Evening Prayer has now resumed following the Christmas hiatus.
(Please check back for updates regarding Morning Prayer.)
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, 26 January 2022: Evening Prayer at 5:30 p.m.
- Thursday, 27 January 2022: Evening Prayer at 5:30 p.m.
- Friday, 28 January 2022: Evening Prayer at 5:30 p.m.
Divine Office Details
Wednesday, 26 January: S. Polycarp of Smyrna, Bishop & Martyr
- Evening Prayer – 5:30 p.m.
(I Evensong of S. John Chrysostom; com. S. Polycarp of Smyrna)
Psalmody: Ps. 119, Parts 19–22, p. 494
1st Lesson: Obadiah
1st Canticle: Magnificat, p. 21
2nd Lesson: 1 Corinthians 12.1–27
2nd Canticle: Nunc Dimittis, p. 22
Collect of the Day: Saint John Chrysostom, The Canadian Book of Occasional Offices, p. 133, or else Of a Doctor of the Church, Poet, or Scholar, BCP, p. 317
Commemoration: Saint Polycarp, The Canadian Book of Occasional Offices, p. 133, or else Of a Martyr, BCP, p. 310 or p. 311
Final Antiphon of the B.V.M.: Alma Redemptoris
Thursday, 27 January: S. John Chrysostom, Bishop, Confessor, & Doctor of the Church
- Evening Prayer – 5:30 p.m.
(II Evensong of S. John Chrysostom)
Psalmody: Pss. 126–131, p. 500
1st Lesson: Joel 2.1–14
1st Canticle: Magnificat, p. 21
2nd Lesson: 1 Corinthians 14.1–19
2nd Canticle: Nunc Dimittis, p. 22
Collect of the Day: Saint John Chrysostom, The Canadian Book of Occasional Offices, p. 133, or else Of a Doctor of the Church, Poet, or Scholar, BCP, p. 317
Final Antiphon of the B.V.M.: Alma Redemptoris
Friday, 28 January: Feria VI
- Evening Prayer – 5:30 p.m.
(I Evensong of S. Francis de Sales)
Psalmody: Pss. 136–138, p. 506
1st Lesson: Joel 3
1st Canticle: Magnificat, p. 21
2nd Lesson: 1 Corinthians 15.1–34
2nd Canticle: Nunc Dimittis, p. 22
Collect of the Day: Of a Doctor of the Church, Poet, or Scholar, p. 317
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: After Childbearing, O Virgin, thou didst remain inviolate.
People: Intercede for us, O Mother of God.
Officiant: Let us pray.
O God, who by the fruitful virginity of blessed Mary hast bestowed upon mankind the reward of eternal salvation: grant, we beseech thee, that we may know the help of her intercession, through whom we have been accounted worthy to receive the Author of our life, Jesus Christ thy Son 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 23 January 2022