Course of Morning Prayers for the Seven Days of the Week
1. MEDITATION AND ADORATION.
THROUGH the tender mercy of our God the dayspring from on high hath visited us.
Glory be to Thee, O Lord, glory to Thee,
Creator of the light, Enlightener of the world. God is the Lord, Who hath shewed us light:
bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar. Glory be to Thee for the visible light:
the sun’s radiance, the flame of fire;
day and night, evening and morning;
for the light invisible and intellectual:
that which may be known of God,
that which is written in the law,
oracles of prophets,
melody of psalms,
instruction of proverbs,
experience of histories — a light which never sets.
By Thy resurrection raise us up
unto newness of life,
supplying to us frames of repentance. The God of peace, that brought again from the dead
our Lord Jesus,
that great Shepherd of the sheep,
through the blood of the everlasting covenant, make us perfect in every good work to do His will, working in us that which is well pleasing in His
sight,
through Jesus Christ;
to Whom be glory for ever and ever.
Thou Who didst send down on Thy disciples Thy Thrice-Holy Spirit on this day, take not Thou the gift, O Lord, from us, but renew it, day by day, in us, who ask Thee for it.
2. CONFESSION OF SIN.
Merciful and pitiful Lord,
longsuffering and full of compassion,
I have sinned, Lord, I have sinned against Thee;
O wretched man that I am,
I have sinned, Lord, against Thee
much and grievously,
in observing lying vanities.
I conceal nothing: I make no excuses.
I give Thee glory, O Lord, this day.
I denounce against myself my sins.
Indeed I have sinned against the Lord,
and thus and thus have I done.
I have sinned and perverted that which was right,
and it profited me not.
And what shall I now say?
or with what shall I open my mouth?
What shall I answer, seeing I have done it?
Without plea, without excuse, self-condemned am I.
I have destroyed myself. O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto Thee,
but unto me confusion of face.
And Thou art just in all that is brought upon me
for Thou hast done right,
but I have done wickedly.
And now, Lord, what is my hope?
Art not Thou, Lord?
Truly my hope is even in Thee,
if hope of salvation remaineth to me,
if Thy lovingkindness vanquisheth
the multitude of my iniquities.
O remember what my substance is,
the work of Thy hands,
the likeness of Thy countenance,
the reward of Thy blood,
a name from Thy name,
a sheep of Thy pasture,
a son of Thy covenant.
Forsake not Thou the work of Thine own hands.
Hast Thou made in vain
Thine own image and likeness?
In vain, if thou destroy it.
And what profit is there in my blood?
Thine enemies will rejoice.
May they never rejoice, O Lord.
Grant not to them my destruction.
Look upon the face of Thine Anointed,
and in the blood of Thy covenant,
in the propitiation for the sins of the whole world.
Lord, be merciful to me a sinner,
even to me, O Lord, of sinners
the first, the chief, and the greatest.
For Thy name’s sake, O Lord, pardon mine iniquity, for it is great; greater cannot be.
For Thy name’s sake, that name
beside which none other under heaven
is given among men,
whereby we must be saved,
the Spirit Himself helping our infirmities,
and making intercession for us
with groanings that cannot be uttered.
For the fatherly yearnings of the Father,
the bloody wounds of the Son, the unutterable groanings of the Spirit,
0 Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive;
0 Lord, hearken and do;
defer not, for Thine own sake,
O my God.
For I acknowledge my transgressions:
and my sin is ever before me;
I remember my sins in the bitterness of my soul,
I am sorry for them;
1 turn back with groans,
1 have indignation and revenge
and wrath against myself.
I abhor and bruise myself
that my penitence, Lord, O Lord,
is not deeper, is not fuller;
Lord, I repent,
help Thou mine impenitence;
and more, and still more,
pierce Thou, rend, crush my heart.
And remit, pardon, forgive
all things that are grief unto me
and offence of heart.
Cleanse Thou me from secret faults,
keep back Thy servant also from presumptuous sins.
Magnify Thy mercies towards the utter sinner;
and in season. Lord, say to me, Be of good cheer; thy sins are forgiven thee;
My grace is sufficient for thee.
Say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.
Why art thou cast down, O my soul?
and why art thou disquieted in me?
Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the Lord hath dealt bountifully with thee.
O Lord, rebuke me not in Thine anger,
neither chasten me in Thy hot displeasure.
I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord;
and Thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin.
Lord, all my desire is before Thee;
and my groaning is not hid from Thee.
Have mercy upon me, O God,
according to Thy lovingkindness:
according unto the multitude of Thy tender mercies
blot out my transgressions.
Thou shalt arise, and have mercy on me, O Lord,
for the time to favour me, yea, the set time, is come.
If Thou, Lord, shouldest mark iniquities,
O Lord, who shall stand?
Enter not into judgment with Thy servant:
for in Thy sight shall no man living be justified.
3. PRAYER FOR GRACE.
My hands will I lift up
unto Thy commandments, which I have loved.
Open Thou mine eyes and I shall see,
incline my heart and I shall desire,
order my steps and I shall walk
in the way of Thy commandments.
O Lord God, be Thou to me a God,
and besides Thee let there be none else,
no other, nought else with Thee.
Vouchsafe to me, to worship Thee and serve Thee according to Thy commandments:
in truth of spirit,
in reverence of body,
in blessing of lips,
both in private and in public; to pay honour to them that have the rule over me,
by obedience and submission; to shew affection to my own, by care and providence; to overcome evil with good;
to possess my vessel in sanctification and honour; to be free from the love of money,
content with such things as I have;
to speak the truth in love;
to be desirous not to lust, not to lust passionately, not to walk after lusts.
THE HEDGE OF THE LAW.
To bruise the serpent’s head.
To consider my latter end.
To cut off occasions of sin.
To be sober.
Not to sit idle.
To shun the wicked.
To cleave to the good.
To make a covenant with the eyes.
To bring the body into subjection.
To give myself unto prayer.
To come to repentance.
Hedge up my way with thorns, that I find not the path for following vanity.
Hold Thou me in with bit and bridle,
lest I come not near to Thee.
O Lord, compel me to come in to Thee.
4. CONFESSION OF FAITH.
I believe, O Lord, in Thee,
Father, Word, Spirit, One God;
that by Thy fatherly love and power
all things were created; that by Thy goodness and love to man all things have been gathered together into one
in Thy Word,
Who, for us men and for our salvation,
became flesh,
was conceived, was born,
suffered, was crucified,
died, was buried,
descended, rose again,
ascended, sat down,
will return, will repay;
that by the forth-shining and operation
of Thy Holy Spirit
hath been called out of the whole world
a peculiar people, into a commonwealth
of faith in the truth
and holiness of life,
in which we are partakers
of the communion of saints
and forgiveness of sins in this world,
and in which we look for
the resurrection of the flesh
and the life everlasting
in the world to come.
This most holy faith once delivered to the saints
I believe, O Lord;
help Thou mine unbelief,
increase Thou my little faith.
And vouchsafe to me
to love the Father for His love,
to reverence the Almighty for His power,
to Him, as unto a faithful Creator, to commit
my soul in well doing.
Vouchsafe to me to partake
from Jesus of salvation,
from Christ of anointing,
from the only begotten Son of adoption;
to serve the Lord
for His conception, in faith,
for His birth, in humility,
for His sufferings, in patience and in impatience
of sin;
for His cross, to crucify occasions of sin, for His death, to mortify the flesh, for His burial, to bury evil thoughts in good
works,
for His descent, to meditate upon hell, for His resurrection, upon newness of life, for His ascension, to set my mind on things above, for His sitting on high, to set my mind on the
better things on His right hand, for His return, to fear His second appearing, for His judgment, to judge myself ere Ibe judged. From the Spirit
vouchsafe to me to receive the breath of saving grace,
in the holy Catholic Church
to have my own calling, sanctification, and portion, and fellowship of her holy things, prayers, fastings, groanings,
watchings,rtears, sufferings,
for assurance of the remission of sins,
for hope of resurrection and translation
to eternal life.
5. INTERCESSION.
O Thou that art the confidence of all the ends of
the earth,
and of them that are afar off upon the sea:
O Thou in Whom our fathers trusted,
and Thou didst deliver them:
in Whom they trusted,
and were not confounded:
Thou Who art my trust from my youth,
from my mother’s breasts:
upon Whom I was cast from the womb,.
be Thou my hope now and evermore,
and my portion in the land of the living.
In Thy nature,
in Thy names,
in Thy types,
in Thy word,
in Thy deed,
my Hope,
disappoint me not of this my hope.
O Hope of all the ends of the earth,
remember Thy whole creation for good,
visit the world in Thy compassion. O Guardian of men, O sovereign Lord, Lover of men,
remember all our race;
Thou Who hast concluded all in unbelief,
have mercy upon all, O Lord.
O Thou Who to this end didst die and live again, to be Lord both of the dead and living, live we or die we, Thou art our Lord; have mercy upon all, O Lord. O Helper of the helpless,
refuge in times of trouble,
remember all who are in necessity
and need Thy succour.
O God of grace and truth,
establish all who stand in truth and grace; restore all who are sick with heresies and sins. O saving Strength of Thine anointed,
remember Thy congregation which Thou hast purchased and redeemed of old;
O grant to all that believe
to be of one heart and one soul.
Thou Who walkest in the midst of the golden
candlesticks,
remove not our candlestick out of its place;
set in order the things that are wanting,
strengthen the things which remain,
which are ready to die.
O Lord of the harvest,
send forth labourers, made sufficient by Thee,
into Thy harvest.
O Portion of those
who wait in Thy temple,
grant to our clergy
rightly to divide the word of truth,
and to walk uprightly according thereto;
grant to thy people who love Thee
to obey and submit themselves to them.
O King of nations unto the ends of the earth, strengthen all the states of the inhabited world, as being Thine ordinance, though a creation of man; scatter Thou the peoples that delight in war; make wars to cease unto the end of the earth. O Expectation of the isles, and their Hope,
Lord, save this island,
and all the country in which we sojourn,
from all affliction, peril, and need.
Lord of lords, Ruler of rulers, remember all rulers
to whom Thou hast given rule in the earth;
and O remember specially our divinely guarded king,
and’ work with him more and more,
and prosper his way in all things;
speak good things unto his heart
for Thy Church and all Thy people;
grant to him profound and perpetual peace,
that in his tranquillity
we may lead a quiet and peaceable life
in all godliness and honesty.
O Thou by Whom the powers that be are ordained,
grant to those who are chief in court
to be chief in virtue and Thy fear;
grant to the council Thy holy wisdom;
to our mighty men, to have no might against
but for the truth;
to the courts of law Thy judgments,
to judge all in all things without preference, without partiality. O God of hosts,
give a prosperous course and strength
to all the Christian army
against the enemies of our most holy faith.
Grant to our population
to be subject unto the higher powers, not only because of the wrath, but also for conscience
sake.
Grant to farmers and graziers good seasons;
to the fleet and fishers fair weather;
to tradesmen, not to overreach one another;
to mechanics, to pursue their business lawfully,
down to the humblest workman, down to the poor.
O God, not of us only but of our seed,
bless our children within us, that they may grow in wisdom as in stature,
and in favour with Thee and with men. Thou Who wouldest have us provide for our own,
and hatest those without natural affection,
remember, Lord, my kinsmen according to the flesh;
grant me to speak peace concerning them,
and to seek their good. Thou Who wouldest have us make return to our
benefactors,
remember, Lord, for good
all from whom I have received good;
keep them alive and bless them upon the earth,
and deliver them not
unto the will of their enemies.
Thou Who hast noted the man who neglects his own
as worse than an infidel,
remember in Thy good pleasure
all those in my household;
peace be to my house,
children of peace be all who dwell in it.
Thou Who wouldest that our righteousness exceed
the righteousness of sinners, grant me, Lord, to love those who love me;
my own friends, and my father’s friends, and my friends’ children, never to forsake.
Thou Who wouldest that we overcome evil with good,
and pray for those who persecute us,
have pity on mine enemies. Lord, as on me;
and lead them together with me
to Thy heavenly kingdom. Thou Who grantest the prayers thy servants make
one for another,
remember, Lord, for good, and pity
all those who remember me in their prayers,
or whom I have promised to remember in mine.
Thou Who acceptest the willing mind in every good
work,
remember, Lord, as if they prayed to Thee, those who for any sufficient cause
have not time for prayer.
Arise, and have mercy
on those who are in the last necessity;
for the time to favour them, yea, the set time, is come.
Thou shalt have mercy on them, O Lord,
as on me also, when in extremities.
Remember, Lord,
infants, children, the growing youth, the young men,
the middle-aged, the old, the decayed,
hungry, thirsty, naked, sick,
captives, friendless strangers,
possessed with devils and tempted to suicide,
troubled by unclean spirits,
the sick in soul or body, the fainthearted, the despairing, all in prison and chains, all under sentence of death,
orphans, widows, foreigners, travellers, voyagers,
women with child, women who give suck,
all in bitter servitude, or mines, or galleys,
or in loneliness.
O Lord, Thou preservest man and beast.
How excellent is Thy lovingkindness, O God!
Therefore the children of men put their trust
under the shadow of Thy wings.
The Lord bless us, and keep us:
the Lord make His face shine upon us,
and be gracious unto us:
the Lord lift up His countenance upon us,
and give us peace.
I commend to Thee, O Lord,
my soul, and my body,
my mind, and my thoughts,
my prayers, and my vows,
my senses, and my members,
my words, and my works,
my life, and my death;
my brothers, my sisters, and their children;
my friends, my benefactors, my well-wishers,
those who have a claim on me,
my kindred, my neighbours,
my country, and all Christian people.
I commend to Thee, Lord,
my impulses, and my occasions,
my resolves, and my attempts,
my going out, and my coming in,
my sitting down, and my rising up.
6. THANKSGIVING.
How truly meet, and right, and comely, and due,
in all, and for all things,
in all times, places, manners,
in every season, every spot,
everywhere, always, altogether,
to remember Thee, to worship Thee,
to confess to Thee, to praise Thee,
to bless Thee, to hymn Thee,
to give thanks to Thee,
Maker, Nourisher, Guardian, Governor,
Healer, Benefactor, Perfecter of all,
Lord and Father, King and God,
Fountain of life and immortality,
Treasure of everlasting goods,
Whom the heavens hymn,
and the heaven of heavens,
the angels and all the heavenly powers,
one to other crying continually, — and we the while, weak and unworthy,
under their feet, —
Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of Hosts:
full is the whole heaven, and the whole earth,
of the majesty of Thy glory.
Blessed be the glory of the Lord out of His place,
for His Godhead, His mysteriousness,
His height, His sovereignty, His almightiness,
His eternity, His providence.
The Lord is my strength, my strong rock, my defence, my deliverer, my succour, my buckler, the horn of my salvation, my refuge.
1. MEDITATION AND ADORATION.
MY voice shalt Thou hear in the morning, O Lord;
in the morning
will I direct my prayer unto Thee,
and will look up.
Blessed art Thou, O Lord,
Who didst create the firmament of heaven,
the heavens and the heaven of heavens,
the heavenly powers,
angels, archangels,
cherubim, seraphim;
the waters above the heavens,
mists and vapours,
for showers, dew, hail, snow as wool,
hoar frost as ashes, ice as morsels,
clouds from the ends of the earth;
lightnings, thunders, winds out of Thy treasuries,
storms;
the waters beneath the heavens,
water to drink,
water to wash in.
2. CONFESSION OF SIN.
I will confess my iniquity,
and the iniquity of my fathers,
for I have transgressed, and neglected Thee, O Lord,
and walked perversely before Thee.
Set not, O Lord, set not mine iniquities before Thee, nor my secret sins in the light of Thy countenance, but pardon the iniquity of Thy servant,
according to Thy great mercy,
as Thou hast been merciful to him from a child,
even until now.
I have sinned; what shall I do unto Thee,
O Thou preserver of men?
Why hast Thou set me as a mark against Thee,
so that I am a burden to myself?
O pardon my transgression,
and take away mine iniquity.
Deliver me from going down to the pit,
for Thou hast found a ransom.
Have mercy on me, O Lord, Thou Son of David.
Lord, help me.
Truth, Lord; yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.
Have patience with me, Lord;
yet I have not wherewith to pay, I confess to Thee; forgive me the whole debt, I beseech Thee.
How long wilt Thou forget me, O Lord? for ever?
How long wilt Thou hide Thy face from me?
How long shall I take counsel in my soul,
having sorrow in my heart daily? How long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?
Consider and hear me, O Lord my God;
lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;
lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him;
and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.
But I have trusted in Thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in Thy salvation.
I will sing unto the Lord, because He hath dealt bountifully with me.
3. PRAYER FOR GRACE.
Remove from me all iniquity and profanity,
superstition and hypocrisy;
worship of idols and worship of men;
rash oath and curse;
neglect or indecency of worship;
haughtiness and recklessness;
strife and wrath;
passion and corruption;
indolence and fraud;
lying and injuriousness;
every evil notion, every impure thought, every
base desire, every unseemly thought.
Grant to me
to be godly and devout;
to worship and to serve;
to bless and to swear truly;
to confess becomingly in the congregation;
affection and obedience;
patience and good temper;
purity and temperance;
contentedness and goodness;
truth and incorruptness;
good thoughts, and perseverance to the end.
4. CONFESSION OF FAITH.
I believe in God
the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth and in Jesus Christ His only begotten 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;
He rose again from the dead;
He ascended into heaven,
and sitteth on the right hand;
to return thence
to judge both quick and dead.
I believe in the Holy Ghost;
in the Church,
holy,
Catholic,
the communion of saints;
in the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the flesh,
and the life everlasting.
And now, Lord, what wait I for?
My hope is in Thee;
in Thee, O Lord, have I trusted,
let me never be confounded.
5. INTERCESSION.
Let us pray the Lord for the whole creation:
for the supply of seasons,
healthful, fruitful, peaceful;
for the whole race of mankind:
for those who are not Christians,
that atheists, ungodly, Pagans, Turks, Jews
may be converted;
for all Christians:
for restoration of all
who languish in errors and sins; for confirmation of all who have been granted truth and grace; for succour and comfort of all who are dispirited, infirm, distressed, unsettled
men and women;
for thankfulness and sobriety in all
who are hearty, healthy, prosperous, quiet, men and women;
for the Catholic Church,
its establishment and increase;
for the Eastern,
its deliverance and union;
for the Western,
its adjustment and peace;
for the British,
the supply of the things that are wanting in it, the strengthening of the things that remain
in it; for the episcopate, presbytery, Christian people;
for the states of the inhabited world; for Christian states, far off, near at hand; for our own; for all in rule;
for our divinely guarded king,
for those who have place at court;
for council and judicature,
army and police,
commons and their leaders,
farmers, graziers, fishers, merchants,
traders, and mechanics,
down to the humblest workmen, and the poor;
for the succession:
for the good nurture of all the royal family,
of the young ones of the nobility;
for all in universities, in inns of court, in schools,
at work, in town or country;
for those who have a claim on me
from kinship, —
for brothers and sisters,
that God’s blessing may be on them,
and on their children;
or from benefits conferred, —
that Thy recompence may be on all
who have benefited me,
who have ministered to me in carnal things;
or from trust placed in me, — for all whom I have educated,
all whom I have ordained,
for my college, my parish,
Southwell, St Paul’s, Westminster,
dioceses of Chichester, Ely, and my present,
clergy, people, helps, governments,
the deanery of the chapel royal,
the almonry,
the colleges committed to me;
or from natural kindness, — for all who love me,
though I know them not;
or from Christian love, —
for those who hate me without cause, some, too, even on account of truth and righteousness;
or from neighbourhood, — for all who dwell near me
peaceably and harmlessly;
or from promise, —
for all whom I have promised to remember
in my prayers;
or from mutual offices, —
for all who remember me in their prayers,
and ask of me the same;
or from stress of engagements, —
for all who for any sufficient cause fail to call upon Thee;
for all who have no intercessor
in their own behalf;
for all who at present are in agony
of extreme necessity or deep affliction; for all who are attempting any good work
which will bring glory to the name of God,
or some great good to the Church;
for all who act nobly
either towards things sacred or towards the poor; for all who have ever been offended by me either in word or in deed.
God be merciful unto me, and bless me; God make His face to shine upon me,
and have mercy on me.
God bless me, even our God;
God bless me, and receive my prayer.
O direct my life towards Thy commandments, hallow my soul, purify my body, correct my thoughts, cleanse my desires, soul and body, mind and spirit,
heart and reins.
Renew me thoroughly, O Lord,
for, if Thou wilt, Thou canst.
6. THANKSGIVING.
The Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,
keeping mercy for thousands,
forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin;
and that will by no means clear the guilty;
visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children.
I will bless the Lord at all times: His praise shall continually be in my mouth.
Glory to God in the highest,
and on earth peace,
goodwill toward men.
The angels, guardianship;
archangels, illumination;
powers, wonders;
thrones, judgment;
dominions, beneficence;
principalities, government;
authorities, against devils;
cherubim, knowledge;
seraphim, love.
In all the thoughts of our hearts,
words of our lips,
deeds of our hands,
paths of our feet.
1. MEDITATION AND ADORATION.
O GOD, Thou art my God,
early will I seek Thee.
Blessed art Thou, O Lord,
who gatheredst the water into the sea,
and broughtest to sight the earth,
and madest to sprout herbs and fruit trees.
There are the depths and the sea as an heap,
lakes, rivers, springs;
earth, continent, and isles,
mountains, hills, and valleys;
glebe lands, meadows, glades,
green pasture, corn, hay;
herbs and flowers
for food, pleasure, medicine;
fruit trees bearing fruits,
wine, oil, and spices,
and trees for timber;
things under the earth,
stones, metals, minerals, coals;
blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke.
2. CONFESSION OF SIN.
Who can understand his errors?
Cleanse Thou me from secret faults.
Keep back Thy servant also from presumptuous sins,
let them not have dominion over me.
For Thy name’s sake, O Lord,
pardon mine iniquity, for it is great.
My iniquities have taken hold upon me,
so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of my head.
therefore my heart faileth me.
Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me;
O Lord, make haste to help me.
Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness,
O Thou that savest them that trust in Thee.
I said, Lord, have mercy upon me, heal my soul, for I have sinned against Thee.
I have sinned, but I am confounded,
and I turn back from my evil ways;
I return unto mine own heart,
and with my whole heart I return unto Thee;
and I seek Thy face, and I beseech Thee, saying,
I have sinned, I have committed iniquity,
I have done unjustly.
I know, O Lord, the plague of my heart,
and lo, I return to Thee with all my heart,
and with all my strength.
And Thou, O Lord, now from Thy dwelling place, and from the glorious throne of Thy kingdom
in heaven,
hear the prayer and the supplication of Thy servant: and be merciful to Thy servant, and heal his soul.
God be merciful to me a sinner,
be merciful to me the chief of sinners.
Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before Thee,
and am no more worthy to be called Thy son,
make me one of Thy hired servants;
make me one, even if the last,
or the least among all.
3. PRAYER FOR GRACE.
What profit is there in my blood,
when I go down to the pit?
shall the dust praise Thee? shall it declare Thy truth? Hear, O Lord, .and have mercy upon me;
Lord, be Thou my Helper;
turn my mourning into dancing,
my dreamings into earnestness,
my falls into clearings of myself,
my guilt into indignation, my sin into fear,
my transgression into vehement desire,
my unrighteousness into zeal,
my pollution into revenge.
4. CONFESSION OF FAITH.
Godhead: love, power,
providence.
Salvation: anointing, adoption,
dominion;
conception, birth, sufferings,
cross, death, burial;
descent, resurrection, ascension,
sitting, return, judgment.
Breath: holiness,
calling, hallowing,
communion of saints and of saintly things,
forgiveness of sins,
resurrection,
life eternal.
5. INTERCESSION.
For all creatures:
men,
persons compassed
with infirmity;
for Churches:
Catholic,
Eastern,
Western,
our own;
for the episcopate,
presbytery,
clergy,
Christian people;
for the states
of the whole earth,
Christian,
neighbouring,
our own;
for rulers:
kings,
Godfearing,
our own;
for councillors,
judges,
nobles,
men of war,
on land,
on sea;
for the people:
the succession,
schools,
those at court,
in cities,
in the country;
for those who minister
to the soul,
to the body,
food,
raiment,
health,
things that pertain
to this life;
for those who have
a claim on me:
by birth,
through benefits,
from trust
now or formerly,
through friendship,
love,
neighbourhood,
from promise,
mutual offices,
want of leisure,
destitution,
extremity.
6. THANKSGIVING.
We praise Thee, O God,
for Thy goodness, grace, love,
kindness, and love toward men;
for Thy meekness and gentleness,
Thy forbearance and longsuffering;
for Thine abundant mercy,
Thy mercies, the multitude of Thy tender mercies, bowels of mercies.
The Lord is pitiful,
very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
He passeth by the transgression of the remnant of
His heritage.
The times of ignorance God overlooked. Have not I held My peace even of long time?
Many times didst Thou deliver them.
Many years didst Thou bear with them.
He doth not afflict willingly.
He did not stir up all His wrath.
He hath not rewarded us according to our iniquities.
He retaineth not His anger for ever.
In wrath He remembereth mercy.
Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her,
that her warfare is accomplished,
that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the Lord’s hand
double for all her sins.
The Lord is ready to forgive,
to be reconciled,
to be propitiated.
1. MEDITATION AND ADORATION.
I HAVE meditated on Thee, O Lord,
in the night watches,
for Thou hast been my help.
Blessed art Thou, O Lord,
Who madest the two lights, sun and moon,
greater and lesser,
and the stars also,
for light, for signs, and for seasons,
for spring, summer, autumn, winter,
for days, and weeks, and months, and years,
to rule over day and night.
2. CONFESSION OF SIN.
Behold, Thou art wroth; for we have sinned.
We are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags;
and we all do fade as a leaf;
and our iniquities, like the wind,
have taken us away.
But now, O Lord, Thou art our Father;
we are the clay, and Thou our potter,
and we all are the work of Thy hand.
Be not wroth very sore, O Lord,
neither remember iniquity for ever:
behold, see, we beseech Thee,
we are all Thy people.
O Lord, though our iniquities testify against us,
do Thou it for Thy name’s sake:
for our backslidings are many;
we have sinned against thee.
Yet Thou, O Lord, art in the midst of us,
and we are called by Thy name;
leave us not.
O the Hope of Israel,
the Saviour thereof in time of trouble,
why shouldest Thou be as a stranger in the land,
and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside
to tarry for a night?
why shouldest Thou be as a man astonied,
as a mighty man that cannot save?
Be merciful to our unrighteousness,
and our sins and iniquities remember no more.
Lord, I am carnal, sold under sin; there dwelleth in me, that is, in my flesh,
no good thing;
for the good that I would, I do not:
but the evil which I would not, that I do.
I consent unto the law that it is good,
I delight in it after the inward man;
but I see another law in my members,
warring against the law of my mind,
and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin.
O wretched man that I am, who shall deliver me from the body of this death?
I thank God through Jesus Christ,
that where sinabounded grace did muchmore abound.
O Lord, Thy goodness leadeth me to repentance:
O give me, I beseech Thee, repentance
to recover me out of the snare of the devil,
who am taken captive by him at his will.
Sufficient for me the time past of my life
to have wrought the will of lusts, walking in lasciviousness, revellings, drunkenness,
and in other excess of riot.
O Lamb without blemish and without spot,
Who hast redeemed me with Thy precious blood,
in that very blood pity me and save me:
in that blood, and in that very name, besides which is none other under heaven
given among men,
whereby we must be saved.
O God, Thou knowest my foolishness;
and my sins are not hid from Thee.
Lord, all my desire is before Thee;
and my groaning is not hid from Thee.
Let not them that wait on Thee,
O Lord God of hosts,
be ashamed for my sake:
let not those that seek Thee be confounded
for my sake,
O God of Israel.
Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me,
and out of the deep waters.
Let not the waterflood drown me,
neither let the deep swallow me up,
and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
3. PRAYER FOR GRACE.
Defend me from
pride Amorite.
envy Hittite.
wrath Perizzite.
gluttony Girgashite.
lasciviousness Hivite.
covetousness Canaanite.
sloth Jebusite.
Give me
humility, pitifulness, patience, sobriety, purity, contentment, ready zeal.
One thing have I desired of the Lord,
that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord
all the days of my life,
to behold the beauty of the Lord,
and to enquire in His temple. Two things have I required of Thee, O Lord;
deny me them not before I die:
remove far from me vanity and lies:
give me neither poverty nor riches;
feed me with food convenient for me:
lest I be full, and deny Thee,
and say, Who is the Lord?
or lest I be poor and steal,
and take the name of my God in vain.
Let me learn to abound, let me learn to suffer need,
in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content;
for nothing earthly, temporal, corruptible,
let me ever long or wait.
Grant me a happy life
in all godliness and gravity,
in all purity and nobleness,
in cheerfulness, in health, in good report,
in contentment, in safety, in freedom, in tranquillity;
a happy death, a deathless happiness.
4. CONFESSION OF FAITH.
I believe in the Father’s lovingkindness; in the Almighty’s saving power;
in the Creator’s providence for guarding, ruling, perfecting the universe; in Jesus, for salvation;
in Christ, for the anointing of His Holy Spirit; in the only begotten Son, for adoption; in the Lord, for His care as our Master;
in His conception and birth, for the cleansing of our unclean conception and birth;
in His sufferings
endured that we, whose due they were,
might not suffer;
in His cross, for the curse of the law removed;
in His death, for the sting of death taken away;
in His burial, for endless corruption in the tomb
ended;
in His descent, whither we ought,
that we might not go;
in His resurrection,
as the first fruits of them that sleep;
in His ascension, to prepare a place for us;
in His sitting, to appear and intercede for us;
in His return, to take unto Him His own;
in His judgment, to render to every man
according to his deeds;
in the Holy Ghost, for power from on high,
transforming unto sanctity
from without and invisibly,
yet effectually and evidently;
in the Church, a body mystical
of those called out of the whole world
into a commonwealth of faith and holiness;
in the communion of saints, members of this body,
a partaking with one another of holy things,
for assurance of the remission of sins,
for hope of resurrection and translation
to life everlasting.
5. INTERCESSION.
We beseech Thee,
remember all, Lord, for good;
have pity upon all, O Sovereign Lord,
be reconciled with us all.
Give peace to the multitudes of Thy people;
scatter offences; abolish wars;
stop the uprisings of heresies.
Thy peace and love
vouchsafe to us, O God our Saviour,
Who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth.
Remember to crown the year with Thy goodness;
for the eyes of all wait upon Thee, and Thou givest them their meat in due season.
Thou openest Thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.
Remember Thy holy Church,
from one end of the earth to the other; and give her peace, whom Thou hast redeemed with Thy precious blood; and establish her unto the end of the world.
Remember those who bear fruit, and act nobly,
in Thy holy Churches,
and who remember the poor and needy;
reward them with Thy rich and heavenly gifts;
vouchsafe to them, for things earthly, heavenly,
for corruptible, incorruptible,
for temporal, eternal.
Remember those who are in virginity,
and purity, and ascetic life;
also those who live in honourable marriage,
in Thy reverence and Thy fear.
Remember every Christian soul
in affliction, distress, and trial,
and in need of Thy pity and succour;
also our brethren in captivity, prison, chains,
and bitter bondage;
supplying return to the wandering,
health to the sick,
deliverance to the captives.
Remember Godfearing and faithful kings,
whom Thou hast accounted worthy to bear rule
upon the earth; especially remember, Lord, our divinely guarded king;
strengthen his dominion,
subdue under him all adversaries;
speak good things to his heart
for Thy Church and all Thy people;
vouchsafe to him deep and undisturbed peace,
that in his serenity
we may lead a quiet and peaceable life
in all godliness and honesty. Remember, Lord, all in power and authority,
and our brethren at court, those who are chief in council and judgment, and all by land and sea waging Thy wars for us.
Moreover, Lord, remember graciously
our holy fathers, the honourable presbytery, and all the clergy,
rightly dividing the word of truth,
and walking uprightly according thereto.
Remember, Lord, our brethren around us,
praying with us in this holy hour,
for their zeal and earnestness’ sake.
Rememberalso those who for sufficientcause areaway,
and pity them and us according to the multitude of Thy mercy.
Fill our garners with all manner of store,
preserve our marriages in peace and concord, nourish our infants, lead forward our youth,
sustain our aged,
comfort the fainthearted,
gather together the dispersed,
restore the wanderers, and knit them to Thy holy
Catholic and Apostolic Church.
Set free the troubled with unclean spirits,
voyage with the voyagers,
travel with the travellers,
stand forth for the widow,
shield the orphan,
rescue the captive,
heal the sick.
Those who are on trial, in mines, in exile, in galleys, in whatever affliction, necessity, and emergency,
remember, O God;
and all who need Thy great compassion;
and those who love us, and those who hate;
and those who have desired us unworthy
to make mention of them in our prayers.
All Thy people remember, O Lord, our God, and upon all pour out Thy rich pity, to all fulfilling their requests for salvation. Those of whom we have not made mention, through ignorance, forgetfulness, or number
of names,
do Thou Thyself remember, O God,
who knowest the stature and the name of each,
who knowest every one from his mother’s womb.
For Thou, O Lord, art the Helper of the helpless,
the Hope of the hopeless,
the Saviour of the tempest-tossed.
the Haven of the voyager,
the Physician of the sick;
do Thou Thyself become all things to all men,
Thou Who knowest each man and his petition,
each house, and its need.
Deliver, O Lord, this city,
and all the country in which we sojourn,
from plague, famine, earthquake, flood,
fire, sword, hostile invasion, and civil war.
End the schisms of the Churches,
quell the ragings of the nations,
and receive us all into Thy kingdom,
acknowledging us as sons of light;
and Thy peace and love
vouchsafe to us, O Lord, our God.
Remember, O Lord, our God, all spirits and all flesh which we have remembered, and which we have not.
And the close of our life,
Lord, Lord, direct in peace
to be Christian, acceptable,
and,- should it please Thee, painless,
gathering us together under the feet of Thy chosen,
when Thou wilt and as Thou wilt,
only without shame and sin.
The beauty of the Lord our God be upon us:
establish Thou the work of our hands upon us;
yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.
Be, Lord,
within me to strengthen me,
without me to guard me,
over me to shelter me,
beneath me to stablish me,
before me to guide me,
after me to forward me,
round about me to secure me.
6. THANKSGIVING.
Blessed be Thou, Lord God of Israel
our Father,
for ever and ever.
Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power,
and the glory, and the victory,
and the majesty:
for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is Thine.
The nations tremble at Thy presence,
every king and every nation.
Thine is the kingdom, O Lord,
and Thou art exalted as head above all.
Both riches and honour come of Thee,
and Thou reignest over all;
and in Thine hand is power and might;
and in Thine hand it is to make great,
and to give strength unto all.
Now therefore, our God, we thank Thee
and praise Thy glorious name.
1. MEDITATION AND ADORATION.
SATISFY us early with Thy mercy, O Lord.
Blessed art Thou, O Lord,
who broughtest forth from the waters
the moving creature that hath life,
and whales, and winged fowl,
and didst bless them, saying,
Be fruitful and multiply.
Be Thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: and Thy glory above all the earth.
By Thy ascension, O Lord,
draw us too after Thee,
that we set our affection on things above,
not on things on the earth.
By the marvellous mystery
of Thy holy body and precious blood,
on the evening of this day,
Lord, have mercy upon us.
2. CONFESSION OF SIN.
Thou who saidst,
‘As I live, saith the Lord God,
I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live:
turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways;
for why will ye die, O house of Israel? ’
turn Thou us unto Thee, O Lord,
and we shall be turned.
Turn us from all our transgressions;
so iniquity shall not be our ruin.
I have sinned, I have committed iniquity,
I have done wickedly, even by departing
from Thy precepts, and Thy judgments.
O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto Thee,
and unto me confusion of face, as at this day,
because of my trespass
that I have trespassed against Thee.
Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face,
to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers,
because we have sinned against Thee. Lord, according to all Thy righteousness,
I beseech Thee,
let Thine anger and Thy fury be turned away,
and cause Thy face to shine upon Thy servant.
O my God, incline Thine ear, and hear:
open Thine eyes and behold my desolation.
O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive;
O Lord, hearken and do;
defer not, for Thine own sake, O my God:
for Thy servant is called by Thy name.
In many things we offend all;
Lord, let Thy mercy rejoice against Thy judgment
in my sins.
If I say that I have no sin, I deceive myself, and the truth is not in me; but I confess my sins many and grievous, and Thou, O Lord, art faithful and just to forgive me my sins when I confess them.
Yea, for this too
I have an Advocate with Thee to Thee,
Thine only begotten Son, the Righteous.
May He be the propitiation for my sins,
Who is also for the whole world.
Will the Lord cast off for ever?
and will He be favourable no more?
Is His mercy clean gone for ever?
doth His promise fail for evermore?
Hath God forgotten to be gracious?
Hath He in anger shut up His
tender mercies?
And I said, This is my infirmity:
but I will remember the years of the right hand
of the Most High.
3. PRAYER FOR GRACE.
Give grace and strength to lay aside
every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us;
all filthiness
and superfluity of naughtiness, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes,
and the pride of life,
every motion of flesh and spirit
alienated from the will of Thy holiness:
to be poor in spirit, that I have a portion in the kingdom of heaven;
to mourn, that I be comforted; to be meek, that I inherit the earth; to hunger and thirst after righteousness,
that I be filled;
to be merciful, that I obtain mercy;
to be pure in heart, that I see God;
to be a peacemaker, that I be called the son of God;
to be prepared for persecutions and revilings
for righteousness’ sake,
that my reward be in heaven.
4. CONFESSION OF FAITH.
I, coming to God,
believe that He is,
and that He is a re warder of them
that diligently seek Him.
I know that my Redeemer liveth,
that He is the Christ, the Son of the living God,
that He is indeed the Saviour of the world,
that He came into the world to save sinners,
of whom I am chief.
We believe that through the grace of Jesus Christ we shall be saved even as our fathers.
I believe to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.
Our heart shall rejoice in Him,
because we have trusted in His holy name,
in the name of the Father,
of the Saviour, Mediator,
Intercessor, Redeemer,
of the twofold Comforter,
the Lamb and the Dove.
Let Thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us,
according as we hope in Thee.
5. INTERCESSION.
Let us beseech the Lord in peace
for the heavenly peace,
and the salvation of our souls;
for the peace of the whole world;
for the stability of God’s holy Churches,
and the union of them all;
for this holy house, and those who enter it with faith and reverence;
for our holy fathers, the honourable presbytery, the diaconate in Christ,
and all, both clergy and people; for this holy retreat, and all the city and country,
and all the faithful who dwell therein; for salubrious weather, fruitfulness of the earth,
and peaceful times;
for voyagers, travellers,
those who are in sickness, toil, and captivity,
and for their salvation.
Aid, save, pity, and preserve them,
O God, in Thy grace. Let us commend ourselves, and each other,
and all our life,
to Christ our God.
To Thee, O Lord, for it is fitting,
be glory, honour, and worship.
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ,
and the love of God,
and the communion of the Holy Ghost,
be with us all. Amen.
I commend me and mine, and all that belongs to me, to Him that is able to keep me from falling,
and to present me faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy,
to the only wise God our Saviour,
to Whom be glory and majesty, dominion and power,
both now and ever.
Amen.
6. THANKSGIVING.
O Lord, my Lord,
for my being, life, reason,
for nurture, protection, guidance,
for education, civil rights, religion,
for Thy gifts of grace, nature, worldly good,
for redemption, regeneration, instruction,
for my call, recall, yea, many calls besides;
for Thy forbearance, longsuffering,
long longsuffering toward me,
many seasons, many years,
even until now; for all good things received, successes granted me,
good deeds done;
for the use of things present,
for Thy promise, and my hope
of the enjoyment of good things to come;
for my parents honest and good,
teachers kind,
benefactors never to be forgotten,
fellow-ministers who are of one mind,
hearers thoughtful,
friends sincere,
domestics faithful;
for all who have advantaged me
by writings, sermons, conversations,
prayers, examples, rebukes, injuries;
for all these, and all others
which I know, which I know not,
open, hidden,
remembered, forgotten,
done when I wished, when I wished not,
I confess to Thee and will confess,
I bless Thee and will bless, I give thanks to Thee and will give thanks,
all the days of my life.
Who am I, or what is my father’s house,
that Thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog
as I am?
What shall I render unto the Lord
for all His benefits toward me?
for all things in which He hath spared
and borne with me until now?
Holy, holy, holy,
Thou art worthy,
O Lord and our God, the Holy One,
to receive glory, honour, and power:
for Thou hast created all things,
and for Thy pleasure they are
and were created.
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1. MEDITATION AND ADORATION.
IN the morning shall my prayer prevent Thee.
Blessed art Thou, O Lord, Who broughtest forth the beasts of the earth, and
cattle, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth,
for food, clothing, help;
and madest man after Thine image, to rule the earth, and blessedst him.
The forecounsel, fashioning hand,
breath of life, image of God,
appointment over Thy works,
charge to the angels concerning him,
paradise.
Heart, reins, eyes, ears, tongue, hands, feet; life, sense, reason, spirit, free will,
memory, conscience; the revelation of God, writings of the law,
oracles of prophets, melody of psalms,
instruction of proverbs, experience of histories,
service of sacrifices.
Blessed art Thou, O Lord, for Thy great and precious promise on this day,
concerning the life-giving seed,
and for its fulfilment in the fulness of the time
on this day.
Blessed art Thou, O Lord, for the holy passion
of this day.
O by Thy sufferings for our salvation
on this day,
save us, O Lord.
2. CONFESSION OF SIN.
I have withstood Thee, Lord,
but I return unto Thee;
I have fallen by mine iniquity,
but I take with me words,
and return unto Thee and say,
Take away all iniquity, and receive me graciously
so will I render the fruit of my lips.
Spare us, Lord, spare,
and give not Thine heritage to reproach,
to Thine enemies.
O Lord God, forgive, I beseech Thee:
by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.
Repent, O Lord, for this, and it shall not be.
While observing lying vanities
I forsook my own mercy,
and am cast out of Thy sight.
When my soul fainted within me,
I remembered the Lord:
yet I will look again toward Thy holy temple; yet hast Thou brought up my life from corruption.
Who is a God like unto Thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant
of His heritage? Thou retainest not Thine anger for ever,
because Thou delightest in mercy. Turn again and have compassion upon us, O Lord;
subdue our iniquities;
and cast all our sins into the depths of the sea, according to Thy truth, and according to Thy mercy.
O Lord, I have heard Thy speech and was afraid: in wrath remember mercy.
Behold me, Lord, clothed in filthy garments;
behold Satan standing at my right hand;
yet, O Lord, by the blood of Thy covenant,
by the fountain opened for sin and for uncleanness,
take away my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin
Save me as a brand plucked out of the fire.
Father, forgive me, for I knew not,
truly I knew not, what I did
in sinning against Thee.
Lord, remember me
when Thou comest into Thy kingdom.
Lord, lay not mine enemies’ sins to their charge; Lord, lay not my own to mine.
By Thy sweat bloody and clotted, Thy soul in agony,
Thy head crowned with thorns, bruised with staves,
Thine eyes a fountain of tears,
Thine ears full of insults, Thy mouth moistened with vinegar and gall,
Thy face stained with spitting,
Thy neck bowed down with the burden of the cross,
Thy back ploughed with the wheals and wounds
of the scourge,
Thy pierced hands and feet,
Thy strong cry, Eli, Eli,
Thy heart pierced with the spear,
the water and blood thence flowing,
Thy body broken, Thy blood poured out,
Lord, forgive the iniquity of Thy servant,
and cover all his sin.
Turn away all Thy wrath: turn Thyself from the fierceness of Thine anger.
Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause Thine anger toward us to cease.
Wilt Thou be angry with us for ever, wilt Thou draw out Thine anger to all generations?
Wilt Thou not revive us again:
that Thy people may rejoice in Thee?
Show us Thy mercy, O Lord,
and grant us Thy salvation.
3. PRAYER FOR GRACE.
The works of the flesh:
adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations,
wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders,
drunkenness, revellings, and such like.
The fruit of the Spirit:
love, joy, peace,
longsuffering, gentleness, goodness,
faith, meekness, temperance.
The Spirit of wisdom and understanding,
of counsel and might, of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord.
The gifts of the Spirit:
the word of wisdom, the word of knowledge, faith, gifts of healing, working of miracles,
prophecy, discerning of spirits, divers kinds of tongues, interpretation of tongues.
May Thy strong hand, O Lord, be ever my defence;
Thy mercy in Christ my salvation;
Thy word of truth my instructor;
the grace of Thy life-giving Spirit
my consolation, all along, and at last.
The soul of Christ hallow me,
and the body strengthen me,
and the blood ransom me,
and the water wash me,
and the bruises heal me,
and the sweat refresh me,
and the wound hide me.
The peace of God,
which passeth all understanding,
keep my heart and mind
in the knowledge and the love of God.
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4. CONFESSION OF FAITH.
I believe that Thou hast created me:
despise not the work of Thine own hands;
that Thou madest me after Thine image and likeness: suffer not Thy likeness to be blotted out; that Thou hast redeemed me in Thy blood: suffer not the reward of that redemption to perish; that Thou hast called me Christian after Thy name:
disdain not Thine own title; that Thou hast hallowed me in regeneration:
destroy not Thy holy work; that Thou hast grafted me into the good olive tree,
the member of a mystical body: the member of Thy mystical body cut not off.
Remember the word unto Thy servant,
upon which Thou hast caused me to hope.
My soul fainteth for Thy salvation:
but I hope in Thy word.
5. INTERCESSION.
For the welfare and prosperity
of the whole Christian army, against the enemies of our most holy faith. For our fathers in holy things,
and all our brotherhood in Christ. For those who hate and those who love us. For those who pity and those who minister to us. For those whom we have promised
to remember in prayer.
For the liberation of captives.
For our fathers and brethren absent.
For those who voyage by sea.
For those who lie in sickness.
Let us pray also for fruitfulness of the earth;
and for every soul of orthodox Christians. Let us bless Godfearing kings, orthodox prelates,
the founders of this holy retreat,
our parents,
and all our forefathers
and our brethren departed.
6. THANKSGIVING.
Thou Who, on man’s transgressing Thy command,
and falling,
didst not pass him by, nor leave him, God of goodness, but didst visit him in ways manifold,
as a tender Father,
supplying him with Thy great and precious promise
concerning the life-giving seed,
opening to him the door of faith
and of repentance unto life,
and in the fulness of the time
sending Thy Christ Himself
to take on Him the seed of Abraham,
and in the oblation of His life
to fulfil the law’s obedience,
and in the sacrifice of His death
to take off the law’s curse,
and in His death
to redeem the world,
and in His resurrection
to quicken it:
Thou, Who doest all things
whereby to bring again our race to Thee,
that it may be partaker of Thy divine nature and eternal glory: Who hast borne witness
to the truth of Thy gospel by many and manifold wonders, in the ever memorable converse of Thy saints, in their supernatural endurance of torments in the marvellous conversion of the whole world
to the obedience of faith,
without might, persuasion, compulsion:
blessed, and praised, and celebrated,
and magnified, and exalted,
and glorified, and hallowed
be Thy name,
its record, and its memory,
and every memorial of it,
both now and for evermore.
Thou art worthy to take the book,
and to open the seals thereof: for Thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God
by Thy blood
out of every kindred, and tongue,
and people, and nation.
Worthy is the Lamb that was slain
to receive power, and riches, and wisdom,
and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.
Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto Him that sitteth upon the throne,
and unto the Lamb,
for ever and ever. Amen.
Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.
Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom,
and thanksgiving, and honour,
and power, and might,
be unto our God
for ever and ever.
Amen.
1. MEDITATION AND ADORATION.
O LORD, be gracious unto us;
we have waited for Thee:
be Thou our arm every morning,
our salvation also in the time of trouble.
Blessed art Thou, O Lord,
who restedst on the seventh day
from all Thy work,
and blessedst and sanctifiedst it.
2. CONFESSION OF SIN.
O my God, I am ashamed, and blush
to lift up my face to Thee,
for mine iniquities are increased
over my head, and my trespass is grown up unto the heavens;
since the days of my youth
have I been in a great trespass unto this day;
I cannot stand before Thee because of this.
My sins are more in number than the sand of the sea,
my iniquities are multiplied,
and I not worthy to look up
and see the height of heaven,
from the number of my unrighteousnesses; and I have no relief,
because I have provoked Thine anger,
and done evil in Thy sight,
not doing Thy will,
not keeping Thy commandments.
And now my heart kneels to Thee,
beseeching Thy goodness.
I have sinned, O Lord, I have sinned,
and I know mine iniquities;
but I ask and beseech,
remit to me, O Lord, remit to me,
and destroy me not in mine iniquities
nor be Thou angry for ever,
nor reserve evil for me, nor condemn me in the lowest parts of the earth.
Because Thou art God, the God of penitents,
and Thou shalt shew in me all Thy lovingkindness;
for Thou shalt save me unworthy,
according to Thy much pity,
and I will praise Thee alway.
Lord, if Thou wilt, Thou canst make me clean. Lord, speak the word only, and I shall be healed.
Lord, save; carest Thou not that we perish? Say to me, Be of good cheer; thy sins are forgiven
thee.
Jesus, Master, have mercy on me.
Jesus, Thou Son of David, have mercy on me;
Thou Son of David, have mercy on me.
Lord, say to me, Ephphatha.
Lord, I have no man to put me into the pool.
Lord, say to me, Thou art loosed from thine
infirmity.
Say unto my soul, I am thy salvation. Say unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee.
How long, Lord? wilt Thou be angry for ever?
shall Thy jealousy burn like fire? O remember not against us former iniquities: let Thy tender mercies speedily prevent us:
for we are brought very low.
Help us, O God of our salvation,
for the glory of Thy name:
and deliver us,
and purge away our sins,
For Thy name’s sake.
3. PRAYER FOR GRACE.
All my failings, shortcomings, falls,
offences, trespasses, scandals,
transgressions, debts, sins,
faults, ignorances, iniquities,
impieties, unrighteousnesses, pollutions.
The guilt
be gracious unto, pardon,
remit, forgive,
be merciful unto, pass by,
impute not, charge not, remember not;
pass by,
hide thy
cover,
blot out,
remit,
take off,
abolish,
the stain
face from,
the hurt
heal,
remove,
annul,
pass over,
overlook,
wash away,
cleanse;
save from,
away with,
disperse, annihil
that they be not found, that they exist not.
Grant that, giving all diligence, I may add to my faith virtue;
to virtue knowledge;
to knowledge temperance;
to temperance patience;
to patience godliness;
to godliness brotherly kindness;
to brotherly kindness charity; and that, forgetting not the cleansing from my old
sins, I may give diligence to make my calling
and election sure
through good works.
4. CONFESSION OF FAITH.
I believe in Thee the Father;
behold then, if Thou art a Father and we are children,
as a father pitieth his children, be Thou of tender mercy towards us, O Lord. I believe in Thee, the Lord;
behold then, if Thou art Lord and we are servants, our eyes wait upon Thee our Lord,
until Thou have mercy upon us. I believe that though we are neither sons nor servants,
but dogs only,
yet we have leave to eat of the crumbs
That fall from Thy table. I believe that Christ is the Lamb of God;
O Lamb of God, Which takest away the sin
of the world, take Thou away mine. I believe that Christ Jesus came into the world
to save sinners;
Thou Who earnest to save sinners,
save Thou me., of sinners
chiefest and greatest. I believe that Christ came to save that which was
lost;
Thou Who earnest to save the lost, never suffer, O Lord, that to be lost which
Thou hast saved. I believe that the Spirit is the Lord and Giver of
life;
Thou Who gavest me a living soul,
grant me that I receive not my soul in vain.
I believe that the Spirit gives grace
in His holy things;
grant me that I receive not His grace in vain,
nor hope of His holy things. I believe that the Spirit maketh intercession for us
with groanings that cannot be uttered;
grant me of His intercession and those groanings
to partake, O Lord.
5. INTERCESSION.
Our fathers trusted in Thee:
they trusted, and Thou didst deliver them.
They cried unto Thee, and were delivered:
they trusted in Thee, and were not confounded.
As Thou didst our fathers in the generations of old,
so also deliver us, O Lord,
who trust in Thee.
O Heavenly King,
confirm our faithful kings,
stablish the faith,
soften the nations,
pacify the world,
guard well this holy retreat,
and receive us in orthodox faith and repentance,
as a kind and loving Lord.
The power of the Father guide me,
the wisdom of the Son enlighten me,
the working of the Spirit quicken me.
Guard Thou my soul,
strengthen my body,
elevate my senses,
direct my course,
order my habits,
shape my character,
bless my actions,
fulfil my prayers,
inspire holy thoughts,
pardon the past,
correct the present,
prevent the future.
Now unto Him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think,
according to the power that worketh in us, unto Him be glory in the Church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.
6. THANKSGIVING.
Blessed, and praised, and celebrated, and magnified, and exalted, and glorified,
and hallowed,
be Thy name, O Lord,
its record, and its memory,
and every memorial of it, for the most honourable senate of the patriarchs, the ever venerable band of the prophets, the glorious company of the apostles,
the evangelists,
the illustrious army of the martyrs,
the assembly of confessors,
doctors,
ascetics,
the beauty of virgins,
for infants the delight of the world,
for their faith, their hope,
their labours, their truth,
their blood, their zeal,
their diligence, their tears,
their purity, their beauty.
Glory to Thee, O Lord, glory to Thee,
glory to Thee Who didst glorify them,
among whom we too glorify Thee.
Great and marvellous are Thy works,
Lord God Almighty;
just and true are Thy ways,
Thou King of saints.
Who shall not fear Thee, O Lord,
and glorify Thy name?
for Thou only art holy:
for all nations shall come and worship
before Thee;
for Thy judgments are made manifest.
Praise our God, all ye His servants,
and ye that fear Him,
both small and great.
Alleluia:
for the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth; let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to Him.
Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself shall be with them, and shall wipe away all tears from their eyes;
and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be
any more pain:
for the former things are passed away.