The First Sunday of Advent.
Psalm 1
Beatus vir, qui non abiit,
&c.
1. BLESSED is the man that hath not walked in the counsel
of the ungodly, nor stood in the way of sinners : and hath not sat in the seat
of the scornful.
2. But his delight is in the law of the Lord : and in his
law will he exercise himself day and night.
3. And he shall be like a tree planted by the water-side :
that will bring forth his fruit in due season.
4. His leaf also shall not wither : and look, whatsoever
he doeth, it shall prosper.
5. As for the ungodly, it is not so with them : but they
are like the chaff, which the wind scattereth away from the face of the earth.
6. Therefore the ungodly shall not be able to stand in the
judgement : neither the sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
7. But the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous : and the
way of the ungodly shall perish.
The Collect.
ALMIGHTY God, give us grace that we may
cast away the works of darkness, and put upon us the armour of light, now in
the time of this mortal life in which thy Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in
great humility; that in the last day, when he shall come again in his glorious
majesty to judge both the quick and the dead, we may rise to the life immortal;
through him who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, one God, now
and for ever. Amen.
[This Collect is to be repeated every
day, with the other Collects in Advent, until Christmas-Eve.]
Old Testament Reading: Isaiah
28.14-22
Psalter: Morning-8, 50; Evening-96,
97
Epistle Reading: Romans 13.8-14
Gospel Reading: Matthew 21.1-13
Admonition and
Exhortation
Before Communion
Before Communion
This
Admonition is appropriate before any Holy Communion and at the beginning of the
Advent Fast, the Great Fast, and Trinity.
DEARLY beloved in the Lord, ye who mind to come to the holy Communion of the Body and Blood of our Saviour Christ, must consider how Saint Paul exhorteth all persons diligently to try and examine themselves, before they presume to eat of that Bread, and drink of that Cup. For as the benefit is great, if with a true penitent heart and lively faith we receive that holy Sacrament; so is the danger great, if we receive the same unworthily. Judge therefore yourselves, brethren, that ye be not judged of the Lord; repent you truly for your sins past; have a lively and stedfast faith in Christ our Saviour; amend your lives, and be in perfect charity with all men; so shall ye be meet partakers of those holy mysteries. And above all things ye must give most humble and hearty thanks to God, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, for the redemption of the world by the death and passion of our Saviour Christ, both God and man; who did humble himself, even to the death upon the Cross, for us, miserable sinners, who lay in darkness and the shadow of death; that he might make us the children of God, and exalt us to everlasting life. And to the end that we should always remember the exceeding great love of our Master, and only Saviour, Jesus Christ, thus dying for us, and the innumerable benefits which by his precious blood-shedding he hath obtained for us; he hath instituted and ordained holy mysteries, as pledges of his love, and for a continual remembrance of his death, to our great and endless comfort. To him therefore, with the Father and the Holy Ghost, let us give, as we are most bounden, continual thanks; submitting ourselves wholly to his holy will and pleasure, and studying to serve him in true holiness and righteousness all the days of our life. Amen [Adapted from the Book of Common Prayer]
DEARLY beloved in the Lord, ye who mind to come to the holy Communion of the Body and Blood of our Saviour Christ, must consider how Saint Paul exhorteth all persons diligently to try and examine themselves, before they presume to eat of that Bread, and drink of that Cup. For as the benefit is great, if with a true penitent heart and lively faith we receive that holy Sacrament; so is the danger great, if we receive the same unworthily. Judge therefore yourselves, brethren, that ye be not judged of the Lord; repent you truly for your sins past; have a lively and stedfast faith in Christ our Saviour; amend your lives, and be in perfect charity with all men; so shall ye be meet partakers of those holy mysteries. And above all things ye must give most humble and hearty thanks to God, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, for the redemption of the world by the death and passion of our Saviour Christ, both God and man; who did humble himself, even to the death upon the Cross, for us, miserable sinners, who lay in darkness and the shadow of death; that he might make us the children of God, and exalt us to everlasting life. And to the end that we should always remember the exceeding great love of our Master, and only Saviour, Jesus Christ, thus dying for us, and the innumerable benefits which by his precious blood-shedding he hath obtained for us; he hath instituted and ordained holy mysteries, as pledges of his love, and for a continual remembrance of his death, to our great and endless comfort. To him therefore, with the Father and the Holy Ghost, let us give, as we are most bounden, continual thanks; submitting ourselves wholly to his holy will and pleasure, and studying to serve him in true holiness and righteousness all the days of our life. Amen [Adapted from the Book of Common Prayer]
Saint Andrew the
Apostle
(November 30)
(November 30)
ALMIGHTY God, who didst give such grace unto thy holy Apostle Saint
Andrew, that he readily obeyed the calling of thy Son Jesus Christ, and
followed him without delay; Grant unto us all, that we, being called by thy
holy Word, may forthwith give up ourselves obediently to fulfil thy holy
commandments; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Old Testament Reading: Isaiah 55.1-5
Psalter: Psalm 34
Epistle Reading: Romans 10.9-21
Gospel Reading: Matthew 4.18-22 (see
also John 1.35-42)
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