Please note that this week only Evening Prayer on Wednesday shall be held over Zoom/streamed on YouTube. Everything else (Morning & Evening Prayer on Maundy Thursday, and Morning Prayer on Holy Saturday) shall be offered in-person only.
We are continuing a “soft-launch” wherein the Office will be recited from Wednesday to Friday. Morning Prayer will be recited in the church at 8:30 a.m., and will not be live-streamed. Evening Prayer will be recited over Zoom at 5:30 p.m., and will be live-streamed. (Please subscribe to parish emails in order to receive Zoom details).
To learn more about the Daily Offices please watch this video by Bishop Anthony Burton.
Divine Office Quick Links
If you would like to join us for Evening Prayer on Zoom,
please subscribe to our parish email list or contact Father Hannam.
Youtube link:
- Wednesday, 13 April 2022: Evening Prayer at 5:30 p.m.
Divine Office Details
Wednesday, 13 April: Wednesday in Holy Week
- Morning Prayer & Litany – 8.30 a.m.
(Mattins of Wednesday in Holy Week)
Invitatory: Passiontide, p. 25 (Venite without Gloria Patri)
Psalmody: Ps. 109, p. 475
1st Lesson: Numbers 21.4–9
1st Canticle: Salvator Mundi, see below
2nd Lesson: John 16.1–15
2nd Canticle: Benedictus, p. 9
Litany: p. 30
Collect of the Day: Palm Sunday, p. 150 - Evening Prayer – 5:30 p.m.
(Evensong of Wednesday in Holy Week)
Psalmody: Ps. 120, p. 497; Ps. 140, p. 511
1st Lesson: Leviticus 16.2–24
1st Canticle: Magnificat, p. 21
2nd Lesson: John 16.16–end
2nd Canticle: Nunc Dimittis, p. 22
Collect of the Day: Palm Sunday, p. 150
Final Antiphon of the B.V.M.: Ave, Regina caelorum
Thursday, 14 April: MAUNDY THURSDAY
- Morning Prayer – 8.30 a.m.
(Mattins of Maundy Thursday)
Psalmody: Pss. 40–41, p. 380 (without Gloria Patri)
1st Lesson: Lamentations 1.1–14
1st Canticle: Salvator Mundi, see below (without Gloria Patri)
2nd Lesson: John 17
2nd Canticle: Benedictus, p. 9 (without Gloria Patri)
Antiphon: Christ, for our sake, became obedient unto death.
Our Father.
Psalm 51, p. 394
Collect: The First Collect of Good Friday, p. 174 - Evening Prayer – Read after the Solemn Liturgy of Maundy Thursday
(Evensong of Maundy Thursday)
Psalmody: Pss. 116–117, p. 481 (without Gloria Patri)
1st Lesson: Lamentations 3.1–33
1st Canticle: Magnificat, p. 21 (without Gloria Patri)
2nd Lesson: John 13.16–35
2nd Canticle: Nunc Dimittis, p. 22 (without Gloria Patri)
Antiphon: Christ, for our sake, became obedient unto death.
Our Father.
Psalm 51, p. 394
Collect: The First Collect of Good Friday, p. 174
Saturday, 16 April: HOLY SATURDAY
- Morning Prayer – 9.30 a.m.
(Mattins of Holy Saturday)
Psalmody: Ps. 16, p. 345; Ps. 30, p. 363 (without Gloria Patri)
1st Lesson: Zechariah 9.9–12
1st Canticle: Salvator Mundi, see below (without Gloria Patri)
2nd Lesson: 1 Peter 2.11–end
2nd Canticle: Benedictus, p. 9 (without Gloria Patri)
Antiphon: Christ, for our sake, became obedient unto death. Even the death of the Cross. Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a Name which is above every name.
Our Father.
Psalm 51, p. 394
Collect: The First Collect of Good Friday, p. 174
Additional Prayers
Prayer before the Office
The following prayers may be said silently before the Office:
Aperi Domini
Open my mouth, O Lord, to bless thy holy Name: cleanse my heart from all vain, evil, and wandering thoughts; enlighten my understanding and kindle my affections, that I may fittingly recite this Office with attention and devotion, and so may be meet to be heard before the presence of thy divine Majesty. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Prayer of S. Gertrude
O Lord, in union with that divine intention wherewith thou thyself didst offer thy praises to God while upon the earth, I now recite this Office to thee.
Salvator Mundi
O Saviour of the world, who by thy Cross and precious Blood hast redeemed us; /
save us and help us we humbly beseech thee O Lord.
Thou didst save thy disciples when ready to perish; /
hear us and save us we humbly beseech thee.
Let the pitifulness of thy great mercy; /
loose us from our sins we humbly beseech thee.
Make it appear that thou are our Saviour and mighty Deliverer; /
O save us that we may praise thee we humbly beseech thee.
Draw near according to thy promise from the throne of thy glory; /
look down and hear our crying we humbly beseech thee.
Come again and dwell with us, O Lord Christ Jesus; /
abide with us for ever we humbly beseech thee.
And when thou shalt appear with power and great glory; /
may we be made like unto thee, in thy glorious Kingdom.
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.
“O Lord, hear our prayer.”
If the Officiant says “O Lord, hear our prayer.” instead of “The Lord be with you.”, please respond “And let our cry come unto thee.”
Closing Versicles and Final Pater
Officiant: The Lord be with you. (O Lord, hear our prayer.)
People: And with thy spirit. (And let our cry come unto thee.)
Officiant: Let us bless the Lord.
People: Thanks be to God.
Officiant: May the souls of the faithful, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
People: Amen.
Then all pray “Our Father,” etc., silently.
Officiant: The Lord give us his peace.
People: And life everlasting. Amen.
Final Antiphon of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Officiant: Queen of the heavens, we hail thee,
All: Hail thee, Lady of all the Angels;
Thou the dawn, the door of morning
Whence the world’s true Light is risen:
Joy to thee, O Virgin glorious,
Beautiful beyond all other;
Hail, and farewell, O most gracious,
Intercede for us alway to Jesus.
Officiant: Vouchsafe that I may praise thee, O holy Virgin.
People: Give me strength against thine enemies.
Officiant: Let us pray.
Grant us, O merciful God, protection in our weakness: that we who celebrate the memory of the holy Mother of God may, through the aid of her intercession, rise again from our sins. Through the same Christ our Lord.
People: Amen.
Officiant: May the divine assistance remain with us always.
People: And with our absent brothers and sisters. Amen.
Prayer after the Office
The following prayers may be said silently after the Office:
Sacrosanctae
To the holy and undivided Trinity, to the crucified Humanity of our Lord Jesus Christ, to the fruitful Virginity of the blessed and glorious ever Virgin Mary, and to the whole company of the saints, be everlasting praise, honour, power, and glory from every creature, and unto us the remission of all our sins for ever, world without end. Amen.
V: Blessed is the womb of the Virgin Mary, which bore the Son of the Father eternal.
R: And blessed are the paps which gave suck to Christ the Lord.
“Our Father,” etc., and “Hail Mary,” etc.
Week of 10 April 2022