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Sung Matins Sung Matins The Parish of Saint Mary in Palms An Anglo-Catholic parish of the Episcopal Church Sung Matins Sung Matins The Offciant begins the service with this or some other appointed sentence of Scripture. Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Confession of Sin Then the Offciant says to the people Dearly beloved, we have come together in the presence of Almighty God our heavenly Father, to set forth his praise, to hear his holy Word, and to ask, for ourselves and on behalf of others, those things that are necessary for our life and our salvation. And so that we may prepare ourselves in heart and mind to worship him, let us kneel in silence, and with penitent and obedient hearts confess our sins, that we may obtain forgiveness by his infnite goodness and mercy. Silence is kept. Offciant and People together, all kneeling Most merciful God, we confess that we have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done, and by what we have left undone. We have not loved you with our whole heart; we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. We are truly sorry and we humbly repent. For the sake of your Son Jesus Christ, have mercy on us and forgive us; that we may delight in your will, and walk in your ways, to the glory of your Name. Amen. The Priest alone stands and says Almighty God have mercy on you, forgive you all your sins through our Lord Jesus Christ, strengthen you in all goodness, and by the power of the Holy Spirit keep you in eternal life. Amen. A deacon or lay person using the preceding form remains kneeling, and substitutes “us” for “you” and “our” for “your.” The Invitatory and Psalter All stand The Hymnal 1982, Service Music - #33 Daily Morning Prayer II, Preces Lord, open our lips. 3 And our mouth shall proclaim your praise. Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: As it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen. Alleluia. Your ritesong purchase includes a one-time use reprint license for congregational use. This song may be printed in congregational song sheets for one-time use. No permission is granted to include this song in a hymnal or other permanent or semi-permanent collection of songs. No other form of the music, whether for use by a choir, organ or other accompaniments is covered by this license. Please contact the publishers for these permissions. If you have purchased ritesong individual songs you have the rite for a single one-time use as described above. You will need to purchase them again for any other use. If you have made an annual purchase of ritesong, these rights expire when your annual purchase lapses. You must maintain an annual purchase to maintain license rights described above. Then follows one of the Invitatory Psalms, Venite or Jubilate. One of the following Antiphons is sung with the Invitatory Psalm or this or this Venite Psalm 95:1-7 Plainsong, Mode 4; The Hymnal 1982, Service Music - #34 Daily Morning Prayer II, Theadapt. Invitatory: BruceVenite E. Ford/ PsalmAll sing 95 4 The Hymnal 1982, Service Music - #34 Daily Morning Prayer II, The Invitatory: Venite / Psalm 95 1 Come, let us sing to the Lord; 5 let us shout for joy to the Rock of our salvation. 2 Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving and raise a loud shout to him with psalms. 3 For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods. 4 In his hand are the caverns of the earth, and the heights of the hills are his also. 5 The sea is his, for he made it, and his hands have molded the dry land. 6 Come, let us bow down, and bend the knee, and kneel before the Lord our Maker. 7 For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand. Jubilate Psalm 100 Plainsong, Mode 4; adapt. Bruce E. Ford AllThe sing Hymnal 1982, Service Music - #41 Daily Morning Prayer II, The Invitatory: Jubilate 61 Be joyful in the Lord, all you lands; serve the Lord with gladness and come before his presence with a song. 2 Know this: The Lord himself is God; he himself has made us, and we are his; we are his people and the sheep of his pasture. Then follows The Psalm or Psalms Appointed See insert All sit for the Psalms. At the end of each Psalm is sung, all standing Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: * as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen. The Lessons The People sit for the Lessons. The Lesson from the Old Testament Reader The Word of the Lord. People Thanks be to God. Silence is kept. 7 The Song of Zechariah Benedictus Dominus Deus Plainsong, Mode 8; adapt. Bruce E. Ford The Hymnal 1982, Service Music - #248 Canticle 16, The Song of Zechariah: Benedictus AllDominus stand andDeus sing 8 The Hymnal 1982, Service Music - #248 Canticle 16, The Song of Zechariah: Benedictus Dominus Deus 9 In the tender compassion of our God the dawn from on high shall break upon us. 1 Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel; he has come to his people and set them free. 2 He has raised up for us a mighty savior, born of the house of his servant David. 3 Through his holy prophets he promised of old, that he would save us from our enemies, from the hands of all who hate us. 4 He promised to show mercy to our fathers and to remember his holy covenant. 5 This was the oath he swore to our father Abraham, The Lesson from the New Testament Reader The Word of the Lord. People Thanks be to God. Silence is kept. You are God Te Deum laudamus Plainsong, Te Deum Tone (Solemn); adapt. Bruce E. Ford All stand and sing The Hymnal 1982, Service Music - #282 Canticle 21, You are God: Te Deum Laudamus 10 The Hymnal 1982, Service Music - #282 Canticle 21, You are God: Te Deum Laudamus 11 1 You are God: we praise you; You are the Lord: we acclaim you; 122 You are the eternal Father: All creation worships you. 3 To you all angels, all the powers of heaven, Cherubim and Seraphim, sing in endless praise: 4 Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might, heaven and earth are full of your glory. 5 The glorious company of apostles praise you. The noble fellowship of prophets praise you. The white-robed army of martyrs praise you. 6 Throughout the world the holy Church acclaims you; Father, of majesty unbounded, your true and only Son, worthy of all worship, and the Holy Spirit, advocate and guide. 7 You, Christ, are the king of glory, the eternal Son of the Father. 8 When you became man to set us free you did not shun the Virgin’s womb. 9 You overcame the sting of death and opened the kingdom of heaven to all believers. 10You are seated at God’s right hand in glory. We believe that you will come and be our judge. 11Come then, Lord, and help your people, bought with the price of your own blood, 12and bring us with your saints to glory everlasting. Your ritesong purchase includes a one-time use reprint license for congregational use. This song may be printed in congregational song sheets for one-time use. No permission is granted to include this song in a hymnal or other permanent or semi-permanent collection of songs. No other form of the music, whether for use by a choir, organ or other accompaniments is covered by this license. Please contact the publishers for these permissions. If you have purchased ritesong individual songs you have the rite for a single one-time use as described above. You will need to purchase them again for any other use. If you have made an annual purchase of ritesong, these rights expire when your annual purchase lapses. You must maintain an annual purchase to maintain license rights described above. The Lesson from the Gospel Reader The Word of the Lord. People Thanks be to God. Silence is kept. The Apostles’ Creed Offciant and People together, all standing I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord. He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucifed, died, and was buried. He descended to the dead. On the third day he rose again. He ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen. 13 TheThe Hymnal Prayers 1982, Service Music - #51 Daily Morning Prayer II, Salutation and The Lord’s Prayer Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your Name, Theyour Lord kingdom be with you. come, Andyour also will with be you. done, Let uson pray. earth as in heaven. GiveOur Father, us today who our art dailyin heaven, bread. hallowed be thy Name, Forgivethy kingdom us our come,sins thyas we will forgive be done, those whoon earth sin asagainst it is in us.
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