From The Book of
Common Prayer 1662
The Litany
Here followeth the Litany, or General Supplication, to be sung
or said after Morning Prayer, upon Sundays, Wednesdays, and
Fridays, and at other times when it shall be commanded by the
Ordinary.
O GOD the
Father, of heaven : have mercy upon us miserable sinners.
O God the Father, of heaven : have mercy upon us miserable
sinners.
O God the Son, Redeemer of the world : have mercy upon us miserable
sinners.
O God the Son, Redeemer of the world : have mercy upon us
miserable sinners.
O God the Holy Ghost, proceeding from the Father and the Son: have
mercy upon us miserable sinners.
O God the Holy Ghost, proceeding from the Father and the Son :
have mercy upon us miserable sinners.
O holy, blessed, and glorious Trinity, three Persons and one God :
have mercy upon us miserable sinners.
O holy, blessed, and glorious Trinity, three Persons and one God
: have mercy upon us miserable sinners.
Remember not, Lord, our offences, nor the offences of our
forefathers; neither take thou vengeance of our sins: Spare us, good
Lord, spare thy people, whom thou hast redeemed with thy most precious
blood, and be not angry with us for ever.
Spare us, good Lord.
From all evil and mischief; from sin; from the crafts and
assaults of the devil; from thy wrath, and from everlasting damnation,
Spare us, good Lord.
From all blindness of heart; from pride, vainglory, and
hypocrisy; from envy, hatred, and malice, and all uncharitableness,
Spare us, good Lord.
From fornication, and all other deadly sin; and from all the
deceits of the world, the flesh, and the devil,
Spare us, good Lord.
From lightning and tempest; from earthquake, fire, and flood;
from plague, pestilence, and famine; from battle and murder, and from
sudden death,
Spare us, good Lord.
From all sedition, privy conspiracy, and rebellion; from all
false doctrine, heresy, and schism; from hardness of heart, and
contempt of thy Word and Commandment,
Spare us, good Lord.
By the mystery of thy holy Incarnation; by thy holy Nativity and
Circumcision; by thy Baptism, Fasting, and Temptation,
Spare us, good Lord.
By thine Agony and Bloody Sweat; by thy Cross and Passion; by
thy precious Death and Burial; by thy glorious Resurrection and
Ascension, and by the Coming of the Holy Ghost,
Spare us, good Lord.
In all time of our tribulation; in all time of our prosperity;
in the hour of death, and in the day of judgment,
Spare us, good Lord.
We sinners do beseech thee to hear us, O Lord God; and that it
may please thee to rule and govern thy holy Church universal in the
right way;
We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.
That it may please thee to keep and strengthen in the true
worshipping of thee, in righteousness and holiness of life, thy
Servant ELIZABETH, our most gracious Queen and Governor;
We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.
That it may please thee to rule her heart in thy faith, fear,
and love, and that she may evermore have affiance in thee, and ever
seek thy honour and glory;
We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.
That it may please thee to be her defender and keeper, giving
her the victory over all her enemies;
We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.
That it may please thee to bless and
preserve Elizabeth the Queen Mother, Philip Duke of
Edinburgh, Charles Prince of Wales, and all the
Royal Family;
We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.
That it may please thee to illuminate all Bishops, Priests, and
Deacons, with true knowledge and understanding of thy Word; and that
both by their preaching and living they may set it forth, and show it
accordingly;
We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.
That it may please thee to endue the Lords of the Council, and
all the Nobility, with grace, wisdom, and understanding;
We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.
That it may please thee to bless and keep the Magistrates,
giving them grace to execute justice, and to maintain truth;
We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.
That it may please thee to bless and keep all thy people;
We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.
That it may please thee to give to all nations unity, peace,
and concord;
We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.
That it may please thee to give us an heart to love and dread
thee, and diligently to live after thy commandments;
We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.
That it may please thee to give to all thy people increase of
grace to hear meekly thy Word, and to receive it with pure affection,
and to bring forth the fruits of the Spirit;
We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.
That it may please thee to bring into the way of truth all such
as have erred, and are deceived;
We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.
That it may please thee to strengthen such as do stand; and to
comfort and help the weak-hearted; and to raise up those who fall; and
finally to beat down Satan under our feet;
We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.
That it may please thee to succour, help, and comfort, all who
are in danger, necessity, and tribulation;
We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.
That it may please thee to preserve all who travel by land, by
water, all women labouring of child, all sick persons, and young
children; and to show thy pity upon all prisoners and captives;
We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.
That it may please thee to defend, and provide for, the
fatherless children, and widows, and all who are desolate and
oppressed;
We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.
That it may please thee to have mercy upon all men;
We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.
That it may please thee to forgive our enemies, persecutors,
and slanderers, and to turn their hearts;
We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.
That it may please thee to give and preserve to our use the
kindly fruits of the earth, so that in due time we may enjoy them;
We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.
That it may please thee to give us true repentance; to forgive
us all our sins, negligences, and ignorances; and to endue us with the
grace of thy Holy Spirit to amend our lives according to thy holy
Word;
We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.
Son of God : we beseech thee to hear us.
Son of God : we beseech thee to hear us.
O Lamb of God : that takest away the sins of the world;
Grant us thy peace.
O Lamb of God : that takest away the sins of the world;
Have mercy upon us.
O Christ, hear us.
O Christ, hear us.
Lord, have mercy upon us.
Lord, have mercy upon us.
Christ, have mercy upon us.
Christ, have mercy upon us.
Lord, have mercy upon us.
Lord, have mercy upon us.
Then shall the Priest, and the people with him, say the Lord's
Prayer.
OUR Father, which art in
heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in
earth, As it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And
forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive those who trespass against
us. And lead us not into temptation, But deliver us from evil. Amen.
Priest. O Lord, deal not with us according to our sins.
Answer. Neither reward us according to our iniquities.
Let us pray.
O GOD, merciful Father,
that despisest not the sighing of a contrite heart, nor the desire of
such as are sorrowful; Mercifully assist our prayers which we make
before thee in all our troubles and adversities, whensoever they
oppress us; and graciously hear us, that those evils which the craft
and subtilty of the devil or man worketh be brought to nought; and by
the providence of thy goodness they may be dispersed; that we thy
servants, being hurt by no persecutions, may evermore give thanks unto
thee in thy holy Church; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
O Lord, arise, help us, and deliver us for thy Name's sake.
O GOD, we have heard
with our ears, and our fathers have declared unto us, the noble works
that thou didst in their days, and in the old time before them.
O Lord, arise, help us, and deliver us for thine honour.
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.
From our enemies defend us, O Christ.
Graciously look upon our afflictions.
Pitifully behold the sorrows of our hearts.
Mercifully forgive the sins of thy people.
Favourably with mercy hear our prayers.
O Son of David, have mercy upon us.
Both now and ever vouchsafe to hear us, O Christ.
Graciously hear us, O Christ; graciously hear us, O Lord Christ.
Priest. O Lord, let thy mercy be showed upon us;
Answer. As we do put our trust in thee.
Let us pray.
WE humbly beseech thee,
O Father, mercifully to look upon our infirmities; and, for the glory
of thy Name, turn from us all those evils that we most justly have
deserved; and grant, that in all our troubles we may put our whole
trust and confidence in thy mercy, and evermore serve thee in holiness
and pureness of living, to thy honour and glory; through our only
Mediator and Advocate, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
A Prayer of St. Chrysostom.
ALMIGHTY God, who hast
given us grace at this time with one accord to make our common
supplications unto thee; and dost promise, that when two or three are
gathered together in thy Name thou wilt grant their requests; Fulfil
now, O Lord, the desires and petitions of thy servants, as may be most
expedient for them; granting us in this world knowledge of thy truth,
and in the world to come life everlasting. Amen.
2 Cor. xiii.
THE grace of our Lord
Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy
Ghost, be with us all evermore. Amen.
Here endeth the Litany
The Order for Morning Prayer
Daily Throughout the Year
At the beginning of Morning Prayer the Minister shall read with
a loud voice some one or more of these Sentences of the Scriptures
that follow. And then he shall say that which is written after the
said Sentences.
WHEN the wicked man
turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth
that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive. Ezek.
xviii. 27.
I acknowledge my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me.
Psalm li. 3.
Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.
Psalm li. 9.
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite
heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. Psalm li. 17.
Rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord
your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great
kindness, and repenteth him of the evil. Joel ii. 13.
To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we
have rebelled against him; neither have we obeyed the voice of the
Lord our God, to walk in his laws which he set before us. Daniel
ix. 9, 10.
O Lord, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest
thou bring me to nothing. Jer. x. 24. Psalm vi. 1.
Repent ye; for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand. St. Matt.
iii. 2.
I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I
have sinned against heaven, and before thee, and am no more worthy to
be called thy son. St. Luke xv. 18, 19.
Enter not into judgment with thy servant, O Lord; for in thy sight
shall no man living be justified. Psalm cxliii. 2.
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth
is not in us; but if we confess our sins, God is faithful and just to
forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1
St. John i. 8, 9.
DEARLY beloved brethren,
the Scripture moveth us, in sundry places, to acknowledge and confess
our manifold sins and wickedness; and that we should not dissemble nor
cloak them before the face of Almighty God our heavenly Father; but
confess them with an humble, lowly, penitent, and obedient heart; to
the end that we may obtain forgiveness of the same, by his infinite
goodness and mercy. And although we ought, at all times, humbly to
acknowledge our sins before God; yet ought we chiefly so to do, when
we assemble and meet together to render thanks for the great benefits
that we have received at his hands, to set forth his most worthy
praise, to hear his most holy Word, and to ask those things which are
requisite and necessary, as well for the body as the soul. Wherefore I
pray and beseech you, as many as are here present, to accompany me
with a pure heart, and humble voice, unto the throne of the heavenly
grace, saying after me;
A general Confession to be said
of the whole Congregation after the Minister, all kneeling.
ALMIGHTY and most
merciful Father; We have erred, and strayed from thy ways like lost
sheep. We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own
hearts. We have offended against thy holy laws. We have left undone
those things which we ought to have done; And we have done those
things which we ought not to have done; And there is no health in us.
But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us, miserable offenders. Spare thou
them, O God, who confess their faults. Restore thou those who are
penitent; According to thy promises declared unto mankind in Christ
Jesu our Lord. And grant, O most merciful Father, for his sake; That
we may hereafter live a godly, righteous, and sober life, To the glory
of thy holy Name. Amen.
The Absolution, or Remission of sins,
to be pronounced by the Priest alone, standing; the people still
kneeling
ALMIGHTY God, the Father
of our Lord Jesus Christ, who desireth not the death of a sinner, but
rather that he may turn from his wickedness, and live; and hath given
power, and commandment, to his Ministers, to declare and pronounce to
his people, being penitent, the Absolution and Remission of their sins
: He pardoneth and absolveth all them that truly repent, and
unfeignedly believe his holy Gospel. Wherefore let us beseech him to
grant us true repentance, and his Holy Spirit, that those things may
please him, which we do at this present; and that the rest of our life
hereafter may be pure, and holy; so that at the last we may come to
his eternal joy; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
The people shall answer here, and at the end of all other
prayers, Amen.
If no priest be present the person saying the service shall
read the Collect for the Twenty First Sunday
after Trinity, that person and the people still kneeling.
Then the Minister shall kneel, and say the
Lord's Prayer with an audible voice; the people also kneeling, and
repeating it with him, both here, and wheresoever else it is used in
Divine Service.
OUR Father, which art in
heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in
earth, As it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And
forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive them that trespass against
us. And lead us not into temptation, But deliver us from evil. For
thine is the kingdom, The power, and the glory, For ever and ever.
Amen.
Then likewise he shall say
O Lord, open thou our lips.
Answer. And our mouth shall show forth thy praise.
Priest. O God, make speed to save us.
Answer. O Lord, make haste to help us.
Here all standing up, the Priest shall say
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost;
Answer. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever
shall be, world without end. Amen.
Priest. Praise ye the Lord.
Answer. The Lord's Name be praised.
Then shall be said or sung this Psalm following; Except on
Easter Day, upon which another Anthem is appointed; and on the
nineteenth day of every month it is not to be read here, but in the
ordinary course of the Psalms.
Venite, Exultemus Domino
Psalm xcv.
O COME,
let us sing unto the Lord : let us heartily rejoice in the strength of
our salvation.
Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving : and show
ourselves glad in him with Psalms.
For the Lord is a great God : and a great King above all gods.
In his hand are all the corners of the earth : and the strength of
the hills is his also.
The sea is his, and he made it : and his hands prepared the dry
land.
O come, let us worship and fall down : and kneel before the Lord
our Maker.
For he is the Lord our God : and we are the people of his pasture,
and the sheep of his hand.
To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts : as in
the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the
wilderness;
When your fathers tempted me : proved me, and saw my works.
Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said : It
is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my
ways.
Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my
rest.
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.
Then shall follow the
Psalms in order as they be appointed.
And at the end of every Psalm throughout the year, and likewise at the
end of Benedicte, Benedictus, Magnificat and Nunc
Dimmitis shall be repeated,
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son : and to the Holy Ghost;
Answer. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever
shall be : world without end. Amen.
Then shall be read distinctly with an audible voice the
First Lesson, taken out of the
Old Testament, as is appointed in the Calendar, except there be proper
Lessons assigned for that day : He that readeth so standing and
turning himself, as he may best be heard of all such as are present.
And after that, shall be said or sung, in English, the Hymn called
Te Deum Laudamus, daily throughout the Year.
Note, That before every Lesson the Minister shall say,
Here beginneth such a Chapter, or Verse of such a Chapter, of
such a Book : And after every Lesson, Here endeth the First,
or the Second Lesson.
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.
Or this Canticle,
Benedicite, omnia opera
O ALL
ye Works of the Lord, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him
for ever.
O ye Angels of the Lord, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and
magnify him for ever.
O ye Heavens, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for
ever.
O ye Waters that be above the firmament, bless ye the Lord :
praise him, and magnify him for ever.
O all ye Powers of the Lord, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and
magnify him for ever.
O ye Sun and Moon, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him
for ever.
O ye Stars of heaven, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify
him for ever.
O ye Showers and Dew, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify
him for ever.
O ye Winds of God, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him
for ever.
O ye Fire and Heat, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify
him for ever.
O ye Winter and Summer, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and
magnify him for ever.
O ye Dews and Frosts, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify
him for ever.
O ye Frost and Cold, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify
him for ever.
O ye Ice and Snow, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him
for ever.
O ye Nights and Days, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify
him for ever.
O ye Light and Darkness, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and
magnify him for ever.
O ye Lightnings and Clouds, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and
magnify him for ever.
O let the Earth bless the Lord : yea, let it praise him, and
magnify him for ever.
O ye Mountains and Hills, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and
magnify him for ever.
O all ye Green Things upon the earth, bless ye the Lord : praise
him, and magnify him for ever.
O ye Wells, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for
ever.
O ye Seas and Floods, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify
him for ever.
O ye Whales, and all that move in the waters, bless ye the Lord :
praise him, and magnify him for ever.
O all ye Fowls of the air, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and
magnify him for ever.
O all ye Beasts and Cattle, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and
magnify him for ever.
O ye Children of Men, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify
him for ever.
O let Israel bless the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for
ever.
O ye Priests of the Lord, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and
magnify him for ever.
O ye Servants of the Lord, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and
magnify him for ever.
O ye Spirits and Souls of the Righteous, bless ye the Lord :
praise him, and magnify him for ever.
O ye holy and humble Men of heart, bless ye the Lord : praise him,
and magnify him for ever.
O Ananias, Azarias, and Misael, bless ye the Lord : praise him,
and magnify him for ever.
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.
Then shall be read in like manner the
Second Lesson, taken out of
the New Testament. And after that, the Hymn following; except when
that shall happen to be read in the Chapter for the day, or for the
Gospel on Saint John Baptist's Day.
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.
Or this Psalm
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.
Then shall be sung or said the
Apostle's Creed, by the Minister and the people standing : Except
only such days as the
Creed of Saint
Athanasius is appointed to be read.
I BELIEVE
in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth :
And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord: Who was conceived by
the Holy Ghost, Born of the Virgin Mary: Suffered under Pontius
Pilate, Was crucified, dead, and buried: He descended into hell; The
third day he rose again from the dead: He ascended into heaven, And
sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty: From thence he
shall come to judge the quick and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Ghost: The holy Catholick Church; The
Communion of Saints: The Forgiveness of sins: The Resurrection of the
body, And the Life everlasting. Amen.
And after that these Prayers following, all devoutly kneeling:
the Minister first pronouncing with a loud voice,
The Lord be with you.
Answer. And with thy spirit.
Minister. Let us pray.
Lord, have mercy upon us.
Christ, have mercy upon us.
Lord, have mercy upon us.
Then the Minister, Clerks, and people shall say
the Lord's Prayer with a loud voice.
OUR Father, which art in
heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in
earth, As it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And
forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive those who trespass against
us. And lead us not into temptation, But deliver us from evil. Amen.
Then the Priest standing up shall say,
O Lord, shew thy mercy upon us.
Answer. And grant us thy salvation.
Priest. O Lord, save the Queen.
Answer. And mercifully hear us when we call upon thee.
Priest. Endue thy Ministers with righteousness.
Answer. And make thy chosen people joyful.
Priest. O Lord, save thy people.
Answer. And bless thine inheritance.
Priest. Give peace in our time, O Lord.
Answer. Because there is none other that fighteth for us,
but only thou, O God.
Priest. O God, make clean our hearts within us.
Answer. And take not thy Holy Spirit from us.
Then shall follow three Collects; the first
of the day,
which shall be the same that is appointed at the Communion; The second
for Peace; The third for Grace to live well. And the two last Collects
shall never alter, but daily be said at Morning Prayer throughout all
the year, as followeth, all kneeling.
The second Collect for Peace
O GOD, who art the
author of peace and lover of concord, in knowledge of whom standeth
our eternal life, whose service is perfect freedom; Defend us thy
humble servants in all assaults of our enemies; that we, surely
trusting in thy defence, may not fear the power of any adversaries,
through the might of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The third Collect for Grace
O LORD, our heavenly
Father, Almighty and everlasting God, who hast safely brought us to
the beginning of this day; Defend us in the same with thy mighty
power; and grant that this day we fall into no sin, neither run into
any kind of danger; but that all our doings may be ordered by thy
governance, to do always that is righteous in thy sight; through Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen.
In Quires and Places where they sing here followeth the Anthem.
Then these five Prayers following are to
be read here: Except when the Litany is read; and then only the two
last are to be read, as they are there placed.
A Prayer for The Queen's Majesty
O LORD, our heavenly
Father, the high and mighty, King of kings, Lord of lords, the only
Ruler of princes, who dost from thy throne behold all the dwellers
upon earth; Most heartily we beseech thee with thy favour to behold
our most gracious Sovereign Lady, Queen ELIZABETH; and so
replenish her with the grace of thy Holy Spirit, that she may always
incline to thy will, and walk in thy way. Endue her plenteously with
heavenly gifts; grant her in health and wealth long to live;
strengthen her that she may vanquish and overcome all her enemies; and
finally, after this life, she may attain everlasting joy and felicity;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
A Prayer for the Royal Family
ALMIGHTY God, the
fountain of all goodness, we humbly beseech thee to bless Elizabeth
the Queen Mother, Philip Duke of Edinburgh, Charles
Prince of Wales, and all the Royal Family: Endue them with thy
Holy Spirit; enrich them with thy heavenly grace; prosper them with
all happiness; and bring them to thine everlasting kingdom; through
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
A Prayer for the Clergy and People
ALMIGHTY and everlasting
God, who alone workest great marvels; Send down upon our Bishops, and
Curates, and all Congregations committed to their charge, the
healthful Spirit of thy grace; and that they may truly please thee,
pour upon them the continual dew of thy blessing. Grant this, O Lord,
for the honour of our Advocate and Mediator, Jesus Christ. Amen.
A Prayer of St. Chrysostom
ALMIGHTY God, who hast
given us grace at this time with one accord to make our common
supplications unto thee; and dost promise, that when two or three are
gathered together in thy Name thou wilt grant their requests; Fulfil
now, O Lord, the desires and petitions of thy servants, as may be most
expedient for them; granting us in this world knowledge of thy truth,
and in the world to come life everlasting. Amen.
2 Corinthians xiii
THE grace of our Lord
Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy
Ghost, be with us all evermore. Amen.
Here endeth the Order of Morning Prayer throughout the Year
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