The
Fourth Sunday in Advent.
Benedictus.
St. Luke i. 68.
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 hand 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 day-spring 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.
The
Collect.
The Collect from the First Sunday in
Advent is to be repeated every day, with the other Collects in Advent, until
Christmas-Eve:
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.
O LORD, raise up (we pray thee) thy power, and come among us,
and with great might succour us; that whereas, through our sins and wickedness,
we are sore let* and hindered in running the race that is set before us, thy
bountiful grace and mercy may speedily help and deliver us; through the
satisfaction of thy Son our Lord, to whom with thee and the Holy Ghost be
honour and glory, world without end. Amen.
*“Let” – archaic:
to impede or obstruct.
Old Testament Reading: Isaiah 40.1-11
Psalter: Morning-98, 99; Evening-101, 103
Epistle Reading: Philippians 4.4-7
Gospel Reading: St. John 1.19-28
The Eve
of the Nativity of our Lord
December 24
December 24
Jubilate Deo. Psalm c.
O BE joyful
in the Lord, all ye lands : serve the Lord with gladness, and 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.
O go your way
into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise : be thankful
unto him, and speak good of his Name.
For the Lord
is gracious, his mercy is everlasting : and his truth endureth from generation
to generation.
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.
GOD, who makest us glad with the
yearly remembrance of the birth of thine only Son Jesus Christ; Grant that as
we joyfully receive him for our Redeemer, so we may with sure confidence behold
him when he shall come to be our Judge, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the
Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen.
O God, who hast made this most
holy night to shine with the brightness of the true Light: grant, we beseech
Thee, that, as we have known on earth the mysteries of that Light, we may also
come to the fullness of its joy in heaven; through the same, Jesus Christ, Thy
Son, our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost: ever one
God, world without end. Amen (The Brotherhood Prayer
Book).
Epistle Reading: Titus 2.11-15
Gospel Reading: Luke 2.1-14
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