PropersPsalms from the Daily Office Propers Introit Dicit Dominus. Jeremiah 29Thus saith the Lord: I know the thoughts that I think towards you, thoughts of peace, and not of affliction; ye shall call upon me, and I will hearken unto you: and will bring again your captivity from every nation. [Psalm 85] Lord, thou art become gracious unto thy land: thou hast turned away the captivity of Jacob. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen. Thus saith the Lord . . . …
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Twenty-third Sunday after Trinity
PropersPsalms from the Daily Office Propers Introit Dicit Dominus. [Jeremiah 29]Thus saith the Lord: I know the thoughts that I think towards you, thoughts of peace, and not of affliction: ye shall call upon me, and I will hearken unto you: and will bring again your captivity from every nation. [Psalm 85] Lord, thou art become gracious unto thy land: thou hast turned away the captivity of Jacob. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen. Thus saith the Lord . . . …
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Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity
PropersPsalms from the Daily Office Propers Introit Da pacem. [Ecclesiasticus 36:16]Give peace, O Lord, to them that wait for thee, and let thy Prophets be found faithful: regard the prayers of thy servant, and of thy people Israel. [Psalm 122] I was glad when they said unto me: we will go into the house of the Lord. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen. Give peace, O Lord . . . Collect Lord, we beseech thee, grant thy people…
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Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity
PropersPsalms from the Daily Office Propers Introit Justus es, Domine. Psalm 119.Righteous art thou, O Lord, and true is thy judgement: O deal with thy servant according unto thy loving mercy. Blessed are those that are undefiled in the way: and walk in the law of the Lord. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen. Righteous art thou . . . Collect Lord, we pray thee that thy grace may always prevent and follow us, and make us continually…
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Feast of Saint Michael and All Angels
Today’s feast day is also known as Michaelmas, traditionally celebrated in Great Britain and elsewhere as the last day of the autumn harvest. The Book of Revelation (12:7-9) describes a war in heaven in which the Archangel Michael leads an angelic host to defeat Satan. That description accounts for the Church’s confident belief that God protects us each day by the watchful agency of angels, a protection recognized in the Collect for today: “O Everlasting God, who hast ordained and constituted the services of Angels and men in a wonderful order; Mercifully grant that, as thy holy Angels always do thee service in heaven, so, by thy appointment, they may…
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Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity
PropersPsalms from the Daily OfficeA cantata for todayJohn Keble, “Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity”Christopher Wordsworth, Hymn for the Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity Propers Introit Miserere mihi. Psalm 86.Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I have called daily upon thee: for thou, O Lord, art gracious and merciful, and plenteous in thy loving-kindness toward all them that call upon thee. Bow down thine ear, O Lord, and hear me: for I am poor and in misery. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen. Be…
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Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity
PropersPsalms from the Daily OfficeA cantata for todayJohn Keble, “Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity”Christopher Wordsworth, Hymn for the Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity Propers Introit Inclina, Domine. [Psalm 86]Bow down, O Lord, thine ear to me, and hear me: O my God, save thy servant that trusteth in thee: have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I have called daily upon thee. Comfort the soul of thy servant: for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end.…
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Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity
PropersPsalms from the Daily OfficeJohn Keble, “Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity”Christopher Wordsworth, A hymn for the Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity Propers Introit Protector noster. [Psalm 84]Behold, O God, our defender, and look upon the face of thine Anointed: for one day in thy courts is better than a thousand. O how amiable are thy dwellings, thou Lord of hosts; my soul hath a desire, and longing to enter into the courts of the Lord. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen. Behold. O God…
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Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity
PropersPsalms from the Daily OfficeCantata for the weekJohn Keble, “Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity”Christopher Wordsworth, Two hymns for the Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity Propers Introit Respice, Domine. Psalm 74.Look, O Lord, graciously upon the covenant, and forsake not the congregation of the poor for ever: arise, O Lord, maintain thine own cause, and be not unmindful of the voices of them that seek thee. O God, wherefore art thou absent from us so long: why is thy wrath so hot against the sheep in thy pasture? Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is…
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Twelfth Sunday after Trinity
PropersPsalms from the Daily OfficeMotet and cantataJohn Keble, “Twelfth Sunday after Trinity”Christopher Wordsworth, A hymn for the Twelfth Sunday after Trinity Propers Introit Deus in adjutorium. Psalm 70Haste thee, O God, unto my rescue, and save me: O Lord, make haste to my deliverance: let mine enemies be ashamed and confounded, that seek after my soul. Let them be turned backward, and put to confusion: that wish me evil. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen. Haste thee, O God . . .…