INTROIT

Prope est tu (Psalm 119)

Priest:   Be thou night at hand, O Lord,
People:   For all thy commandments are true.
Priest:   As concerning thy testimonies, I have known long since.
People:   That thou hast grounded them for ever.  §

Priest: Blessed are those that are undefiled in the way:
People: And walk in the law of the Lord.
Priest: Glory be ...
People: As it was ...

(Repeat to §.)

Stir up, we beseech thee, O Lord, thy power, and come among us: that we, who put our trust and confidence in thy mercy, may speedily be delivered from all our adversities.  Who livest and reignest with the Father.

COLLECT 2  Of Advent

ALMIGHTY God, give us grace that we may cast away the works of darkness, and put upon us the armour of light, now in the time of this mortal life, in which thy Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility; that in the last day, when he shall come again in his glorious majesty to judge both the quick and the dead, we may rise to the life immortal.  Through the same 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.

COLLECT 3  Of Saint Mary

O GOD, who didst vouchsafe that thy Word should be made flesh in the womb of the Blessed Virgin Mary at the message of an Angel: grant to us thy humble servants ; that we, believing her to be indeed the Mother of God, may by her intercession find favour in thy sight. Through the same 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.

OR

COLLECT 3 For those about to be ordained

Almighty God, our heavenly Father, who hast purchased to thyself an universal Church by the precious blod of thy dear Son: mercifully look upon the same, and at this time so guide and govern the minds of thy servants the Bishops and Pastors of thy flock, that they may lay hands suddenly on no man, but faithfully and wisely make choice of fit persons, to serve inthe sacred Ministry of thy Church.  And to those who shall be ordained to any holy function, give thy grace and heavenly benediction; that both by their life and doctrine they may shew forth thy glory, and set forward the salvation of all men.  Through Jesus Christ our Lord.  [Who.]

THE EPISTLE

Isaiah 11.1-5 (Vulgate)

Thus saith the Lord God: There shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Flower shall grow out of his roots:   And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and true godliness; and he shall be filled with the spirit of the fear of the Lord.  And he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes: neither reprove after the hearing of his ears:  but with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.  And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.
 

GRADUAL

Priest:   (Psalm 85) Shew us thy mercy, O Lord:
People:   And grant us thy salvation..
Priest:   O Lord, thou art become gracious unto thy land:
People:   Thou hast turned away the captivity of Jacob.
 

THE GOSPEL

St. Luke 1.39-47

At that time: Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda; and entered into the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elisabeth.  And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost: and she spake out with a loud voice, and said: Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.  And whence is this to me, that the Mother of my Lord should come to me?  For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy. And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord.  And Mary said: My soul doth magnify the Lord: and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
 
 

OFFERTORY

Psalm 85

Wilt thou not turn again and quicken us, O God, that thy people may rejoice in thee: shew us thy mercy, O Lord, and grant us thy salvation.

SECRET

We beseech thee, O Lord, graciously to accept these our prayers and oblations: that we, being cleansed by these our heavenly mysteries, may obtain of thy great mercy the fulfillmetn of all our desires.  Through.

SECRET 2  Of Advent

Grant, we beseech thee, O Lord, that the effectual power of these thy holy mysteries may in such wise cleanse us from all our iniquities that we may in all purity attain unto him who is the author of the same, even Jesus Christ, thy Son, our Lord.  Who liveth and reigneth with thee.

SECRET 3  Of Saint Mary

We beseech thee, O Lord, stablish in our hearts the mysteries of thy true religion: that, as we do believe thy Son, conceived of a virgin, to be very God and very man, so by the power of his resurrection we may be found worthy to attain to everlasting felicity.  (Through the same.)
 

COMMUNION  Zecharaiah 14

Behold, the Lord shall come, and all his Saints with him: and in that day there shall be a great light.

POSTCOMMUNION

Grant, O Lord, that this holy Sacrament which we have received may in such wise deliver us from the sins of our former nature: that we may be worthy to enter intno the fellowship of thy saving mysteries.  Through.

POSTCOMMUNION 2  Of Advent

Grant to us, O Lord, we beseech thee: so to wait for thy loving kindness in the midst of thy Temple, that in readiness of heart and mind we may hail the coming feast of our redemption.  Through.

POSTCOMMUNION 3  Of Saint Mary

We beseech thee, O Lord, pour thy grace into our hearts: that as we have known the incarnation of thy Son Jesus Christ by the message of an Angel; so by his cross and passion we may be brought to the glory of his resurrection.  (Through the same.)
 

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