INTROIT

Vocem jucunditatis (Isaiah 48)

Priest:   With a voice of singing declare ye, tell this, alleluia:
People:   Utter it even to the end of the earth:
Priest:   Say ye, the Lord hath redeemed his people:
People:   Alleluia, alleluia.  §

Priest: (Psalm 66) O be joyful in God all ye lands, sing praises unto the honour of his Name:
People: Make his praise to be glorious.
Priest: Glory be ...
People: As it was ...

(Repeat to §.)

O Lord, from whom all good things do come, grant to us thy humble servants: that by thy holy inspiration, we may think those things that be good; and by thy merciful guiding may perform the same.  Through.

COLLECT 2  Of the Rogation Days

Grant, we beseech thee, Almighty God: that we  who in all our troubles and adversities do put our trust and confidence in thy mercy, may ever be defended by thy mighty power.  (Through.)
 

COLLECT 3  Of St. Mary

O Lord God Almighty, we beseech thee to keep us thy servants both outwardly in our bodies and inwardly in our souls: that by the glorious intercession of blessed Mary Ever-Virgin, we may be delivered from our present heaviness, and attain in the end to everlasting gladness.  Through.

But in collegiate Churches, where there is said also another Rogation Mass, the Second Collect will be of St. Mary, the third will be for the Church, as given after Low Sunday.

THE EPISTLE

Ephesians 4.7 – 13

Brethren: Unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ.  Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.  (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?  He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.)  And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;  For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:  Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ.

ALLELUIA

Priest:  Alleluia:
People: Alleluia.
Priest:  Christ is risen, and hath shewed his light unto us,
People  Whom he hath redeemed with his most precious Blood.  Alleluia.

Priest:   (John 16) I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world:
People  Again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.
All:       Alleluia.
 

THE GOSPEL

St. John 17.1 – 11

At that time: Jesus lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:  As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.  And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.  I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.  And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.  I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word.  Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee.  For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.  I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.  And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them.  And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee.
 
OFFERTORY  Psalm 66

O Praise our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard: who beholdeth 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, alleluia.

SECRET

We beseech thee, O Lord, to accept the prayers and oblations of thy faithful people: that through this observance of our bounden devotion we may attain to the glory of thy heavenly kingdom.  Through.

SECRET 2  Of the Rogation Days

Grant, 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.)

SECRET 3  Of St.Mary

WE beseech thee, O Lord, that by the bountiful goodness of thy mercy, and by the intercession of blessed Mary Ever-Virgin, these our oblations may be acceptable in thy sight: that we being delivered in this present life from all adversities may obtain in that which is to come peace everlasting.  Through.

PREFACE  Of Easter

COMMUNION  Psalm 96

O sing unto the Lord, alleluia: sing unto the Lord, and praise his Name, be telling of his salvation from day to day, alleluia, alleluia.

POSTCOMMUNION

Grant, we beseech thee, O Lord: that we, whom thou hast fulfilled with the bounty of thy heavenly banquet, may evermore desire those things that are according to thy will, and effectually obtain all things that we desire.  Through.

POSTCOMMUNION 2  Of the Rogation Days

Vouchsafe, O Lord, we pray thee, to further with thy gracious favour these our supplications: that we receiving thy gifts in this time of our tribulation may increase in thy love by the consolation of the same.  (Through.)

POSTCOMMUNION 3  Of St. Mary

O Lord, who hast appointed this holy sacrament which we have here received to be the means of our salvation: mercifully grant, that we which have offered these our gifts unto thy divine majesty in honour of blessed Mary Ever-Virgin, may by her protection be preserved both in body and soul.  Through.

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