The
Second Sunday in Advent.
Te Deum Laudamus.
WE praise thee, O God : we
acknowledge thee to be the Lord.
All the earth
doth worship thee : the Father everlasting.
To thee all
Angels cry aloud : the Heavens, and all the Powers therein.
To thee
Cherubim and Seraphim : continually do cry,
Holy, Holy, Holy
: Lord God of Sabaoth;
Heaven and
earth are full of the Majesty : of thy glory.
The glorious
company of the Apostles : praise thee.
The goodly
fellowship of the Prophets : praise thee.
The noble
army of Martyrs : praise thee.
The holy
Church throughout all the world : doth acknowledge thee;
The Father :
of an infinite Majesty;
Thine
honourable, true : and only Son;
Also the Holy
Ghost : the Comforter.
Thou art the
King of Glory : O Christ.
Thou art the
everlasting Son : of the Father.
When thou
tookest upon thee to deliver man : thou didst not abhor the Virgin’s womb.
When thou
hadst overcome the sharpness of death : thou didst open the Kingdom of Heaven
to all believers.
Thou sittest
at the right hand of God : in the glory of the Father.
We believe
that thou shalt come : to be our Judge.
We therefore
pray thee, help thy servants : whom thou hast redeemed with thy precious blood.
Make them to
be numbered with thy Saints : in glory everlasting.
O Lord, save
thy people : and bless thine heritage.
Govern them :
and lift them up for ever.
Day by day :
we magnify thee;
And we
worship thy Name : ever world without end.
Vouchsafe, O
Lord : to keep us this day without sin.
O Lord, have
mercy upon us : have mercy upon us.
O Lord, let
thy mercy lighten upon us : as our trust is in thee.
O Lord, in
thee have I trusted : let me never be confounded.
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.
BLESSED Lord, who hast caused all holy Scriptures to be
written for our learning; Grant that we may in such wise hear them, read, mark,
learn, and inwardly digest them, that by patience and comfort of thy holy Word,
we may embrace, and ever hold fast, the blessed hope of everlasting life, which
thou hast given us in our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.
STIR UP our hearts, O Lord: to make ready the way of Thine
only-begotten Son; so that by His coming we may be enabled to serve Thee with
pure minds; 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).
Old Testament Reading: Isaiah 55.1-13
Psalter: Morning-80, 82; Evening-25, 26
Epistle Reading: Romans 15.4-13
Gospel Reading: Luke 21.25-33
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