INTROIT

Miserere mihi (Psalm 31)

Priest:  Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am in trouble:
People: Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, and from them that persecute me:
Priest:  Let me  ot be confounded, O Lord,
People: For I have called upon thee.  §

Priest:  In thee, O Lord, have I put my trust, let me never be put to confusion:
People: Deliver me in thy righteousness.

(Repeat to §.)

We beseech thee, O Lord, mercifully to pour thy grace into our hearts: that we, who willingly by the chastisement of the flesh do refrain from sin,may in such wise mortify ourselves in this life, that we may be delivered in the end from everlasting damnation.  Through.

COLLECT 2 Of Ash Wednesday

ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who hatest nothing that thou hast made, and dost forgive the sins of all those who 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 our Lord. [Who.]

THE LESSON

Jeremiah 17.13-18

In those days: Jeremiah said: O Lord, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the Lord, the fountain of living waters.  Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise.  Behold, they say unto me, Where is the word of the Lord? let it come now.  As for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor to follow thee: neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was right before thee.  Be not a terror unto me: thou art my hope in the day of evil.  Let them be confounded that persecute me, but let not me be confounded: let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed: bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction, O Lord our God.
 
 
GRADUAL

Priest:   (Psalm 35) Their commuining is not for peace:
People:  But they imagine deceitful words against them that are quiet in the land.
Priest:  This  hast thou seen, O Lord, hold not thy tongue:
People:  Go not far from me, OLord.

TRACT

Priest:   (Psalm 103) O Lord, deal not with us after our sins:
People:   Nor reward us according to our wickedness.
Priest:   (Psalm 79)  Lord, remember not our old sins, but have mercy upon us,
People:   And that soon, for we are come to great misery.

ALL GENUFLECT

Priest:   Help us, O God  of our salvation,
People:   For the glory of thy Name, O Lord
Priest:   O deliver us and be merciful unto our sins,
People:   For thy Name’s sake.
 

THE GOSPEL

St. John 11.47-54

At that time:  he chief priests and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles.  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  Psalm 119
 
Blessed art thou, O Lord, O teach me thy statutes: O give me not over unto the proud, that are mine oppressors: so shall I make answer unto my blasphemers.

SECRET

Grant, 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.

SECRET 2  Of Ash Wednesday

Grant, we beseeh thee, O Lord, that like as we do by these our oblations bring to remembrance the institution of this holy Sacrament, so we may by thee be enabled to offer the same according to thy will.  Through.

COMMUNION  Psalm 27

Deliver me not ovver into the will of mine adversaries, O Lord: fofr there are false witnesses risen up against me, and such as speak wrong.

POSTCOMMUNION

We 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.

POSTCOMMUNION 2  Of Ash Wednesday

We beseech thee, 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.
 

Over the people.

Let us pray.  Bow down before the Lord.

COLLECT

Grant, we beseech thee, Almighty God: that we, who seek the grace of thy protection, may ever be delivered from all evils and faithfully serve thee with a quiet mind.  Through.
 

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