Introduction
V/. O God, make speed to save us.
R/. O Lord, may haste to help us.
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.
Alleluia. (omitted in Lent)
In Lent
V/. Praise be to thee, O Lord.
R/. King of eternal glory.
Psalmody
Ant. It is well seen, O God* how thou goest; how thou, my God and king, goest in thy sanctuary. (Alleluia).
Psalm 18
24 Therefore shall the Lord reward me after my righteous dealing : and according unto the cleanness of my hands in his eye-sight.
25 With the holy thou shalt be holy : and with a perfect man thou shalt be perfect.
26 With the clean thou shalt be clean : and with the froward thou shalt learn frowardness.
27 For thou shalt save the people that are in adversity : and shalt bring down the high looks of the proud.
28 Thou also shalt light my candle : the Lord my God shall make my darkness to be light.
29 For in thee I shall discomfit an host of men : and with the help of my God I shall leap over the wall.
30 The way of God is an undefiled way : the word of the Lord also is tried in the fire; he is the defender of all them that put their trust in him.
31 For who is God, but the Lord : or who hath any strength, except our God?
32 It is God, that girdeth me with strength of war : and maketh my way perfect.
33 He maketh my feet like harts' feet : and setteth me up on high.
34 He teacheth mine hands to fight : and mine arms shall break even a bow of steel.
35 Thou hast given me the defence of thy salvation : thy right hand also shall hold me up, and thy loving correction shall make me great.
36 Thou shalt make room enough under me for to go : that my footsteps shall not slide.
37 I will follow upon mine enemies, and overtake them : neither will I turn again till I have destroyed them.
38 I will smite them, that they shall not be able to stand : but fall under my feet.
39 Thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle : thou shalt throw down mine enemies under me.
40 Thou hast made mine enemies also to turn their backs upon me : and I shall destroy them that hate me.
41 They shall cry, but there shall be none to help them : yea, even unto the Lord shall they cry, but he shall not hear them.
42 I will beat them as small as the dust before the wind : I will cast them out as the clay in the streets.
43 Thou shalt deliver me from the strivings of the people : and thou shalt make me the head of the heathen.
44 A people whom I have not known : shall serve me.
45 As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me : but the strange children shall dissemble with me.
46 The strange children shall fail : and be afraid out of their prisons.
47 The Lord liveth, and blessed be my strong helper : and praised be the Lord of my salvation;
48 Even the God that seeth that I be avenged : and subdueth the people unto me.
49 It is he that delivereth me from my cruel enemies, and setteth me up above mine adversaries : thou shalt rid me from the wicked man.
50 For this cause will I give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the Gentiles : and sing praises unto thy Name.
51 Great prosperity giveth he unto his King : and sheweth loving-kindness unto David his Anointed, and unto his seed for evermore.
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.
Ant. It is well seen, O God how thou goest; how thou, my God and king, goest in thy sanctuary. (Alleluia).
Ant. Give unto the Lord the glory* due unto his name; bring an offering and come before him; worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness. (Alleluia).
Psalm 84
1 O how amiable are thy dwellings : thou Lord of hosts!
2 My soul hath a desire and longing to enter into the courts of the Lord : my heart and my flesh rejoice in the living God.
3 Yea, the sparrow hath found her an house, and the swallow a nest where she may lay her young : even thy altars, O Lord of hosts, my King and my God.
4 Blessed are they that dwell in thy house : they will be alway praising thee.
5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee : in whose heart are thy ways.
6 Who going through the vale of misery use it for a well : and the pools are filled with water.
7 They will go from strength to strength : and unto the God of gods appeareth every one of them in Sion.
8 O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer : hearken, O God of Jacob.
9 Behold, O God our defender : and look upon the face of thine Anointed.
10 For one day in thy courts : is better than a thousand.
11 I had rather be a door-keeper in the house of my God : than to dwell in the tents of ungodliness.
12 For the Lord God is a light and defence : the Lord will give grace and worship, and no good thing shall he withhold from them that live a godly life.
13 O Lord God of hosts : blessed is the man that putteth his trust in thee.
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.
Ant. Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name; bring an offering and come before him; worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness. (Alleluia).
Ant. Lord, I have loved* the habitation of thy house and the place where thy honour dwelleth. (Alleluia).
Psalm 122
1 I was glad when they said unto me : we will go into the house of the Lord.
2 Our feet shall stand in thy gates : O Jerusalem.
3 Jerusalem is built as a city : that is at unity in itself.
4 For thither the tribes go up, even the tribes of the Lord : to testify unto Israel, to give thanks unto the Name of the Lord.
5 For there is the seat of judgement : even the seat of the house of David.
6 O pray for the peace of Jerusalem : they shall prosper that love thee.
7 Peace be within thy walls : and plenteousness within thy palaces.
8 For my brethren and companions' sakes : I will wish thee prosperity.
9 Yea, because of the house of the Lord our God : I will seek to do thee good.
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.
Ant. Lord, I have loved the habitation of thy house and the place where thy honour dwelleth. (Alleluia).
The Short Chapter
From the rising up of the sun unto the going down of the same my Name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my Name, and a pure offering; for my Name shall be great among the heathen, saith the Lord of hosts. Mal. i. 11.
R/.Thanks be to God
Office Hymn
When the Patriarch was returning,
crowned with triumph from the fray,
him the peaceful king of Salem
came to meet upon his way,
meekly bearing bread and wine
holy priesthood's aweful sign.
On the truth thus dimly shadow'd
later days a lustre shed;
when the great high king eternal,
under forms of wine and bread,
for the world's imortal food
gave His flesh and gave His blood.
Wondrous gift! the word who moulded
all things by his might divine;
bread to be his body maketh
and his very blood the wine;
what though sense no change perceive,
faith admires, adores, believes.
He, who once to die a victim
on the cross did not refuse,
day by day upon our altars
that same sacrifice renews
through his holy priesthood's hands,
faithful to his last commands.
While the people all uniting
in that sacrifice sublime,
offer Christ to his high Father,
offer up themselves with him;
then together with the priest
on the living victim feast.
Laud and honour to the Father,
laud and honour to the Son,
laud and honour to the Spirit,
ever three and ever one,
consubstatial, co-eternal,
while unending ages run. Amen.
V/. I will go unto the altar of God. (Alleluia).
R/. Even unto the God of my joy and gladness. (Alleluia).
The Gospel Canticle
Ant. Samuel ministered unto the Lord* girded with a linen ephod. (Alleluia).Magnificat
1 My soul doth magnify the Lord: and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
2 For he hath regarded : the lowliness of his handmaiden.
3 For behold, from henceforth : all generations shall call me blessed.
4 For he that is mighty hath magnified me : and holy is his Name.
5 And his mercy is on them that fear him : throughout all generations.
6 He hath showed strength with his arm : he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
7 He hath put down the mighty from their seat : and hath exalted the humble and meek.
8 He hath filled the hungry with good things : and the rich he hath sent empty away.
9 He remembering his mercy hath holpen his servant Israel : as he promised to our forefathers, Abraham and his seed, 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.
Ant. Samuel ministered unto the Lord girded with a linen ephod. (Alleluia).
The Collect
V/. The Lord be with you.
R/. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
Grant, we beseech thee, almighty God,
to us thy servants the spirit of holy fear;
that we, following the example of thy holy child Samuel,
may faithfully minister before thee in thy sanctuary;
through Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord,
who liveth and reigneth with thee
in the unity of the Holy Ghost,
ever one God, world without end. Amen.
Here may follow the memorials.
Conclusion
V/. The Lord be with you.
R/. And with thy spirit.
V/. Let us bless the Lord.
R/. Thanks be to God.
+ May the souls of the faithful through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.
Memorial of St Birinus
Ant. How beautiful upon the mountains* are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings. (Alleluia).
V/. I have called you friends says the Lord.
R/. For all that the Father has told me I have made known to you.
Let us pray.
Everlasting God,
whose servant Birinus carried the good news of thy Son
to the people of Wessex:
by his prayers, grant that we who commemorate his service
may know the hope of the gospel in our hearts
and manifest its light in all our ways;
through Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord,
who liveth and reigneth with thee,
in the unity of the Holy Ghost,
ever one God, world without end. Amen
