DAILY MORNING PRAYER. The Minister shall always begin the Morning Prayer by reading one or more of the following Sentences of Scripture. On any day not a Sunday, he may omit the Exhortation following, saying instead thereof, Let us humbly confess our sins unto Almighty God, and may end the Morning Prayer with the Collect for Grace and 2 Cor. xiii. 14. On any day when the Holy Communion is immediately to follow, the Minister may, at his discretion, pass at once from the Sentences to the Lord's Prayer, first pronouncing, The Lord be with you. Answer. And with thy spirit. Minister. Let us pray. HE LORD is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him. Hab. i. 20. I was glad when they said unto me, We will go into the house of the LORD. Psalm cxxii. 1. Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be alway acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength and my redeemer. Psalm xix. 14, 15. Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. Phil. i. 2. Repent ye; for the Kingdom of heaven is at hand. St. Matt. iii. 2. Advent. Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Ísaiah xl. 3. Behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Christmas. Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. St. Luke ii. 10, 11. From the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my Name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place Epiphany. incense shall be offered unto my Name, and a pure offering: for my Name shall be great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts. Mal. i. 11. Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O_Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem. Isaiah lii. 1. Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow which is done unto me, wherewith the LORD hath afflicted me. Good Friday. Lam. i. 12. Easter, He is risen. The Lord is risen indeed. St. Mark xvi. 6. St. Luke xxiv. 34. This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalm cxviii. 24. Seeing that we have a great High Priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us come boldly unto the Ascension. throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. Heb. iv. 14, 16. Because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. Gal. iv. 6. Whit unday. There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the Most High. Psalm xlvi. 4. The hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth. St. John iv. 23. Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come. Rev. iv. 8. Trinity Sunday. When the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive. xviii. 27. I acknowledge my transgressions: ever before me. Psalm li. 3. Ezek. and my sin is Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities. Psalm li. 9. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise Psalm li. 17. Rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil. Joel ii. 13. To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgive nesses, though we have rebelled against him; neither have we obeyed the voice of the LORD our God, to walk in his laws which he set before us. Dan. ix. 9, 10. O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing. Jer. x. 24. Psalm vi. 1. I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, and am no more worthy to be called thy son. St. Luke xv. 18, 19. Enter not into judgment with thy servant, O LORD; for in thy sight shall no man living be justified. Psalm cxliii. 2. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us; but if we confess our sins, God is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 St. John i. 8, 9. Then the Minister shall say, EARLY beloved brethren, the Scripture moveth our manifold sins and wickedness; and that we should not dissemble nor cloak them before the face of Almighty God our heavenly Father; but confess them with an humble, lowly, penitent, and obedient heart; to the end that we may obtain forgiveness of the same, by his infinite goodness and mercy. And although we ought, at all times, humbly to acknowledge our ains before God; yet ought we chiefly so to do, when we assemble and meet together to render thanks for the great benefits that we have received at his hands, to set forth his most worthy praise, to hear his most holy Word, and to ask those things which are requisite and necessary, as well for the body as the soul. Wherefore I pray and beseech you, as many as are here present, to accompany me with a pure heart, and humble voice, unto the throne of the heavenly grace, saying A General Confession. To be said by the whole Congregation, after the Minister, all kneeling. ALMIGHTY and most merciful Father; We have erred, and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep. We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts. We have offended against thy holy laws. We have left undone those things which we ought to have done; And we have done those things which we ought not to have done; And there is no health in us. But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us, miserable offenders. Spare thou those, O God, who confess their faults. Restore thou those who are penitent; According to thy promises declared unto mankind in Christ Jesus our Lord. And grant, O most merciful Father, for his sake; That we may hereafter live a godly, righteous, and sober life, To the glory of thy holy Name. Amen. The Declaration of Absolution, or Remission of Sins. To be made by the Priest alone, standing; the People still kneeling. ALMIGHTY God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who desireth not the death of a sinner, but rather that he may turn from his wickedness and live, hath given power, and commandment, to his Ministers, to declare and pronounce to his people, being penitent, the Absolution and Remission of their sins. He pardoneth and absolveth all those who truly repent, and unfeignedly believe his holy Gospel. |