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.. Evening Prayer will be recited over Zoom at 5:30 p.m. (Please subscribe to parish emails in order to receive Zoom details).
Please note that, beginning this week, neither Morning nor Evening Prayer will be live-streamed via YouTube.
To learn more about the Daily Offices please watch this video by Bishop Anthony Burton.
Divine Office Details
Wednesday, 18 May: Feria IV in Eastertide
- Morning Prayer & Litany 8:30 a.m.
(Mattins of Feria IV in Eastertide)
Invitatory: Eastertide, p. 25
Psalmody: Pss. 90-92, p. 446
1st Lesson: Joshua 5.13—6.20
1st Canticle: Te Deum, p. 7
2nd Lesson: Acts 23.12—end
2nd Canticle: Benedictus, p. 9
Collect of the Day: The Fourth Sunday after Easter, p. 194 - Evening Prayer – 5:30 p.m.
(I Evensong of S. Dunstan of Canterbury)
Psalmody: Pss. 93-94, p. 450
1st Lesson: Joshua 7
1st Canticle: Magnificat, p. 21
2nd Lesson: Acts 24.1-23
2nd Canticle: Nunc Dimittis, p. 22
Collect of the Day: From The Canadian Book of Occasional Offices, p. 142 or Of a Bishop or Archbishop, Book of Common Prayer, p. 312 (read as written)
Final Antiphon of the B.V.M.: Regina caeli
Thursday, May 19th: Of S. Dunstan of Canterbury, Bishop & Confessor
- Morning Prayer – 8:30 a.m.
(Mattins of S. Dunstan of Canterbury)
Invitatory: Saints’ Day, p. 25
Psalmody: Pss. 96-97
1st Lesson: Joshua 9.3—end
1st Canticle: Te Deum, p. 7
2nd Lesson: Acts 24.25—25.12
2nd Canticle: Benedictus, p. 9
Collect of the Day: From The Canadian Book of Occasional Offices, p. 142 or Of a Bishop or Archbishop, Book of Common Prayer, p. 312
Final Antiphon of the B.V.M.: Regina caeli - Evening Prayer – 5:30 p.m.
(II Evensong of S. Dunstan of Canterbury)
Psalmody: Pss. 98-101, p. 455
1st Lesson: Joshua 10.1-15
1st Canticle: Magnificat, p. 21
2nd Lesson: Acts 25.13—end
2nd Canticle: Nunc Dimittis, p. 22
Collect of the Day: From The Canadian Book of Occasional Offices, p. 142 or Of a Bishop or Archbishop, Book of Common Prayer, p. 312
Final Antiphon of the B.V.M.: Regina caeli
Friday, 20 May: Feria VI in Eastertide
- Morning Prayer & Litany- 8:30 a.m.
(Mattins of Feria VI in Eastertide)
Invitatory: Eastertide, p. 25
Psalmody: Pss. 102—103
1st Lesson: Joshua 21.43—22.8
1st Canticle: Te Deum, p. 7
2nd Lesson: Acts 26
2nd Canticle: Benedictus, p. 9
Collect of the Day: The Fourth Sunday after Easter, p. 194
Evening Prayer – 5:30 p.m.
(I Evensong of S. Mary on the Sabbath)
Psalmody: Pss. 104, p. 462
1st Lesson: Joshua 22.9—end
1st Canticle: Magnificat, p. 21
2nd Lesson: Acts 27
2nd Canticle: Nunc Dimittis, p. 22
Collect of the Day: Of the Blessed Virgin Mary, p. 309
Final Antiphon of the B.V.M.: Regina caeli
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.
“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: O Queen of heaven, be joyful, alleluia;
All: Because he whom so meetly thou barest, alleluia,
Hath arisen, as he promised, alleluia:
Pray for us to the Father, alleluia.
Officiant: Rejoice and be glad, O Virgin Mary, alleluia.
People: For the Lord is risen indeed, alleluia.
Officiant: Let us pray.
O God, who, by the resurrection of thy Son Jesus Christ, didst vouchsafe to give gladness unto the world: grant, we beseech thee, that we, being holpen by the Virgin Mary, his Mother, may attain unto the joys of everlasting life. 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 15 May 2022