The Third Sunday
in Advent.
Psalm
96 Cantate Domino
O SING unto the Lord a new song : sing
unto the Lord, all the whole earth.
2. Sing unto the Lord, and praise his
Name : be telling of his salvation from day to day.
3. Declare his honour unto the heathen
: and his wonders unto all people.
4. For the Lord is great, and cannot
worthily be praised : he is more to be feared than all gods.
5. As for all the gods of the heathen,
they are but idols : but it is the Lord that made the heavens.
6. Glory and worship are before him :
power and honour are in his sanctuary.
7. Ascribe unto the Lord, O ye kindreds
of the people : ascribe unto the Lord worship and power.
8. Ascribe unto the Lord the honour due
unto his Name : bring presents, and come into his courts.
9. O worship the Lord in the beauty of
holiness : let the whole earth stand in awe of him.
10. Tell it out among the heathen that
the Lord is King : and that it is he who hath made the round world so fast that
it cannot be moved; and how that he shall judge the people righteously.
11. Let the heavens rejoice, and let
the earth be glad : let the sea make a noise, and all that therein is.
12. Let the field be joyful, and all
that is in it : then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice before the Lord.
13. For he cometh, for he cometh to
judge the earth : and with righteousness to judge the world, and the people
with his truth.
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 Jesu Christ, who
at thy first coming didst send thy messenger to prepare thy way before thee;
Grant that the ministers and stewards of thy mysteries may likewise so prepare
and make ready thy way, by turning the hearts of the disobedient to the wisdom
of the just, that at thy second coming to judge the world we may be found an
acceptable people in thy sight, who livest and reignest with the Father and the
Holy Spirit ever, one God, world without end. Amen.
Old Testament Reading: Isaiah 35
Psalter: Morning-52, 53;
Evening-93, 94
Epistle Reading: 1 Corinthians
4.1-5
Gospel Reading: St. Matthew
11.2-10
Advent
Ember Days: 19, 21 and 22 December 2018
In the Ember Weeks, to be said
every day, for those that are about to be admitted into Holy Orders:
ALMIGHTY God, our
heavenly Father, who hast purchased to thyself an universal Church by the
precious blood of thy dear Son; Mercifully look upon the same, and at this time
so guide and govern the minds of thy servants the Bishops and Pastors of thy
flock, that they may lay hands suddenly on no man, but faithfully and wisely
make choice of fit persons, to serve in the sacred Ministry of thy Church. And
to those which shall be ordained to any holy function, give thy grace and
heavenly benediction; that both by their life and doctrine they may show forth
thy glory, and set forward the salvation of all men; through Jesus Christ our
Lord. Amen.
Or this.
ALMIGHTY God, the
giver of all good gifts, who of thy divine providence hast appointed divers
Orders in thy Church; Give thy grace, we humbly beseech thee, to all those who
are to be called to any office and administration in the same; and so replenish
them with the truth of thy doctrine, and endue them with innocency of life,
that they may faithfully serve before thee, to the glory of thy great Name, and
the benefit of thy holy Church; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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