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+<book-of-common-prayer
+   name="ECUSA, 1979, English"
+   title="The Book of Common Prayer of the Episcopal Church, 1979"
+   credit="Converted to HTML by John Klassa of the Church of the Holy Cross, Anglican, in Raleigh, North Carolina."
+   xml:lang="en">
+  <!--
+      This file is in the public domain.
+    -->
+  <page id="1">
+    <content>
+      This page is blank.
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="2">
+    <content>
+      This page is blank.
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="3">
+    <section title="Front matter" level="1"/>
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER</p>
+<p>and Administration of the Sacraments and Other Rites and Ceremonies of<br/>the Church</p>
+<p>Together with The Psalter or Psalms of David</p>
+<p>According to the use of</p>
+<p>The Episcopal Church</p>
+<p>THE SEABURY PRESS : NEW YORK</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="4">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>[The Certificate of the original.  Note that this electronic text is<br/>NOT approved by the Custodian of the Standard Book of Common Prayer.]</p>
+<h1>Certificate</h1>
+<p>I certify that this edition of The Book of Common Prayer<br/>has been compared with a certified copy of the Standard Book,<br/>as the Canon directs, and that it conforms thereto.</p>
+<p>Charles Mortimer Guilbert<br/><i>Custodian of the Standard Book of Common Prayer</i><br/>September, 1979</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="5">
+    <content>
+      This is the contents page in the original Book of Common Prayer.
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="8">
+    <section title="The Ratification of the Book of Common Prayer" level="2"/>
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>The Ratification of the Book of Common Prayer (1789)</h1>
+<p>By the Bishops, the Clergy, and the Laity of the Protestant Episcopal<br/>Church in the United States of America, in Convention, this Sixteenth<br/>Day of October, in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred<br/>and Eighty-Nine.</p>
+<p>This Convention having, in their present session, set forth <i>A Book of<br/>Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites<br/>and Ceremonies of the Church,</i> do hereby establish the said Book:  And<br/>they declare it to be the Liturgy of this Church: And require that it be<br/>received as such by all the members of the same:  And this Book shall be<br/>in use from and after the First Day of October, in the Year of Our Lord<br/>one thousand seven hundred and ninety.</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="9">
+    <section title="The Preface" level="2"/>
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>Preface</h1>
+<p>It is a most invaluable part of that blessed "liberty wherewith Christ<br/>hath made us free," that in his worship different forms and usages may<br/>without offense be allowed, provided the substance of the Faith be kept<br/>entire; and that, in every Church, what cannot be clearly determined to<br/>belong to Doctrine must be referred to Discipline; and therefore, by<br/>common consent and authority, may be altered, abridged, enlarged,<br/>amended, or otherwise disposed of, as may seem most convenient for the<br/>edification of the people, "according to the various exigency of times<br/>and occasions."</p>
+<p>The Church of England, to which the Protestant Episcopal Church in<br/>these States is indebted, under God, for her first foundation and a long<br/>continuance of nursing care and protection, hath, in the Preface of her<br/>Book of Common Prayer, laid it down as a rule, that "The particular<br/>Forms of Divine Worship, and the Rites and Ceremonies appointed to be<br/>used therein, being things in their own nature indifferent, and<br/>alterable, and so acknowledged; it is but reasonable that upon weighty<br/>and important considerations, according to the various exigency of times<br/>and occasions, such changes and alterations should be made therein, as<br/>to those that are in place of Authority should, from time to time, seem<br/>either necessary or expedient."</p>
+<p>The same Church hath not only in her Preface, but likewise in her<br/>Articles and Homilies, declared tho necessity and expediency of<br/>occasional alterations and amendments in her Forms of Public Worship;<br/>and we find accordingly, that, seeking to keep the happy mean between<br/>too much stiffness in refusing, and too much easiness in admitting<br/>variations in</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="10">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>things once advisedly established, she hath, in the reign of several<br/>Princes, since the first compiling of her Liturgy in the time of Edward<br/>the Sixth, upon just and weighty considerations her thereunto moving,<br/>yielded to make such alterations in some particulars, as in their<br/>respective times were thought convenient; yet so as that the main body<br/>and essential parts of the same (as well in the chiefest materials, as<br/>in the frame and order thereof) have still been continued firm and<br/>unshaken</p>
+<p>Her general aim in these different reviews and alterations hath been, as<br/>she further declares in her said Preface, to do that which, according to<br/>her best understanding, might most tend to the preservation of peace and<br/>unity in the Church; the procuring of reverence, and the exciting of<br/>piety and devotion in the worship of God; and, finally, the cutting off<br/>occasion, from them that seek occasion, of cavil or quarrel against her<br/>Liturgy.  And although, according to her judgment, there be not any<br/>thing in it contrary to the Word of God, or to sound doctrine, or which<br/>a godly man may not with a good conscience use and submit unto, or which<br/>is not fairly defensible, if allowed such just and favourable<br/>construction as in common equity ought to be allowed to all human<br/>writings; yet upon the principles already laid down, it cannot but be<br/>supposed that further alterations would be found expedient.<br/>Accordingly, a Commission for a review was issued in the year 1689:  but<br/>this great and good work miscarried at that time; and the Civil<br/>Authority has not since thought proper to revive it by any new<br/>Commission.</p>
+<p>But when in the course of Divine Providence, these American States<br/>became independent with respect to civil government, their<br/>ecclesiastical independence was necessarily included; and the different<br/>religious denominations of Christians in these States were left at full<br/>and equal liberty to model and organize their respective Churches, and<br/>forms of worship, and discipline, in such manner as they might judge<br/>most convenient for their future prosperity; consistently with the<br/>constitution and laws of their country.</p>
+<p>The attention of this Church was in the first place drawn to those<br/>alterations in the Liturgy which became necessary in the prayers for our<br/>Civil Rulers, in consequence of the Revolution.  And the principal care<br/>herein was to make them conformable to what ought to be the proper<br/>end of all such prayers, namely, that "Rulers may have grace, wisdom,</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="11">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>and understanding to execute justice, and to maintain truth;" and that<br/>the people "may lead quiet and peaceable lives, in all godliness and<br/>honesty."</p>
+<p>But while these alterations were in review before the Convention, they<br/>could not but, with gratitude to God, embrace the happy occasion which<br/>was offered to them (uninfluenced and unrestrained by any worldly<br/>authority whatsoever) to take a further review of the Public Service,<br/>and to establish such other alterations and amendments therein as might<br/>be deemed expedient.</p>
+<p>It seems unnecessary to enumerate all the different alterations and<br/>amendments.  They will appear, and it is to be hoped, the reasons of<br/>them also, upon a comparison of this with the Book of Common Prayer of<br/>the Church of England.  In which it will also appear that this Church is<br/>far from intending to depart from the Church of England in any essential<br/>point of doctrine, discipline, or worship; or further than local<br/>circumstances require.</p>
+<p>And now, this important work being brought to a conclusion, it is hoped<br/>the whole will be received and examined by every true member of our<br/>Church, and every sincere Christian, with a meek, candid, and charitable<br/>frame of mind; without prejudice or prepossessions; seriously<br/>considering what Christianity is, and what the truths of the Gospel are;<br/>and earnestly beseeching Almighty God to accompany with his blessing<br/>every endeavour for promulgating them to mankind in the clearest,<br/>plainest, most affecting and majestic manner, for the sake of Jesus<br/>Christ, our blessed Lord and Saviour.</p>
+<p><i>Philadelphia, October, 1789</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="12">
+    <content>
+      This page is blank.
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="13">
+    <section title="Concerning the Service of the Church" level="2"/>
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>Concerning the Service<br/>of the Church</h1>
+<p>The Holy Eucharist, the principal act of Christian worship on the Lord's<br/>Day and other major Feasts, and Daily Morning and Evening Prayer, as<br/>set forth in this Book, are the regular services appointed for public<br/>worship in the Church.</p>
+<p>In addition to these services and the other rites contained in this<br/>Book, other forms set forth by authority within this Church may be used.<br/>Also, subject to the direction of the bishop, special devotions taken<br/>from this Book, or from Holy Scripture, may be used when the needs of<br/>the  congregation so require.</p>
+<p>For special days of thanksgiving, appointed by civil or Church<br/>authority, and for other special occasions for which no service or<br/>prayer has been provided in this Book, the bishop may set forth such<br/>forms as are fitting to the occasion.</p>
+<p>In all services, the entire Christian assembly participates in such a<br/>way that the members of each order within the Church, lay persons,<br/>bishops, priests, and deacons, fulfull the functions proper to their<br/>respective orders, as set forth in the rubrical directions for each<br/>service.</p>
+<p>The leader of worship in a Christian assembly is normally a bishop or<br/>priest.  Deacons by virtue of their order do not exercise a presiding<br/>function; but, like lay persons, may officiate in the Liturgy of the<br/>Word, whether in the form provided in the Daily Office, or (when a<br/>bishop or priest is not present) in the form appointed at the Eucharist.<br/>Under exceptional circumstances, when the services of a priest cannot be<br/>obtained, the bishop may, at discretion, authorize a deacon to preside</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="14">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>at other rites also, subject to the limitations described in the<br/>directions for each service.</p>
+<p>In any of the Proper Liturgies for Special Days, and in other services<br/>contained within this Book celebrated in the context of a Rite One<br/>service, the contemporary idiom may be conformed to traditional<br/>language.</p>
+<p>Hymns referred to in the rubrics of this Book are understood as those<br/>authorized by this Church.  The words of anthems are to be from<br/>Holy Scripture, or from this Book, or from texts congruent with them.</p>
+<p>On occasion, and as appropriate, instrumental music may be substituted<br/>for a hymn or anthem.</p>
+<p>Where rubrics indicate that a part of a service is to be "said," it must<br/>be understood to include "or sung," and <i>vice versa.</i></p>
+<p>When it is desired to use music composed for them, previously authorized<br/>liturgical texts may be used in place of the corresponding texts in this<br/>Book.</p>
+<p>Scriptural citations in this Book, except for the Psalms, follow the<br/>numeration of the Revised Standard Version of the Bible.</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="15">
+    <section title="The Calendar of the Church Year" level="2"/>
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>The Calendar<br/>of the Church Year</h1>
+<p>The Church Year consists of two cycles of feasts and holy days:  one is<br/>dependent upon the movable date of the Sunday of the Resurrection or<br/>Easter Day; the other, upon the fixed date of December 25, the Feast of<br/>our Lord's Nativity or Christmas Day.</p>
+<p>Easter Day is always the first Sunday after the full moon that falls on<br/>or after March 21.  It cannot occur before March 22 or after April 25.</p>
+<p>The sequence of all Sundays of the Church Year depends upon the date of<br/>Easter Day.  But the Sundays of Advent are always the four Sundays<br/>before Christmas Day, whether it occurs on a Sunday or a weekday.  The<br/>date of Easter also determines the beginning of Lent on Ash Wednesday,<br/>and the feast of the Ascension on a Thursday forty days after Easter<br/>Day.</p>
+<h1>1.  Principal Feasts</h1>
+<p>The Principal Feasts observed in this Church are the following:</p>
+<p>Easter Day</p>
+<p>Ascension Day</p>
+<p>The Day of Pentecost</p>
+<p>Trinity Sunday</p>
+<p>All Saint's Day : November 1</p>
+<p>Christmas Day : December 25</p>
+<p>The Epiphany : January 6</p>
+<p>These feasts take precedence of any other day or observance.  All<br/>Saints' Day may always be observed on the Sunday following November 1,<br/>in addition to its observance on the fixed date.</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="16">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>2. Sundays</h1>
+<p>All Sundays of the year are feasts of our Lord Jesus Christ.  In<br/>addition to the dated days listed above, only the following feasts,<br/>appointed on fixed days, take precedence of a Sunday:</p>
+<p>The Holy Name</p>
+<p>The Presentation</p>
+<p>The Transfiguration</p>
+<p>The feast of the Dedication of a Church, and the feast of its patron or<br/>title, may be observed on, or be transferred to, a Sunday, except in the<br/>seasons of Advent, Lent, and Easter.</p>
+<p>All other Feasts of our Lord, and all other Major Feasts appointed on<br/>fixed days in the Calendar, when they occur on a Sunday, are normally<br/>transferred to the first convenient open day within the week.  When<br/>desired, however, the Collect, Preface, and one or more of the Lessons<br/>appointed for the Feast may be substituted for those of the Sunday, but<br/>not from the Last Sunday after Pentecost through the First Sunday after<br/>the Epiphany, or from the Last Sunday after the Epiphany through<br/>Trinity Sunday.</p>
+<p>With the express permission of the bishop, and for urgent and sufficient<br/>reason, some other special occasion may be observed on a Sunday.</p>
+<h1>3. Holy Days</h1>
+<p>The following Holy Days are regularly observed throughout the year.<br/>Unless otherwise ordered in the preceding rules concerning Sundays, they<br/>have precedence over all other days of commemoration or of special<br/>observance:</p>
+<p><i>Other Feasts of Our Lord</i></p>
+<p>The Holy Name</p>
+<p>The Presentation</p>
+<p>The Annunciation</p>
+<p>The Visitation</p>
+<p>Saint John the Baptist</p>
+<p>The Transfiguration</p>
+<p>Holy Cross Day</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="17">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p><i>Other Major Feasts</i></p>
+<p>All feasts of Apostles</p>
+<p>All feasts of Evangelists</p>
+<p>Saint Stephen</p>
+<p>The Holy Innocents</p>
+<p>Saint Joseph</p>
+<p>Saint Mary Magdalene</p>
+<p>Saint Mary the Virgin</p>
+<p>Saint Michael and All Angels</p>
+<p>Saint James of Jerusalem</p>
+<p>Independence Day</p>
+<p>Thanksgiving Day</p>
+<p><i>Fasts</i></p>
+<p>Ash Wednesday</p>
+<p>Good Friday</p>
+<p>Feasts appointed of fixed days in the Calendar are not observed on the<br/>days of Holy Week or of Easter Week.  Major Feasts falling in these<br/>weeks are transferred to the week following the Second Sunday of Easter,<br/>in the order of their occurrence.</p>
+<p>Feasts appointed on fixed days in the Calendar do not take precedence of<br/>Ash Wednesday.</p>
+<p>Feasts of our Lord and other Major Feasts appointed on fixed days,<br/>which fall upon or are transferred to a weekday, may be observed on any<br/>open day within the week.  This provision does not apply to Christmas<br/>Day, the Epiphany, and All Saints' Day.</p>
+<h1>4. Days of Special Devotion</h1>
+<p>The following days are observed by special acts of discipline and<br/>self-denial:</p>
+<p>Ash Wednesday and the other weekdays of Lent and of Holy Week,<br/>except the feast of the Annunciation.</p>
+<p>Good Friday and all other Fridays of the year, in commemoration of the<br/>Lord's crucifixion, except for Fridays in the Christmas and Easter<br/>seasons, and any Feasts of our Lord which occur on a Friday.</p>
+<h1>5. Days of Optional Observance</h1>
+<p>Subject to the rules of precedence governing Principal Feasts, Sundays,</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="18">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>and Holy Days, the following may be observed with the Collects, Psalms,<br/>and Lessons duly authorized by this Church:</p>
+<p>Commemorations listed in the Calendar</p>
+<p>Other Commemorations, using the Common of Saints</p>
+<p>The Ember Days, traditionally observed on the Wednesdays, Fridays, and<br/>Saturdays after the First Sunday in Lent, the Day of Pentecost, Holy<br/>Cross Day, and December 13.</p>
+<p>The Rogation Days, traditionally observed on Monday, Tuesday, and<br/>Wednesday before Ascension Day</p>
+<p>Various Occasions</p>
+<p>Provided, that there is no celebration of the Eucharist for any such<br/>occasion on Ash Wednesday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy<br/>Saturday; and provided further, that none of the Propers appointed for<br/>Various Occasions is used as a substitute for, or as an addition to, the<br/>Proper appointed for the Principal Feasts.</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="19">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p><i>January</i></p>
+<p>1  A : <i>The Holy Name of Our Lord Jesus Christ</i></p>
+<p>2  b</p>
+<p>3  c</p>
+<p>4  d</p>
+<p>5  e</p>
+<p>6  f : <i>The Epiphany of Our Lord Jesus Christ</i></p>
+<p>7  g</p>
+<p>8  A</p>
+<p>9  b</p>
+<p>10 c : William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1645</p>
+<p>11 d</p>
+<p>12 e</p>
+<p>13 f : Hilary, Bishop of Poitiers, 367</p>
+<p>14 g</p>
+<p>15 A</p>
+<p>16 b</p>
+<p>17 c : Antony, Abbot in Egypt, 356</p>
+<p>18 d : <i>The Confession of Saint Peter the Apostle</i></p>
+<p>19 e : Wulfstan, Bishop of Worcester, 1095</p>
+<p>20 f : Fabian, Bishop and Martyr of Rome, 250</p>
+<p>21 g : Agnes, Martyr at Rome, 304</p>
+<p>22 A : Vincent, Deacon of Saragossa, and Martyr, 304</p>
+<p>23 b : Phillips Brooks, Bishop of Massachusetts, 1893</p>
+<p>24 c</p>
+<p>25 d : <i>The Conversion of Saint Paul the Apostle</i></p>
+<p>26 e : Timothy and Titus, Companions of Saint Paul</p>
+<p>27 f : John Chrysostom, Bishop of Constantinople, 407</p>
+<p>28 g : Thomas Aquinas, Priest and Friar, 1274</p>
+<p>29 A</p>
+<p>30 b</p>
+<p>31 c</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="20">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p><i>February</i></p>
+<p>1  d</p>
+<p>2  e : <i>The Presentation of Our Lord Jesus Christ in the Temple</i></p>
+<p>3  f : Anskar, Archbishop of Hamburg, Missionary to Denmark and<br/>Sweden, 865</p>
+<p>4  g : Cornelius the Centurion</p>
+<p>5  A : The Martyrs of Japan, 1597</p>
+<p>6  b</p>
+<p>7  c</p>
+<p>8  d</p>
+<p>9  e</p>
+<p>10 f</p>
+<p>11 g</p>
+<p>12 A</p>
+<p>13 b : Absalom Jones, Priest, 1818</p>
+<p>14 c : Cyril, Monk, and Methodius, Bishop, Missionaries to the Slavs,<br/>869, 885</p>
+<p>15 d : Thomas Bray, Priest and Missionary, 1730</p>
+<p>16 e</p>
+<p>17 f</p>
+<p>18 g</p>
+<p>19 A</p>
+<p>20 b</p>
+<p>21 c</p>
+<p>22 d</p>
+<p>23 e : Polycarp, Bishop and Martyr of Smyrna, 156</p>
+<p>24 f : <i>Saint Matthias the Apostle</i></p>
+<p>25 g</p>
+<p>26 A</p>
+<p>27 b : George Herbert, Priest, 1633</p>
+<p>28 c</p>
+<p>29</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="21">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p><i>March</i></p>
+<p>1  d : David, Bishop of Menevia, Wales, c. 544</p>
+<p>2  e : Chad, Bishop of Lichfield, 672</p>
+<p>3  f : John and Charles Wesley, Priests, 1791, 1788</p>
+<p>4  g</p>
+<p>5  A</p>
+<p>6  b</p>
+<p>7  c : Perpetua and Her Companions, Martyrs at Carthage, 202</p>
+<p>8  d</p>
+<p>9  e : Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa, c. 394</p>
+<p>10 f</p>
+<p>11 g</p>
+<p>12 A : Gregory the Great, Bishop of Rome, 604</p>
+<p>13 b</p>
+<p>14 c</p>
+<p>15 d</p>
+<p>16 e</p>
+<p>17 f : Patrick, Bishop and Missionary of Ireland, 461</p>
+<p>18 g : Cyril, Bishop of Jerusalem, 386</p>
+<p>19 A : <i>Saint Joseph</i></p>
+<p>20 b : Cuthbert, Bishop of Lindisfarne, 687</p>
+<p>21 c : Thomas Ken, Bishop of Bath and Wells, 1711</p>
+<p>14 22 d : James De Koven, Priest, 1879</p>
+<p>3 23 e : Gregory the Illuminator, Bishop and Missionary of Armenia, 332</p>
+<p>24 f</p>
+<p>11 25 g : <i>The Annunciation of Our Lord Jesus Christ to the Blessed<br/>Virgin Mary</i></p>
+<p>26 A</p>
+<p>19 27 b : Charles Henry Brent, Bishop of the Philippines, and of Western<br/>New York, 1929</p>
+<p>8 28 c</p>
+<p>29 d : John Keble, Priest, 1866</p>
+<p>16 30 e</p>
+<p>5 31 f : John Donne, Priest, 1631</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="22">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p><i>April</i></p>
+<p>1  g : Frederick Denison Maurice, Priest, 1872</p>
+<p>13 2  A : James Lloyd Breck, Priest, 1876</p>
+<p>2 3  b : Richard, Bishop of Chichester, 1253</p>
+<p>4  c</p>
+<p>10 5  d</p>
+<p>6  e</p>
+<p>18 7  f</p>
+<p>7 8  g : William Augustus Muhlenberg, Priest, 1877</p>
+<p>9  A : William Law, Priest, 1761</p>
+<p>15 10 b</p>
+<p>4 11 c : George Augustus Selwyn, Bishop of New Zealand, and of<br/>Lichfield, 1878</p>
+<p>12 d</p>
+<p>12 13 e</p>
+<p>1 14 f</p>
+<p>15 g</p>
+<p>9 16 A</p>
+<p>17 17 b</p>
+<p>6 18 c</p>
+<p>19 d : Alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury, and Martyr, 1012</p>
+<p>20 e</p>
+<p>21 f : Anselm, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1109</p>
+<p>22 g</p>
+<p>23 A</p>
+<p>24 b</p>
+<p>25 c : <i>Saint Mark the Evangelist</i></p>
+<p>26 d</p>
+<p>27 e</p>
+<p>28 f</p>
+<p>29 g : Catherine of Siena, 1380</p>
+<p>30 A</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="23">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p><i>May</i></p>
+<p>1  b : <i>Saint Philip and Saint James, Apostles</i></p>
+<p>2  c : Athanasius, Bishop of Alexandria, 373</p>
+<p>3  d</p>
+<p>4  e : Monnica, Mother of Augustine of Hippo, 387</p>
+<p>5  f</p>
+<p>6  g</p>
+<p>7  A</p>
+<p>8  b : Dame Julian of Norwich, c. 1417</p>
+<p>9  c : Gregory of Nazianzus, Bishop of Constantinople, 389</p>
+<p>10 d</p>
+<p>11 e</p>
+<p>12 f</p>
+<p>13 g</p>
+<p>14 A</p>
+<p>15 b</p>
+<p>16 c</p>
+<p>17 d</p>
+<p>18 e</p>
+<p>19 f : Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury, 988</p>
+<p>20 g : Alcuin, Deacon, and Abbot of Tours, 804</p>
+<p>21 A</p>
+<p>22 b</p>
+<p>23 c</p>
+<p>24 d : Jackson Kemper, First Missionary Bishop in the United States,<br/>1870</p>
+<p>25 e : Bede, the Venerable, Priest, and Monk of Jarrow, 735</p>
+<p>26 f : Augustine, First Archbishop of Canterbury, 605</p>
+<p>27 g</p>
+<p>28 A</p>
+<p>29 b</p>
+<p>30 c</p>
+<p>31 d : <i>The Visitation of the Virgin Mary</i></p>
+<p><i>The First Book of Common Prayer, 1549, is appropriately observed on a<br/>weekday following the Day of Pentecost.</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="24">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p><i>June</i></p>
+<p>1  e : Justin, Martyr at Rome, c. 167</p>
+<p>2  f : The Martyrs of Lyons, 177</p>
+<p>3  g : The Martyrs of Uganda, 1886</p>
+<p>4  A</p>
+<p>5  b : Boniface, Archbishop of Mainz, Missionary to Germany, and<br/>Martyr, 754</p>
+<p>6  c</p>
+<p>7  d</p>
+<p>8  e</p>
+<p>9  f : Columba, Abbot of Iona, 597</p>
+<p>10 g : Ephrem of Edessa, Syria, Deacon, 373</p>
+<p>11 A : *Saint Barnabas the Apostle</p>
+<p>12 b</p>
+<p>13 c</p>
+<p>14 d : Basil the Great, Bishop of Caesarea, 379</p>
+<p>15 e</p>
+<p>16 f : Joseph Butler, Bishop of Durham, 1752</p>
+<p>17 g</p>
+<p>18 A : Bernard Mizeki, Catechist and Martyr in Rhodesia, 1896</p>
+<p>19 b</p>
+<p>20 c</p>
+<p>21 d</p>
+<p>22 e : Alban, First Martyr of Britain, c. 304</p>
+<p>23 f</p>
+<p>24 g : <i>The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist</i></p>
+<p>25 A</p>
+<p>26 b</p>
+<p>27 c</p>
+<p>28 d : Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyons, c. 202</p>
+<p>29 e : <i>Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Apostles</i></p>
+<p>30 f</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="25">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p><i>July</i></p>
+<p>1  g</p>
+<p>2  A</p>
+<p>3  b</p>
+<p>4  c : <i>Independence Day</i></p>
+<p>5  d</p>
+<p>6  e</p>
+<p>7  f</p>
+<p>8  g</p>
+<p>9  A</p>
+<p>10 b</p>
+<p>11 c : Benedict of Nursia, Abbot of Monte Casino, c. 540</p>
+<p>12 d</p>
+<p>13 e</p>
+<p>14 f</p>
+<p>15 g</p>
+<p>16 A</p>
+<p>17 b : William White, Bishop of Pennsylvania, 1836</p>
+<p>18 c</p>
+<p>19 d</p>
+<p>20 e</p>
+<p>21 f</p>
+<p>22 g : <i>Saint Mary Magdalene</i></p>
+<p>23 A</p>
+<p>24 b : Thomas a Kempis, Priest, 1471</p>
+<p>25 c : <i>Saint James the Apostle</i></p>
+<p>26 d : The Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary</p>
+<p>27 e : William Reed Huntington, Priest, 1909</p>
+<p>28 f</p>
+<p>29 g : Mary and Martha of Bethany</p>
+<p>30 A : William Wilberforce, 1833</p>
+<p>31 b : Joseph of Arimathaea</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="26">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p><i>August</i></p>
+<p>1  c</p>
+<p>2  d</p>
+<p>3  e</p>
+<p>4  f</p>
+<p>5  g</p>
+<p>6  A : <i>The Transfiguration of Our Lord Jesus Christ</i></p>
+<p>7  b : John Mason Neale, Priest, 1866</p>
+<p>8  c : Dominic, Priest and Friar, 1221</p>
+<p>9  d</p>
+<p>10 e : Lawrence, Deacon, and Martyr at Rome, 258</p>
+<p>11 f : Clare, Abbess at Assisi, 1253</p>
+<p>12 g</p>
+<p>13 A : Jeremy Taylor, Bishop of Down, Connor, and Dromore, 1667</p>
+<p>14 b</p>
+<p>15 c : <i>Saint Mary the Virgin, Mother of Our Lord Jesus Christ</i></p>
+<p>16 d</p>
+<p>17 e</p>
+<p>18 f : William Porcher DuBose, Priest, 1918</p>
+<p>19 g</p>
+<p>20 A : Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux, 1153</p>
+<p>21 b</p>
+<p>22 c</p>
+<p>23 d</p>
+<p>24 e : <i>Saint Bartholomew the Apostle</i></p>
+<p>25 f : Louis, King of France, 1270</p>
+<p>26 g</p>
+<p>27 A</p>
+<p>28 b : Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, 430</p>
+<p>29 c</p>
+<p>30 d</p>
+<p>31 e : Aidan, Bishop of Lindisfarne, 651</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="27">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p><i>September</i></p>
+<p>1  f</p>
+<p>2  g : The Martyrs of New Guinea, 1942</p>
+<p>3  A</p>
+<p>4  b</p>
+<p>5  c</p>
+<p>6  d</p>
+<p>7  e</p>
+<p>8  f</p>
+<p>9  g</p>
+<p>10 A</p>
+<p>11 b</p>
+<p>12 c : John Henry Hobart, Bishop of New York, 1830</p>
+<p>13 d : Cyprian, Bishop and Martyr of Carthage, 258</p>
+<p>14 e : <i>Holy Cross Day</i></p>
+<p>15 f</p>
+<p>16 g : Ninian, Bishop in Galloway, c. 430</p>
+<p>17 A</p>
+<p>18 b : Edward Bouverie Pusey, Priest, 1882</p>
+<p>19 c : Theodore of Tarsus, Archbishop of Canterbury, 690</p>
+<p>20 d : John Coleridge Patteson, Bishop of Melanesia, and his<br/>Companions, Martyrs, 1971</p>
+<p>21 e : <i>Saint Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist</i></p>
+<p>22 f</p>
+<p>23 g</p>
+<p>24 A</p>
+<p>25 b : Sergius, Abbot of Holy Trinity, Moscow, 1392</p>
+<p>26 c : Lancelot Andrewes, Bishop of Winchester, 1626</p>
+<p>27 d</p>
+<p>28 e</p>
+<p>29 f : <i>Saint Michael and All Angels</i></p>
+<p>30 g : Jerome, Priest, and Monk of Bethlehem, 420</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="28">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p><i>October</i></p>
+<p>1  A : Remigius, Bishop of Rheims, c. 530</p>
+<p>2  b</p>
+<p>3  c</p>
+<p>4  d : Francis of Assisi, Friar, 1226</p>
+<p>5  e</p>
+<p>6  f : William Tyndale, Priest, 1536</p>
+<p>7  g</p>
+<p>8  A</p>
+<p>9  b : Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln</p>
+<p>10 c</p>
+<p>11 d</p>
+<p>12 e</p>
+<p>13 f</p>
+<p>14 g</p>
+<p>15 A : Samuel Isaac Joseph Schereschewsky, Bishop of Shanghai, 1906</p>
+<p>16 b : Hugh Latimer and Nicholas Ridley, Bishops, 1555, and Thomas<br/>Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1556</p>
+<p>17 c : Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch, and Martyr, c. 115</p>
+<p>18 d : <i>Saint Luke the Evangelist</i></p>
+<p>19 e : Henry Martyn, Priest and Missionary to India and Persia, 1812</p>
+<p>20 f</p>
+<p>21 g</p>
+<p>22 A</p>
+<p>23 b : <i>Saint James of Jerusalem, Brother of Our Lord Jesus Christ,<br/>and Martyr, c. 62</i></p>
+<p>24 c</p>
+<p>25 d</p>
+<p>26 e : Alfred the Great, King of the West Saxons, 899</p>
+<p>27 f</p>
+<p>28 g : <i>Saint Simon and Saint Jude, Apostles</i></p>
+<p>29 A : James Hannington, Bishop of Eastern Equatorial Africa, and his<br/>Companions, Martyrs, 1885</p>
+<p>30 b</p>
+<p>31 c</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="29">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p><i>November</i></p>
+<p>1  d : <i>All Saints</i></p>
+<p>2  e : Commemoration of All Faithful Departed</p>
+<p>3  f : Richard Hooker, Priest, 1600</p>
+<p>4  g</p>
+<p>5  A</p>
+<p>6  b</p>
+<p>7  c : Willibrord, Archbishop of Utrecht, Missionary to Frisia, 739</p>
+<p>8  d</p>
+<p>9  e</p>
+<p>10 f : Leo the Great, Bishop of Rome, 461</p>
+<p>11 g : Martin, Bishop of Tours, 397</p>
+<p>12 A : Charles Simeon, Priest, 1836</p>
+<p>13 b</p>
+<p>14 c : Consecration of Samuel Seabury, First American Bishop, 1784</p>
+<p>15 d</p>
+<p>16 e : Margaret, Queen of Scotland, 1093</p>
+<p>17 f : Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln, 1200</p>
+<p>18 g : Hilda, Abbess of Whitby, 680</p>
+<p>19 A : Elizabeth, Princess of Hungary, 1231</p>
+<p>20 b</p>
+<p>21 c</p>
+<p>22 d</p>
+<p>23 e : Clement, Bishop of Rome, c. 100</p>
+<p>24 f</p>
+<p>25 g</p>
+<p>26 A</p>
+<p>27 b</p>
+<p>28 c<br/>   29 d</p>
+<p>30 e : <i>Saint Andrew the Apostle</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="30">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p><i>December</i></p>
+<p>1  f : Nicholas Ferrar, Deacon, 1637</p>
+<p>2  g : Channing Moore Williams, Missionary Bishop in China and Japan,<br/>1910</p>
+<p>3  A</p>
+<p>4  b : John of Damascus, Priest, c. 760</p>
+<p>5  c : Clement of Alexandria, Priest, c. 210</p>
+<p>6  d : Nicholas, Bishop of Myra, c. 342</p>
+<p>7  e : Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, 397</p>
+<p>8  f</p>
+<p>9  g</p>
+<p>10 A</p>
+<p>11 b</p>
+<p>12 c</p>
+<p>13 d</p>
+<p>14 e</p>
+<p>15 f</p>
+<p>16 g</p>
+<p>17 A</p>
+<p>18 b</p>
+<p>19 c</p>
+<p>20 d</p>
+<p>21 e : <i>Saint Thomas the Apostle</i></p>
+<p>22 f</p>
+<p>23 g</p>
+<p>24 A</p>
+<p>25 b : <i>The Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ</i></p>
+<p>26 c : <i>Saint Stephen, Deacon and Martyr</i></p>
+<p>27 d : <i>Saint John, Apostle and Evangelist</i></p>
+<p>28 e : <i>The Holy Innocents</i></p>
+<p>29 f</p>
+<p>30 g</p>
+<p>31 A</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="31">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>The Titles of the Seasons<br/>Sundays and Major Holy Days<br/>observed in this Church throughout the Year</h1>
+<p><i>Advent Season</i></p>
+<p>The First Sunday of Advent</p>
+<p>The Second Sunday of Advent</p>
+<p>The Third Sunday of Advent</p>
+<p>The Fourth Sunday of Advent</p>
+<p><i>Christmas Season</i></p>
+<p>The Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ: Christmas Day, December 25</p>
+<p>The First Sunday after Christmas Day</p>
+<p>The Holy Name of Our Lord Jesus Christ, January 1</p>
+<p>The Second Sunday after Christmas Day</p>
+<p><i>Epiphany Season</i></p>
+<p>The Epiphany, or the Manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles,  January 6</p>
+<p>The First Sunday after the Epiphany: The Baptism of Our Lord<br/> Jesus Christ</p>
+<p>The Second Sunday through the Eighth Sunday after the Epiphany</p>
+<p>The Last Sunday after the Epiphany</p>
+<p><i>Lenten Season</i></p>
+<p>The First Day of Lent, or Ash Wednesday</p>
+<p>The First Sunday in Lent</p>
+<p>The Second Sunday in Lent</p>
+<p>The Third Sunday in Lent</p>
+<p>The Fourth Sunday in Lent</p>
+<p>The Fifth Sunday in Lent</p>
+<p><i>Holy Week</i></p>
+<p>The Sunday of the Passion: Palm Sunday</p>
+<p>Monday in Holy Week</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="32">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>Tuesday in Holy Week</p>
+<p>Wednesday in Holy Week</p>
+<p>Maundy Thursday</p>
+<p>Good Friday</p>
+<p>Holy Saturday</p>
+<p><i>Easter Season</i></p>
+<p>Easter Eve</p>
+<p>The Sunday of the Resurrection, or Easter Day</p>
+<p>Monday in Easter Week</p>
+<p>Tuesday in Easter Week</p>
+<p>Wednesday in Easter Week</p>
+<p>Thursday in Easter Week</p>
+<p>Friday in Easter Week</p>
+<p>Saturday in Easter Week</p>
+<p>The Second Sunday of Easter</p>
+<p>The Third Sunday of Easter</p>
+<p>The Fourth Sunday of Easter</p>
+<p>The Fifth Sunday of Easter</p>
+<p>The Sixth Sunday of Easter</p>
+<p>Ascension Day</p>
+<p>The Seventh Sunday of Easter: The Sunday after Ascension Day</p>
+<p>The Day of Pentecost: Whitsunday</p>
+<p><i>The Season After Pentecost</i></p>
+<p>The First Sunday after Pentecost: Trinity Sunday</p>
+<p>The Second Sunday through the Twenty-Seventh Sunday after Pentecost</p>
+<p>The Last Sunday after Pentecost</p>
+<p><i>Holy Days</i></p>
+<p>Saint Andrew the Apostle, November 30</p>
+<p>Saint Thomas the Apostle, December 21</p>
+<p>Saint Stephen, Deacon and Martyr, December 26</p>
+<p>Saint John, Apostle and Evangelist, December 27</p>
+<p>The Holy Innocents, December 28</p>
+<p>The Confession of Saint Peter the Apostle, January 18</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="33">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>The Conversion of Saint Paul the Apostle, January 25</p>
+<p>The Presentation of Our Lord Jesus Christ in the Temple, also called<br/> the Purification of Saint Mary the Virgin, February 2</p>
+<p>Saint Matthias the Apostle, February 24</p>
+<p>Saint Joseph, March 19</p>
+<p>The Annunciation of Our Lord Jesus Christ to the Blessed Virgin Mary,<br/> March 25</p>
+<p>Saint Mark the Evangelist, April 25</p>
+<p>Saint Philip and Saint James, Apostles, May 1</p>
+<p>The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, May 31</p>
+<p>Saint Barnabas the Apostle, June 11</p>
+<p>The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist, June 24</p>
+<p>Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Apostles, June 29</p>
+<p>Saint Mary Magdalene, July 22</p>
+<p>Saint James the Apostle, July 25</p>
+<p>The Transfiguration of Our Lord Jesus Christ, August 6</p>
+<p>Saint Mary the Virgin, Mother of Our Lord Jesus Christ, August 15</p>
+<p>Saint Bartholomew the Apostle, August 24</p>
+<p>Holy Cross Day, September 14</p>
+<p>Saint Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist, September 21</p>
+<p>Saint Michael and All Angels, September 29</p>
+<p>Saint Luke the Evangelist, October 18</p>
+<p>Saint James of Jerusalem, Brother of Our Lord Jesus Christ, and<br/> Martyr, October 23</p>
+<p>Saint Simon and Saint Jude, Apostles, October 28</p>
+<p>All Saints' Day, November 1</p>
+<p><i>National Days</i></p>
+<p>Independence Day, July 4</p>
+<p>Thanksgiving Day</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="34">
+    <content>
+      This page is blank.
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="35">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>The Daily Office</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="36">
+    <section title="The Daily Office" level="1"/>
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>Concerning the Service</h1>
+<p><i>In the Daily Office, the term "Officiant" is used to denote the person,<br/>clerical or lay, who leads the Office.</i></p>
+<p><i>It is appropriate taht others persons be assigned to read the Lessons,<br/>and to lead other parts of the service not assigned to the officiant.<br/>The bishop, when present, apporpriately concludes the Office with a<br/>blessing.</i></p>
+<p><i>At celebrations of the Holy Eucharist, the Order for Morning or Evening<br/>Prayer may be used in place of all that precedes the Offertory.</i></p>
+<p><i>Additional Directions are on page <a href="141.html">141</a>.</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="37">
+    <section title="Daily Morning Prayer: Rite One" level="2"/>
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>Daily Morning Prayer:<br/>Rite One</h1>
+<p><i>The Officiant begins the service with one or more of these sentences of<br/>Scripture, or with the versicle "O Lord, open thou our lips" on page<br/>42.</i></p>
+<p><i>Advent</i></p>
+<p>Watch ye , for ye know not when the master of the house<br/>cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cock-crowing, or in<br/>the morning; lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.<br/><i><a href="bible:Mark+13%3A35%2C36">Mark 13:35, 36</a></i></p>
+<p>Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a<br/>highway for our God.  <i><a href="bible:Isaiah+40%3A3">Isaiah 40:3</a></i></p>
+<p>The glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see<br/>it together.  <i><a href="bible:Isaiah+40%3A5">Isaiah 40:5</a></i></p>
+<p><i>Christmas</i></p>
+<p>Behold, I bring you good tidings of a great joy, which shall be<br/>to all people.  For unto you is born this day in the city of<br/>David a Savior, which is Christ the Lord.  <i><a href="bible:Luke+2%3A10%2C11">Luke 2:10, 11</a></i></p>
+<p>Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell<br/>with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself<br/>shall be with them, and be their God.  <i><a href="bible:Revelation+21%3A3">Revelation 21:3</a></i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="38">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p><i>Epiphany</i></p>
+<p>The Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the bright-<br/>ness of thy rising.  <i><a href="bible:Isaiah+60%3A3">Isaiah 60:3</a></i></p>
+<p>I will give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be<br/>my salvation unto the end of the earth.  <i><a href="bible:Isaiah+49%3A6">Isaiah 49:6</a>b</i></p>
+<p>From the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the<br/>same my Name shall be great among the Gentiles, and in<br/>every place incense shall be offered unto my Name, and a<br/>pure offering: for my Name shall be great among the heathen,<br/>saith the Lord of hosts.  <i><a href="bible:Malachi+1%3A11">Malachi 1:11</a></i></p>
+<p><i>Lent</i></p>
+<p>If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the<br/>truth is not in us, but if we confess our sins, God is faithful<br/>and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all<br/>unrighteousness.  <i><a href="bible:1+John+1%3A8%2C9">1 John 1:8, 9</a></i></p>
+<p>Rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the<br/>Lord your God; for he is gracious and merciful, slow to<br/>anger and of great kindness, and repenteth him of evil.<br/><i><a href="bible:Joel+2%3A13">Joel 2:13</a></i></p>
+<p>I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him,<br/>"Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee; and<br/>am no more worthy to be called thy son."  <i><a href="bible:Luke+15%3A18%2C19">Luke 15:18, 19</a></i></p>
+<p>To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses,<br/>though we have rebelled against him; neither have we obeyed<br/>the voice of the Lord our God, to walk in his laws which he<br/>set before us.  <i><a href="bible:Daniel+9%3A9%2C10">Daniel 9:9, 10</a></i></p>
+<p>Jesus said, "Whosoever will come after me, let him deny<br/>himself, and take up his cross, and follow me."  <i><a href="bible:Mark+8%3A34">Mark 8:34</a></i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="39">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p><i>Holy Week</i></p>
+<p>All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one<br/>to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of<br/>us all.  <i><a href="bible:Isaiah+53%3A6">Isaiah 53:6</a></i></p>
+<p>Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by?  Behold and see if<br/>there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow which is done unto<br/>me, wherewith the Lord hath afflicted me.  <i><a href="bible:Lamentations+1%3A12">Lamentations 1:12</a></i></p>
+<p><i>Easter Season, including Ascension Day and the Day of<br/>Pentecost</i></p>
+<p>Alleluia! Christ is risen.<br/><i>The Lord is risen indeed. Alleluia!</i></p>
+<p>This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and<br/>be glad in it.  <i><a href="bible:Psalm+118%3A24">Psalm 118:24</a></i></p>
+<p>Thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our<br/>Lord Jesus Christ.  <i><a href="bible:1+Corinthians+15%3A57">1 Corinthians 15:57</a></i></p>
+<p>If ye then be risen with Christ, seek the things which are<br/>above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.<br/><i><a href="bible:Colossians+3%3A1">Colossians 3:1</a></i></p>
+<p>Christ is not entered into a the holy places made with hands,<br/>which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now<br/>to appear in the presence of God for us.  <i><a href="bible:Hebrews+9%3A24">Hebrews 9:24</a></i></p>
+<p>Ye shall receive power after the Holy Ghost is come<br/>upon you; and ye shall be witness unto me both in<br/>Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the<br/>uttermost part of the earth.  <i><a href="bible:Acts+1%3A8">Acts 1:8</a></i></p>
+<p><i>Trinity Sunday</i></p>
+<p>Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and<br/>is to come.  <i><a href="bible:Revelation+4%3A8">Revelation 4:8</a></i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="40">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p><i>All Saints and other Major Saints' Days</i></p>
+<p>We give thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to<br/>be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light.<br/><i><a href="bible:Colossians+1%3A12">Colossians 1:12</a></i></p>
+<p>Ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow-citizens<br/>with the saints and of the household of God.  <i><a href="bible:Ephesians+2%3A19">Ephesians 2:19</a></i></p>
+<p>Their sound is gone out into all lands, and their words into<br/>the ends of the world.  <i><a href="bible:Psalm+19%3A4">Psalm 19:4</a></i></p>
+<p><i>Occasions of Thanksgiving</i></p>
+<p>O give thanks unto the Lord, and call upon his Name; tell the<br/>people what things he hath done.  <i><a href="bible:Psalm+105%3A1">Psalm 105:1</a></i></p>
+<p><i>At any Time</i></p>
+<p>Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and<br/>from the Lord Jesus Christ.  <i>Phillipians 1:2</i></p>
+<p>I was glad when they said unto me, "We will go into the<br/>house of the Lord."  <i><a href="bible:Psalm+122%3A1">Psalm 122:1</a></i></p>
+<p>Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart,<br/>be alway acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength and<br/>my redeemer.  <i><a href="bible:Psalm+19%3A14">Psalm 19:14</a></i></p>
+<p>O send out thy light and thy truth, that they may lead me,<br/>and bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy dwelling.<br/><i><a href="bible:Psalm+43%3A3">Psalm 43:3</a></i></p>
+<p>The Lord is in his holy temple; let all the earth keep silence<br/>before him.  <i><a href="bible:Habakkuk+2%3A20">Habakkuk 2:20</a></i></p>
+<p>The hour is cometh, and now is, when the true worshipers<br/>shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the Father<br/>seeketh such to worship him.  <i><a href="bible:John+4%3A23">John 4:23</a></i></p>
+<p>Thus saith the high and lofty One who inhabiteth eternity,</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="41">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>whose name is Holy, "I dwell in the high and holy place, with<br/>him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the<br/>spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite<br/>ones."  <i><a href="bible:Isaiah+57%3A15">Isaiah 57:15</a></i></p>
+<p>*The following Confession of Sin may then be said; or the Office may<br/>continue at once with "O Lord, open thou our lips."</p>
+<h1>Confession of Sin</h1>
+<p><i>The Officiant says to the people</i></p>
+<p>Dearly beloved, we have come together in the presence of<br/>Almighty God our heavenly Father, to render thanks for the<br/>great benefits that we have received at his hands, to set forth<br/>his most worthy praise, to hear this holy Word, and to ask, for<br/>ourselves and on behalf of others, those things that are<br/>necessary for our life and our salvation.  And so that we may<br/>prepare ourselves in heart and mind to worship him, let us<br/>kneel in silence, and with penitent and obedient hearts<br/>confess our sins, that we may obtain forgiveness by his<br/>infinite goodness and mercy.</p>
+<p><i>or this</i></p>
+<p>Let us humbly confess our sins unto Almighty God.</p>
+<p><i>Silence may be kept.</i></p>
+<p><i>Officiant and People together, all kneeling</i></p>
+<p>Almighty and most merciful Father,<br/>we have erred and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep,<br/>we have followed too much the devices and desires of our<br/>  own hearts,<br/>we have offended against thy holy laws,<br/>we have left undone those things which we ought to<br/>  have done,</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="42">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>and we have done those things which we ought not to<br/>  have done.<br/>But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us,<br/>spare thou those who confess their faults,<br/>restore thou those who are penitent,<br/>according to thy promises declared unto mankind<br/>in Christ Jesus our Lord;<br/>and grant, O most merciful Father, for his sake,<br/>that we may hereafter live a godly, righteous, and sober life,<br/>to the glory of thy holy Name.  Amen.</p>
+<p><i>The Priest alone stands and says</i></p>
+<p>The Almighty and merciful Lord grant you absolution and<br/>remission of all your sins, true repentance, amendment of<br/>life, and the grace and consolation of his Holy Spirit.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p>*A deacon or lay person using the preceding form remains kneeling, and<br/>substitutes "us" for "you" and "our" for "your."</p>
+<h1>The Invitatory and Psalter</h1>
+<p><i>All stand</i></p>
+<p><i>Officiant</i> O Lord, open thou our lips.<br/><i>People</i>  And our mouth shall show forth thy praise.</p>
+<p><i>Officiant and People</i></p>
+<p>Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: as<br/>it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever.  Amen.</p>
+<p><i>Except in Lent,</i>  Alleluia. <i>may be added.</i></p>
+<p><i>Then follows one of the Invitatory Psalms, Venite or Jubilate.</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="43">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p><i>One of the following Antiphons may be sung or said with the Invitatory<br/>Psalm</i></p>
+<p><i>In Advent</i></p>
+<p>Our King and Savior now draweth nigh:  O come, let us adore him.</p>
+<p><i>On the Twelve Days of Christmas</i></p>
+<p>Alleluia.  Unto us a child is born:  O come, let us adore him.<br/>Alleluia.</p>
+<p><i>From the Epiphany through the Baptism of Christ, and on the Feasts of<br/>the Transfiguration and Holy Cross</i></p>
+<p>The Lord hath manifested forth his glory:  O come, let us<br/>adore him.</p>
+<p><i>In Lent</i></p>
+<p>The Lord is full of compassion and mercy:  O come, let us<br/>adore him.</p>
+<p><i>From Easter Day until the Ascension</i></p>
+<p>Alleluia.  The Lord is risen indeed:  O come, let us adore him.<br/>Alleluia.</p>
+<p><i>From Ascension Day until the Day of Pentecost</i></p>
+<p>Alleluia.  Christ the Lord ascendedeth into heaven:  O come,<br/> let us adore him. Alleluia.</p>
+<p><i>On the Day of Pentecost</i></p>
+<p>Alleluia.  The Spirit of the Lord filleth the world:  O come,<br/>let us adore him.  Alleluia.</p>
+<p><i>On Trinity Sunday</i></p>
+<p>Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, one God:  O come, let us<br/>adore him.</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="44">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p><i>On other Sundays and weekdays</i></p>
+<p>The earth is the Lord's for he made it:  O come, let us<br/>adore him.</p>
+<p><i>or this</i></p>
+<p>Worship the Lord in the beauty of his holiness:  O come, let us<br/>adore him.</p>
+<p><i>or this</i></p>
+<p>The mercy of the Lord is everlasting:  O come, let us adore him.</p>
+<p><i>The Alleluias in the following Antiphons are used only in Easter<br/>Season.</i></p>
+<p><i>On Feasts of the Incarnation</i></p>
+<p>[Alleluia.] The Word was made flesh and dwelt among us:  O come, let us<br/>adore him. [Alleluia.]</p>
+<p><i>On all Saints and other Major Saints' Days</i></p>
+<p>[Alleluia.]  The Lord is glorious in his saints:  O come, let us<br/>adore him.  [Alleluia.]</p>
+<h1>Venite</h1>  <i><a href="bible:Psalm+95%3A1-7">Psalm 95:1-7</a></i>
+<p>O come, let us sing unto the Lord; *<br/> let us heartily rejoice in the strength of our salvation.</p>
+<p>Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving *<br/> and show ourselves glad in him with psalms.</p>
+<p>For the Lord is a great God, *<br/> and a great King above all gods.</p>
+<p>In his hand are the corners of the earth, *<br/> and the strength of the hills is his also.</p>
+<p>The sea is his, and he made it, *<br/> and his hands prepared the dry land.</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="45">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>O come, let us worship and fall down, *<br/> and kneel before the Lord our Maker.</p>
+<p>For he is the Lord our God, *<br/> and we are the people of his pasture<br/> and the sheep of his hand.</p>
+<p>O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness; *<br/> let the whole earth stand in awe of him.</p>
+<p>For he cometh, for he cometh to judge the world<br/> and with righteousness to judge the world<br/> and the peoples with his truth.</p>
+<p><i>or <a href="bible:Psalm+95">Psalm 95</a>, page <a href="146.html">146</a>.</i></p>
+<h1>Jubilate</h1>  <i><a href="bible:Psalm+100">Psalm 100</a></i>
+<p>Be joyful in the Lord, all ye lands; *<br/> serve the Lord with gladness<br/> and come before his presence with a song.</p>
+<p>Be ye sure that the Lord he is God; *<br/> it is he that hath made us and we ourselves;<br/> we are his people and the sheep of his pasture.</p>
+<p>O go your way into his gates with thanksgiving<br/>and into his courts with praise; *<br/> be thankful unto him and speak good of his Name.</p>
+<p>For the Lord is gracious;<br/>his mercy is everlasting; *<br/> and his truth endureth from generation to generation.</p>
+<p><i>In Easter Week, in place of an Invitatory Psalm, the following is sung<br/>or said.  It may also be used daily until the Day of Pentecost.</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="46">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>Christ our Passover</h1>  <i>Pascha nostrum</i>
+<p><i><a href="bible:1+Corinthians+5%3A7-8">1 Corinthians 5:7-8</a>; <a href="bible:Romans+6%3A9-11">Romans 6:9-11</a>; <a href="bible:1+Corinthians+15%3A20-22">1 Corinthians 15:20-22</a></i></p>
+<p>Alleluia.<br/>Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us; *<br/> therefore let us keep the feast,</p>
+<p>Not with old leaven,<br/>neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness, *<br/> but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.  Alleluia.</p>
+<p>Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; *<br/> death hath no more dominion over him.</p>
+<p>For in that he died, he died unto sin once; *<br/> but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.</p>
+<p>Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, *<br/> but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.  Alleluia.</p>
+<p>Christ is risen from the dead, *<br/> and become the first fruits of them that slept.</p>
+<p>For since by man came death, *<br/> by man came also the resurrection of the dead.</p>
+<p>For as in Adam all die, *<br/> even so in Christ shall all be made alive.  Alleluia.</p>
+<p><i>Then follows</i></p>
+<h1>The Psalm or Psalms Appointed</h1>
+<p><i>At the end of the Psalms is sung or said</i></p>
+<p>Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: *<br/> as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever.  Amen.</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="47">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>The Lessons</h1>
+<p><i>One or two lessons, as appointed, are read, the Reader first saying</i></p>
+<p>A Reading (Lesson) from __________.</p>
+<p><i>A citation giving chapter and verse may be added.</i></p>
+<p><i>After each Lesson the Reader may say</i></p>
+<p>The Word of the Lord.</p>
+<p><i>Answer</i> Thanks be to God.</p>
+<p><i>Or the Reader may say</i> Here endeth the Lesson (Reading).</p>
+<p><i>Silence may be kept after each Reading.  One of the following<br/>Canticles, or one of those on pages <a href="85.html">85</a>-<a href="95.html">95</a> (Canticles 8-21), is sung or<br/>said after each Reading.  If three Lessons are used, the Lesson from the<br/>Gospel is read after the second Canticle.</i></p>
+<h1>Canticle 1</h1>  A Song of Creation  <i>Benedicite, omnia opera Domini</i>
+<p><i>Song of the Three Young Men, 35-65</i></p>
+<p><i>I Invocation</i></p>
+<p>O all ye works of the Lord, bless ye the Lord; *<br/> praise him and magnify him for ever.</p>
+<p>O ye angels of the Lord, bless ye the Lord; *<br/> praise him and magnify him for ever.</p>
+<p><i>II The Cosmic Order</i></p>
+<p>O ye heavens, bless ye the Lord; *<br/> O ye waters that be above the firmament, bless ye the Lord;</p>
+<p>O all ye powers of the Lord, bless ye the Lord; *<br/> praise him and magnify him for ever.</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="48">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>O ye sun and moon, bless ye the Lord; *<br/> O ye stars of heaven, bless ye the Lord;</p>
+<p>O ye showers and dew, bless ye the Lord; *<br/> praise him and magnify him for ever.</p>
+<p>O ye winds of God, bless ye the Lord; *<br/> O ye fire and heat, bless ye the Lord;</p>
+<p>O ye winter and summer, bless ye the Lord; *<br/> praise him and magnify him for ever.</p>
+<p>O ye dews and frosts, bless ye the Lord; *<br/> O ye frost and cold, bless ye the Lord;</p>
+<p>O ye ice and snow, bless ye the Lord; *<br/> praise him and magnify him for ever.</p>
+<p>O ye nights and days, bless ye the Lord; *<br/> O ye light and darkness, bless ye the Lord;</p>
+<p>O ye lightnings and clouds, bless ye the Lord; *<br/> praise him and magnify him for ever.</p>
+<p><i>III The Earth and its Creatures</i></p>
+<p>O let the earth bless the Lord; *<br/> O ye mountains and hills, bless ye the Lord;</p>
+<p>O all ye green things upon the earth, bless ye the Lord; *<br/> praise him and magnify him for ever.</p>
+<p>O all ye fowls of the air, bless ye the Lord; *<br/> O all ye beasts and cattle, bless ye the Lord;</p>
+<p>O ye children of men, bless ye the Lord; *<br/> praise him and magnify him for ever.</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="49">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p><i>IV  The People of God</i></p>
+<p>O ye people of God, bless ye the Lord; *<br/> O ye priests of the Lord, bless ye the Lord;</p>
+<p>O ye servants of the Lord, bless ye the Lord; *<br/> praise him and magnify him for ever.</p>
+<p>O ye spirits and souls of the righteous, bless ye the Lord; *<br/> O ye holy and humble men of heart, bless ye the Lord.</p>
+<p>Let us bless the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit; *<br/> praise him and magnify him for ever.</p>
+<h1>Canticle 2</h1>  A Song of Praise  <i>Benedictus es, Domine</i>
+<p><i>Song of the Three Young Men, 29-34</i></p>
+<p>Blessed art thou, O Lord God of our fathers; *<br/> praised and exalted above all for ever.</p>
+<p>Blessed are thou for the name of thy Majesty; *<br/> praised and exalted above all for ever.</p>
+<p>Blessed are thou in the temple of thy holiness; *<br/> praised and exalted above all for ever.</p>
+<p>Blessed are thou that beholdest the depths,<br/>and dwellest between the Cherubim; *<br/> praised and exalted above all for ever.</p>
+<p>Blessed art thou on the glorious throne of thy kingdom; *<br/> praised and exalted above all for ever.</p>
+<p>Blessed are thou in the firmament of heaven; *<br/> praised and exalted above all for ever.</p>
+<p>Blessed are thou, O Father, Son, and Holy Spirit; *<br/> praised and exalted above all for ever.</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="50">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>Canticle 3</h1>  The Song of Mary  <i>Magnificat</i>
+<p><i><a href="bible:Luke+1%3A46-55">Luke 1:46-55</a></i></p>
+<p>My soul doth magnify the Lord, *<br/> and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Savior.</p>
+<p>For he hath regarded *<br/> the lowliness of his handmaiden.</p>
+<p>For behold from henceforth *<br/> all generations shall call me blessed.</p>
+<p>For he that is mighty hath magnified me, *<br/> and holy is his Name.</p>
+<p>And his mercy is on them that fear him *<br/> throughout all generations.</p>
+<p>He hath showed strength with his arm; *<br/> he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.</p>
+<p>He hath put down the mighty from their seat, *<br/> and hath exalted the humble and meek.</p>
+<p>He hath filled the hungry with good things, *<br/> and the rich he hath sent empty away.</p>
+<p>He remembering his mercy hath holpen his servant Israel, *<br/> as he promised to our forefathers,<br/> Abraham and his seed for ever.</p>
+<p>Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: *<br/> as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever.  Amen.</p>
+<h1>Canticle 4</h1>  The Song of Zechariah  <i>Benedictus Dominus Deus</i>
+<p><i><a href="bible:Luke+1%3A68-79">Luke 1:68-79</a></i></p>
+<p>Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, *<br/> for he hath visited and redeemed his people;</p>
+<p>And hath raised up a mighty salvation for us *<br/> in the house of his servant David,</p>
+<p>As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, *<br/> which have been since the world began:</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="51">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>That we should be saved from our enemies, *<br/> and from the hand of all that hate us;</p>
+<p>To perform the mercy promised to our forefathers, *<br/> and to remember his holy covenant;</p>
+<p>To perform the oath which he sware to our forefather Abraham, *<br/> that he would give us,</p>
+<p>That we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies *<br/> might serve him without fear,</p>
+<p>In holiness and righteousness before him, *<br/> all the days of our life.</p>
+<p>And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest, *<br/> for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord<br/>  to prepare his ways;</p>
+<p>To give knowledge of salvation unto his people *<br/> for the remission of their sins,</p>
+<p>Through the tender mercy of our God, *<br/> whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us;</p>
+<p>To give light to them that sit in darkness<br/>and in the shadow of death, *<br/> and to guide our feet into the way of peace.</p>
+<p>Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: *<br/> as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever.  Amen.</p>
+<h1>Canticle 5</h1>  The Song of Simeon  <i>Nunc dimittis</i>
+<p><i><a href="bible:Luke+2%3A29-32">Luke 2:29-32</a></i></p>
+<p>Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, *<br/> according to thy word;</p>
+<p>For mine eyes have seen thy salvation, *<br/> which thou hast prepared before the face of all people,</p>
+<p>To be a light to lighten the Gentiles, *<br/> and to be the glory of thy people Israel.</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="52">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: *<br/> as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever.  Amen.</p>
+<h1>Canticle 6</h1>  Glory be to God  <i>Gloria in Excelsis</i>
+<p>Glory be to God on high,<br/> and on earth peace, good will towards mean.</p>
+<p>We praise thee, we bless thee,<br/> we worship thee,<br/> we glorify thee,<br/> we give thanks to thee for thy great glory,</p>
+<p>O Lord God, heavenly King, God the Father Almighty.</p>
+<p>O Lord, the only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ;<br/>O Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father,<br/> that takest away the sins of the world,<br/> have mercy upon us.</p>
+<p>Thou that takest away the sins of the world,<br/> receive our prayer.</p>
+<p>Thou that sittest at the right hand of God the Father,<br/> have mercy upon us.</p>
+<p>For thou only art holy,<br/>thou only art the Lord,<br/>thou only, O Christ,<br/> with the Holy Ghost,<br/> art most high in the glory of God the Father.  Amen.</p>
+<h1>Canticle 7</h1>  We Praise Thee  <i>Te Deum laudamus</i>
+<p>We praise thee, O God; we acknoledge thee to be the Lord.<br/>All the earth doth worship thee, the Father everlasting.<br/>To thee all Angels cry aloud,<br/>the Heavens and all the Powers therein.<br/>To thee Cherubim and Seraphim continually do cry:</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="53">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of Sabaoth;<br/> Heaven and earth are full of the majesty of thy glory.</p>
+<p>The glorious company of the apostles praise thee.<br/>The goodly fellowship of the prophets praise thee.<br/>The noble army of martyrs praise thee.<br/>The holy Church throughout all the world<br/>  doth acknowledge thee,<br/> the Father, of an infinite majesty,<br/> thine adorable, true, and only Son,<br/> also the Holy Ghost the Comforter.</p>
+<p>Thou art the King of glory, O Christ.<br/>Thou art the everlasting Son of the Father.<br/>When thou tookest upon thee to deliver man,<br/>thou didst humble thyself to be born of a Virgin.<br/>When thou hadst overcome the sharpness of death,<br/>thou didst open the kingdom of heaven to all believers.<br/>Thou sittest at the right hand of God, in the glory of the Father.<br/>We believe that thou shalt come to be our judge.<br/> We therefore pray thee, help thy servants,<br/> whom thou hast redeemed with thy precious blood.<br/> Make them to be numbered with thy saints,<br/> in glory everlasting.</p>
+<h1>The Apostles' Creed</h1>
+<p><i>Officiant and People together, all standing</i></p>
+<p>I believe in God, the Father almighty,<br/> maker of heaven and earth;</p>
+<p>And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord;<br/> who was conceived by the Holy Ghost,<br/> born of the Virgin Mary,<br/> suffered under Pontius Pilate,<br/> was crucified, dead, and buried.<br/> He descended into hell.</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="54">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>The third day he rose again from the dead.<br/> He ascended into heaven,<br/> and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father almighty.<br/> From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.</p>
+<p>I believe in the Holy Ghost,<br/> the holy catholic Church,<br/> the communion of saints,<br/> the forgiveness of sins,<br/> the resurrection of the body,<br/> and the life everlasting.  Amen.</p>
+<p><i>The text of the Creed on page <a href="96.html">96</a> may be used instead.</i></p>
+<h1>The Prayers</h1>
+<p><i>The People stand or kneel</i></p>
+<p><i>Officiant</i>  The Lord be with you.</p>
+<p><i>People</i>  And also with you.</p>
+<p><i>Officiant</i>  Let us pray.</p>
+<p><i>Officiant and People</i></p>
+<p>Our Father, who art in heaven,<br/> hallowed be thy Name,<br/> thy kingdom come,<br/> thy will be done,<br/> on earth as it is in heaven.</p>
+<p>Give us this day our daily bread.<br/>And forgive us our tresspasses,<br/> as we forgive those<br/> who trespass against us.</p>
+<p>And lead us not into temptation,<br/> but deliver us from evil.</p>
+<p>For thine is the kingdom,<br/> and the power, and the glory,<br/> for ever and ever.  Amen.</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="55">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p><i>Then follows one of these sets of Suffrages</i></p>
+<h1>Suffrages A</h1>
+<p><b><span class="person">V</span></b>  O Lord, show thy mercy upon us;</p>
+<p><b><span class="person">R</span></b>  And grant us thy salvation.</p>
+<p><b><span class="person">V</span></b>  Endue thy ministers with righteousness;</p>
+<p><b><span class="person">R</span></b>  And make thy chosen people joyful.</p>
+<p><b><span class="person">V</span></b>  Give peace, O Lord, in all the world;</p>
+<p><b><span class="person">R</span></b>  For only in thee can we live in safety.</p>
+<p><b><span class="person">V</span></b>  Lord, keep this nation under thy care;</p>
+<p><b><span class="person">R</span></b>  And guide us in the way of justice and truth.</p>
+<p><b><span class="person">V</span></b>  Let thy way be known upon earth;</p>
+<p><b><span class="person">R</span></b>  Thy saving health among all nations.</p>
+<p><b><span class="person">V</span></b>  Let not the needy, O Lord, be forgotten;</p>
+<p><b><span class="person">R</span></b>  Nor the hope of the poor be taken away.</p>
+<p><b><span class="person">V</span></b>  Create in us clean hearts, O God;</p>
+<p><b><span class="person">R</span></b>  And sustain us with your Holy Spirit.</p>
+<h1>Suffrages B</h1>
+<p><b><span class="person">V</span></b>  O Lord, save thy people and bless thine heritage;</p>
+<p><b><span class="person">R</span></b>  Govern them and lift them up for ever.</p>
+<p><b><span class="person">V</span></b>  Day by day we magnify thee;</p>
+<p><b><span class="person">R</span></b>  And we worship thy name for ever, world without end.</p>
+<p><b><span class="person">V</span></b>  Vouchsafe, O Lord, to keep us this day without sin;</p>
+<p><b><span class="person">R</span></b>  O Lord, have mercy upon us, hve mercy upon us.</p>
+<p><b><span class="person">V</span></b>  O Lord, let thy mercy be upon us;</p>
+<p><b><span class="person">R</span></b>  As our trust is in thee.</p>
+<p><b><span class="person">V</span></b>  O Lord, in thee have I trusted;</p>
+<p><b><span class="person">R</span></b>  Let me never be confounded.</p>
+<p><i>The Officiant then says one or more of the following Collects</i></p>
+<p><i>The Collect of the Day</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="56">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p><i>A Collect for Sundays</i></p>
+<p>O God, who makest us glad with the weekly remembrance of<br/>the glorious resurrection of thy Son our Lord:  Grant us this<br/>day such blessing through our worship of thee, that the days<br/>to come may be spent in thy favor; through Jesus<br/>Christ our Lord.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>A Collect for Fridays</i></p>
+<p>Almighty God, whose most dear Son went not up to joy but<br/>first he suffered pain, and entered not into glory before he<br/>was crucified:  Mercifully grant that we, walking in the way<br/>of the cross, may find it none other than the way of life and<br/>peace; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>A Collect for Saturdays</i></p>
+<p>Almighty God, who after the creation of the world didst rest<br/>from all thy works and sanctify a day of rest for all thy<br/>creatures:  Grant that we, putting away all earthly anxieties,<br/>may be duly prepared for the service of thy sanctuary, and<br/>that our rest here upon earth may be a preparation for the<br/>eternal rest promised to thy people in heaven; through Jesus<br/>Christ our Lord.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>A Collect for the Renewal of Life</i></p>
+<p>O God, the King eternal, who dividest the day from the<br/>night and turnest the shadow of death into the morning:<br/>Drive far from us all wrong desires, incline our hearts to keep<br/>thy law, and guide our feet into the way of peace; that,<br/>having done thy will with cheerfulness while it was day, we<br/>may, when night cometh, rejoice to give thee thanks;<br/>through Jesus Christ our Lord.  <i>Amen.</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="57">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p><i>A Collect for Peace</i></p>
+<p>O God, who art the author of peace and lover of concord,<br/>in knowledge of whom standeth our eternal life, whose service<br/>is perfect freedom:  Defend us, thy humble servants, in all<br/>assaults of our enemies; that we, surely trusting in thy<br/>defense, may not fear the power of any adversaries; through<br/>the might of Jesus Christ our Lord.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>A Collect for Grace</i></p>
+<p>O Lord, our heavenly Father, almighty and everlasting God,<br/>who hast safely brought us to the beginning of this day:<br/>Defend us in the same with thy mighty power; and grant that<br/>this day we fall into no sin, neither run into any kind of<br/>danger; but that we, being ordered by thy governance, may<br/>do always what is righteous in thy sight; through Jesus Christ<br/>our Lord.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>A Collect for Guidance</i></p>
+<p>O heavenly Father, in whom we live and move and have our<br/>being:  We humbly pray thee so to guide and govern us by thy<br/>Holy Spirit, that in all the cares and occupations of our life<br/>we may not forget thee, but may remember that we are ever<br/>walking in thy sight; through Jesus Christ our Lord.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Then, unless the Eucharist or a form of general intercession is to<br/>follow, one of these prayers for mission is added</i></p>
+<p>Almighty and everlasting God, by whose Spirit the whole<br/>body of thy faithful people is governed and sanctified:<br/>Receive our supplications and prayers which we offer before<br/>thee for all members of thy holy Church, that in their<br/>vocation and ministry they may truly and godly serve thee;<br/>through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>or the following</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="58">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>O God, who hast made of one blood all the peoples of the<br/>earth, and didst send thy blessed Son to preach peace to those<br/>who are far off and to those who are near:  Grant that people<br/>everywhere may seek after thee and find thee; bring the<br/>nations into thy fold; pour out thy Spirit upon all flesh; and<br/>hasten the coming of thy kingdom; through the same thy<br/>Son Jesus Christ our Lord.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>or this</i></p>
+<p>Lord Jesus Christ, who didst stretch out thine arms of love<br/>on the hard wood of the cross that everyone might come<br/>within the reach of thy saving embrace:  So clothe us in thy<br/>Spirit that we, reaching forth our hands in love, may bring<br/>those who do not know thee to the knowledge and love of<br/>you; for the honor of thy Name.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Here may be sung a hymn or anthem.</i></p>
+<p><i>Authorized intercessions and thanksgivings may follow.</i></p>
+<p><i>Before the close of the Office one or both of the following may be<br/>used</i></p>
+<p><i>The General Thanksgiving</i></p>
+<p><i>Officiant and People</i></p>
+<p>Almighty God, Father of all mercies,<br/>we thine unworthy servants<br/>do give thee most humble and hearty thanks<br/>for all thy goodness and loving-kindness<br/>to us and to all men.<br/>We bless thee for our creation, preservation,<br/>and all the blessings of this life;<br/>but above all for thine inestimable love<br/>in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ;<br/>for the means of grace, and for the hope of glory.</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="59">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>And, we beseech thee,<br/>give us that due sense of all thy mercies,<br/>that our hearts may be unfaignedly thankful;<br/>and that we show forth thy praise,<br/>not only with our lips, but in our lives,<br/>by giving up our selves to thy service,<br/>and by walking before thee<br/>in holiness and righteousness all our days;<br/>through Jesus Christ our Lord,<br/>to whom, with thee and the Holy Spirit,<br/>be all honor and glory, world without end.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>A Prayer of St. Chrysostom</i></p>
+<p>Almighty God, who hast given us grace at this time with one<br/>accord to make our common supplication unto thee; and<br/>hast promised through thy well-beloved Son that when two<br/>or three are gathered together in his Name thou wilt be in the<br/>midst of them:  Fulfill now, O Lord, our desires and petitions<br/>of thy servants as may be best for us; granting us in this<br/>world knowledge of thy truth, and in the world to come life<br/>everlasting.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Then may be said</i></p>
+<p>Let us bless the Lord.<br/><i>Thanks be to God.</i></p>
+<p><i>From Easter Day through the Day of Pentecost "Alleluia, alleluia" may<br/>be added to the preceding versicle and response.</i></p>
+<p><i>The Officiant may then conclude with one of the following</i></p>
+<p>The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and<br/>the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore.<br/><i>Amen.</i>  <i><a href="bible:2+Corinthians+13%3A14">2 Corinthians 13:14</a></i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="60">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>May the God of hope fill us with all joy and peace in<br/>believing through the power of the Holy Spirit.  <i>Amen.</i><br/><i><a href="bible:Romans+15%3A13">Romans 15:13</a></i></p>
+<p>Glory to God whose power, working in us, can do infinitely<br/>more than we can ask or imagine:  Glory to him from<br/>generation to generation in the Church, and in Christ Jesus<br/>for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i>  <i><a href="bible:Ephesians+3%3A20%2C21">Ephesians 3:20,21</a></i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="61">
+    <section title="Daily Evening Prayer: Rite One" level="2"/>
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>Daily Evening Prayer:<br/>Rite One</h1>
+<p><i>The Officiant begins the service with one or more of the following<br/>sentences of Scripture, or of those on pages <a href="37.html">37</a>-<a href="40.html">40</a>;</i></p>
+<p><i>or with the Service of Light on pages <a href="109.html">109</a>-<a href="112.html">112</a>, and continuing with the<br/>appointed Psalmody;</i></p>
+<p>*or with the versicle "O God, make speed to save us" on page <a href="63.html">63</a>.</p>
+<p>Let my payer be set forth in thy sight as the incense, and let<br/>the lifting up of my hands be an evening sacrifice.<br/><i><a href="bible:Psalm+141%3A2">Psalm 141:2</a></i></p>
+<p>Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and<br/>from the Lord Jesus Christ.  <i><a href="bible:Philippians+1%3A2">Philippians 1:2</a></i></p>
+<p>O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness; let the whole<br/>earth stand in awe of him.  <i><a href="bible:Psalm+96%3A9">Psalm 96:9</a></i></p>
+<p>Thine is the day, O God, thine also the night; thou hast<br/>established the moon and the sun.  Thou hast fixed all the<br/>boundries of the earth; thou hast made summer and winter.<br/><i><a href="bible:Psalm+74%3A15%2C16">Psalm 74:15,16</a></i></p>
+<p>I will bless the Lord, who giveth me counsel; my heart<br/>teacheth me, night after night.  I have set the Lord always<br/>before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not fall.<br/><i><a href="bible:Psalm+16%3A7%2C8">Psalm 16:7,8</a></i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="62">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>Seek him that made the Pleides and Orion, that turneth deep<br/>darkness into the morning, and darkeneth the day into night;<br/>that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out<br/>upon the face of the earth:  The Lord is his Name.  <i><a href="bible:Amos+5%3A8">Amos 5:8</a></i></p>
+<p>If I say, "Surely the darkness will cover me, and the light<br/>around me turn to night," darkness is not dark to thee, O Lord;<br/>the night is as bright as the day; darkness and light to thee<br/>are both alike.  <i><a href="bible:Psalm+139%3A10%2C11">Psalm 139:10,11</a></i></p>
+<p>Jesus said, "I am the light of the world; he that followeth me<br/>shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life."<br/><i><a href="bible:John+8%3A12">John 8:12</a></i></p>
+<p>*The following Confession of Sin may then be said; or the Office may<br/>continue at once with "O God make speed to save us."</p>
+<h1>Confession of Sin</h1>
+<p><i>The Officiant says to the people</i></p>
+<p>Dear friends in Christ, here in the presence of Almighty God,<br/>let us kneel in silence, and with penitent and obedient hearts<br/>confess our sins, so that we may obtain forgiveness by his<br/>infinite goodness and mercy.</p>
+<p><i>or this</i></p>
+<p>Let us humbly confess our sins unto Almighty God.</p>
+<p><i>Silence may be kept.</i></p>
+<p><i>Officiant and People together, all kneeling</i></p>
+<p>Almighty and most merciful Father,<br/>we have erred and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep,<br/>we have followed too much the devices and desires of our<br/>  own hearts,</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="63">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>we have offended against thy holy laws,<br/>we have left undone those things which we ought to<br/>  have done,<br/>and we have done those things which we ought not to<br/>  have done.<br/>But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us,<br/>spare thou those who confess their faults,<br/>restore thou those who are penitent,<br/>according to thy promises declared unto mankind<br/>in Christ Jesus our Lord;<br/>and grant, O most merciful Father, for his sake,<br/>that we may hereafter live a godly, righteous, and sober life,<br/>to the glory of thy holy Name.  Amen.</p>
+<p><i>The Priest alone stands and says</i></p>
+<p>The Almighty and merciful Lord grant you absolution and<br/>remission of all your sins, true repentance, amendment of<br/>life, and the grace and consolation of his Holy Spirit.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p>*A deacon or lay person using the preceding form remains kneeling, and<br/>substitutes "us" for "you" and "our" for "your."</p>
+<h1>The Invitatory and Psalter</h1>
+<p><i>All stand</i></p>
+<p><i>Officiant</i>  O God, make speed to save us.</p>
+<p><i>People</i>  O Lord, make haste to help us.</p>
+<p><i>Officiant and People</i></p>
+<p>Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:  as<br/>it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever.  Amen.</p>
+<p><i>Except in Lent,</i>  Alleluia <i>may be added.</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="64">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p><i>The following, or some other suitable hymn, or an Invitatory Psalm, may<br/>be sung or said</i></p>
+<h1>O Gracious Light</h1>  <i>Phos hilaron</i>
+<p>O gracious Light,<br/>pure brightness of the everliving Father in heaven,<br/>O Jesus Christ, holy and blessed!</p>
+<p>Now as we come to the setting of the sun,<br/>and our eyes behold the vesper light,<br/>we sing thy praises, O God:  Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.</p>
+<p>Thou art worthy at all times to be praised by happy voices,<br/>O Son of God, O Giver of life,<br/>and to be glorified though all the worlds.</p>
+<p><i>then follows</i></p>
+<h1>The Psalm or Psalms Appointed</h1>
+<p><i>At the end of the Psalms is sung or said</i></p>
+<p>Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: *<br/> as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever.  Amen.</p>
+<h1>The Lessons</h1>
+<p><i>One or two lessons, as appointed, are read, the Reader first saying</i></p>
+<p>A Reading (Lesson) from __________.</p>
+<p><i>A citation giving chapter and verse may be added.</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="65">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p><i>After each Lesson the Reader may say</i></p>
+<p>The Word of the Lord.</p>
+<p><i>Answer</i> Thanks be to God.</p>
+<p><i>Or the Reader may say</i> Here endeth the Lesson (Reading).</p>
+<p><i>Silence may be kept after each Reading.  One of the following<br/>Canticles, or one of those on pages <a href="47.html">47</a>-<a href="52.html">52</a>, or 85-95, is sung or said<br/>after each Reading.  If three Lessons are used, the Lesson from the<br/>Gospel is read after the second Canticle.</i></p>
+<h1>The Song of Mary</h1>  <i>Magnificat<br/><i><a href="bible:Luke+1%3A46-55">Luke 1:46-55</a></i></i>
+<p>My soul doth magnify the Lord, *<br/> and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Savior.</p>
+<p>For he hath regarded *<br/> the lowliness of his handmaiden.</p>
+<p>For behold from henceforth *<br/> all generations shall call me blessed.</p>
+<p>For he that is mighty hath magnified me, *<br/> and holy is his Name.</p>
+<p>And his mercy is on them that fear him *<br/> throughout all generations.</p>
+<p>He hath showed strength with his arm; *<br/> he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.</p>
+<p>He hath put down the mighty from their seat, *<br/> and hath exalted the humble and meek.</p>
+<p>He hath filled the hungry with good things, *<br/> and the rich he hath sent empty away.</p>
+<p>He remembering his mercy hath holpen his servant Israel, *<br/> as he promised to our forefathers,<br/> Abraham and his seed for ever.</p>
+<p>Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: *<br/> as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever.  Amen.</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="66">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>The Song of Simeon</h1>  <i>Nunc dimittis<br/><i><a href="bible:Luke+2%3A29-32">Luke 2:29-32</a></i></i>
+<p>Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, *<br/> according to thy word;</p>
+<p>For mine eyes have seen thy salvation, *<br/> which thou hast prepared before the face of all people,</p>
+<p>To be a light to lighten the Gentiles, *<br/> and to be the glory of thy people Israel.</p>
+<p>Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: *<br/> as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever.  Amen.</p>
+<h1>The Apostle's Creed</h1>
+<p><i>Officiant and People together, all standing</i></p>
+<p>I believe in God, the Father almighty,<br/> maker of heaven and earth;</p>
+<p>And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord;<br/> who was conceived by the Holy Ghost,<br/> born of the Virgin Mary,<br/> suffered under Pontius Pilate,<br/> was crucified, dead, and buried.<br/> He descended into hell.<br/> The third day he rose again from the dead.<br/> He ascended into heaven,<br/> and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father almighty.<br/> From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.</p>
+<p>I believe in the Holy Ghost,<br/> the holy catholic Church,<br/> the communion of saints,<br/> the forgiveness of sins,<br/> the resurrection of the body,<br/> and the life everlasting.  Amen.</p>
+<p><i>The text of the Creed on page <a href="96.html">96</a> may be used instead.</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="67">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>The Prayers</h1>
+<p><i>The People stand or kneel</i></p>
+<p><i>Officiant</i>  The Lord be with you.</p>
+<p><i>People</i>  And also with you.</p>
+<p><i>Officiant</i>  Let us pray.</p>
+<p><i>Officiant and People</i></p>
+<p>Our Father, who art in heaven,<br/> hallowed be thy Name,<br/> thy kingdom come,<br/> thy will be done,<br/> on earth as it is in heaven.</p>
+<p>Give us this day our daily bread.<br/>And forgive us our tresspasses,<br/> as we forgive those<br/> who trespass against us.</p>
+<p>And lead us not into temptation,<br/> but deliver us from evil.</p>
+<p>For thine is the kingdom,<br/> and the power, and the glory,<br/> for ever and ever.  Amen.</p>
+<p><i>Then follows one of these sets of Suffrages</i></p>
+<h1>Suffrages A</h1>
+<p><b><span class="person">V</span></b>  O Lord, show thy mercy upon us;</p>
+<p><b><span class="person">R</span></b>  And grant us thy salvation.</p>
+<p><b><span class="person">V</span></b>  Endue thy ministers with righteousness;</p>
+<p><b><span class="person">R</span></b>  And make thy chosen people joyful.</p>
+<p><b><span class="person">V</span></b>  Give peace, O Lord, in all the world;</p>
+<p><b><span class="person">R</span></b>  For only in thee can we live in safety.</p>
+<p><b><span class="person">V</span></b>  Lord, keep this nation under thy care;</p>
+<p><b><span class="person">R</span></b>  And guide us in the way of justice and truth.</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="68">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p><b><span class="person">V</span></b>  Let thy way be known upon earth;</p>
+<p><b><span class="person">R</span></b>  Thy saving health among all nations.</p>
+<p><b><span class="person">V</span></b>  Let not the needy, O Lord, be forgotten;</p>
+<p><b><span class="person">R</span></b>  Nor the hope of the poor be taken away.</p>
+<p><b><span class="person">V</span></b>  Create in us clean hearts, O God;</p>
+<p><b><span class="person">R</span></b>  And sustain us with your Holy Spirit.</p>
+<h1>Suffrages B</h1>
+<p>That this evening may be holy, good, and peaceful,<br/><i>We entreat thee, O Lord.</i></p>
+<p>That thy holy angels may lead us in paths of peace and<br/>goodwill,<br/><i>We entreat thee, O Lord.</i></p>
+<p>That we may be pardoned and forgiven for our sins<br/>and offenses,<br/><i>We entreat thee, O Lord.</i></p>
+<p>That there may be peace to thy Church and to the whole<br/>world,<br/><i>We entreat thee, O Lord.</i></p>
+<p>That we may depart this life in thy faith and fear, and<br/>not be condemned before the great judgment seat<br/>of Christ,<br/><i>We entreat thee, O Lord.</i></p>
+<p>That we may be bound together by thy Holy Spirit in<br/>the communion of [__________ and] all thy saints,<br/>entrusting one another and all our life to Christ,<br/><i>We entreat thee, O Lord.</i></p>
+<p><i>The Officiant then says one or more of the following Collects</i></p>
+<p><i>The Collect of the Day</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="69">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p><i>A Collect for Sundays</i></p>
+<p>Lord God, whose Son our Savior Jesus Christ triumphed<br/>over the powers of death and prepared for us our place in the<br/>new Jerusalem:  Grant that we, who have this day given<br/>thanks for his resurrection, may praise thee in that City of<br/>which he is the light; and where he liveth and reigneth for ever<br/>and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>A Collect for Fridays</i></p>
+<p>O Lord Jesus Christ, who by thy death didst take away the<br/>sting of death:  Grant unto us thy servants so to follow in<br/>faith where thou hast led the way, that we may at length fall<br/>asleep peacefully in thee, and awake up after thy likeness; for<br/>thy tender mercies' sake.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>A Collect for Saturdays</i></p>
+<p>O God, the source of eternal light:  Shed forth thine unending<br/>day upon us who watch for thee, that our lips may praise thee,<br/>our lives may bless thee, and our worship on the morrow may<br/>give thee glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>A Collect for Peace</i></p>
+<p>O God, from whom all holy desires, all good counsels, and<br/>all just works do proceed:  Give unto thy servants that peace<br/>which the world cannot give, that our hearts may be set to<br/>obey thy commandments, and also that by thee, we, being<br/>defended from the fear of all enemies, may pass our time in<br/>rest and quietness; through the merits of Jesus Christ our<br/>Savior.  <i>Amen.</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="70">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p><i>A Collect for Aid against Perils</i></p>
+<p>Lighten our darkness, we beseech thee, O Lord; and by thy<br/>great mercy defend us from all perils and dangers of this<br/>night; for the love of thy only Son, our Savior Jesus Christ.<br/><i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>A Collect for Protection</i></p>
+<p>O God, who art the life of all who live, the light of the faithful,<br/>the strength of those who labor, and the repose of the dead:<br/>We thank thee for the timely blessings of the day, and humbly<br/>beseech thy merciful protection all the night.  Bring us, we<br/>pray thee, in safety to the morning hours; through him who<br/>died for us and rose again, thy Son our Savior Jesus Christ.<br/><i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>A Collect for the Presence of Christ</i></p>
+<p>Lord Jesus, stay with us, for evening is at hand and the day<br/>is past; be our companion in the way, kindle our hearts, and<br/>awaken hope, that we may know thee as thou art revealed in<br/>Scripture and the breaking of bread.  Grant this for the sake<br/>of thy love.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Then, unless the Eucharist or a form of general intercession is to<br/>follow, one of these prayers for mission is added</i></p>
+<p>O God and Father of all, whom the whole heavens adore:<br/>Let the whole earth also worship thee, all nations obey thee,<br/>all tongues confess and bless thee, and men and women everywhere<br/>love thee and serve thee in peace; through Jesus Christ<br/>our Lord.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>or the following</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="71">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>Keep watch, dear Lord, with those who work, or watch, or<br/>weep this night, and give thine angels charge over those who<br/>sleep.  Tend the sick, Lord Christ; give rest to the weary, bless<br/>the dying, soothe the suffering, pity the afflicted, shield the<br/>joyous; and all for they love's sake.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>or this</i></p>
+<p>O God,who dost manifest in thy servants the signs of thy<br/>presence; Send forth upon us the Spirit of love, that in<br/>companionship with one another thine abounding grace may<br/>increase among us; through Jesus Christ our Lord.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Here may be sung a hymn or anthem.</i></p>
+<p><i>Authorized intercessions and thanksgivings may follow.</i></p>
+<p><i>Before the close of the Office one or both of the following may be<br/>used</i></p>
+<p><i>The General Thanksgiving</i></p>
+<p><i>Officiant and People</i></p>
+<p>Almighty God, Father of all mercies,<br/>we thine unworthy servants<br/>do give thee most humble and hearty thanks<br/>for all thy goodness and loving-kindness<br/>to us and to all men.<br/>We bless thee for our creation, preservation,<br/>and all the blessings of this life;<br/>but above all for thine inestimable love<br/>in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ;<br/>for the means of grace, and for the hope of glory.<br/>And, we beseech thee,<br/>give us that due sense of all thy mercies,<br/>that our hearts may be unfaignedly thankful;</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="72">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>and that we show forth thy praise,<br/>not only with our lips, but in our lives,<br/>by giving up our selves to thy service,<br/>and by walking before thee<br/>in holiness and righteousness all our days;<br/>through Jesus Christ our Lord,<br/>to whom, with thee and the Holy Spirit,<br/>be all honor and glory, world without end.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>A Prayer of St. Chrysostom</i></p>
+<p>Almighty God, who hast given us grace at this time with one<br/>accord to make our common supplication unto thee; and<br/>hast promised through thy well-beloved Son that when two<br/>or three are gathered together in his Name thou wilt be in the<br/>midst of them:  Fulfill now, O Lord, our desires and petitions<br/>of thy servants as may be best for us; granting us in this<br/>world knowledge of thy truth, and in the world to come life<br/>everlasting.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Then may be said</i></p>
+<p>Let us bless the Lord.<br/><i>Thanks be to God.</i></p>
+<p><i>From Easter Day through the Day of Pentecost "Alleluia, alleluia" may<br/>be added to the preceding versicle and response.</i></p>
+<p><i>The Officiant may then conclude with one of the following</i></p>
+<p>The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and<br/>the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore.<br/><i>Amen.</i>  <i><a href="bible:2+Corinthians+13%3A14">2 Corinthians 13:14</a></i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="73">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>May the God of hope fill us with all joy and peace in<br/>believing through the power of the Holy Spirit.  <i>Amen.</i><br/><i><a href="bible:Romans+15%3A13">Romans 15:13</a></i></p>
+<p>Glory to God whose power, working in us, can do infinitely<br/>more than we can ask or imagine:  Glory to him from<br/>generation to generation in the Church, and in Christ Jesus<br/>for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i>  <i><a href="bible:Ephesians+3%3A20%2C21">Ephesians 3:20,21</a></i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="74">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p><i>Concerning the Service</i></p>
+<p><i>In the Daily Office, the term "Officiant" is used to denote the person,<br/>clerical or lay, who leads the Office.</i></p>
+<p><i>It is appropriate that other persons be assigned to read the Lessons,<br/>and to lead other parts of the service not assigned to the officiant.<br/>The bishop, when present, appropriately concludes the Office with a<br/>blessing.</i></p>
+<p><i>At celebrations of the Holy Eucharist, the Order for Morning or Evening<br/>Prayer may be used in place of all that precedes the Offeratory.</i></p>
+<p><i>Additional Directions are on page <a href="141.html">141</a>.</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="75">
+    <section title="Daily Morning Prayer: Rite Two" level="2"/>
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>Daily Morning Prayer:<br/>Rite Two</h1>
+<p><i>The Officiant begins the service with one or more of these sentences of<br/>Scripture, or with the versicle "Lord, open our lips" on page <a href="80.html">80</a>.</i></p>
+<p><i>Advent</i></p>
+<p>Watch, for you do not know when the master of the house<br/>will come, in the evening, or at midnight, or at cockcrow, or<br/>in the morning, lest he come suddenly and find you asleep.<br/><i><a href="bible:Mark+13%3A35%2C36">Mark 13:35, 36</a></i></p>
+<p>In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord, make straight<br/>in the desert a highway for our God.  <i><a href="bible:Isaiah+40%3A3">Isaiah 40:3</a></i></p>
+<p>The glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see<br/>it together.  <i><a href="bible:Isaiah+40%3A5">Isaiah 40:5</a></i></p>
+<p><i>Christmas</i></p>
+<p>Behold, I bring you good news of a great joy which will come<br/>to all the people; for to you is born this day in the city of<br/>David, a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.  <i><a href="bible:Luke+2%3A10%2C11">Luke 2:10, 11</a></i></p>
+<p>Behold, the dwelling of God is with mankind.  He will dwell<br/>with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself will<br/>be with them, and be their God.  <i><a href="bible:Revelation+21%3A3">Revelation 21:3</a></i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="76">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p><i>Epiphany</i></p>
+<p>Nations shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness<br/>of your rising.  <i><a href="bible:Isaiah+60%3A3">Isaiah 60:3</a></i></p>
+<p>I will give you as a light to the nations, that my salvation may<br/>reach to the end of the earth.  <i><a href="bible:Isaiah+49%3A6">Isaiah 49:6</a>b</i></p>
+<p>From the rising of the sun to its setting my Name shall be great<br/>among the nations, and in every place incense shall be offered<br/>to my Name, and a pure offering; for my Name shall be great<br/>among the nations, says the Lord of hosts.  <i><a href="bible:Malachi+1%3A11">Malachi 1:11</a></i></p>
+<p><i>Lent</i></p>
+<p>If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth<br/>is not in us, but if we confess our sins, God, who is faithful<br/>and just, will forgive our sins and cleanse us from all<br/>unrighteousness.  <i><a href="bible:1+John+1%3A8%2C9">1 John 1:8, 9</a></i></p>
+<p>Rend your hearts and not your garments.  Return to the Lord<br/>your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and<br/>abounding in steadfast love, and repents of evil.  <i><a href="bible:Joel+2%3A13">Joel 2:13</a></i></p>
+<p>I will arise and go to my father, and I will say to him,<br/>"Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you; I am<br/>no longer worthy to be called your son."  <i><a href="bible:Luke+15%3A18%2C19">Luke 15:18, 19</a></i></p>
+<p>To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, because<br/>we have rebelled against him and have not obeyed the voice<br/>of the Lord our God by following his laws which he set<br/>before us.  <i><a href="bible:Daniel+9%3A9%2C10">Daniel 9:9, 10</a></i></p>
+<p>Jesus said, "If anyone would come after me, let him deny<br/>himself and take up his cross and follow me."  <i><a href="bible:Mark+8%3A34">Mark 8:34</a></i></p>
+<p><i>Holy Week</i></p>
+<p>All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="77">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of<br/>us all.  <i><a href="bible:Isaiah+53%3A6">Isaiah 53:6</a></i></p>
+<p>Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by?  Look and see if<br/>there is any sorrow like my sorrow which was brought upon<br/>me, whom the Lord has afflicted.  <i><a href="bible:Lamentations+1%3A12">Lamentations 1:12</a></i></p>
+<p><i>Easter Season, including Ascension Day<br/>and the Day of Pentecost</i></p>
+<p>Alleluia! Christ is risen.<br/><i>The Lord is risen indeed. Alleluia!</i></p>
+<p>On this day the Lord has acted; we will rejoice and be glad in<br/>it.  <i><a href="bible:Psalm+118%3A24">Psalm 118:24</a></i></p>
+<p>Thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord<br/>Jesus Christ.  <i><a href="bible:1+Corinthians+15%3A57">1 Corinthians 15:57</a></i></p>
+<p>If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that<br/>are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.<br/><i><a href="bible:Colossians+3%3A1">Colossians 3:1</a></i></p>
+<p>Christ has entered, not into a sanctuary made with hands, a<br/>copy of the true one, but into heaven itself, now to appear in<br/>the presence of God on our behalf.  <i><a href="bible:Hebrews+9%3A24">Hebrews 9:24</a></i></p>
+<p>You shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon<br/>you; and you shall be my witness in Jerusalem, and in all<br/>Judea, and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.  <i><a href="bible:Acts+1%3A8">Acts 1:8</a></i></p>
+<p><i>Trinity Sunday</i></p>
+<p>Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was, and is,<br/>and is to come!  <i><a href="bible:Revelation+4%3A8">Revelation 4:8</a></i></p>
+<p><i>All Saints and other Major Saints' Days</i></p>
+<p>We give thanks to the Father, who has made us worthy to<br/>share in the inheritance of the saints in light.  <i><a href="bible:Colossians+1%3A12">Colossians 1:12</a></i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="78">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>You are no longer strangers and sojourners, but fellow<br/>citizens with the saints and members of the household of<br/>God.  <i><a href="bible:Ephesians+2%3A19">Ephesians 2:19</a></i></p>
+<p>Their sound has gone out into all lands, and their message to<br/>the ends of the world.  <i><a href="bible:Psalm+19%3A4">Psalm 19:4</a></i></p>
+<p><i>Occasions of Thanksgiving</i></p>
+<p>Give thanks to the Lord, and call upon his Name; make<br/>known his deeds among the peoples.  <i><a href="bible:Psalm+105%3A1">Psalm 105:1</a></i></p>
+<p><i>At any Time</i></p>
+<p>Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord<br/>Jesus Christ.  <i><a href="bible:Philippians+1%3A2">Philippians 1:2</a></i></p>
+<p>I was glad when they said to me, "Let us go to the house of<br/>the Lord."  <i><a href="bible:Psalm+122%3A1">Psalm 122:1</a></i></p>
+<p>Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart<br/>be acceptable in you sight, O Lord, my strength and my<br/>redeemer.  <i><a href="bible:Psalm+19%3A14">Psalm 19:14</a></i></p>
+<p>Send out your light and your truth, that they may lead me,<br/>and bring me to your holy hill and to your dwelling.<br/><i><a href="bible:Psalm+43%3A3">Psalm 43:3</a></i></p>
+<p>The Lord is in his holy temple; let all the earth keep silence<br/>before him.  <i><a href="bible:Habakkuk+2%3A20">Habakkuk 2:20</a></i></p>
+<p>The hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers<br/>will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for such the<br/>Father seeks to worship him.  <i><a href="bible:John+4%3A23">John 4:23</a></i></p>
+<p>Thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity,<br/>whose name is Holy, "I dwell in the high and holy place and<br/>also with the one who has a contrite and humble spirit, to<br/>revive the spirit of the humble and to revive the heart of the<br/>contrite."  <i><a href="bible:Isaiah+57%3A15">Isaiah 57:15</a></i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="79">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>*The following Confession of Sin may then be said; or the Office may<br/>continue at once with "Lord, open our lips."</p>
+<h1>Confession of Sin</h1>
+<p><i>The Officiant says to the people</i></p>
+<p>Dearly beloved, we have come together in the presence of<br/>Almighty God our heavenly Father, to set forth his praise, to<br/>hear his holy Word, and to ask, for ourselves and on behalf<br/>of others, those things that are necessary for our life and our<br/>salvation.  And so that we may prepare ourselves in heart and<br/>mind to worship him, let us kneel in silence, and with<br/>penitent and obedient hearts confess our sins, that we may<br/>obtain forgiveness by his infinite goodness and mercy.</p>
+<p><i>or this</i></p>
+<p>Let us confess our sins against God and our neighbor.</p>
+<p><i>Silence may be kept.</i></p>
+<p><i>Officiant and People together, all kneeling</i></p>
+<p>Most merciful God,<br/>we confess that we have sinned against you<br/>in thought, word, and deed,<br/>by what we have done,<br/>and by what we have left undone.<br/>We have not loved you with our whole heart;<br/>we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves.<br/>We are truly sorry and we humbly repent.<br/>For the sake of your Son Jesus Christ,<br/>have mercy on us and forgive us;<br/>that we may delight in your will,<br/>and walk in your ways,<br/>to the glory of your Name.  Amen.</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="80">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p><i>The Priest stands and says</i></p>
+<p>Almighty God have mercy on you, forgive you all your sins<br/>through our Lord Jesus Christ, strengthen you in all<br/>goodness, and by the power of the Holy Spirit keep you in<br/>eternal life.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p>*A deacon or lay person using the preceding form remains kneeling, and<br/>substitutes "us" for "you" and "our" for "your."</p>
+<h1>The Invitatory and Psalter</h1>
+<p><i>All stand</i></p>
+<p><i>Officiant</i> Lord, open our lips.<br/><i>People</i>  And our mouth shall proclaim your praise.</p>
+<p><i>Officiant and People</i></p>
+<p>Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: as<br/>it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever.  Amen.</p>
+<p><i>Except in Lent, add</i>  Alleluia.</p>
+<p><i>Then follows one of the Invitatory Psalms, Venite or Jubilate.</i></p>
+<p><i>One of the following Antiphons may be sung or said with the Invitatory<br/>Psalm</i></p>
+<p><i>In Advent</i></p>
+<p>Our King and Savior now draws near:  Come let us adore him.</p>
+<p><i>On the Twelve Days of Christmas</i></p>
+<p>Alleluia.  To us a child is born:  Come let us adore him.  Alleluia.</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="81">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p><i>From the Epiphany through the Baptism of Christ, and on the Feasts of<br/>the Transfiguration and Holy Cross</i></p>
+<p>The Lord has shown forth his glory:  Come let us adore him.</p>
+<p><i>In Lent</i></p>
+<p>The Lord is full of compassion and mercy:  Come let us<br/>adore him.</p>
+<p><i>From Easter Day until the Ascension</i></p>
+<p>Alleluia.  The Lord is risen indeed:  Come let us adore him.<br/>Alleluia.</p>
+<p><i>From Ascension Day until the Day of Pentecost</i></p>
+<p>Alleluia.  Christ has ascended into heaven:  Come let us adore him.<br/>Alleluia.</p>
+<p><i>On the Day of Pentecost</i></p>
+<p>Alleluia.  The Spirit of the Lord renews the face of the earth:<br/>Come let us adore him.  Alleluia.</p>
+<p><i>On Trinity Sunday</i></p>
+<p>Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, one God:  Come let us adore him.</p>
+<p><i>On other Sundays and weekdays</i></p>
+<p>The earth is the Lord's for he made it:  Come let us adore him.</p>
+<p><i>or this</i></p>
+<p>Worship the Lord in the beauty of his holiness:  Come let us<br/>adore him.</p>
+<p><i>or this</i></p>
+<p>The mercy of the Lord is everlasting:  Come let us adore him.</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="82">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p><i>The Alleluias in the following Antiphons are used only in Easter<br/>Season.</i></p>
+<p><i>On Feasts of the Incarnation</i></p>
+<p>[Alleluia] The Word was made flesh and dwelt among us:<br/>Come let us adore him. [Alleluia]</p>
+<p><i>On all Saints and other Major Saints' Days</i></p>
+<p>[Alleluia.]  The Lord is glorious in his saints:  Come let us<br/>adore him.  [Alleluia.]</p>
+<h1>Venite</h1>  <i><a href="bible:Psalm+95%3A1-7">Psalm 95:1-7</a></i>
+<p>Come let us sing to the Lord; *<br/> let us shout for joy to the Rock of our salvation.</p>
+<p>Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving *<br/> and raise a loud shout to him with psalms.</p>
+<p>For the Lord is a great God, *<br/> and a great King above all gods.</p>
+<p>In his hand are the caverns of the earth, *<br/> and the heights of the hills are his also.</p>
+<p>The sea is his, for he made it, *<br/> and his hands have molded the dry land.</p>
+<p>Come, let us bow down, and bend the knee, *<br/> and kneel before the Lord our Maker.</p>
+<p>For he is our God,<br/>and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand. *<br/> Oh, that today you would hearken to his voice!</p>
+<p><i>or <a href="bible:Psalm+95">Psalm 95</a>, page <a href="724.html">724</a>.</i></p>
+<h1>Jubilate</h1>  <i><a href="bible:Psalm+100">Psalm 100</a></i>
+<p>Be joyful in the Lord, all you lands; *<br/> serve the Lord with gladness<br/> and come before his presence with song.</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="83">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>Know this:  The Lord himself is God; *<br/> he himself has made us, and we are his;<br/> we are his people and the sheep of his pasture.</p>
+<p>Enter his gates with thanksgiving;<br/>go into his courts with praise; *<br/> give thanks to him and call upon his Name.</p>
+<p>For the Lord is good;<br/>his mercy is everlasting; *<br/> and his faithfulness endures from age to age.</p>
+<p><i>In Easter Week, in place of an Invitatory Psalm, the following is sung<br/>or said.  It may also be used daily until the Day of Pentecost.</i></p>
+<h1>Christ our Passover</h1>  <i>Pascha nostrum</i>
+<p><i><a href="bible:1+Corinthians+5%3A7-8">1 Corinthians 5:7-8</a>; <a href="bible:Romans+6%3A9-11">Romans 6:9-11</a>; <a href="bible:1+Corinthians+15%3A20-22">1 Corinthians 15:20-22</a></i></p>
+<p>Alleluia.<br/>Christ our Passover has been sacrificed for us; *<br/> therfore let us keep the feast,</p>
+<p>Not with the old leaven, the leaven of malice and evil, *<br/> but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.  Alleluia.</p>
+<p>Christ being raised from the dead will never die again; *<br/> death no longer has dominion over him.</p>
+<p>The death that he died, he died to sin, once for all; *<br/> but the life he lives, he lives to God.</p>
+<p>So also consider yourselves dead to sin, *<br/> and alive to God in Jesus Christ our Lord.  Alleluia.</p>
+<p>Christ has been raised from the dead, *<br/> the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep.</p>
+<p>For since by a man came death, *<br/> by a man has come also the resurrection of the dead.</p>
+<p>For as in Adam all die, *<br/> so also in Christ shall all be made alive.  Alleluia.</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="84">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p><i>Then follows</i></p>
+<h1>The Psalm or Psalms Appointed</h1>
+<p><i>At the end of the Psalms is sung or said</i></p>
+<p>Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: *<br/> as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever.  Amen.</p>
+<h1>The Lessons</h1>
+<p>*One or two lessons, as appointed, are read, the Reader first saying</p>
+<p>A Reading (Lesson) from __________.</p>
+<p><i>A citation giving chapter and verse may be added.</i></p>
+<p><i>After each Lesson the Reader may say</i></p>
+<p>The Word of the Lord.</p>
+<p><i>Answer</i> Thanks be to God.</p>
+<p><i>Or the Reader may say</i> Here ends the Lesson (Reading).</p>
+<p><i>silence may be kept after each Reading.  One of the following<br/>Canticles, or one of those on pages <a href="47.html">47</a>-<a href="52.html">52</a> (Canticles 1-7), is sung or<br/>said after each Reading.  If three lessons are used, the Lesson from the<br/>Gospel is read after the second Canticle.</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="85">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>8 The Song of Moses</h1>  <i>Cantemus Domino</i>
+<p><i><a href="bible:Exodus+15%3A1-6%2C11-13%2C17-18">Exodus 15:1-6, 11-13, 17-18</a></i></p>
+<p><i>Especially suitable for use in Easter Season</i></p>
+<p>I will sing to the Lord, for he is lofty and uplifted; *<br/> the horse and its rider has he hurled into the sea.</p>
+<p>The Lord is my strength and my refuge; *<br/> the Lord has become my Savior.</p>
+<p>This is my God and I will praise him, *<br/> the God of my people and I will exalt him.</p>
+<p>The Lord is a mighty warrior; *<br/> Yahweh is his Name.</p>
+<p>The chariots of Pharoah and his army has he hurled into the sea; *<br/> the finest of those who bear armor have been<br/>  drowned in the Red Sea.</p>
+<p>The fathomless deep has overwhelmed them; *<br/> they sank into the depths like a stone.</p>
+<p>Your right hand, O Lord, is glorious in might; *<br/> your right hand, O Lord, has overthrown the enemy.</p>
+<p>Who can be compared with you, O Lord, among the gods? *<br/> who is like you, glorious in holiness,<br/> awesome in renown, and worker of wonders?</p>
+<p>You stretched forth your right hand; *<br/> the earth swallowed them up.</p>
+<p>With your constant love you led the people you redeemed; *<br/> with your might you brought them in safety to<br/>  your holy dwelling.</p>
+<p>You will bring them in and plant them *<br/> on the mount of your possession,</p>
+<p>The resting-place you have made for yourself, O Lord, *<br/> the sanctuary, O Lord, that your hand has established.</p>
+<p>The Lord shall reign *<br/> for ever and for ever.</p>
+<p>Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: *<br/> as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever.  Amen.</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="86">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>Canticle 9</h1> The First Song of Isaiah  <i>Ecce, Deus</i>
+<p><i><a href="bible:Isaiah+12%3A2-6">Isaiah 12:2-6</a></i></p>
+<p>Surely, it is God who saves me; *<br/> I will trust in him and not be afraid.</p>
+<p>For the Lord is my stronghold and my sure defense, *<br/> and he will be my Savior.</p>
+<p>Therefore you shall draw water with rejoicing *<br/> from the springs of salvation.</p>
+<p>And on that day you shall say, *<br/> Give thanks to the Lord and call upon his Name;</p>
+<p>Make his deeds known among the peoples; *<br/> see that they remember that his Name is exalted.</p>
+<p>Sing praises of the Lord, for he has done great things, *<br/> and this is known in all the world.</p>
+<p>Cry aloud, inhabitants of Zion, ring out your joy, *<br/> for the great one in the midst of you is the Holy One of Israel.</p>
+<p>Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: *<br/> as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever.  Amen.</p>
+<h1>Canticle 10</h1>  The Second Song of Isaiah <i>Quaerite Dominum</i>
+<p><i><a href="bible:Isaiah+55%3A6-11">Isaiah 55:6-11</a></i></p>
+<p>Seek the Lord while he wills to be found; *<br/> call upon him when he draws near.</p>
+<p>Let the wicked forsake their ways *<br/> and the evil ones their thoughts;</p>
+<p>And let them turn to the Lord, and he will have compassion, *<br/> and to our God, for he will richly pardon.</p>
+<p>For my thoughts are not your thoughts, *<br/> nor your ways my ways, says the Lord.</p>
+<p>For as the heavens are higher than the earth, *<br/> so are my ways higher than your ways,<br/> and my thoughts than your thoughts.</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="87">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>For as rain and snow fall from the heavens *<br/> and return not again, but water the earth,</p>
+<p>Bringing forth life and giving growth, *<br/> seed for sowing and bread for eating,</p>
+<p>So is my word that goes forth from my mouth; *<br/> it will not return to me empty;</p>
+<p>But it will accomplish that which I have purposed, *<br/> and prosper in that for which I sent it.</p>
+<p>Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: *<br/> as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever.  Amen.</p>
+<h1>Canticle 11</h1>  The Third Song of Isaiah  <i>Surge, illuminare</i>
+<p><i><a href="bible:Isaiah+60%3A1-3%2C11">Isaiah 60:1-3, 11</a>a, 14c, 18-19</i></p>
+<p>Arise, shine, for your light has come, *<br/> and the glory of the Lord has dawned upon you.</p>
+<p>For behold, darkness covers the land; *<br/> deep gloom enshrouds the peoples.</p>
+<p>But over you the Lord will rise, *<br/> and his glory will appear upon you.</p>
+<p>Nations will stream to your light, *<br/> and kings to the brightness of your dawning.</p>
+<p>Your gates will always be open; *<br/> by day or night they will never be shut.</p>
+<p>They will call you, The City of the Lord, *<br/> The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.</p>
+<p>Violence will no more be heard in your land, *<br/> ruin or destruction within your borders.</p>
+<p>You will call your walls, Salvation, *<br/> and all your portals, Praise.</p>
+<p>The sun will no more be your light by day; *<br/> by night you will not need the brightness of the moon.</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="88">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>The Lord will be your everlasting light, *<br/> and your God will be your glory.</p>
+<p>Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: *<br/> as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever.  Amen.</p>
+<h1>Canticle 12</h1>  A Song of Creation  <i>Benedicite, omnia opera Domini</i>
+<p><i>Song of the Three Young Men, 35-65</i></p>
+<p><i>One or more sections of this Canticle may be used.  Whatever the<br/>selection, it begins with the Invocation and concludes with the<br/>Doxology.</i></p>
+<p><i>Invocation</i></p>
+<p>Glorify the Lord, all you works of the Lord, *<br/> praise him and highly exalt him for ever.</p>
+<p>In the firmament of his power, glorify the Lord, *<br/> praise him and highly exalt him for ever.</p>
+<p><i>I  The Cosmic Order</i></p>
+<p>Glorify the Lord, you angels and all powers of the Lord, *<br/> O heavens and all waters above the heavens.</p>
+<p>Sun and moon and stars of the sky, glorify the Lord, *<br/> praise him and highly exalt him for ever.</p>
+<p>Glorify the Lord, every shower of rain and fall of dew, *<br/> all winds and fire and heat.</p>
+<p>Winter and Summer, glorify the Lord, *<br/> praise him and highly exalt him for ever.</p>
+<p>Glorify the Lord, O chill and cold, *<br/> drops of dew and flakes of snow.</p>
+<p>Frost and cold, ice and sleet, glorify the Lord, *<br/> praise him and highly exalt him for ever.</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="89">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>Glorify the Lord, O nights and days, *<br/> O shining light and enfolding dark.</p>
+<p>Storm clouds and thunderbolts, glorify the Lord, *<br/> praise him and highly exalt him for ever.</p>
+<p><i>II  The Earth and its Creatures</i></p>
+<p>Let the earth glorify the Lord, *<br/> praise him and highly exalt him for ever.</p>
+<p>Glorify the Lord, O mountains and hills,<br/>and all that grows upon the earth, *<br/> praise him and highly exalt him for ever.</p>
+<p>Glorify the Lord, O springs of water, seas, and streams, *<br/> O whales and all that move in the waters.</p>
+<p>All birds of the air, glorify the Lord, *<br/> praise him and highly exalt him for ever.</p>
+<p>Glorify the Lord, O beasts of the wild, *<br/> and all you flocks and herds.</p>
+<p>O men and women everywhere, glorify the Lord, *<br/> praise him and highly exalt him for ever.</p>
+<p><i>III  The People of God</i></p>
+<p>Let the people of God glorify the Lord, *<br/> praise him and highly exalt him for ever.</p>
+<p>Glorify the Lord, O priests and servants of the Lord, *<br/> praise him and highly exalt him for ever.</p>
+<p>Glorify the Lord, O spirits and souls of the righteous, *<br/> praise him and highly exalt him for ever.</p>
+<p>You that are holy and humble of heart, glorify the Lord, *<br/> praise him and highly exalt him for ever.</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="90">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p><i>Doxology</i></p>
+<p>Let us glorify the Lord:  Father, Son, and Holy Spirit; *<br/> praise him and highly exalt him for ever.</p>
+<p>In the firmament of his power, glorify the Lord, *<br/> praise him and highly exalt him for ever.</p>
+<h1>Canticle 13</h1>  <i>Benedictus es, Domine</i>
+<p><i>Song of the Three Young Men, 29-34</i></p>
+<p>Glory to you, Lord God of our fathers; *<br/> you are worthy of praise; glory to you.</p>
+<p>Glory to you for the radiance of you holy Name; *<br/> we will praise you and highly exalt you for ever.</p>
+<p>Glory to you in the splendor of you temple; *<br/> on the throne of your majesty, glory to you.</p>
+<p>Glory to you, seated between the Cherubim; *<br/> we will praise you and highly exalt you for ever.</p>
+<p>Glory to you, beholding the depths; *<br/> in the high vault of heaven, glory to you.</p>
+<p>Glory to you, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit; *<br/> we will praise you and highly exalt you for ever.</p>
+<h1>Canticle 14</h1>  A Song of Penitence  <i>Kyrie Pantokrator</i>
+<p><i>Prayer of Manasseh 1-2, 4, 6-7, 11-15</i></p>
+<p><i>Especially suitable in Lent, and on other penitential occasions</i></p>
+<p>O Lord and Ruler of the hosts of heaven, *<br/> God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,<br/> and of all their righteous offspring:</p>
+<p>You made the heavens and the earth, *<br/> with all their vast array.</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="91">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>All things quake with fear at your presence; *<br/> they tremble because of your power.</p>
+<p>But your merciful promise is beyond all measure; *<br/> it surpasses all that our minds can fathom.</p>
+<p>O Lord, you are full of compassion, *<br/> long-suffering, and abounding in mercy.</p>
+<p>You hold back your hand; *<br/> you do not punish as we deserve.</p>
+<p>In your great goodness, Lord,<br/>you have promised forgiveness to sinners, *<br/> that they may repent of their sin and be saved.</p>
+<p>And now, O Lord, I bend the knee of my heart, *<br/> and make my appeal, sure of your gracious goodness.</p>
+<p>I have sinned, O Lord, I have sinned, *<br/> and I know my wickedness only too well.</p>
+<p>Therefore I make this prayer to you: *<br/> Forgive me, Lord, forgive me.</p>
+<p>Do not let me perish in my sin, *<br/> nor condemn me to the depths of the earth.</p>
+<p>For you, O Lord, are the God of those who repent, *<br/> and in me you will show forth your goodness.</p>
+<p>Unworthy as I am, you will save me,<br/>in accordance with your great mercy, *<br/> and I will praise you without ceasing all the days of my life.</p>
+<p>For all the powers of heaven sing your praises, *<br/> and yours is the glory to ages of ages.  Amen.</p>
+<h1>Canticle 15</h1>  The Song of Mary  <i>Magnificat</i>
+<p><i><a href="bible:Luke+1%3A46-55">Luke 1:46-55</a></i></p>
+<p>My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord,<br/>my spirit rejoices in God my Savior; *<br/> for he has looked with favor on his lowly servant.</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="92">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>From this day all generations will call me blessed: *<br/> the Almighty has done great things for me,<br/> and holy is his Name.</p>
+<p>He has mercy on those who fear him *<br/> in every generation.</p>
+<p>He has shown the strength of his arm, *<br/> he has scattered the proud in their conceit.</p>
+<p>He has cast down the mighty from their thrones, *<br/> and has lifted up the lowly.</p>
+<p>He has filled the hungry with good things, *<br/> and the rich he has sent away empty.</p>
+<p>He has come to the help of his servant Israel, *<br/> for he has remembered his promise of mercy,</p>
+<p>The promise he made to our fathers, *<br/> to Abraham and his children for ever.</p>
+<p>Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: *<br/> as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever.  Amen.</p>
+<h1>Canticle 16</h1>  The Song of Zechariah  <i>Benedictus Dominus Deus</i>
+<p><i><a href="bible:Luke+1">Luke 1</a>: 68-79</i></p>
+<p>Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel; *<br/> he has come to his people and set them free.</p>
+<p>He has raised up for us a mighty savior, *<br/> born of the house of his servant David.</p>
+<p>Through his holy prophets he promised of old,<br/>that he would save us from our enemies, *<br/> from the hands of all who hate us.</p>
+<p>He promised to show mercy to our fathers *<br/> and to remember his holy covenant.</p>
+<p>This was the oath he swore to our father Abraham, *<br/> to set us free from the hands of our enemies,</p>
+<p>Free to worship him without fear, *<br/> holy and righteous in his sight<br/> all the days of our life.</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="93">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>You, my child, shall be called the prophet of the Most High, *<br/> for you will go before the Lord to prepare his way,</p>
+<p>To give his people knowledge of salvation *<br/> by the forgiveness of their sins.</p>
+<p>In the tender compassion of our God *<br/> the dawn from on high shall break upon us,</p>
+<p>To shine on those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death, *<br/>and to guide our feet into the way of peace.</p>
+<p>Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: *<br/> as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever.  Amen.</p>
+<h1>Canticle 17</h1>  The Song of Simeon  <i>Nunc Dimittis</i>
+<p><i><a href="bible:Luke+2%3A29-32">Luke 2:29-32</a></i></p>
+<p>Lord, you now have set your servant free *<br/> to go in peace as you have promised;</p>
+<p>For these eyes of mine have seen the Savior, *<br/> whom you have prepared for all the world to see:</p>
+<p>A Light to enlighten the nations, *<br/> and the glory of your people Israel.</p>
+<p>Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: *<br/> as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever.  Amen.</p>
+<h1>Canticle 18</h1>  A Song to the Lamb  <i>Dignus es</i>
+<p><i><a href="bible:Revelation+4%3A11%2C5%3A9-10%2C13">Revelation 4:11, 5:9-10, 13</a></i></p>
+<p>Splendor and honor and kingly power *<br/> are yours by right, O Lord our God,</p>
+<p>For you created everything that is, *<br/> and by your will they were created and have their being;</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="94">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>And yours by right, O Lamb that was slain, *<br/> for with your blood you have redeemed for God,</p>
+<p>From every family, language, people, and nation, *<br/> a kingdom of priests to serve our God.</p>
+<p>And so, to him who sits upon the throne, *<br/> and to Christ the Lamb,</p>
+<p>Be worship and praise, dominion and splendor, *<br/> for ever and for evermore.</p>
+<h1>Canticle 19</h1>  The Song of the Redeemed  <i>Magna et mirabilia</i>
+<p><i><a href="bible:Revelation+15%3A3-4">Revelation 15:3-4</a></i></p>
+<p>O ruler of the universe, Lord God,<br/>great deeds are they that you have done, *<br/> surpassing human understanding.</p>
+<p>Your ways are ways of righteousness and truth, *<br/> O King of all the ages.</p>
+<p>Who can fail to do you homage, Lord,<br/>and sing the praises of your Name? *<br/> for you only are the Holy One.</p>
+<p>All nations will draw near and fall down before you, *<br/> because your just and holy works have been revealed.</p>
+<p>Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: *<br/> as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever.  Amen.</p>
+<h1>Canticle 20</h1>  Glory to God  <i>Gloria in excelsis</i>
+<p>Glory to God in the highest,<br/> and peace to his people on earth.</p>
+<p>Lord God, heavenly King,<br/>almighty God and Father,</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="95">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>we worship you, we give you thanks,<br/> we praise you for your glory.</p>
+<p>Lord Jesus Christ, only Son of the Father,<br/>Lord God, Lamb of God,<br/>you take away the sin of the world:<br/> have mercy on us;</p>
+<p>you are seated at the right hand of the Father:<br/> receive our prayer.</p>
+<p>For you alone are the Holy One,<br/>you alone are the Lord,<br/>you alone are the Most High,<br/> Jesus Christ,<br/> with the Holy Spirit,<br/> in the glory of God the Father.  Amen.</p>
+<h1>Canticle 21</h1>  You are God  <i>Te Deum laudamus</i>
+<p>You are God:  we praise you;<br/>You are the Lord; we acclaim you;<br/>You are the eternal Father:<br/>All creation worships you.<br/>To you all angels, all the powers of heaven,<br/>Cherubim and Seraphim, sing in endless praise:<br/> Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might,<br/> heaven and earth are full of your glory.</p>
+<p>The glorious company of apostles praise you.<br/>The noble fellowship of prophets praise you.<br/>The white-robed army of martyrs praise you.<br/>Throughout the world the holy Church acclaims you;<br/> Father, of majesty unbounded,<br/> your true and only Son, worthy of all worship,<br/> and the Holy Spirit, advocate and guide.</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="96">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>You, Christ, are the king of glory,<br/>the eternal Son of the Father.<br/>When you became man to set us free<br/>you did not shun the Virgin's womb.<br/>You overcame the sting of death<br/>and opened the kingdom of heaven to all believers.<br/>You are seated at God's right hand in glory.<br/>We believe that you will come and be our judge.<br/> Come then, Lord, and help your people,<br/> bought with the price of your own blood,<br/> and bring us with your saints<br/> to glory everlasting.</p>
+<h1>The Apostles' Creed</h1>
+<p><i>Officiant and People together, all standing</i></p>
+<p>I believe in God, the Father almighty,<br/> creator of heaven and earth.</p>
+<p>I believe in Jesus Christ, his only son, our Lord.<br/> He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit<br/>  and born of the Virgin Mary.<br/> He suffered under Pontius Pilate,<br/>  was crucified, died, and was buried.<br/> He descended to the dead.<br/> On the third day he rose again.<br/> He ascended into heaven,<br/>  and is seated at the right hand of the Father.<br/> He will come again to judge the living and the dead.</p>
+<p>I believe in the Holy Spirit,<br/> the holy catholic Church,<br/> the communion of saints,<br/> the forgiveness of sins,<br/> the resurrection of the body,<br/> and the life everlasting.  Amen.</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="97">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>The Prayers</h1>
+<p><i>The People stand or kneel</i></p>
+<p><i>Officiant</i>  The Lord be with you.</p>
+<p><i>People</i>  And also with you.</p>
+<p><i>Officiant</i>  Let us pray.</p>
+<p><i>Officiant and People</i></p>
+<table cellpadding="3">
+<tr><td style="vertical-align: top">Our Father, who art in heaven,<br/> hallowed be thy Name,<br/> thy kingdom come,<br/> thy will be done,<br/> on earth as it is in heaven.</td><td style="vertical-align: top">Our Father in heaven,<br/> hallowed be your Name,<br/> your kingdom come,<br/> your will be done,<br/> on earth as in heaven.</td></tr>
+<tr><td style="vertical-align: top">Give us this day our daily bread.<br/>And forgive us our trespasses,<br/> as we forgive those<br/> who trespass against us.</td><td style="vertical-align: top">Give us today our daily bread.<br/>Forgive us our sins<br/> as we forgive those<br/> who sin against us.</td></tr>
+<tr><td style="vertical-align: top">And lead us not into temptation,<br/> but deliver us from evil.</td><td style="vertical-align: top">Save us from the time of trial,<br/> and deliver us from evil.</td></tr>
+<tr><td style="vertical-align: top">For thine is the kingdom,<br/> and the power, and the glory,<br/> for ever and ever.  Amen.</td><td style="vertical-align: top">For the kingdom, the power,<br/> and the glory are yours,<br/> now and for ever.  Amen.</td></tr>
+</table>
+<p><i>Then follows one of these sets of Suffrages</i></p>
+<h1>Suffrages A</h1>
+<p><b><span class="person">V</span></b>  Show us your mercy, O Lord;</p>
+<p><b><span class="person">R</span></b>  And grant us your salvation.</p>
+<p><b><span class="person">V</span></b>  Clothe your ministers with righteousness;</p>
+<p><b><span class="person">R</span></b>  Let your people sing with joy.</p>
+<p><b><span class="person">V</span></b>  Give peace, O Lord, in all the world;</p>
+<p><b><span class="person">R</span></b>  For only in you can we live in safety.</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="98">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p><b><span class="person">V</span></b>  Lord, keep this nation under your care;</p>
+<p><b><span class="person">R</span></b>  And guide us in the way of justice and truth.</p>
+<p><b><span class="person">V</span></b>  Let your way be known upon earth;</p>
+<p><b><span class="person">R</span></b>  Your saving health among all nations.</p>
+<p><b><span class="person">V</span></b>  Let not the needy, O Lord, be forgotten;</p>
+<p><b><span class="person">R</span></b>  Nor the hope of the poor be taken away.</p>
+<p><b><span class="person">V</span></b>  Create in us clean hearts, O God;</p>
+<p><b><span class="person">R</span></b>  And sustain us by your Holy Spirit.</p>
+<h1>Suffrages B</h1>
+<p><b><span class="person">V</span></b>  Save your people, Lord, and bless your inheritance;</p>
+<p><b><span class="person">R</span></b>  Govern and uphold them, now and always.</p>
+<p><b><span class="person">V</span></b>  Day by day we bless you;</p>
+<p><b><span class="person">R</span></b>  We praise your name for ever.</p>
+<p><b><span class="person">V</span></b>  Lord, keep us from all sin today;</p>
+<p><b><span class="person">R</span></b>  Have mercy on us, Lord, have mercy.</p>
+<p><b><span class="person">V</span></b>  Lord, show us your love and mercy;</p>
+<p><b><span class="person">R</span></b>  For we put our trust in you.</p>
+<p><b><span class="person">V</span></b>  In you, Lord, is our hope;</p>
+<p><b><span class="person">R</span></b>  And we shall never hope in vain.</p>
+<p><i>The Officiant then says one or more of the following Collects</i></p>
+<p><i>The Collect of the Day</i></p>
+<p><i>A Collect for Sundays</i></p>
+<p>O God, you make us glad with the weekly remembrance of<br/>the glorious resurrection of you Son our Lord:  Give us this<br/>day such blessing through our worship of you, that the week<br/>to come may be spent in your favor; through Jesus Christ our<br/>Lord.  <i>Amen.</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="99">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p><i>A Collect for Fridays</i></p>
+<p>Almighty God, whose most dear Son went not up to joy but<br/>first he suffered pain, and entered not into glory before he<br/>was crucified:  Mercifully grant that we, walking in the way<br/>of the cross, may find it none other than the way of life and<br/>peace; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>A Collect for Saturdays</i></p>
+<p>Almighty God, who after the creation of the world rested<br/>from all you works and sanctified a day of rest for all your<br/>creatures:  Grant that we, putting away all earthly anxieties,<br/>may be duly prepared for the service of your sanctuary, and<br/>that our rest here upon earth may be a preparation for the<br/>eternal rest promised to your people in heaven; through Jesus<br/>Christ our Lord.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>A Collect for the Renewal of Life</i></p>
+<p>O God, the King eternal, whose light divides the day from the<br/>night and turns the shadow of death into the morning:  Drive<br/>far from us all wrong desires, incline our hearts to keep your<br/>law, and guide our feet into the way of peace; that, having<br/>done your will with cheerfulness during the day, we may,<br/>when night comes, rejoice to give you thanks; through Jesus<br/>Christ our Lord.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>A Collect for Peace</i></p>
+<p>O God, the author of peace and lover of concord, to know<br/>you is eternal life and to serve you is perfect freedom:  Defend<br/>us, your humble servants, in all assaults of our enemies; that<br/>we, surely trusting in your defense, may not fear the power of<br/>any adversaries; through the might of Jesus Christ our Lord,<br/><i>Amen.</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="100">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p><i>A Collect for Grace</i></p>
+<p>Lord God, almighty and everlasting Father, you have<br/>brought us in safety to this new day:  Preserve us with your<br/>mighty power, that we may not fall into sin, nor be overcome<br/>by adversity; and in all we do, direct us to the fulfilling of<br/>your purpose; through Jesus Christ our Lord.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>A Collect for Guidance</i></p>
+<p>Heavenly Father, in you we live and move and have our<br/>being:  We humbly pray you so to guide and govern us by<br/>your Holy Spirit, that in all the cares and occupations of our<br/>life we may not forget you, but may remember that we are<br/>ever walking in your sight; through Jesus Christ our Lord.<br/><i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Then, unless the Eucharist or a form of general intercession is to<br/>follow, one of these prayer for mission is added</i></p>
+<p>Almighty and everlasting God, by whose Spirit the whole<br/>body of your faithful people is governed and sanctified:<br/>Receive our supplications and prayers which we offer before<br/>your for all members of you holy Church, that in their<br/>vocation and ministry they may truly and devoutly serve you;<br/>through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>or this</i></p>
+<p>O God, you have made of one blood all the peoples of the<br/>earth, and sent your blessed Son to preach peace to those<br/>who are far off and to those who are near:  Grant that people<br/>everywhere may seek after you and find you; bring the<br/>nations into your fold; pour out your Spirit upon all flesh,<br/>and hasten the coming of your kingdom; through Jesus<br/>Christ our Lord.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>or the following</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="101">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>Lord Jesus Christ, you stretched out your arms of love on<br/>the hard wood of the cross that everyone might come within<br/>the reach of your saving embrace:  So clothe us in your Spirit<br/>that we, reaching forth our hands in love, may bring those<br/>who do not know you to the knowledge and love of you; for<br/>the honor of your Name.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Here may be sung a hymn or anthem.</i></p>
+<p><i>Authorized intercessions and thanksgivings may follow.</i></p>
+<p><i>Before the close of the Office one or both of the following may be<br/>used</i></p>
+<p><i>The General Thanksgiving</i></p>
+<p><i>Officiant and People</i></p>
+<p>Almighty God, Father of all mercies,<br/>we your unworthy servants give you humble thanks<br/>for all your goodness and loving-kindness<br/>to us and to all whom you have made.<br/>We bless you for our creation, preservation,<br/>and all the blessings of this life;<br/>but above all for your immeasurable love<br/>in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ;<br/>for the means of grace, and for the hope of glory.<br/>And, we pray, give us such an awareness of your mercies,<br/>that with truly thankful hearts we may show forth your praise,<br/>not only with our lips, but in our lives,<br/>by giving up our selves to your service,<br/>and by walking before you<br/>in holiness and righteousness all our days;<br/>through Jesus Christ our Lord,<br/>to whom, with you and the Holy Spirit,<br/>be honor and glory throughout all ages.  <i>Amen.</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="102">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p><i>A Prayer of St. Chrysostom</i></p>
+<p>Almighty God, you have given us grace at this time with one<br/>accord to make our common supplication to you; and you<br/>have promised through your well-beloved Son that when two<br/>or three are gathered together in his Name you will be in the<br/>midst of them:  Fulfill now, O Lord, our desires and petitions<br/>as may be best for us; granting us in this world knowledge of<br/>your truth, and in the age to come life everlasting.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Then may be said</i></p>
+<p>Let us bless the Lord.<br/><i>Thanks be to God.</i></p>
+<p><i>From Easter Day through the Day of Pentecost "Alleluia, alleluia" may<br/>be added to the preceding versicle and response.</i></p>
+<p><i>The Officiant may then conclude with one of the following</i></p>
+<p>The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and<br/>the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with us all evermore.<br/><i>Amen.</i>  <i><a href="bible:2+Corinthians+13%3A14">2 Corinthians 13:14</a></i></p>
+<p>May the God of hope fill us with all joy and peace in<br/>believing through the power of the Holy Spirit.  <i>Amen.</i><br/><i><a href="bible:Romans+15%3A13">Romans 15:13</a></i></p>
+<p>Glory to God whose power, working in us, can do infinitely<br/>more than we can ask or imagine:  Glory to him from<br/>generation to generation in the Church, and in Christ Jesus<br/>for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i>  <i><a href="bible:Ephesians+3%3A20%2C21">Ephesians 3:20,21</a></i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="103">
+    <section title="Noonday Prayer" level="2"/>
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>An Order of Service<br/>for Noonday</h1>
+<p><i>Officiant</i>  O God, make speed to save us.</p>
+<p><i>People</i>  O Lord, make haste to help us.</p>
+<p><i>Officiant and People</i></p>
+<p>Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: as<br/>it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever.  Amen.</p>
+<p><i>Except in Lent, add</i>  Alleluia.</p>
+<p><i>A suitable hymn may be sung.</i></p>
+<p><i>One or more of the following Psalms is sung or said.  Other suitable<br/>selections include <a href="bible:Psalms+19%2C67">Psalms 19,67</a>, one or more sections of <a href="bible:Psalm+119">Psalm 119</a>, or a<br/>selection from <a href="bible:Psalms+120">Psalms 120 </a>through 133.</i></p>
+<h1><a href="bible:Psalm+119">Psalm 119</a></h1>
+<p>105  Your word is a lantern to my feet *<br/> and a light upon my path.</p>
+<p>106  I have sworn and am determined *<br/> to keep your righteous judgments.</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="104">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>107  I am deeply troubled; *<br/> preserve my life, O Lord, according to your word.</p>
+<p>108  Accept, O LORD, the willing tribute of my lips, *<br/> and teach me your judgments.</p>
+<p>109  My life is always in my hand, *<br/> yet I do not forget your law.</p>
+<p>110  The wicked have set a trap for me, *<br/> but I have not strayed from your commandments.</p>
+<p>111  Your decrees are my inheritance for ever; *<br/> truly, they are the joy of my heart.</p>
+<p>112  I have applied my heart to fulfill your statues *<br/> for ever and to the end.</p>
+<h1><a href="bible:Psalm+121">Psalm 121</a></h1>  <i>Levavi oculos</i>
+<p>1  I lift up my eyes to the hills; *<br/> from where is my help to come?</p>
+<p>2  My help comes from the LORD, *<br/> the maker of heaven and earth.</p>
+<p>3  He will not let your foot be moved *<br/> and he who watches over you will not fall asleep.</p>
+<p>4  Behold, he who keeps watch over Israel *<br/> shall neither slumber nor sleep;</p>
+<p>5  The LORD himself watches over you; *<br/> the LORD is your shade at your right hand,</p>
+<p>6  So that the sun shall not strike you by day, *<br/> nor the moon by night.</p>
+<p>7  The LORD shall preserve you from all evil; *<br/> it is he who shall keep you safe.</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="105">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>8  The LORD shall watch over your going out and your coming in, *<br/> from this time forth for evermore.</p>
+<h1><a href="bible:Psalm+126">Psalm 126</a></h1>  <i>In convertendo</i>
+<p>1  When the LORD restored the fortunes of Zion, *<br/> then were we like those who dream.</p>
+<p>2  Then was our mouth filled with laughter, *<br/> and our tongue with shouts of joy.</p>
+<p>3  Then they said among the nations, *<br/> "The LORD has done great things for them."</p>
+<p>4  The LORD has done great things for us, *<br/> and we are glad indeed.</p>
+<p>5  Restore our fortunes, O LORD, *<br/> like the watercourses of the Negev.</p>
+<p>6  Those who sowed with tears *<br/> will reap with songs of joy.</p>
+<p>7  Those who go out weeping, carrying the seed, *<br/> will come again with joy, shouldering their sheaves.</p>
+<p><i>At the end of the Psalms is sung or said</i></p>
+<p>Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: *<br/> as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever.  Amen.</p>
+<p><i>One of the following, or some other suitable passage of Scripture, is<br/>read</i></p>
+<p>The love of God has been poured into our hearts through the<br/>Holy Spirit that has been given to us.  <i><a href="bible:Romans+5%3A5">Romans 5:5</a></i></p>
+<p><i>People</i>  Thanks be to God.</p>
+<p><i>or the following</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="106">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>If anyone is in Christ he is a new creation; the old has passed<br/>away, behold the new has come.  All this is from God, who<br/>through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry<br/>of reconciliation.  <i><a href="bible:2+Corinthians+5%3A17-18">2 Corinthians 5:17-18</a></i></p>
+<p><i>People</i>  Thanks be to God.</p>
+<p><i>or this</i></p>
+<p>From the rising of the sun to its setting my Name shall be<br/>great among the nations, and in every place incense shall be<br/>offered to my Name, and a pure offering; for my Name shall be<br/>great among the nations, says the Lord of Hosts.  <i><a href="bible:Malachi+1%3A11">Malachi 1:11</a></i></p>
+<p><i>People</i>  Thanks be to God.</p>
+<p><i>A meditation, silent or spoken, may follow.</i></p>
+<p><i>The Officiant then begins the Prayers</i></p>
+<p>Lord, have mercy.</p>
+<p><i>Christ, have mercy.</i></p>
+<p>Lord, have mercy.</p>
+<p><i>Officiant and People</i></p>
+<table cellpadding="3">
+<tr><td style="vertical-align: top">Our Father, who art in heaven,<br/> hallowed be thy Name,<br/> thy kingdom come,<br/> thy will be done,<br/> on earth as it is in heaven.</td><td style="vertical-align: top">Our Father in heaven,<br/> hallowed be your Name,<br/> your kingdom come,<br/> your will be done,<br/> on earth as in heaven.</td></tr>
+<tr><td style="vertical-align: top">Give us this day our daily bread.<br/>And forgive us our trespasses,<br/> as we forgive those<br/> who trespass against us.</td><td style="vertical-align: top">Give us today our daily bread.<br/>Forgive us our sins<br/> as we forgive those<br/> who sin against us.</td></tr>
+<tr><td style="vertical-align: top">And lead us not into temptation,<br/> but deliver us from evil.</td><td style="vertical-align: top">Save us from the time of trial,<br/> and deliver us from evil.</td></tr>
+<tr><td style="vertical-align: top">For thine is the kingdom,<br/> and the power, and the glory,<br/> for ever and ever.  Amen.</td><td style="vertical-align: top">For the kingdom, the power,<br/> and the glory are yours,<br/> now and for ever.  Amen.</td></tr>
+</table>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="107">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p><i>Officiant</i>  Lord, hear our prayer;</p>
+<p><i>People</i>  And let our cry come to you.</p>
+<p><i>Officiant</i>  Let us pray.</p>
+<p><i>The Officiant then says one of the following Collect.  If desired, the<br/>Collect of the Day may be used.</i></p>
+<p>Heavenly Father, send your Holy Spirit into our hearts, to<br/>direct and rule us according to your will, to comfort us in all<br/>our afflictions, to defend us from all error, and to lead us into<br/>all truth; through Jesus Christ our Lord.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p>Blessed Savior, at this hour you hung upon the cross,<br/>stretching out your loving arms:  Grant that all the peoples of<br/>the earth may look to you and be saved;  for your tender<br/>mercies' sake.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p>Almighty Savior, who at noonday called your servant Saint<br/>Paul to be an apostle to the Gentiles:  We pray you to illumine<br/>the world with the radiance of your glory, that all nations<br/>may come and worship you; for you live and reign for ever<br/>and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p>Lord Jesus Christ, you said to your apostles, "Peace I give to<br/>you; my peace I leave with you:" Regard not our sins,<br/>but the faith of your Church, and give to us the peace and<br/>unity of that heavenly city, where with the Father and the<br/>Holy Spirit you live and reign, now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Free intercessions may be offered.</i></p>
+<p><i>The service concludes as follows</i></p>
+<p><i>Officiant</i>  Let us bless the Lord.</p>
+<p><i>People</i>  Thanks be to God.</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="108">
+    <section title="Order of Worship for the Evening" level="2"/>
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>Concerning the Service</h1>
+<p><i>This Order provides a form of evening service or vespers for use on<br/>suitable occasions in the late afternoon or evening.  It may be used as<br/>a complete rite in place of Evening Prayer, or as the introduction to<br/>Evening Prayer or some other service, or as the prelude to an evening<br/>meal or other activity.  It is appropriate also for use in private<br/>houses.</i></p>
+<p><i>Any part or parts of this service may be lead by lay persons.  A priest<br/>or deacon, when presiding, should read the Prayer for Light, and the<br/>Blessing or Dismissal at the end.  The bishop, when present, should give<br/>the Blessing.</i></p>
+<p><i>This order is not appropriate for use on Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday<br/>in Holy Week, or on Good Friday.  Easter Eve has its own form for the<br/>Lighting of the Paschal Candle.</i></p>
+<p><i>For the Short Lesson at the beginning of the service, any one of the<br/>following is also appropriate, especially for the seasons suggested:</i></p>
+<table cellpadding="3">
+<tr><td style="vertical-align: top"><a href="bible:Isaiah+60%3A19-20">Isaiah 60:19-20</a> (Advent)<br/><a href="bible:Luke+12%3A35-37">Luke 12:35-37</a> (Advent)<br/><a href="bible:John+1%3A1-5">John 1:1-5</a> (Christmas)<br/><a href="bible:Isaiah+60%3A1-3">Isaiah 60:1-3</a> (Epiphany)<br/><a href="bible:1+John+1%3A5-7">1 John 1:5-7</a> (Lent)<br/><a href="bible:John+12%3A35-36">John 12:35-36</a>a (Lent)</td><td style="vertical-align: top"><a href="bible:Revelation+21%3A10%2C22-24">Revelation 21:10,22-24</a> (Easter)<br/><a href="bible:Psalm+36%3A5-9">Psalm 36:5-9</a> (Ascension)<br/><a href="bible:Joel+2%3A28-30">Joel 2:28-30</a> (Whitsunday)<br/><a href="bible:Colossians+1%3A9%2C11-14">Colossians 1:9,11-14</a> (Saints' Days)<br/><a href="bible:Peter+2%3A9">Peter 2:9 </a>(Saints' Days)<br/><a href="bible:Revelation+22%3A1%2C4-5">Revelation 22:1,4-5</a> (Saints' Days)</td></tr>
+</table>
+<p><i>Any of the prayers in contemporary language may be adapted to<br/>traditional language by changing the pronouns and the corresponding<br/>verbs.</i></p>
+<p><i>Additional Directions are on page <a href="142.html">142</a>.</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="109">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>An Order of Worship<br/>for the Evening</h1>
+<p><i>The church is dark, or partially so, when the service is to begin.</i></p>
+<p><i>All stand, and the Officiant greets the people with these words.</i></p>
+<p>Light and Peace, in Jesus Christ our Lord.</p>
+<p><i>People</i>  Thanks be to God.</p>
+<p><i>In place of the above, from Easter Day through the Day of Pentecost</i></p>
+<p><i>Officiant</i>  Alleluia.  Christ is risen.<br/><i>People</i>  The Lord is risen indeed.  Alleluia.</p>
+<p><i>In Lent and on other penitential occasions</i></p>
+<p><i>Officiant</i>  Bless the Lord who forgives all our sins;</p>
+<p><i>People</i>  His mercy endures for ever.</p>
+<p><i>One of the following, or some other Short Lesson of Scripture<br/>appropriate to the occasion or to the season, may then be read</i></p>
+<p>Jesus said, "You are the light of the world.  A city built on a<br/>hill cannot be hid.  No one lights a lamp to put it under a<br/>bucket, but on a lamp-stand where it gives light for everyone<br/>in the house.  And you, like the lamp, must shed light among<br/>your fellow men, so that they may see the deed you do, and<br/>give glory to your Father in heaven."  <i><a href="bible:Matthew+5%3A14-16">Matthew 5:14-16</a></i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="110">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>It is not ourselves that we proclaim; we proclaim Christ<br/>Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants, for Jesus' sake.<br/>For the same God who said, "Out of darkness let light shine,"<br/>has caused his light to shine within us, to give the light of<br/>revelation&mdash;the revelation of the glory of God in the face of<br/>Jesus Christ.  <i><a href="bible:2+Corinthians+4%3A5-6">2 Corinthians 4:5-6</a></i></p>
+<p>If I say, "Surely the darkness will cover me, and the light<br/>around me turn to night," darkness is not dark to you, O<br/>Lord; the night is as bright as the day; darkness and light to<br/>you are both alike.  <i><a href="bible:Psalm+139%3A10-11">Psalm 139:10-11</a></i></p>
+<p><i>The Officiant then says the Prayer for Light, using any one of the<br/>following for some other suitable prayer, first saying</i></p>
+<p>Let us pray.</p>
+<p>Almighty God, we give you thanks for surrounding us, as<br/>daylight fades, with the brightness of the vesper light; and we<br/>implore you of your great mercy that, as you enfold us with<br/>the radiance of this light, so you would shine into our hearts<br/>the brightness of your Holy Spirit; through Jesus Christ our<br/>Lord.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p>Grant us, Lord, the lamp of charity which never fails, that it<br/>may burn in us and shed its light on those around us, and<br/>that by its brightness we may have a vision of that holy City,<br/>where dwells the true and never-failing Light, Jesus Christ<br/>our Lord.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p>O Lord God Almighty, as you have taught us to call the<br/>evening, the morning, and the noonday one day; and have<br/>made the sun to know its going down:  Dispel the darkness of<br/>our hearts, that by your brightness we may know you to be<br/>the true God and eternal light, living and reigning for ever<br/>and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="111">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>Lighten our darkness, we beseech thee, O Lord; and by thy<br/>great mercy defend us from all perils and dangers of this<br/>night; for the love of thy only Son, our Savior, Jesus Christ.<br/><i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Advent</i></p>
+<p><i>Collect for the First Sunday of Advent</i></p>
+<p><i>Christmas, Epiphany, and other Feasts of the Incarnation</i></p>
+<p><i>Collect for the First Sunday after Christmas</i></p>
+<p><i>Lent and other times of penitence</i></p>
+<p>Almighty and most merciful God, kindle within us the fire of<br/>love, that by its cleansing flame we may be purged of all our<br/>sins and made worthy to worship you in spirit and in truth;<br/>through Jesus Christ our Lord.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Easter Season</i></p>
+<p>Eternal God, who led your ancient people into freedom by a<br/>pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night:  Grant that<br/>we who walk in the light of your presence may rejoice in the<br/>liberty of the children of God; through Jesus Christ our Lord.<br/><i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Festivals of Saints</i></p>
+<p>Lord Christ, your saints have been the lights of the world<br/>in every generation:  Grant that we who follow in their<br/>footsteps may be made worthy to enter with them into that<br/>heavenly country where you live and reign for ever and ever.<br/><i>Amen.</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="112">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p><i>The candles at the Altar are now lighted, as are other candles and<br/>lamps as may be convenient.</i></p>
+<p><i>During the candle-lighting, an appropriate anthem or psalm may be<br/>sung, or silence kept.</i></p>
+<p><i>The following hymn, or a metrical version of it, or some other hymn, is<br/>then sung</i></p>
+<h1>O Gracious Light</h1> <i>Phos hilaron</i>
+<p>O gracious light,<br/>pure brightness of the everliving Father in heaven,<br/>O Jesus Christ, holy and blessed!</p>
+<p>Now as we come to the setting of the sun,<br/>and our eyes behold the vesper light,<br/>we sing your praises, O God:  Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.</p>
+<p>You are worthy at all times to be praised by happy voices,<br/>O Son of God, O Giver of Life,<br/>and to be glorified through all the worlds.</p>
+<p><i>The service may then continue in any of the following ways:</i></p>
+<p><i>With Evening Prayer, beginning with the Psalms; or with some other<br/>Office or Devotion;</i></p>
+<p><i>With the celebration of the Holy Eucharist, beginning with the<br/>Salutation and Collect of the Day;</i></p>
+<p><i>Or, it may be followed by a meal or other activity, in which case Phos<br/>hilaron may be followed by the Lord's Prayer and a grace or blessing;</i></p>
+<p><i>Or, it may continue as a complete evening Office with the following<br/>elements:</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="113">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>Selection from the Psalter.</h1>  <i>Silence, or a suitable Collect, or both,<br>may follow the Psalmody.</br></i>
+<h1>Bible Reading.</h1>  <i>A sermon or homily, a passage from Christian<br>literature,<br/>or a brief silence, may follow the Reading.</br></i>
+<h1>Canticle.</h1>  <i>The Magnificat or other canticle, or some other hymn of<br>praise.</br></i>
+<h1>Prayers.</h1>  <i>A litany, or other suitable devotions, including the Lord's<br>Prayer.</br></i>
+<h1>Blessing or Dismissal,</h1> *or both.  The Peace may then be exchanged.
+<p><i>On feasts or other days of special significance, the Collect of the<br/>Day, or one proper to the season, may precede the Blessing or Dismissal.<br/>On other days, either of the following, or one of the Collects from<br/>Evening Prayer or from Compline, may be so used.</i></p>
+<p>Blessed are you, O Lord, the God of our fathers, creator<br/>of the changes of day and night, giving rest to the weary,<br/>renewing the strength of those who are spent, bestowing<br/>upon us occasions of song in the evening.  As you have<br/>protected us in the day that is past, so be with us in the<br/>coming night; keep us from every sin, every evil, and every<br/>fear; for you are our light and salvation, and the strength of<br/>our life.  To you be glory for endless ages.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p>Almighty, everlasting God, let our prayer in your sight be as<br/>incense, the lifting up of our hands as the evening sacrifice.<br/>Give us grace to behold you, present in your Word and<br/>Sacraments, and to recognize you in the lives of those around<br/>us.  Stir up in us the flame of that love which burned in the<br/>heart of your Son as he bore his passion, and let it burn in us<br/>to eternal life and to the ages of ages.  <i>Amen.</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="114">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p><i>A bishop or priest may use the following or some other blessing or<br/>grace</i></p>
+<p>The Lord bless you and keep you.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p>The Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you.<br/><i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p>The Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>A deacon or lay person using the preceding blessing substitutes "us"<br/>for "you."</i></p>
+<p><i>A dismissal may be used (adding "Alleluia, alleluia" in Easter Season)</i></p>
+<p><i>The People respond</i></p>
+<p>Thanks be to God.</p>
+<p><i>In Easter Season the People respond</i></p>
+<p>Thanks be to God.  Alleluia, alleluia.</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="115">
+    <section title="Daily Evening Prayer: Rite Two" level="2"/>
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>Daily Evening Prayer:<br/>Rite Two</h1>
+<p><i>The Officiant begins the service with one or more of the following<br/>sentences of Scripture, or of those on pages <a href="75.html">75</a>-<a href="78.html">78</a>;</i></p>
+<p><i>or with the Service of Light on pages <a href="109.html">109</a>-<a href="112.html">112</a>, and continuing with the<br/>appointed Psalmody;</i></p>
+<p><i>or with the versicle "O God, make speed to save us" on page <a href="117.html">117</a></i></p>
+<p>Let my prayer be set forth in your sight as incense, the lifting<br/>up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.  <i><a href="bible:Psalm+141%3A2">Psalm 141:2</a></i></p>
+<p>Grace to you and peace from God our Father and from the<br/>Lord Jesus Christ.  <i><a href="bible:Philippians+1%3A2">Philippians 1:2</a></i></p>
+<p>Worship the Lord in the beauty of his holiness; let the whole earth<br/>tremble before him.  <i><a href="bible:Psalm+96%3A9">Psalm 96:9</a></i></p>
+<p>Yours is the day, O God, yours also the night; you established<br/>the moon and the sun.  You fixed all the boundaries of the<br/>earth; you made both summer and winter.  <i><a href="bible:Psalm+74%3A15%2C16">Psalm 74:15,16</a></i></p>
+<p>I will bless the Lord who gives me counsel; my heart teaches<br/>me, night after night.  I have set the Lord always before me;<br/>because he is at my right hand, I shall not fall.  <i><a href="bible:Psalm+16%3A7%2C8">Psalm 16:7,8</a></i></p>
+<p>Seek him who made the Pleiades and Orion, and turns deep<br/>darkness into the morning, and darkens the day into night;<br/>who calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out upon<br/>the surface of the earth:  The Lord is his name.  <i><a href="bible:Amos+5%3A8">Amos 5:8</a></i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="116">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>If I say, "Surely the darkness will cover me, and the light<br/>around me turn to night,"  darkness is not dark to you, O<br/>Lord; the night is as bright as the day; darkness and light to<br/>you are both alike.  <i><a href="bible:Psalm+139%3A10%2C11">Psalm 139:10,11</a></i></p>
+<p>Jesus said, "I am the light of the world; whoever follows me<br/>will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."<br/><i><a href="bible:John+8%3A12">John 8:12</a></i></p>
+<p><i>The following Confession of Sin may then be said; or the Office may<br/>continue at once with "O God make speed to save us."</i></p>
+<h1>Confession of Sin</h1>
+<p><i>The Officiant says to the people</i></p>
+<p>Dear friends in Christ, here in the presence of Almighty God,<br/>let us kneel in silence, and with penitent and obedient hearts<br/>confess our sins, so that we may obtain forgiveness by his<br/>infinite goodness and mercy.</p>
+<p><i>or this</i></p>
+<p>Let us confess our sins against God and our neighbor.</p>
+<p><i>Silence may be kept.</i></p>
+<p><i>Officiant and People together, all kneeling</i></p>
+<p>Most merciful God,<br/>we confess that we have sinned against you<br/>in thought, word, and deed,<br/>by what we have done,<br/>and by what we have left undone.<br/>We have not loved you with our whole heart;<br/>we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves.<br/>We are truly sorry and we humbly repent.</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="117">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>For the sake of your Son Jesus Christ,<br/>have mercy on us and forgive us;<br/>that we may delight in your will,<br/>and walk in your ways,<br/>to the glory of your Name.  Amen.</p>
+<p><i>The Priest alone stands and says</i></p>
+<p>Almighty God have mercy on you, forgive you all your sins<br/>through our Lord Jesus Christ, strengthen you in all<br/>goodness, and by the power of the Holy Spirit keep you in<br/>eternal life.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p>*A deacon or lay person using the preceding form remains kneeling, and<br/>substitutes "us" for "you" and "our" for "your."</p>
+<h1>The Invitatory and Psalter</h1>
+<p><i>All stand</i></p>
+<p><i>Officiant</i> O God, make speed to save us.</p>
+<p><i>People</i>  O Lord, make haste to help us.</p>
+<p><i>Officiant and People</i></p>
+<p>Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: as<br/>it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever.  Amen.</p>
+<p><i>Except in Lent, add</i>  Alleluia.</p>
+<p><i>The following, or some other suitable hymn, or an Invitatory Psalm, may<br/>be sung or said.</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="118">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>O Gracious Light</h1>  <i>Phos hilaron</i>
+<p>O gracious light,<br/>pure brightness of the everliving Father in heaven,<br/>O Jesus Christ, holy and blessed!</p>
+<p>Now as we come to the setting of the sun,<br/>and our eyes behold the vesper light,<br/>we sing your praises, O God:  Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.</p>
+<p>You are worthy at all times to be praised by happy voices,<br/>O Son of God, O Giver of Life,<br/>and to be glorified through all the worlds.</p>
+<p><i>Then follows</i></p>
+<h1>The Psalm or Psalms Appointed</h1>
+<p><i>At the end of the Psalms is sung or said</i></p>
+<p>Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: *<br/> as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever.  Amen.</p>
+<h1>The Lessons</h1>
+<p>*One or two lessons, as appointed, are read, the Reader first saying</p>
+<p>A Reading (Lesson) from __________.</p>
+<p><i>A citation giving chapter and verse may be added.</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="119">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p><i>After each Lesson the Reader may say</i></p>
+<p>The Word of the Lord.</p>
+<p><i>Answer</i> Thanks be to God.</p>
+<p><i>Or the Reader may say</i> Here ends the Lesson (Reading).</p>
+<p><i>Silence may be kept after each Reading.  One of the following<br/>Canticles, or one of those on pages <a href="47.html">47</a>-<a href="52.html">52</a>, or 85-95, is sung or said<br/>after each Reading.  If three lessons are used, the Lesson from the<br/>Gospel is read after the second Canticle.</i></p>
+<h1>The Song of Mary</h1>  <i>Magnificat</i>
+<p><i><a href="bible:Luke+1%3A46-55">Luke 1:46-55</a></i></p>
+<p>My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord,<br/>my spirit rejoices in God my Savior; *<br/> for he has looked with favor on his lowly servant.</p>
+<p>From this day all generations will call me blessed: *<br/> the Almighty has done great things for me,<br/> and holy is his Name.</p>
+<p>He has mercy on those who fear him *<br/> in every generation.</p>
+<p>He has shown the strength of his arm, *<br/> he has scattered the proud in their conceit.</p>
+<p>He has cast down the mighty from their thrones, *<br/> and has lifted up the lowly.</p>
+<p>He has filled the hungry with good things, *<br/> and the rich he has sent away empty.</p>
+<p>He has come to the help of his servant Israel, *<br/> for he has remembered his promise of mercy,</p>
+<p>The promise he made to our fathers, *<br/> to Abraham and his children for ever.</p>
+<p>Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: *<br/> as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever.  Amen.</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="120">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>Song of Simeon</h1>  <i>Nunc Dimittis</i>
+<p><i><a href="bible:Luke+2%3A29-32">Luke 2:29-32</a></i></p>
+<p>Lord, you now have set your servant free *<br/> to go in peace as you have promised;</p>
+<p>For these eyes of mine have seen the Savior, *<br/> whom you have prepared for all the world to see:</p>
+<p>A Light to enlighten the nations, *<br/> and the glory of your people Israel.</p>
+<p>Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: *<br/> as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever.  Amen.</p>
+<h1>The Apostles' Creed</h1>
+<p><i>Officiant and People together, all standing</i></p>
+<p>I believe in God, the Father almighty,<br/> creator of heaven and earth.</p>
+<p>I believe in Jesus Christ, his only son, our Lord.<br/> He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit<br/>  and born of the Virgin Mary.<br/> He suffered under Pontius Pilate,<br/>  was crucified, died, and was buried.<br/> He descended to the dead.<br/> On the third day he rose again.<br/> He ascended into heaven,<br/>  and is seated at the right hand of the Father.<br/> He will come again to judge the living and the dead.</p>
+<p>I believe in the Holy Spirit,<br/> the holy catholic Church,<br/> the communion of saints,<br/> the forgiveness of sins,<br/> the resurrection of the body,<br/> and the life everlasting.  Amen.</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="121">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>The Prayers</h1>
+<p><i>The People stand or kneel</i></p>
+<p><i>Officiant</i>  The Lord be with you.</p>
+<p><i>People</i>  And also with you.</p>
+<p><i>Officiant</i>  Let us pray.</p>
+<p><i>Officiant and People</i></p>
+<table cellpadding="3">
+<tr><td style="vertical-align: top">Our Father, who art in heaven,<br/> hallowed be thy Name,<br/> thy kingdom come,<br/> thy will be done,<br/> on earth as it is in heaven.</td><td style="vertical-align: top">Our Father in heaven,<br/> hallowed be your Name,<br/> your kingdom come,<br/> your will be done,<br/> on earth as in heaven.</td></tr>
+<tr><td style="vertical-align: top">Give us this day our daily bread.<br/>And forgive us our trespasses,<br/> as we forgive those<br/> who trespass against us.</td><td style="vertical-align: top">Give us today our daily bread.<br/>Forgive us our sins<br/> as we forgive those<br/> who sin against us.</td></tr>
+<tr><td style="vertical-align: top">And lead us not into temptation,<br/> but deliver us from evil.</td><td style="vertical-align: top">Save us from the time of trial,<br/> and deliver us from evil.</td></tr>
+<tr><td style="vertical-align: top">For thine is the kingdom,<br/> and the power, and the glory,<br/> for ever and ever.  Amen.</td><td style="vertical-align: top">For the kingdom, the power,<br/> and the glory are yours,<br/> now and for ever.  Amen.</td></tr>
+</table>
+<p><i>Then follows one of these sets of Suffrages</i></p>
+<h1>Suffrages A</h1>
+<p><b><span class="person">V</span></b>  Show us your mercy, O Lord;</p>
+<p><b><span class="person">R</span></b>  And grant us your salvation.</p>
+<p><b><span class="person">V</span></b>  Clothe your ministers with righteousness;</p>
+<p><b><span class="person">R</span></b>  Let your people sing with joy.</p>
+<p><b><span class="person">V</span></b>  Give peace, O Lord, in all the world;</p>
+<p><b><span class="person">R</span></b>  For only in you can we live in safety.</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="122">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p><b><span class="person">V</span></b>  Lord, keep this nation under your care;</p>
+<p><b><span class="person">R</span></b>  And guide us in the way of justice and truth.</p>
+<p><b><span class="person">V</span></b>  Let your way be known upon earth;</p>
+<p><b><span class="person">R</span></b>  Your saving health among all nations.</p>
+<p><b><span class="person">V</span></b>  Let not the needy, O Lord, be forgotten;</p>
+<p><b><span class="person">R</span></b>  Nor the hope of the poor be taken away.</p>
+<p><b><span class="person">V</span></b>  Create in us clean hearts, O God;</p>
+<p><b><span class="person">R</span></b>  And sustain us by your Holy Spirit.</p>
+<h1>Suffrages B</h1>
+<p>That this evening may be holy, good, and peaceful,<br/><i>We entreat you, O Lord.</i></p>
+<p>That your holy angels may lead us in paths of peace and<br/>goodwill,<br/><i>We entreat you, O Lord.</i></p>
+<p>That we may be pardoned and forgiven for our sins<br/>and offenses,<br/><i>We entreat you, O Lord.</i></p>
+<p>That there may be peace to your Church and to the whole<br/>world,<br/><i>We entreat you, O Lord.</i></p>
+<p>That we may depart this life in your faith and fear,<br/>and not be condemned before the great judgment seat<br/>of Christ,<br/><i>We entreat you, O Lord.</i></p>
+<p>That we may be bound together by your Holy Spirit in<br/>the communion of [... and ] all your saints,<br/>entrusting one another and all our life to Christ,<br/><i>We entreat you, O Lord.</i></p>
+<p><i>The Officiant then says one or more of the following Collects</i></p>
+<p><i>The Collect of the Day</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="123">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p><i>A Collect for Sundays</i></p>
+<p>O God, you make us glad with the weekly remembrance of<br/>the glorious resurrection of you Son our Lord:  Give us this<br/>day such blessing through our worship of you, that the week<br/>to come may be spent in your favor; through Jesus Christ our<br/>Lord.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>A Collect for Fridays</i></p>
+<p>Almighty God, whose most dear Son went not up to joy but<br/>first he suffered pain, and entered not into glory before he<br/>was crucified:  Mercifully grant that we, walking in the way<br/>of the cross, may find it none other than the way of life and<br/>peace; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>A Collect for Saturdays</i></p>
+<p>Almighty God, who after the creation of the world rested<br/>from all you works and sanctified a day of rest for all your<br/>creatures:  Grant that we, putting away all earthly anxieties,<br/>may be duly prepared for the service of your sanctuary, and<br/>that our rest here upon earth may be a preparation for the<br/>eternal rest promised to your people in heaven; through Jesus<br/>Christ our Lord.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>A Collect for Peace</i></p>
+<p>O God, the author of peace and lover of concord, to know<br/>you is eternal life and to serve you is perfect freedom:  Defend<br/>us, your humble servants, in all assaults of our enemies; that<br/>we, surely trusting in your defense, may not fear the power of<br/>any adversaries; through the might of Jesus Christ our Lord,<br/><i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>A Collect for Aid against Perils</i></p>
+<p>Be our light in the darkness, O Lord, and in your great mercy<br/>defend us from all perils and dangers of this night; for the love<br/>of your only Son, our Savior Jesus Christ.  <i>Amen.</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="124">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p><i>A Collect for Projection</i></p>
+<p>O God, the life of all who live, the light of the faithful, the<br/>strength of those who labor, and the repose of the dead:  We<br/>thank you for the blessings of the day that is past, and<br/>humbly ask for your protection through the coming night.<br/>Bring us in safety to the morning hours; through him who<br/>died and rose again for us, your Son our Savior Jesus Christ.<br/><i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>A Collect for the Presence of Christ</i></p>
+<p>Lord Jesus, stay with us, for evening is at hand and the day<br/>is past; be our companion in the way, kindle our hearts, and<br/>awaken hope, that we may know you as you are revealed in<br/>Scripture and the breaking of bread.  Grant this for the sake<br/>of your love.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Then, unless the Eucharist or a form of general intercession is to<br/>follow, one of these prayer for mission is added</i></p>
+<p>O God and Father of all, whom the whole heavens adore:<br/>Let the whole earth also worship you, all nations obey you,<br/>all tongues confess and bless you, and mean and women<br/>everywhere love you and serve you in peace; through Jesus<br/>Christ our Lord.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>or this</i></p>
+<p>Keep watch, dear Lord, with those who work, or watch, or<br/>weep this night, and give your angels charge over those who<br/>sleep.  Tend the sick, Lord Christ; give rest to the weary, bless<br/>the dying, soothe the suffering, pity the afflicted, shield the<br/>joyous; and all for your love's sake.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>or the following</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="125">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>O God, you manifest in your servants the signs of your<br/>presence:  Send forth upon us the spirit of love, that in<br/>companionship with one another your abounding grace may<br/>increase among us; through Jesus Christ our Lord.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Here may be sung a hymn or anthem.</i></p>
+<p><i>Authorized intercessions and thanksgivings may follow.</i></p>
+<p><i>Before the close of the Office one or both of the following may be<br/>used</i></p>
+<p><i>The General Thanksgiving</i></p>
+<p><i>Officiant and People</i></p>
+<p>Almighty God, Father of all mercies,<br/>we your unworthy servants give you humble thanks<br/>for all your goodness and loving-kindness<br/>to us and to all whom you have made.<br/>We bless you for our creation, preservation,<br/>and all the blessings of this life;<br/>but above all for your immeasurable love<br/>in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ;<br/>for the means of grace, and for the hope of glory.<br/>And, we pray, give us such an awareness of your mercies,<br/>that with truly thankful hearts we may show forth your praise,<br/>not only with our lips, but in our lives,<br/>by giving up our selves to your service,<br/>and by walking before you<br/>in holiness and righteousness all our days;<br/>through Jesus Christ our Lord,<br/>to whom, with you and the Holy Spirit,<br/>be honor and glory throughout all ages.  <i>Amen.</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="126">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p><i>A Prayer of St. Chrysostom</i></p>
+<p>Almighty God, you have given us grace at this time with one<br/>accord to make our common supplication to you; and you<br/>have promised through your well-beloved Son that when two<br/>or three are gathered together in his Name you will be in the<br/>midst of them:  Fulfill now, O Lord, our desires and petitions<br/>as may be best for us; granting us in this world knowledge of<br/>your truth, and in the age to come life everlasting.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Then may be said</i></p>
+<p>Let us bless the Lord.<br/><i>Thanks be to God.</i></p>
+<p><i>From Easter Day through the Day of Pentecost "Alleluia, alleluia" may<br/>be added to the preceding versicle and response.</i></p>
+<p><i>The Officiant may then conclude with one of the following</i></p>
+<p>The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and<br/>the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with us all evermore.<br/><i>Amen.</i>  <i><a href="bible:2+Corinthians+13%3A14">2 Corinthians 13:14</a></i></p>
+<p>May the God of hope fill us with all joy and peace in<br/>believing through the power of the Holy Spirit.  <i>Amen.</i><br/><i><a href="bible:Romans+15%3A13">Romans 15:13</a></i></p>
+<p>Glory to God whose power, working in us, can do infinitely<br/>more than we can ask or imagine:  Glory to him from<br/>generation to generation in the Church, and in Christ Jesus<br/>for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i>  <i><a href="bible:Ephesians+3%3A20%2C21">Ephesians 3:20,21</a></i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="127">
+    <section title="Compline" level="2"/>
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>An Order for Compline</h1>
+<p><i>The Officiant begins</i></p>
+<p>The Lord Almighty grant us a peaceful night and a perfect<br/>end.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Officiant</i>  Our help is in the Name of the Lord;</p>
+<p><i>People</i>  The maker of heaven and earth.</p>
+<p><i>The Officiant may then say</i></p>
+<p>Let us confess our sins to God.</p>
+<p><i>Officiant and People</i></p>
+<p>Almighty God, our heavenly Father:<br/>We have sinned against you,<br/>through our own fault,<br/>in thought, and word, and deed,<br/>and in what we have left undone.<br/>For the sake of your Son our Lord Jesus Christ,<br/>forgive us all our offenses;<br/>and grant that we may serve you<br/>in newness of life,<br/>to the glory of your Name.  Amen.</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="128">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p><i>Officiant</i></p>
+<p>May the Almighty God grant us forgiveness of all our sins,<br/>and the grace and comfort of the Holy Spirit.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>The Officiant then says</i></p>
+<p>O God, make speed to save us.</p>
+<p><i>People</i>  O Lord, make haste to help us.</p>
+<p><i>Officiant and People</i></p>
+<p>Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:  as<br/>it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever.  Amen.</p>
+<p><i>Except in Lent, add</i>  Alleluia.</p>
+<p><i>One or more of the following Psalms are sung or said.  Other suitable<br/>selections may be substituted.</i></p>
+<h1><a href="bible:Psalm+4">Psalm 4</a></h1>  <i>Cum invocarem</i>
+<p>1  Answer me when I call, O God, defender of my cause; *<br/> you set me free when I am hard-pressed;<br/> have mercy on me and hear my prayer.</p>
+<p>2  "You mortals, how long will you dishonor my glory; *<br/> how long will you worship dumb idols<br/> and run after false gods?"</p>
+<p>3  Know that the LORD does wonders for the faithful; *<br/> when I call upon the LORD, he will hear me.</p>
+<p>4  Tremble, then, and do not sin; *<br/> speak to your heart in silence upon your bead.</p>
+<p>5  Offer the appointed sacrifices *<br/> and put your trust in the LORD.</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="129">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>6  Many are saying,<br/>"Oh, that we might see better times!" *<br/> Lift up the light of your countenance upon us, O LORD.</p>
+<p>7  You have put gladness in my heart, *<br/> more than when grain and wine and oil increase.</p>
+<p>8  I lie down in peace; at once I fall asleep; *<br/> for only you, LORD, make me dwell in safety.</p>
+<h1><a href="bible:Psalm+31">Psalm 31</a></h1>  <i>In te, Domine, speravi</i>
+<p>1  In you, O LORD, have I taken refuge;<br/>let me never be put to shame: *<br/> deliver me in your righteousness.</p>
+<p>2  Incline your ear to me; *<br/> make haste to deliver me.</p>
+<p>3  Be my strong rock, a castle to keep me safe,<br/>for you are my crag and my stronghold; *<br/> for the sake of your Name, lead me and guide me.</p>
+<p>4  Take me out of the net that they have secretly set for me, *<br/> for you are my tower of strength.</p>
+<p>5  Into your hands I commend my spirit, *<br/> for you have redeemed me,<br/> O LORD, O God of truth.</p>
+<h1><a href="bible:Psalm+91">Psalm 91</a></h1> <i>Qui habitat</i>
+<p>1  He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High *<br/> abides under the shadow of the Almighty.</p>
+<p>2  He shall say to the LORD,<br/>"You are my refuge and my stronghold, *<br/> my God in whom I put my trust."</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="130">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>3  He shall deliver you from the snare of the hunter *<br/> and from the deadly pestilence.</p>
+<p>4  he shall cover you with his pinions,<br/>and you shall find refuge under his wings; *<br/> his faithfulness shall be a shield and buckler.</p>
+<p>5  You shall not be afraid of any terror by night, *<br/> nor of the arrow that flies by day;</p>
+<p>6  Of the plague that stalks in the darkness, *<br/> nor of the sickness that lays waste at mid-day.</p>
+<p>7  A thousand shall fall at your side<br/>and ten thousand at your right hand, *<br/> but it shall not come near you.</p>
+<p>8  Your eyes only have to behold *<br/> to see the reward of the wicked.</p>
+<p>9  Because you have made the LORD your refuge, *<br/> and the Most High your habitation,</p>
+<p>10  There shall no evil happen to you, *<br/> neither shall any plague come near your dwelling.</p>
+<p>11  For he shall give his angels charge over you, *<br/> to keep you in all your ways.</p>
+<p>12  They shall bear you in their hands, *<br/> lest you dash your foot against a stone.</p>
+<p>13  You shall tread upon the lion and the adder; *<br/> you shall trample the young lion and the serpent<br/>  under your feet.</p>
+<p>14  Because he is bound to me in love,<br/>therefore will I deliver him; *<br/> I will protect him, because he knows my Name.</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="131">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>15  He shall call upon me, and I will answer him; *<br/> I am with him in trouble;<br/> I will rescue him and bring him to honor.</p>
+<p>16  With long life will I satisfy him, *<br/> and show him my salvation.</p>
+<h1><a href="bible:Psalm+134">Psalm 134</a></h1>  <i>Ecce nunc</i>
+<p>1  Behold now, bless the LORD, all you servants of the LORD, *<br/> you that stand by night in the house of the LORD.</p>
+<p>2  Lift up your hands in the holy place and bless the LORD; *<br/> the LORD who made heaven and earth bless you out of Zion.</p>
+<p><i>At the end of the Psalms is sung or said</i></p>
+<p>Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:  *<br/> as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever.  Amen.</p>
+<p><i>One of the following, or some other suitable passage of Scripture, is<br/>read</i></p>
+<p>Lord, you are in the midst of us, and we are called by your<br/>Name:  Do not forsake us, O Lord our God.  <i><a href="bible:Jeremiah+14%3A9%2C22">Jeremiah 14:9,22</a></i></p>
+<p><i>People</i>  Thanks be to God.</p>
+<p><i>or this</i></p>
+<p>Come to me, all who labor and are heavy-laden, and I will<br/>give you rest.  Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me;<br/>for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for<br/>your souls.  For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.<br/><i><a href="bible:Matthew+11%3A28-30">Matthew 11:28-30</a></i></p>
+<p><i>People</i>  Thanks be to God.</p>
+<p><i>or the following</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="132">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>May the God of peace, who brought again from the dead our<br/>Lord Jesus, and great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of<br/>the eternal covenant, equip you with everything good that you<br/>may do his will, working in you that which is pleasing in his<br/>sight; through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and<br/>ever.  <i><a href="bible:Hebrews+13%3A20-21">Hebrews 13:20-21</a></i></p>
+<p><i>People</i>  Thanks be to God.</p>
+<p><i>or this</i></p>
+<p>Be sober, be watchful.  Your adversary the devil prowls<br/>around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.<br/>Resist him, firm in your faith.  <i><a href="bible:1+Peter+5%3A8-9">1 Peter 5:8-9</a>a</i></p>
+<p><i>People</i>  Thanks be to God.</p>
+<p><i>A hymn suitable for the evening may be sung.</i></p>
+<p><i>Then follows</i></p>
+<p><b><span class="person">V</span></b>  Into your hands, O Lord, I commend my spirit;</p>
+<p><b><span class="person">R</span></b>  For you have redeemed me, O Lord, O God of truth.</p>
+<p><b><span class="person">V</span></b>  Keep us, O Lord, as the apple of your eye;</p>
+<p><b><span class="person">R</span></b>  Hide us under the shadow of your wings.</p>
+<p>Lord, have mercy.</p>
+<p><i>Christ, have mercy.</i></p>
+<p>Lord, have mercy.</p>
+<p><i>Officiant and People</i></p>
+<table cellpadding="3">
+<tr><td style="vertical-align: top">Our Father, who art in heaven,<br/> hallowed be thy Name,<br/> thy kingdom come,<br/> thy will be done,<br/> on earth as it is in heaven.</td><td style="vertical-align: top">Our Father in heaven,<br/> hallowed be your Name,<br/> your kingdom come,<br/> your will be done,<br/> on earth as in heaven.</td></tr>
+</table>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="133">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<table cellpadding="3">
+<tr><td style="vertical-align: top">Give us this day our daily bread.<br/>And forgive us our trespasses,<br/> as we forgive those<br/> who trespass against us.</td><td style="vertical-align: top">Give us today our daily bread.<br/>Forgive us our sins<br/> as we forgive those<br/> who sin against us.</td></tr>
+<tr><td style="vertical-align: top">And lead us not into temptation,<br/> but deliver us from evil.</td><td style="vertical-align: top">Save us from the time of trial,<br/> and deliver us from evil.</td></tr>
+<tr><td style="vertical-align: top">For thine is the kingdom,<br/> and the power, and the glory,<br/> for ever and ever.  Amen.</td><td style="vertical-align: top">For the kingdom, the power,<br/> and the glory are yours,<br/> now and for ever.  Amen.</td></tr>
+</table>
+<p><i>Officiant</i>  Lord, hear our prayer;</p>
+<p><i>People</i>  And let our cry come to you.</p>
+<p><i>Officiant</i>  Let us pray.</p>
+<p><i>The Officiant then says one of the following Collects</i></p>
+<p>Be our light in the darkness, O Lord, and in your great mercy<br/>defend us from all perils and dangers of this night; for the<br/>love of your only Son, our Savior Jesus Christ.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p>Be present, O merciful God, and protect us through the hours<br/>of this night, so that we who are wearied by the changes and<br/>chances of this life may rest in your eternal changelessness;<br/>through Jesus Christ our Lord.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p>Look down, O Lord, from your heavenly throne, and<br/>illumine this night with your celestial brightness; that by<br/>night as by day your people may glorify your holy Name;<br/>through Jesus Christ our Lord.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p>Visit this place, O Lord, and drive far from it all snare of the<br/>enemy; let your holy angels dwell with us to preserve us in<br/>peace; and let your blessing be upon us always; through Jesus<br/>Christ our Lord.  <i>Amen.</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="134">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p><i>A Collect for Saturdays</i></p>
+<p>We give thanks, O God, for revealing your Son Jesus<br/>Christ to us by the light of his resurrection:  Grant that as we<br/>sing your glory at the close of this day, our joy may abound<br/>in the morning as we celebrate the Paschal mystery; through<br/>Jesus Christ our Lord.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>One of the following prayers may be added</i></p>
+<p>Keep watch, dear Lord, with those who work, or watch, or<br/>weep this night, and give your angels charge over those who<br/>sleep.  Tend the sick, Lord Christ; give rest to the weary, bless<br/>the dying, soothe the suffering, pity the afflicted, shield the<br/>joyous; and all for your love's sake.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>or this</i></p>
+<p>O God, your unfailing providence sustains the world we live<br/>in and the life we live:  Watch over those, both night and day,<br/>who work while others sleep, and grant that we may never<br/>forget that our common life depends upon each other's toil;<br/>through Jesus Christ our Lord.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Silence may be kept, and free intercessions and thanksgivings may be<br/>offered.</i></p>
+<p><i>The service concludes with the Song of Simeon with this Antiphon, which<br/>is sung or said by all</i></p>
+<p>Guide us waking, O Lord, and guard us sleeping; that awake<br/>we may watch with Christ, and asleep we may rest in peace.</p>
+<p><i>In Easter Season, add</i>  Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="135">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>Lord, you now have set your servant free *<br/> to go in peace as you have promised;</p>
+<p>For these eyes of mine have seen the Savior, *<br/> whom you have prepared for all the world to see:</p>
+<p>A Light to enlighten the nations, *<br/> and the glory of your people Israel.</p>
+<p>Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: *<br/> as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever.  Amen.</p>
+<p>Guide us waking, O Lord, and guard us sleeping; that awake<br/>we may watch with Christ, and asleep we may rest in peace.</p>
+<p><i>In Easter Season, add</i>  Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.</p>
+<p><i>Officiant</i>  Let us bless the Lord.</p>
+<p><i>People</i>  Thanks be to God.</p>
+<p><i>The Officiant concludes</i></p>
+<p>The almighty and merciful Lord, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit,<br/>bless us and keep us.  <i>Amen.</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="136">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>Daily Devotions for<br/>Families and Individuals</h1>
+<p><i>These devotions follow the basic structure of the Daily Office of the<br/>Church.</i></p>
+<p><i>When more than one person is present, the Reading and the Collect<br/>should be read by one person, and the other parts said in unison, or in<br/>some other convenient manner.  (For suggestions about reading the<br/>Psalms, see page <a href="582.html">582</a>.)</i></p>
+<p><i>For convenience, appropriate Psalms, Readings, and Collects are<br/>provided in each service.  When desired, however, the Collect of the<br/>Day, or any of the Collects appointed in the Daily Offices, may be used<br/>instead.</i></p>
+<p><i>The Psalms and Readings may be replaced by those appointed in</i></p>
+<p><i>a) the Lectionary for Sundays, Holy Days, the Common of Saints, and<br/>Various Occasions, page <a href="888.html">888</a>.</i></p>
+<p><i>b) the Daily Office Lectionary, page <a href="934.html">934</a></i></p>
+<p><i>c) some other manual of devotion which provides daily selections for<br/>the<br/>Church Year.</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="137">
+    <section title="Daily Devotions for Individuals and Families" level="2"/>
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>In the Morning</h1>
+<p><i>From <a href="bible:Psalm+51">Psalm 51</a></i></p>
+<p>Open my lips, O Lord, *<br/> and my mouth shall proclaim your praise.</p>
+<p>Create in me a clean heart, O God, *<br/> and renew a right spirit within me.</p>
+<p>Cast me not away from your presence *<br/> and take not your holy Spirit from me.</p>
+<p>Give me the joy of your saving help again *<br/> and sustain me with your bountiful Spirit.</p>
+<p>Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: *<br/> as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever.  Amen.</p>
+<p><i>A Reading</i></p>
+<p>Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ!<br/>By his great mercy we have been born anew to a living hope<br/>through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.<br/><i><a href="bible:1+Peter+1%3A3">1 Peter 1:3</a></i></p>
+<p><i>A period of silence my follow.</i></p>
+<p><i>A hymn or canticle may be used; the Apostles' Creed may be said.</i></p>
+<p><i>Prayers may be offered for ourselves and others.</i></p>
+<p><i>The Lord's Prayer</i></p>
+<p><i>The Collect</i></p>
+<p>Lord God, almighty and everlasting Father, you have brought<br/>us in safety to this new day:  Preserve us with your mighty<br/>power, that we may not fall into sin, nor be overcome by<br/>adversity; and in all we do, direct us to the fulfilling of your<br/>purpose; through Jesus Christ our Lord.  <i>Amen.</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="138">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>At Noon</h1>
+<p><i>From <a href="bible:Psalm+113">Psalm 113</a></i></p>
+<p>Give praise, you servants of the LORD; *<br/> praise the Name of the LORD.</p>
+<p>Let the Name of the LORD be blessed, *<br/> from this time forth for evermore.</p>
+<p>From the rising of the sun to its going down *<br/> let the Name of the LORD be praised.</p>
+<p>The LORD is high above all nations, *<br/> and his glory above the heavens.</p>
+<p><i>A Reading</i></p>
+<p>O God, you will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are<br/>fixed on you; for in returning and rest we shall be saved; in<br/>quietness and trust shall be our strength.  <i><a href="bible:Isaiah+26%3A3">Isaiah 26:3</a>; 30:15</i></p>
+<p><i>Prayers may be offered for ourselves and others.</i></p>
+<p><i>The Lord's Prayer</i></p>
+<p><i>The Collect</i></p>
+<p>Blessed Savior, at this hour you hung upon the cross,<br/>stretching out your loving arms:  Grant that all the peoples of<br/>the earth may look to you and be saved; for your mercies'<br/>sake.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>or this</i></p>
+<p>Lord Jesus Christ, you said to your apostles, "Peace I give to<br/>you; my own peace I leave with you:"  Regard not our sins,<br/>but the faith of your Church, and give to us the peace and<br/>unity of that heavenly City, where with the Father and the<br/>Holy Spirit you live and reign, now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="139">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>In the Early Evening</h1>
+<p><i>This devotion my be used before or after the evening meal.</i></p>
+<p><i>The Order of Worship for the Evening, page <a href="109.html">109</a>, may be used instead.</i></p>
+<p>O gracious light,<br/>pure brightness of the everliving Father in heaven,<br/>O Jesus Christ, holy and blessed!</p>
+<p>Now as we come to the setting of the sun,<br/>and our eyes behold the vesper light,<br/>we sing your praises, O God:  Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.</p>
+<p>You are worthy at all times to be praised by happy voices,<br/>O Son of God, O Giver of Life,<br/>and to be glorified through all the worlds.</p>
+<p><i>A Reading</i></p>
+<p>It is not ourselves that we proclaim; we proclaim Christ<br/>Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants, for Jesus' sake.<br/>For the same God who said, "Out of darkness let light<br/>shine," has caused his light to shine within us, to give the<br/>light of revelation&mdash;the revelation of the glory of God in the<br/>face of Jesus Christ.  <i><a href="bible:2+Corinthians+4%3A5-6">2 Corinthians 4:5-6</a></i></p>
+<p><i>Prayers may be offered for ourselves and others.</i></p>
+<p><i>The Lord's Prayer</i></p>
+<p><i>The Collect</i></p>
+<p>Lord Jesus, stay with us, for evening is at hand and the day is<br/>past; be our companion in the way, kindle our hearts, and<br/>awaken hope, that we may know you as you are revealed in<br/>Scripture and the breaking of bread.  Grant this for the sake<br/>of your love.  <i>Amen.</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="140">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>At the Close of Day</h1>
+<h1><a href="bible:Psalm+134">Psalm 134</a></h1>
+<p>Behold now, bless the LORD, all you servants of the LORD, *<br/> you that stand by night in the house of the LORD.</p>
+<p>Lift up your hands in the holy place and bless the LORD; *<br/> the LORD who made heaven and earth bless you out of Zion.</p>
+<p><i>A Reading</i></p>
+<p>Lord, you are in the midst of us and we are called by your<br/>Name:  Do not forsake us, O Lord our God.  <i><a href="bible:Jeremiah+14%3A9%2C22">Jeremiah 14:9,22</a></i></p>
+<p><i>The following may be said</i></p>
+<p>Lord, you now have set your servant free *<br/> to go in peace as you have promised;</p>
+<p>For these eyes of mine have seen the Savior, *<br/> whom you have prepared for all the world to see;</p>
+<p>A Light to enlighten the nations, *<br/> and the glory of your people Israel.</p>
+<p><i>Prayers for ourselves and others may follow.  It is appropriate that<br/>prayers of thanksgiving for the blessings of the day, and penitence for<br/>our<br/>sins, be included.</i></p>
+<p><i>The Lord's Prayer</i></p>
+<p><i>The Collect</i></p>
+<p>Visit this place, O Lord, and drive far from it all snares of the<br/>enemy; let your holy angles dwell with us to preserve us in<br/>peace; and let your blessing be upon us always; through Jesus<br/>Christ our Lord.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p>The almighty and merciful Lord, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit,<br/>bless us and keep us.  <i>Amen.</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="141">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>Additional Directions</h1>
+<p><i>Morning and Evening Prayer</i></p>
+<p><i>Any of the opening sentences of Scripture, including those listed for<br/>specific seasons or days, may be used at any time according to the<br/>discretion of the officiant.</i></p>
+<p><i>The proper antiphons on pages <a href="43.html">43</a>-<a href="44.html">44</a> and 80-82 may be used as refrains<br/>with either of the invitatory Psalms.</i></p>
+<p><i>Antiphons drawn from the Psalms themselves, or from the opening<br/>sentences given in the Offices, or from other passages of Scripture may<br/>be used with the Psalms and biblical Canticles.</i></p>
+<p><i>Gloria Patri is always sung or said at the conclusion of the entire<br/>portion of the Psalter; and may be used after the Invitatory Psalm or<br/>the Canticle "Christ our Passover," after each Psalm, and after each<br/>section of <a href="bible:Psalm+119">Psalm 119</a>.</i></p>
+<p><i>The Gloria printed at the conclusion of certain Canticles may be<br/>omitted when desired.</i></p>
+<p><i>The following pointing of the Gloria may be used:</i></p>
+<p>Glory to the Father, and to the Son, *<br/> and to the Holy Spirit:</p>
+<p>As it was in the beginning, is now, *<br/> and will be for ever.  Amen.</p>
+<p><i>In Rite One services of Morning Prayer and Evening Prayer, the<br/>following form of the Gloria may be used:</i></p>
+<p>Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, *<br/> and to the Holy Ghost:</p>
+<p>As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, *<br/> world without end.  Amen.</p>
+<p><i>Metrical versions of the Invitatory Psalms, and of the Canticles after<br/>the Readings, may be used.</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="142">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p><i>In special circumstances, in place of a Canticle, a hymn may be sung.</i></p>
+<p><i>The Apostles' Creed is omitted from the Office when the Eucharist with<br/>its own Creed is to follow.  It may also be omitted at one of the<br/>Offices on weekdays.</i></p>
+<p><i>The Lord's Prayer may be omitted from the Office when the Litany or the<br/>Eucharist is to follow immediately.</i></p>
+<p><i>In the Intercessions and Thanksgivings, opportunity may be given for<br/>the members of the congregation to express intentions or objects of<br/>prayer and thanksgiving, either at the bidding, or in the course of the<br/>prayer; and opportunity may be given for silent prayer.</i></p>
+<p><i>A sermon may be preached after the Office; or, within the Office, after<br/>the Readings or at the time of the hymn or anthem after the Collects.</i></p>
+<p><i>On occasion, at the discretion of the Minister, a reading from<br/>non-biblical Christian literature may follow the biblical Readings.</i></p>
+<p><i>An offering may be received and presented at the Office.</i></p>
+<p><i>When there is Communion</i></p>
+<p><i>When Morning or Evening Prayer is used as the Liturgy of the Word at<br/>the Eucharist, the Nicene Creed may take the place of the Apostles'<br/>Creed, and the officiant may pass at once from the salutation "The Lord<br/>be with you," and its response, to the Collect of the Day.  A Lesson<br/>from the Gospel is always included.</i></p>
+<p><i>The Intercessions on such occasions are to conform to the directions on<br/>page <a href="383.html">383</a>.</i></p>
+<p><i>The service then continues with the [Peace and] Offeratory.</i></p>
+<p><i>Order of Worship for the Evening</i></p>
+<p><i>Before this service, there should be as little artificial light as<br/>possible in<br/>the church.  A musical prelude or processional is not appropriate.</i></p>
+<p><i>When the ministers enter, one or two lighted candles may be carried</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="143">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p><i>before them, and used to provide light for reading the opening Short<br/>Lesson and Prayer for Light.  From Easter Day through the Day of<br/>Pentecost, the Paschal Candle, if used, should be burning in its<br/>customary place before the people assemble; the officiant then goes to a<br/>place close by it to begin the service by its light.</i></p>
+<p><i>The Short Lessons may be read from any version of the Scriptures<br/>authorized for public worship in this Church, and should be read without<br/>announcement or conclusion.  When one or more Scripture Lessons are to<br/>be read later in the service, the Short Lesson may be omitted.</i></p>
+<p><i>For the lighting of the candles at the Altar and elsewhere, in Easter<br/>Season the flame may be taken from the Paschal Candle.  At other times,<br/>the candle or candles carried in at the beginning of the service may be<br/>placed on or near the Altar, and other candles may be lighted from them.<br/>During Advent, the lighting of an Advent Wreath may take place after<br/>the Prayer for Light.  On special occasions, lighted candles may be<br/>distributed to members of the congregation.</i></p>
+<p><i>When this service is used in private houses, candles may be lighted at<br/>the dining table, or at some other convenient place.</i></p>
+<p><i>If incense is to be used, it is appropriate after the candles have been<br/>lighted and while the hymn Phos hilaron is being sung.</i></p>
+<p><i>When this service continues as a complete Office, Psalms and Lessons<br/>from the Office Lectionary or the Proper of the Day, or ones suitable to<br/>the season or the occasion, may be used.  Psalms generally appropriate<br/>to the evening include:  8, 23, 27, 36, 84, 93, 113, 114, 117, 121, 134,<br/>139, 141, 143.  When desired, more than one Lesson may be read, with<br/>silence or singing between them.</i></p>
+<p><i>If an additional hymn is desired, it may be sung immediately before the<br/>Blessing or Dismissal.</i></p>
+<p><i>When a meal is to follow, a blessing over food may serve as the<br/>conclusion of this form of service.</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="144">
+    <section title="Table of Suggested Canticle" level="2"/>
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>Suggested Canticles at Morning Prayer</h1>
+<p>: After the Old Testament Reading; After the New Testament Reading</p>
+<p>Sun. : 4. or 16. Benedictus Dominus; 7. or 21. Te Deum laudamus<br/>  Advent : 11. Surge, illuminare; 4. or 16. Benedictus Dominus<br/>  Lent : 14. Kyrie Pantokrator; 4. or 16. Benedictus Dominus<br/>  Easter : 8. Cantemus Domino</p>
+<p>Mon. : 9. Ecce, Deus; 19. Magna et mirabilia</p>
+<p>Tue. : 2. or 13. Benedictus es; 18. Dignus es</p>
+<p>Wed. : 11. Surge, illuminare; 4. or 16. Benedictus Dominus<br/>  Lent : 14. Kyrie Pantokrator;</p>
+<p>Thu. : 8. Cantemus Domino ; 6. or 20. Gloria in excelsis<br/>  Advent and Lent : ; 19. Magna et mirabilia</p>
+<p>Fri. : 10. <i>Quaerite Dominum</i>; 18. <i>Dignus es</i><br/>  Lent : 14. Kyrie Pantokrator;</p>
+<p>Sat. : 1. or 12. Benedicite; 19.  Magna et mirabilia</p>
+<p><i>On Feasts of our Lord and other Major Feasts</i> :<br/>  4. or 16 Benedictus Dominus; 7. or 21. Te Deum laudamus</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="145">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>Suggested Canticles at Evening Prayer</h1>
+<p>: After the Old Testament Reading; After the New Testament Reading</p>
+<p>Sun. : Magnificat; Nunc Dimittis **</p>
+<p>Mon. : 8. Cantemus Domino; Nunc Dimittis<br/>  Lent: 14. Kyrie Pantokrator;</p>
+<p>Tue. : 10. Quaerite Dominum; Magnificat</p>
+<p>Wed. : 1. or 12. Benedicite; Nunc Dimittis</p>
+<p>Thu. : 11. Surge, illuminare; Magnificat</p>
+<p>Fri. : 2. or 13. Benedictus es; Nunc Dimittis</p>
+<p>Sat. : 9. Ecce, Deus; Magnificat</p>
+<p><i>On Feasts of our Lord and other Major Feasts</i> :<br/>  Magnificat; Nunc Dimittis**</p>
+<p>** <i>If only one Reading is used, the suggested Canticle is the<br/>Magnificat.</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="146">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1><a href="bible:Psalm+95">Psalm 95</a>:  Traditional</h1> <i>Venite, exultemus</i>
+<p>O come, let us sing unto the Lord; *<br/> let us heartily rejoice in the strength of our salvation.</p>
+<p>Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, *<br/> and show ourselves glad in him with psalms.</p>
+<p>For the Lord is a great God, *<br/> and a great King above all gods.</p>
+<p>In his hand are all the corners of the earth, *<br/> and the strength of the hills are his also.</p>
+<p>The sea is his and he made it, *<br/> and his hands prepared the dry land.</p>
+<p>O come, let us worship and fall down *<br/> and kneel before the Lord our Maker.</p>
+<p>For he is the lord our God, *<br/> and we are the people of his pasture<br/> and the sheep of his hand.</p>
+<p>Today if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts *<br/> as in the provocation,<br/> and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness;</p>
+<p>When your fathers tempted me, *<br/> proved me, and saw my works.</p>
+<p>Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, *<br/> It is a people that do err in their hearts,<br/> for they have not known my ways.</p>
+<p>Unto whom I sware in my wrath, *<br/> that they should not enter into my rest.</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="147">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>The Great Litany</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="148">
+    <section title="The Great Litany" level="1"/>
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>The Great Litany</h1>
+<p><i>To be said or sung, kneeling, standing, or in procession; before the<br/>Eucharist or after the Collects of Morning or Evening Prayer; or<br/>separately; especially in Lent and on Rogation days.</i></p>
+<p>O God the Father, Creator of heaven and earth,<br/><i>Have mercy upon us.</i></p>
+<p>O God the Son, Redeemer of the world,<br/><i>Have mercy upon us.</i></p>
+<p>O God the Holy Spirit, Sanctifier of the faithful,<br/><i>Have mercy upon us.</i></p>
+<p>O holy, blessed, and glorious Trinity, one God,<br/><i>Have mercy upon us.</i></p>
+<p>Remember not, Lord Christ, our offenses, nor the offenses<br/>of our forefathers; neither reward us according to our sins.<br/>Spare us, good Lord, spare thy people, whom thou hast<br/>redeemed with thy most precious blood, and by thy mercy<br/>preserve us, for ever.<br/><i>Spare us, good Lord.</i></p>
+<p>From all evil and wickedness; from sin; from the crafts<br/>and assaults of the devil; and from everlasting damnation,<br/><i>Good Lord, deliver us.</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="149">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>From all blindness of heart; from pride, vainglory,<br/>and hypocrisy; from envy, hatred, and malice; and from all want<br/>of charity,<br/><i>Good Lord, deliver us.</i></p>
+<p>From all inordinate and sinful affections; and from all the<br/>deceits of the world, the flesh, and the devil,<br/><i>Good Lord, deliver us.</i></p>
+<p>From all false doctrine, heresy, and schism; from hardness<br/>of heart, and contempt of thy Word and commandment,<br/><i>Good Lord, deliver us.</i></p>
+<p>From lightening and tempest; from earthquake, fire, and<br/>flood; from plague, pestilence, and famine,<br/><i>Good Lord, deliver us.</i></p>
+<p>From all oppression, conspiracy, and rebellion; from<br/>violence, battle, and murder; and from dying suddenly<br/>and unprepared,<br/><i>Good Lord, deliver us.</i></p>
+<p>By the mystery of thy holy Incarnation; by thy holy Nativity<br/>and submission to the Law; by thy Baptism, Fasting, and<br/>Temptation,<br/><i>Good Lord, deliver us.</i></p>
+<p>By thine Agony and Bloody Sweat; by thy Cross and Passion;<br/>by thy precious Death and Burial; by thy glorious Resurrection<br/>and Ascension; and by the Coming of thy Holy Ghost,<br/><i>Good Lord, deliver us.</i></p>
+<p>In all time of our tribulation; in all time of our prosperity; in<br/>the hour of death, and in the day of judgment,<br/><i>Good Lord, deliver us.</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="150">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>We sinners do beseech the to hear us, O Lord God; and that<br/>it may please thee to rule and govern thy holy Church<br/>Universal in the right way,<br/><i>We beesech thee to hear us, good Lord.</i></p>
+<p>That it may please thee to illumine all bishops, priests, and<br/>deacons, with true knowledge and understanding of thy<br/>Word; and that both by their preaching and living, they may<br/>set it forth, and show it accordingly,<br/><i>We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.</i></p>
+<p>That it may please thee to bless and keep all thy people,<br/><i>We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.</i></p>
+<p>That it may please thee to send forth laborers into thy<br/>harvest, and to draw all mankind into thy kingdom,<br/><i>We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.</i></p>
+<p>That it may please thee to give to all people increase of grace<br/>to hear and receive thy Word, and to bring forth the fruits of<br/>the Spirit,<br/><i>We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.</i></p>
+<p>That it may please thee to bring into the way of truth all such<br/>as have erred, and are deceived,<br/><i>We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.</i></p>
+<p>That it may please thee to give us a heart to love and fear<br/>thee, and diligently to live after thy commandments,<br/><i>We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.</i></p>
+<p>That it may please thee so to rule the hearts of thy servants,<br/>the President of the United States (<i>or</i> of this nation), and all<br/>others in authority, that they may do justice, and love mercy,<br/>and walk in the ways of truth,<br/><i>We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="151">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>That it may please thee to make wars to cease in all the world;<br/>to give to all nations unity, peace, and concord; and to<br/>bestow freedom upon all peoples,<br/><i>We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.</i></p>
+<p>That it may please thee to show thy pity upon all prisoners<br/>and captives, the homeless and the hungry, and all who are<br/>desolate and oppressed,<br/><i>We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.</i></p>
+<p>That it may please thee to give and preserve to our use the<br/>bountiful fruits of the earth, so that in due time all may enjoy<br/>them,<br/><i>We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.</i></p>
+<p>That it may please thee to inspire us, in our several callings,<br/>to do the work which thou givest us to do with singleness of<br/>heart as thy servants, and for the common good,<br/><i>We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.</i></p>
+<p>That it may please thee to preserve all who are in danger by<br/>reason of their labor or their travel,<br/><i>We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.</i></p>
+<p>That it may please thee to preserve, and provide for, all<br/>women in childbirth, young children and orphans, the<br/>widowed, and all whose homes are broken or torn by strife,<br/><i>We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.</i></p>
+<p>That it may please thee to visit the lonely; to strengthen all<br/>who suffer in mind, body, and spirit; and to comfort with thy<br/>presence those who are failing and infirm,<br/><i>We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.</i></p>
+<p>That it may please thee to support, help, and comfort all who<br/>are in danger, necessity, and tribulation,<br/><i>We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="152">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>That it may please thee to have mercy upon all mankind,<br/><i>We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.</i></p>
+<p>That it may please thee to give us true repentance; to forgive<br/>us all our sins, negligences, and ignorances; and to endue<br/>us with the grace of thy Holy Spirit to amend our lives<br/>according to thy holy Word,<br/><i>We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.</i></p>
+<p>That it may please thee to forgive our enemies, persecutors,<br/>and slanderers, and to turn their hearts,<br/><i>We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.</i></p>
+<p>That it may please thee to strengthen such as do stand; to<br/>comfort and help the weak-hearted; to raise up those who<br/>fall; and finally to beat down Satan under our feet,<br/><i>We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.</i></p>
+<p>That it may please thee to grant to all the faithful departed<br/>eternal life and peace,<br/><i>We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.</i></p>
+<p>That it may please thee to grant that, in the fellowship of<br/>[__________ and] all the saints, we may attain to thy<br/>heavenly kingdom,<br/><i>We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.</i></p>
+<p>Son of God, we beseech thee to hear us.<br/><i>Son of God, we beseech thee to hear us.</i></p>
+<p>O Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the world,<br/><i>Have mercy upon us.</i></p>
+<p>O Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the world,<br/><i>Have mercy upon us.</i></p>
+<p>O Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the world,<br/><i>Grant us thy peace.</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="153">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>O Christ, hear us.<br/><i>O Christ, hear us.</i></p>
+<p>Lord, have mercy upon us.<br/><i>Christ have mercy upon us.</i><br/>Lord, have mercy upon us.</p>
+<p><i>or</i></p>
+<p>Kyrie Eleison.<br/><i>Christe Eleison.</i><br/>Kyrie Eleison.</p>
+<p><i>When the Litany is sung or said immediately before the Eucharist, the<br/>Litany concludes here, and the Eucharist begins with the Salutation and<br/>the Collect of the Day.</i></p>
+<p><i>On all other occasions, the Officiant and People say together</i></p>
+<p>Our Father, who art in heaven,<br/> hallowed be thy Name,<br/> thy kingdom come,<br/> thy will be done,<br/> on earth as it is in heaven.</p>
+<p>Give us this day our daily bread.<br/>And forgive us our trespasses,<br/> as we forgive those<br/> who trespass against us.</p>
+<p>And lead us not into temptation,<br/> but deliver us from evil.</p>
+<p>For thine is the kingdom,<br/> and the power, and the glory,<br/> for ever and ever.  Amen.</p>
+<p><b><span class="person">V</span></b>  O Lord, let thy mercy be showed upon us;</p>
+<p><b><span class="person">R</span></b>  As we do put our trust in thee.</p>
+<p><i>The Officiant concludes with the following or some other Collect</i></p>
+<p>Let us pray.</p>
+<p>Almighty God, who hast promised to hear the petitions of<br/>those who ask in thy Son's Name: We beseech thee mercifully<br/>to incline thine ear to us who have now made our prayers<br/>and supplications unto thee; and grant that those things<br/>which we have asked faithfully according to thy will, may be<br/>obtained effectually, to the relief of our necessity, and to the<br/>setting forth of thy glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord. <i>Amen.</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="154">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p><i>The Officiant may add other Prayers, and end the Litany, saying</i></p>
+<p>The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the<br/>fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore.<br/><i>Amen.</i></p>
+<h1>The Supplication</h1>
+<p><i>For use in the Litany in place of the Versicle and Collect which<br/>follows the Lord's Prayer; or at the end or Morning or Evening Prayer;<br/>or as a separate devotion; especially in times of war, or of national<br/>anxiety, or of disaster.</i></p>
+<p>O Lord, arise, help us;<br/><i>And deliver us for thy Name's sake.</i></p>
+<p>O God, we have heard with our ears, and our fathers have<br/>declared unto us, the noble works that thou didst in their<br/>days, and in the old time before them.</p>
+<p><i>O Lord, arise, help us;<br/>and deliver us for thy Name's sake.</i></p>
+<p>Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy<br/>Ghost; as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,<br/>world without end. Amen.</p>
+<p><i>O Lord, arise, help us;<br/>and deliver us for thy Name's sake.</i></p>
+<p><b><span class="person">V</span></b>  From our enemies defend us, O Christ;</p>
+<p><b><span class="person">R</span></b>  Graciously behold our afflictions.</p>
+<p><b><span class="person">V</span></b>  With pity behold the sorrows of our hearts;</p>
+<p><b><span class="person">R</span></b>  Mercifully forgive the sins of thy people.</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="155">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p><b><span class="person">V</span></b>  Favorably with mercy hear our prayers;</p>
+<p><b><span class="person">R</span></b>  O Son of David, have mercy upon us.</p>
+<p><b><span class="person">V</span></b>  Both now and ever vouchsafe to hear us, O Christ;</p>
+<p><b><span class="person">R</span></b>  Graciously hear us, O Christ; graciously hear us, O Lord Christ.</p>
+<p><i>The Officiant concludes</i></p>
+<p>Let us pray.</p>
+<p>We humbly beseech thee, O Father, mercifully to look upon<br/>our infirmities; and, for the glory of your Name, turn from us<br/>all those evils that we most justly have deserved; and grant<br/>that in all our troubles we may put our whole trust and<br/>confidence in thy mercy, and evermore serve thee in holiness<br/>and pureness of living, to thy honor and glory; through our<br/>only Mediator and Advocate, Jesus Christ our Lord.  <i>Amen.</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="156">
+    <content>
+      This page is blank.
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="157">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>The Collects<br/>for the<br/>Church Year</h1>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="158">
+    <section title="The Collects: Traditional" level="1"/>
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>Concerning the Proper<br/>of the Church Year</h1>
+<p>The proper of the Church Year includes the appointed Collects, the<br/>Proper Prefaces, directions for which are to be found in the pages<br/>following; and the appointed Psalms and Lessons, which appear in tables<br/>beginning on page <a href="889.html">889</a>.</p>
+<p>The Proper appointed for the Sunday is also used at celebrations of the<br/>Eucharist on the weekdays following, unless otherwise ordered for Holy<br/>Days and Various Occasions.</p>
+<p>The Proper to be used on each of the Sundays after Pentecost (except for<br/>Trinity Sunday) is determined by the calendar date of that Sunday.  Thus,<br/>in any year, the Proper for the Sunday after Trinity Sunday (the Second<br/>Sunday after Pentecost) is the numbered Proper (number 3 through<br/>number 8), the calendar date of which falls on that Sunday, or is closest<br/>to it, whether before or after.  Thereafter, the Propers are used<br/>consecutively.  For example, if the Sunday after Trinity Sunday is May 26,<br/>the sequence begins with Proper 3 (Propers 1 and 2 being used on the<br/>weekdays of Pentecost and Trinity weeks).  If the Sunday after Trinity<br/>Sunday is June 13, the sequence begins with Proper 6 (Propers 1 through<br/>3 being omitted that year, and Propers 4 and 5 being used in Pentecost<br/>and Trinity weeks).  See also the Table on pages <a href="884.html">884</a>-<a href="885.html">885</a>.</p>
+<p>The Collect appointed for any Sunday or other Feast may be used at the<br/>evening service of the day before.</p>
+<p>Directions concerning the Common of Saints and services for Various<br/>Occasions are on pages 195, 199, 246 and 251.</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="159">
+    <section title="Seasons of the Year" level="2"/>
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>Collects:  Traditional</h1>
+<h1>First Sunday of Advent</h1>
+<p>Almighty God, give us grace that we may cast away the<br/>works of darkness, and put upon us the armor of light, now<br/>in the time of this mortal life in which thy Son Jesus Christ<br/>came to visit us in great humility; that in the last day, when<br/>he shall come again in his glorious majesty to judge both the<br/>quick and the dead, we may rise to the life immortal; through<br/>him who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost,<br/>one God, now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Advent</i></p>
+<h1>Second Sunday of Advent</h1>
+<p>Merciful God, who sent thy messengers the prophets to<br/>preach repentance and prepare the way for our salvation:<br/>Give us grace to heed their warnings and forsake our sins,<br/>that we may greet with joy the coming of Jesus Christ our<br/>Redeemer; who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy<br/>Spirit, one God, now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Advent</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="160">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>Third Sunday of Advent</h1>
+<p>Stir up thy power, O Lord, and with great might come<br/>among us; and, because we are sorely hindered by our sins,<br/>let thy bountiful grace and mercy speedily help and deliver<br/>us; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with thee and<br/>the Holy Ghost, be honor and glory, world without end.<br/><i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Advent</i></p>
+<p><i>Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday of this week are the traditional winter<br/>Ember Days.</i></p>
+<h1>Fourth Sunday of Advent</h1>
+<p>We beseech thee, Almighty God, to purify our consciences by<br/>thy daily visitation, that when thy Son Jesus Christ cometh he<br/>may find in us a mansion prepared for himself; through the<br/>same Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with<br/>thee, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, now and for ever. <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Advent</i></p>
+<h1>The Nativity of Our Lord:  Christmas Day</h1>  <i>December 25</i>
+<p>O God, who makest us glad by the yearly remembrance of<br/>the birth of thy only Son Jesus Christ:  Grant that as we joyfully<br/>receive him for our Redeemer, so we may with sure<br/>confidence behold him when he shall come to be our Judge;<br/>who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, one<br/>God, world without end.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>or this</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="161">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>O God, who hast caused this holy night to shine with the<br/>illumination of the true Light:  Grant us, we beseech thee,<br/>that as we have known the mystery of that Light upon earth,<br/>so may we also perfectly enjoy him in heaven; where with<br/>thee and the Holy Spirit he liveth and reigneth, one God, in<br/>glory everlasting.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>or this</i></p>
+<p>Almighty God, who hast given us thy only-begotten Son to<br/>take our nature upon him, and as at this time to be born of a<br/>pure virgin:  Grant that we, being regenerate and made thy<br/>children by adoption and grace, may daily be renewed by thy<br/>Holy Spirit; through the same our Lord Jesus Christ, who<br/>liveth and reigneth with thee and the same Spirit ever, one<br/>God, world without end.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Incarnation</i></p>
+<p><i>The Collect immediately preceding and any of the sets of Proper Lessons<br/>for Christmas Day serve for any weekdays between Holy Innocents' Day and<br/>the First Sunday after Christmas Day.</i></p>
+<h1>First Sunday after Christmas Day</h1>
+<p><i>This Sunday takes precedence over the three Holy Days which follow<br/>Christmas Day.  As necessary, the observance of one, two, or all three<br/>of them, is postponed one day.</i></p>
+<p>Almighty God, who hast poured upon us the new light of<br/>thine incarnate Word:  Grant that the same light, enkindled in<br/>our hearts, may shine forth in our lives; through the same<br/>Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in<br/>the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.<br/><i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Incarnation</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="162">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>The Holy Name</h1>  <i>January 1</i>
+<p>Eternal Father, who didst give to thine incarnate Son the holy<br/>name of Jesus to be the sign of our salvation:  Plant in every<br/>heart, we beseech thee, the love of him who is the Savior of<br/>the world, even our Lord Jesus Christ; who liveth<br/>and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, in glory<br/>everlasting.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Incarnation</i></p>
+<h1>Second Sunday after Christmas Day</h1>
+<p>O God, who didst wonderfully creat, and yet more<br/>wonderfully restore, the dignity of human nature:  Grant<br/>that we may share the divine life of him who humbled<br/>himself to share our humanity, thy Son Jesus Christ; who<br/>liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Spirit,<br/>one God, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Incarnation</i></p>
+<h1>The Epiphany</h1>  <i>January 6</i>
+<p>O God, who by the leading of a star didst manifest thy only-<br/>begotten Son to the peoples of the earth:  Lead us, who know<br/>thee now by faith, to thy presence, where we may behold thy<br/>glory face to face; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord,<br/>who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one<br/>God, now and for ever. <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Epiphany</i></p>
+<p><i>The preceding Collect, with the Psalm and Lessons for the Epiphany, or<br/>those for the Second Sunday after Christmas, serves for weekdays between<br/>the Epiphany and the following Sunday.  The Preface of the Epiphany is<br/>used.</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="163">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>First Sunday after the Epiphany:  The Baptism of our Lord</h1>
+<p>Father in heaven, who at the baptism of Jesus in the River<br/>Jordan didst proclaim him thy beloved Son and anoint him<br/>with the Holy Spirit:  Grant that all who are baptized into his<br/>Name may keep the covenant they have made, and boldly<br/>confess him as Lord and Savior; who with thee and the same<br/>Holy Spirit liveth and reigneth, one God, in glory everlasting.<br/><i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Epiphany</i></p>
+<h1>Second Sunday after the Epiphany</h1>
+<p>Almighty God, whose Son our Savior Jesus Christ is the light<br/>of the world:  Grant that thy people, illumined by thy Word<br/>and Sacraments, may shine with the radiance of Christ's<br/>glory, that he may be known, worshiped, and obeyed to the ends of the<br/>earth; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who with thee and the Holy Spirit<br/>liveth and reigneth, one God, now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Epiphany, or of the Lord's Day</i></p>
+<h1>Third Sunday after the Epiphany</h1>
+<p>Give us grace, O Lord, to answer readily the call of our<br/>Savior Jesus Christ and proclaim to all people the Good<br/>News of his salvation, that we and the whole world may<br/>perceive the glory of his marvelous works; who liveth and<br/>reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and<br/>ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Epiphany, or of the Lord's Day</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="164">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany</h1>
+<p>Almighty and everlasting God, who dost govern all things in<br/>heaven and earth:  Mercifully hear the supplications of thy<br/>people, and in our time grant us thy peace; through Jesus<br/>Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the<br/>Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Epiphany, or of the Lord's Day</i></p>
+<h1>Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany</h1>
+<p>Set us free, O God, from the bondage of our sins, and give us,<br/>we beseech thee, the liberty of that abundant life which thou<br/>hast manifested to us in thy Son our Savior Jesus Christ; who<br/>liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Spirit,<br/>one God, now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Epiphany, or of the Lord's Day</i></p>
+<h1>Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany</h1>
+<p>O God, the strength of all who put their trust in thee:<br/>Mercifully accept our prayers; and because through the<br/>weakness of our mortal nature, we can do no good thing<br/>without thee, give us the help of thy grace, that in keeping<br/>thy commandments we may please thee both in will and deed;<br/>through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with<br/>thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Epiphany, or of the Lord's Day</i></p>
+<h1>Seventh Sunday after the Epiphany</h1>
+<p>O Lord, who hast taught us that all our doings without<br/>charity are nothing worth; Send thy Holy Ghost and pour</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="165">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>into our hearts that most excellent gift of charity, the very<br/>bond of peace and of all virtue, without which whosoever<br/>liveth is counted dead before thee.  Grant this for thine only<br/>Son Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth with thee<br/>and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Epiphany, or of the Lord's Day</i></p>
+<h1>Eighth Sunday after the Epiphany</h1>
+<p>Most loving Father, who willest us to give thanks for all<br/>things, to dread nothing but the loss of thee, and to cast all<br/>our care on thee who carest for us:  Preserve us from faithless<br/>fears and worldly anxieties, ang grant that no clouds of this<br/>mortal life may hide from us the light of that love which is<br/>immortal, and which thou hast manifested to us in thy Son<br/>Jesus Christ our Lord; who liveth and reigneth with thee, in<br/>the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.<br/><i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Epiphany, or of the Lord's Day</i></p>
+<h1>Last Sunday after the Epiphany</h1>
+<p><i>This Proper is always used on the Sunday before Ash Wednesday</i></p>
+<p>O God, who before the passion of thy only-begotten Son<br/>didst reveal his glory upon the holy mount:  Grant unto us<br/>that we, beholding by faith the light of his countenance, may<br/>be strengthened to bear our cross, and be changed into his<br/>likeness from glory to glory; through Jesus Christ<br/>our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy<br/>Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Epiphany</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="166">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>Ash Wednesday</h1>
+<p><i>The Proper Liturgy for this day is on page <a href="264.html">264</a>.</i></p>
+<p>Almighty and everlasting God, who hatest nothing that thou<br/>hast made and dost forgive the sins of all those who are<br/>penitent:  Create and make in us new and contrite hearts, that<br/>we, worthily lamenting our sins and acknowledging our<br/>wretchedness, may obtain of thee, the God of all mercy,<br/>perfect remission and forgiveness; through Jesus Christ our<br/>Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit,<br/>one God, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Lent</i></p>
+<p><i>This Collect, with the corresponding Psalm and Lessons, also serves for<br/>the weekdays which follow, except as otherwise appointed.</i></p>
+<h1>First Sunday in Lent</h1>
+<p>Almighty God, whose blessed Son was led by the Spirit to be<br/>tempted by Satan; Come quickly to help us who are assaulted by many<br/>temptations; and, as you know the weaknesses of each of us, let each one<br/>find you mighty to save; through Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord, who<br/>liveth and reigneth with<br/>you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Lent</i></p>
+<p><i>Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday of this week are the traditional spring<br/>Ember Days.</i></p>
+<h1>Second Sunday in Lent</h1>
+<p>O God, whose glory it is always to have mercy:  Be gracious<br/>to all who have gone astray from thy ways, and bring them<br/>again with penitent hearts and steadfast faith to embrace and<br/>hold fast the unchangeable truth of thy Word, Jesus Christ</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="167">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>thy Son; who with thee and the Holy Spirit liveth and<br/>reigneth, one God, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<h1>Third Sunday in Lent</h1>
+<p>Almighty God, who seest that we have no power of ourselves<br/>to help ourselves:  Keep us both outwardly in our bodies and<br/>inwardly in our souls, that we may be defended from all<br/>adversities which may happen to the body, and from all evil<br/>thoughts which may assault and hurt the soul; through Jesus<br/>Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the<br/>Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Lent</i></p>
+<h1>Fourth Sunday in Lent</h1>
+<p>Gracious Father, whose blessed Son Jesus Christ came down<br/>from heaven to be the true bread which giveth life to the<br/>world:  Evermore give us this bread, that he may live in us,<br/>and we in him; who liveth and reigneth with thee and the<br/>Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Lent</i></p>
+<h1>Fifth Sunday in Lent</h1>
+<p>O Almighty God, who alone canst order the unruly wills and<br/>affections of sinful men:  Grant unto thy people that they may<br/>love the thing which thou commandest, and desire that<br/>which thou dost promise; that so, among the sundry and<br/>manifold changes of the world, our hearts may surely there<br/>be fixed where true joys are to be found; through Jesus<br/>Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the<br/>Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Lent</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="168">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>Sunday of the Passion:  Palm Sunday</h1>
+<p><i>The Proper Liturgy for this day is on page <a href="270.html">270</a>.</i></p>
+<p>Almighty and everliving God, who, of thy tender love<br/>towards mankind, hast sent thy Son our Savior Jesus Christ<br/>to take upon him our flesh, and to suffer death upon the<br/>cross, that all mankind should follow the example of his<br/>great humility:  Mercifully grant that we may both follow the<br/>example of his patience, and also be make partakers of his<br/>resurrection; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord, who<br/>liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God,<br/>for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Holy Week</i></p>
+<h1>Monday in Holy Week</h1>
+<p>Almighty God, whose most dear Son went not up to joy but<br/>first he suffered pain, and entered not into glory before he<br/>was crucified:  Mercifully grant that we, walking in the way<br/>of the cross, may find it none other that the way of life and<br/>peace; through Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord, who<br/>liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God,<br/>for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<h1>Tuesday in Holy Week</h1>
+<p>O God, by the passion of thy blessed Son didst make an<br/>instrument of shameful death to be unto us the means of life:<br/>Grant us so to glory in the cross of Christ, that we may gladly<br/>suffer shame and loss for the sake of thy Son our Savior Jesus<br/>Christ; who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit,<br/>one God, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Holy Week</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="169">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>Wednesday in Holy Week</h1>
+<p>O Lord God, whose blessed Son our Savior gave his back to<br/>the smiters and hid not his face from shame:  Give us grace<br/>to take joyfully the sufferings of the present time, in full<br/>assurance of the glory that shall be revealed; through the same<br/>Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with<br/>thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<h1>Maundy Thursday</h1>
+<p><i>The Proper Liturgy for this day is on page <a href="274.html">274</a>.</i></p>
+<p>Almighty Father, whose dear Son, on the night before he suffered,<br/>instituted the Sacrament of his Body and Blood: Mercifully grant that we<br/>may receive it thankfully in remembrance of Jesus Christ our Lord, who<br/>in these holy mysteries gives us a pledge of eternal life; and who now<br/>liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and<br/>ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Holy Week</i></p>
+<h1>Good Friday</h1>
+<p><i>The Proper Liturgy for this day is on page <a href="276.html">276</a>.</i></p>
+<p>Almighty God, we beseech thee graciously to behold this thy<br/>family, for whom our Lord Jesus Christ was contented to be<br/>betrayed, and given into the hands of sinners, and to suffer<br/>death upon the cross; who now liveth and reigneth with thee<br/>and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="170">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>Holy Saturday</h1>
+<p><i>The Proper Liturgy for this day is on page <a href="283.html">283</a>.</i></p>
+<p>O God, Creator of heaven and earth:  Grant that, as the<br/>crucified body of thy dear Son was laid in the tomb and<br/>rested on this holy Sabbath, so we may await with him the<br/>coming of the third day, and rise with him to newness of life;<br/>who now liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit,<br/>one God, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<h1>Easter Day</h1>
+<p><i>The Liturgy of the Easter Vigil is on page <a href="285.html">285</a>.</i></p>
+<p>O God, who for our redemption didst give thine<br/>only-begotten Son to the death of the cross, and by his<br/>glorious resurrection hast delivered us from the power of<br/>our enemy:  Grant us so to die daily to sin, that we may<br/>evermore live with him in the joy of his resurrection; through<br/>Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord, who liveth and reigneth<br/>with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.<br/><i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>or this</i></p>
+<p>O God, who didst make this most holy night to shine with<br/>the glory of the Lord's resurrection:  Stir up in thy Church<br/>that Spirit of adoption which is given to us in Baptism, that<br/>we, being renewed both in body and mind, may worship thee<br/>in sincerity and truth; through the same Jesus Christ our<br/>Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the<br/>Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>or this</i></p>
+<p>Almighty God, who through thine only-begotten Son Jesus<br/>Christ overcame death and opened unto us the gate of<br/>everlasting life:  Grant that we, who celebrate with joy the</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="171">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>day of the Lord's resurrection, may be raised from the death<br/>of sin by thy life-giving Spirit; through the same Jesus Christ<br/>our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the same<br/>Spirit, one God, now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Easter</i></p>
+<h1>Monday in Easter Week</h1>
+<p>Grant, we beseech thee, Almighty God, that we who celebrate<br/>with reverence the Paschal feast may be found worthy to<br/>attain to everlasting joys; through Jesus Christ our Lord,<br/>who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one<br/>God, now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Easter</i></p>
+<h1>Tuesday in Easter Week</h1>
+<p>O God, who by the glorious resurrection of thy Son Jesus<br/>Christ destroyed death and brought life and immortality to<br/>light:  Grant that we, who have been raised with him, may<br/>abide in his presence and rejoice in the hope of eternal glory;<br/>through the same Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with thee<br/>and the  Holy Spirit, be dominion and praise for ever and<br/>ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Easter</i></p>
+<h1>Wednesday in Easter Week</h1>
+<p>O God, whose blessed Son did manifest himself to his disciples<br/>in the breaking of bread:  Open, we pray thee, the eyes of our<br/>faith, that we may behold him in all his redeeming work;<br/>through the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth<br/>and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one<br/>God, now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Easter</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="172">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>Thursday in Easter Week</h1>
+<p>Almighty and everlasting God, who in the Paschal mystery<br/>hast established the new covenant of reconciliation:  Grant<br/>that all who have been reborn into the fellowship of Christ's<br/>Body may show forth in their lives what they profess by their<br/>faith; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth<br/>and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever<br/>and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Easter</i></p>
+<h1>Friday in Easter Week</h1>
+<p>Almighty Father, who hast given thy only Son to die for our<br/>sins and to rise again for our justification:  Give us so to put<br/>away the leaven of malice and wickedness, that we may always<br/>serve thee in pureness of living and truth; through the same<br/>Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with<br/>thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Easter</i></p>
+<h1>Saturday in Easter Week</h1>
+<p>We thank thee, heavenly Father, for that thous hast delivered<br/>us from the dominion of sin and death and hast brought us<br/>into the kingdom of thy Son; and we pray that, as by his<br/>death he hath recalled us to life, so by his love he may raise us<br/>to joys eternal; who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the<br/>unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Easter</i></p>
+<h1>Second Sunday of Easter</h1>
+<p>Almighty and everlasting God, who in the Paschal mystery<br/>hast established the new covenant of reconciliation:  Grant<br/>that all who have been reborn into the fellowship of Christ's</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="173">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>Body may show forth in their lives what they profess by their<br/>faith; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth<br/>and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever<br/>and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Easter</i></p>
+<h1>Third Sunday of Easter</h1>
+<p>O God, whose blessed Son did manifest himself to his disciples<br/>in the breaking of bread:  Open, we pray thee, the eyes of our<br/>faith, that we may behold him in all his redeeming work;<br/>through the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth<br/>and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one<br/>God, now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Easter</i></p>
+<h1>Fourth Sunday of Easter</h1>
+<p>O God, whose Son Jesus is the good shepherd of thy people;<br/>Grant that when we hear his voice we may know him who<br/>calls us each by name, and follow where he doth lead;<br/>who, with thee and the Holy Spirit, liveth and reigneth, one<br/>God, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Easter</i></p>
+<h1>Fifth Sunday of Easter</h1>
+<p>Almighty god, whom truly to know is everlasting life:<br/>Grant us so perfectly to know thy Son Jesus Christ to be the<br/>way, the truth, and the life, that we may steadfastly follow<br/>his steps in the way that leads to eternal life; through the<br/>same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth<br/>with thee, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever<br/>and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Easter</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="174">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>Sixth Sunday of Easter</h1>
+<p>O God, who hast prepared for those who love thee such<br/>good things as pass man's understanding:  Pour into our<br/>hearts such love towards thee, that we, loving thee in all<br/>things and above all things, may obtain thy promises, which<br/>exceed all that we can desire; through Jesus Christ our Lord,<br/>who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one<br/>God, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Easter</i></p>
+<p><i>Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday of this week are the traditional<br/>Rogation Days.</i></p>
+<h1>Ascension Day</h1>
+<p>Almighty God, whose blessed Son our Savior Jesus Christ<br/>ascended far above all heavens that he might fill all things:<br/>Mercifully give us faith to perceive that, according to his<br/>promise, he abides with his Church on earth, even to the<br/>end of the ages; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth<br/>and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, in<br/>glory everlasting.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>or this</i></p>
+<p>Grant, we beseech thee, Almighty God, that as we do<br/>believe thy only-begotten Son our Lord Jesus Christ to have<br/>ascended into heaven, so we may also in heart and mind<br/>thither ascend, and with him continually dwell; who liveth<br/>and reigneth with  you and the Holy Spirit, one God, world<br/>without end.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Ascension</i></p>
+<p><i>Either of the preceding Collects, with the proper Psalm and Lessons for<br/>Ascension Day, serves for the following weekdays, except as otherwise<br/>appointed.</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="175">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>Seventh Sunday of Easter:  The Sunday after Ascension Day</h1>
+<p>O God, the King of glory, you have exalted thine only Son<br/>Jesus Christ with great triumph to thy kingdom in heaven:<br/>We beseech thee, leave us not comfortless, but send us<br/>thine Holy Ghost to comfort us, and exalt us to the same<br/>place where our Savior Christ is gone before; who liveth<br/>and reigneth with thee and the same Holy Ghost, one God,<br/>world without end.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Ascension</i></p>
+<h1>The Day of Pentecost:  Whitsunday</h1>
+<p><i>When a Vigil of Pentecost is observed, it begins with the Service of<br/>Light, page <a href="109.html">109</a> (substituting, if desired, the Gloria in Excelsis for<br/>the Phos hilaron), and continues with the Salutation and Collect of the<br/>Day.  Three or more of the appointed Lessons are read before the Gospel,<br/>each followed by a Psalm, Canticle, or hymn.  Holy Baptism or<br/>Confirmation (beginning with the Presentation of the Candidates), or the<br/>Renewal of Baptismal Vows, page <a href="292.html">292</a>, follows the Sermon.</i></p>
+<p>Almighty God, who on this day didst open the way of eternal<br/>life to every race and nation by the promised gift of thy Holy<br/>Spirit:  Shed abroad this gift throughout the world by the<br/>preaching of the Gospel, that it may reach to the ends of the<br/>earth; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth<br/>with thee, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever<br/>and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>or this</i></p>
+<p>O God, who on this day didst teach the hearts of thy faithful<br/>people by sending to them the light of thy Holy Spirit: Grant<br/>us by the same Spirit to have a right judgment in all things, and<br/>evermore to rejoice in his holy comfort; through the merits of<br/>Christ Jesus our Savior, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in<br/>the unity of the same Spirit, one God, world without end.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Pentecost</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="176">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p><i>On the weekdays which follow, the numbered Proper which corresponds<br/>most closely to the date of Pentecost in that year is used.  See page<br/>158.</i></p>
+<p><i>Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday of this week are the traditional summer<br/>Ember Days.</i></p>
+<h1>First Sunday after Pentecost:  Trinity Sunday</h1>
+<p>Almighty and everlasting God, who hast given unto us<br/>thy servants grace, by the confession of a true faith, to<br/>acknowledge the glory of the eternal Trinity, and in the power<br/>of thy Divine Majesty to worship the Unity:  We beseech thee<br/>that thou wouldst keep us steadfast in this faith and worship,<br/>and bring us at last to see thee in thy one and eternal glory,<br/>O Father; who with the Son and the Holy Spirit livest and<br/>reignest, one God, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Trinity Sunday</i></p>
+<p><i>On the weekdays which follow, the numbered Proper which corresponds<br/>most closely to the date of Trinity Sunday in that year is used.</i></p>
+<h1>The Season after Pentecost</h1>
+<p><i>Directions for the use of the Propers which follow are on page <a href="158.html">158</a>.</i></p>
+<h1>Proper 1</h1>  <i>Week of the Sunday closest to May 11</i>
+<p>Remember, O Lord, what thou hast wrought in us and not<br/>what we deserve; and, as thou hast called us to thy service,<br/>make us worthy of our calling; through Jesus Christ our</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="177">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit,<br/>one God, now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>No Proper Preface is used.</i></p>
+<h1>Proper 2</h1>  <i>Week of the Sunday closest to May 18</i>
+<p>Almighty and merciful God, of thy bountiful goodness<br/>keep us, we beseech thee, from all things that may hurt us,<br/>that we, being ready both in body and soul, may with free<br/>hearts accomplish those things which belong to thy purpose;<br/>through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with<br/>thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>No Proper Preface is used.</i></p>
+<h1>Proper 3</h1>  <i>The Sunday closest to May 25</i>
+<p>Grant, O Lord, we beseech thee, that the course of this world<br/>may be peaceably governed by thy providence; and that thy<br/>Church may joyfully serve thee in confidence and serenity;<br/>through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with<br/>thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Lord's Day</i></p>
+<h1>Proper 4</h1>  <i>The Sunday closest to June 1</i>
+<p>O God, whose never-failing providence ordereth all things<br/>both in heaven and earth:  We humbly beseech thee to put<br/>away from us all hurtful things, and give us those things<br/>which are profitable for us; through Jesus Christ our Lord,<br/>who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one<br/>God, for ever and ever. <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Lord's Day</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="178">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>Proper 5</h1>  <i>The Sunday closest to June 8</i>
+<p>O God, from whom all good doth come:  Grant that by thy<br/>inspiration we may think those things that are right, and by<br/>thy merciful guiding may perform the same; through Jesus<br/>Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the<br/>Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Lord's Day</i></p>
+<h1>Proper 6</h1>  <i>The Sunday closest to June 15</i>
+<p>Keep, O Lord, we beseech thee, thy household the Church in<br/>thy steadfast faith and love, that through thy grace we<br/>may proclaim thy truth with boldness, and minister thy<br/>justice with compassion; for the sake of our Savior Jesus<br/>Christ, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit,<br/>one God, now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Lord's Day</i></p>
+<h1>Proper 7</h1>  <i>The Sunday closest to June 22</i>
+<p>O Lord, we beseech thee, make us have a perpetual fear<br/>and love of thy holy Name, for thou never failest to help and<br/>govern those whom thou hast set upon the sure foundation<br/>of thy loving-kindness; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who<br/>liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God,<br/>for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Lord's Day</i></p>
+<h1>Proper 8</h1>  <i>The Sunday closest to June 29</i>
+<p>O Almighty God, who hast built thy Church upon the<br/>foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself<br/>being the chief cornerstone:  Grant us so to be joined together<br/>in unity of spirit by their doctrine, that we may be made an</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="179">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>holy temple acceptable unto thee; through the same Jesus<br/>Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the<br/>Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Lord's Day</i></p>
+<h1>Proper 9</h1>  <i>The Sunday closest to July 6</i>
+<p>O God, who hast taught us to keep all thy commandments<br/>by loving thee and our neighbor:  Grant us the grace of thy<br/>Holy Spirit, that we may be devoted to thee with our whole<br/>heart, and united to one another with pure affection;<br/>through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with<br/>thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Lord's Day</i></p>
+<h1>Proper 10</h1>  <i>The Sunday closest to July 13</i>
+<p>O Lord, we beseech thee mercifully to receive the prayers of<br/>thy people who call upon thee, and grant that they may both<br/>perceive and know what things they ought to do, and also<br/>may have grace and power faithfully to fulfill the same;<br/>through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with<br/>thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Lord's Day</i></p>
+<h1>Proper 11</h1>  <i>The Sunday closest to July 20</i>
+<p>Almighty God, the fountain of all wisdom, who knowest our<br/>necessities before we ask and our ignorance in asking:  Have<br/>compassion, we beseech thee, upon our infirmities, and those<br/>things which for our unworthiness we dare not, and for our<br/>blindness we cannot ask, mercifully give us for the worthiness<br/>of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with<br/>thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Lord's Day</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="180">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>Proper 12</h1>  <i>The Sunday closest to July 27</i>
+<p>O God, the protector of all that trust in thee, without whom<br/>nothing is strong, nothing is holy:  Increase and multiply<br/>upon us thy mercy; that, thou being our ruler and guide, we<br/>may so pass through things temporal, that we finally lose not<br/>the things eternal; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth<br/>and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever<br/>and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Lord's Day</i></p>
+<h1>Proper 13</h1>  <i>The Sunday closest to August 3</i>
+<p>O Lord, we beseech thee, let thy continual pity cleanse and<br/>defend thy Church; and, because it cannot continue in safety<br/>without thy succor, preserve it evermore by thy help and<br/>goodness; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and<br/>reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and<br/>ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<h1>Proper 14</h1>  <i>The Sunday closest to August 10</i>
+<p>Grant to us, Lord, we beseech thee, the spirit to think and do<br/>always such things as are right, that we, who cannot exist<br/>without thee, may by thee be enabled to live according to thy<br/>will; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth<br/>with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Lord's Day</i></p>
+<h1>Proper 15</h1>  <i>The Sunday closest to August 17</i>
+<p>Almighty God, who hast given thy only Son to be unto us<br/>both a sacrifice for sin and also an example of godly life:<br/>Give us grace that we may always most thankfully receive<br/>that his inestimable benefit, and also daily endeavor</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="181">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>ourselves to follow the blessed steps of his most holy life;<br/>through the same Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord, who<br/>liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one<br/>God, now and for ever. <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Lord's Day</i></p>
+<h1>Proper 16</h1>  <i>The Sunday closest to August 24</i>
+<p>Grant, we beseech thee, merciful God, that thy Church,<br/>being gathered together in unity by thy Holy Spirit, may<br/>manifest thy power among all peoples, to the glory of thy<br/>Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and<br/>reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirt, one God, world<br/>without end.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Lord's Day</i></p>
+<h1>Proper 17</h1>  <i>The Sunday closest to August 31</i>
+<p>Lord of all power and might, who art the author and giver of<br/>all good things:  Graft in our hearts the love of thy Name;<br/>increase in us true religion; nourish us with all goodness;<br/>and bring forth in us the fruit of good works; through Jesus<br/>Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the<br/>Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Lord's Day</i></p>
+<h1>Proper 18</h1>  <i>The Sunday closest to September 7</i>
+<p>Grant us, O Lord, we pray thee, to trust in you with all our<br/>heart; for, as thou dost alway resist the proud who<br/>confide in their own strength, so thou dost not forsake those<br/>who make their boast of thy mercy; through Jesus Christ our<br/>Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit,<br/>one God, now and for ever. <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Lord's Day</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="182">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>Proper 19</h1>  <i>The Sunday closest to September 14</i>
+<p>O God, forasmuch as without you we are not able to please<br/>thee, mercifully grant that thy Holy Spirit may in all things<br/>direct and rule our hearts; through Jesus Christ our Lord,<br/>who liveth and reigneth with thee and the same Spirit, one<br/>God, now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Lord's Day</i></p>
+<p><i>The Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday after September 14 are the<br/>traditional autumnal Ember Days.</i></p>
+<h1>Proper 20</h1>  <i>The Sunday closest to September 21</i>
+<p>Grant us, O Lord, not to mind earthly things, but to love<br/>things heavenly; and even now, while we are placed among<br/>things that are passing away, to cleave to those that shall<br/>abide; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and<br/>reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever<br/>and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Lord's Day</i></p>
+<h1>Proper 21</h1>  <i>The Sunday closest to September 28</i>
+<p>O God, who declarest thy almighty power chiefly in showing<br/>mercy and pity:  Mercifully grant unto us such a measure of<br/>thy grace, that we, running to obtain thy promises, may be<br/>made partakers of thy heavenly treasure; through Jesus Christ<br/>our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy<br/>Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Lord's Day</i></p>
+<h1>Proper 22</h1>  <i>The Sunday closest to October 5</i>
+<p>Almighty and everlasting God, who art always more ready to<br/>hear than we to pray, and to give more than either<br/>desire or deserve:  Pour upon us the abundance of</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="183">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>thy mercy, forgiving us those things whereof our conscience<br/>is afraid, and giving us those good things which we are not<br/>worthy to ask, but through the merits and mediation of Jesus<br/>Christ thy Son our Lord; who liveth and reigneth with thee<br/>and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Lord's Day</i></p>
+<h1>Proper 23</h1>  <i>The Sunday closest to October 12</i>
+<p>Lord, we pray thee that thy grace may always precede and<br/>follow us, and make us continually to be given to all good<br/>works; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and<br/>reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and<br/>for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Lord's Day</i></p>
+<h1>Proper 24</h1>  <i>The Sunday closest to October 19</i>
+<p>Almighty and everlasting God, who in Christ hast revealed<br/>thy glory among the nations:  Preserve the works of thy<br/>mercy, that thy Church throughout the world may persevere<br/>with steadfast faith in the confession of thy Name; through<br/>the same Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with<br/>thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.<br/><i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Lord's Day</i></p>
+<h1>Proper 25</h1>  <i>The Sunday closest to October 26</i>
+<p>Almighty and everlasting God, give unto us the increase of<br/>faith, hope, and charity; and, that we may obtain that which<br/>thou dost promise, make us to love that which thou dost<br/>command; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and<br/>reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever<br/>and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Lord's Day</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="184">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>Proper 26</h1>  <i>The Sunday closest to November 2</i>
+<p>Almighty and merciful God, of whose only thy gift it cometh that<br/>thy faithful people do unto thee true and laudable service:<br/>Grant, we beseech thee, that we may run without stumbling<br/>to obtain thy heavenly promises; through Jesus Christ our<br/>Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit,<br/>one God, now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Lord's Day</i></p>
+<h1>Proper 27</h1>  <i>The Sunday closest to November 9</i>
+<p>O God, whose blessed Son was manifested that he might<br/>destroy the works of the devil and make us children of<br/>God and heirs of eternal life:  Grant us, we beseech thee, that,<br/>having this hope, we may purify ourselves even as he is pure;<br/>that, when he shall appear again with power and great glory,<br/>we may be made like unto him in his eternal and glorious<br/>kingdom; where with thee, O Father, and thee, O Holy Ghost,<br/>he liveth and reigneth ever, one God, world without end.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Lord's Day</i></p>
+<h1>Proper 28</h1>  <i>The Sunday closest to November 16</i>
+<p>Blessed Lord, who hast caused all holy Scriptures to be<br/>written for our learning:  Grant that we may in such wise<br/>hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that,<br/>by patience and comfort of thy holy Word, we may embrace<br/>and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life, which<br/>thou hast given us in our Savior Jesus Christ; who liveth and<br/>reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and<br/>ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Lord's Day</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="185">
+    <section title="Holy Days" level="2"/>
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>Proper 29</h1>  <i>The Sunday closest to November 23</i>
+<p>Almighty and everlasting God, whose will it is to restore all<br/>things in thy well-beloved Son, the King of kings and Lord of<br/>lords:  Mercifully grant that the peoples of the earth, divided<br/>and enslaved by sin, may be freed and brought together<br/>under his most gracious rule; who liveth and reigneth with<br/>thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Lord's Day, or of Baptism</i></p>
+<h1>Holy Days</h1>
+<h1>Saint Andrew</h1>  <i>November 30</i>
+<p>Almighty God, who didst give such grace to thine apostle<br/>Andrew that he readily obeyed the call of thy Son Jesus<br/>Christ, and brought his brother with him: Give us, who<br/>are called by thy Word, grace to follow him withoit delay,<br/>and to bring those near to us into his gracious presence; who<br/>liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God,<br/>now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Apostles</i></p>
+<h1>Saint Thomas</h1>  <i>December 21</i>
+<p>Everliving God, who didst strengthen thy apostle Thomas<br/>with firm and certain faith in thy Son's resurrection: Grant us<br/>so perfectly and without doubt to believe in Jesus Christ, our<br/>Lord and our God, that our faith may never be found wanting<br/>in thy sight; through him who liveth and reigneth with thee<br/>and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Apostles</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="186">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>Saint Stephen</h1>  <i>December 26</i>
+<p>We give the thanks, O Lord of glory, for the example of the<br/>first martyr Stephen, who looked up to heaven and prayed<br/>for his persecutors to thy Son Jesus Christ, who standeth at<br/>thy right hand; where he liveth and reigneth with thee and<br/>the Holy Spirit, one God, in glory everlasting.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Incarnation</i></p>
+<h1>Saint John</h1>  <i>December 27</i>
+<p>Shed upon thy Church, we beseech thee, O Lord, the<br/>brightness of thy light, that we, being illumined by the<br/>teaching of thine apostle and evangelist John, may so walk<br/>in the light of thy truth, that at length we may attain to the<br/>fullness of eternal life; through Jesus Christ our Lord,<br/>who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one<br/>God, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Incarnation</i></p>
+<h1>The Holy Innocents</h1>  <i>December 28</i>
+<p>We remember today, O God, the slaughter of the holy<br/>innocents of Bethlehem by the order of King Herod.  Receive,<br/>we beseech thee, into the arms of thy mercy all innocent<br/>victims; and by thy great might frustrate the designs of evil<br/>tyrants and establish thy rule of justice, love, and peace;<br/>through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with<br/>thee, in the unity of the Holy Spirit,, one God, for ever and<br/>ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Incarnation</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="187">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>Confession of Saint Peter</h1>  <i>January 18</i>
+<p>Almighty Father, who didst inspired Simon Peter, first among<br/>the apostles, to confess Jesus as Messiah and Son of the living<br/>God: Keep thy Church steadfast upon the rock of this faith,<br/>so that in unity and peace we may proclaim the one truth and<br/>follow the one Lord, our Savior Jesus Christ; who liveth and<br/>reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for<br/>ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Apostles</i></p>
+<h1>Conversion of Saint Paul</h1>  <i>January 25</i>
+<p>O God, who, by the preaching of thine apostle Paul, hast<br/>caused the light of the Gospel to shine throughout the world:<br/>Grant, we beseech thee, that we, having his wonderful<br/>conversion in remembrance, may show forth our thankfulness<br/>unto thee for the same by following the holy doctrine which<br/>he taught; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and<br/>reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God,<br/>now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Apostles</i></p>
+<h1>The Presentation</h1>  <i>February 2</i>
+<p>Almighty and everliving God, we humbly beseech thee that,<br/>as thy only-begotten Son was this day presented in the<br/>temple, so we may be presented to you with pure and<br/>clean hearts by the same Jesus Christ our Lord; who<br/>liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God,<br/>now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Epiphany</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="188">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>Saint Matthias</h1>  <i>February 24</i>
+<p>O Almighty God, who in the place of Judas didst chose thy<br/>faithful servant Matthias to of the number of the Twelve:<br/>Grant that thy Church, being delivered from false apostles,<br/>may always be ordered and guided by faithful and true pastors;<br/>through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with<br/>thee, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for<br/>ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Apostles</i></p>
+<h1>Saint Joseph</h1>  <i>March 19</i>
+<p>O God, who from the family of thy servant David didst raise<br/>up Joseph to be the guardian of thy incarnate Son and the<br/>spouse of his virgin mother: Give us grace to imitate his<br/>uprightness of life and his obedience to thy commands;<br/>through the same Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth<br/>and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever<br/>and ever. <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Epiphany</i></p>
+<h1>The Annunciation</h1>  <i>March 25</i>
+<p>We beseech thee, O Lord, pour thy grace into our hearts, that<br/>we who have known the incarnation of thy Son Jesus Christ,<br/>announced by an angel to the Virgin Mary, may by his cross<br/>and passion be brought to the glory of his resurrection;<br/>who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy<br/>Spirit, one God, now and for ever  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Epiphany</i></p>
+<h1>Saint Mark</h1>  <i>April 25</i>
+<p>Almighty God, who by the hand of Mark the evangelist hast<br/>given to thy Church the Gospel of Jesus Christ the Son of</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="189">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>God: We thank thee for this witness, and pray that we may<br/>be firmly grounded in its truth; through the same Jesus Christ<br/>our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy<br/>Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of All Saints</i></p>
+<h1>Saint Philip and Saint James</h1>  <i>May 1</i>
+<p>Almighty God, who didst give to thine apostles Philip and<br/>James grace and strength to bear witness to the truth: Grant<br/>that we, being mindful of their victory of faith, may glorify in<br/>life and death the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ; who liveth<br/>and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, now<br/>and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Apostles</i></p>
+<h1>The Visitation</h1>  <i>May 31</i>
+<p>Father in heaven, by whose grace the virgin mother of thy<br/>incarnate Son was blessed in bearing him, but still more blessed<br/>in keeping thy word: Grant us who honor the exaltation of her<br/>lowliness to follow the example of her devotion to thy will;<br/>through the same Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth<br/>with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Epiphany</i></p>
+<h1>Saint Barnabas</h1>  <i>June 11</i>
+<p>Grant, O God, that we may follow the example of thy<br/>faithful servant Barnabas, who, seeking not his own renown<br/>but the well-being of thy Church, gave generously of his life<br/>and substance for the relief of the poor and the spread of the<br/>Gospel; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and<br/>reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and<br/>ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Apostles</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="190">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist</h1>  <i>June 24</i>
+<p>Almighty God, by whose providence thy servant John the<br/>Baptist was wonderfully born, and sent to prepare the way of<br/>thy Son our Savior by preaching repentance: Make us so to<br/>follow his doctrine and holy life, that we may truly repent<br/>according to his preaching; and, after his example, constantly<br/>speak the truth, boldly rebuke vice, and patiently suffer for<br/>the truth's sake; through the same Jesus Christ thy Son our<br/>Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit,<br/>one God, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Advent</i></p>
+<h1>Saint Peter and Saint Paul</h1>  <i>June 29</i>
+<p>Almighty God, whose blessed apostles Peter and Paul<br/>glorified you by their martyrdom: Grant that thy Church,<br/>instructed by their teaching and example, and knit together<br/>in unity by thy Spirit, may ever stand firm upon the one<br/>foundation, which is Jesus Christ our Lord; who liveth and<br/>reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God,<br/>now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Apostles</i></p>
+<h1>Independence Day</h1>  <i>July 4</i>
+<p>Lord God Almighty, in whose Name the founders of this<br/>country won liberty for themselves and for us, and lit the<br/>torch of freedom for nations then unborn:  Grant we beseech<br/>thee, that we and all the people of this land may have grace<br/>to maintain our liberties in righteousness and peace;<br/>through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with<br/>thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>The Collect "For the Nation," page <a href="258.html">258</a>, may be used instead.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Trinity Sunday</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="191">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>Saint Mary Magdalene</h1>  <i>July 22</i>
+<p>Almighty God, whose blessed Son restored Mary Magdalene<br/>to health of body and mind, and called her to be a witness of<br/>his resurrection:  Mercifully grant that by thy grace we may<br/>be healed of all our infirmities and know thee in the power of<br/>his endless life; who with thee and the Holy Spirit liveth and<br/>reigneth, one God, now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of All Saints</i></p>
+<h1>Saint James</h1>  <i>July 25</i>
+<p>O gracious God, we remember before thee this day thy<br/>servant and apostle James, first among the Twelve to suffer<br/>martyrdom for the Name of Jesus Christ; and we pray that<br/>thou wilt pour out upon the leaders of thy Church that spirit<br/>of self-denying service by which alone they may have true<br/>authority among thy people; through the same Jesus Christ<br/>our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy<br/>Spirit, one God, now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Apostles</i></p>
+<h1>The Transfiguration</h1>  <i>August 6</i>
+<p>O God, who on the holy mount didst reveal to chosen<br/>witnesses thy well-beloved Son, wonderfully transfigured, in<br/>raiment white and glistening:  Mercifully grant that we, being<br/>delivered from the disquietude of this world, may by faith<br/>behold the King in his beauty; who with thee, O Father, and<br/>thee, O Holy Ghost, liveth and reigneth, one God, world<br/>without end.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Epiphany</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="192">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>Saint Mary the Virgin</h1>  <i>August 15</i>
+<p>O God, you have taken to thyself the blessed Virgin Mary,<br/>mother of thy incarnate Son:  Grant that we, who have been<br/>redeemed by his blood, may share with her the glory of thine<br/>eternal kingdom; through the same thy Son Jesus Christ our<br/>Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the<br/>Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Incarnation</i></p>
+<h1>Saint Bartholomew</h1>  <i>August 24</i>
+<p>Almighty and everlasting God, who gave to thine<br/>apostle Bartholomew grace and truly to believe and preach thy<br/>Word:  Grant, we beseech thee, unto thy Church to love what<br/>he believed and to preach what he taught; through Jesus<br/>Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the<br/>Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Apostles</i></p>
+<h1>Holy Cross Day</h1>  <i>September 14</i>
+<p>Almighty God, whose Son our Savior Jesus Christ was lifted<br/>high upon the cross that he might draw the whole world unto<br/>himself:  Mercifully grant that we, who glory in the mystery<br/>of our redemption, may have grace to take up our cross and<br/>follow him; who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy<br/>Spirit, one God, in glory everlasting.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Holy Week</i></p>
+<h1>Saint Matthew</h1>  <i>September 21</i>
+<p>We thank you, heavenly Father, for the witness of thine<br/>apostle and evangelist Matthew to the Gospel of thy Son our<br/>Savior; and we pray that, after his example, we may with</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="193">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>ready wills and hearts obey the calling of our Lord to follow<br/>him; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth<br/>with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Apostles</i></p>
+<h1>Saint Michael and All Angels</h1>  <i>September 29</i>
+<p>O Everlasting God, who hast ordained and constituted the<br/>ministries of angels and men in a wonderful order:  Mercifully<br/>grant that, as thy holy angels always serve and worship thee in<br/>heaven, so by thy appointment they may help and defend us<br/>on earth; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and<br/>reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever<br/>and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Trinity Sunday</i></p>
+<h1>Saint Luke</h1>  <i>October 18</i>
+<p>Almighty God, who didst inspire thy servant Luke the<br/>physician to set forth in the Gospel the love and healing<br/>power of thy Son:  Graciously continue in thy Church the like<br/>love and power to heal, to the praise and glory of thy Name;<br/>through the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth<br/>and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one<br/>God, now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of All Saints</i></p>
+<h1>Saint James of Jerusalem</h1>  <i>October 23</i>
+<p>Grant, we beseech thee, O God, that after the example of thy<br/>servant James the Just, brother of our Lord, thy Church may<br/>give itself continually to prayer and to the reconciliation of<br/>all who are at variance and enmity; through the same our<br/>Lord Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the<br/>Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of All Saints</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="194">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>Saint Simon and Saint Jude</h1>  <i>October 28</i>
+<p>O God, we thank you for the glorious company of the<br/>apostles, and especially on this day for Simon and Jude; and<br/>we pray that, as they were faithful and zealous in their<br/>mission, so we may with ardent devotion make known the<br/>love and mercy of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ; who<br/>liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God,<br/>for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Apostles</i></p>
+<h1>All Saint's Day</h1>  <i>November 1</i>
+<p>Almighty God, who hast knit together thine elect in one<br/>communion and fellowship in the mystical body of thy Son<br/>Christ our Lord:  Give us grace so to follow thy blessed<br/>saints in all virtuous and godly living, that we may come to<br/>those ineffable joys that thou hast prepared for those who<br/>unfeignedly love thee; through the same Jesus Christ our<br/>Lord, who with thee and the Holy Spirit liveth and reigneth,<br/>one God, in glory everlasting.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of All Saints</i></p>
+<h1>Thanksgiving Day</h1>
+<p>Almighty and gracious Father, we give you thanks for the<br/>fruits of the earth in their season and for the labors of those<br/>who harvest them.  Make us, we beseech thee, faithful stewards<br/>of thy great bounty, for the provision of our necessities and<br/>the relief of all who are in need, to the glory of thy Name;<br/>through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with<br/>thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>For the Prayers of the People, the Litany of Thanksgiving on page <a href="836.html">836</a><br/>may be used.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Trinity Sunday</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="195">
+    <section title="Common of Saints" level="2"/>
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>The Common of Saints</h1>
+<p><i>The festival of a saint is observed in accordance with the rules of<br/>precedence set forth in the Calendar of the Church year.</i><br/><i>At the discretion of the Celebrant, and as appropriate, any of the<br/>following Collects, with one of the corresponding sets of Psalms and<br/>Lessons, may be used</i></p>
+<p>a) at the commemoration of a saint listed in the Calendar for which no<br/>Proper is provided in this Book</p>
+<p>b) at the patronal festival or commemoration of a saint not listed in<br/>the Calendar.</p>
+<h1>Of a Martyr</h1>
+<p>Almighty God, who didst give thy servant <b><span class="person">N</span></b> boldness to<br/>confess the Name of our Savior Jesus Christ before the rulers<br/>of this world, and courage to die for this faith:  Grant that we<br/>may always be ready to give a reason for the hope that is in<br/>us, and to suffer gladly for the sake of the same our Lord<br/>Jesus Christ; who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy<br/>Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>or this</i></p>
+<p>O Almighty God, by whose grace and power thy holy martyr<br/><b><span class="person">N</span></b> triumphed over suffering and was faithful even unto<br/>death:  Grant us, who now remember <i>him</i> with thanksgiving,<br/>to be so faithful in our witness to thee in this world, that we<br/>may receive with <i>him</i> the crown of life; through Jesus Christ<br/>our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy<br/>Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>or the following</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="196">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>Almighty and everlasting God, who didst enkindle the flame<br/>of thy love in the heart of thy holy martyr <b><span class="person">N</span></b>:  Grant to us,<br/>thy humble servants, a like faith and power of love, that we<br/>who rejoice in <i>her</i> triumph may profit by <i>her</i> example;<br/>through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with<br/>thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of a Saint</i></p>
+<h1>Of a Missionary</h1>
+<p>Almighty and everlasting God, we thank you for thy<br/>servant <b><span class="person">N</span></b>, whom you called to preach the Gospel to the<br/>people of ... (<i>or</i> to the ... people).  Raise<br/>up, we beseech thee, in this and every land evangelists and<br/>heralds of thy kingdom, that thy Church may proclaim the<br/>unsearchable riches of our Savior Jesus Christ; who liveth<br/>and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, now<br/>and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>or the following</i></p>
+<p>Almighty God, who willest to be glorified in thy saints, and<br/>didst raise up thy servant <b><span class="person">N</span></b> to be a light in the world; Shine,<br/>we pray, in our hearts, that we also in our generation<br/>may show forth thy praise, who hast called us out of darkness<br/>into thy marvelous light; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who<br/>liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God,<br/>now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Pentecost</i></p>
+<h1>Of a Pastor</h1>
+<p>Heavenly Father, Shepherd of thy people, we give thee<br/>thanks for thy servant <b><span class="person">N</span></b>, who was faithful in the care and<br/>nurture of thy flock; and we pray that, following his example<br/>and the teaching of his holy life, we may by thy grace grow</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="197">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>into the stature of the fullness of our Lord and Savior Jesus<br/>Christ; who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy<br/>Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>or this</i></p>
+<p>O God, our heavenly Father, who didst raise up thy faithful<br/>servant <b><span class="person">N</span></b>, to be a [bishop and] pastor in thy Church and to<br/>feed thy flock:  Give abundantly to all pastors the gifts of thy<br/>Holy Spirit, that they may minister in thy household as true<br/>servants of Christ and stewards of thy divine mysteries;<br/>through the same Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and<br/>reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and<br/>ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of a Saint</i></p>
+<h1>Of a Theologian and Teacher</h1>
+<p>O God, who by thy Holy Spirit dost give to some the word of<br/>wisdom, to others the word of knowledge, and to others the<br/>word of faith:  We praise thy Name for the gifts of grace<br/>manifested in thy servant <b><span class="person">N</span></b>, and we pray that thy Church<br/>may never be destitute of such gifts; through Jesus Christ our<br/>Lord, who with thee and the Holy Spirit liveth and reigneth,<br/>one God, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>or this</i></p>
+<p>Almighty God, who didst give to thy servant <b><span class="person">N</span></b> special<br/>gifts of grace to understand and teach the truth as it is in<br/>Christ Jesus: Grant, we beseech thee, that by this teaching we<br/>may know you, the one true God, and Jesus Christ whom<br/>thou hast sent; who liveth and reigneth with thee and the<br/>Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of a Saint, or of Trinity Sunday</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="198">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>Of a Monastic</h1>
+<p>O God, whose blessed Son became poor that we through his<br/>poverty might be rich:  Deliver us, we pray thee from an<br/>inordinate love of this world, that, inspired by the devotion<br/>of thy servant <b><span class="person">N</span></b>, we may serve thee with singleness of heart,<br/>and attain to the riches of the age to come; through the same<br/>thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with<br/>thee, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for<br/>ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>or this</i></p>
+<p>O God, by whose grace thy servant <b><span class="person">N</span></b>, enkindled with the<br/>flame of thy love, became a burning and a shining light in thy<br/>Church:  Grant that we also may be aflame with the spirit<br/>of love and discipline, and may ever walk before thee as<br/>children of light; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who with<br/>thee, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, liveth and reigneth, one<br/>God, now and for ever. <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of a Saint</i></p>
+<h1>Of a Saint</h1>
+<p>O Almighty God, who hast compassed us with so great<br/>a cloud of witnesses:  Grant that we, encouraged by the good<br/>example of thy servant <b><span class="person">N</span></b>, may persevere in running the race<br/>that is set before us, until at length,through thy mercy, we may<br/>with <i>him</i> attain to thine eternal joy; through Jesus Christ, the<br/>author and perfecter of our faith, who liveth and reigneth<br/>with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>or this</i></p>
+<p>O God, who hast brought us near to an innumerable<br/>company of angels and to the spirits of just men made<br/>perfect:  Grant us during our earthly pilgrimage to abide in<br/>their fellowship, and in our heavenly country to become</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="199">
+    <section title="Various Occasions" level="2"/>
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>partakers of their joy; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who<br/>liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God,<br/>now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>or this</i></p>
+<p>O Almighty God, who by thy Holy Spirit hast made us one<br/>with thy saints in heaven and on earth:  Grant that in our<br/>earthly pilgrimage we may ever be supported by this<br/>fellowship of love and prayer, and know ourselves<br/>to be surrounded by their witness to thy power and mercy.<br/>We ask this for the sake of Jesus Christ, in whom all our<br/>intercessions are acceptable through the Spirit, and who<br/>liveth and reigneth for ever and ever. <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of a Saint</i></p>
+<h1>Various Occasions</h1>
+<p><i>For optional use, when desire, subject to the rules set forth in the<br/>Calendar of the Church Year.</i></p>
+<h1>1. Of the Holy Trinity</h1>
+<p>Almighty God, who hast revealed to thy Church thine eternal<br/>Being of glorious majesty and perfect love as one God in<br/>Trinity of Persons:  Give us grace to continue steadfast in the<br/>confession of this faith, and constant in our worship of the,<br/>Father, Son, and Holy Spirit; for you live and reign, one<br/>God, now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Trinity Sunday</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="200">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>2. Of the Holy Spirit</h1>
+<p>Almighty and most merciful God, grant, we beseech thee,<br/>that by the indwelling of thy Holy Spirit we may be enlightened<br/>and strengthened for thy service; through Jesus Christ our<br/>Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the<br/>Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Pentecost</i></p>
+<h1>3. Of the Holy Angels</h1>
+<p>O Everlasting God, who hast ordained and constituted the<br/>ministries of angels and men in a wonderful order: Mercifully<br/>grant that, as thy holy angels always serve and worship thee in<br/>heaven, so by thy appointment they may help and defend us<br/>on earth; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and<br/>reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever<br/>and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Trinity Sunday</i></p>
+<h1>4. Of the Incarnation</h1>
+<p>O God, who didst wonderfully create, and yet more<br/>wonderfully restore, the dignity of human nature:  Grant<br/>that we may share the divine life of him who humbled<br/>himself to share our humanity, thy Son Jesus Christ; who<br/>liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Spirit,<br/>one God, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Epiphany</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="201">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>5.  Of the Holy Eucharist</h1>
+<p><i>Especially suitable for Thursdays</i></p>
+<p>God our Father, whose Son our Lord Jesus Christ in a<br/>wonderful Sacrament hath left unto us a memorial of his<br/>passion: Grant us so to venerate the sacred mysteries of his<br/>Body and Blood, that we may ever perceive within ourselves<br/>the fruit of his redemption; who liveth and reigneth with<br/>thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Epiphany</i></p>
+<h1>6. Of the Holy Cross</h1>
+<p><i>Especially suitable for Fridays</i></p>
+<p>Almighty God, whose beloved Son willingly endured the<br/>agony and shame of the cross for our redemption:  Give us<br/>courage, we beseech thee, to take up our cross and follow<br/>him; who liveth and reigneth with you and the Holy Spirit,<br/>one God, now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Holy Week</i></p>
+<h1>7. For all Baptized Christians</h1>
+<p><i>Especially suitable for Saturdays</i></p>
+<p>Grant, O Lord God, to all who have been baptized into the<br/>death and resurrection of thy Son Jesus Christ, that, as we<br/>have put away the old life of sin, so we may be renewed in<br/>the spirit of our minds, and live in righteousness and true<br/>holiness; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth<br/>and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one<br/>God, now and for ever. <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Baptism</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="202">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>8. For the Departed</h1>
+<p>O eternal Lord God, who holdest all souls in life:  Give, we<br/>beseech thee, to thy whole Church in paradise and on earth<br/>thy light and thy peace; and grant that we, following the<br/>good examples of those who have served you here and are<br/>now at rest, may at the last enter with them into thine<br/>unending joy; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and<br/>reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God,<br/>now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>or this</i></p>
+<p>Almighty God, we remember this day before thee thy faithful<br/>servant <b><span class="person">N</span></b>; and we pray that, having opened to <i>him</i> the gates<br/>of larger life, thou wilt receive <i>him</i> more and more into thy<br/>joyful service, that, with all who have faithfully served thee in<br/>the past, <i>he</i> may share in the eternal victory of Jesus Christ<br/>our Lord; who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of<br/>the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Any of the Collects appointed for use at the Burial of the Dead may be<br/>used instead.</i></p>
+<p><i>For the Prayers of the People, one of the forms appointed for the<br/>Burial of the Dead may be used.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface to the Commemoration of the Dead</i></p>
+<p><i>The postcommunion prayer on page <a href="498.html">498</a> may be used.</i></p>
+<h1>9. Of the Reign of Christ</h1>
+<p>Almighty and everlasting God, whose will it is to restore all<br/>things in thy well-beloved Son, the King of kings and Lord of</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="203">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>lords:  Mercifully grant that the peoples of the earth, divided<br/>and enslaved by sin, may be freed and brought together<br/>under his most gracious rule; who liveth and reigneth with<br/>thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Ascension, or of Baptism</i></p>
+<h1>10.  At Baptism</h1>
+<p>Almighty God, who by our baptism into the death and<br/>resurrection of thy Son Jesus Christ dost turn us from the old<br/>life of sin: Grant that we, being reborn to new life in him,<br/>may live in righteousness and holiness all our days; through<br/>the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and<br/>reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and<br/>for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Baptism</i></p>
+<h1>11. At Confirmation</h1>
+<p>Grant, Almighty God, that we, who have been redeemed<br/>from the old life of sin by our baptism into the death and<br/>resurrection of thy Son Jesus Christ, may be renewed in thy<br/>Holy Spirit, and live in righteousness and true holiness;<br/>through the same Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and<br/>reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and<br/>for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Baptism, or of Pentecost</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="204">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>12. On the Anniversary of the Dedication of a Church</h1>
+<p>Almighty God, to whose glory we celebrate the dedication<br/>of this house of prayer:  We give thee thanks for the fellowship<br/>of those who have worshiped in this place, and we pray that<br/>all who seek thee here may find thee, and be filled with thy<br/>joy and peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and<br/>reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God,<br/>now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>The Litany of Thanksgiving for a Church, page <a href="578.html">578</a>, may be used for the<br/>Prayers of the People.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Dedication of a Church</i></p>
+<h1>13.  For a Church Convention</h1>
+<p>Almighty and everlasting Father, who hast given the Holy<br/>Spirit to abide with us for ever:  Bless, we beseech thee, with<br/>his grace and presence, the bishops and other clergy and<br/>the laity here (<i>or</i> now, <i>or</i> soon to be) assembled in thy Name,<br/>that thy Church, being preserved in true faith and godly<br/>discipline, may fulfill all the mind of him who loved it and<br/>gave himself for it, thy Son Jesus Christ our Savior; who<br/>liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the same Spirit,<br/>one God, now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Pentecost, or of the Season</i></p>
+<h1>14.  For the Unity of the Church</h1>
+<p>Almighty Father, whose blessed Son before his passion<br/>prayed for his disciples that they might be one, even as thou<br/>and he are one: Grant that thy Church, being bound together<br/>in love and obedience to thee, may be united in one body by<br/>the one Spirit, that the world may believe in him whom thou</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="205">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>didst send, the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord; who<br/>liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the same Spirit,<br/>one God, now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Baptism, or of Trinity Sunday</i></p>
+<h1>15.  For the Ministry (Ember Days)</h1>
+<p><i>For use on the traditional days or at other times</i></p>
+<h1>I.  For those to be ordained</h1>
+<p>Almighty God, the giver of all good gifts, in thy divine<br/>providence hast appointed various orders in thy Church:<br/>Give thy grace, we humbly beseech thee, to all who are [now]<br/>called to any office and ministry for thy people; and so fill<br/>them with the truth of thy doctrine and clothe them with<br/>holiness of life, that they may faithfully serve before thee, to<br/>the glory of thy great Name and for the benefit of thy holy<br/>Church; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and<br/>reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God,<br/>now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Apostles</i></p>
+<h1>II.  For the choice of fit persons for the ministry</h1>
+<p>O God, who didst lead thy holy apostles to ordain ministers<br/>in every place:  Grant that thy Church, under the guidance of<br/>the Holy Spirit, may choose suitable persons for the ministry<br/>of Word and Sacrament, and may uphold them in their work<br/>for the extension of thy kingdom; through him who is the<br/>Shepherd and Bishop of our souls, Jesus Christ our Lord,<br/>who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one<br/>God, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Season</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="206">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>III. For all Chistians in their vocation</h1>
+<p>Almighty and everlasting God, by whose Spirit the whole<br/>body of thy faithful people is governed and sanctified:<br/>Receive our supplications and prayers, which we offer before<br/>thee for all members of thy holy Church, that in their<br/>vocation and ministry they may truly and devoutly serve thee;<br/>through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, who liveth and<br/>reigneth with thee, in the unity of the same Spirit, one God,<br/>now and for ever. <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Baptism, or of the Season</i></p>
+<h1>16. For the Mission of the Church</h1>
+<p>O God, who hast made of one blood all the peoples of the<br/>earth, and sent thy blessed Son to preach peace to those<br/>who are far off and to those who are near:  Grant that people<br/>everywhere may seek after thee and find thee, bring the<br/>nations into thy fold, pour out thy Spirit upon all flesh, and<br/>hasten the coming of thy kingdom; through the same thy<br/>Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee<br/>and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>or this</i></p>
+<p>O God of all the nations of the earth:  Remember the<br/>multitudes who have been created in thine image but have<br/>not known the redeeming work of our Savior Jesus Christ;<br/>and grant that, by the prayers and labors of thy holy Church,<br/>they may be brought to know and worship thee as thou hast<br/>been revealed in thy Son; who liveth and reigneth with thee<br/>and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Season, or of Pentecost</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="207">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>17. For the Nation</h1>
+<p>Lord God Almighty, who hast made all the peoples of the earth<br/>for thy glory, to serve you in freedom and in peace: Give to<br/>the people of our country a zeal for justice and the strength<br/>of forbearance, that we may use our liberty in accordance<br/>with thy gracious will; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who<br/>liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God,<br/>for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>The Collect for Independence Day may be used instead.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Trinity Sunday</i></p>
+<h1>18. For Peace</h1>
+<p>Almighty God, kindle, we beseech thee, in every heart the<br/>true love of peace, and guide with thy wisdom those who<br/>take counsel for the nations of the earth, that in tranquillity<br/>thy dominion may increase till the earth is filled with the<br/>knowledge of thy love; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who<br/>liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Spirit,<br/>one God, now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Season</i></p>
+<h1>19. For Rogation Days</h1>
+<p><i>For use on the traditional days or at other times</i></p>
+<h1>I. For fruitful seasons</h1>
+<p>Almighty God, Lord of heaven and earth:  We humbly pray<br/>that thy gracious providence may give and preserve to our<br/>use the harvests of the land and of the seas, and may prosper<br/>all who labor to gather them, that we, who constantly receive<br/>good things from thy hand, may always give thee thanks;<br/>through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with<br/>thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Season</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="208">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>II. For Commerce and Industry</h1>
+<p>Almighty God, whose Son Jesus Christ in his earthly life<br/>shared our toil and hallowed our labor:  Be present with<br/>thy people where they work; make those who carry on<br/>the industries and commerce of this land responsive to thy<br/>will; and give to us all a pride in what we do, and a just<br/>return for our labor; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who<br/>liveth and reigneth with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit,<br/>one God, now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Season</i></p>
+<h1>III. For stewardship of creation</h1>
+<p>O merciful Creator, thy hand is open wide to satisfy the<br/>needs of every living creature:  Make us, we beseech thee,<br/>ever thankful for thy loving providence; and grant that we,<br/>remembering the account that we must one day give, may be<br/>faithful stewards of thy good gifts; through Jesus Christ our<br/>Lord, who with thee and the Holy Spirit liveth and reigneth,<br/>one God, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Season</i></p>
+<h1>20. For the Sick</h1>
+<p>Heavenly Father, giver of life and health:  Comfort and<br/>relieve thy sick servants, and give thy power of healing to<br/>those who minister to their needs, that those (<i>or</i> <b><span class="person">N</span></b>, <i>or</i> &NN.)<br/>for whom our prayers are offered may be strengthened in<br/><i>their</i> weakness and have confidence in thy loving care;<br/>through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with<br/>you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Season</i></p>
+<p><i>The postcommunion prayer on page <a href="457.html">457</a> may be used.</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="209">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>21. For Social Justice</h1>
+<p>Almighty God, who hast created us in thine own image:<br/>Grant us grace fearlessly to contend against evil and to make<br/>no peace with oppression; and, that we may reverently use<br/>our freedom, help us to employ it in the maintenance of<br/>justice in our communities and among the nations, to the<br/>glory of thy holy Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who<br/>liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God,<br/>now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Season</i></p>
+<h1>22. For Social Service</h1>
+<p>O Lord our heavenly Father, whose blessed Son came not to<br/>be served but to serve:  Bless, we beseech thee, all<br/>who, following in his steps, give themselves to the service of<br/>others; that with wisdom, patience, and courage, they may<br/>minister in his name to the suffering, the friendless, and the<br/>needy; for the love of him who laid down his life for us, the same<br/>thy Son our Savior Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth<br/>with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.<br/><i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Season</i></p>
+<h1>23. For Education</h1>
+<p>Almighty God, the fountain of all wisdom:  Enlighten by thy<br/>Holy Spirit those who teach and those who learn, that,<br/>rejoicing in the knowledge of thy truth, they may worship<br/>you and serve you from generation to generation; through<br/>Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee<br/>and the same Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Season</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="210">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>24. For Vocation in Daily Work</h1>
+<p>Almighty God our heavenly Father, who declarest thy glory<br/>and showest forth thy handiwork in the heavens and in the<br/>earth:  Deliver us, we beseech thee, in our various occupations<br/>from the service of self alone, that we may do the work<br/>which thou givest us to do in truth and beauty and for the<br/>common good; for the sake of him who came among us as<br/>one that serveth, thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth<br/>and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever<br/>and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<h1>25. For Labor Day</h1>
+<p>Almighty God, who hast so linked our lives one with another<br/>that all we do affects, for good or ill, all other lives:  So guide<br/>us in the work we do, that we may do it not for self alone, but<br/>for the common good; and, as we seek a proper return for<br/>our own labor, make us mindful of the rightful aspirations of<br/>other workers, and arouse our concern for those who are out<br/>of work; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and<br/>reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and<br/>ever. <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Season</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="211">
+    <section title="The Collects: Contemporary" level="1"/>
+    <section title="Seasons of the Year" level="2"/>
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>Collects:  Contemporary</h1>
+<h1>First Sunday of Advent</h1>
+<p>Almighty God, give us grace to cast away the works of<br/>darkness, and put on the armor of light, now in the time of<br/>this mortal life in which your Son Jesus Christ came to visit<br/>us in great humility; that in the last day, when he shall come<br/>again in his glorious majesty to judge both the living and the<br/>dead, we may rise to the life immortal; through him who lives<br/>and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and<br/>for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Advent</i></p>
+<h1>Second Sunday of Advent</h1>
+<p>Merciful God, who sent your messengers the prophets to<br/>preach repentance and prepare the way for our salvation:<br/>Give us grace to heed their warnings and forsake our sins,<br/>that we may greet with joy the coming of Jesus Christ our<br/>Redeemer; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy<br/>Spirit, one God, now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Advent</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="212">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>Third Sunday of Advent</h1>
+<p>Stir up your power, O Lord, and with great might come<br/>among us; and, because we are sorely hindered by our sins,<br/>let your bountiful grace and mercy speedily help and deliver<br/>us; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with you and<br/>the Holy Spirit, be honor and glory, now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Advent</i></p>
+<p><i>Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday of this week are the traditional winter<br/>Ember Days.</i></p>
+<h1>Fourth Sunday of Advent</h1>
+<p>Purify our conscience, Almighty God, by your daily visitation,<br/>that your Son Jesus Christ, at his coming, may find in us a<br/>mansion prepared for himself; who lives and reigns with you,<br/>in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.<br/><i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Advent</i></p>
+<h1>The Nativity of Our Lord:  Christmas Day</h1>  <i>December 25</i>
+<p>O God, you make us glad by the yearly festival of the birth<br/>of your only Son Jesus Christ:  Grant that we, who joyfully<br/>receive him as our Redeemer, may with sure confidence<br/>behold him when he comes to be our Judge; who lives and<br/>reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and<br/>for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>or this</i></p>
+<p>O God, you have caused this holy night to shine with the<br/>brightness of the true Light:  Grant that we, who have known<br/>the mystery of that Light on earth, may also enjoy him<br/>perfectly in heaven; where with you and the Holy Spirit he<br/>lives and reigns, one God, in glory everlasting.  <i>Amen.</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="213">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p><i>or this</i></p>
+<p>Almighty God, you have given your only-begotten Son to<br/>take our nature upon him, and to be born [this day] of a pure<br/>virgin:  Grant that we, who have been born again and made<br/>your children by adoption and grace, may daily be renewed<br/>by your Holy Spirit; through our Lord Jesus Christ, to whom<br/>with you and the same Spirit be honor and glory, now and<br/>for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Incarnation</i></p>
+<p><i>The Collect immediately preceding and any of the sets of Proper Lessons<br/>for Christmas Day serve for any weekdays between Holy Innocents' Day<br/>and the First Sunday after Christmas Day.</i></p>
+<h1>First Sunday after Christmas Day</h1>
+<p><i>This Sunday takes precedence over the three Holy Days which follow<br/>Christmas Day.  As necessary, the observance of one, two, or all three<br/>of them, is postponed one day.</i></p>
+<p>Almighty God, you have poured upon us the new light of<br/>your incarnate Word:  Grant that this light, enkindled in our<br/>hearts, may shine forth in our lives; through Jesus Christ our<br/>Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy<br/>Spirit, one God, now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Incarnation</i></p>
+<h1>The Holy Name</h1>  <i>January 1</i>
+<p>Eternal Father, you gave to your incarnate Son the holy name<br/>of Jesus to be the sign of our salvation:  Plant in every heart,<br/>we pray, the love of him who is the Savior of the world, our<br/>Lord Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy<br/>Spirit, one God, in glory everlasting.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Incarnation</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="214">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>Second Sunday after Christmas Day</h1>
+<p>O God, who wonderfully created, and yet more wonderfully<br/>restored, the dignity of human nature:  Grant that we may<br/>share the divine life of him who humbled himself to share<br/>our humanity, you Son Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns<br/>with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever<br/>and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Incarnation</i></p>
+<h1>The Epiphany</h1>  <i>January 6</i>
+<p>O God, by the leading of a star you manifested your only Son<br/>to the Peoples of the earth:  Lead us, who know you now by<br/>faith, to your presence, where we may see your glory face to<br/>face; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns<br/>with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.<br/><i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Epiphany</i></p>
+<p><i>The preceding Collect, with the Psalm and Lessons for the Epiphany, or<br/>those for the Second Sunday after Christmas, serves for weekdays<br/>between the Epiphany and the following Sunday.  The Preface of the<br/>Epiphany is used.</i></p>
+<h1>First Sunday after the Epiphany:  The Baptism of our Lord</h1>
+<p>Father in heaven, who at the baptism of Jesus in the River<br/>Jordan proclaimed him your beloved Son and anointed him<br/>with the Holy Spirit:  Grant that all who are baptized into his<br/>Name may keep the covenant they have made, and boldly<br/>confess him as Lord and Savior; who with you and the Holy<br/>Spirit lives and reigns, one God, in glory everlasting. <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Epiphany</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="215">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>Second Sunday after the Epiphany</h1>
+<p>Almighty God, whose Son our Savior Jesus Christ is the light<br/>of the world:  Grant that your people, illumined by your Word<br/>and Sacraments, may shine with the radiance of Christ's<br/>glory, that he may be known, worshiped, and obeyed to the<br/>ends of the earth; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who with<br/>you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, one God, now and<br/>for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Epiphany, or of the Lord's Day</i></p>
+<h1>Third Sunday after the Epiphany</h1>
+<p>Give us grace, O Lord, to answer readily the call of our<br/>Savior Jesus Christ and proclaim to all people the Good News<br/>of his salvation, that we and the whole world may perceive<br/>the glory of his marvelous works; who lives and reigns with<br/>you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Epiphany, or of the Lord's Day</i></p>
+<h1>Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany</h1>
+<p>Almighty and everlasting God, you govern all things both in<br/>heaven and on earth:  Mercifully hear the supplications of<br/>your people, and in our time grant us your peace; through<br/>Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the<br/>Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Epiphany, or of the Lord's Day</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="216">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany</h1>
+<p>Set us free, O God, from the bondage of our sins, and give us<br/>the liberty of that abundant life which you have made known<br/>to us in your Son our Savior Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns<br/>with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and<br/>for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Epiphany, or of the Lord's Day</i></p>
+<h1>Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany</h1>
+<p>O God, the strength of all who put their trust in you:<br/>Mercifully accept our prayers; and because in our weakness<br/>we can do nothing good without you, give us the help of your<br/>grace, that in keeping your commandments we may please<br/>you both in will and deed; through Jesus Christ our Lord,<br/>who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God,<br/>for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Epiphany, or of the Lord's Day</i></p>
+<h1>Seventh Sunday after the Epiphany</h1>
+<p>O Lord, you have taught us that without love whatever we<br/>do is worth nothing; Send your Holy Spirit and pour into our<br/>hearts your greatest gift, which is love, the true bond of peace<br/>and of all virtue, without which whoever lives is accounted<br/>dead before you.  Grant this for the sake of your only Son<br/>Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy<br/>Spirit, one God, now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Epiphany, or of the Lord's Day</i></p>
+<h1>Eighth Sunday after the Epiphany</h1>
+<p>Most loving Father, whose will it is for us to give thanks for<br/>all things, to fear nothing but the loss of you, and to cast all</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="217">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>our care on you who care for us:  Preserve us from faithless<br/>fears and worldly anxieties, that no clouds of this mortal life<br/>may hide from us the light of that love which is immortal,<br/>and which you have manifested to us in your Son Jesus Christ<br/>our Lord; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the<br/>Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Epiphany, or of the Lord's Day</i></p>
+<h1>Last Sunday after the Epiphany</h1>
+<p><i>This Proper is always used on the Sunday before Ash Wednesday</i></p>
+<p>O God, who before the passion of your only-begotten Son<br/>revealed his glory upon the holy mountain:  Grant to us that<br/>we, beholding by faith the light of his countenance, may be<br/>strengthened to bear our cross, and be changed into his<br/>likeness from glory to glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord,<br/>who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God,<br/>for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Epiphany</i></p>
+<h1>Ash Wednesday</h1>
+<p><i>The Proper Liturgy for this day is on page <a href="264.html">264</a>.</i></p>
+<p>Almighty and everlasting God, you hate nothing you have<br/>made and forgive the sins of all who are penitent:  Create and<br/>make in us new and contrite hearts, that we, worthily<br/>lamenting our sins and acknowledging our wretchedness,<br/>may obtain of you, the God of all mercy, perfect remission<br/>and forgiveness; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives<br/>and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever<br/>and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Lent</i></p>
+<p>*This Collect, with the corresponding Psalm and Lessons, also serves for<br/>the weekdays which follow, except as otherwise appointed.</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="218">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>First Sunday in Lent</h1>
+<p>Almighty God, whose blessed Son was led by the Spirit to be<br/>tempted by Satan; Come quickly to help us who are assaulted<br/>by many temptations; and, as you know the weaknesses of<br/>each of us, let each one find you mighty to save; through<br/>Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with<br/>you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Lent</i></p>
+<p><i>Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday of this week are the traditional spring<br/>Ember Days.</i></p>
+<h1>Second Sunday in Lent</h1>
+<p>O God, whose glory it is always to have mercy:  Be gracious<br/>to all who have gone astry from your ways, and bring them<br/>again with penitent hearts and steadfast faith to embrace and<br/>hold fast the unchangeable truth of your Word, Jesus Christ<br/>your Son; who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns,<br/>one God, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<h1>Third Sunday in Lent</h1>
+<p>Almighty God, you know that we have no power in ourselves<br/>to help ourselves:  Keep us both outwardly in our bodies and<br/>inwardly in our souls, that we may be defended from all<br/>adversities which may happen to the body, and from all evil<br/>thoughts which may assault and hurt the soul; through Jesus<br/>Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy<br/>Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Lent</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="219">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>Fourth Sunday in Lent</h1>
+<p>Gracious Father, whose blessed Son Jesus Christ came down<br/>from heaven to be the true bread which gives life to the world:<br/>Evermore give us this bread, that he may live in us, and we in<br/>him; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one<br/>God, now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Lent</i></p>
+<h1>Fifth Sunday in Lent</h1>
+<p>Almighty God, you alone can bring into order the unruly<br/>wills and affections of sinners:  Grant your people grace to<br/>love what you command and desire what you promise; that,<br/>among the swift and varied changes of the world, our hearts<br/>may surely there be fixed where true joys are to be found;<br/>through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with<br/>you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Lent</i></p>
+<h1>Sunday of the Passion:  Palm Sunday</h1>
+<p><i>The Proper Liturgy for this day is on page <a href="270.html">270</a>.</i></p>
+<p>Almighty and everliving God, in your tender love for the<br/>human race you sent your Son our Savior Jesus Christ to<br/>take upon him our nature, and to suffer death upon the cross,<br/>giving us the example of his great humility:  Mercifully grant<br/>that we may walk in the way of his suffering, and also share<br/>in his resurrection; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives<br/>and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever<br/>and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Holy Week</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="220">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>Monday in Holy Week</h1>
+<p>Almighty God, whose dear Son went not up to joy but<br/>first he suffered pain, and entered not into glory before he<br/>was crucified:  Mercifully grant that we, walking in the way<br/>of the cross, may find it none other that the way of life and<br/>peace; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who lives<br/>and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever<br/>and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<h1>Tuesday in Holy Week</h1>
+<p>O God, by the passion of your blessed Son you made an<br/>instrument of shameful death to be for us the means of life:<br/>Grant us so to glory in the cross of Christ, that we may gladly<br/>suffer shame and loss for the sake of your Son our Savior<br/>Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy<br/>Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Holy Week</i></p>
+<h1>Wednesday in Holy Week</h1>
+<p>Lord God, whose blessed Son our Savior gave his body to be<br/>whipped and his face to be spit upon:  Give us grace to accept<br/>joyfully the sufferings of the present time, confident of the<br/>glory that shall be revealed; through Jesus Christ your Son our<br/>Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one<br/>God, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Holy Week</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="221">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>Maundy Thursday</h1>
+<p><i>The Proper Liturgy for this day is on page <a href="274.html">274</a>.</i></p>
+<p>Almighty Father, whose dear Son, on the night before he<br/>suffered, instituted the Sacrament of his Body and Blood:<br/>Mercifully grant that we may receive it thankfully in<br/>remembrance of Jesus Christ our Lord, who in these holy<br/>mysteries gives us a pledge of eternal life; and who now lives<br/>and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever<br/>and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Holy Week</i></p>
+<h1>Good Friday</h1>
+<p><i>The Proper Liturgy for this day is on page <a href="276.html">276</a>.</i></p>
+<p>Almighty God, we pray you graciously to behold this your<br/>family, for whom our Lord Jesus Christ was willing to be<br/>betrayed, and given into the hands of sinners, and to suffer<br/>death upon the cross; who now lives and reigns with you and<br/>the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="222">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>Easter Day</h1>
+<p><i>The Liturgy of the Easter Vigil is on page <a href="285.html">285</a>.</i></p>
+<p>O God, who for our redemption gave your only-begotten<br/>Son to the death of the cross, and by his glorious resurrection<br/>delivered us from the power of our enemy:  Grant us so to die<br/>daily to sin, that we may evermore live with him in the joy of<br/>his resurrection; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,<br/>who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God,<br/>now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>or this</i></p>
+<p>O God, who made this most holy night to shine with the<br/>glory of the Lord's resurrection:  Stir up in your Church that<br/>Spirit of adoption which is given to us in Baptism, that we,<br/>being renewed both in body and mind, may worship you in<br/>sincerity and truth; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives<br/>and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God,<br/>now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>or this</i></p>
+<p>Almighty God, who through your only-begotten Son Jesus<br/>Christ overcame death and opened to us the gate of<br/>everlasting life:  Grant that we, who celebrate with joy the<br/>day of the Lord's resurrection, may be raised from the death<br/>of sin by your life-giving Spirit; through Jesus Christ our<br/>Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one<br/>God, now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Easter</i></p>
+<h1>Monday in Easter Week</h1>
+<p>Grant, we pray, Almighty God, that we who celebrate with<br/>awe the Paschal feast may be found worthy to attain to</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="223">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>everlasting joys; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives<br/>and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and<br/>for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Easter</i></p>
+<h1>Tuesday in Easter Week</h1>
+<p>O God, who by the glorious resurrection of your Son Jesus<br/>Christ destroyed death and brought life and immortality to<br/>light:  Grant that we, who have been raised with him, may<br/>abide in his presence and rejoice in the hope of eternal glory;<br/>through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with you and the<br/>Holy Spirit, be dominion and praise for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Easter</i></p>
+<h1>Wednesday in Easter Week</h1>
+<p>O God, whose blessed Son made himself known to his<br/>disciples in the breaking of bread:  Open the eyes of our faith,<br/>that we may behold him in all his redeeming work; who lives<br/>and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God,<br/>now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Easter</i></p>
+<h1>Thursday in Easter Week</h1>
+<p>Almighty and everlasting God, who in the Paschal mystery<br/>established the new covenant of reconciliation:  Grant that all<br/>who have been reborn into the fellowship of Christ's Body<br/>may show forth in their lives what they profess by their faith;<br/>through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you<br/>and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Easter</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="224">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>Friday in Easter Week</h1>
+<p>Almighty Father, who gave your only Son to die for our sins<br/>and to rise for our justification:  Give us grace so to put away<br/>the leaven of malice and wickedness, that we may always<br/>serve you in pureness of living and truth; through Jesus<br/>Christ your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and<br/>the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Easter</i></p>
+<h1>Saturday in Easter Week</h1>
+<p>We thank you, heavenly Father, that you have delivered us<br/>from the dominion of sin and death and brought us into the<br/>kingdom of your Son; and we pray that, as by his death he<br/>has recalled us to life, so by his love he may raise us to eternal<br/>joys; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy<br/>Spirit, one God, now and forever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Easter</i></p>
+<h1>Second Sunday of Easter</h1>
+<p>Almighty and everlasting God, who in the Paschal mystery<br/>established the new covenant of reconciliation:  Grant that all<br/>who have been reborn into the fellowship of Christ's Body<br/>may show forth in their lives what they profess by their faith;<br/>through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you<br/>and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Easter</i></p>
+<h1>Third Sunday of Easter</h1>
+<p>O God, whose blessed Son made himself known to his<br/>disciples in the breaking of bread:  Open the eyes of our faith,<br/>that we may behold him in all his redeeming work; who lives</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="225">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God,<br/>now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Easter</i></p>
+<h1>Fourth Sunday of Easter</h1>
+<p>O God, whose Son Jesus is the good shepherd of your people;<br/>Grant that when we hear his voice we may know him who<br/>calls us each by name, and follow where he leads; who, with<br/>you and the Holy Spirit, lives and reigns, one God, for ever<br/>and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Easter</i></p>
+<h1>Fifth Sunday of Easter</h1>
+<p>Almighty god, whom truly to know is everlasting life:  Grant<br/>us so perfectly to know your Son Jesus Christ to be the way,<br/>the truth, and the life, that we may steadfastly follow his<br/>steps in the way that leads to eternal life; through Jesus Christ<br/>your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity<br/>of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Easter</i></p>
+<h1>Sixth Sunday of Easter</h1>
+<p>O God, you have prepared for those who love you such good<br/>things as surpass our understanding:  Pour into our hearts such<br/>love towards you, that we, loving you in all things and above<br/>all things, may obtain your promises, which exceed all that we<br/>can desire; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns<br/>with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Easter</i></p>
+<p><i>Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday of this week are the traditional<br/>Rogation Days.</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="226">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>Ascension Day</h1>
+<p>Almighty God, whos blessed Son our Savior Jesus Christ<br/>ascended far above all heavens that he might fill all things:<br/>Mercifully give us faith to perceive that, according to his<br/>promise, he abides with his Church on earth, even to the end<br/>of the ages; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and<br/>reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, in glory<br/>everlasting.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>or this</i></p>
+<p>Grant, we pray, Almighty God, that as we believe your<br/>only-begotten Son our Lord Jesus Christ to have ascended<br/>into heaven, so we may also in heart and mind there ascend,<br/>and with him continually dwell; who lives and reigns with<br/>you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Ascension</i></p>
+<p><i>Either of the preceding Collects, with the proper Psalm and Lessons for<br/>Ascension Day, serves for the following weekdays, except as otherwise<br/>appointed.</i></p>
+<h1>Seventh Sunday of Easter:  The Sunday after Ascension Day</h1>
+<p>O God, the King of glory, you have exalted your only Son<br/>Jesus Christ with great triumph to your kingdom in heaven:<br/>Do not leave us comfortless, but send us your Holy Spirit to<br/>strengthen us, and exalt us to that place where our Savior<br/>Christ has gone before; who lives and reigns with you and<br/>the Holy Spirit, one God, in glory everlasting.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Ascension</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="227">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>The Day of Pentecost:  Whitsunday</h1>
+<p><i>When a Vigil of Pentecost is observed, it begins with the Service of<br/>Light, page <a href="109.html">109</a> (substituting, if desired, the Gloria in Excelsis for<br/>the Phos hilaron), and continues with the Salutation and Collect of the<br/>Day.  Three or more of the appointed Lessons are read before the Gospel,<br/>each followed by a Psalm, Canticle, or hymn.  Holy Baptism or<br/>Confirmation (beginning with the Presentation of the Candidates), or the<br/>Renewal of Baptismal Vows, page <a href="292.html">292</a>, follows the Sermon.</i></p>
+<p>Almighty God, on this day you opened the way of eternal life<br/>to every race and nation by the promised gift of your Holy<br/>Spirit:  Shed abroad this gift throughout the world by the<br/>preaching of the Gospel, that it may reach to the ends of the<br/>earth; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns<br/>with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever<br/>and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>or this</i></p>
+<p>O God, who on this day taught the hearts of your faithful<br/>people by sending to them the light of your Holy Spirit:<br/>Grant us by the same Spirit to have a right judgment in all<br/>things, and evermore to rejoice in his holy comfort; through<br/>Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with<br/>you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and<br/>ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Pentecost</i></p>
+<p><i>On the weekdays which follow, the numbered Proper which corresponds<br/>most closely to the date of Pentecost in that year is used.  See page<br/>158.</i></p>
+<p><i>Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday of this week are the traditional summer<br/>Ember Days.</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="228">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>First Sunday after Pentecost:  Trinity Sunday</h1>
+<p>Almighty and everlasting God, you have given to us<br/>your servants grace, by the confession of a true faith, to<br/>acknowledge the glory of the eternal Trinity, and in the<br/>power of your divine Majesty to worship the Unity:  Keep<br/>us steadfast in this faith and worship, and bring us at last to<br/>see you in your one and eternal glory, O Father; who with<br/>the Son and the Holy Spirit live and reign, one God, for ever<br/>and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Trinity Sunday</i></p>
+<p><i>On the weekdays which follow, the numbered Proper which corresponds<br/>most closely to the date of Trinity Sunday in that year is used.</i></p>
+<h1>The Season after Pentecost</h1>
+<p><i>Directions for the use of the Propers which follow are on page <a href="158.html">158</a>.</i></p>
+<h1>Proper 1</h1>  <i>Week of the Sunday closest to May 11</i>
+<p>Remember, O Lord, what you have wrought in us and not<br/>what we deserve; and, as you have called us to your service,<br/>make us worthy of our calling; through Jesus Christ our Lord,<br/>who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God,<br/>now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>No Proper Preface is used.</i></p>
+<h1>Proper 2</h1>  <i>Week of the Sunday closest to May 18</i>
+<p>Almighty and merciful God, in your goodness keep us, we<br/>pray, from all things that may hurt us, that we, being ready</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="229">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>both in mind and body, may accomplish with free hearts<br/>those things which belong to your purpose; through Jesus<br/>Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy<br/>Spirit, one God, now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>No Proper Preface is used.</i></p>
+<h1>Proper 3</h1>  <i>The Sunday closest to May 25</i>
+<p>Grant, O Lord, that the course of this world may be<br/>peaceably governed by your providence; and that your<br/>Church may joyfully serve you in confidence and serenity;<br/>through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you<br/>and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Lord's Day</i></p>
+<h1>Proper 4</h1>  <i>The Sunday closest to June 1</i>
+<p>O God, your never-failing providence sets in order all things<br/>both in heaven and earth:  Put away from us, we entreat you,<br/>all hurtful things, and give us those things which are profitable<br/>for us; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns<br/>with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.<br/><i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Lord's Day</i></p>
+<h1>Proper 5</h1>  <i>The Sunday closest to June 8</i>
+<p>O God, from whom all good proceeds:  Grant that by your<br/>inspiration we may think those things that are right, and by<br/>your merciful guiding may do them; through Jesus Christ our<br/>Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one<br/>God, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Lord's Day</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="230">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>Proper 6</h1>  <i>The Sunday closest to June 15</i>
+<p>Keep, O Lord, your household the Church in your steadfast<br/>faith and love, that through your grace we may proclaim<br/>your truth with boldness, and minister your justice with<br/>compassion; for the sake of our Savior Jesus Christ, who<br/>lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now<br/>and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Lord's Day</i></p>
+<h1>Proper 7</h1>  <i>The Sunday closest to June 22</i>
+<p>O Lord, make us have perpetual love and reverence for your<br/>holy Name, for you never fail to help and govern those whom<br/>you have set upon the sure foundation of your loving-kindness;<br/>through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you<br/>and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Lord's Day</i></p>
+<h1>Proper 8</h1>  <i>The Sunday closest to June 29</i>
+<p>Almighty God, you have built your Church upon the<br/>foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself<br/>being the chief cornerstone:  Grant us so to be joined together<br/>in unity of spirit by their teaching, that we may be made a<br/>holy temple acceptable to you; through Jesus Christ our Lord,<br/>who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God,<br/>for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Lord's Day</i></p>
+<h1>Proper 9</h1>  <i>The Sunday closest to July 6</i>
+<p>O God, you have taught us to keep all your commandments<br/>by loving you and our neighbor:  Grant us the grace of your<br/>Holy Spirit, that we may be devoted to your with our whole</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="231">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>heart, and united to one another with pure affection; through<br/>Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the<br/>Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Lord's Day</i></p>
+<h1>Proper 10</h1>  <i>The Sunday closest to July 13</i>
+<p>O Lord, mercifully receive the prayers of your people who<br/>call upon you, and grant that they may know and understand<br/>what things they ought to do, and also may have grace and<br/>power faithfully to accomplish them; through Jesus Christ<br/>our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,<br/>one God, now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Lord's Day</i></p>
+<h1>Proper 11</h1>  <i>The Sunday closest to July 20</i>
+<p>Almighty God, the fountain of all wisdom, you know our<br/>necessities before we ask and our ignorance in asking:  Have<br/>compassion on our weakness, and mercifully give us those<br/>things which for our unworthiness we dare not, and for our<br/>blindness we cannot ask; through the worthiness of your Son<br/>Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the<br/>Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Lord's Day</i></p>
+<h1>Proper 12</h1>  <i>The Sunday closest to July 27</i>
+<p>O god, the protector of all who trust in you, without whom<br/>nothing is strong, nothing is holy:  Increase and multiply upon<br/>us your mercy; that, with you as our ruler and guide, we may so<br/>pass through things temporal, that we lose not the things eternal;<br/>through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you<br/>and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Lord's Day</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="232">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>Proper 13</h1>  <i>The Sunday closest to August 3</i>
+<p>Let your continual mercy, O Lord, cleanse and defend your<br/>Church; and, because it cannot continue in safety without<br/>your help, protect and govern it always by your goodness;<br/>through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you<br/>and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<h1>Proper 14</h1>  <i>The Sunday closest to August 10</i>
+<p>Grant to us, Lord, we pray, the spirit to think and do always<br/>those things that are right, that we, who cannot exist without<br/>you, may by you be enabled to live according to your will;<br/>through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you<br/>and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Lord's Day</i></p>
+<h1>Proper 15</h1>  <i>The Sunday closest to August 17</i>
+<p>Almighty God, you have given your only Son to be for us a<br/>sacrifice for sin, and also an example of godly life:  Give us<br/>grace to receive thankfully the fruits of this redeeming work,<br/>and to follow daily in the blessed steps of his most holy life;<br/>through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns<br/>with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.<br/><i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Lord's Day</i></p>
+<h1>Proper 16</h1>  <i>The Sunday closest to August 24</i>
+<p>Grant, O merciful God, that your Church, being gathered<br/>together in unity by your Holy Spirit, may show forth your<br/>power among all peoples, to the glory of your Name;</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="233">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you<br/>and the Holy Spirt, one God, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Lord's Day</i></p>
+<h1>Proper 17</h1>  <i>The Sunday closest to August 31</i>
+<p>Lord of all power and might, the author and giver of all good<br/>things:  Graft in our hearts the love of your Name; increase in<br/>us true religion; nourish us with all goodness; and bring forth<br/>in us the fruit of good works; through Jesus Christ our Lord,<br/>who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God,<br/>for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Lord's Day</i></p>
+<h1>Proper 18</h1>  <i>The Sunday closest to September 7</i>
+<p>Grant us, O Lord, to trust in you with all our hearts; for, as<br/>you always resist the proud who confide in their own strength,<br/>so you never forsake those who make their boast of your<br/>mercy; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns<br/>with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.<br/><i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Lord's Day</i></p>
+<h1>Proper 19</h1>  <i>The Sunday closest to September 14</i>
+<p>O God, because without you we are not able to please you,<br/>mercifully grant that your Holy Spirit may in all things direct<br/>and rule our hearts; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives<br/>and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and<br/>for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Lord's Day</i></p>
+<p><i>The Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday after September 14 are the<br/>traditional autumnal Ember Days.</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="234">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>Proper 20</h1>  <i>The Sunday closest to September 21</i>
+<p>Grant us, Lord, not to be anxious about earthly things, but to<br/>love things heavenly; and even now, while we are placed among<br/>things that are passing away, to hold fast to those that shall<br/>endure; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns<br/>with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Lord's Day</i></p>
+<h1>Proper 21</h1>  <i>The Sunday closest to September 28</i>
+<p>O God, you declare your almighty power chiefly in showing<br/>mercy and pity:  Grant us the fullness of your grace, that we,<br/>running to obtain your promises, may become partakers of<br/>your heavenly treasure; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who<br/>lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for<br/>ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Lord's Day</i></p>
+<h1>Proper 22</h1>  <i>The Sunday closest to October 5</i>
+<p>Almighty and everlasting God, you are always more ready to<br/>hear than we to pray, and to give more than we either desire<br/>or deserve:  Pour upon us the abundance of your mercy,<br/>forgiving us those things of which our conscience is afraid,<br/>and giving us those good things for which we are not worthy<br/>to ask, except through the merits and mediation of Jesus<br/>Christ our Savior; who lives and reigns with you and the<br/>Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Lord's Day</i></p>
+<h1>Proper 23</h1>  <i>The Sunday closest to October 12</i>
+<p>Lord, we pray that your grace may always precede and<br/>follow us, that we may continually be given to good works;</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="235">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you<br/>and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Lord's Day</i></p>
+<h1>Proper 24</h1>  <i>The Sunday closest to October 19</i>
+<p>Almighty and everlasting God, in Christ you have revealed<br/>your glory among the nations:  Preserve the works of your<br/>mercy, that your Church throughout the world may<br/>persevere with steadfast faith in the confession of your<br/>Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns<br/>with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.<br/><i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Lord's Day</i></p>
+<h1>Proper 25</h1>  <i>The Sunday closest to October 26</i>
+<p>Almighty and everlasting God, increase in us the gifts of<br/>faith, hope, and charity; and, that we may obtain what you<br/>promise, make us love what you command; through Jesus<br/>Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy<br/>Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Lord's Day</i></p>
+<h1>Proper 26</h1>  <i>The Sunday closest to November 2</i>
+<p>Almighty and merciful God, it is only by your gift that your<br/>faithful people offer you true and laudable service:  Grant<br/>that we may run without stumbling to obtain your heavenly<br/>promises; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and<br/>reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for<br/>ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Lord's Day</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="236">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>Proper 27</h1>  <i>The Sunday closest to November 9</i>
+<p>O God, whose blessed Son came into the world that he might<br/>destroy the works of the devil and make us children of God<br/>and heirs of eternal life:  Grant that, having this hope, we may<br/>purify ourselves as he is pure; that, when he comes again<br/>with power and great glory, we may be made like him in his<br/>eternal and glorious kingdom; where he lives and reigns with<br/>you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Lord's Day</i></p>
+<h1>Proper 28</h1>  <i>The Sunday closest to November 16</i>
+<p>Blessed Lord, who caused all holy Scriptures to be written for<br/>our learning:  Grant us so to hear them, read, mark, learn,<br/>and inwardly digest them, that we may embrace and ever<br/>hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life, which you have<br/>given us in our Savior Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with<br/>you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Lord's Day</i></p>
+<h1>Proper 29</h1>  <i>The Sunday closest to November 23</i>
+<p>Almighty and everlasting God, whose will it is to restore all<br/>things in your well-beloved Son, the King of kings and Lord of<br/>lords:  Mercifully grant that the peoples of the earth, divided<br/>and enslaved by sin, may be freed and brought together<br/>under his most gracious rule; who lives and reigns with you<br/>and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Lord's Day, or of Baptism</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="237">
+    <section title="Holy Days" level="2"/>
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>Holy Days</h1>
+<h1>Saint Andrew</h1>  <i>November 30</i>
+<p>Almighty God, who gave such grace to your apostle Andrew<br/>that he readily obeyed the call of your Son Jesus Christ, and<br/>brought his brother with him: Give us, who are called by<br/>your holy Word, grace to follow him withoit delay, and to<br/>bring those near to us into his gracious presence; who lives<br/>and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and<br/>for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Apostles</i></p>
+<h1>Saint Thomas</h1>  <i>December 21</i>
+<p>Everliving God, who strengthened your apostle Thomas with<br/>firm and certain faith in your Son's resurrection: Grant us so<br/>perfectly and without doubt to believe in Jesus Christ, our<br/>Lord and our God, that our faith may never be found wanting<br/>in your sight; through him who lives and reigns with yuo and<br/>the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Apostles</i></p>
+<h1>Saint Stephen</h1>  <i>December 26</i>
+<p>We give you thanks, O Lord of glory, for the example of<br/>the first martyr Stephen, who looked up to heaven and prayed<br/>for his persecutors to your Son Jesus Christ, who stands at<br/>your right hand; where he lives and reigns with you and the<br/>Holy Spirit, one God, in glory everlasting.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Incarnation</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="238">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>Saint John</h1>  <i>December 27</i>
+<p>Shed upon your Church, O Lord, the brightness of your light,<br/>that we, being illumined by the teaching of your apostle and<br/>evangelist John, may so walk in the light of your truth, that<br/>at length we may attain to the fullness of eternal life; through<br/>Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the<br/>Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Incarnation</i></p>
+<h1>The Holy Innocents</h1>  <i>December 28</i>
+<p>We remember today, O God, the slaughter of the holy<br/>innocents of Bethlehem by King Herod.  Receive, we pray,<br/>into the arms of your mercy all innocent victims; and by your<br/>great might frustrate the designs of evil tyrants and establish<br/>your rule of justice, love, and peace; through Jesus Christ<br/>our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the<br/>Holy Spirit,, one God, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Incarnation</i></p>
+<h1>Confession of Saint Peter</h1>  <i>January 18</i>
+<p>Almighty Father, who inspired Saint Peter, first among the<br/>apostles, to confess Jesus as Messiah and Son of the living God:<br/>Keep your Church steadfast upon the rock of this faith, so that<br/>in unity and peace we may proclaim the one truth and follow<br/>the one Lord, our Savior Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with<br/>you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Apostles</i></p>
+<h1>Conversion of Saint Paul</h1>  <i>January 25</i>
+<p>O God, by the preaching of your apostle Paul you have<br/>caused the light of the Gospel to shine throughout the world:</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="239">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>Grant, we pray, that we, having his wonderful conversion in<br/>remembrance, may show ourselves thankful to you by following<br/>his holy teaching; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives<br/>and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God,<br/>now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Apostles</i></p>
+<h1>The Presentation</h1>  <i>February 2</i>
+<p>Almighty and everliving God, we humbly pray that, as your<br/>only-begotten Son was this day presented in the temple, so<br/>we may be presented to you with pure and clean hearts by<br/>Jesus Christ our Lord; who lives and reigns with you and the<br/>Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Epiphany</i></p>
+<h1>Saint Matthias</h1>  <i>February 24</i>
+<p>Almighty God, who in the place of Judas chose your faithful<br/>servant Matthias to be numbered among the Twelve: Grant that<br/>your Church, being delivered from false apostles, may always<br/>be guided and governed by faithful and true pastors; through<br/>Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the<br/>unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Apostles</i></p>
+<h1>Saint Joseph</h1>  <i>March 19</i>
+<p>O God, who from the family of your servant David raised<br/>up Joseph to be the guardian of your incarnate Son and the<br/>spouse of his virgin mother: Give us grace to imitate his<br/>uprightness of life and his obedience to your commands;<br/>through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with<br/>you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Epiphany</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="240">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>The Annunciation</h1>  <i>March 25</i>
+<p>Pour your grace into our hearts, O Lord, that we who have<br/>known the incarnation of your Son Jesus Christ, announced<br/>by an angel to the Virgin Mary, may by his cross and passion<br/>be brought to the glory of his resurrection; who lives and<br/>reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now<br/>and for ever  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Epiphany</i></p>
+<h1>Saint Mark</h1>  <i>April 25</i>
+<p>Almighty God, by the hand of Mark the evangelist you have<br/>given to your Church the Gospel of Jesus Christ the Son of<br/>God: We thank you for this witness, and pray that we may be<br/>firmly grounded in its truth; through Jesus Christ our Lord,<br/>who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God,<br/>for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of All Saints</i></p>
+<h1>Saint Philip and Saint James</h1>  <i>May 1</i>
+<p>Almighty God, who gave to your apostles Philip and James grace<br/>and strength to bear witness to the truth: Grant that we, being<br/>mindful of their victory of faith, may glorify in life and death the<br/>Name of our Lord Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with you<br/>and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Apostles</i></p>
+<h1>The Visitation</h1>  <i>May 31</i>
+<p>Father in heaven, by your grace the virgin mother of your<br/>incarnate Son was blessed in bearing him, but still more<br/>blessed in keeping your word: Grant us who honor the<br/>exaltation of her lowliness to follow the example of her<br/>devotion to your will; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="241">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for<br/>ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Epiphany</i></p>
+<h1>Saint Barnabas</h1>  <i>June 11</i>
+<p>Grant, O God, that we may follow the example of your<br/>faithful servant Barnabas, who, seeking not his own renown<br/>but the well-being of your Church, gave generously of his<br/>life and substance for the relief of the poor and the spread<br/>of the Gospel; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives<br/>and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever<br/>and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Apostles</i></p>
+<h1>The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist</h1>  <i>June 24</i>
+<p>Almighty God, by whose providence your servant John the<br/>Baptist was wonderfully born, and sent to prepare the way of<br/>your Son our Savior by preaching repentance: Make us so to<br/>follow his teaching and holy life, that we may truly repent<br/>according to his preaching; and, following his example,<br/>constantly speak the truth, boldly rebuke vice, and patiently<br/>suffer for the truth's sake; through Jesus Christ your Son our<br/>Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one<br/>God, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Advent</i></p>
+<h1>Saint Peter and Saint Paul</h1>  <i>June 29</i>
+<p>Almighty God, whose blessed apostles Peter and Paul glorified<br/>you by their martyrdom: Grant that your Church, instructed by<br/>their teaching and example, and knit together in unity by your<br/>Spirit, may ever stand firm upon the one foundation, which<br/>is Jesus Christ our Lord; who lives and reigns with you, in the<br/>unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Apostles</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="242">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>Independence Day</h1>  <i>July 4</i>
+<p>Lord God Almighty, in whose Name the founders of this<br/>country won liberty for themselves and for us, and lit the<br/>torch of freedom for nations then unborn:  Grant that we and<br/>all the people of this land may have grace to maintain our<br/>liberties in righteousness and peace; through Jesus Christ our<br/>Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one<br/>God, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>The Collect "For the Nation," page <a href="258.html">258</a>, may be used instead.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Trinity Sunday</i></p>
+<h1>Saint Mary Magdalene</h1>  <i>July 22</i>
+<p>Almighty God, whose blessed Son restored Mary Magdalene<br/>to health of body and of mind, and called her to be a witness<br/>of his resurrection:  Mercifully grant that by your grace we<br/>may be healed from all our infirmities and know you in the<br/>power of his unending life; who with you and the Holy Spirit<br/>lives and reigns, one God, now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of All Saints</i></p>
+<h1>Saint James</h1>  <i>July 25</i>
+<p>O gracious God, we remember before you today your servant<br/>and apostle James, first among the Twelve to suffer martyrdom<br/>for the Name of Jesus Christ; and we pray that you will pour<br/>out upon the leaders of your Church that spirit of self-denying<br/>service by which alone they may have true authority among<br/>your people; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and<br/>reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for<br/>ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Apostles</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="243">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>The Transfiguration</h1>  <i>August 6</i>
+<p>O God, who on the holy mount revealed to chosen witnesses<br/>your well-beloved Son, wonderfully transfigured, in raiment<br/>white and glistening:  Mercifully grant that we, being<br/>delivered from the disquietude of this world, may by faith<br/>behold the King in his beauty; who with you, O Father, and<br/>you, O Holy Spirit, lives and reigns, one God, for ever and<br/>ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Epiphany</i></p>
+<h1>Saint Mary the Virgin</h1>  <i>August 15</i>
+<p>O God, you have taken to yourself the blessed Virgin Mary,<br/>mother of your incarnate Son:  Grant that we, who have been<br/>redeemed by his blood, may share with her the glory of your<br/>eternal kingdom; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives<br/>and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God,<br/>now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Incarnation</i></p>
+<h1>Saint Bartholomew</h1>  <i>August 24</i>
+<p>Almighty and everlasting God, who gave to your apostle<br/>Bartholomew grace and truly to believe and to preach your<br/>Word:  Grant that your Church may love what he believed<br/>and preach what he taught; through Jesus Christ our Lord,<br/>who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God,<br/>for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Apostles</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="244">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>Holy Cross Day</h1>  <i>September 14</i>
+<p>Almighty God, whose Son our Savior Jesus Christ was lifted<br/>high upon the cross that he might draw the whole world to<br/>himself:  Mercifully grant that we, who glory in the mystery<br/>of our redemption, may have grace to take up our cross and<br/>follow him; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy<br/>Spirit, one God, in glory everlasting.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Holy Week</i></p>
+<h1>Saint Matthew</h1>  <i>September 21</i>
+<p>We thank you, heavenly Father, for the witness of your apostle<br/>and evangelist Matthew to the Gospel of your Son our Savior;<br/>and we pray that, after his example, we may with ready wills<br/>and hearts obey the calling of our Lord to follow him;<br/>through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you<br/>and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Apostles</i></p>
+<h1>Saint Michael and All Angels</h1>  <i>September 29</i>
+<p>Everlasting God, you have ordained and constituted in a<br/>wonderful order the ministries of angels and mortals:<br/>Mercifully grant that, as your holy angels always serve and<br/>worship you in heaven, so by your appointment they may<br/>help and defend us here on earth; through Jesus Christ our<br/>Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one<br/>God, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Trinity Sunday</i></p>
+<h1>Saint Luke</h1>  <i>October 18</i>
+<p>Almighty God, who inspired your servant Luke the physician<br/>to set forth in the Gospel the love and healing power of your<br/>Son:  Graciously continue in your Church this love and power</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="245">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>to heal, to the praise and glory of your Name; through Jesus<br/>Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity<br/>of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of All Saints</i></p>
+<h1>Saint James of Jerusalem</h1>  <i>October 23</i>
+<p>Grant, O God, that, following the example of your servant<br/>James the Just, brother of our Lord, your Church may give<br/>itself continually to prayer and to the reconciliation of all<br/>who are at variance and enmity; through Jesus Christ our<br/>Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one<br/>God, now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of All Saints</i></p>
+<h1>Saint Simon and Saint Jude</h1>  <i>October 28</i>
+<p>O God, we thank you for the glorious company of the apostles,<br/>and especially on this day for Simon and Jude; and we pray<br/>that, as they were faithful and zealous in their mission, so we<br/>may with ardent devotion make known the love and mercy of<br/>our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with<br/>you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Apostles</i></p>
+<h1>All Saint's Day</h1>  <i>November 1</i>
+<p>Almighty God, you have knit together your elect in one<br/>communion and fellowship in the mystical body of your Son<br/>Christ our Lord:  Give us grace so to follow your blessed saints<br/>in all virtuous and godly living, that we may come to those<br/>ineffable joys that you have prepared for those who truly love<br/>you; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who with you and the Holy<br/>Spirit lives and reigns, one God, in glory everlasting.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of All Saints</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="246">
+    <section title="Common of Saints" level="2"/>
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>Thanksgiving Day</h1>
+<p>Almighty and gracious Father, we give you thanks for the<br/>fruits of the earth in their season and for the labors of those<br/>who harvest them.  Make us, we pray, faithful stewards of<br/>your great bounty, for the provision of our necessities and<br/>the relief of all who are in need, to the glory of your Name;<br/>through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with<br/>you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>For the Prayers of the People, the Litany of Thanksgiving on page <a href="836.html">836</a><br/>may be used.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Trinity Sunday</i></p>
+<h1>The Common of Saints</h1>
+<p><i>The festival of a saint is observed in accordance with the rules of<br/>precedence set forth in the Calendar of the Church year.</i></p>
+<p><i>At the discretion of the Celebrant, and as appropriate, any of the<br/>following Collects, with one of the corresponding sets of Psalms and<br/>Lessons, may be used</i></p>
+<p><i>a) at the commemoration of a saint listed in the Calendar for which no<br/>Proper is provided in this Book</i></p>
+<p><i>b) at the patronal festival or commemoration of a saint not listed in<br/>the Calendar.</i></p>
+<h1>Of a Martyr</h1>
+<p>Almighty God, who gave your servant <b><span class="person">N</span></b> boldness to<br/>confess the Name of our Savior Jesus Christ before the rulers</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="247">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>of this world, and courage to die for this faith:  Grant that we<br/>may always be ready to give a reason for the hope that is in<br/>us, and to suffer gladly for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ;<br/>who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God,<br/>for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>or this</i></p>
+<p>Almighty God, by whose grace and power your holy martyr<br/><b><span class="person">N</span></b> triumphed over suffering and was faithful even to death:<br/>Grant us, who now remember <i>him</i> in thanksgiving, to be so<br/>faithful in our witness to you in this world, that we may<br/>receive with <i>him</i> the crown of life; through Jesus Christ our<br/>Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one<br/>God, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>or this</i></p>
+<p>Almighty and everlasting God, who kindled the flame of your<br/>love in the heart of your holy martyr <b><span class="person">N</span></b>:  Grant to us, your<br/>humble servants, a like faith and power of love, that we who<br/>rejoice in <i>her</i> triumph may profit by <i>her</i> example; through<br/>Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the<br/>Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of a Saint</i></p>
+<h1>Of a Missionary</h1>
+<p>Almighty and everlasting God, we thank you for your<br/>servant <b><span class="person">N</span></b>, whom you called to preach the Gospel to the<br/>people of ... (<i>or</i> to the ... people).  Raise<br/>up in this and every land evangelists and heralds of your<br/>kingdom, that your Church may proclaim the unsearchable<br/>riches of our Savior Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with<br/>you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>or the following</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="248">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>Almighty God, whose will it is to be glorified in your saints,<br/>and who raised up your servant <b><span class="person">N</span></b> to be a light in the world;<br/>Shine, we pray, in our hearts, that we also in our generation<br/>may show forth your praise, who called us out of darkness<br/>into your marvelous light; through Jesus Christ our Lord,<br/>who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God,<br/>now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Pentecost</i></p>
+<h1>Of a Pastor</h1>
+<p>Heavenly Father, Shepherd of your people, we thank you for<br/>your servant <b><span class="person">N</span></b>, who was faithful in the care and nurture of<br/>your flock; and we pray that, following his example and the<br/>teaching of his holy life, we may by your grace grow into the<br/>stature of the fullness of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ;<br/>who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God,<br/>for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>or this</i></p>
+<p>O God, our heavenly Father, who raised up your faithful<br/>servant <b><span class="person">N</span></b>, to be a [bishop and] pastor in your Church and to<br/>feed your flock:  Give abundantly to all pastors the gifts of<br/>your Holy Spirit, that they may minister in your household as<br/>true servants of Christ and stewards of your divine mysteries;<br/>through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you<br/>and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of a Saint</i></p>
+<h1>Of a Theologian and Teacher</h1>
+<p>O God, by your Holy Spirit you give to some the word of<br/>wisdom, to others the world of knowledge, and to others the<br/>word of faith:  We praise your Name for the gifts of grace</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="249">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>manifested in your servant <b><span class="person">N</span></b>, and we pray that your Church<br/>may never be destitute of such gifts; through Jesus Christ our<br/>Lord, who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, one<br/>God, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>or this</i></p>
+<p>Almighty God, you gave to your servant <b><span class="person">N</span></b> special gifts of<br/>grace to understand and teach the truth as it is in Christ Jesus:<br/>Grant that by this teaching we may know you, the one true<br/>God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent; who lives and<br/>reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and<br/>ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of a Saint, or of Trinity Sunday</i></p>
+<h1>Of a Monastic</h1>
+<p>O God, whose blessed Son became poor that we through his<br/>poverty might be rich:  Deliver us from an inordinate love of<br/>this world, that we, inspired by the devotion of your servant<br/><b><span class="person">N</span></b>, may serve you with singleness of heart, and attain to the<br/>riches of the age to come; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who<br/>lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one<br/>God, now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>or this</i></p>
+<p>O God, by whose grace your servant <b><span class="person">N</span></b>, kindled with the<br/>flame of your love, became a burning and a shining light in<br/>your Church:  Grant that we also may be aflame with the spirit<br/>of love and discipline, and walk before you as children of light;<br/>through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you,<br/>in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.<br/><i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of a Saint</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="250">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>Of a Saint</h1>
+<p>Almighty God, you have surrounded us with a great cloud of<br/>witnesses:  Grant that we, encouraged by the good example of<br/>your servant <b><span class="person">N</span></b>, may persevere in running the race that is set<br/>before us, until at last we may with <i>him</i> attain to your eternal<br/>joy; through Jesus Christ, the pioneer and perfecter of our<br/>faith, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one<br/>God, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>or this</i></p>
+<p>O God, you have brought us near to an innumerable company<br/>of angels, and to the spirits of just men made perfect:  Grant us<br/>during our earthly pilgrimage to abide in their fellowship, and<br/>in our heavenly country to become partakers of their joy;<br/>through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you<br/>and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>or this</i></p>
+<p>Almighty God, by your Holy Spirit you have made us one with<br/>your saints in heaven and on earth:  Grant that in our earthly<br/>pilgrimage we may always be supported by this fellowship of<br/>love and prayer, and know ourselves to be surrounded by their<br/>witness to your power and mercy.  We ask this for the sake of<br/>Jesus Christ, in whom all our intercessions are acceptable<br/>through the Spirit, and who lives and reigns for ever and ever.<br/><i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of a Saint</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="251">
+    <section title="Various Occasions" level="2"/>
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>Various Occasions</h1>
+<p><i>For optional use, when desire, subject to the rules set forth in the<br/>Calendar of the Church Year.</i></p>
+<h1>1. Of the Holy Trinity</h1>
+<p>Almighty God, you have revealed to your Church your eternal<br/>Being of glorious majesty and perfect love as one God in<br/>Trinity of Persons:  Give us grace to continue steadfast in the<br/>confession of this faith, and constant in our worship of you,<br/>Father, Son, and Holy Spirit; for you live and reign, one God,<br/>now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Trinity Sunday</i></p>
+<h1>2. Of the Holy Spirit</h1>
+<p>Almighty and most merciful God, grant that by the indwelling<br/>of your Holy Spirit we may be enlightened and strengthened<br/>for your service; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and<br/>reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now<br/>and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Pentecost</i></p>
+<h1>3. Of the Holy Angels</h1>
+<p>Everlasting God, you have ordained and constituted in a<br/>wonderful order the ministries of angels and mortals:<br/>Mercifully grant that, as your holy angels always serve and<br/>worship you in heaven, so by your appointment they may<br/>help and defend us here on earth; through Jesus Christ our<br/>Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one<br/>God, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Trinity Sunday</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="252">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>4. Of the Incarnation</h1>
+<p>O God, who wonderfully created, and yet more wonderfully<br/>restored, the dignity of human nature:  Grant that we may<br/>share the divine life of him who humbled himself to share our<br/>humanity, your Son Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with you,<br/>in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Epiphany</i></p>
+<h1>5.  Of the Holy Eucharist</h1>
+<p><i>Especially suitable for Thursdays</i></p>
+<p>God our Father, whose Son our Lord Jesus Christ in a<br/>wonderful Sacrament has left us a memorial of his passion:<br/>Grant us so to venerate the sacred mysteries of his Body and<br/>Blood, that we may ever perceive within ourselves the fruit<br/>of his redemption; who lives and reigns with you and the<br/>Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Epiphany</i></p>
+<h1>6. Of the Holy Cross</h1>
+<p><i>Especially suitable for Fridays</i></p>
+<p>Almighty God, whose beloved Son willingly endured the agony<br/>and shame of the cross for our redemption:  Give us courage to<br/>take up our cross and follow him; who lives and reigns with<br/>you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Holy Week</i></p>
+<h1>7. For all Baptized Christians</h1>
+<p><i>Especially suitable for Saturdays</i></p>
+<p>Grant, Lord God, to all who have been baptized into the</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="253">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>death and resurrection of your Son Jesus Christ, that, as we<br/>have put away the old life of sin, so we may be renewed in the<br/>spirit of our minds, and live in righteousness and true holiness;<br/>through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you,<br/>in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.<br/><i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Baptism</i></p>
+<h1>8. For the Departed</h1>
+<p>Eternal Lord God, you hold all souls in life:  Give to your<br/>whole Church in paradise and on earth your light and your<br/>peace; and grant that we, following the good examples of<br/>those who have served you here and are now at rest, may at<br/>the last enter with them into your unending joy; through<br/>Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the<br/>unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>or this</i></p>
+<p>Almighty God, we remember before you today your faithful<br/>servant <b><span class="person">N</span></b>; and we pray that, having opened to <i>him</i> the gates<br/>of larger life, you will receive <i>him</i> more and more into your<br/>joyful service, that, with all who have faithfully served you in<br/>the past, <i>he</i> may share in the eternal victory of Jesus Christ<br/>our Lord; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the<br/>Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Any of the Collects appointed for use at the Burial of the Dead may be<br/>used instead.</i></p>
+<p><i>For the Prayers of the People, one of the forms appointed for the<br/>Burial of the Dead may be used.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface to the Commemoration of the Dead</i></p>
+<p><i>The postcommunion prayer on page <a href="498.html">498</a> may be used.</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="254">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>9. Of the Reign of Christ</h1>
+<p>Almighty and everlasting God, whose will it is to restore all<br/>things in your well-beloved Son, the King of kings and Lord<br/>of lords:  Mercifully grant that the peoples of the earth,<br/>divided and enslaved by sin, may be freed and brought together<br/>under his most gracious rule; who lives and reigns with you<br/>and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Ascension, or of Baptism</i></p>
+<h1>10.  At Baptism</h1>
+<p>Almighty God, by our baptism into the death and resurrection<br/>of your Son Jesus Christ, you turn us from the old life of sin:<br/>Grant that we, being reborn to new life in him, may live in<br/>righteousness and holiness all our days; through Jesus Christ<br/>our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,<br/>one God, now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Baptism</i></p>
+<h1>11. At Confirmation</h1>
+<p>Grant, Almighty God, that we, who have been redeemed<br/>from the old life of sin by our baptism into the death and<br/>resurrection of your Son Jesus Christ, may be renewed in<br/>your Holy Spirit, and live in righteousness and true holiness;<br/>through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you<br/>and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Baptism, or of Pentecost</i></p>
+<h1>12. On the Anniversary of the Dedication of a Church</h1>
+<p>Almighty God, to whose glory we celebrate the dedication of<br/>this house of prayer:  We give you thanks for the fellowship</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="255">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>of those who have worshiped in this place, and we pray that<br/>all who seek you here may find you, and be filled with your<br/>joy and peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and<br/>reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now<br/>and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>The Litany of Thanksgiving for a Church, page <a href="578.html">578</a>, may be used for the<br/>Prayers of the People.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Dedication of a Church</i></p>
+<h1>13.  For a Church Convention</h1>
+<p>Almighty and everlasting Father, you have given the Holy<br/>Spirit to abide with us for ever:  Bless, we pray, with his grace<br/>and presence, the bishops and other clergy and the laity<br/>here (<i>or</i> now, <i>or</i> soon to be) assembled in your Name, that<br/>your Church, being preserved in true faith and godly<br/>discipline, may fulfill all the mind of him who loved it and<br/>gave himself for it, your Son Jesus Christ our Savior; who<br/>lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one<br/>God, now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Pentecost, or of the Season</i></p>
+<h1>14.  For the Unity of the Church</h1>
+<p>Almighty Father, whose blessed Son before his passion prayed<br/>for his disciples that they might be one, as you and he are one:<br/>Grant that your Church, being bound together in love and<br/>obedience to you, may be united in one body by the one Spirit,<br/>that the world may believe in him whom you have sent, your<br/>Son Jesus Christ our Lord; who lives and reigns with you, in<br/>the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Baptism, or of Trinity Sunday</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="256">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>15.  For the Ministry (Ember Days)</h1>
+<p><i>For use on the traditional days or at other times</i></p>
+<h1>I.  For those to be ordained</h1>
+<p>Almighty God, the giver of all good gifts, in your divine<br/>providence you have appointed various orders in your<br/>Church:  Give your grace, we humbly pray, to all who are<br/>[now] called to any office and ministry for your people; and so<br/>fill them with the truth of your doctrine and clothe them with<br/>holiness of life, that they may faithfully serve before you, to<br/>the glory of your great Name and for the benefit of your holy<br/>Church; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns<br/>with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and<br/>for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Apostles</i></p>
+<h1>II.  For the choice of fit persons for the ministry</h1>
+<p>O God, you led your holy apostles to ordain ministers in every<br/>place:  Grant that your Church, under the guidance of the Holy<br/>Spirit, may choose suitable persons for the ministry of Word<br/>and Sacrament, and may uphold them in their work for the<br/>extension of your kingdom; through him who is the Shepherd<br/>and Bishop of our souls, Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and<br/>reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and<br/>ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Season</i></p>
+<h1>III. For all Chistians in their vocation</h1>
+<p>Almighty and everlasting God, by whose Spirit the whole<br/>body of your faithful people is governed and sanctified:<br/>Receive our supplications and prayers, which we offer before</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="257">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>you for all members of you holy Church, that in their vocation<br/>and ministry they may truly and devoutly serve you; through<br/>our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with<br/>you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.<br/><i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Baptism, or of the Season</i></p>
+<h1>16. For the Mission of the Church</h1>
+<p>O God, you have made of one blood all the peoples of the<br/>earth, and sent your blessed Son to preach peace to those<br/>who are far off and to those who are near:  Grant that people<br/>everywhere may seek after you and find you, bring the nations<br/>into your fold, pour out your Spirit upon all flesh, and hasten<br/>the coming of your kingdom; through Jesus Christ our Lord,<br/>who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God,<br/>now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>or this</i></p>
+<p>O God of all the nations of the earth:  Remember the<br/>multitudes who have been created in your image but have not<br/>known the redeeming work of our Savior Jesus Christ; and<br/>grant that, by the prayers and labors of your holy Church,<br/>they may be brought to know and worship you as you have<br/>been revealed in your Son; who lives and reigns with you and<br/>the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Season, or of Pentecost</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="258">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>17. For the Nation</h1>
+<p>Lord God Almighty, you have made all the peoples of the<br/>earth for your glory, to serve you in freedom and in peace:<br/>Give to the people of our country a zeal for justice and the<br/>strength of forbearance, that we may use our liberty in<br/>accordance with your gracious will; through Jesus Christ our<br/>Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one<br/>God, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>The Collect for Independence Day may be used instead.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Trinity Sunday</i></p>
+<h1>18. For Peace</h1>
+<p>Almighty God, kindle, we pray, in every heart the true love of<br/>peace, and guide with your wisdom those who take counsel<br/>for the nations of the earth, that in tranquillity your dominion<br/>may increase until the earth is filled with the knowledge of your<br/>love; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with<br/>you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for<br/>ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Season</i></p>
+<h1>19. For Rogation Days</h1>
+<p><i>For use on the traditional days or at other times</i></p>
+<h1>I. For fruitful seasons</h1>
+<p>Almighty God, Lord of heaven and earth:  We humbly pray<br/>that your gracious providence may give and preserve to our<br/>use the harvests of the land and of the seas, and may prosper<br/>all who labor to gather them, that we, who are constantly<br/>receiving good things from your hand, may always give you</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="259">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>thanks; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns<br/>with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.<br/><i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Season</i></p>
+<h1>II. For Commerce and Industry</h1>
+<p>Almighty God, whose Son Jesus Christ in his earthly life<br/>shared our toil and hallowed our labor:  Be present with your<br/>people where they work; make those who carry on the industries<br/>and commerce of this land responsive to your will; and give<br/>to us all a pride in what we do, and a just return for our labor;<br/>through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with<br/>you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for<br/>ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Season</i></p>
+<h1>III. For stewardship of creation</h1>
+<p>O merciful Creator, your hand is open wide to satisfy the<br/>needs of every living creature:  Make us always thankful for<br/>your loving providence; and grant that we, remembering the<br/>account that we must one day give, may be faithful stewards<br/>of your good gifts; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who with<br/>you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, one God, for ever<br/>and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Season</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="260">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>20. For the Sick</h1>
+<p>Heavenly Father, giver of life and health:  Comfort and<br/>relieve your sick servants, and give your power of healing to<br/>those who minister to their needs, that those (<i>or</i> <b><span class="person">N</span></b>, <i>or</i> &NN.)<br/>for whom our prayers are offered may be strengthened in<br/><i>their</i> weakness and have confidence in you loving care;<br/>through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with<br/>you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Season</i></p>
+<p><i>The postcommunion prayer on page <a href="457.html">457</a> may be used.</i></p>
+<h1>21. For Social Justice</h1>
+<p>Almighty God, who created us in your image:  Grant us<br/>grace fearlessly to contend against evil and to make no peace<br/>with oppression; and, that we may reverently use our freedom,<br/>help us to employ it in the maintenance of justice in our<br/>communities and among the nations, to the glory of your holy<br/>Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with<br/>you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Season</i></p>
+<h1>22. For Social Service</h1>
+<p>Heavenly Father, whose blessed Son came not to be served<br/>but to serve:  Bless all who, following in his steps, give<br/>themselves to the service of others; that with wisdom,<br/>patience, and courage, they may minister in his Name to the<br/>suffering, the friendless, and the needy; for the love of him<br/>who laid down his life for us, your Son our Savior Jesus<br/>Christ, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,<br/>one God, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Season</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="261">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>23. For Education</h1>
+<p>Almighty God, the fountain of all wisdom:  Enlighten by your<br/>Holy Spirit those who teach and those who learn, that,<br/>rejoicing in the knowledge of your truth, they may worship<br/>you and serve you from generation to generation; through<br/>Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the<br/>Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Season</i></p>
+<h1>24. For Vocation in Daily Work</h1>
+<p>Almighty God our heavenly Father, you declare your glory<br/>and show forth your handiwork in the heavens and in the<br/>earth:  Deliver us in our various occupations from the service<br/>of self alone, that we may do the work you give us to do in<br/>truth and beauty and for the common good; for the sake of<br/>him who came among us as one who serves, your Son Jesus<br/>Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy<br/>Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<h1>25. For Labor Day</h1>
+<p>Almighty God, you have so linked our lives one with another<br/>that all we do affects, for good or ill, all other lives:  So guide<br/>us in the work we do, that we may do it not for self alone, but<br/>for the common good; and, as we seek a proper return for<br/>our own labor, make us mindful of the rightful aspirations of<br/>other workers, and arouse our concern for those who are out<br/>of work; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns<br/>with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.<br/><i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of the Season</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="262">
+    <content>
+      This page is blank.
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="263">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>Proper Liturgies<br/>for Special Days</h1>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="264">
+    <section title="Proper Liturgies for Special Days" level="1"/>
+    <section title="Ash Wednesday" level="2"/>
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>Ash Wednesday</h1>
+<p><i>On this day, the Celebrant begins the liturgy with the Salutation and<br/>the Collect of the Day.</i></p>
+<p>Let us pray.</p>
+<p>Almighty and everlasting God, you hate nothing you have<br/>made and forgive the sins of all who are penitent: Create and<br/>make in us new and contrite hearts, that we, worthily<br/>lamenting our sins and acknowledging our wickedness,<br/>may obtain of you, the God of all mercy, perfect remission<br/>and forgiveness; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives<br/>and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever<br/>and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Old Testament</i>    <a href="bible:Joel+2%3A1-2%2C12-17">Joel 2:1-2, 12-17</a>,  <i>or</i> <a href="bible:Isaiah+58%3A1-12">Isaiah 58:1-12</a></p>
+<p><i>Psalm</i>    103,  <i>or</i> 103:8-14</p>
+<p><i>Epistle</i>    <a href="bible:2+Corinthians+5%3A20">2 Corinthians 5:20</a>b-6:10</p>
+<p><i>Gospel</i>    <a href="bible:Matthew+6%3A1-6%2C16-21">Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21</a></p>
+<p><i>After the Sermon, all stand, and the Celebrant or Minister appointed<br/></i>invites the people to the observance of a holy Lent, saying*</p>
+<p>Dear People of God: The first Christians observed with great<br/>devotion the days of our Lord's passion and resurrection, and<br/>it became the custom of the Church to prepare for them by a</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="265">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>season of penitence and fasting.  This is season of Lent<br/>provided a time in which converts to the faith were prepared for Holy<br/>Baptism.  It was also a time when those who, because of<br/>notorious sins, had been separated from the body of the faithful<br/>were reconciled by penitence and forgiveness, and restored to<br/>the fellowship of the Church. Thereby, the whole congregation<br/>was put in mind of the message of pardon and absolution set<br/>forth in the Gospel of our Savior, and of the need which all<br/>Christians continually have to renew their repentance and faith.</p>
+<p>I invite you, therefore, in the name of the Church, to the<br/>observance of a holy Lent, by self-examination and repentance;<br/>by prayer, fasting, and self-denial; and by reading and<br/>meditating on God's holy Word.  And, to make a right beginning<br/>of repentance, and as a mark of our mortal nature, let us now<br/>kneel before the Lord, our maker and redeemer.</p>
+<p>*Silence is then kept for a time, all kneeling.</p>
+<p>[[<i>If ashes are to be imposed, the Celebrant says the following prayer</i></p>
+<p>Almighty God, you have created us out of the dust of the<br/>earth:  Grant that these ashes may be to us a sign of our<br/>mortality and penitence, that we may remember that it is<br/>only by your gracious gift that we are given everlasting life;<br/>through Jesus Christ our Savior.   <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>The ashes are imposed with the following words</i></p>
+<p>Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.]]</p>
+<p><i>The following Psalm is then sung or said</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="266">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1><a href="bible:Psalm+51">Psalm 51</a></h1>  <i>Miserere mei, Deus</i>
+<p>1  Have mercy on me, O God, according to your<br/>  loving-kindness; *<br/> in your great compassion blot out my offenses.</p>
+<p>2  Wash me through and through from my wickedness *<br/> and cleanse me from my sin.</p>
+<p>3  For I know my transgressions, *<br/> and my sin is ever before me.</p>
+<p>4  Against you only have I sinned *<br/>and done what is evil in your sight.</p>
+<p>5  And so you are justified when you speak *<br/> and upright in your judgment</p>
+<p>6  Indeed, I have been wicked from my birth, *<br/> a sinner from my mother's womb.</p>
+<p>7  For behold, you look for truth deep within me, *<br/> and will make me understand wisdom secretly.</p>
+<p>8  Purge me from my sin, and I shall be pure;<br/>wash me, and I shall be clean indeed.</p>
+<p>9  Make me hear of joy and gladness, *<br/> that the body you have broken may rejoice.</p>
+<p>10  Hide your face from my sins *<br/> and blot out all my iniquities.</p>
+<p>11  Create in me a clean heart, O God, *<br/> and renew a right spirit within me.</p>
+<p>12  Cast me not away from your presence *<br/> and take not your holy Spirit from me.</p>
+<p>13  Give me the joy of your saving help again *<br/> and sustain me with your bountiful Spirit.</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="267">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>14  I shall teach your ways to the wicked, *<br/>and sinners shall return to you.</p>
+<p>15  Deliver me from death, O God, *<br/> and my tongue shall sing of your righteousness,<br/> O God of my salvation.</p>
+<p>16  Open my lips, O Lord, *<br/>and my mouth shall proclaim your praise.</p>
+<p>17  Had you desired it, I would have offered sacrifice; *<br/>but you take no delight in burnt-offerings.</p>
+<p>18  The sacrifice of God is a troubled spirit; *<br/> a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.</p>
+<h1>Litany of Penitence</h1>
+<p><i>The Celebrant and People together, all kneeling</i></p>
+<p>Most holy and merciful Father:<br/>We confess to you and to one another,<br/>and to the whole communion of saints<br/>in heaven and on earth,<br/>that we have sinned by our own fault<br/>in thought, word, and deed;<br/>by what we have done, and by what we have left undone.</p>
+<p><i>The Celebrant continues</i></p>
+<p>We have not loved you with our whole heart, and mind, and<br/>strength. We have not loved our neighbors as ourselves.  We<br/>have not forgiven others, as we have been forgiven.<br/><i>Have mercy on us, Lord.</i></p>
+<p>We have been deaf to your call to serve, as Christ served us.<br/>We have not been true to the mind of Christ.  We have grieved<br/>your Holy Spirit.<br/><i>Have mercy on us, Lord.</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="268">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>We confess to you, Lord, all our past unfaithfulness: the<br/>pride, hypocrisy, and impatience of our lives,<br/><i>We confess to you, Lord.</i></p>
+<p>Our self-indulgent appetites and ways, and our exploitation<br/>of other people,<br/><i>We confess to you, Lord.</i></p>
+<p>Our anger at our own frustration, and our envy of those<br/>more fortunate than ourselves,<br/><i>We confess to you, Lord.</i></p>
+<p>Our intemperate love of worldly goods and comforts, and<br/>our dishonesty in daily life and work,<br/><i>We confess to you, Lord.</i></p>
+<p>Our negligence in prayer and worship, and our failure to<br/>commend the faith that is in us,<br/><i>We confess to you, Lord.</i></p>
+<p>Accept our repentance, Lord, for the wrongs we have done:<br/>for our blindness to human need and suffering, and our<br/>indifference to injustice and cruelty,<br/><i>Accept our repentance, Lord.</i></p>
+<p>For all false judgments, for uncharitable thoughts toward our<br/>neighbors, and for our prejudice and contempt toward those<br/>who differ from us,<br/><i>Accept our repentance, Lord.</i></p>
+<p>For our waste and pollution of your creation, and our lack of<br/>concern for those who come after us,<br/><i>Accept our repentance, Lord.</i></p>
+<p>Restore us, good Lord, and let your anger depart from us;<br/>=Favorably hear us, for your mercy is great.</p>
+<p>Accomplish in us the work of your salvation,<br/><i>That we may show forth your glory in the world.</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="269">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>By the cross and passion of your Son our Lord,<br/><i>Bring us with all your saints to the joy of his resurrection.</i></p>
+<p><i>The Bishop, if present, or the Priest, stands and, facing the people,<br/>says</i></p>
+<p>Almighty God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who<br/>desires not the death of sinners, but rather that they may turn<br/>from their wickedness and live, has given power and<br/>commandment to his ministers to declare and pronounce to<br/>his people, being penitent, the absolution and remission of<br/>their sins.  He pardons and absolves all those who truly<br/>repent, and with sincere hearts believe his holy Gospel.</p>
+<p>Therefore we beseech him to grant us true repentance and his<br/>Holy Spirit, that those things may please him which we do on<br/>this day, and that the rest of our life hereafter may be pure<br/>and holy, so that at the last we may come to his eternal joy;<br/>through Jesus Christ our Lord.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>A deacon or lay reader leading the service remains kneeling and<br/>substitutes the prayer for forgiveness appointed at Morning Prayer.</i></p>
+<p><i>The Peace is then exchanged.</i></p>
+<p><i>In the absence of a bishop or priest, all that precedes may be led by a<br/>deacon or lay reader.</i></p>
+<p><i>The Litany of Penitence may be used at other times, and may be preceded<br/>by an appropriate invitation and a penitential psalm.</i></p>
+<p><i>When Communion follows, the service continues with the Offertory.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Lent</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="270">
+    <section title="Palm Sunday" level="2"/>
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>The Sunday of the Passion:<br/>Palm Sunday</h1>
+<h1>The Liturgy of the Palms</h1>
+<p><i>When circumstances permit, the congregation may gather at a place<br/>apart from the church, so that all may go into the church in<br/>procession.</i></p>
+<p><i>The branches of palm or of other trees or shrubs to be carried in the<br/>procession may be distributed to the people before the service, or after<br/>the prayer of blessing.</i></p>
+<p><i>The following or some other suitable anthem is sung or said, the people<br/>standing</i></p>
+<p>Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord.<br/><i>Peace in heaven and glory in the highest.</i></p>
+<p><i>Celebrant</i>    Let us pray.</p>
+<p>Assist us mercifully with your help, O Lord God of our<br/>salvation, that we may enter with joy upon the contemplation<br/>of those mighty acts, whereby you have given us life and<br/>immortality; through Jesus Christ our Lord.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Here a Deacon or other person appointed reads one of the following</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="271">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>Year A    <a href="bible:Matthew+21%3A1-11">Matthew 21:1-11</a></p>
+<p>Year B    <a href="bible:Mark+11%3A1-11">Mark 11:1-11</a>a</p>
+<p>Year C    <a href="bible:Luke+19%3A29-40">Luke 19:29-40</a></p>
+<p><i>The Celebrant then says the following blessing</i></p>
+<p><i>Celebrant</i>    The Lord be with you.</p>
+<p><i>People</i>       And also with you.</p>
+<p><i>Celebrant</i>    Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.</p>
+<p><i>People</i>       It is right to give him thanks and praise.</p>
+<p>It is right to praise you, Almighty God, for the acts of love by<br/>which you have redeemed us through your Son Jesus Christ<br/>our Lord.  On this day he entered the holy city of Jerusalem in<br/>triumph, and was proclaimed as King of kings by those who<br/>spread their garments and branches of palm along his way.<br/>Let these branches be for us signs of his victory, and grant that<br/>we who bear them in his name may ever hail him as our King,<br/>and follow him in the way that leads to eternal life; who lives<br/>and reigns in glory with you and the Holy Spirit, now and for ever.<br/><i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>The following or some other suitable anthem may then be sung or said</i></p>
+<p>Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.<br/><i>Hosanna in the highest.</i></p>
+<p><i>The Procession</i></p>
+<p><i>Deacon</i>       Let us go forth in peace.</p>
+<p><i>People</i>       In the name of Christ.  Amen.</p>
+<p><i>During the procession, all hold branches in their hands, and<br/>appropriate hymns, psalms, or anthems are sung, such as the hymn "All<br/>glory, laid, and honor" and <a href="bible:Psalm+118%3A19-29">Psalm 118:19-29</a>.</i></p>
+<p><i>At a suitable place, the procession may halt while the following or<br/>some other appropriate Collect is said</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="272">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>Almighty God, whose most dear Son went not up to joy but<br/>first he suffered pain, and entered not into glory before he<br/>was crucified: Mercifully grant that we, walking in the way<br/>of the cross, may find it none other than the way of life and<br/>peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>In the absence of a bishop or priest, the preceding service may be led<br/>by a deacon or lay reader.</i></p>
+<p><i>At services on this day other than the principal celebration, suitable<br/>portions of the preceding may be used.</i></p>
+<h1>At the Eucharist</h1>
+<p><i>When the Liturgy of the Palms immediately precedes the Eucharist, the<br/>celebration begins with the Salutation and Collect of the Day</i></p>
+<p>Let us pray.</p>
+<p>Almighty and everliving God, in your tender love for the<br/>human race you sent your Son our Savior Jesus Christ to take<br/>upon him our nature, and to suffer death upon the cross,<br/>giving us the example of his great humility: Mercifully grant<br/>that we may walk in the way of his suffering, and also share<br/>in his resurrection; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives<br/>and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever<br/>and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Old Testament</i>   <a href="bible:Isaiah+45%3A21-25">Isaiah 45:21-25</a>,   <i>or</i>  <a href="bible:Isaiah+52%3A13">Isaiah 52:13</a>&mdash;53:12</p>
+<p><i>Psalm</i>   22:1-21,   <i>or</i> 22:1-11</p>
+<p><i>Epistle</i>    <a href="bible:Philippians+2%3A5-11">Philippians 2:5-11</a></p>
+<p><i>The Passion Gospel is announced in the following manner</i></p>
+<p>The Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ according to __________.</p>
+<p><i>The customary reponses before and after the Gospel are omitted.</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="273">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p><i>Year A</i>    <a href="bible:Matthew+26%3A36-27">Matthew 26:36-27</a>:54(55-66)   <i>or</i> 27:1-54(55-66)</p>
+<p><i>Year B</i>    <a href="bible:Mark+14%3A32-15">Mark 14:32-15</a>:39(40-47)   <i>or</i> 15:1-39(40-47)</p>
+<p><i>Year C</i>    <a href="bible:Luke+22%3A39-23">Luke 22:39-23</a>:49(50-56)   <i>or</i> 23:1-49(50-56)</p>
+<p><i>The Passion Gospel may be read or chanted by different persons.<br/>Specific roles may be assigned to different persons, the congregation<br/>taking the part of the crowd.</i></p>
+<p><i>The congregation may be seated for the first part of the Passion.  At<br/>the verse which mentions the arrival at Golgotha (<a href="bible:Matthew+27%3A33">Matthew 27:33</a>,<br/><a href="bible:Mark+15%3A22">Mark 15:22</a>, <a href="bible:Luke+23%3A33">Luke 23:33</a>) all stand.</i></p>
+<p><i>When the Liturgy of the Palms has preceded, the Nicene Creed and the<br/>Confession of Sin may be omitted at this service.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Holy Week</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="274">
+    <section title="Maundy Thursday" level="2"/>
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>Maundy Thursday</h1>
+<p><i>The Eucharist begins in the usual manner, using the following Collect,<br/>Psalm, and Lessons</i></p>
+<p>Almighty Father, whose dear Son, on the night before<br/>he suffered, instituted the Sacrament of his Body and Blood:<br/>Mercifully grant that we may receive it thankfully in<br/>remembrance of Jesus Christ our Lord, who in these holy<br/>mysteries gives us a pledge of eternal life; and who now lives<br/>and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever<br/>and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Old Testament</i>    <a href="bible:Exodus+12%3A1-14">Exodus 12:1-14</a>a</p>
+<p><i>Psalm</i>    78:14-20, 23-25</p>
+<p><i>Epistle</i>    <a href="bible:1+Corinthians+11%3A23-26">1 Corinthians 11:23-26</a>(27-32)</p>
+<p><i>Gospel</i>    <a href="bible:John+13%3A1-15">John 13:1-15</a>,   <i>or</i> <a href="bible:Luke+22%3A14-30">Luke 22:14-30</a></p>
+<p><i>When observed, the ceremony of the washing of feet appropriately<br/>follows the Gospel and homily.</i></p>
+<p><i>During the ceremony, the following or other words may be<br/>sung or said</i></p>
+<p>The Lord Jesus, after he had supped with his disciples and<br/>had washed their feet, said to them, "Do you know what I,<br/>your Lord and Master, have done to you?  I have given you<br/>an example, that you should do as I have done."</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="275">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p><i>Peace is my last gift to you, my own peace I now leave with<br/>you; peace which the world cannot give, I give to you.</i></p>
+<p>I give you a new commandment: Love one another as I have<br/>loved you.</p>
+<p><i>Peace is my last gift to you, my own peace I now leave with<br/>you; peace which the world cannot give, I give to you.</i></p>
+<p>By this shall the world know that you are my disciples:  That<br/>you have love for one another.</p>
+<p><i>The service continues with the Prayers of the People.</i></p>
+<p><i>Where it is desired to administer Holy Communion from the reserved<br/>Sacrament on Good Friday, the Sacrament for that purpose is<br/>consecrated at this service.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Holy Week</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="276">
+    <section title="Good Friday" level="2"/>
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>Good Friday</h1>
+<p><i>On this day the ministers enter in silence.</i></p>
+<p><i>All then kneel for silent prayer, after which the Celebrant stands and<br/>begins the liturgy with the Collect of the Day.</i></p>
+<p><i>Immediately before the Collect, the Celebrant may say</i></p>
+<p>Blessed be our God.</p>
+<p><i>People</i>  For ever and ever.  Amen.</p>
+<p>Let us pray.</p>
+<p>Almighty God, we pray you graciously to behold this your<br/>family, for whom our Lord Jesus Christ was willing to be<br/>betrayed, and given into the hands of sinners, and to suffer<br/>death upon the cross; who now lives and reigns with you and<br/>the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Old Testament</i>    <a href="bible:Isaiah+52%3A13">Isaiah 52:13</a>&mdash;53:12, <i>or</i> <a href="bible:Genesis+22%3A1-18">Genesis 22:1-18</a>, <i>or</i><br/>Wisdom 2:1, 12-24</p>
+<p><i>Psalm</i>    22:1-11(12-21),   <i>or</i> 40:1-14,   <i>or</i> 69:1-23</p>
+<p><i>Epistle</i>   <a href="bible:Hebrews+10%3A1-25">Hebrews 10:1-25</a></p>
+<p><i>The Passion Gospel is announced in the following manner</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="277">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>The Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John.</p>
+<p><i>The customary responses before and after the Gospel are omitted.</i></p>
+<p><a href="bible:John+18%3A1">John 18:1</a>&mdash;19:37   <i>or</i> 19:1-37</p>
+<p><i>The Passion Gospel may be read or chanted by lay persons.  Specific<br/>roles may be assigned to different persons, the congregation taking the<br/>part of the crowd.</i></p>
+<p><i>The congregation may be seated for the first part of the Passion.  At<br/>the verse which mentions the arrival at Golgotha (<a href="bible:John+19%3A17">John 19:17</a>) all<br/>stand.</i></p>
+<p><i>The Sermon follows.</i></p>
+<p><i>A hymn may then be sung.</i></p>
+<h1>The Solemn Collects</h1>
+<p><i>All standing, the Deacon, or other person appointed, says to the<br/>people</i></p>
+<p>Dear People of God: Our heavenly Father sent his Son into<br/>the world, not to condemn the world, but that the world<br/>through him might be saved; that all who believe in him<br/>might be delivered from the power of sin and death, and<br/>become heirs with him of everlasting life.</p>
+<p>We pray, therefore, for people everywhere according to their<br/>needs.</p>
+<p><i>In the biddings which follow, the indented portions may be adapted by<br/>addition or omission, as appropriate, at the discretion of the<br/>Celebrant.  The people may be directed to stand or kneel.</i></p>
+<p><i>The biddings may be read by a Deacon or other person appointed.  The<br/>Celebrant says the Collects.</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="278">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>Let us pray for the holy Catholic Church of Christ<br/>throughout the world;</p>
+<p>For its unity in witness and service</p>
+<p>For all bishops and otehr ministers  and the people whom they serve</p>
+<p>For N., our Bishop, and all the people of this diocese</p>
+<p>For all Christians in this community</p>
+<p>For those about to be baptized (particularly __________)</p>
+<p>That God will confirm his Church in faith, increase it in love,<br/>and preserve it in peace.</p>
+<p><i>Silence</i></p>
+<p>Almighty and everlasting God, by whose Spirit the whole<br/>body of your faithful people is governed and sanctified:<br/>Receive our supplications and prayers which we offer before<br/>you for all member of your holy Church, that in their<br/>vocation and ministry they may truly and devoutly server you;<br/>through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p>Let us pray for all nations and peoples of the earth, and for<br/>those in authority among them;</p>
+<p>For N., the President of the United States</p>
+<p>For the Congress and the Supreme Court</p>
+<p>For the Members and Representatives of the United Nations</p>
+<p>For all who serve the common good</p>
+<p>That by God's help they may seek justice and truth, and live<br/>in peace and concord.</p>
+<p><i>Silence</i></p>
+<p>Almighty God, kindle, we pray, in every heart the true love of<br/>peace, and guide with your wisdom those who take counsel for<br/>the nations of the earth; that in tranquility your dominion may</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="279">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>increase, until the earth is filled with the knowledge of your<br/>love; through Jesus Christ our Lord.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p>Let us pray for all who suffer and are afflicted in body or in mind;</p>
+<p>For the hungry and the homeless, the destitute  and the oppressed</p>
+<p>For the sick, the wounded, and the crippled</p>
+<p>For those in loneliness, fear, and anguish</p>
+<p>For those who face temptation, doubt, and despair</p>
+<p>For the sorrowful and bereaved</p>
+<p>For prisoners and captives, and those in mortal danger</p>
+<p>That God in his mercy will comfort and relieve them, and<br/>grant them the knowledge of his love, and stir up in us the<br/>will and patience to minister to their needs.</p>
+<p><i>Silence</i></p>
+<p>Gracious God, the comfort of all who sorrow, the strength of<br/>all who suffer: Let the cry of those in misery and need come<br/>to you, that they may find your mercy present with them in all<br/>their afflictions; and give us, we pray, the strength to serve<br/>them for the sake of him who suffered for us, your Son Jesus<br/>Christ our Lord.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p>Let us pray for all who have not received the Gospel of Christ;</p>
+<p>For those who have never heard the word of salvation</p>
+<p>For those who have lost their faith</p>
+<p>For those hardened by sin or indifference</p>
+<p>For the contemptuous and the scornful</p>
+<p>For those who are enemies of the cross of Christ and persecutors of<br/>his disciples</p>
+<p>For those who in the name of Christ have persecuted others</p>
+<p>That God will open their hearts to the truth, and lead them to<br/>faith and obedience.</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="280">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p><i>Silence</i></p>
+<p>Merciful God, Creater of all the peoples of the earth and<br/>lover of souls: Have compassion on all who do not know you<br/>as you are revealed in your Son Jesus Christ; let your Gospel<br/>be preached with grace and power to those who have not<br/>heard it; turn the hearts of those who resist it; and bring<br/>home to your fold those who have gone astray; that there<br/>may be one flock under one shepherd, Jesus Christ our Lord.<br/><i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p>Let us commit ourselves to God, and pray for the grace<br/>of a holy life, that, with all who have departed this world and<br/>have died in the peace of Christ, and those whose faith is<br/>known to God alone, we may be accounted worthy to enter<br/>into the fullness of the joy of our Lord, and receive the crown<br/>of life in the day of resurrection.</p>
+<p><i>Silence</i></p>
+<p>O God of unchangeable power and eternal light: Look<br/>favorably on your whole Church, that wonderful and sacred<br/>mystery; by the effectual working of your providence, carry<br/>out in tranquility the plan of salvation; let the whole<br/>world see and know that things which were cast down are being<br/>raised up, and things which had grown old are being made<br/>new, and that all things are being brought to their perfection<br/>by him through whom all things were made, your Son Jesus<br/>Christ our Lord; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity<br/>of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>The service may be concluded here with the singing of a hymn or anthem,<br/>the Lord's Prayer, and the final prayer on page <a href="282.html">282</a>.</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="281">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p><i>If desired, a wooden cross may now be brought into the church<br/>and placed in the sight of the people.</i></p>
+<p><i>Appropriate devotions may follow, which may include any or all of the<br/>following, or other suitable anthems.  If the texts are recited rather<br/>than sung, the congregation reads the parts in italics.</i></p>
+<h1>Anthem 1</h1>
+<p>We glory in your cross, O Lord,<br/><i>and praise and glorify your holy resurrection;<br/>for by virtue of your cross<br/>joy has come to the whole world.</i></p>
+<p>May God be merciful to us and bless us,<br/>show us the light of his countenance, and come to us.</p>
+<p><i>Let your ways be known upon earth,<br/>your saving health among all nations.</i></p>
+<p>Let the peoples praise you, O God;<br/>let all the peoples praise you.</p>
+<p><i>We glory in your cross, O Lord,<br/>and praise and glorify your holy resurrection;<br/>for by virtue of your cross<br/>joy has come to the whole world.</i></p>
+<h1>Anthem 2</h1>
+<p>We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you,<br/><i>because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.</i></p>
+<p>If we have died with him, we shall also live with him;<br/>if we endure, we shall also reign with him.</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="282">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p><i>We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you,<br/>because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.</i></p>
+<h1>Anthem 3</h1>
+<p>O Savior of the world,<br/>who by thy cross and precious blood hast redeemed us:<br/><i>Save us and help us, we humbly beseech thee, O Lord.</i></p>
+<p><i>The hymn "Sing, my tongue, the glorious battle," or some other hymn<br/>extolling the glory of the cross, is then sung.</i></p>
+<p><i>The service may be concluded here with the Lord's Prayer and the final<br/>prayer below.</i></p>
+<p><i>In the absence of a bishop or priest, all that precedes may be led by a<br/>deacon or lay reader.</i></p>
+<p><i>In places where Holy Communion is to be administered from<br/>the reserved Sacrament, the following order is observed</i></p>
+<p>A Confession of Sin</p>
+<p>The Lord's Prayer</p>
+<p>The Communion</p>
+<p><i>The service concludes with the following prayer.  No blessing or<br/>dismissal is added.</i></p>
+<p>Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the living God, we pray you to set<br/>your passion, cross, and death between your judgment and<br/>our souls, now and in the hour of our death.  Give mercy and<br/>grace to the living; pardon and rest to the dead; to your holy<br/>Church peace and concord; and to us sinners everlasting life<br/>and glory; for with the Father and the Holy Spirit you live<br/>and reign, one God, now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="283">
+    <section title="Holy Saturday" level="2"/>
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>Holy Saturday</h1>
+<p><i>There is no celebration of the Eucharist on this day.</i></p>
+<p><i>When there is a Liturgy of the word, the Celebrant begins with the<br/>Collect of the Day</i></p>
+<p>O God, Creator of heaven and earth: Grant that, as the<br/>crucified body of your dear Son was laid in the tomb and<br/>rested on this holy Sabbath, so we may await with him the<br/>coming of the third day, and rise with him to newness of<br/>life; who now lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,<br/>one God, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Old Testament</i>    <a href="bible:Job+14%3A1-14">Job 14:1-14</a></p>
+<p><i>Psalm</i>    130,   <i>or</i> 31:1-5</p>
+<p><i>Epistle</i>   <a href="bible:1+Peter+4%3A1-8">1 Peter 4:1-8</a></p>
+<p><i>Gospel</i>   <a href="bible:Matthew+27%3A57-66">Matthew 27:57-66</a>,   <i>or</i> <a href="bible:John+19%3A38-42">John 19:38-42</a></p>
+<p><i>After the Gospel (and homily), in place of the Prayers of the People,<br/>the Anthem "In the midst of life" (page <a href="484.html">484</a> or 492) is sung or said.</i></p>
+<p><i>The service then concludes with the Lord's Prayer and the Grace.</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="284">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>Concerning the Vigil</h1>
+<p><i>The Great Vigil, when observed, is the first service of Easter Day. It<br/>is celebrated at a convenient time between sunset on Holy Saturday and<br/>sunrise on Easter Morning.</i></p>
+<p><i>The service normally consists of four parts:</i></p>
+<p>1.  The Service of Light.</p>
+<p>2.  The Service of Lessons.</p>
+<p>3.  Christian Initiation, or the Renewal of Baptismal Vows.</p>
+<p>4.  The Holy Eucharist with the administration of Easter Communion.</p>
+<p><i>It is customary for all the ordained ministry present, together with<br/>lay readers, singers, and other persons, to take active parts in the<br/>service.</i></p>
+<p><i>The bishop, when present, is the chief celebrant, presides at Baptism<br/>and administers Communion, and normally preaches the sermon.</i></p>
+<p><i>The priests who are present share among them the reading of the<br/>Collects which follow each Lesson, and assist at Baptism and the<br/>Eucharist.  In the absence of a bishop, a priest presides at the<br/>service.</i></p>
+<p><i>It is the prerogative of a deacon to carry the Paschal Candle to its<br/>place, and to chant the Exsultet.  Deacons likewise assist at Baptism<br/>and the Eucharist according to their order.</i></p>
+<p><i>Lay persons should read the Lessons and the Epistle, and assist in<br/>other ways.  A lay person may be assigned to chant the Exsultet.  It is<br/>desirable that each Lesson be read by a different reader.</i></p>
+<p><i>In the absence of a bishop or priest, a deacon or lay reader may lead<br/>the first two parts of the service, the Renewal of Baptismal Vows, and<br/>the Ministry of the Word of the Vigil Eucharist, concluding with the<br/>Prayers of the People, the Lord's Prayer, and the Dismissal.</i></p>
+<p><i>A deacon may also, when the services of a priest cannot be obtained,<br/>and with the authorization of the bishop, officiate at public Baptism;<br/>and may administer Easter Communion from the Sacrament previously<br/>consecrated.</i></p>
+<p><i>When the Vigil is not celebrated, the Service of Light may take place<br/>at a convenient time before the Liturgy on Easter Day.</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="285">
+    <section title="The Great Vigil of Easter" level="2"/>
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>The Great Vigil of Easter</h1>
+<h1>The Lighting of the Paschal Candle</h1>
+<p><i>In the darkness, fire is kindled; after which the Celebrant may address<br/>the people in these or similar words</i></p>
+<p>Dear friends in Christ: On this most holy night, in which our<br/>Lord Jesus passed over from death to life, the Church invites<br/>her members, dispersed throughout the world, to gather in<br/>vigil and prayer.  For this is the Passover of the Lord, in which,<br/>by hearing his Word and celebrating his Sacraments, we share<br/>in his victory over death.</p>
+<p><i>The Celebrant may say the following prayer</i></p>
+<p>Let us pray.</p>
+<p>O God, through your Son you have bestowed upon your<br/>people the brightness of your light: Sanctify this new fire, and<br/>grant that in this Paschal feast we may so burn with heavenly<br/>desires, that with pure minds we may attain to the festival of<br/>everlasting light; through Jesus Christ our Lord.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>The Paschal Candle is then lighted from the newly kindled fire, and the<br/>Deacon (the Celebrant if there is no deacon) bearing the Candle, leads<br/>the procession to the chancel, pausing three times and singing or<br/>saying</i></p>
+<p>The light of Christ.</p>
+<p><i>People</i> Thanks be to God.</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="286">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p><i>If candles have been distributed to members of the congregation, they<br/>are lighted from the Paschal Candle at this time.  Other candles and<br/>lamps in the church, except for those at the Altar, may also be<br/>lighted.</i></p>
+<p><i>The Paschal Candle placed in its stand.</i></p>
+<p><i>Then the Deacon, or other person appointed, standing near the Candle,<br/>sings or says the Exsultet, as follows (the indicated sections may be<br/>omitted)</i></p>
+<p>Rejoice now, heavenly hosts and choirs of angels,</p>
+<p>and let your trumpets shout Salvation</p>
+<p>for the victory of our mighty King.</p>
+<p>Rejoice and sing now, all the round earth,</p>
+<p>bright with a glorious splendour,</p>
+<p>for darkness has been vanquished by our eternal King.</p>
+<p>Rejoice and be glad now, Mother Church,</p>
+<p>and let your holy courts, in radiant light,</p>
+<p>resound with the praises of your people.</p>
+<p>[[All you who stand near this marvelous and holy flame,</p>
+<p>pray with me to God the Almighty</p>
+<p>for the grace to sing the worthy praise of this great light;</p>
+<p>through Jesus Christ our Lord,</p>
+<p>who lives and reigns with him,</p>
+<p>in the unity of the Holy Spirit,</p>
+<p>one God, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i>]]</p>
+<p>The Lord be with you.</p>
+<p><i>Answer</i>  And also with you.</p>
+<p><i>Deacon</i>  Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.</p>
+<p><i>Answer</i>  It is right to give him thanks and praise.</p>
+<p><i>Deacon</i></p>
+<p>It is truly right and good, always and everywhere, with our</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="287">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>whole heart and mind to praise you, the invisible,<br/>almighty, and eternal God, and your only-begotten Son,<br/>Jesus Christ our Lord; for he is the true Paschal Lamb, who<br/>at the feast of the Passover paid for us the debt of Adam's sin,<br/>and by his blood delivered your faithful people.</p>
+<p>This is the night, when you brought our fathers, the children<br/>of Israel, out of bondage in Egypt, and led them through the<br/>Red Sea on dry land.</p>
+<p>This is the night, when all who believe in Christ are delivered<br/>from the gloom of sin, and are restored to grace and holiness<br/>of life.</p>
+<p>This is the night, when Christ broke the bonds of death and hell, and<br/>rose victorious from the grave.</p>
+<p>[[How wonderful and beyond our knowing, O God, is your<br/>mercy and loving-kindness to us, that to redeem a slave, you<br/>gave a Son.]]</p>
+<p>[[How holy is this night, when wickedness is put to flight, and<br/>sin is washed away.  It restores innocence to the fallen, and joy<br/>to those who mourn.  It casts out pride and hatred, and brings<br/>peace and concord.]]</p>
+<p>[[How blessed is this night, when earth and heaven are joined<br/>and man is reconciled to God.]]</p>
+<p>Holy Father, accept our evening sacrifice, the offering of this<br/>candle in your honor.  May it shine continually to drive away<br/>all darkness. May Christ, the Morning Star who knows no<br/>setting, find it ever burning&mdash;he who gives his light to all<br/>creation, and who lives and reigns for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>It is customary that the Paschal Candle burn at all services from<br/>Easter Day through the Day of Pentecost.</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="288">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>The Liturgy of the Word</h1>
+<p><i>The Celebrant may introduce the Scripture readings in these or similar<br/>words</i></p>
+<p>Let us hear the record of God's saving deeds in history, how<br/>he saved his people in ages past; and let us pray that our God<br/>will bring each of us to the fullness of redemption.</p>
+<p><i>At least two of the following Lessons are read, of which one is always<br/>the Lesson from Exodus.  After each Lesson, the Psalm or Canticle<br/>listed, or some other suitable psalm, canticle, or hymn may be sung.  A<br/>period of silence may be kept; and the Collect provided, or some other<br/>suitable Collect, may be said.</i></p>
+<p><i>The story of Creation</i></p>
+<p><a href="bible:Genesis+1%3A1-2">Genesis 1:1-2</a>:2</p>
+<p><a href="bible:Psalm+33%3A1-11">Psalm 33:1-11</a>, <i>or</i> <a href="bible:Psalm+36%3A5-10">Psalm 36:5-10</a></p>
+<p>Let us pray.     <i>(Silence)</i></p>
+<p>O God, who wonderfully created, and yet more wonderfully<br/>restored, the dignity of human nature: Grant that we may<br/>share the divine life of him who humbled himself to share our<br/>humanity, your Son Jesus Christ our Lord.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>The Flood</i></p>
+<p><a href="bible:Genesis+7%3A1-5%2C11-18">Genesis 7:1-5, 11-18</a>; 8:8-18; 9:8-13</p>
+<p><a href="bible:Psalm+46">Psalm 46</a></p>
+<p>Let us pray.     <i>(Silence)</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="289">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>Almighty God, you have placed in the skies the sign of your<br/>covenant with all living things: Grant that we, who are saved<br/>through water and the Spirit, may worthily offer to you our<br/>sacrifice of thanksgiving; through Jesus Christ our Lord.<br/><i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Abraham's sacrifice of Isaac</i></p>
+<p><a href="bible:Genesis+22%3A1-18">Genesis 22:1-18</a></p>
+<p><a href="bible:Psalm+33%3A12-22">Psalm 33:12-22</a>, <i>or</i> <a href="bible:Psalm+16">Psalm 16</a></p>
+<p>Let us pray.     <i>(Silence)</i></p>
+<p>God and Father of all believers, for the glory of your Name<br/>multiply, by the grace of the Paschal sacrament, the number<br/>of your children; that your Church may rejoice to see fulfilled<br/>your promise to our father Abraham; through Jesus Christ<br/>our Lord.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Israel's deliverance at the Red Sea</i></p>
+<p><a href="bible:Exodus+14%3A10-15">Exodus 14:10-15</a>:1</p>
+<p>Canticle 8, <i>The Song of Moses</i></p>
+<p>Let us pray.     <i>(Silence)</i></p>
+<p>O God, whose wonderful deeds of old shine forth even to<br/>our own day, you once delivered by the power of your mighty<br/>arm your chosen people from slavery under Pharaoh, to be a<br/>sign for us of the salvation of all nations by the water of<br/>Baptism: Grant that all the peoples of the earth may be<br/>numbered among the offspring of Abraham, and rejoice in<br/>the inheritance of Israel; through Jesus Christ our Lord.<br/><i>Amen.</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="290">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p><i>God's Presence in a renewed Israel</i></p>
+<p><a href="bible:Isaiah+4%3A2-6">Isaiah 4:2-6</a></p>
+<p><a href="bible:Psalm+122">Psalm 122</a></p>
+<p>Let us pray.     <i>(Silence)</i></p>
+<p>O God, you led your ancient people by a pillar of cloud by day<br/>and a pillar of fire by night: Grant that we, who serve you<br/>now on earth, may come to the joy of that heavenly Jerusalem,<br/>where all tears are wiped away and where your saints for ever<br/>sing your praise; through Jesus Christ our Lord.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Salvation offered freely to all</i></p>
+<p><a href="bible:Isaiah+55%3A1-11">Isaiah 55:1-11</a></p>
+<p>Canticle 9, <i>The First Song of Isaiah, or</i> <a href="bible:Psalm+42%3A1-7">Psalm 42:1-7</a></p>
+<p>Let us pray.     <i>(Silence)</i></p>
+<p>O God, you have created all things by the power of your<br/>Word, and you renew the earth by your Spirit: Give now the<br/>water of life to those who thirsd for you, that they may bring<br/>forth abundant fruit in your glorious kingdom; through Jesus<br/>Christ our Lord.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>A new heart and a new spirit</i></p>
+<p><a href="bible:Ezekiel+36%3A24-28">Ezekiel 36:24-28</a></p>
+<p><a href="bible:Psalm+42%3A1-7">Psalm 42:1-7</a>, <i>or</i> Canticle 9, <i>The First Song of Isaiah</i></p>
+<p>Let us pray.     <i>(Silence)</i></p>
+<p>Almighty and everlasting God, who in the Paschal mystery<br/>established the new covenant of reconciliation: Grant that all</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="291">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>who are reborn into the followship of Christ's Body may show<br/>forth in their lives what they profess by their faith; through<br/>Jesus Christ our Lord.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>The valley of dry bones</i></p>
+<p><a href="bible:Ezekiel+37%3A1-14">Ezekiel 37:1-14</a></p>
+<p><a href="bible:Psalm+30">Psalm 30</a>, <i>or</i> <a href="bible:Psalm+143">Psalm 143</a></p>
+<p>Let us pray.    <i>(Silence)</i></p>
+<p>Almighty God, by the Passover of your Son you have brought<br/>us out of sin into righteousness and out of death into life:<br/>Grant to those who are sealed by your Holy Spirit the will<br/>and the power to proclaim you to all the world; through Jesus<br/>Christ our Lord.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>The gathering of God's people</i></p>
+<p><a href="bible:Zephaniah+3%3A12-20">Zephaniah 3:12-20</a></p>
+<p><a href="bible:Psalm+98">Psalm 98</a>, <i>or</i> <a href="bible:Psalm+126">Psalm 126</a></p>
+<p>Let us pray.  <i>(Silence)</i></p>
+<p>O God of unchangeable power and eternal light: Look<br/>favorably on your whole Church, that wonderful and sacred<br/>mystery; by the effectual working of your providence, carry<br/>out in tranquillity the plan of salvation; let the whole world<br/>see and know that things which were cast down are being<br/>raised up, and things which had grown old are being made<br/>new, and that all things are being brought to their perfection<br/>by him through whom all things were made, your Son Jesus<br/>Christ our Lord.  <i>Amen.</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="292">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p><i>A homily may be preached after any of the preceding Readings.</i></p>
+<p><i>Holy Baptism (beginning with the Presentation of the Candidates,<br/>page <a href="305.html">305</a>, and concluding with the reception of the newly baptized) may<br/>be administered here or after the Gospel.  Confirmation may also be<br/>administered.</i></p>
+<p><i>The Celebrant may first address the people in these or similar words,<br/>all standing</i></p>
+<p>Through the Paschal mystery, dear friends, we are buried<br/>with Christ by Baptism into his death, and raised with him to<br/>newness of life.  I call upon you, therefore, now that our<br/>Lenten observance is ended, to renew the solemn promises<br/>and vows of Holy Baptism, by which we once renounced<br/>Satan and all his works, and promised to serve God faithfully<br/>in his holy Catholic Church.</p>
+<h1>The Renewal of Baptismal Vows</h1>
+<p><i>Celebrant</i>  Do you reaffirm your renunciation of evil and<br/>renew your commitment to Jesus Christ?</p>
+<p><i>People</i>  I do.</p>
+<p><i>Celebrant</i>  Do you believe in God the Father?</p>
+<p><i>People</i>  I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and<br/>earth.</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="293">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p><i>Celebrant</i>  Do you believe in Jesus Christ, the Son of God?</p>
+<p><i>People</i>  I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord.<br/> He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit<br/>  and born of the Virgin Mary.<br/> He suffered under Pontius Pilate,<br/>  was crucified, died, and was buried.<br/> He descended to the dead.<br/> On the third day he rose again.<br/> He ascended into heaven,<br/>  and is seated at the right hand of the Father.<br/> He will come again to judge the living and the dead.</p>
+<p><i>Celebrant</i>  Do you believe in God the Holy Spirit?</p>
+<p><i>People </i>  I believe in the Holy Spirit,<br/> the holy catholic Church,<br/> the communion of saints,<br/> the forgiveness of sins,<br/> the resurrection of the body,<br/> and the life everlasting.</p>
+<p><i>Celebrant</i>  Will you continue in the apostles' teaching and<br/>fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in the prayers?</p>
+<p><i>People</i> I will, with God's help.</p>
+<p><i>Celebrant</i>  Will you persevere in resisting evil, and, whenever you<br/> fall into sin, repent and return to the Lord</p>
+<p><i>People</i> I will, with God's help.</p>
+<p><i>Celebrant</i>  Will you proclaim by word and example the Good News of<br/> God in Christ?</p>
+<p><i>People</i> I will, with God's help.</p>
+<p><i>Celebrant</i>  Will you seek and serve Christ in all persons, loving<br/> your neighbor as yourself?</p>
+<p><i>People</i> I will, with God's help.</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="294">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p><i>Celebrant</i>  Will you strive for justice and peace among all people,<br/> and respect the dignity of every human being?</p>
+<p><i>People</i> I will, with God's help.</p>
+<p><i>The Celebrant concludes the Renewal of Vows as follows</i></p>
+<p>May Almighty God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who<br/>has given us a new birth by water and the Holy Spirit, and<br/>bestowed upon us the forgiveness of sins, keep us in eternal<br/>life by his grace, in Christ Jesus our Lord.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<h1>At the Eucharist</h1>
+<p><i>The candles at the Altar may now be lighted from the Paschal Candle.</i></p>
+<p><i>One of the following Canticles is then sung.  Immediately before the<br/>Canticle the Celebrant may say to the people</i></p>
+<p>Alleluia.  Christ is risen.</p>
+<p><i>People</i>  The Lord is risen indeed.  Alleluia.</p>
+<p><i>The Canticles</i></p>
+<p>Gloria in excelsis</p>
+<p>Te Deum laudamus</p>
+<p>Pascha nostrum</p>
+<p><i>The Celebrant then says</i></p>
+<p>The Lord be with you.</p>
+<p><i>People</i>  And also with you.</p>
+<p><i>Celebrant</i>  Let us pray.</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="295">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p><i>The Celebrant says one of the following Collects</i></p>
+<p>Almighty God, who for our redemption gave your only-<br/>begotten Son to the death of the cross, and by his glorious<br/>resurrection delivered us from the power of our enemy:  Grant<br/>us so to die daily to sin, that we may evermore live with him<br/>in the joy of his resurrection; through Jesus Christ your Son<br/>our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,<br/>one God, now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>or this</i></p>
+<p>O God, who made this most holy night to shine with the<br/>glory of the Lord's resurrection: Stir up in your Church that<br/>Spirit of adoption which is given to us in Baptism, that we,<br/>being renewed both in body and mind, may worship you<br/>in sincerity and truth; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives<br/>and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God,<br/>now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Epistle</i>     <a href="bible:Romans+6%3A3-11">Romans 6:3-11</a></p>
+<p><i>"Alleluia" may be sung and repeated.</i></p>
+<p><i><a href="bible:Psalm+114">Psalm 114</a>, or some other suitable psalm or a hymn may be sung.</i></p>
+<p><i>Gospel</i>     <a href="bible:Matthew+28%3A1-10">Matthew 28:1-10</a></p>
+<p><i>If a sermon or homily was not preached earlier, it follows here.</i></p>
+<p><i>The Nicene Creed is not used at this service</i></p>
+<p><i>Holy Baptism, Confirmation, or the Renewal of Baptismal Vows may<br/>take place here.</i></p>
+<p><i>The celebration continues with the Prayers of the People.</i></p>
+<p><i>Preface of Easter</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="296">
+    <content>
+      This page is blank.
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="297">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>Holy Baptism</h1>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="298">
+    <section title="Holy Baptism" level="1"/>
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>Concerning the Service</h1>
+<p><i>Holy Baptism is full initiation by water and the Holy Spirit into<br/>Christ's Body the Church.  The bond which God establishes in Baptism<br/>is indissoluble.</i></p>
+<p><i>Holy Baptism is appropriately administered within the Eucharist as the<br/>chief service on a Sunday or other feast.</i></p>
+<p><i>The bishop, when present, is the celebrant; and is expected to preach<br/>the Word and preside at Baptism and the Eucharist.  At Baptism, the<br/>bishop officiates at the Presentation and Examination of Candidates;<br/>says the Thanksgiving over the Water; [consecrates the Chrism;] reads<br/>the prayer, "Heavenly Father, we thank you that by water and the Holy<br/>Spirit;" and officiates at what follows.</i></p>
+<p><i>In the absence of a bishop, a priest is the celebrant and presides at<br/>the service.  If a priest uses Chrism in signing the newly baptized, it<br/>must have been previously consecrated by the bishop.</i></p>
+<p><i>Each candidate for Holy Baptism is to be sponsored by one or more<br/>baptized persons.</i></p>
+<p><i>Sponsors of adults and older children present their candidates and<br/>thereby signify their endorsement of the candidates and their intention<br/>to support them by prayer and example in their Christian life.  Sponsors<br/>of infants, commonly called godparents, present their candidates, make<br/>promises in their own names, and also take vows on behalf of their<br/>candidates.</i></p>
+<p><i>It is fitting that parents be included among the godparents of their<br/>own children.  Parents and godparents are to be instructed in the<br/>meaning of Baptism, in their duties to help the new Christians grow in<br/>the knowledge and love of God, and in their responsibilities as members<br/>of his Church.</i></p>
+<p><i>Additional Directions are on page <a href="312.html">312</a>.</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="299">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>Holy Baptism</h1>
+<p><i>A hymn, psalm, or anthem may be sung.</i></p>
+<p><i>The people standing, the Celebrant says</i></p>
+<p>Blessed be God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.</p>
+<p><i>People</i>     And blessed be his kingdom, now and for ever.  Amen.</p>
+<p><i>In place of the above, from Easter Day through the Day of Pentecost</i></p>
+<p><i>Celebrant</i>     Alleluia.  Christ is risen.</p>
+<p><i>People</i>     The Lord is risen indeed.  Alleluia.</p>
+<p><i>In Lent and on other penitential occasions</i></p>
+<p><i>Celebrant</i>  Bless the Lord who forgives all our sins.</p>
+<p><i>People</i>  His mercy endures for ever.</p>
+<p><i>The Celebrant then continues</i></p>
+<p>There is one Body and one Spirit;</p>
+<p><i>People</i>  There is one hope in God's call to us;</p>
+<p><i>Celebrant</i>  One Lord, one Faith, one Baptism;</p>
+<p><i>People</i>  One God and Father of all.</p>
+<p><i>Celebrant</i>  The Lord be with you.</p>
+<p><i>People</i>  And also with you.</p>
+<p><i>Celebrant</i>  Let us pray.</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="300">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>The Collect of the Day</h1>
+<p><i>People</i>  Amen.</p>
+<p><i>At the principal service on a Sunday or other feast, the Collect and<br/>Lessons are properly those of the Day.  On other occasions, they are<br/>selected from "At Baptism."  (See Additional Directions, page <a href="312.html">312</a>.)</i></p>
+<h1>The Lessons</h1>
+<p><i>The people sit.  One or two Lessons, as appointed, are read,<br/>the Reader first saying</i></p>
+<p>A Reading (Lesson) from ....</p>
+<p><i>A citation giving chapter and verse may be added.</i></p>
+<p><i>After each Reading, the Reader may say</i></p>
+<p>The Word of the Lord.</p>
+<p><i>People</i>  Thanks be to God.</p>
+<p><i>or the Reader may say</i>  Here ends the Reading (Epistle).</p>
+<p><i>Silence may follow.</i></p>
+<p><i>A Psalm, hymn, or anthem may follow each Reading.</i></p>
+<p><i>Then, all standing, the Deacon or a Priest reads the Gospel, first<br/>saying</i></p>
+<p>The Holy Gospel of Our Lord Jesus Christ<br/>according to ....</p>
+<p><i>People</i>  Glory to you, Lord Christ.</p>
+<p><i>After the Gospel, the Reader says</i></p>
+<p>The Gospel of the Lord.</p>
+<p><i>People</i>  Praise to you, Lord Christ.</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="301">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>The Sermon</h1>
+<p><i>Or the Sermon may be preached after the Peace.</i></p>
+<h1>Presentation and Examination<br/>of the Candidates</h1>
+<p><i>The Celebrant says</i></p>
+<p>The Candidate(s) for Holy Baptism will now be presented.</p>
+<h1>Adults and Older Children</h1>
+<p><i>The candidates who are able to answer for themselves are presented<br/>individually by their Sponsors, as follows</i></p>
+<p><i>Sponsor</i>  I present <b><span class="person">N</span></b> to receive the Sacrament of Baptism.</p>
+<p><i>The Celebrant asks each candidate when presented</i></p>
+<p>Do you desire to be baptized?</p>
+<p><i>Candidate</i>  I do.</p>
+<h1>Infants and Younger Children</h1>
+<p><i>Then the candidates who are unable to answer for themselves are<br/>presented individually by their Parents and Godparents, as follows</i></p>
+<p><i>Parents and Godparents</i></p>
+<p>I present <b><span class="person">N</span></b> to receive the Sacrament of Baptism.</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="302">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p><i>When all have been presented the Celebrant asks the parents and<br/>godparents</i></p>
+<p>Will you be responsible for seeing that the child you present<br/>is brought up in the Christian faith and life?</p>
+<p><i>Parents and Godparents</i></p>
+<p>I will, with God's help.</p>
+<p><i>Celebrant</i></p>
+<p>Will you by your prayers and witness help this child to grow<br/>into the full stature of Christ?</p>
+<p><i>Parents and Godparents</i></p>
+<p>I will, with God's help.</p>
+<p><i>The the Celebrant asks the following questions of the candidates who<br/>can speak for themselves, and of the parents and godparents who speak<br/>on behalf of the infants and younger children</i></p>
+<p><i>Question</i>  Do you renounce Satan and all the spiritual forces<br/>of wickedness that rebel against God?</p>
+<p><i>Answer</i>  I renounce them.</p>
+<p><i>Question</i>  Do you renounce the evil powers of this world<br/>which corrupt and destroy the creatures of God?</p>
+<p><i>Answer</i>  I renounce them.</p>
+<p><i>Question</i>  Do you renounce all sinful desires that draw you<br/>from the love of God?</p>
+<p><i>Answer</i>  I renounce them.</p>
+<p><i>Question</i>  Do you turn to Jesus Christ and accept him as your Savior?</p>
+<p><i>Answer</i>  I do.</p>
+<p><i>Question</i>  Do you put your whole trust in his grace and love?</p>
+<p><i>Answer</i>  I do.</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="303">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p><i>Question</i>  Do you promise to follow and obey him as your<br/>Lord?</p>
+<p><i>Answer</i>  I do.</p>
+<p>[[<i>When there are others to be presented, the Bishop says</i></p>
+<p>The other Candidate(s) will now be presented.</p>
+<p><i>Presenters</i>  I present <i>these persons</i> for Confirmation.</p>
+<p><i>or</i>  I present <i>these persons</i> to be received into this<br/>Communion.</p>
+<p><i>or</i>  I present <i>these persons</i> who <i>desire</i> to reaffirm<br/><i>their</i> baptismal vows.</p>
+<p><i>The Bishop asks the candidates</i></p>
+<p>Do you reaffirm your renunciation of evil?</p>
+<p><i>Candidate</i>  I do.</p>
+<p><i>Bishop</i></p>
+<p>Do you renew your commitment to Jesus Christ?</p>
+<p><i>Candidate</i></p>
+<p>I do, and with God's grace I will follow him as my Savior<br/>and Lord.]]</p>
+<p><i>After all have been presented, the Celebrant addresses the<br/>congregation, saying</i></p>
+<p>Will you who witness these vows do all in your<br/>power to support <i>these persons</i> in <i>their</i> life in Christ?</p>
+<p><i>People</i>  We will.</p>
+<p><i>The Celebrant then says these or similar words</i></p>
+<p>Let us join with <i>those</i> who are committing <i>themselves</i> to Christ<br/>and renew our own baptismal covenant.</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="304">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>The Baptismal Covenant</h1>
+<p><i>Celebrant</i>  Do you believe in God the Father?</p>
+<p><i>People</i>  I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and<br/>earth.</p>
+<p><i>Celebrant</i>  Do you believe in Jesus Christ, the Son of God?</p>
+<p><i>People</i>  I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord.</p>
+<p>He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit<br/>  and born of the Virgin Mary.<br/>  He suffered under Pontius Pilate,<br/>  was crucified, died, and was buried.<br/>  He descended to the dead.<br/>  On the third day he rose again.<br/>  He ascended into heaven,<br/>  and is seated at the right hand of the Father.<br/>  He will come again to judge the living and the dead.</p>
+<p><i>Celebrant</i>  Do you believe in God the Holy Spirit?</p>
+<p><i>People</i>  I believe in the Holy Spirit,<br/>  the holy catholic Church,<br/>  the communion of saints,<br/>  the forgiveness of sins,<br/>  the resurrection of the body,<br/>  and the life everlasting.</p>
+<p><i>Celebrant</i>  Will you continue in the apostles' teaching and<br/>fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in the prayers?</p>
+<p><i>People</i>  I will, with God's help.</p>
+<p><i>Celebrant</i>  Will you persevere in resisting evil, and, whenever you<br/>fall into sin, repent and return to the Lord.</p>
+<p><i>People</i>  I will, with God's help.</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="305">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p><i>Celebrant</i>  Will you proclaim by word and example the Good<br/>News of God in Christ?</p>
+<p><i>People</i>  I will, with God's help.</p>
+<p><i>Celebrant</i>  Will you seek and serve Christ in all persons, loving<br/>your neighbor as yourself?</p>
+<p><i>People</i>  I will, with God's help.</p>
+<p><i>Celebrant</i>  Will you strive for justice and peace among all<br/>people, and respect the dignity of every human<br/>being?</p>
+<p><i>People</i>  I will, with God's help.</p>
+<h1>Prayers for the Candidates</h1>
+<p><i>The Celebrant then says to the congregation</i></p>
+<p>Let us now pray for <i>these persons</i> who are to receive the<br/>Sacrament of new birth [and for those (this person) who <i>have</i> renewed<br/><i>their</i> commitment to Christ.]</p>
+<p><i>A Person appointed leads tho following petitions</i></p>
+<p><i>Leader</i>  Deliver <i>them,</i> O Lord, from the way of sin and death.</p>
+<p><i>People</i> Lord, hear our prayer.</p>
+<p><i>Leader</i>  Open <i>their hearts</i> to your grace and truth.</p>
+<p><i>People</i>  Lord, hear our prayer.</p>
+<p><i>Leader</i>  Fill <i>them</i> with your holy and life-giving Spirit.</p>
+<p><i>People</i>  Lord, hear our prayer.</p>
+<p><i>Leader</i>  Keep <i>them</i> in the faith and communion of your holy<br/>Church.</p>
+<p><i>People</i>  Lord, hear our prayer.</p>
+<p><i>Leader</i>  Teach <i>them</i> to love others in the power of the Spirit.</p>
+<p><i>People</i>  Lord, hear our prayer.</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="306">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p><i>Leader</i>  Send <i>them</i> into the world in witness to your love.</p>
+<p><i>People</i>  Lord, hear our prayer.</p>
+<p><i>Leader</i>  Bring <i>them</i> to the fullness of your peace and glory.</p>
+<p><i>People</i>  Lord, hear our prayer.</p>
+<p><i>The Celebrant says</i></p>
+<p>Grant, O Lord, that all who are baptized into the death<br/>of Jesus Christ your Son may live in the power of his<br/>resurrection and look for him to come again in glory; who<br/>lives and reigns now and forever. <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<h1>Thanksgiving over the Water</h1>
+<p><i>The Celebrant blosses the water, first saying</i></p>
+<p>The Lord be with you.</p>
+<p><i>People</i>  And also with you.</p>
+<p><i>Celebrant</i>  Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.</p>
+<p><i>People</i>  It is right to give him thanks and praise.</p>
+<p><i>Celebrant</i></p>
+<p>We thank you, Almighty God, for the gift of water.<br/>Over it the Holy Spirit moved in the beginning of creation.<br/>Through it you led the children of Israel out of their bondage<br/>in Egypt into the land of promise.  In it your Son Jesus<br/>received the baptism of John and was anointed by the Holy<br/>Spirit as the Messiah, the Christ, to lead us, through his death<br/>and resurrection, from the bondage of sin into everlasting life.</p>
+<p>We thank you, Father, for the water of Baptism.  In it we are<br/>buried with Christ in his death.  By it we share in his<br/>resurrection. Through it we are reborn by the Holy Spirit.<br/>Therefore in joyful obedience to your Son, we bring into his</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="307">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p>fellowship those who come to him in faith, baptizing them in<br/>the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.</p>
+<p><i>At the following words, the Celebrant touches the water</i></p>
+<p>Now sanctify this water, we pray you, by the power of your<br/>Holy Spirit, that those who here are cleansed from sin and<br/>born again may continue for ever in the risen life of Jesus<br/>Christ our Savior.</p>
+<p>To him, to you, and to the Holy Spirit, be all honor and<br/>glory, now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<h1>Consecration of the Chrism</h1>
+<p><i>The Bishop may then consecrate oil of Chrism, placing a hand on<br/>the  vessel of oil, and saying</i></p>
+<p>Eternal Father, whose blessed Son was anointed by the<br/>Holy Spirit to  be the Savior and servant of all, we pray you<br/>to consecrate this oil, that those who are sealed with it may<br/>share in the royal priesthood of Jesus Christ; who lives and<br/>reigns with you and the  Holy Spirit, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<h1>The Baptism</h1>
+<p><i>Each candidate is presented by name to the Celebrant, or to an<br/>assisting<br/>priest or deacon, who then immerses, or pours water upon, the<br/>candidate, saying</i></p>
+<p><b><span class="person">N</span></b>, I baptize you in the Name of the Father, and of the Son,<br/>and of the Holy Spirit.  <i>Amen.</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="308">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<p><i>When this action has been completed for all candidates, the Bishop or<br/>Priest, at a place in full sight of the congregation, prays over them,<br/>saying</i></p>
+<p>Let us pray.</p>
+<p>Heavenly Father, we thank you that by water and the Holy<br/>Spirit you have bestowed upon <i>these</i> your servants the<br/>forgiveness of sin, and have raised <i>them</i> to the new life of<br/>grace.  Sustain <i>them,</i> O Lord, in your Holy Spirit.  Give <i>them</i><br/>an inquiring and discerning heart, the courage to will and to<br/>persevere, a spirit to know and to love you, and the gift of joy<br/>and wonder in all your works.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Then the Bishop or Priest places a hand on the person's head, marking<br/>on the forehead the sign of the cross [using Chrism if desired] and<br/>saying to each one</i></p>
+<p><b><span class="person">N</span></b>, you are sealed by the Holy Spirit in Baptism and marked<br/>as Christ's own for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Or this action may be done immediately after the administration of the<br/>water and before the preceding prayer.</i></p>
+<p><i>When all have been baptized, the Celebrant says</i></p>
+<p>Let us welcome the newly baptized.</p>
+<p><i>Celebrant and People</i></p>
+<p>We receive you into the household of God.  Confess the faith<br/>of Christ crucified, proclaim his resurrection, and share with<br/>us in his eternal priesthood.</p>
+<p><i>If Confirmation, Reception, or the Reaffirmation of Baptismal Vows is<br/>not to follow, the Peace is now exchanged</i></p>
+<p><i>Celebrant</i>  The peace of the Lord be always with you.</p>
+<p><i>People</i>  And also with you.</p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="309">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>At Confirmation, Reception, or Reaffirmation</h1>
+<p><i>The Bishop says to the congregation</i></p>
+<p>Let us now pray for <i>these persons</i> who have renewed<br/><i>their</i> commitment to Christ.</p>
+<p><i>Silence may be kept.</i></p>
+<p><i>Then the Bishop says</i></p>
+<p>Almighty God, we thank you that by the death and<br/>resurrection of your Son Jesus Christ you have overcome sin<br/>and brought us to yourself, and that by the sealing of your<br/>Holy Spirit you have bound us to your service.  Renew in<br/><i>these</i> your <i>servants</i> the covenant you made with <i>them</i> at <i>their</i><br/>Baptism.  Send <i>them</i> forth in the power of the Spirit to<br/>perform the service you set before <i>them;</i> through Jesus Christ<br/>your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the<br/>Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<h1>For Confirmation</h1>
+<p><i>The Bishop lays hands upon each one and says</i></p>
+<p>Strengthen, O Lord, your servant <b><span class="person">N</span></b> with your Holy Spirit;<br/>empower <i>him</i> for your service; and sustain <i>him</i> all the days<br/>of <i>his</i> life. Amen.</p>
+<p><i>or this</i></p>
+<p>Defend, O Lord, your servant <b><span class="person">N</span></b> with your heavenly grace,<br/>that <i>he</i> may continue yours for ever, and daily increase in<br/>your Holy Spirit more and more, until <i>he</i> comes to your<br/>everlasting kingdom.  <i>Amen.</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="310">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>For Reception</h1>
+<p><b><span class="person">N</span></b>, we recognize you as a member of the one holy catholic<br/>and apostolic Church, and we receive you into the fellowship<br/>of this Communion.  God, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit,<br/>bless, preserve, and keep you.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<h1>For Reaffirmation</h1>
+<p><b><span class="person">N</span></b>, may the Holy Spirit, who has begun a good work in you,<br/>direct and uphold you in the service of Christ and his<br/>kingdom.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Then the Bishop says</i></p>
+<p>Almighty and everliving God, let your fatherly hand ever<br/>be over <i>these</i> your <i>servants;</i> let your Holy Spirit ever be with<br/><i>them;</i> and so lead <i>them</i> in the knowledge and obedience of<br/>your Word, that <i>they</i> may serve you in this life, and dwell<br/>with you in the life to come; through Jesus Christ our Lord.<br/>Amen.</p>
+<p><i>The Peace is then exchanged</i></p>
+<p><i>Bishop</i>  The peace of the Lord be always with you.</p>
+<p><i>People</i>  And also with you.</p>
+<h1>At the Eucharist</h1>
+<p><i>The service then continues with the Prayers of the People or the<br/>Offertory of the Eucharist, at which the Bishop, when present, should be<br/>the princpal Celebrant.</i></p>
+<p><i>Except on Principal Feasts, the Proper Preface of Baptism may be used.</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="311">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>Alternative Ending</h1>
+<p><i>If there is no celebration of the Eucharist, the service continues with<br/>the Lord's Prayer</i></p>
+<p>&LordsPrayer.</p>
+<p><i>The Celebrant then says</i></p>
+<p>All praise and thanks to you, most merciful Father, for<br/>adopting us as your own children, for incorporating us into<br/>your holy Church, and for making us worthy to share in the<br/>inheritance of the saints in light; through Jesus Christ your<br/>Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy<br/>Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.  <i>Amen.</i></p>
+<p><i>Alms may be received and presented, and other prayers may be added,<br/>concluding with this prayer</i></p>
+<p>Almighty God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, from<br/>whom every family in heaven and earth is named, grant you<br/>to be strengthened with might by his Holy Spirit, that, Christ<br/>dwelling in your hearts by faith, you may be filled with all the<br/>fullness of God.  <i>Amen.</i></p>]]>
+    </content>
+  </page>
+  <page id="312">
+    <content>
+<![CDATA[<h1>Additional Directions</h1>
+<p><i>Holy Baptism is especially appropriate at the Easter Vigil, on the<br/>Day of Pentecost, on All Saints' Day or the Sunday after All Saints'<br/>Day, and on the Feast of the Baptism of our Lord (the First Sunday<br/>after the Epiphany).  It is recommended that, as far as possible,<br/>Baptisms be reserved for these occasions or when a bishop is<br/>present.</i></p>
+<p><i>If on any one of the above-named days the ministry of a bishop or<br/>priest cannot be obtained, the bishop may specially authorize a<br/>deacon to preside.  In that case, the deacon omits the prayer over<br/>the candidates, page <a href="308.html">308</a>, and the formula and action which follow.</i></p>
+<p><i>These omitted portions of the rite may be administered on some<br/>subsequent occasion of public baptism at which a bishop or priest<