Heaven. Ry. And worthy to be praised, and glorious and highly exalted for ever.. The Almighty and merciful Lord bless and keep us. R. Amen. V. Vouchsafe, O Lord, this night. R. To keep us without sin. . Have mercy upon us, O Lord. Ry. Have mercy upon us. V. O Lord, let Thy mercy lighten upon us. R. As our trust is in Thee.. O Lord, hear my prayer. R. And let my cry come unto Thee. The Lord be with you. Ry. And with thy spirit.

Let us pray.

THE COLLECT.

VISIT, we beseech Thee, O Lord, this

habitation, and drive far from it all snares of the enemy: let Thy holy angels dwell herein, to preserve us in peace and let Thy blessing be always upon us. Through our Lord Jesus Christ. Ry. Amen.

. The Lord be with you. Ry. And with thy spirit. V. Let us bless the Lord. Ry. Thanks be to God. The Blessing. The almighty and merciful Lord, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, bless and keep us. Ry. Amen.

And May the souls of the faithful shall not be said, but immediately shall be said one of the following Antiphons1 for the season. From the Vespers of the Saturday before the First Sunday in Advent to the Purification inclusively.

ANT. Receive the Word, O Virgin Mary, which is sent unto thee from the Lord by the angel, thou shalt conceive by That thou hearest, and shalt bear God and Man, that thou mayest be called, Blessed among all women. Thou shalt bear indeed a Son, but shalt suffer

In Advent.

. God is in the midst of her. Ry. She shall not be moved. Let us pray.

THE COLLECT.

WE beseech Thee, O Lord, pour Thy have known the Incarnation of Thy grace into our hearts; that, as we Angel, so by His Cross and passion we Son Jesus Christ by the message of an may be brought unto the glory of His resurrection. Through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. R. Amen.

On and after Christmas Day. . This Man was born in her. Ry. The Highest Himself shall establish her.

THE COLLECT.

GOD, Who by the fruitful virginity

of blessed Mary, hast given to mankind the reward of eternal salvation; grant, we beseech Thee, that we may experience her intercession for us, by whom we have received the Author of Life, our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son. Ry. Amen.

From Compline on the Feast of the Purification to Maundy Thursday exclusively.

ANT. Let the angels praise thee, O Holy Mother of God, who hast not

known man, and barest the Lord in thy womb, thou didst conceive by That Which thou didst hear, and didst lay in a manger Him Whom thou didst bring forth, Whom the host of angels wor shippeth.

y. The Lord hath chosen her.
Ry. To be an habitation for Himself.

THE COLLECT.

RANT us, O merciful God, strength against our enemies; that we who celebrate the memory of the holy Mo

From the Compline of Saturday in Holy Week until None of the Saturday after the Feast of Pentecost inclusively.

ANT. Rejoice evermore, O Virgin Mary, for thou hast been counted worthy to bear Christ, the Maker of heaven

and earth, Whom thou didst bring forth from thy womb to be the Saviour of the world, Alleluia.

. Thou hast girded me with gladness, O Lord, Alleluia.

Ry. That my glory may sing praise to Thee, Alleluia.

THE COLLECT.

GOD, Who by the resurrection of Thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord, hast vouchsafed to give gladness unto the world: grant, we beseech Thee, that through the Virgin Mary, His Mother, we may attain to the joys of everlasting life. Through the same Christ our Lord. R. Amen.

From the First Vespers of the Feast of the Holy Trinity until None of the Saturday before Advent.

ANT. Happy art thou, O Holy Vir

Righteousness, Christ our God, Who having loosened the curse, hath given us the blessing, and overcoming death hath given unto us life everlasting.

. The rich among the people. Ry. Shall make their supplication before thee.

THE COLLECT.

ALMIGHTY and everlasting God,

Who, by the co-operation of the Holy Ghost, didst wonderfully prepare the body and soul of the glorious Virgin Mother Mary to become a fit habitation for Thy Son: grant, that as we rejoice in her memory, we may by her fervent prayers be delivered from all the evils which threaten us, and from everlasting death. Through the same Christ our Lord. R. Amen.

y. The Divine help remain with us always. R. Amen. Then shall be said secretly, Our Father. Hail, Mary. And I believe.

So shall Compline be said throughout the year, except on the three last days of Holy Week, and throughout the Octave of Easter, when it shall be said as given in the Proper of the Season.

Then Lord, have mercy, with the rest as in Psalter, page 5. And in the Ferial Office the Antiphons shall be said of the preceding Sunday: the Little Chapters, Short RZR., and the rest as in the Psalter, p. 11. At the conclusion of the Chapter, the Short Lesson, O Lord, be gracious unto us, p. 6, shall be said on Sundays and week-days, until Christmas Eve exclusively.

At Terce. ANT. Sing,* O daughter of Sion, be glad, and rejoice, O daughter of Jerusalem, Alleluia.

THE LITTLE CHAPTER. Rom. xiii. 11. BRETHREN, now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. Ry. Thanks be to God.

This response shall be always said at the end of all the Little Chapters. SHORT R. Come Thou, and save us,* O Lord God of Hosts, And shall be repeated, Come Thou, and save us, O Lord God of Hosts. . Show the light of Thy countenance, and we shall be whole. R. O Lord God of Hosts. . Glory be to the Father, and to the

Son, and to the Holy Ghost. Ry. Come Hosts. . The heathen shall fear Thy Thou, and save us, O Lord God of Name, O Lord. R. And all the kings of the earth Thy majesty.

So shall be repeated the Verses in all the Short RyRy. of the Hours.

THE COLLECT.

RAISE up, we pray Thee, O Lord, Thy protection we may be rescued from Thy power, and come; that by the perils of our sins which threaten us, and by Thy deliverance we may be saved; Who livest and reignest with God the Father, in the Unity of the Holy Ghost, God for ever and ever. Ry. Amen.

Or this COLLECT. LMIGHTY God, give us grace that

we may cast away the works of darkness, and put upon us the armour of light, now in the time of this mortal life, in which Thy Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility; that in the last day, when He shall come again in His glorious Majesty to judge both the quick and dead, we may rise to the life immortal, through Him Who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost, now and ever. Ry. Amen.

At Sext. ANT. Behold the Lord shall come, * And all His saints with Him: and in that day the light shall be great, Alleluia.

THE LITTLE CHAPTER. Rom. xiii. 12. THE night is far spent, the day is at

hand let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.

SHORT R. Show us Thy mercy, *O Lord. Show us. . And grant us Thy salvation. O Lord. Glory be. Show us. V. Remember us, O Lord, according to the favour that Thou bearest unto Thy people. Ry. O visit us with Thy salvation.

*

At None. ANT. Behold there shall come a great Prophet, and He shall restore Jerusalem, Alleluia.

THE LITTLE CHAPTER. Rom. xiii. 13.

LE ET us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying: but put ye

on the Lord Jesus Christ.

SHORT RY. Upon thee, O Jerusalem,* The Lord shall arise. Upon thee. . And His glory shall be seen upon thee. The Lord. Glory be. Upon thee. . Come, O Lord, and tarry

SHORT R. Come Thou, p. 16.

THE COLLECT.

STIR up, O Lord, our hearts to make

ready the ways of Thine OnlyBegotten, that by His coming we may be enabled to serve Thee with pure minds; Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the Unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Ry. Amen.

Or this COLLECT.

BLESSED Lord, Who hast caused all

Holy Scriptures to be written for our learning; Grant that we may in and inwardly digest them, that by pasuch wise hear them, read, mark, learn, tience, and comfort of Thy holy Word, we may embrace, and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life, which Thou hast given us in our Saviour Jesus Christ. R. Amen.

At Sext. ANT. Behold the Lord

people.

On Sunday after Vespers shall be said Vespers for the Dead.1

During the week the above Antiphons and Collect shall be said.

tarry wait for Him, for He will surely come. He will not tarry, Alleluia. THE LITTLE CHAPTER. Rom. xv. 5.

be said the Office for the Dead.1

lation grant you to be likeminded one towards another according to Christ Jesus that ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

:

SHORT RY. Show us Thy mercy, p. 18.

At None. ANT. Behold our Lord * shall come with power, and shall enlighten the eyes of His servants, Alleluia.

THE LITTLE CHAPTER. Rom. xv. 13. NOW the God of hope fill you with

all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.

SHORT RY. Upon thee, p. 21. On Sunday after Vespers shall be said Vespers for the Dead.

On Monday shall be said the Office for

the Dead.

THE COLLECT.

Bow down, we beseech Thee, O

Lord, Thine ears to our prayers: and enlighten the darkness of our minds by the grace of Thy visitation; Who livest and reignest with the Father and the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Ry. Amen.

Or this COLLECT.

LORD Jesu Christ, Who at Thy

first coming didst send Thy messenger to prepare Thy way before Thee; Grant that the ministers and stewards of Thy mysteries may likewise so prepare and make ready Thy way, by turning the hearts of the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, that at Thy second coming to judge the world we may be found an acceptable people in Thy sight; Who livest and reignest with the Father and the Holy Spirit, ever one God, world without end. Ry. Amen.

At Sext. ANT. I will place in Sion * salvation, and in Jerusalem My glory, Alleluia.

THE LITTLE CHAPTER. 1 Cor. iv. 3.

BUT with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you or of man's judgment; yea, I judge not mine own self.

SHORT Ry. Show us Thy mercy, p.18.

righteously and godly, looking for At None. the blessed hope and the coming of the Lord, Alleluia.

ANT. We should live

THE LITTLE CHAPTER. 1 Cor. iv. 5.

THEREFORE judge nothing before

the time until the Lord come, Who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make ma

nifest the counsels of the hearts; and

then shall every man have praise of God.

SHORT Ry. Upon thee, p. 21.

On Sunday after Vespers shall be said Vespers for the Dead.

On Monday the Office shall be said for the Dead.

The following Antiphons shall be said on the five week-days before Christmas Eve, beginning on December 17 with those Antiphons for whatever day of the week it may fall upon, and in like manner the other Antiphons shall be said on their own appropriate days of the week. But if December 17 fall upon Sunday, the Antiphons shall begin on Monday the 18th. Those Antiphons, which should have been said upon the day of the week upon which the Feast of St. Thomas falls, shall be said on the Saturday; unless Christmas Eve shall fall upon the Sunday, for then upon the Saturday shall be said the Antiphons for the Fourth Sunday in Advent; the Antiphons of the Eve shall be said upon the Sunday, and those for the weekday on which the Feast of St. Thomas falls, shall for that year be left out The Collect shall be said on the Ember altogether. Days as given below.