Please note that Daily Offices will be on hiatus beginning 24 December.
Please check back for details on when they will resume
(at this point, hopefully the week of 23 January, 2022).
We are doing 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 links:
- Wednesday, 22 December 2021: Evening Prayer at 5:30 p.m.
- Thursday, 23 December 2021: Evening Prayer at 5:30 p.m.
Divine Office Details
Wednesday, 22 December: Feria IV in Advent: O Emmanuel
- Morning Prayer & Litany – 8:30 a.m.
(Mattins of Feria IV in Advent)
Invitatory: Advent, p. 25
Psalmody: Ps. 107, p. 471
1st Lesson: Isaiah 56.1–8
1st Canticle: Surge, Illuminare, p. 28
2nd Lesson: Mark 11.27–12.12
2nd Canticle: Benedictus, p. 9
Litany: p. 30
Collect of the Day: The Fourth Sunday in Advent, p. 102
Commemoration: The First Sunday in Advent, p. 95 - Evening Prayer – 5:30 p.m.
(Evensong of Feria IV in Advent: O Emmanuel)
Psalmody: Pss. 108–109, p. 474
1st Lesson: Isaiah 57.15–end
1st Canticle: Magnificat, p. 21 (Antiphon: O Emmanuel, our King and Lawgiver, the Desire of all nations and their Salvation: Come and save us, O Lord our God.)
2nd Lesson: 2 Peter 1
2nd Canticle: Nunc Dimittis, p. 22
Collect of the Day: The Fourth Sunday in Advent, p. 102
Commemoration: The First Sunday in Advent, p. 95
Final Antiphon of the B.V.M.: Alma Redemptoris
Thursday, 23 December: Feria V in Advent: O Virgo Virginum
- Morning Prayer – 8:30 a.m.
(Mattins of Feria V in Advent)
Invitatory: Advent, p. 25
Psalmody: Pss. 110–113, p. 477
1st Lesson: Isaiah 59
1st Canticle: Surge, Illuminare, p. 28
2nd Lesson: Mark 12.13–34
2nd Canticle: Benedictus, p. 9
Collect of the Day: The Fourth Sunday in Advent, p. 102
Commemoration: The First Sunday in Advent, p. 95
Final Antiphon of the B.V.M.: Alma Redemptoris - Evening Prayer – 5:30 p.m.
(Evensong of Feria V in Advent: O Virgo Virginum)
Psalmody: Pss. 114–115, p. 479
1st Lesson: Isaiah 60.1–7
1st Canticle: Magnificat, p. 21 (Antiphon: O Virgin of Virgins, how shall this be? for neither before thee was any seen like thee, nor shall there be after. Daughters of Jerusalem, why marvel ye at me? The thing which ye behold is a divine mystery.)
2nd Lesson: 2 Peter 2
2nd Canticle: Nunc Dimittis, p. 22
Collect of the Day: The Fourth Sunday in Advent, p. 102
Commemoration: The First Sunday in Advent, p. 95
Final Antiphon of the B.V.M.: Alma Redemptoris
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: Gracious Mother of our Redeemer,
All: for ever abiding
Heaven’s gateway, and star of ocean, O succour the people,
Who, though falling, strive to rise again.
Thou Maiden who barest thy holy Creator, to the wonder of all nature;
Ever Virgin, after, as before thou receivedst that Ave
From the mouth of Gabriel; have compassion on us sinners.
Officiant: The Angel of the Lord announced unto Mary.
People: And she conceived by the Holy Ghost.
Officiant: Let us pray.
We beseech thee, O Lord, pour thy grace into our hearts: that, as we have known the incarnation of thy Son Jesus Christ by the message of an Angel, so by his cross and passion we may brought unto the glory of his resurrection. 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 19 December 2021