8. We wait for thy loving-kindness, O God: in the midst of thy temple. 9. O God, according to thy Name, so is thy praise unto the world's end thy right hand is full of righteousness. 10. Let the mount Sion rejoice, and the daughter of Judah be glad because of thy judgments. : 11. Walk about Sion, and go round about her and tell the towers thereof. 12. Mark well her bulwarks, set up her houses: that ye may tell them that come after. 13. For this God is our God for ever and ever: he shall be our guide unto death. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen. Antiphon. The light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days: in the day that the Lord bindeth up the breach of His people, and healeth the stroke of their wound. (Isaiah xxx. 26.) Antiphon. For from the rising of the sun, even unto the going down of the same, My Name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place Incense shall be offered unto My Name, and a Pure Offering: for My Name shall be great among the heathen, saith the Lord of Hosts. (Malachi i. 11.) PSALM LXXXIV. Quam dilecta! (8th Tone, 2nd Ending.) 1. O how amiable are thy dwellings: thou Lord of hosts! 2. My soul hath a desire and longing to enter into the courts of the Lord: my heart and my flesh rejoice in the living God. 3. Yea, the sparrow hath found her an house, and the swallow a nest where she may lay her young: even thy altars, O Lord of hosts, my King and my God. 4. Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be alway praising thee. 5. Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee: in whose heart are thy ways. 6. Who going through the vale of misery use it for a well: and the pools are filled with water. 7. They will go from strength to strength: and unto the God of gods appeareth every one of them in Sion. 8. O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer: hearken, O God of Jacob. 9. Behold, O God our Defender: and look upon the face of thine Anointed. 10. For one day in thy courts: is better than a thousand. 11. I had rather be a door-keeper in the house of my God: than to dwell in the tents of ungodliness. 12. For the Lord God is a light and defence: the Lord will give grace and worship, and no good thing shall he withhold from them that live a godly life. 13. O Lord God of hosts: blessed is the man that putteth his trust in thee. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen. Antiphon. For from the rising of the sun, even unto the going down of the same, My Name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place Incense shall be offered unto My Name, and a Pure Offering: for My Name shall be great among the heathen, saith the Lord of Hosts. (Malachi i. 11.) Then shall follow the Lesson. Revelation xxi. ¶Then shall be sung the following: Antiphon. Thus saith the Lord, I am returned unto Zion: and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth, and the mountain of the Lord of Hosts the holy mountain. viii. 3.) (Zechariah Benedictus. S. Luke i. 68. (1st Tone, 1st Ending.) Blessed be the Lord God of Israel: for he hath visited and redeemed his people. And hath raised up a mighty salvation for us: in the house of His servant David; As He spake by the mouth of His holy Prophets which have been since the world began ; That we should be saved from our enemies: and from the hands of all that hate us; : To perform the mercy promised to our forefathers and to remember his holy Covenant; To perform the oath which He sware to our forefather Abraham that he would give us; That we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies: might serve him without fear; In holiness and righteousness before Him: all the days of our life. And thou, Child, shalt be called the Prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare His ways; To give knowledge of salvation unto His people: for the remission of their sins, Through the tender mercy of our God: whereby the DaySpring from on high hath visited us; To give light to them that sit in darkness, and in the shadow of death and to guide our feet into the way of peace. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen. Antiphon. Thus saith the Lord, I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth, and the mountain of the Lord of Hosts the holy mountain. (Zechariah viii. 3.) After which the following shall be said or sung :— The Lord be with you. And with thy spirit. Let us pray. Lord, have mercy upon us. Christ, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy. Our Father, &c. V. O Lord, show Thy mercy upon us. R. And grant us Thy salvation. V. O Lord, save the Queen. R. And mercifully hear us when we call upon thee. V. Endue Thy ministers with righteousness. R. And make Thy chosen people joyful. V. O Lord, save Thy people. R. And bless Thine inheritance. V. Give peace in our time, O Lord. R. Because there is none other that fighteth for us, but only V. O God, make clean our hearts within us. R. And take not Thy Holy Spirit from us. 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 unto the glory of His Resurrection, through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. R. Amen. Almighty God, Who through Thine only-begotten Son Jesus Christ hast overcome death, and opened unto us the gate of everlasting life: we humbly beseech Thee, that as by Thy special grace preventing us, Thou dost put into our minds good desires, so by Thy continual help we may bring the same to good effect, through Jesus Christ our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. R. Amen.' O Lord Jesus Christ, Who saidst unto Thine apostles, My Peace I leave with you, My Peace I give unto you, regard not our sins but the faith of Thy Church, and grant Her that Peace and Unity which is agreeable to Thy Will, who livest and reignest God, for ever and ever. R. Amen. ¶ Here shall be sung the following Hymn: Christ is made the sure Foundation Holy Sion's help for ever, And her confidence alone. All that dedicated city, Dearly loved by God on high, In exultant jubilation Pours perpetual melody; God the One and God the Trinal To this Temple, where we call Thee, Shed within its walls for aye. Here vouchsafe to all Thy servants That they supplicate to gain, IIere to have and hold for ever Those good things their prayers obtain, And hereafter, in Thy Glory, With Thy blessed ones to reign. Laud and honour to the Father, Laud and honour to the Son, While unending ages run. Amen. 1 The Church was to have been blessed on the (transferred) Feast of the Annunciation of our Lady, during the Easter season, -hence the use of these Collects. Others would of course be used on other occasions and Church seasons, or under different circumstances. Assist us mercifully, O Lord, in these our supplications and prayers, and dispose the way of Thy servants towards the attainment of everlasting salvation: that, among all the changes and chances of this mortal life, they may ever be defended by Thy most gracious and ready help; through Jesus Christ our Lord. R. Amen. The Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the Love of God, and the Fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore. R. Amen. SERVICE FOR HOLY COMMUNION. Missa de Angelis. (Published by Novello.) Introit:-Psalm cxxii. Lætatus sum. (5th Tone, 1st Ending.) Proper Collect, Epistle, and Gospel :-Those for the Feast of the Annunciation, B. V. M. (with commemoration of Easter). Offertory: In process of time. (Scottish Office.) Hymn: 0 Word of God above. At the conclusion of the Service, the Hymn, Te Deum, in English, to the Ambrosian Chant. During the Octave. Proper Psalms-Morning: xlv., xlvi., lxxxiv., xlviii. Antiphons as on the day of opening. Proper Lessons-Morning: 1st, 1 Kings viii. 22-62. 2nd, S. John i. 1—14. Evening: 1st, Ezra vi. 16 to end. 2nd, Revelation xxi. Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam. OFFICE FOR THE BENEDICTION OF A DWELLING-HOUSE.1 P IN THE ORATORY. ¶ The Priest shall begin by saying, EACE be to this house and all who dwell in it. V. Our help standeth in the Name of the Lord. 1 This service, for which the Editor of the Second Edition of the Directorium Anglicanum is indebted to John D. Chambers, Esq. (who translated and arranged the same), is taken from two or three old forms to be found in the Sarum and other Breviaries, and in Martene, de Antiq. Eccles. Ritibus. The Editor tenders his thanks for permission to place it here. |