansed by this holy time of
fasting; that we may keep the coming feast in all
sincerity; through Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord, who
Let us pray.
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Amen.
B RETHREN: Let us fear lest, a promise being left us

of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to
come short of it. For unto us was the gospel preached,
as well as unto them: but the word preached did not
profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that
heard it. For we which have believed do enter into
rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, they
shall not enter into my rest: although the works were
finished from the foundation of the world. For he
spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this
wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his
works. And in this place again, They shall not enter
into my rest. Seeing therefore it remaineth that some
must enter therein, and they to whom it was first
preached entered not in because of unbelief: again, he
setteth a certain day, saying in David, To-day, after so
long a time; as it is said, To-day if ye will hear his voice,
harden not your hearts. For if Joshua had given them
rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of
another day. There remaineth therefore a rest to the
people of God. For he that is entered into his rest, he
also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from
his. Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest
any man fall after the same example of unbelief. For
the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper
than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the
dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints
and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and
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intents of the heart. Neither is there any creature that
is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked
and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have
to do.
Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is
passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us
hold fast our profession. For we have not an high
priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our
infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are,
yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly unto the
throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find
grace to help in time of need.
GRADUAL
Ps. 120. When I was in trouble, I called upon the Lord,

and he heard me. V . Deliver my soul, O Lord, from
lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue
TRACT
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T HERE was a certain householder, which planted a

vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a
winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to
husbandmen, and went into a far country: and when
the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to
the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of
it. And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat
one, and killed another, and stoned another. Again,
he sent other servants more than the first: and they did
unto them likewise. But last of all he sent unto them
his son, saying, They will reverence my son. But when
the husbandmen saw the son, they said among
themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and
let us seize on his inheritance. And they caught him,
and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him. When
the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he
do unto those husbandmen? They say unto him, He
will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let
out his vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall
render him the fruits in their seasons. Jesus saith unto
them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone
which the builders rejected, the same is become the
head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is
marvellous in our eyes? Therefore say I unto you, The
kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to
a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof. And
whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but
on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to
powder. And when the chief priests and Pharisees had
heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of
them. But when they sought to lay hands on him,
they feared the multitude, because they took him for a
prophet.
OFFERTORY. Make haste, O Lord, to help me. Let them

be ashamed and confounded together, that seek after
my soul to destroy it: make haste, O Lord, to help me.
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SECRET
G RANT, O Lord, we pray thee: that this holy

sacrifice may continually work in us to good effect;
and be strengthened in the power of its operation;
Preface of Lent.
COMMUNION. Thou shalt keep us, O Lord; thou shalt

preserve us from this generation for ever.
POSTCOMMUNION
O LORD, who hast bestowed on us these pledges

of our salvation: grant us, we pray thee; that we
may so walk worthily of the same that we may attain
unto their fulfilment in everlasting life; through Jesus
SATURDAY IN THE SECOND WEEK OF LENT

INTROIT
EG: AM. Lex Domini. THE law of the Lord is an

undefiled law, restoring the soul: the testimony of the
Lord is sure, and giveth wisdom unto the simple. Ps.
19. The heavens declare the glory of God: and the
firmament showeth his handy-work. Glory be to the
without end. Amen. THE law of the Lord is an
undefiled law, restoring the soul: the testimony of the
Lord is sure, and giveth wisdom unto the simple.
Or
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paths.
the day long.
ever of old.
Holy Ghost;
ever of old.
THE COLLECT.
G RANT, we beseech thee, O Lord, that this our

abstinence may so work in us to good effect: that
we, who now submit ourselves to the mortifying of the
flesh; may be profited thereby to the quickening of our
souls; through Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord, who
Let us pray.
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Amen.
B RETHREN: 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 also is
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.
So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an
high priest; but he that said unto him, Thou art my
Son, to-day have I begotten thee. As he saith also in
another place, Thou art a priest for ever after the order
of Melchizedek. Who in the days of his flesh, when he
had offered up prayers and supplications with strong
crying and tears unto him that was able to save him
from death, and was heard in that he feared; though
he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things
which he suffered; and being made perfect, he became
the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey
him; called of God an high priest after the order of
Melchizedek.
Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to
be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing. For when for
the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one
teach you again which be the first principles of the
oracles of God; and are become such as have need of
milk, and not of strong meat. For every one that useth
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milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is
a babe. But strong meat belongeth to them that are of
full age, even those who by reason of use have their
senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
GRADUAL
Ps 92. It is good thing to give thanks unto the Lord:

and to sing praises unto thy Name, O thou Most High.
V. To tell of thy loving-kindness early in the morning,
and of thy truth in the night season.
TRACT

JESUS said, A certain man had two sons: and the

younger of them said to his father, Father, give me
the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he
divided unto them his living. And not many days after
the younger son gathered all together, and took his
journey into a far country, and there wasted his
substance with riotous living. And when he had spent
all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he
began to be in want. And he went and joined himself
to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his
fields to feed swine. And he would fain have filled his
belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no
man gave unto him. And when he came to himself, he
said, How many hired servants of my father's have
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bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!
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: make me
as one of thy hired servants. And he arose, and came
to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his
father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell
on his neck, and kissed him. And the son said unto
him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy
sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son.
But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best
robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand,
and shoes on his feet: and bring hither the fatted calf,
and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry: for this my son
was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.
And they began to be merry.
Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came
and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and
dancing. And he called one of the servants, and asked
what these things meant. And he said unto him, Thy
brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted
calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.
And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore
came his father out, and entreated him. And he
answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I
serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy
commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid,
that I might make merry with my friends: but as soon
as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy
living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted
calf. And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with
me, and all that I have is thine. It was meet that we
should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother
was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is
found.
OFFERTORY. Lighten mine eyes that I sleep not in

death; lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against
him.
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SECRET
W E beseech thee, O Lord, mercifully to look upon

these our oblations: and grant that like as we do
pray to be delivered from the sins which we have
committed; so we may be preserved from all the devices
of the enemy; through Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord,
Preface of Lent.
COMMUNION. It is meet that we should be glad, my

son, for thy brother was dead and is alive again: and
was lost and is found.
POSTCOMMUNION
O LORD, who in this holy Sacrament hast refreshed

us with heavenly food: grant that the same may in
such wise be inwardly bestowed upon our hearts; that
we may in very truth be made partakers of its strength;
THE THIRD SUNDAY IN LENT

INTROIT
EG 678. Oculi mei.MINE eyes are ever looking unto the

Lord, for he shall pluck my feet out of the net: look
thou upon me, and have mercy upon me, for I am
desolate, and in misery. Ps. 25. Unto thee, O Lord, do I
lift up my soul: my God, in thee have I trusted, let me
not be confounded. Glory be to the Father, and to the
end. Amen. MINE eyes are ever looking unto the
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Lord, for he shall pluck my feet out of the net: look
thou upon me, and have mercy upon me, for I am
desolate, and in misery.
Or
IG 31. Ps. 25. Ant. MINE EYES are ever looking unto
the LORD; / for he shall pluck my feet out of the net.
8 Gracious and righteous is the L ORD ; / therefore
will he teach sinners in the way.
9 Them that are meek shall he guide in judgement;
/ and such as are gentle, them shall he teach his way.
10 All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth, /
unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
11 For thy Name's sake, O LORD , / be merciful unto
my sin, for it is great.
12 What man is he that feareth the LORD? / him shall
he teach in the way that he shall choose.
13 His soul shall dwell at ease, / and his seed shall
inherit the land.
14 The secret of the LORD is for them that fear him; /
and he will show them his covenant.
15 Mine eyes are ever looking unto the L ORD ; / for
he shall pluck my feet out of the net.
the Holy Ghost;
Ant. MINE EYES are ever looking unto the L ORD ; /
for he shall pluck my feet out of the net.
THE COLLECT.
W E beseech thee, Almighty God, look upon the

hearty desires of thy humble servants: and stretch
forth the right hand of thy Majesty; to be our defence
against all our enemies; through Jesus Christ thy Son
end. Amen.
Let us pray.
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Amen.
THE EPISTLE. Ephesians 5. 1.
B RETHREN : Be ye therefore followers of God, as

dear children; and walk in love, as Christ also hath
loved us, and hath given himself for us, an offering
and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling savour. But
fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it
not be once named amongst you, as becometh saints;
neither filthiness, nor foolish-talking, nor jesting,
which are not befitting; but rather giving of thanks: for
this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean
person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any
inheritance in the kingdom of Christ, and of God. Let
no man deceive you with vain words: for because of
these things cometh the wrath of God upon the
children of disobedience. Be not ye therefore partakers
with them: for ye were sometimes darkness, but now
are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light; (for
the fruit of the light is in all goodness, and
righteousness, and truth;) proving what is acceptable
unto the Lord. And have no fellowship with the
unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them:
for it is a shame even to speak of those things which
are done of them in secret. But all things that are
reproved are made manifest by the light: for
whatsoever doth make manifest is light. Therefore it is
said,
Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead,
And Christ shall give thee light.
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GRADUAL
EG: Ps. 9. Up, Lord, and let not man have the upper
hand: let the heathen be judged in thy sight. V. While
mine enemies are driven back: they shall fall and perish
at thy presence.
TRACT
Ps. 123. Unto thee lift I up mine eyes: O thou that

dwellest in the heavens. V. Behold, even as the eyes
of servants: look unto the hand of their masters. V.
And as the eyes of a maiden: unto the hand of her
mistress. V. Even so our eyes wait upon the Lord our
God: until he have mercy upon us. V. Have mercy
upon us, O Lord: have mercy upon us.
Or
BCP: Ps. 25. TURN thee unto me, and have mercy upon
me; / for I am desolate and in misery.
17 Relieve thou the sorrows of my heart: / O bring
thou me out of my troubles.
18 Look upon my adversity and misery, / and
forgive me all my sins.
19 Consider mine enemies, how many they are; / and
they bear a tyrannous hate against me.
20 O keep my soul, and deliver me; / let me not be
confounded, for I have put my trust in thee.
21 Let perfectness and righteous dealing preserve
me; / for my hope is in thee.
22 Deliver Israel, O God, / out of all his troubles.
JESUS was casting out a devil, and it was dumb; and

it came to pass, when the devil was gone out, the
dumb spake; and the people wondered. But some of
them said, He casteth out devils through Beelzebul, the
prince of the devils; and others, tempting him, sought
of him a sign from heaven. But he, knowing their
thoughts, said unto them, Every kingdom divided
against itself is brought to desolation; and a house
divided against itself falleth; if Satan also be divided
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against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because
ye say that I cast out devils through Beelzebul; and if I
cast out devils by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons
cast them out? therefore shall they be your judges. But
if I cast out devils by the finger of God, no doubt the
kingdom of God hath come upon you. When a strong
man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace;
but when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and
overcome him, he taketh from him all his armour
wherein he trusted, and divideth the spoils. He that is
not with me is against me: and he that gathereth not
with me scattereth. When the unclean spirit is gone
out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking
rest; and finding none, he saith, I will return unto my
house whence I came out; and when he cometh, he
findeth it swept and garnished; then goeth he and
taketh to him seven other spirits more wicked than
himself, and they enter in, and dwell there; and the
last state of that man is worse than the first.
Creed is said.
OFFERTORY. The statutes of the Lord are right, and

rejoice the heart: sweeter also than honey and the
honeycomb; moreover by them is thy servant taught.
SECRET
G RANT, O Lord, we pray thee: that this oblation

may in such wise cleanse us from all our sins; that
we thy servants, being sanctified both in body and
soul, may worthily offer unto thee this our sacrifice;
Preface of Lent.
COMMUNION. The sparrow hath found her an house,

and the swallow a nest where she may lay her young:
even thy altars, O Lord of hosts, my King and my God.
Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be
alway praising thee.
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POSTCOMMUNION
O LORD, who sufferest us to be partakers of thy

wondrous mysteries: grant, we beseech thee; that
by thy mercy we may be absolved from all our
iniquities, and be defended against all adversities;
MONDAY IN THE THIRD WEEK OF LENT

INTROIT
IN God’s word will I rejoice, in

EG: AM. In Deo laudabo.
the Lord’s word will I comfort me: yea, in God have I
put my trust, and will not be afraid; what can man do
unto me? Ps. 56. Be merciful unto me, O God, for man
goeth about to devour me: he is all the day long
fighting and troubling me. Glory be to the Father, and
to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the
end. Amen. IN God’s word will I rejoice, in the Lord’s
word will I comfort me: yea, in God have I put my
trust, and will not be afraid; what can man do unto
me?
Or
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inherit the land.
the Holy Ghost;
THE COLLECT.
W E beseech thee, O Lord, mercifully to pour thy

grace into our hearts: that like as we do refrain
our bodies from carnal feastings; so we may be
inwardly delivered from all wantonness that may hurt
the soul; through Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord, who
Let us pray.

Amen.
B RETHREN: Leaving the principles of the doctrine

of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying
again the foundation of repentance from dead works,
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and of faith toward God, of instruction about
ablutions, and of laying on of hands, and of
resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgement.
And this will we do, if God permit. For it is impossible
for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted
of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the
Holy Ghost, and have tasted the good word of God,
and the powers of the world to come, if they shall fall
away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing
they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and
put him to an open shame. For the earth which
drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and
bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is
dressed, receiveth blessing from God: but that which
beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto
cursing; whose end is to be burned. But, beloved, we
are persuaded better things of you, and things that
accompany salvation, though we thus speak. For God
is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of
love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that
ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
GRADUAL
Ps. 56.Thou, O God, keepest count of my wanderings;

put my tears into thy bottle. V. Be merciful unto me, O
God, for man goeth about to devour me: he is all the
day long fighting and troubling me.
TRACT
Or
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JESUS said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me this

proverb, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have
heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country.
And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is
accepted in his own country. But I tell you of a truth,
many widows were in Israel in the days of Elijah,
when the heaven was shut up three years and six
months, when great famine was throughout all the
land; but unto none of them was Elijah sent, save unto
Sarepta, a city of Sidon, unto a woman that was a
widow. And many lepers were in Israel in the time of
Elisha the prophet; and none of them was cleansed,
saving Naaman the Syrian. And all they in the
synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled
with wrath, and rose up, and thrust him out of the
city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon
their city was built, that they might cast him down
headlong. But he passing through the midst of them
went his way.
OFFERTORY. Hear my prayer, O God, and hide not

thyself from my petition. Take heed unto me and hear
me.
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SECRET
O LORD, we pray thee: that this oblation, which of

our bounden service we do offer unto thee; may
by thee be made a sacrament effectual for our salvation;
Preface of Lent.
COMMUNION. Who shall give salvation for Israel out of

Sion? When the Lord restoreth the fortunes of his
people, then shall Jacob rejoice, and Israel shall be
right glad.
POSTCOMMUNION
A LMIGHTY and most merciful God: we humbly

beseech thee; that those things which we have
taken with our outward lips, we may inwardly receive
in purity of heart; through Jesus Christ thy Son our
Amen.
TUESDAY IN THE THIRD WEEK OF LENT

INTROIT
EG: AM. Ego clamavi.I HAVE called upon thee, O God,

for thou shalt hear me: incline thine ear to me, and
hearken unto my words: keep me as the apple of an
eye: hide me under the shadow of thy wings. Ps. 17.
Hear the right, O Lord: consider my complaint. Glory
shall be: world without end. Amen. I HAVE called
upon thee, O God, for thou shalt hear me: incline thine
ear to me, and hearken unto my words: keep me as the
apple of an eye: hide me under the shadow of thy
wings.
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Or
inherit the land.
the Holy Ghost;
THE COLLECT.
A LMIGHTY and most merciful God: we beseech

thee graciously to hearken unto our prayers; that
we may obtain of thy great goodness the gift of
continence unto our salvation; through Jesus Christ
without end. Amen.
Let us pray.

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Amen.
B RETHREN: We desire that every one of you do

show the same diligence to the full assurance of
hope unto the end: that ye be not slothful, but
followers of them who through faith and patience
inherit the promises. For when God made promise to
Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he
sware by himself, saying, Surely blessing I will bless
thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee. And so,
after he had patiently endured, he obtained the
promise. For men verily swear by the greater: and an
oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.
Wherein God, willing more abundantly to show unto
the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel,
confirmed it by an oath: that by two immutable things,
in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might
have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to
lay hold upon the hope set before us: which hope we
have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast,
and which entereth into that within the veil; whither
the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an
high priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
GRADUAL
Ps. 19.Who can tell how oft he offendeth: O cleanse

thou me from my secret faults. V . Keep thy servant
also from presumptuous sins, lest they get the
dominion over me: so shall I be undefiled and
innocent from the great offence.
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TRACT
O UR LORD JESUS CHRIST SAITH: If thy brother

shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his
fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee,
thou hast gained thy brother. But if he will not hear
thee, then take with thee one or two more that in the
mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be
established. And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it
unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church,
let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a
publican. Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall
bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and
whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in
heaven. Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall
agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall
ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in
heaven. For where two or three are gathered together
in my name, there am I in the midst of them. Then
came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my
brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven
times? Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, until
seven times; but until seventy times seven.
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OFFERTORY. The right hand of the Lord is exalted: the
right hand of the Lord bringeth mighty things to pass.
I shall not die but live, and declare the works of the
Lord.
SECRET
W E beseech Thee, O Lord: that this sacrament may

effectually accomplish in us the work of our
redemption; that we, being delivered from the lusts of
the flesh, may attain to thy gift of everlasting salvation;
Preface of Lent.
COMMUNION. Lord, who shall dwell in thy tabernacle?

or who shall rest upon thy holy hill? Even he that
leadeth an uncorrupt life, and doeth the thing which is
right.
POSTCOMMUNION
O LORD, who hast vouchsafed to purge us by

these holy mysteries: grant, we beseech thee; that
we may obtain of thy mercy pardon and grace; through
WEDNESDAY IN THE THIRD WEEK OF LENT

INTROIT
BUT my hope hath been in

EG: AM. Ego autem in Domino.
thee, O Lord: I will be glad, and rejoice in thy mercy:
for thou hast considered my trouble. Ps. 31. In thee, O
Lord, have I put my trust, let me never be put to
confusion: deliver me in thy righteousness. Glory be
to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be:
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world without end. Amen. BUT my hope hath been in
thee, O Lord: I will be glad, and rejoice in thy mercy:
for thou hast considered my trouble.
Or
inherit the land.
the Holy Ghost;
THE COLLECT.
G RANT, we beseech thee, O Lord, that we being

taught by abstinence in the way of salvation: may
in such wise learn to refrain ourselves from all vices
that may hurt the soul; that we may readily obtain the
pardon of thy loving-kindness; through Jesus Christ
without end. Amen.
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Let us pray.

Amen.
B RETHREN: This Melchizedek, king of Salem,

priest of the most high God, who met Abraham
returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed
him; to whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all;
first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and
after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace;
without father, without mother, without descent,
having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but
made like unto the son of God; abideth a priest
continually. Now consider how great this man was,
unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth
of the spoils. And verily they that are of the sons of
Levi, who receive the office of the priesthood, have a
commandment to take tithes of the people according to
the law, that is, of their brethren, though they come
out of the loins of Abraham: but he whose descent is
not counted from them received tithes of Abraham,
and blessed him that had the promises. And without
all contradiction the less is blessed of the better. And
here men that die receive tithes; but there he receiveth
them, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth. And as I
may so say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, payed
tithes in Abraham. For he was yet in the loins of his
father, when Melchizedek met him.
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GRADUAL
Ps. 6. Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am weak: O

Lord, heal me. V. For my bones are vexed: my soul
also is sore troubled.
TRACT
Or
T HEN came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which

were of Jerusalem, saying, Why do thy disciples
transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not
their hands when they eat bread. But he answered
and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the
commandment of God by your tradition? For God
commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother:
and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the
death. But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or
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his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be
profited by me; and honour not his father or his
mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the
commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.
Ye hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,
This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth,
and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far
from me. But in vain they do worship me, teaching for
doctrines the commandments of men. And he called
the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and
understand: Not that which goeth into the mouth
defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the
mouth, this defileth a man. Then came his disciples,
and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees
were offended, after they heard this saying? But he
answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly
Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up. Let them
alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the
blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto
us this parable. And Jesus said, Are ye also yet
without understanding? Do not ye yet understand,
that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into
the belly, and is cast out into the draught? But those
things which proceed out of the mouth come forth
from the heart; and they defile the man. For out of the
heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries,
fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies: these
are the things which defile a man: but to eat with
unwashen hands defileth not a man.
OFFERTORY. But deal thou with me, O Lord God,

according to thy Name; for sweet is thy mercy.
SECRET
A CCEPT, O Lord, we beseech thee, the prayers of

thy people, and the oblation of their sacrifice: that
we who celebrate thy holy mysteries; may by thee be
defended against all dangers that may beset us;
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Preface of Lent.
COMMUNION. Thou shalt show me the path of life: in

thy presence, O Lord, is the fulness of joy.
POSTCOMMUNION
S ANCTIFY, O Lord, we pray thee, us thy servants,

who have on this day been made partakers of thy
holy table: that we, being cleansed from all our
perversities, may be made worthy to obtain thy
heavenly promises; through Jesus Christ thy Son our
Amen.
THURSDAY IN THE THIRD WEEK OF LENT

INTROIT
EG: AM. Salus populi. I AM the salvation of my people,

saith the Lord: in whatsoever tribulation they shall call
upon me, I will hear them: and I will be their Lord for
ever. Ps. 78. Hear my teaching, O my people: incline
your ears unto the words of my mouth. Glory be to
the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As
it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be:
world without end. Amen. I AM the salvation of my
people, saith the Lord: in whatsoever tribulation they
shall call upon me, I will hear them: and I will be their
Lord for ever.
Or
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inherit the land.
the Holy Ghost;
THE COLLECT.
G RANT, we beseech thee, Almighty God: that the

holy devotion of this fast; may both increase our
purity and render us acceptable to thy Majesty;
Let us pray.

Amen.
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B RETHREN: If perfection were by the Levitical

priesthood, (for under it the people received the
law,) what further need was there that another priest
should rise after the order of Melchizedek, and not be
called after the order of Aaron? For the priesthood
being changed, there is made of necessity a change also
of the law. For he of whom these things are spoken
pertaineth to another tribe, of which no man gave
attendance at the altar. For it is evident that our Lord
sprang out of Judah; of which tribe Moses spake
nothing concerning priesthood. And it is yet far more
evident: for that after the similitude of Melchizedek
there ariseth another priest, who is made, not after the
law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of
an endless life. For he testifieth, Thou art a priest for
ever after the order of Melchizedek. For there is verily
a disannulling of the commandment going before for
the weakness and unprofitableness thereof. For the
law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a
better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto
God. And inasmuch as not without an oath he was
made priest: (for those priests were made without an
oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him,
The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art a priest
for ever after the order of Melchizedek:) by so much
was Jesus made a surety of a better testament. And
they truly were many priests, because they were not
suffered to continue by reason of death: but this man,
because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable
priesthood. Wherefore he is able also to save them to
the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he
ever liveth to make intercession for them.
GRADUAL
Ps. 145.The eyes of all wait upon thee, O Lord: and

thou givest them their meat in due season. V. Thou
openest thy hand, and fillest all things living with
plenteousness.
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TRACT
JESUS said, Verily, verily I say unto you, Ye seek me,

not because ye saw the signs, but because ye did eat
of the loaves, and were filled. Labour not for the meat
which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth
unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give
unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed. Then
said they unto him, What shall we do that we might
work the works of God? Jesus answered and said
unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on
him whom he hath sent. They said therefore unto him,
What sign shewest thou then, that we may see, and
believe thee? what dost thou work? Our fathers did
eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them
bread from heaven to eat. Then Jesus said unto them,
Verily, verily I say unto you, Moses gave you not that
bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true
bread from heaven. For the bread of God is he which
cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the
world. Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore give
us this bread. And Jesus said unto them, I am the
bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger;
and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.
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OFFERTORY. Though I walk in the midst of trouble, yet
shalt thou refresh me, O Lord: thou shalt stretch forth
thy hand upon the fury of mine enemies, and thy right
hand shall save me.
SECRET
C AUSE us, O Lord, we pray thee: to approach thy

holy mysteries with pure minds; that we may offer
thee a reasonable service; through Jesus Christ thy Son
end. Amen.
Preface of Lent.
COMMUNION. Thou hast ordained thy precepts that we

should diligently keep them. O that my ways made so
direct that I might keep thy statues!
POSTCOMMUNION
M AY the reverent receiving of thy sacrament, O

Lord: both cleanse us by its mystic working, and
defend us by its abiding virtue; through Jesus Christ
without end. Amen.
FRIDAY IN THE THIRD WEEK OF LENT

INTROIT
EG: AM. Fac mecum. SHOW some token upon me for

good: that they who hate me see it and be ashamed:
because thou, Lord, hast helped me, and comforted
me. Ps. 86. Bow down thy ear, O Lord, and hear me: for
I am poor and in misery. Glory be to the Father, and
to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the
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end. Amen. SHOW some token upon me for good:
that they who hate me see it and be ashamed: because
thou, Lord, hast helped me, and comforted me.
Or
inherit the land.
the Holy Ghost;
THE COLLECT.
A SSIST, O Lord, we pray thee, this our fasting with

thy most gracious favour: that like as we do refrain
from food in the body; so we may fast from sin in the
mind; through Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord, who
Let us pray.
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Amen.
B RETHREN: Such an high priest became us, who is

holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners,
and made higher than the heavens; who needeth not
daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for
his own sins, and then for the people's: for this he did
once, when he offered up himself. For the law maketh
men high priests which have infirmity; but the word of
the oath, which was since the law, maketh the Son,
who is consecrated for evermore.
GRADUAL
Ps. 28. My heart hath trusted in God, and I am helped:

therefore my heart danceth for joy. V. Unto thee will I
cry, O Lord my strength: be not deaf to my prayer: my
God, go not far from me.
TRACT
Or
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T HEN cometh Jesus to a city of Samaria, which is

called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that
Jacob gave to his son Joseph. Now Jacob's well was
there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey,
sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour.
There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus
saith unto her, Give me to drink. (For his disciples
were gone away unto the city to buy meat.) Then saith
the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou,
being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of
Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the
Samaritans. Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou
knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to
thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of
him, and he would have given thee living water. The
woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw
with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast
thou that living water? Art thou greater than our father
Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof
himself, and his children, and his cattle? Jesus
answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of
this water shall thirst again: but whosoever drinketh of
the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but
the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of
water springing up into everlasting life. The woman
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saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not,
neither come hither to draw.
Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and
come hither. The woman answered and said, I have no
husband. Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I
have no husband: for thou hast had five husbands;
and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in
that saidst thou truly. The woman saith unto him, Sir,
I perceive that thou art a prophet. Our fathers
worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in
Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.
Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour
cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor
yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father. Ye worship ye
know not what: we know what we worship: for
salvation is of the Jews. But the hour cometh, and
now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the
Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh
such to worship him. God is spirit: and they that
worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
The woman saith unto him, I know that Messiah
cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he
will tell us all things. Jesus saith unto her, I that speak
unto thee am he.
OFFERTORY. O hearken thou unto the voice of my

calling, my King and my God; for unto thee will I
make my prayer.
SECRET
L OOK favourably, O Lord, we pray thee, on the

gifts which here we offer and present unto thee:
humbly beseeching thee; that they may be an
acceptable offering in thy sight, and profitable unto us
for our salvation; through Jesus Christ thy Son our
Amen.
Preface of Lent.
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COMMUNION. Whosoever drinketh of the water that I
shall give him, saith the Lord, it shall be in him a well
of water springing up into everlasting life.
POSTCOMMUNION
G RANT, we beseech thee, O Lord: that this holy

Sacrament, whereof we have been made partakers;
may cleanse us from all our sins, and bring us in the
end unto thy everlasting kingdom; through Jesus
SATURDAY IN THE THIRD WEEK OF LENT

INTROIT
EG: AM. Verba mea. PONDER my words, O Lord,

consider my meditation: O hearken thou unto the
voice of calling: my King and my God. Ps. 5. For unto
thee will I make my prayer: my voice shalt thou hear
betimes, O Lord. Glory be to the Father, and to the
end. Amen. PONDER my words, O Lord, consider my
meditation: O hearken thou unto the voice of calling:
my King and my God.
Or
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inherit the land.
the Holy Ghost;
THE COLLECT.
G RANT, we beseech thee Almighty God: that like

as we thy family do abstain from food to the
mortifying of the flesh; so we may likewise fast from
sin to the following after righteousness; through Jesus
Let us pray.

Amen.
B RETHREN: Of the things which we have spoken

this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who
is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in
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the heavens; a minister of the sanctuary, and of the
true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.
For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and
sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that this man have
somewhat also to offer. For if he were on earth, he
should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that
offer gifts according to the law: who serve a copy and
shadow of the heavenly sanctuary, as Moses was
admonished of God when he was about to make the
tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things
according to the pattern showed to thee in the mount.
But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry,
by how much also he is the mediator of a better
covenant, which was established upon better promises.
GRADUAL
Ps. 23 . Though I walk through the valley of the

shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with
me, O Lord. V. Thy rod and thy staff comfort me.
TRACT
JESUS went unto the mount of Olives. And early in

the morning he came again into the temple, and all
the people came unto him; and he sat down, and
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taught them. And the scribes and Pharisees brought
unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they
had set her in the midst, they say unto him, Master,
this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act.
Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such
should be stoned: but what sayest thou? This they
said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse
him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger
wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not.
So when they continued asking him, he lifted up
himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin
among you, let him first cast a stone at her. And again
he stooped down, and wrote on the ground. And they
which heard it, being convicted by their own
conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the
eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and
the woman standing in the midst. When Jesus had
lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he
said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers?
hath no man condemned thee? She said, No man,
Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn
thee: go, and sin no more.
OFFERTORY. Order my steps in thy word; and so shall

no wickedness have dominion over me, O Lord.
SECRET
G RANT, we beseech thee, Almighty God: that this

oblation of our sacrifice may in all things purify
the frailty of our mortal nature from all evil; and be our
defence against all temptations; through Jesus Christ
without end. Amen.
Preface of Lent.
COMMUNION. Woman, hath no man condemned thee?

No man, Lord. Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin
no more.
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POSTCOMMUNION
W E humbly beseech thee, Almighty God: that we

who have duly received the Body and Blood of
thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord; may thereby be made
very members incorporate in him; through the same
THE FOURTH SUNDAY IN LENT

INTROIT
REJOICE ye with Jerusalem; and

EG 679. Is. 66. Laetare.
be ye glad for her, all ye that delight in her: exult and
sing for joy with her, all ye that in sadness mourn for
her; that ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts
of her consolations. Ps. 122. I was glad when they said
unto me: We will go into the house of the Lord. Glory
shall be: world without end. Amen. REJOICE ye with
Jerusalem; and be ye glad for her, all ye that delight in
her: exult and sing for joy with her, all ye that in
sadness mourn for her; that ye may suck, and be
satisfied with the breasts of her consolations.
Or
O PRAY for the peace of Jerusalem:
IG 32. Ps. 122. Ant.
/ may they prosper that love thee.
1 I was glad when they said unto me, / 'We will go
unto the house of the LORD.'
2 Behold, our feet now stand / within thy gates, O
Jerusalem.
3 Jerusalem is built as a city / that is at unity in
itself;
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4 Whither the tribes go up, even the tribes of the
L ORD , / as was decreed for Israel, to give thanks unto
the Name of the LORD.
5 For there were set the thrones for judgement, /
even the thrones of the house of David.
6 O pray for the peace of Jerusalem: / may they
prosper that love thee.
7 Peace be within thy walls, / and plenteousness
within thy palaces.
8 For my brethren and companions' sakes, / I will
wish thee prosperity.
9 Yea, because of the house of the LORD our God, /
I will seek to do thee good.
the Holy Ghost;
Ant. O PRAY for the peace of Jerusalem: / may they
THE COLLECT.
G RANT, we beseech thee, Almighty God: that we,

who for our evil deeds do worthily deserve to be
punished; by the comfort of thy grace may mercifully
be relieved; through our Lord and Saviour Jesus
Christ, who liveth and reigneth with thee in the unity
Amen.
Let us pray.

Amen.
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THE EPISTLE. Galatians 4. 26.
B RETHREN : JERUSALEM which is above is free;

which is the mother of us all. For it is written,
Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not;
Break forth and cry, thou that travailest not:
For the desolate hath many more children than
she which hath an husband.
Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of
promise. But as then he that was born after the flesh
persecuted him that was born after the Spirit; even so
it is now. Nevertheless, what saith the Scripture? Cast
out the bond-woman and her son; for the son of the
bond-woman shall not be heir with the son of the free-
woman. So then, brethren, we are not children of the
bond-woman, but of the free. Stand fast therefore in
the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free.
GRADUAL
EG: Ps. 122.I was glad when they said unto me: we will
go into the house of the Lord. V. Peace be within thy
walls: and plenteousness within thy palaces.
TRACT
Ps. 125. They that put their trust in the Lord, shall be
even as the mount Sion: which may not be removed,
but standeth fast for ever. V. The hills stand about
Jerusalem: even so standeth the Lord round about his
people; from this time forth for evermore.
Or
BCP: Ps. 125. THEY THAT put their trust in the LORD
are even as the mount Sion, / which may not be
removed, but standeth fast for ever.
2 The hills stand about Jerusalem: / even so
standeth the LORD round about his people, from this
time forth for evermore.
3 For the sceptre of the ungodly shall not rest upon
the lot of the righteous; / lest the righteous put their
hand unto wickedness.
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4 Do well, O LORD, unto those that are good, / and
unto them that are true of heart.
5 As for such as turn aside to their own crooked
ways, / the LORD shall lead them forth with the evil
doers; but peace be upon Israel.
W HEN Jesus then lift up his eyes, and saw a great

company come unto him, he saith unto Philip,
Whence shall we buy bread that these may eat? (And
this he said to prove him; for he himself knew what he
would do.) Philip answered him, Two hundred penny-
worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every
one of them may take a little. One of his disciples,
Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, saith unto him, There
is a lad here, which hath five barley-loaves, and two
small fishes; but what are they among so many? And
Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was
much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in
number about five thousand. And Jesus took the
loaves, and when he had given thanks, he distributed
to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set
down; and likewise of the fishes, as much as they
would. When they were filled, he said unto his
disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that
nothing be lost. Therefore they gathered them
together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments
of the five barley-loaves, which remained over and
above unto them that had eaten. Then those men,
when they had seen the sign that Jesus did, said, This
is of a truth that Prophet that should come into the
world.
Creed is said.
OFFERTORY. O praise the Lord, for the Lord is gracious;

O sing praises unto his Name, for it is lovely:
whatsoever the Lord pleased, that did he in heaven
and in earth.
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SECRET

respect unto these our oblations: that they may
be profitable unto us for our increase in all godliness;
and for the attainment of everlasting salvation; through
Preface of Lent.
COMMUNION. Jerusalem is built as a city that is at unity

in itself: for thither the tribes go up, even the tribes of
the Lord, to give thanks unto the Name of the Lord.
POSTCOMMUNION
O MOST merciful God, who never failest to fulfil us

with these holy mysteries: grant, we beseech thee;
that we may ever approach them in all lowliness and
sincerity, and receive them inwardly with all
faithfulness; through Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord,
MONDAY IN THE FOURTH WEEK OF LENT

INTROIT
EG: AM. Deus in Nomine. SAVE me, O God, for thy

Name’s sake, and avenge me in thy strength: hear my
prayer, O God: and hearken unto the words of my
mouth. Ps. 54. For strangers are risen up against me:
and tyrants seek after my soul. Glory be to the Father,
and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in
the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world
without end. Amen. SAVE me, O God, for thy Name’s
sake, and avenge me in thy strength: hear my prayer,
O God: and hearken unto the words of my mouth.
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Or
IG 32. Ps. 122. Ant. O PRAY for the peace of Jerusalem: /

may they prosper that love thee.
Jerusalem.
itself;
within thy palaces.
the Holy Ghost;
THE COLLECT.
G RANT, we beseech thee, Almighty God: that we

who year by year devoutly keep this holy
ordinance of fasting; may serve thee acceptably both in
body and soul; through Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord,
Let us pray.
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Amen.
B RETHREN: Faith is the substance of things hoped

for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the
elders obtained a good report. Through faith, we
understand that the worlds were framed by the word
of God, so that things which are seen were not made of
things which do appear. By faith Abel offered unto
God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he
obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying
of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh. By
faith Enoch was translated that he should not see
death; and was not found, because God had translated
him: for before his translation he had this testimony,
that he pleased God. But without faith it is impossible
to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe
that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that
diligently seek him.
GRADUAL
Ps. 31. Be thou my strong rock, and house of defence,

that thou mayest save me. V. Ps. 71. In thee, O Lord,
have I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion.
TRACT
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Or
T HE Jews' passover was at hand, and Jesus went up

to Jerusalem, and found in the temple those that
sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of
money sitting: and when he had made a scourge of
small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and
the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers'
money, and overthrew the tables; and said unto them
that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my
Father's house an house of merchandise. And his
disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of
thine house hath eaten me up. Then answered the
Jews and said unto him, What sign showest thou unto
us, seeing that thou doest these things? Jesus
answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple,
and in three days I will raise it up. Then said the Jews,
Forty and six years was this temple in building, and
wilt thou rear it up in three days? But he spake of the
temple of his body. When therefore he was risen from
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the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said
this unto them; and they believed the Scripture, and
the word which Jesus had said.
Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in
the feast day, many believed in his name, when they
saw the signs which he did. But Jesus did not commit
himself unto them, because he knew all men, and
needed not that any should testify of man: for he
knew what was in man.
OFFERTORY. O be joyful in the Lord, all ye lands: serve

the Lord with gladness, and come before his presence
with a song. Be ye sure that the Lord he is God.
SECRET
W E beseech thee, O Lord: that this sacrifice which

we offer unto thee; may evermore avail to
quicken and defend us; through Jesus Christ thy Son
end. Amen.
Preface of Lent.
COMMUNION. O cleanse thou me from my secret faults.

Keep thy servant also from presumptuous sins.
POSTCOMMUNION
O LORD, who hast fed us with the Sacrament of

our redemption: grant, we pray thee; that we may
thereby grow and increase toward the attainment of
Amen.
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TUESDAY IN THE FOURTH WEEK OF LENT
INTROIT
EG: AM. Exaudi. HEAR my prayer, O God, and hide not

thyself from my petition: take heed unto me and hear
me . Ps. 55. I mourn in my prayer, and am vexed: the
enemy crieth so, and the ungodly cometh on so fast.
shall be: world without end. Amen. HEAR my prayer,
O God, and hide not thyself from my petition: take
heed unto me and hear me.
Or
IG 32. Ps. 122. Ant. O PRAY for the peace of Jerusalem: /

may they prosper that love thee.
Jerusalem.
itself;
within thy palaces.
the Holy Ghost;
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THE COLLECT.
W E beseech thee, O Lord, that we may in such wise

observe this solemn ordinance of fasting: that by
reason of the same; we may increase in all godliness of
life, and effectually obtain the continual succour of thy
mercy; through Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord, who
Let us pray.

Amen.
B RETHREN: These all died in faith, not having

received the promises, but having seen them afar
off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them,
and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on
the earth. For they that say such things declare plainly
that they seek a country. And truly, if they had been
mindful of that country from whence they came out,
they might have had opportunity to have returned.
But now they desire a better country, that is, an
heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called
their God.
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GRADUAL
Ps. 44. Arise, O Lord, and help us: and deliver us for
thy mercy’s sake. V. We have heard with our ears, O
God, our fathers have told us: what thou hast done in
their time of old.
TRACT
N OW about the midst of the feast Jesus went up

into the temple, and taught. And the Jews
marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters,
having never learned? Jesus answered them, and said,
My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. If any
man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine,
whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.
He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but
he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is
true, and no unrighteousness is in him. Did not Moses
give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the
law? Why go ye about to kill me? The people
answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth
about to kill thee? Jesus answered and said unto
them, I have done one work, and ye all marvel. Moses
therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not because it is
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of Moses, but of the fathers;) and ye on the sabbath
day circumcise a man. If a man on the sabbath day
receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not
be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a
man every whit whole on the sabbath day? Judge not
according to the appearance, but judge righteous
judgement.
OFFERTORY. I waited patiently for the Lord, and he

inclined unto me, and heard my calling. And he hath
put a new song in my mouth, even a thanksgiving
unto our God.
SECRET
G RANT, O Lord, we pray thee, that this oblation

may in such wise cleanse us from all our sins: that
we thy servants, being sanctified both in body and
soul; may worthily offer unto thee this our sacrifice;
Preface of Lent.
COMMUNION. We will rejoice in thy salvation, and

triumph in the Name of our God.
POSTCOMMUNION
G RANT, we beseech thee, O Lord: that this holy

Sacrament, whereof we have been made partakers;
may cleanse us from all our sins, and bring us in the
end unto thy heavenly kingdom; through Jesus Christ
without end. Amen.
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WEDNESDAY IN THE FOURTH WEEK
OF LENT
INTROIT
EG: AM. Cum sanctificatus. Ezek. 36. WHEN I shall be

sanctified in you, I will gather you out of all countries:
and I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall
be clean from all your filthiness: and a new spirit will I
put within you. Ps. 43. I will always give thanks unto
the Lord: his praise shall ever be in my mouth. Glory
shall be: world without end. Amen. WHEN I shall be
sanctified in you I will gather you out of all countries:
and I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall
be clean from all your filthiness: and a new spirit will I
put within you.
Or
IG 32. Ps. 122. Ant. O PRAY for the peace of Jerusalem:

Jerusalem.
itself;
within thy palaces.
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the Holy Ghost;
THE COLLECT.
O GOD, who dost grant unto the righteous the

reward of their godliness, and unto sinners that
turn unto thee with fasting the pardon of their
offences: have compassion, we pray thee, upon us thy
humble servants; that we, confessing the sins which
we have committed may obtain of thee the remission of
all our iniquities; through Jesus Christ thy Son our
Amen.
Let us pray.

Amen.
B RETHREN: Seeing we also 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 finisher
of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him
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endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set
down at the right hand of the throne of God. For
consider him that endured such contradiction of
sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in
your minds. Ye have not yet resisted unto blood,
striving against sin. And ye have forgotten the
exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children,
My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord,
nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: for whom the
Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son
whom he receiveth. If ye endure chastening, God
dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he
whom the father chasteneth not? But if ye be without
chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye
bastards, and not sons. Furthermore we have had
fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave
them reverence: shall we not much rather be in
subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live? For
they verily for a few days chastened us after their own
pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be
partakers of his holiness. Now no chastening for the
present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous:
nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of
righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.
GRADUAL
Ps. 33. Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord:
and blessed are the folk that he hath chosen for his
own inheritance. V. By the word of the Lord were the
heavens made: and all the host of them by the breath
of his mouth.
TRACT
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Or
A S Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind

from his birth. And his disciples asked him,
saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents,
that he was born blind? Jesus answered, Neither hath
this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of
God should be made manifest in him. I must work the
works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night
cometh, when no man can work. As long as I am in
the world, I am the light of the world. When he had
thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of
the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man
with the clay, and said unto him, Go, wash in the pool
of Siloam, (which is by interpretation, Sent.) He went
his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing. The
neighbours therefore, and they which before had seen
him that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and
begged? Some said, This is he: others said, He is like
him: but he said, I am he. Therefore said they unto
him, How were thine eyes opened? He answered and
said, A man that is called Jesus made clay, and
anointed mine eyes, and said unto me, Go to the pool
of Siloam, and wash: and I went and washed, and I
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received sight. Then said they unto him, Where is he?
He said, I know not. They brought to the Pharisees
him that aforetime was blind. And it was the sabbath
day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes.
Then again the Pharisees also asked him how he had
received his sight. He said unto them, He put clay
upon mine eyes, and I washed, and do see. Therefore
said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God
because he keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said,
How can a man that is a sinner do such signs? And
there was a division among them. They say unto the
blind man again, What sayest thou of him that he hath
opened thine eyes? He said, He is a prophet.
OFFERTORY. O praise our God, ye peoples, and make

the voice of his praise to be heard; who holdeth our
soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to slip. Praised
be God, who hath not cast out my prayer, nor turned
his mercy from me.
SECRET
W E humbly beseech thee, Almighty God: that by

this sacrifice we may be cleansed from all our sins;
and obtain of thee true healing both of body and soul;
Preface of Lent.
COMMUNION. The Lord made clay of the spittle, and

anointed mine eyes: and I went, and washed, and
received sight, and believed in God.
POSTCOMMUNION
O LORD, our God, who hast made us partakers of

this holy Sacrament: grant, we beseech thee; that
we, may thereby be inwardly satisfied with heavenly
food, and outwardly defended against all adversities;
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THURSDAY IN THE FOURTH WEEK OF LENT

INTROIT
EG: AM. Laetetur cor.LET the heart of them rejoice that

seek the Lord: seek the Lord and his strength: seek his
face evermore. Ps. 105. O give thanks unto the Lord,
and call upon his Name: tell the peoples what things
he hath done. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son,
LET the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord: seek
the Lord and his strength: seek his face evermore.
Or

Jerusalem.
itself;
within thy palaces.
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the Holy Ghost;
THE COLLECT.

duly mortifying the flesh by this our abstinence,
may inwardly rejoice in holiness of spirit; that being
delivered from all earthly and carnal affections, we may
speedily obtain thy heavenly promises; through Jesus
Let us pray.

Amen.
B RETHREN: Lift up the hands which hang down,

and the feeble knees; and make straight paths for
your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the
way; but let it rather be healed. Follow peace with all
men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the
Lord: looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace
of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble
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you, and thereby many be defiled; lest there by any
fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one
morsel of meat sold his birthright. For ye know how
that afterward, when he would have inherited the
blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of
repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.
GRADUAL
Ps. 74. Look upon the covenant, O Lord: and forget

not the life of thy poor forever. V . Arise, O God,
maintain thine own cause: remember how the foolish
man blasphemeth thee all the day long.
TRACT
JESUS answered them, My Father worketh hitherto,

and I work. Therefore the Jews sought the more to
kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath,
but said also that God was his Father, making himself
equal with God.
Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily,
verily I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of
himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what
things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son
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likewise. For the Father loveth the Son, and showeth
him all things that himself doeth: and he will show
him greater works than these, that ye may marvel. For
as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth
them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will. For
the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all
judgement unto the Son: that all men should honour
the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that
honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father
which hath sent him.
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.
OFFERTORY. Make haste to help me, O Lord; let them

be confounded that wish evil unto thy servants.
SECRET
C LEANSE us, O Lord, we beseech thee, of thine

infinite mercy: that, like as the prayers and devout
oblations of thy Church are ever acceptable in thy
sight; so the same may be rendered yet more acceptable
by reason of the purity of our souls; through Jesus
Preface of Lent.
COMMUNION. I will make mention of thy

righteousness only. Thou, O God, hast taught me from
my youth and even until now. Forsake me not, O
God, in mine old age, when I am gray-headed.
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POSTCOMMUNION
O LORD, who hast here bestowed upon us the

bounty of thy heavenly gifts: grant, we pray thee;
that those things which thou hast ordained for the
healing of thy faithful people, may not be turned unto
their damnation; through Jesus Christ thy Son our
Amen.
FRIDAY IN THE FOURTH WEEK OF LENT

INTROIT
EG: AM. Meditatio. LET the meditation of my heart be

alway acceptable in thy sight: O Lord, my strength and
my redeemer. Ps. 19. The heavens declare the glory of
God: and the firmament showeth his handy-work.
shall be: world without end. Amen. LET the
meditation of my heart be alway acceptable in thy
sight: O Lord, my strength and my redeemer.
Or
IG 32. Ps. 122. Ant.O PRAY for the peace of Jerusalem:

Jerusalem.
itself;
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within thy palaces.
the Holy Ghost;
THE COLLECT.
O GOD, who hast ordained thine ineffable

sacraments for the regeneration of all men: we
humbly beseech thee; that thy Church, being profited
by the same to her advancement in all things spiritual,
may likewise fail not of thy succour in all things
temporal; through Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord, who
Let us pray.

Amen.
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B RETHREN: Ye are come unto mount Sion, and

unto the city of the living God, the heavenly
Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,
to the general assembly and church of the firstborn,
which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of
all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, and to
Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the
blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than
that of Abel. See that ye refuse not him that speaketh.
For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on
earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away
from him that speaketh from heaven: whose voice then
shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying,
Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also
heaven. And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the
removing of those things that are shaken, as of things
that are made, that those things which cannot be
shaken may remain. Wherefore we receiving a
kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace,
whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence
and godly fear: for our God is a consuming fire.
GRADUAL
Ps. 118.It is better to trust in the Lord, than to put any

confidence in man. V . It is better to trust in the Lord,
than to put any confidence in princes.
TRACT
Or
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THE GOSPEL. St John 11.33.
W HEN Jesus saw Mary weeping, and the Jews also

weeping which came with her, he groaned in the
spirit, and was troubled, and said, Where have ye laid
him? They said unto him, Lord, come and see. Jesus
wept. Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him!
And some of them said, Could not this man, which
opened the eyes of the blind, have caused that even
this man should not have died?
Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to
the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it. Jesus
said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him
that was dead, saith unto him, Lord by this time he
stinketh: for he hath been dead four days. Jesus saith
unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest
believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God? Then
they took away the stone from the place where the
dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said,
Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me. And I
knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the
people which stand by I said it, that they may believe
that thou hast sent me. And when he thus had
spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come
forth. And he that was dead came forth, bound hand
and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound
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about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose
him, and let him go.
Then many of the Jews which came to Mary, and
had seen the things which Jesus did, believed on him.
But some of them went their ways to the Pharisees,
and told them what things Jesus had done.
OFFERTORY. Thou shalt save the people that are lowly,

and shalt bring down the high looks of the proud. For
who is God, but the Lord?
SECRET
G RANT, O Lord, we pray thee: that these our

oblations may in such wise purify us from all our
iniquities; that we may ever be found an acceptable
people in thy sight; through Jesus Christ thy Son our
Amen.
Preface of Lent.
COMMUNION. The Lord, seeing the sisters of Lazarus

weeping at the tomb, wept before the Jews; and cried,
Lazarus, come forth. And he that had been dead four
days came forth, bound hand and foot.
POSTCOMMUNION
G RANT, O Lord, that we who have here received

this holy Sacrament: may thereby be delivered
evermore from the bonds of our sins; and defended
against all adversities; through Jesus Christ thy Son
end. Amen.
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SATURDAY IN THE FOURTH WEEK OF LENT
INTROIT
EG: AM. Sitientes. Is. 53. HO, everyone that thirsteth,

come ye to the waters, saith the Lord: and ye that have
no money, come and drink with gladness. Ps. 78. Hear
my teaching, O my people: incline your ears unto the
words of my mouth. Glory be to the Father, and to the
end. Amen. HO, everyone that thirsteth, come ye to
the waters, saith the Lord: and ye that have no money,
come and drink with gladness.
Or

Jerusalem.
itself;
within thy palaces.
the Holy Ghost;
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THE COLLECT.
O GOD, forasmuch as our fast is unprofitable unto

us unless it be acceptable unto thy loving-
kindness: grant, we beseech thee; that the devout
affection of our hearts may by thy grace be rendered
abundant in the fruit of all good works; through Jesus
Let us pray.

Amen.
B RETHREN: Remember them which have the rule

over you, who have spoken unto you the word of
God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their
manner of living. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday,
and to-day, and for ever. Be not carried about with
divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that
the heart be established with grace; not with meats,
which have not profited them that have been occupied
therein. We have an altar, whereof they have no right
to eat which serve the tabernacle. For the bodies of
those beasts, whose blood is brought into the
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sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned
without the camp. Wherefore Jesus also, that he might
sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered
without the gate. Let us go forth therefore unto him
without the camp, bearing his reproach. For here have
we no continuing city, but we seek one to come. By
him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God
continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks
to his name. But to do good and to share forget not:
for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit
yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that
must give account, that they may do it with joy, and
not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
Pray for us: for we trust we have a good conscience,
in all things willing to live honestly. But I beseech you
the rather to do this, that I may be restored to you the
sooner.
Now the God of peace, that brought again from the
dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep,
through the blood of the everlasting covenant, make
you perfect in every good work to do his will, working
in you that which is well-pleasing in his sight, through
Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever.
Amen.
GRADUAL
Ps. 10. The poor committeth himself unto thee, O

Lord: for thou art the helper of the friendless. V. Why
standest thou so far off, O Lord, and hidest thy face in
the needful time of trouble: the ungodly in his pride
doth persecute the poor.
TRACT
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T HEN spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am

the light of the world: he that followeth me shall
not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
The Pharisees therefore said unto him, Thou bearest
record of thyself; thy record is not true. Jesus
answered and said unto them, Though I bear record of
myself, yet my record is true: for I know whence I
came, and whither I go; but ye cannot tell whence I
came, and whither I go. Ye judge after the flesh; I
judge no man. And yet if I judge, my judgement is
true: for I am not alone, but I and the Father that sent
me. It is also written in your law, that the testimony of
two men is true. I am one that bear witness of myself,
and the Father that sent me beareth witness of me.
Then said they unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus
answered, Ye neither know me, nor my Father: if ye
had known me, ye should have known my Father also.
These words spake Jesus in the treasury, as he taught
in the temple: and no man laid hands on him; for his
hour was not yet come.
OFFERTORY. The Lord is my stony rock, my defence,

and my Saviour, in whom I will trust.
SECRET
M OST merciful Lord, we beseech thee, to have

respect unto our oblations: that whereas we have
rebelled and done evil against thee; we may by thy
grace be conformed unto thy will; through Jesus Christ
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without end. Amen.
Preface of Lent.
COMMUNION. The Lord is my shepherd, therefore can I

lack nothing. He shall feed me in a green pasture, and
lead me forth beside the waters of comfort.
POSTCOMMUNION
G RANT, O Lord, we pray thee: that these holy

mysteries may by their operation cleanse us from
all our sins; and render us an acceptable people in thy
sight; through Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord, who
THE FIFTH SUNDAY IN LENT

COMMONLY CALLED
PASSION SUNDAY
INTROIT
EG 680. Judica me.GIVE sentence with me, O God, and

defend the cause of my soul against the ungodly
people: deliver me, and rid me from the deceitful and
wicked man; for thou, O Lord, art my God, and my
strong salvation. Ps. 43. O send out thy light and thy
truth, that they may lead me: and bring unto thy holy
hill, and to thy dwelling. GIVE sentence with me, O
God, and defend the cause of my soul against the
ungodly people: deliver me, and rid me from the
deceitful and wicked man; for thou, O Lord, art my
God, and my strong salvation.
Or
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IG 33. Ps. 43. Ant. GIVE sentence for me, O God, and
defend my cause against an ungodly people; / O
deliver me from the deceitful and wicked man.
2 For thou art the God of my strength; why hast
thou put me from thee? / and why go I so heavily,
while the enemy oppresseth me?
3 O send out thy light and thy truth, that they may
lead me, / and bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy
dwelling;
4 And that I may go unto the altar of God, even
unto the God of my joy and gladness; / and upon the
harp will I give thanks unto thee, O God, my God.
5 Why art thou so heavy, O my soul? / and why art
thou so disquieted within me ?
6 O put thy trust in God, for I will yet give him
thanks, / who is the help of my countenance, and my
God.
Ant. GIVE sentence for me, O God, and defend my
cause against an ungodly people; / O deliver me from
the deceitful and wicked man.
THE COLLECT.
W E beseech thee, Almighty God, mercifully to look

upon thy people: that by thy great goodness
they may be governed and preserved evermore; both in
body and soul; through Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord,
Let us pray.

Amen.
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B RETHREN : CHRIST being come an High Priest of

good things to come, by a greater and more perfect
tabernacle, not made with hands; that is to say, not of
this building; neither by the blood of goats and calves;
but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy
place, having obtained eternal redemption for us. For
if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an
heifer sprinkling those who are unclean, sanctifieth to
the purifying of the flesh; how much more shall the
blood of Christ, who, through the eternal Spirit,
offered himself without spot to God, purify your
conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
And for this cause he is the Mediator of the new
covenant, that by means of death, for the redemption
of the transgressions that were under the first
covenant, they which are called might receive the
promise of eternal inheritance.
GRADUAL
EG: Ps. 18. Deliver me, O Lord, from mine enemies:

teach me to do the thing that pleaseth thee. V. It is
the Lord that delivereth me from my cruel enemies, and
setteth me up above mine adversaries: thou shalt
deliver me from the wicked man.
TRACT
Ps. 129. Many a time have they fought against me: from
my youth up. V. May Israel now say: yea, many a time
have they vexed me from my youth up. V. But they
have not prevailed against me: the plowers ploughed
upon my back. V. And made long furrows: but the
righteous Lord hath hewn the snares of the ungodly in
pieces.
Or
BCP: Ps. 143.HEAR my prayer, O L ORD , and consider

my desire: / hearken unto me for thy truth and
righteousness' sake.
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2 And enter not into judgement with thy servant; /
for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
3 For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath
smitten my life down to the ground: / he hath laid me
in the darkness, as the men that have been long dead.
4 Therefore is my spirit vexed within me, / and my
heart within me is desolate.
5 Yet do I remember the time past; I muse upon all
thy works: / yea, I meditate upon the works of thy
hands.
6 I spread forth my hands unto thee: / my soul
gaspeth unto thee as a thirsty land.
7 Hear me, O LORD , and that soon, for my spirit
waxeth faint: / hide not thy face from me, lest I be like
unto them that go down into the pit.
8 O let me hear thy loving-kindness in the
morning, for in thee is my trust: / show thou me the
way that I should walk in, for I lift up my soul unto
thee.
9 Deliver me, O LORD , from mine enemies; / for I
flee unto thee to hide me.
10 Teach me to do the thing that pleaseth thee, for
thou art my God: / let thy loving spirit lead me forth
into the land of righteousness.
T HEN came to Jesus the mother of Zebedee's

children with her sons, worshipping him, and
desiring a certain thing of him. And he said unto her,
What wilt thou? She saith unto him, Grant that these
my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and
the other on the left, in thy kingdom. But Jesus
answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye
able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be
baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?
They say unto him, We are able. And he saith unto
them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be
baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with:
but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine
to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is
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prepared of my Father. And when the ten heard it,
they were moved with indignation against the two
brethren. But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye
know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise
dominion over them, and they that are great, exercise
authority upon them. But it shall not be so among
you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him
be your minister; and whosoever will be chief among
you, let him be your servant: even as the Son of man
came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to
give his life a ransom for many.
Or
THE GOSPEL. St John 8. 46-59.
JESUS said, Which of you convicteth me of sin? And

if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me? He that
is of God heareth God’s words: ye therefore hear not,
because ye are not of God. Then answered the Jews,
and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a
Samaritan, and hast a devil? Jesus answered, I have
not a devil; but I honour my Father, and ye do
dishonor me. And I seek not mine own glory: there is
one that seeketh and judgeth. Verily, verily, I say
unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see
death. Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know
that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the
prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying,
he shall never taste of death. Art thou greater than our
Father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are
dead: whom makest thou thyself? Jesus answered, If I
honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father
that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your
God: yet ye have not known him; but I know him:
and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar
like unto you; but I know him, and keep his saying.
Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he
saw it, and was glad. Then said the Jews unto him,
Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen
Abraham? Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say
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unto you, Before Abraham was, I am. Then took they
up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and
went out of the temple.
Creed is said.
OFFERTORY. I will give thanks unto the Lord with my

whole heart: O do well unto thy servant, that I may
live, and keep thy word: quicken thou me, according
to thy word, O Lord.
SECRET
G RANT, O Lord, we pray thee: that these our

oblations may deliver us from every bond of
iniquity; and obtain for us the bounteous gifts of thy
mercy; through Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord, who
Preface of Passion Sunday.
COMMUNION. This is my Body, which is given for you;

this cup is the new Covenant in my Blood, saith the
Lord: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance
of me.
POSTCOMMUNION
A SSIST us mercifully, O Lord our God: that we

whom thou hast here refreshed with thy holy
mysteries; may be defended by thy perpetual succour;
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MONDAY IN THE FIFTH WEEK OF LENT
INTROIT
EG: AM. Miserere mei. BE merciful unto me, O God, for

man goeth about to devour me: he is all the day long
fighting and troubling me. Ps. 56 . Mine enemies go
about all the day long to swallow me up: for they be
many that fight proudly against me. BE merciful unto
me, O God, for man goeth about to devour me: he is all
the day long fighting and troubling me.
Or
dwelling;
God.
THE COLLECT.
L ET thy bountiful goodness, O Lord, we beseech

thee, sanctify this our fasting: and effectually
bestow upon us the remission of all our sins; through
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Let us pray.

Amen.
THE EPISTLE. Colossians 1. 13.
B RETHREN: God hath delivered us from the power

of darkness, and hath translated us into the
kingdom of his dear Son: in whom we have
redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of
sins: who is the image of the invisible God, the
firstborn of every creature: for by him were all things
created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth,
visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or
dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were
created in him, and for him: and he is before all things,
and in him all things consist. And he is the head of
the body, the church: who is the beginning, the
firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might
have the preeminence. For it pleased the Father that in
him should all fulness dwell; and, having made peace
through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all
things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be
things in earth, or things in heaven. And you, that
were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by
wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled in the body
of his flesh through death, to present you holy and
unblameable and unreproveable in his sight: if ye
continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not
moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye
have heard, and which was preached to every creature
which is under heaven.
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GRADUAL
Ps. 54.Hear my prayer, O God: and hearken unto the

words of my mouth. V. Save me, O God, for thy
Name’s sake: and avenge me in thy strength.
TRACT
Or
BCP: Ps. 143. HEAR my prayer, O LORD, and consider

hands.
thee.
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T HE Pharisees heard that the people murmured such

things concerning him; and the Pharisees and the
chief priests sent officers to take him. Then said Jesus
unto them, Yet a little while am I with you, and then I
go unto him that sent me. Ye shall seek me, and shall
not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come.
Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will he
go, that we shall not find him? will he go unto the
dispersed among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles?
What manner of saying is this that he said, Ye shall
seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am thither
ye cannot come?
On 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, which
they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy
Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not
yet glorified.
OFFERTORY. Turn thee, O Lord, and deliver my soul; O

save me for thy mercy’s sake.
SECRET
G RANT, we beseech thee, O Lord our God: that

this saving victim may effectually avail; both for
the cleansing of our souls from all their sins, and for
the obtaining of the favour of thy heavenly majesty;
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COMMUNION. The Lord of hosts, he is the King of glory.
POSTCOMMUNION
O LORD, who hast made us partakers in this

Sacrament of our salvation: grant, we beseech
thee; that the same may be profitable unto us both for
the cleansing and the healing of our souls; through
TUESDAY IN THE FIFTH WEEK OF LENT

INTROIT
EG: AM. Expecta. O TARRY thou the Lord’s leisure: be

strong, and let thy heart take courage, and wait for the
Lord. Ps. 27. The Lord is my light and my salvation:
whom then shall I fear? O TARRY thou the Lord’s
leisure: be strong, and let thy heart take courage, and
wait for the Lord.
Or
dwelling;
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God.
THE COLLECT.
G RANT, O Lord, we pray thee, that this our fasting

may be acceptable in thy sight: that we, being
cleansed from our sins, and made worthy of thy grace,
may be made whole unto everlasting life; through
Let us pray.

new and contrite hearts: that we worthily lamenting
Amen.
B RETHREN: Beware lest any man spoil you through

philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of
men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after
Christ. For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the
Godhead bodily. And ye are complete in him, which is
the head of all principality and power: in whom also ye
are circumcised with the circumcision made without
hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh
by the circumcision of Christ: buried with him in
baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through
the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him
from the dead.
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GRADUAL
Ps. 43. Defend my cause, O Lord: deliver me from the

deceitful and wicked man. V. O send out thy light
and thy truth, that they may lead me: and bring me
unto thy holy hill.
TRACT
BCP: Ps. 143. HEAR my prayer, O LORD , and consider

hands.
thee.
A FTER these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he

would not walk in Judea, because the Jews sought
to kill him. Now the Jews' feast of tabernacles was at
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hand. His brethren therefore said unto him, Depart
hence, and go into Judea, that thy disciples also may
see the works that thou doest. For there is no man that
doeth any thing in secret, and he himself seeketh to be
known openly. If thou do these things, show thyself
to the world. For neither did his brethren believe in
him. Then Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet
come: but your time is alway ready. The world cannot
hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that
the works thereof are evil. Go ye up unto this feast: I
go not up yet unto this feast; for my time is not yet full
come. When he had said these words unto them, he
abode still in Galilee. But when his brethren were
gone up, then went he also up unto the feast, not
openly, but as it were in secret. Then the Jews sought
him at the feast, and said, Where is he? And there was
much murmuring among the people concerning him:
for some said, He is a good man: others said, Nay; but
he deceiveth the people. Howbeit no man spake
openly of him for fear of the Jews.
OFFERTORY. They that know thy Name will put their

trust in thee; for thou, Lord, hast never failed them
that seek thee. O praise the Lord who dwelleth in
Sion, for he forgetteth not the complaint of the poor.
SECRET
A CCEPT, O Lord, we pray thee, the sacrifice which

we here do offer and present unto thee: humbly
beseeching thee; that it may in such wise be profitable
unto us for our consolation in this present life, that we
may ever hold fast the promises which thou hast given
us of life eternal; through Jesus Christ thy Son our
Amen.
COMMUNION. Deliver me, O God of Israel, out of all

my troubles.
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POSTCOMMUNION

ever following diligently after things eternal; may
be found worthy to attain unto the gifts of thy
heavenly bounty; through Jesus Christ thy Son our
Amen.
WEDNESDAY IN THE FIFTH WEEK OF LENT

INTROIT
IT is thou that deliverest me from my

EG: AM. Liberator.
cruel enemies: and setteth me up above my adversaries:
thou dost rid me from the wicked man, O Lord. Ps. 18.
I love thee, O Lord my strength: the Lord is my stony
rock, my defence, and my Saviour. IT is thou that
deliverest me from my cruel enemies: and setteth me up
above my adversaries: thou dost rid me from the
wicked man, O Lord.
Or
dwelling;
God.
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THE COLLECT.
O MERCIFUL God, we beseech thee to sanctify this

our fasting to the enlightenment of the hearts of
thy faithful people: that we, to whom thou hast given
an hearty desire to pray; may obtain of thy
loving–kindness the fulfilment of all our petitions;
Let us pray.

Amen.
B RETHREN: And you, being dead in your sins and

the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he
quickened together with him, having forgiven you all
trespasses; blotting out the handwriting of ordinances
that was against us, which was contrary to us, and
took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross; and
having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a
show of them openly, triumphing over them in it. Let
no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in
respect of an holy day, or of the new moon, or of the
sabbath days: which are a shadow of things to come;
but the body is of Christ. Let no man beguile you of
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your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping
of angels, intruding into those things which he hath
not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, and
not holding fast to the Head, from which all the body
by joints and bands having nourishment ministered,
and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God.
GRADUAL
Ps. 30. I will magnify thee, O Lord, for thou hast set
me up: and not made my foes to triumph over me. V.
O Lord my God, I cried unto thee: and thou hast
healed me. Thou, Lord, hast brought up my soul from
hell: thou hast kept my life from them that go down to
the pit.
TRACT
Or
BCP: Ps. 143. HEAR my prayer, O LORD , and consider

hands.
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thee.
M ANY of the people, when they heard this saying,

said, Of a truth this is the Prophet. Others said,
This is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come out
of Galilee? Hath not the scripture said, that Christ
cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of
Bethlehem, where David was? So there was a division
among the people because of him. And some of them
would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him.
Then came the officers to the chief priests and
Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why have ye not
brought him? The officers answered, Never man spake
like this man. Then answered them the Pharisees, Are
ye also deceived? Have any of the rulers or of the
Pharisees believed on him? But this people who
knoweth not the law are cursed. Nicodemus saith
unto them, (he that came to Jesus by night, being one
of them,) Doth our law judge any man, before it hear
him, and know what he doeth? They answered and
said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search, and
look: for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet.
OFFERTORY. Deliver me from mine enemies, O God;

defend me from them that rise up against me.
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SECRET
G RANT, O most merciful God: that we, who here

bring unto thee this sacrifice of propitiation and
thanksgiving; may offer the same in all singleness and
lowliness of heart; through Jesus Christ thy Son our
Amen.
COMMUNION. I will wash my hands in innocency, O

Lord, and so will I go to thine altar; that I may show
the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous
works.
POSTCOMMUNION
O LORD, who hast vouchsafed to make us

partakers of thy heavenly benediction: grant, we
pray thee; that the pledge, which thou hast given us in
this holy Sacrament, may be fulfilled in us unto
everlasting life; through Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord,
THURSDAY IN THE FIFTH WEEK OF LENT

INTROIT
EG: AM. Omnia quae fecisti. Song of the Three Children, v.8.
EVERYTHING that thou hast done to us, O Lord,
thou hast done in true judgement, for we have
trespassed, and not obeyed thy commandments: but
give glory to thy Name, and deal with us after thy
loving-kindness. Ps. 119 . Blessed are those that are
undefiled in the way: and walk in the law of the Lord.
EVERYTHING that thou hast done to us, O Lord,
thou hast done in true judgement, for we have
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trespassed, and not obeyed thy commandments: but
give glory to thy Name, and deal with us after thy
loving-kindness.
Or
dwelling;
God.
THE COLLECT.

who by our self-indulgence have corrupted the
worthiness of man’s condition; may by devout
abstinence heal and restore the same; through Jesus
Let us pray.

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Amen.
B RETHREN: Put off all these; anger, wrath, malice,

blasphemy, filthy speaking out of your mouth. Lie
not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old
man with his deeds; and have put on the new man,
which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him
that created him: where there is neither Greek nor Jew,
circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian,
bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.
GRADUAL
Ps. 96. Bring presents and come into his courts: O

worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness. V. Ps. 29.
The voice of the Lord strippeth bare the forests: in his
temple doth every thing speak of his honour.
TRACT
BCP: Ps. 143. HEAR my prayer, O L ORD , and consider

hands.
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thee.
I T was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it

was winter. And Jesus walked in the temple in
Solomon's porch. Then came the Jews round about
him, and said unto him, How long dost thou make us
to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly. Jesus
answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the
works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness
of me. But ye believe not, because ye are not of my
sheep, as I said unto you. My sheep hear my voice,
and I know them, and they follow me: and I give unto
them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither
shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father,
which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is
able to pluck them out of my Father's hand. I and my
Father are one. Then the Jews took up stones again to
stone him.
Jesus answered them, Many good works have I
showed you from my Father; for which of those works
do ye stone me? The Jews answered him, saying, For a
good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and
because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.
Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I
said, Ye are gods? If he called them gods, unto whom
the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be
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broken; say ye of him, whom the Father hath
sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest;
because I said, I am the Son of God? If I do not the
works of my Father, believe me not. But if I do,
though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye
may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I
in him.
OFFERTORY. By the waters of Babylon we sat down

and wept, when we remembered thee, O Sion.
SECRET
O LORD God Almighty, who of the creatures which

thou hast ordained for the succour of man’s frailty,
hast commanded that an oblation should be offered to
the honour of thy Name: grant, we beseech thee; that
the same may be a sacrifice acceptable unto thee for our
succour in this present life, and a Sacrament profitable
unto us for the obtaining of life everlasting; through
COMMUNION. O think upon word as concerning thy

servant, O Lord, wherein thou hast caused me to put
my trust. The same is my comfort in my trouble.
POSTCOMMUNION
G RANT, O Lord, that those things which we have

taken with our mouths, we may receive in purity
of heart: that being in this life partakers of these thy
gifts, we may by the same be healed unto life
everlasting; through Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord,
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FRIDAY IN THE FIFTH WEEK OF LENT
INTROIT
EG: AM. Miserere mei. HAVE mercy upon me, O Lord,

for I am in trouble: deliver me from the hand of mine
enemies, and from them that persecute me: let me not
be confounded, O Lord, for I have called upon thee.
Ps. 31. In thee, O Lord have I put my trust; let me never
be put to confusion: deliver me in thy righteousness.
HAVE mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am in trouble:
deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from
them that persecute me: let me not be confounded, O
Lord, for I have called upon thee.
Or
dwelling;
God.
THE COLLECT.
W E beseech thee, O Lord, mercifully to pour thy

grace into our hearts: that we, who willingly by
the chastisement of our flesh do refrain from sin; may
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in such wise mortify ourselves in this life, that we may
be delivered in the end from everlasting damnation;
Let us pray.

Amen.
B RETHREN: Put on, as the elect of God, holy and

beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness,
humbleness of mind, meekness, long-suffering;
forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if
any man have a quarrel against any; even as Christ
forgave you, so also do ye. And above all these things
put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness. And
let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which
also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful. Let
the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom,
teaching and admonishing one another in psalms, and
hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your
hearts to the Lord. And whatsoever ye do, in word or
deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving
thanks to God and the Father by him.
GRADUAL
Ps. 35. Their communing is not for peace: but they

imagine deceitful words against them that are quiet in
the land. V. This thou hast seen, O Lord, hold not thy
tongue then: go not far from me, O Lord.
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TRACT
Or
BCP: Ps. 143. HEAR my prayer, O L ORD , and consider

hands.
thee.
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T HEN gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a

council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth
many signs. If we let him thus alone, all men will
believe on him: and the Romans shall come and take
away both our place and nation. And one of them,
named Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year,
said unto them, Ye know nothing at all, nor consider
that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for
the people, and that the whole nation perish not. And
this spake he not of himself: but being high priest that
year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that
nation; and not for that nation only, but that also he
should gather together in one the children of God that
were scattered abroad. Then from that day forth they
took counsel together for to put him to death. Jesus
therefore walked no more openly among the Jews; but
went thence unto a country near to the wilderness,
into a city called Ephraim, and there continued with
his disciples.
OFFERTORY. Blessed art thou, O Lord; O teach me thy

statutes. O give me not over unto mine oppressors: so
shall I make answer unto my blasphemers.
SECRET
G RANT, we beseech thee, merciful God: that we

being ever found meet to do thee worthy service
at thine holy altar; may continually be made partakers
of the same to our salvation; through Jesus Christ thy
without end. Amen.
COMMUNION. Deliver me not over into the will of mine

adversaries, O Lord; for there are false witnesses risen
up against me, and such as speak wrong.
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POSTCOMMUNION
W E pray thee, O Lord, that this holy sacrifice

whereof we have been made partakers: may
never fail to succour and defend us; and evermore to
drive far from us all things that may hurt us; through
SAINT MARY IN PASSIONTIDE

FRIDAY AFTER PASSION SUNDAY
When this Feast cannot be kept on this day because of the

Occurrence of a Feast of greater dignity it may be transferred to
the Saturday immediately following, but if it cannot be kept then, it
is omitted for that year.
THERE stood by the

EG: AM. Stabant juxta. St. John 19.
Cross of Jesus his Mother; and his Mother’s sister;
Mary the wife of Cleophas; and Mary Magdalene. V.
Jesus saith unto his Mother: Woman, behold thy Son;
then saith he to the disciple: Behold thy Mother. Glory
Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever
shall be: world without end. Amen. THERE stood by
the Cross of Jesus his Mother; and his Mother’s sister;
Mary the wife of Cleophas; and Mary Magdalene.
Or
Or
GIVE sentence for me, O God, and

IG 33. Ps. 43. Ant.
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lead me, and bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy
dwelling;
thanks, who is the help of my countenance, and my
God.
Holy Ghost;
THE COLLECT.
O GOD in whose Passion, according to the

prophecy of Simeon, the sword of sorrow did
pierce the most loving soul of the glorious Virgin
Mother Mary: mercifully grant; that we, who devoutly
call to mind the suffering whereby she was pierced,
may, by the glorious merits and prayers of all the
Saints who have stood beneath the Cross, obtain with
gladness the benefits of thy Passion; who livest and
reignest with God the Father, in the unity of the Holy
To which shall be added the Collect for Ash Wednesday.
Let us pray.

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Amen.
THE LESSON. Judith 13. 17
T HE Lord hath blessed thee in his power, because

through thee he hath brought our enemies to
nought. O daughter, blessed art thou of the most high
God, above all the women upon the earth. And
blessed be the Lord God who hath created the heavens
and the earth: because he hath so magnified thy name
this day, that this thy praise shall not depart from the
heart of men, that remember the power of God for
ever, for whom thou hast not spared thy life for the
affliction of our nation, but hast revenged our ruin,
walking a straight way before our God.
GRADUAL
EG 765 (Supp). Mournful and weeping art thou, O Virgin

Mary; standing by the Cross of the Lord Jesus thy Son,
the Redeemer. V. Virgin Mother of God, he whom the
whole world containeth not; endureth this torment of
the Cross: the Author of life made man.
TRACT
There stood mournful by the Cross of our Lord Jesus

Christ: Holy Mary, Queen of heaven, and Lady of the
World. V. Lam. 1. All ye that pass by, behold and see if
there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow.
Or

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hands.
6 I spread forth my hands unto thee; / my soul
thee.
SEQUENCE.
Stabat Mater dolorosa.
A T the Cross her station keeping

Stood the mournful Mother weeping,
Where he hung, the dying Lord.
2. For her soul of joy bereavéd,
Bowed with anguish, deeply grievéd,
Felt the sharp and piercing sword.
3. O how sad and sore distresséd
Now was she, that Mother blesséd
Of the sole-begotten One.
4. Deep the woe of her affliction,
When she saw the Crucifixion
Of her ever-glorious Son.
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5. Who, on Christ’s dear Mother gazing,
Pierced by anguish so amazing,
Born of woman, would not weep?
6. Who, on Christ’s dear Mother thinking,
Such a cup of sorrow drinking,
Would not share her sorrow deep?
7. For his people’s sins chastiséd
She beheld her Son despiséd,
Scourged, and crowned with thorns entwined;
8. Saw him then from judgment taken,
And in death by all forsaken,
Till his spirit he resigned.
9. Jesu, may her deep devotion
Stir in me the same emotion,
Fount of love, Redeemer kind,
10. That my heart fresh ardour gaining,
And a purer love attaining,
May with thee acceptance find. Amen.
A T that time: There stood by the Cross of Jesus his

Mother; and his Mother's sister; Mary the wife of
Cleophas; and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus therefore
saw his Mother, and the disciple standing by, whom
he loved, he saith unto his Mother: Woman, behold
thy son. Then saith he to the disciple: Behold thy
Mother. And from that hour the disciple took her unto
his own home.
Creed is said.
OFFERTORY. Remember, O Virgin Mother of God,

when thou standest in the sight of the Lord: that thou
speak good things for us, and that He may turn away
His indignation from us.
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SECRET
O LORD Jesu Christ, we offer unto thee our prayers

and oblations: and we humbly entreat thee; that
we who here recall the Piercing of the most loving soul
of blessed Mary thy Mother; may by the manifold and
devout intercessions, both of her and of all the saints
that with her have stood beneath the Cross, through
the merits of thy passion be found worthy to be
partakers of the portion of thine elect; Who livest and
reignest with the Father in the unity of the Holy
Preface of the Blessed Virgin Mary ('And that in the Piercing').
COMMUNION. Happy the heart of the Blessed Virgin

Mary: who without death gained the palm of
martyrdom beneath the Cross of the Lord.
POSTCOMMUNION
G RANT, we pray thee, O Lord Jesu Christ: that we

who have been partakers of this holy Sacrifice in
devout remembrance of the Piercing of the soul of thy
Virgin Mother; may by the same obtain of thy mercy all
such blessings as are necessary unto us for our
salvation; Who livest and reignest with the Father, in
without end. Amen.
SATURDAY IN THE FIFTH WEEK OF LENT

INTROIT
EG: AM. Miserere mei. HAVE mercy upon me, O Lord,

for I am in trouble: deliver me from the hand of mine
enemies, and from them that persecute me: let me not
be confounded, O Lord, for I have called upon thee.
Ps. 31. In thee, O Lord have I put my trust; let me never
be put to confusion: deliver me in thy righteousness.
HAVE mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am in trouble:
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deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from
them that persecute me: let me not be confounded, O
Lord, for I have called upon thee.
Or
dwelling;
God.
THE COLLECT.
G RANT, O Lord, that thy people who are

consecrated to thy service may continually increase
in all godly affections: that they, being duly instructed
in all holy learning, may both be made the more
acceptable unto thy divine majesty, and prospered
more abundantly in the gifts of thy bounty; through
Let us pray.

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Amen.
B RETHREN: Continue in prayer, and watch in the

same with thanksgiving; withal praying also for us,
that God would open unto us a door of utterance, to
speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in
bonds: that I may make it manifest, as I ought to
speak. Walk in wisdom toward them that are without,
redeeming the time. Let your speech be alway with
grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye
ought to answer every man.
GRADUAL
Ps. 35. Their communing is not for peace: but they

imagine deceitful words against them that are quiet in
the land. V. This thou hast seen, O Lord, hold not thy
tongue then: go not far from me, O Lord.
TRACT

hands.
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thee.
JESUS said unto the Jews, Verily, verily I say unto

you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and
drink his blood, ye have no life in you. Whoso eateth
my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and
I will raise him up at the last day. For my flesh is meat
indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. He that eateth
my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and
I in him. As the living Father hath sent me, and I live
by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live
by me. This is that bread which came down from
Heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are
dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.
These things said he in the synagogue, as he taught in
Capernaum.
Many therefore of his disciples, when they had
heard this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear
it? When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples
murmured at it, he said unto them, Doth this offend
you? What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend
up where he was before? It is the spirit that
quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that
I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life. But
there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew
from the beginning who they were that believed not,
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and who should betray him. And he said, Therefore
said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except
it were given unto him of my Father.
From that time many of his disciples went back, and
walked no more with him. Then said Jesus unto the
twelve, Will ye also go away? Then Simon Peter
answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast
the words of eternal life. And we believe and are sure
that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God.
Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve,
and one of you is a devil? He spake of Judas Iscariot
the son of Simon: for he it was that should betray him,
being one of the twelve.
OFFERTORY. Blessed art thou, O Lord; O teach me thy

statutes. O give me not over unto mine oppressors: so
shall I make answer unto my blasphemers.
SECRET
O LORD, who sufferest us to be partakers of thy

wondrous mysteries: grant, we beseech thee; that
by thy mercy we may absolved from all our iniquities,
and defended against all adversaries; through Jesus
COMMUNION. Deliver me not over into the will of mine

adversaries, O Lord; for there are false witnesses risen
up against me, and such as speak wrong.
POSTCOMMUNION
O LORD our God, who hast fulfilled us with the

bounty of thy heavenly gifts: grant, we beseech
thee, that we may ever live by the partaking of the
same; through Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord, who
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THE FIRST DAY OF LENT

Ant. Ps. 69. HEAR me, O Lord, for thy loving-kindness

B RETHREN, in the primitive Church it was the

T HEREFORE also now, saith the Lord, turn ye unto

H AVE mercy upon me, O God, after thy great

Lord, have mercy upon us.

O UR FATHER who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy

Priest: O Lord, save thy servants;

Priest: O Lord, hear our prayer;

A LMIGHTY and everlasting God, we beseech thee

O GOD, who wouldest not the death of a sinner,

Genesis 3. Remember, O man, that dust thou art, and

Joel 2. Let us change our raiment for sackcloth and

Esther 13. Joel 2. Emendemus. Let us amend the sins that in

Priest: The Lord be with you.

A LMIGHTY and everlasting God, who forgavest

THOU hast mercy on

IG 26. Ps. 57. Ant. SET UP thyself, O God, above the

A LMIGHTY and everlasting God, who hatest

THE EPISTLE. St James 4. 6.

B R E T H R E N : GOD bestoweth abundant grace;

EG: Ps. 57. Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful

BCP: Ps. 103. THE L ORD is full of compassion and

A ND Jesus spake unto his disciples, saying, When

OFFERTORY. I will magnify thee, O Lord, for thou hast

G RANT, we beseech thee, O Lord: that like as we

COMMUNION. He who doth meditate on the law of the

W E beseech thee, O Lord, mercifully to protect us

EG: AM. Dum clamarem. Ps. 55.WHEN I called upon the

O GOD, who art wroth with them that sin against

A LMIGHTY and everlasting God, who hatest

T HE Lord said unto Moses, Come up to me into the

BCP: Ps. 31. O HOW plentiful is thy goodness, which

W HEN Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there

OFFERTORY. Unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul:

W E beseech thee, O Lord, mercifully to have

COMMUNION. Then shalt thou be pleased with the

O LORD, who hast vouchsafed to make us

FRIDAY AFTER ASH WEDNESDAY

HEAR, O Lord, and have

W E beseech thee, O Lord, to further with thy

A LMIGHTY and everlasting God, who hatest

E LIJAH arose, and went for his life, and came to

Ps. 27. One thing have I desired of the Lord, which I

BCP: Ps. 31. O HOW plentiful is thy goodness, which

A T that time, Jesus said unto his disciples: Ye have

OFFERTORY. Quicken me, O Lord, according to thy

G RANT, we beseech thee, O Lord, that this our

D EFEND, O Lord, we pray thee, us thy servants,

SATURDAY AFTER ASH WEDNESDAY

HEAR, O Lord, and have

A SSIST us mercifully, O Lord, in these our

A LMIGHTY and everlasting God, who hatest

I N those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And

Ps. 27. One thing have I desired of the Lord, which I

BCP: Ps. 31. O HOW plentiful is thy goodness, which

JESUS constrained his disciples to get into the ship,

OFFERTORY. Quicken me, O Lord, according to thy

O LORD, who of thy goodness hast vouchsafed to

O LORD, who hast here vouchsafed to quicken us