INTROIT

Esto mihi (Psalm 31)

   Be thou my strong rock and house of defense,
That thou mayest save me:
   For thou art my strong rock and my castle:
  Be thou also my guide, and lead me for thy Name’s sake. §

   In thee, O Lord, have I put my trust,
  Let me never be put to confusion.
   But rid me and deliver me
  In thy righteousness.
   Glory be ...
  As it was ...
 

(Repeat to §.)

THE COLLECT

O LORD, who hast taught us that all our doings without charity are nothing worth; Send thy Holy Ghost, and pour into our hearts that most excellent gift of charity, the very bond of peace and of all virtues, without which whosoever liveth is counted dead before thee. Grant this for thine only Son Jesus Christ's sake. Amen.

§ The other Collects shall be said as below or as on December 30th.

COLLECT 2  Of the Saints

Defend us, O Lord, we beseech thee, from all dangers both of body and soul: and at the intercession of thy blessed and glorious ever-Virgin Mary, Mother of God, of blessed Joseph, of thy holy Apostles Peter and Paul, of blessed N., and of all thy Saints, grant us thy saving health and peace; that being defended from all adversities and all false doctrines, thy Church may serve thee in all freedom and quietness.  (Through.)

COLLECT 3  Ad Libitum
 

THE EPISTLE

I Corinthians 13.1-13

THOUGH I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away. For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away. When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things. For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

GRADUAL

  (Psalm 77) Thou art the God that doeth wonders:
People  And hast declared thy power among the people.
Thou hast mightily delivered thy Even the sons of Jacob and Joseph.

The following Tract is said on Sundays only.

TRACT

  (Psalm 100) O be joyful in the Lord, all ye lands:
Serve the Lord with gladness.
  Come before his presence with a song:
Be ye sure that the Lord he is God.
  It is he that hath made us and not we ourselves:
We are his people and the sheep of his pasture.

THE GOSPEL

St. Luke 18.31-43

THEN Jesus took unto him the twelve, and said unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished. For he shall be delivered unto the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on: and they shall scourge him, and put him to death: and the third day he shall rise again. And they understood none of these things: and this saying was hid from them, neither knew they the things which were spoken. And it came to pass, that as he was come nigh unto Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the way-side begging: and hearing the multitude pass by, he asked what it meant. And they told him, that Jesus of Nazareth passeth by. And he cried, saying, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me. And they which went before rebuked him, that he should hold his peace: but he cried so much the more, Thou son of David, have mercy on me. And Jesus stood, and commanded him to be brought unto him: and when he was come near, he asked him, saying, What wilt thou that I shall do unto thee? And he said, Lord, that I may receive my sight. And Jesus said unto him, Receive thy sight: thy faith hath saved thee. And immediately he received his sight, and followed him, glorifying God: and all the people, when they saw it, gave praise unto God.

The Creed is said.

OFFERTORY  Psalm 119

Blessed art thou, O Lord, O teach me thy statutes: with my lips have I been telling of all the judgements of thy mouth.

SECRET

Grant, O Lord, we pray thee that this oblation may insuch 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.  Through.

§ The other Secrets shall be said as below or as on December 30th.

SECRET 2 Of the Saints

Graciously hear us, O God of our salvation, and by the power of this Sacrament defend us from all dangers both of body and soul: granting us in this world the succour of thy grace, and in the world to come life everlasting.  (Through).

SECRET 3 Ad Libitum

COMMUNION  Pslam 78

They did eat and were all filled, for the Lord gave them their own desire: they were not disappointedd of their lust.

POSTCOMMUNION

We beseech thee, Almighty God: that we who have received this heavenly food, may thereby be defended against all advesities.  Through.

§ The other Postcommunions shall be said as below or as on December 30th.

POSTCOMMUNION 2  Of the Saints

Grant, we beseech thee, O Lord, that the gifts now offered by us in these holy mysteries may evermore cleanse and defend us: that at the intercession of the blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, of blessed Joseph, of thy holy Apostles Peter and Paul, of blessed N., and of all thy Saints, we may be absolved from all our offences and defended against al adversities.  (Through.)

POSTCOMMUNION 3  Ad Libitum

V.  Let us bless the Lord.
R.  Thanks be to God.

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