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My soul doth magnify the Lord: was crucified, dead, and buried. and my spirit hath rejoiced He descended into hell; in God my Saviour. the third day he rose again from the dead; For he hath regarded: he ascended into heaven, the lowliness of his handmaiden. and sitteth on the right hand of God the For behold, from henceforth: Father almighty; all generations shall call me blessed. from thence he shall come For he that is mighty hath magnified me: to judge the quick and the dead. and holy is his Name. I believe in the Holy Ghost; And his is on them that fear him : the holy ; throughout all generations. the communion of saints; He hath shewed strength with his arm: the forgiveness of sins; he hath scattered the proud the resurrection of the body, in the imagination of their hearts. and the life everlasting. He hath put down Amen. the mighty from their seat: and hath exalted the humble and meek. THE PRAYERS OF THE CHURCH He hath filled the hungry with good things: and the rich he hath sent empty away. The Lord be with you. He remembering his mercy And with thy spirit. Let us pray. hath holpen his servant Israel: as he promised to our forefathers, Lord, have mercy upon us. Abraham and his seed for ever. Christ, have mercy upon us.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son Lord, have mercy upon us. and to the Holy Ghost; as it was in the beginning, Our Father, which art in heaven, is now, and ever shall be: hallowed be thy name; world without end. Amen. thy kingdom come; thy will be done, in earth as it is in heaven. THE SECOND LESSON Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, THE as we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; Lord, now lettest thou thy servant but deliver us from evil. depart in peace: according to thy word. Amen. For mine eyes have seen: thy salvation. Which thou hast prepared: THE RESPONSES before the face of all people. To be a light to lighten the Gentiles: O Lord, shew thy mercy upon us. and to be the glory of thy people Israel. And grant us thy salvation.

Glory be to the Father, O Lord, save the Queen. and to the Son And mercifully hear us when we call upon and to the Holy Ghost thee. as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: Endue thy ministers with righteousness. world without end. And make thy chosen people joyful.

Amen. O Lord, save thy people. And bless thine inheritance. THE APOSTLES’ Give peace in our time, O Lord. I believe in God the Father almighty, Because there is none other that fighteth maker of heaven and earth: for us, but only thou, O God. and in Christ his only Son our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, O God, make clean our hearts within us. born of the Virgin Mary, And take not thy Holy Spirit from us.

THE COLLECT OF THE DAY THE PARISH CHURCH OF

THE COLLECT FOR PEACE THE HOLY NATIVITY,

O God, from whom all holy desires, KNOWLE, BRISTOL all good counsels, and all just works do proceed; give unto thy servants that peace EVENING PRAYER which the world cannot give; from the that both, our hearts may be set to obey thy 1662 commandments, and also that, by thee, we being defended from the fear of our enemies may pass our time in rest and quietness; through the merits of Jesus Christ our Saviour. Amen.

THE COLLECT AGAINST ALL PERILS

Lighten our darkness, we beseech thee, O Lord; and by thy great mercy defend us from all perils and dangers of this night; . Please join in with the parts in bold text for the love of thy only Son, our Saviour, Jesus Christ. OPENING RESPONSES

Amen. O Lord, open thou our lips and our mouth shall shew forth thy praise. THE GRACE O God, make speed to save us. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, O Lord, make haste to help us. and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, Glory be to the Father, be with us all evermore. and to the Son, Amen. and to the Holy Ghost as it was in the beginning, THE HISTORY OF EVENSONG is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Evensong is based upon a monastic office of Amen. the medieval Church. This version, first published in The 1662 Book of Common Praise ye the Lord. Prayer, has been a form of prayer and worship The Lord’s name be praised. for millions of Anglican Christians throughout the world. The Prayer Book has been familiar THE PSALM(S) to generations of men and women for their The Psalm ends with these words regular Sunday worship and to make holy the principal events of their lives, the births, the Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: marriages and the deaths. It has been, and continues to be, loved for its wonderful and to the Holy Ghost; language, dignified and memorable but always as it was in the beginning, speaking to our human condition. Phrases is now, and ever shall be from it have come into everyday use and have world without end. been quoted in literature. 'Till death us do Amen. part', 'read, mark, learn and inwardly digest', 'peace in our time'. The Book of Common THE FIRST LESSON Prayer continually honours God’s awe and majesty while also reminding us that He is a loving Father, close to each of us.