INTROIT

Vocem jucunditatis (Isaiah 48.20)

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

(Psalm 66) O be joyful in God all ye lands, sing praises unto the honour of his Name:
Make his praise to be glorious.
Glory be ...
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 are good, and by thy merciful guiding may perform the same; through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

Seasonal Prayers as given after Low Sunday [copied to this page already].  [But note the Proper Prayers (number 26) in Various Prayers (in the Missal) provided by the Prayer-Book for this Sunday and the Rogation Days.]

COLLECT 2  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.

COLLECT 3  For the Church

We beseech thee, O Lord, mercifully to hear the prayers of thy that, being delivered from all  adversities and all false doctrines, thy Church may serve thee in freedom and quietness.  Through.
 

THE EPISTLE

James 1.22–27

DEARLY BELOVED:  Be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if any one is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who observes his natural face in a mirror; for he observes himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like. But he who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer that forgets but a doer that acts, he shall be blessed in his doing.  If any one thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this man's religion is vain. Religion that is pure and undefiled before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.

ALLELUIA

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

  (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 16.23–33

AT THAT TIME: Jesus said, "Truly, truly, I say to you, if you ask anything of the Father, he will give it to you in my name. Hitherto you have asked nothing in my name; ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.  I have said this to you in figures; the hour is coming when I shall no longer speak to you in figures but tell you plainly of the Father.  In that day you will ask in my name; and I do not say to you that I shall pray the Father for you; for the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have believed that I came from the Father.  I came from the Father and have come into the world; again, I am leaving the world and going to the Father."  His disciples said, "Ah, now you are speaking plainly, not in any figure!  Now we know that you know all things, and need none to question you; by this we believe that you came from God."  Jesus answered them, "Do you now believe?  The hour is coming, indeed it has come, when you will be scattered, every man to his home, and will leave me alone; yet I am not alone, for the Father is with me.  I have said this to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world."

 
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 that through this observance of our bounden devotion we may attain to the glory of thy heavenly kingdom.  Through.

SECRET 2  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.

SECRET 3  For the Church

Defend, O Lord, we pray thee, us thy servants: that we, cleaving fast to things heavenly, may faithfully serve thee both in body and soul.  Through.

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 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.

POSTCOMMUNION 3  For the Church

Grant, we beseech thee, O Lord our God: that we, whom thou hast made partakers of heavenly gladness, may by thee be defended from all earthly perils.  Through.
 
 

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