The Liturgy OF The United Episcopal Catholic Communion

(UECC) Breviary (Traditional Format 1570-1960)

Most Rev. Brian K. Putzier Th.D Archbishop, UECC

1 Comments on the service:

Even though the service is designed as modified Tridentine, all are welcome to bring their own faith/beliefs to the service.

The UECC is a communion of Old Catholic and Anglo-Catholic organiza- tions and traditions. We here attest and hold true to many ancient traditions.

Notes:

@ Indicates the start of a logical section of the liturgy

** Prompts for action by the people

Usually indicates a response

☩ Indicates the sign of the cross

☩☩ Blessing cross from priest to people

V. Priest, Deacon recitation

R. Response

Ant. Antiphon: Priest, Deacon recitation

This office is designed to be recited with a priest or dea- con, or in a group with a leader. None the less, you may read it alone as you would any breviary.

2 The of Psalms actually uses TWO numbering systems: One from the ancient Hebrew and the other Greek. You may find that this document uses the Hebrew, so for example Psalm 119 is actually Psalm 120 in a document that uses the Greek system.

Here’s a handy chart to keep it straight:

3 An Order for Vespers (Traditional Breviary Format)

V. Gloria Patri, et filio, et spiritui sancto… (Glow- ree-ah-pah-tree eht-fee-lee-oh eht-speer-it-too-e san-ktoe)

Glory be to the ☩ Father, and of the Son, and Holy Spirit.

R. AMEN

V. Light and peace, in Jesus Christ our Lord.

R. Thanks be to God.

In place of the above, from Easter Day through the Day of Pentecost

V. Alleluia. Christ is risen.

R. The Lord is risen indeed. Alleluia.

4 In Lent and on other penitential occasions

V. Bless the Lord who forgives all our sins;

R. His mercy endures for ever.

V. O God, ☩ come to my assistance;

R. O Lord, make haste to help me.

V. Glory be to the ☩ Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.

R. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Alleluia.

Psalms {Psalms, antiphons from the for the day of the week}

Ant. Blessed be the Lord * my support, and my de- liverer.

Psalm 143(1-8) [1] 143:1 Blessed be the Lord my God, who teaches my hands to fight, * and my fingers to war. 143:2 My mercy, and my refuge: * my support, and my deliverer: 143:2 My protector, and I have hoped in him: * who

5 subdues my people under me. 143:3 Lord, what is man, that thou art made known to him? * or the son of man, that thou makes ac- count of him? 143:4 Man is like to vanity: * his days pass away like a shadow. 143:5 Lord, bow down thy heavens and descend: * touch the mountains, and they shall smoke. 143:6 Send forth lightning, and thou shalt scatter them: * shoot out thy arrows, and thou shalt trou- ble them. 143:7 Put forth thy hand from on high, take me out, and deliver me from many waters: * from the hand of strange children: 143:8 Whose mouth hath spoken vanity: * and their right hand is the right hand of iniquity. V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost. R. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Ant. Blessed be the Lord my support, and my deliv- erer.

Ant. Happy is that people * whose God is the Lord.

Psalm 143(9-15) [2] 143:9 To thee, O God, I will sing a new canticle: * on the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings I will sing praises to thee. 143:10 Who gives salvation to kings: * who hast re- deemed thy servant David from the malicious sword: Deliver me, 143:11 And rescue me out of the hand of strange children; whose mouth hath spoken vanity: * and their right hand is the right hand of iniquity:

6 143:12 Whose sons are as new plants * in their youth: 143:12 Their daughters decked out, * adorned round about after the similitude of a temple: 143:13 Their storehouses full, * flowing out of this into that. 143:13 Their sheep fruitful in young, abounding in their goings forth: * their oxen fat. 143:14 There is no breach of wall, nor passage, * nor crying out in their streets. 143:15 They have called the people happy, that hath these things: * but happy is that people whose God is the Lord. V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost. R. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Ant. Happy is that people whose God is the Lord.

Ant. For the Lord is great * and exceedingly to be praised: His greatness has no end.

Psalm 144(1-7) [3] 144:1 I will extol thee, O God my king: * and I will bless thy name for ever; yea, for ever and ever. 144:2 Every day will I bless thee: * and I will praise thy name for ever; yea, for ever and ever. 144:3 Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised: * and of his greatness there is no end. 144:4 Generation and generation shall praise thy works: * and they shall declare thy power. 144:5 They shall speak of the magnificence of the glory of thy holiness: * and shall tell thy won- drous works.

7 144:6 And they shall speak of the might of thy ter- rible acts: * and shall declare thy greatness. 144:7 They shall publish the memory of the abun- dance of thy sweetness: * and shall rejoice in thy justice. V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost. R. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Ant. For the Lord is great and exceedingly to be praised: His greatness has no end.

Ant. The Lord is sweet * to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.

Psalm 144(8-13) [4] 144:8 The Lord is gracious and merciful: * patient and plenteous in mercy. 144:9 The Lord is sweet to all: * and his tender mercies are over all his works. 144:10 Let all thy works, O Lord, praise thee: * and let thy saints bless thee. 144:11 They shall speak of the glory of thy king- dom: * and shall tell of thy power: 144:12 To make thy might known to the sons of men: * and the glory of the magnificence of thy kingdom. 144:13 Thy kingdom is a kingdom of all ages: * and thy dominion endures throughout all generations. V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost. R. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Ant. The Lord is sweet to all: and his tender mer- cies are over all his works.

8 Ant. The Lord is faithful * in all his words: and holy in all his works. ‡

Psalm 144(14-21) [5] 144:14 The Lord is faithful in all his words: and holy in all his works. 144:14 ‡ The Lord lifts up all that fall: * and sets up all that are cast down. 144:15 The eyes of all hope in thee, O Lord: * and thou gives them meat in due season. 144:16 Thou openest thy hand, * and fills with blessing every living creature. 144:17 The Lord is just in all his ways: * and holy in all his works. 144:18 The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him: * to all that call upon him in truth. 144:19 He will do the will of them that fear him: * and he will hear their , and save them. 144:20 The Lord keeps all them that love him; * but all the wicked he will destroy. 144:21 My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord: * and let all flesh bless his holy name for ever; yea, for ever and ever. V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost. R. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Ant. The Lord is faithful in all his words: and holy in all his works.

Chapter Verse {from the Psalter for the day of the week} Rom 11:33 O the depth of the riches of the wisdom and of the knowledge of God! How incomprehensible are his

9 judgments, and how unsearchable his ways! R. Thanks be to God.

Hymn As fades the glowing orb of day, To thee, great source of light, we pray; Blessed Three in One, to every heart Thy beams of life and love impart.

At early dawn, at close of day, To thee our vows we humbly pay; May we, mid joys that never end, With thy bright saints in homage bend.

To God the Father, and the Son, And Holy Spirit, Three in One, Be endless glory, as before The world began, so evermore. Amen.

V. Let the evening prayer ascend unto thee, O Lord. R. And let there descend upon us thy mercy.

Canticum: Magnificat {Antiphon from the Proper of the season}

Ant. And they all knew, * from Dan even unto Beer- sheba, that Samuel was established to be a Prophet of the Lord.

(Canticle of the Blessed Virgin * Luke 1:46-55) 1:46 My soul ☩ * doth magnify the Lord. 1:47 And my spirit hath rejoiced * in God my Sav- ior. 1:48 Because he hath regarded the humility of his handmaid; * for behold from henceforth all genera-

10 tions shall call me blessed. 1:49 Because he that is mighty, hath done great things to me; * and holy is his name. 1:50 And his mercy is from generation unto genera- tions, * to them that fear him. 1:51 He hath shown might in his arm: * he hath scattered the proud in the conceit of their heart. 1:52 He hath put down the mighty from their seat, * and hath exalted the humble. 1:53 He hath filled the hungry with good things; * and the rich he hath sent empty away. 1:54 He hath received Israel his servant, * being mindful of his mercy: 1:55 As he spoke to our fathers, * to Abraham and to his seed for ever. V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost. R. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Ant. And they all knew, from Dan even unto Beer- sheba, that Samuel was established to be a Prophet of the Lord.

Weekday Intercessions{omit}

Prayer {from the Proper of the season} V. O Lord, hear my prayer. R. And let my cry come unto thee. Let us pray. O God, the protector of all them that trust in thee, without whom nothing is strong, nothing is holy; increase and multiply upon us thy mercy, that thou being our ruler and guide, we may so pass through things temporal, that we finally lose not the things eternal.

11 Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who lives and reigns with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. R. Amen.

Conclusion V. O Lord, hear my prayer. R. And let my cry come unto thee. V. Let us bless the Lord. R. Thanks be to God. V. May the souls of the faithful, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. R. Amen.

Lord’s Prayer Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread.

And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us.

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.

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