0 GOD, merciful and faithful, the aid of all that put their trust in Thee, keep safely under the shadow of Thy wings, our relatives, and friends, and all believers, even Thy whole Church, that we may enjoy Thy presence always, and increase in Thy Holy Spirit more and more, till we come to Thine everlasting kingdom, through our Lord and Saviour JESUS CHRIST. Amen. 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. THURSDAY. Morning Prayer. LIGHTEN mine eyes, O Lord, that I sleep not in death.-Ps. xiii. 3. Blessed are those that are undefiled in the way, and walk in the law of the Lord.-Ps. cxix. 1. Blessed is he whose unrighteousness is forgiven, and whose sin is covered.-Ps. xxxii. 1. Then all kneeling. OUR Lord, have mercy upon us. UR 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 Amen. ever. O God, make speed to save us. Glory be to the Father, &c. To be said or sung. THE star of morn, to night succeeds, May He in love restrain us still From tones of strife and words of ill, So when the weary day is o'er, And night and stillness come once more, Praise to the only Son, Praise to the Holy Paraclete, While endless ages run. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? Even by ruling himself after Thy word. PSALM Viii. O LORD our Governor, how excellent is Thy Name in all the world: Thou that hast set Thy glory above the heavens! Out of the mouth of very babes and sucklings hast Thou ordained strength, because of Thine enemies that Thou mightest still the enemy, and the avenger. For I will consider Thy heavens, even the works of Thy fingers the moon and the stars, which Thou hast ordained. : What is man, that Thou art mindful of him : and the son of man, that Thou visitest him? Thou madest him lower than the angels to crown him with glory and worship. : Thou makest him to have dominion of the works of Thy hands and Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet; All sheep and oxen : yea, and the beasts of the field; The fowls of the air, and the fishes of the sea : and whatsoever walketh through the paths of the seas. : O Lord our Governor how excellent is Thy Name in all the world! Glory be to the Father, &c. As it was in the beginning, &c. PSALM Xxiii. : THE Lord is my shepherd therefore can I lack nothing. He shall feed me in a green pasture and lead me forth beside the waters of comfort. He shall convert my soul and bring me forth : in the paths of righteousness, for His Name's sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil : for Thou art with me; Thy rod and Thy staff comfort me. Thou shalt prepare a table before me against them that trouble me : Thou hast anointed my head with oil, and my cup shall be full. But Thy loving-kindness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever. Glory be to the Father, &c. : As it was in the beginning, &c. LESSON. My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause: let us swallow them up alive as the grave and whole, as those that go down into the pit we shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil: cast in thy lot among us : let us all have one purse. My son, walk not thou in the way with them: refrain thy foot from their path: for their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood. Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird. And they lay wait for their own blood: they lurk privily for their own lives. So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh the life of the owners thereof. Thanks be to the Lord. away 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. Let us pray. Then let all kneeling pray. ETERNAL GOD and merciful Father, we humbly beseech Thee, bless Thy Holy Catholick Church wheresoever spread upon the face of the whole earth: purge it, good Lord, from all atheism, heresy, schism, and factious maintenance of groundless opinions; that one faith, one Lord, one baptism may in all places be uniformly professed, as Thy Church is and can be but one; and grant, good Lord, we may be, and continue, faithful, living and working members, under Christ the Head, in the Church His body, all the days of our life, and in the hour of our death, for the merits and by the grace of the same JESUS CHRIST, our LORD and only Saviour. Amen. |