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    Order Two
     
    At the entry of the minister a hymn may be sung.
     
    The minister says
     
    Dearly beloved, in the Gospel of Saint Luke we read: 'When the hour was come, Jesus sat down, and the twelve apostles with him. And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer: For I say unto you, I will not any more eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God. And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, Take this and divide it among yourselves: for I say unto you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine, until the kingdom of God come. And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: do this in remembrance of me.'
     
    We are assembled and met together to render thanks for the great benefits that we have received at the hands of Almighty God, to set forth his most worthy praise, to hear his most holy Word, to acknowledge and confess our manifold sins and wickedness, to ask those things which are requisite and necessary, as well for the body as the soul, and, in union with those who celebrate [have celebrated] the Holy Communion at N… this day, to partake of the spiritual food of the most precious Body and Blood of Christ in remembrance of his death and resurrection. For as often as we eat this bread and drink this cup in obedience to his command, we proclaim the Lord's death until he comes.
     
   
Prayer of Preparation
 
     
    Almighty God,
unto whom all hearts be open,
all desires known,
and from whom no secrets are hid:
cleanse the thoughts of our hearts
by the inspiration of thy Holy Spirit,
that we may perfectly love thee,
and worthily magnify thy holy name;
through Christ our Lord. 
All
  Amen.
     
    The Commandments  
     
    The minister reads the Ten Commandments and the people make the response. Or, except on the first Sundays of Advent and Lent, the Summary of the Law or Kyrie eleison may be used.
     
    God spake these words and said:
I am the Lord thy God; thou shalt have none other gods but me.
All
  Lord, have mercy upon us,
 and incline our hearts to keep this law.
     
    Thou shalt not make to thyself any graven image,
nor the likeness of any thing that is in heaven above,
or in the earth beneath, or in the water under the earth.
Thou shalt not bow down to them, nor worship them:
for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God,
and visit the sins of the fathers upon the children
   unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me,
and shew mercy unto thousands in them that love me
   and keep my commandments.
All
  Lord, have mercy upon us,
 and incline our hearts to keep this law.
     
    Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain:
for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
All
  Lord, have mercy upon us,
 and incline our hearts to keep this law.
     
    Remember that thou keep holy the Sabbath day.
Six days shalt thou labour, and do all that thou hast to do;
but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God.
In it thou shalt do no manner of work,
thou, and thy son, and thy daughter,
thy manservant, and thy maidservant,
thy cattle, and the stranger that is within thy gates.
For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth,
the sea, and all that in them is,
and rested the seventh day:
wherefore the Lord blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it.    
All
  Lord, have mercy upon us,
and incline our hearts to keep this law.
     
    Honour thy father and thy mother;
that thy days may be long in the land
      which the Lord thy God giveth thee.              
All
  Lord, have mercy upon us,
and incline our hearts to keep this law. 
     
    Thou shalt do no murder.
All
  Lord, have mercy upon us,
and incline our hearts to keep this law. 
     
    Thou shalt not commit adultery.   
All
  Lord, have mercy upon us,
and incline our hearts to keep this law. 
     
    Thou shalt not steal.      .
All
  Lord, have mercy upon us,
and incline our hearts to keep this law. 
     
    Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
All
  Lord, have mercy upon us,
and incline our hearts to keep this law.
     
    Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house,
thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his servant,
nor his maid, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is his.  
All
  Lord, have mercy upon us,
and write all these thy laws in our hearts, we beseech thee.
     
    Or this Summary of the Law may be said 
     
    Our Lord Jesus Christ said:
Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord;
and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart,
and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind,
and with all thy strength.
This is the first commandment.  
     
    And the second is like, namely this:
Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
There is none other commandment greater than these. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.  
     
All
  Lord, have mercy upon us,
and write all these thy laws in our hearts, we beseech thee.  
     
    Or the Kyrie eleison may be sung or said    
     
    Lord, have mercy,
All
  Lord, have mercy.
  Lord, have mercy.  
     
All
  Christ, have mercy.     
  Christ, have mercy.
All
  Christ, have mercy.
     
  Lord, have mercy.   
All
  Lord, have mercy.
  Lord, have mercy.
   
  (or)     
   
  Kyrie, eleison. 
All
  Kyrie, eleison.
  Kyrie, eleison.      
   
All
  Christe, eleison.
  Christe, eleison.     
All
  Christe, eleison.  
   
  Kyrie, eleison.   
All
  Kyrie, eleison.
    Kyrie, eleison.
     
    The Collect for the Sovereign may be said
     
    Almighty God, whose kingdom is everlasting, and power infinite:
have mercy upon the whole Church; and so rule the heart of
thy chosen servant Elizabeth, our Queen and Governor, that she
(knowing whose minister she is) may above all things seek thy
honour and glory: and that we and all her subjects (duly considering
whose authority she hath) may faithfully serve, honour and humbly
obey her, in thee, and for thee, according to thy blessed word and
ordinance; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who with thee and the
Holy Ghost liveth and reigneth, ever one God, world without end.
All
  Amen.
     
   
The Collect
 
     
    The minister may say
     
    The Lord be with you
All
  and with thy spirit.
    Let us pray.
     
    Then shall be said the Collect of the Day.
     
   
Readings
 
     
    The readings are governed by authorized lectionary provision.
     
    A Lesson from the Old Testament may be read and a psalm may be used.
     
    The reader says
     
    The Lesson is written in the … chapter of …
beginning at the … verse.
     
    At the end
     
    Here endeth the Lesson.
     
    The reader says
     
    The Epistle is written in the … chapter of …
beginning at the … verse.
     
    At the end
     
    Here endeth the Epistle.
     
   
Gospel
 
     
    The reader says
     
    The holy Gospel is written in the … chapter of the Gospel according to Saint … , beginning at the … verse.
     
    All may respond
     
All
  Glory be to thee, O Lord.
     
    At the end the reader may say
     
    This is the Gospel of the Lord.
     
    All may respond
     
All
  Praise be to thee, O Christ.
     
   
The Creed
 
     
    On Sundays and Principal Holy Days the Nicene Creed is used, or on occasion the Apostles' Creed or an authorized Affirmation of Faith may be used.
     
All
  I believe in one God the Father almighty,
maker of heaven and earth,
and of all things
visible and invisible:

And in one Lord Jesus Christ,
 the only-begotten Son of God,
begotten of his Father before all worlds,
God of God, Light of Light,
very God of very God,
begotten, not made,
being of one substance with the Father,
by whom all things were made;
who for us men and for our salvation
came down from heaven,
and was incarnate by the Holy Ghost of the Virgin Mary,
and was made man,
and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate.
He suffered and was buried,
and the third day he rose again
according to the Scriptures,
and ascended into heaven,
and sitteth on the right hand of the Father.
And he shall come again with glory
to judge both the quick and the dead:
whose kingdom shall have no end.

And I believe in the Holy Ghost,
the Lord and giver of life,
who proceedeth from the Father and the Son,
who with the Father and the Son together
is worshipped and glorified,
who spake by the prophets.
And I believe one catholic and apostolic Church.
I acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins.
And I look for the resurrection of the dead,
and the life of the world to come.
Amen.
     
   
Sermon
 
     
   
Sentence
 
     
    One of the following or another sentence of Scripture is used
     
    Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.  
   
Matthew 5.16
     
    Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth; where the rust and moth doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven; where neither rust nor moth doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through and steal.  
   
Matthew 6.19
     
    All things come of thee, and of thine own do we give thee.
   
    1 Chronicles 29.14
     
    Whoso hath this world's goods, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
   
1 John 3.17
     
    A hymn may be sung and a collection may be taken.
     
   
Intercession
 
     
    Brief biddings may be given.
     
    Let us pray for the whole state of Christ's Church militant here in earth.
     
    Almighty and ever-living God, who by thy holy apostle hast taught us to make prayers and supplications, and to give thanks, for all men: we humbly beseech thee most mercifully to receive these our prayers, which we offer unto thy divine majesty; beseeching thee to inspire continually the universal Church with the spirit of truth, unity, and concord: and grant, that all they that do confess thy holy name may agree in the truth of thy holy word, and live in unity and godly love.
     
    We beseech thee also to save and defend all Christian kings, princes and governors; and specially thy servant Elizabeth our Queen, that under her we may be godly and quietly governed: and grant unto her whole Council, and to all that are put in authority under her, that they may truly and impartially minister justice, to the punishment of wickedness and vice, and to the maintenance of thy true religion and virtue.
     
    Give grace, O heavenly Father, to all bishops, priests and deacons, that they may both by their life and doctrine set forth thy true and lively word, and rightly and duly administer thy holy sacraments: and to all thy people give thy heavenly grace; and specially to this congregation here present; that, with meek heart and due reverence, they may hear and receive thy holy word; truly serving thee in holiness and righteousness all the days of their life.
     
    And we most humbly beseech thee of thy goodness, O Lord, to comfort and succour all them, who in this transitory life are in trouble, sorrow, need, sickness, or any other adversity.
     
    And we also bless thy holy name for all thy servants departed this life in thy faith and fear; beseeching thee to give us grace so to follow their good examples, that with them we may be partakers of thy heavenly kingdom.
     
    Grant this, O Father, for Jesus Christ's sake, our only mediator and advocate.
     
All
  Amen.
     
   
Invitation to Confession
 
     
    The minister reads the shorter exhortation as follows
     
    Ye that do truly and earnestly repent you of your sins, and are in love and charity with your neighbours, and intend to lead a new life, following the commandments of God, and walking from henceforth in his holy ways: draw near with faith, and take this holy sacrament to your comfort; and make your humble confession to almighty God, meekly kneeling upon your knees.
     
   
Confession
 
     
All
  Almighty God,
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
maker of all things, judge of all men:
we acknowledge and bewail
      our manifold sins and wickedness,
which we, from time to time,
      most grievously have committed,
by thought, word and deed,
against thy divine majesty,
provoking most justly thy wrath and indignation against us.
We do earnestly repent,
and are heartily sorry for these our misdoings;
the remembrance of them is grievous unto us;
the burden of them is intolerable.
Have mercy upon us,
have mercy upon us, most merciful Father;
for thy Son our Lord Jesus Christ's sake,
forgive us all that is past;
and grant that we may ever hereafter
serve and please thee in newness of life,
to the honour and glory of thy name;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
     
    The minister says
     
    Grant, we beseech thee, merciful Lord,
to thy faithful people pardon and peace,
that they may be cleansed from all their sins,
and serve thee with a quiet mind;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
All
  Amen.
     
   
The Comfortable Words
 
     
    Hear what comfortable words our Saviour Christ saith unto all that truly turn to him:
     
    Come unto me, all that travail and are heavy laden,
and I will refresh you.   
   
Matthew 11.28
     
    So God loved the world, that he gave his only-begotten Son,
to the end that all that believe in him should not perish,
but have everlasting life.  
   
John 3.16
     
    Hear also what Saint Paul saith:
This is a true saying, and worthy of all men to be received,
that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. 
   
    1 Timothy 1.15
     
    Hear also what Saint John saith:
If any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father,
Jesus Christ the righteous;
and he is the propitiation for our sins.  
   
1 John 2.1
     
    The following or some other suitable form of thanksgiving is said
     
All
  Almighty God, Father of all mercies,
we thine unworthy servants
      do give thee most humble and hearty thanks
for all thy goodness and loving-kindness to us, and to all men.
We bless thee for our creation, preservation,
      and all the blessings of this life; but above all for thine inestimable love
in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ,
for the means of grace, and for the hope of glory.
And we beseech thee, give us that due sense of all thy mercies,
that our hearts may be unfeignedly thankful,
and that we shew forth thy praise, not only with our lips,
      but in our lives;
by giving up ourselves to thy service,
and by walking before thee in holiness and righteousness
      all our days;
through Jesus Christ our Lord,
to whom with thee and the Holy Ghost
be all honour and glory, world without end.
Amen. 
     
    A hymn may be sung.
     
    At the lectern or minister's stall one of the following shall be read:
     
    Mark 10.32-34, 42-45  
   
      The Son of Man came to give his life.
    Luke 24.30-34  
   
      They recognized him in the breaking of bread.
    John 6.53-58
   
      My flesh is true food and my blood is true drink.
    Revelation 19.6-9a  
   
      The marriage supper of the Lamb.
    1 Peter 2.21-25
   
He bore our sins on the cross.
     
   
Prayer of Humble Access
 
     
    We do not presume
to come to this thy table, O merciful Lord,
trusting in our own righteousness,
but in thy manifold and great mercies.
We are not worthy
so much as to gather up the crumbs under thy table.
But thou art the same Lord,
whose property is always to have mercy:
grant us therefore, gracious Lord,
so to eat the flesh of thy dear Son Jesus Christ,
and to drink his blood,
that our sinful bodies may be made clean by his body,
and our souls washed through his most precious blood,
and that we may evermore dwell in him, and he in us.
All
  Amen.
     
   
Giving of Communion
 
     
    The minister says
     
    The Church of God, of which we are members, has taken bread and wine and given thanks over them according to our Lord's command. These holy gifts have been brought to us that we too may share in the communion of the body and blood of Christ.
     
    The minister and people receive communion. To each is said
     
    The body of our Lord Jesus Christ, which was given for thee,
preserve thy body and soul unto everlasting life.
Take and eat this in remembrance that Christ died for thee,
and feed on him in thy heart by faith with thanksgiving.
     
    The blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, which was shed for thee,
preserve thy body and soul unto everlasting life.
Drink this in remembrance that Christ's blood was shed for thee,
      and be thankful.
     
    Or, when occasion requires, these words may be said once to each row of communicants, or to a convenient number within each row.
     
    What remains of the consecrated bread and wine which is not required for purposes of communion is consumed now or at the end of the service.
     
   
The Lord's Prayer
 
     
    As our Saviour Christ hath commanded and taught us, we are bold to say
     
All
  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.
     
    Alternatively the Lord's Prayer may be said before the giving of communion. 
     
    Silence is kept.
     
   
Prayer after Communion
  
     
    This prayer is said
     
    Almighty and ever-living God, we most heartily thank thee, for that thou dost vouchsafe to feed us, who have duly received these holy mysteries, with the spiritual food of the most precious body and blood of thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ; and dost assure us thereby of thy favour and goodness towards us; and that we are very members incorporate in the mystical body of thy Son, which is the blessed company of all faithful people; and are also heirs through hope of thy everlasting kingdom, by the merits of the most precious death and passion of thy dear Son. And we most humbly beseech thee, O heavenly Father, so to assist us with thy grace, that we may continue in that holy fellowship, and do all such good works as thou hast prepared for us to walk in; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with thee and the Holy Ghost, be all honour and glory, world without end.
All
  Amen.
     
   
Gloria in Excelsis
 
     
All
  Glory be to God on high,
and in earth peace, good will towards men.

We praise thee, we bless thee,
we worship thee, we glorify thee,
we give thanks to thee for thy great glory,
O Lord God, heavenly King,
God the Father almighty.

O Lord, the only-begotten Son Jesu Christ;
O Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father,
that takest away the sins of the world,
have mercy upon us.
Thou that takest away the sins of the world,
have mercy upon us.
Thou that takest away the sins of the world,
receive our prayer.
Thou that sittest at the right hand of God the Father,
have mercy upon us.

For thou only art holy;
thou only art the Lord;
thou only, O Christ,
with the Holy Ghost,
art most high in the glory of God the Father.
Amen.
     
   
The Grace
 
     
    The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,
and the love of God,
and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost,
be with us all evermore.
All
  Amen.
     
    The minister and people depart.
     
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