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Gradual Music the Holy Gospel of Mark 1:9-15 the Peace Welcome Remember, O Lord, your compassion and love, * Eucharistic Prayer I and death of thy Son Jesus Christ, and through faith in his blood, we, and all thy for they are from everlasting. The people remain standing. The Celebrant faces them and says whole Church, may obtain remission of our sins, and all other benefits of his passion. Remember not the sins of my youth and my transgressions; * And here we offer and present unto thee, O Lord, our selves, our souls and bodies, to remember me according to your love The Lord be with you. be a reasonable, holy, and living sacrifice unto thee; humbly beseeching thee that we, and for the sake of your goodness, O Lord. People And with thy spirit. and all others who shall be partakers of this Holy Communion, may worthily receive Celebrant Lift up your hearts. the most precious Body and Blood of thy Son Jesus Christ, be filled with thy grace Gracious and upright is the Lord; * People We lift them up unto the Lord. and heavenly benediction, and made one body with him, that he may dwell in us, and therefore he teaches sinners in his way. Celebrant Let us give thanks unto our Lord God. we in him. He guides the humble in doing right * People It is meet and right so to do. And although we are unworthy, through our manifold sins, to offer unto thee any sac- and teaches his way to the lowly. All the paths of the Lord are love and faithfulness * The Celebrant Continues rifice, yet we beseech thee to accept this our bounden duty and service, not weighing t is very meet, right, and our bounden duty, that we should at all times, and in all our merits, but pardoning our offenses, through Jesus Christ our Lord; By whom, and to those who keep his covenant and his testimonies. I with whom, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, all honor and glory be unto thee, O Father places, give thanks unto thee, O Lord, holy Father, almighty, everlasting God. Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:* Almighty, world without end. AMEN. as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen The Celebrant continues with preface of the day And now, as our Savior Christ has taught us, we are bold to say, [in unison] Gradual Music Therefore with Angels and Archangels, and with all the company of heaven, we laud and magnify thy glorious Name; evermore praising thee, and saying, Our Father, who art in heaven, The Holy Gospel of Mark 1:9-15 hallowed be thy Name, Reader: The Holy Gospel.... All: Glory to you, Lord Christ The Sanctus Said by all thy kingdom come, In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the thy will be done, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of Hosts: Heaven and earth are full of thy glory. on earth as it is in heaven. Jordan. And just as he was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens torn apart Glory be to thee, O Lord Most High. Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the and the Spirit descending like a dove on him. And a voice came from heaven, “You Give us this day our daily bread. Lord. Hosanna in the highest. And forgive us our trespasses, are my Son, the Beloved; with you I am well pleased.” And the Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness. He was in the wilderness forty days, tempted by as we forgive those who trespass against us. The people remain standing. Then the Celebrant continues And lead us not into temptation, Satan; and he was with the wild beasts; and the angels waited on him. Now after John was arrested, Jesus came to Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God, and saying, but deliver us from evil. Then the Celebrant continues For thine is the kingdom, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near; repent, and believe in the good news.” and the power, and the glory, All glory be to thee, Almighty God, our heavenly Father, for that thou, of thy tender for ever and ever. Amen. Reader: The Gospel of the Lord. All: Praise to you, Lord Christ mercy, didst give thine only Son Jesus Christ to suffer death upon the cross for our redemption; who made there, by his one oblation of himself once offered, a full, At the Breaking of the Bread The Sermon The Rev’d Joseph Daly perfect, and sufficient sacrifice, oblation, and satisfaction, for the sins of the whole world; and did institute, and in his holy Gospel command us to continue, a perpetual Celebrant: Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us; The Nicene Creed Standing, said by all BCP 358 memory of that his precious death and sacrifice, until his coming again. All: Therefore let us keep the feast. I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, and of all The Prayer of Humble Access Celebrant and people BCP 337 things visible and invisible; At the following words concerning the bread, the Celebrant is to hold it, or lay a hand upon it; and at the words concerning the cup, to hold or We do not presume to come to this thy Table, O merciful Lord, trusting in our own And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of his Father place a hand upon the cup and any other vessel containing wine to be righteousness, but in thy manifold and great mercies. We are not worthy so much as before all worlds, God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God, begotten, consecrated to gather up the crumbs under thy Table. But thou art the same Lord whose property not made, being of one substance with the Father; by whom all things were made; is always to have mercy. Grant us therefore, gracious Lord, so to eat the flesh of thy who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven, and was incarnate For in the night in which he was betrayed, he took bread; and when he had given dear Son Jesus Christ, and to drink his blood, that we may evermore dwell in him, by the Holy Ghost of the Virgin Mary, and was made man; and was crucified also thanks, he brake it, and gave it to his disciples, saying, "Take, eat, this is my Body, and he in us. Amen. for us under Pontius Pilate; he suffered and was buried; and the third day he rose which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me." Likewise, after supper, he again according to the Scriptures, and ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the took the cup; and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, saying, "Drink ye all The Invitation to Communion right hand of the Father; and he shall come again, with glory, to judge both the of this; for this is my Blood of the New Testament, which is shed for you, and for he Gifts of God for the People of God. Take them in remembrance that Christ died quick and the dead; whose kingdom shall have no end. T many, for the remission of sins. Do this, as oft as ye shall drink it, in remembrance of for you, and feed on him in your hearts by faith, with thanksgiving. And I believe in the Holy Ghost the Lord, and Giver of Life, who proceedeth from me." the Father and the Son; who with the Father and the Son together is worshiped and Thanksgiving and Blessing Standing and in unison glorified; who spake by the Prophets. And I believe one holy Catholic and Apos- Wherefore, O Lord and heavenly Father, according to the institution of thy dearly beloved Son our Savior Jesus Christ, we, thy humble servants, do celebrate and make Almighty and everliving God, we most heartily thank thee for that thou dost feed tolic Church; I acknowledge one Baptism for the remission of sins; and I look for us, in these holy mysteries, with the spiritual food of the most precious Body and the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen. here before thy divine Majesty, with these thy holy gifts, which we now offer unto thee, the memorial thy Son hath commanded us to make; having in remembrance his Blood of thy Son our Savior Jesus Christ; and dost assure us thereby of thy favor and blessed passion and precious death, his mighty resurrection and glorious ascension; goodness towards us; and that we are very members incorporate in the mystical body The Peace rendering unto thee most hearty thanks for the innumerable benefits procured unto us of thy Son, the blessed company of all faithful people; and are also heirs, through In acknowledgement of Christ’s Peace, you are invited to bow to one another by the same. hope, of thy everlasting kingdom. And we humbly beseech thee, O heavenly Father, with your right hand over your heart. Please refrain from all physical contact. so to assist us with thy grace, that we may continue in that holy fellowship, and do Celebrant: The peace of the Lord be always with you. People: And with thy spirit And we most humbly beseech thee, O merciful Father, to hear us; and, of thy al- all such good works as thou hast prepared for us to walk in; through Jesus Christ our mighty goodness, vouchsafe to bless and sanctify, with thy Word and Holy Spirit, Lord, to whom, with thee and the Holy Ghost, be all honor and glory, world without Welcome and Announcements these thy gifts and creatures of bread and wine; that we, receiving them according to end.
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