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Advent | ||||
| This prayer may be used on any day in Advent | |||||
| Eternal God, as Mary waited for the birth of your Son, so we wait for his coming in glory; bring us through the birth pangs of this present age to see, with her, our great salvation in Jesus Christ our Lord. |
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| The First Sunday of Advent |
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| Collect | |||||
| Almighty God, give us grace to cast away the works of darkness and to put on the armour of light, now in the time of this mortal life, in which your Son Jesus Christ came to us in great humility; that on the last day, when he shall come again in his glorious majesty to judge the living and the dead, we may rise to the life immortal; through him who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. |
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| The Second Sunday of Advent |
Purple |
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| Collect | |||||
| O Lord, raise up, we pray, your
power and come among us, and with great might succour us; that whereas, through our sins and wickedness we are grievously hindered in running the race that is set before us, your bountiful grace and mercy may speedily help and deliver us; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, to whom with you and the Holy Spirit, be honour and glory, now and for ever. |
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| The Third Sunday of Advent |
Purple |
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| Collect | |||||
| O Lord Jesus Christ, who at your first coming sent your messenger to prepare your way before you: grant that the ministers and stewards of your mysteries may likewise so prepare and make ready your way by turning the hearts of the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, that at your second coming to judge the world we may be found an acceptable people in your sight; for you are alive and reign with the Father in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. |
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| The Fourth Sunday of Advent |
Purple |
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| This provision is not used on weekdays after 23 December. | |||||
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| God our redeemer, who prepared the Blessed Virgin Mary to be the mother of your Son: grant that, as she looked for his coming as our saviour, so we may be ready to greet him when he comes again as our judge; who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. |
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| 24 December | Christmas Eve |
Purple |
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| The Christmas order is used at Evening Prayer with this Collect. | |||||
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| Almighty God, you make us glad with the yearly remembrance of the birth of your Son Jesus Christ: grant that, as we joyfully receive him as our redeemer, so we may with sure confidence behold him when he shall come to be our judge; who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. |
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Christmas | ||||
| This prayer may be used on any day in the Christmas season | |||||
| Lord Jesus Christ, your birth at Bethlehem draws us to kneel in wonder at heaven touching earth: accept our heartfelt praise as we worship you, our Saviour and our eternal God. |
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| 25 December | Christmas Day |
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Principal Feast |
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| Collect | |||||
| Almighty God, you have given us your only-begotten Son to take our nature upon him and as at this time to be born of a pure virgin: grant that we, who have been born again and made your children by adoption and grace, may daily be renewed by your Holy Spirit; through Jesus Christ our Lord. |
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| The First Sunday of Christmas |
White |
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| When the Festival of the Naming and Circumcision of Jesus, falling on a Sunday, is transferred to Monday 2 January, the Sunday is kept as the Second Sunday of Christmas but this provision is used. | |||||
| This provision is not used after Morning Prayer on the Eve of the Epiphany. | |||||
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| Almighty God, who wonderfully created us in your own image and yet more wonderfully restored us through your Son Jesus Christ: grant that, as he came to share in our humanity, so we may share the life of his divinity; who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. |
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| The Second Sunday of Christmas |
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| When the Festival of the Naming and Circumcision of Jesus, falling on a Sunday, is transferred to Monday 2 January, the Sunday is kept as the Second Sunday of Christmas but the provision for the First Sunday of Christmas is used. | |||||
| This provision is not used after Morning Prayer on the Eve of the Epiphany. | |||||
| Collect | |||||
| Almighty God, in the birth of your Son you have poured on us the new light of your incarnate Word, and shown us the fullness of your love: help us to walk in his light and dwell in his love that we may know the fullness of his joy; who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. |
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Epiphany | ||||
| This prayer may be used on any day in the Epiphany season | |||||
| Eternal Lord, our beginning and our end: bring us with the whole creation to your glory, hidden through past ages and made known in Jesus Christ our Lord. |
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| 6 January | The Epiphany |
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Principal Feast |
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| Collect | |||||
| O God, who by the leading of a star manifested your only Son to the peoples of the earth: mercifully grant that we, who know you now by faith, may at last behold your glory face to face; through Jesus Christ our Lord. |
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| The Baptism of Christ |
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The First Sunday of Epiphany |
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(The Second Sunday of Epiphany when 6 January is a Sunday) |
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| At Morning Prayer, canticle 40 may be said. | |||||
| At Evening Prayer, canticle 70 or 80 may be said. | |||||
| Eve: Magnificat (if required) | |||||
| This is my son, the Beloved, with whom I am well pleased. |
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| Benedictus | |||||
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Jesus is baptized and the whole world is made Christ washes away our sins and purifies us with |
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| Magnificat | |||||
| Draw water from the wells of salvation, for Christ our Lord has made creation holy. |
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| Collect | |||||
| Eternal Father, who at the baptism of Jesus revealed him to be your Son, anointing him with the Holy Spirit: grant to us, who are born again by water and the Spirit, that we may be faithful to our calling as your adopted children; through Jesus Christ our Lord. |
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| The Second Sunday of Epiphany |
White |
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| When 6 January is a Sunday this provision is replaced on 13 January by that for the Baptism of Christ. | |||||
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| Almighty God, in Christ you make all things new: transform the poverty of our nature by the riches of your grace, and in the renewal of our lives make known your heavenly glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord. |
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| The Third Sunday of Epiphany |
White |
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| Almighty God, whose Son revealed in signs and miracles the wonder of your saving presence: renew your people with your heavenly grace, and in all our weakness sustain us by your mighty power; through Jesus Christ our Lord. |
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| The Fourth Sunday of Epiphany |
White |
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| Collect | |||||
| God our creator, who in the beginning commanded the light to shine out of darkness: we pray that the light of the glorious gospel of Christ may dispel the darkness of ignorance and unbelief, shine into the hearts of all your people, and reveal the knowledge of your glory in the face of Jesus Christ your Son our Lord. |
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| 2 February | The Presentation of Christ |
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| in the Temple |
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Candlemas |
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Principal Feast |
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| At Morning Prayer, canticle 31 may be said. | |||||
| At Evening Prayer, canticle
74 may be said.
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| Eve: Magnificat | |||||
| The Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple. |
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| Benedictus | |||||
| The parents of Jesus marvelled at what was said about
him. And Mary kept all these things and pondered them in her heart. |
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| Magnificat | |||||
| Simeon held the child in his arms, and beheld his salvation; Anna gave thanks to God and proclaimed her redeemer. |
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| Collect | |||||
| Almighty and ever-living
God, clothed in majesty, whose beloved Son was this day presented in the Temple, in substance of our flesh: grant that we may be presented to you with pure and clean hearts, by your Son Jesus Christ our Lord. |
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Ordinary Time | ||||
| The Fifth Sunday before Lent |
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| This provision is always used from the day after the Presentation of Christ in the Temple until the first of the Sundays before Lent. | |||||
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| Almighty God, by whose grace alone we are accepted and called to your service: strengthen us by your Holy Spirit and make us worthy of our calling; through Jesus Christ our Lord. |
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| The Fourth Sunday before Lent |
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| Collect | |||||
| O God, you know us to be set in the midst of so many and great dangers, that by reason of the frailty of our nature we cannot always stand upright: grant to us such strength and protection as may support us in all dangers and carry us through all temptations; through Jesus Christ our Lord. |
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| The Third Sunday before Lent |
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| Almighty God, who alone can bring order to the unruly wills and passions of sinful humanity: give your people grace so to love what you command and to desire what you promise, that, among the many changes of this world, our hearts may surely there be fixed where true joys are to be found; through Jesus Christ our Lord. |
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| The Second Sunday before Lent |
Green |
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| Almighty God, you have created the heavens and the earth and made us in your own image: teach us to discern your hand in all your works and your likeness in all your children; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who with you and the Holy Spirit reigns supreme over all things, now and for ever. |
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| The Sunday next before Lent |
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| This provision is not used on or after Ash Wednesday. | |||||
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| Almighty Father, whose Son was revealed in majesty before he suffered death upon the cross: give us grace to perceive his glory, that we may be strengthened to suffer with him and be changed into his likeness, from glory to glory; who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. |
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| On Shrove Tuesday,' Alleluia, alleluia ' may be added to the final versicle and response at Evening Prayer. | |||||
| After Night Prayer,' Alleluia ' is not said again until Easter Day. | |||||