St James the Less, Penicuik
Order of Service for Matins
1. Hymn
2.General Confession. (Kneel)
Almighty and most merciful Father, We have erred and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep, We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts, We have offended against thy holy laws, We have left undone those things which we ought to have done, And we have done those things which we ought not to have done, And there is no health in us: But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us miserable offenders; Spare thou them, O God, which confess their faults, Restore thou them that are penitent, According to thy promises declared unto mankind in Christ Jesu our Lord: And grant most merciful Father, for his sake, That we may hereafter live a godly, righteous and sober life, To the glory of thy Holy name. Amen.
Almighty God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who desireth not the death of a sinner, but rather that he may turn from his wickedness and live; and hath given power and commandment to his Ministers, to declare and pronounce to his people, being penitent, the Absolution and Remission of their sins: he pardoneth and absolveth all them that truly repent and unfeignedly believe his holy Gospel. Wherefore let us beseech him to grant us true repentance and his Holy Spirit, that those things may please him that we do at this present, and that the rest of our life hereafter may be pure and holy; so that at the last we may come to his eternal joy; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
OR
We confess to God Almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, that we have sinned in thought, word and deed, through our own grievous fault. Wherefore we pray God to have mercy upon us.
Almighty God have mercy upon us, forgive us all our sins and deliver us from evil, confirm and strengthen us in all goodness, and bring us to life everlasting. Amen.
May the Almighty and merciful Lord grant unto you pardon and remission of all your sins, time for true repentance, amendment of life, and the grace and comfort of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
O Lord, open thou our lips: and our mouths shall show forth thy praise
O God, make speed to save us: O Lord, make | haste to help us.
(Stand)
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever | shall be,| world without end.| Amen
Praise ye the Lord: The Lord's Name be prais'd.
3. The Venite
1.O come let us | sing unto the | Lord: let us heartily rejoice in the | strength of | our sal- | vation.
2.Let us come before his | presence with | thanksgiving: and show ourselves | glad in | him with | psalms
3.For the Lord is a |great--- | God: and a great | King above | all---| gods.
4.In his hand are all the | corners of the | earth: and the | strength of the | hills is his | also.
5.The sea is | his and he | made it: and his | hands pre- | pared the dry | land.
6.O come, let us worship and | fall--- | down: and | kneel before the | Lord our | Maker.
7.For he is the| Lord our | God: and we are the people of his | pasture and the | sheep of his | hand.
8.Today if ye will hear his voice,| harden not your | hearts: as in the provocation, * and as in the day of temp-|tation | in the | wilderness:
9.When your | fathers| tempted me: prov'd | me and | saw my |works.
10.Forty years long was I grieved with this gene-| ration and | said:
It is a people that do err in their hearts,* for they | have not | known my | ways.
11.Unto whom I | sware in my | wrath: that they should not | enter | into my | rest.
Glory | be to the | Father, and to the Son,| and to the | Holy Spirit:
As it was in the beginning,* is now, and | ever shall | be, world without | end. A-| --|men.
4.Psalm.
5.First Lesson.
6.Te Deum laudamus.
1.We praise | thee O God: we acknowledge | thee to | be the | Lord.
2.All the | earth doth | worship thee the |Father | ever | lasting.
3.To thee all angels | cry a- | loud: the heav'ns and | all the | powers there-| in.
4.To thee,| Cherubin and | Seraphin con-| tinual-| ly do cry,
5.Holy, | Holy, |Holy: Lord | God of Sa-|ba--| oth;
6.Heaven and | earth are | full of the | Majesty | of thy | Glory.
7.The glorious company of the A-| postles | praise thee:
the goodly | fellowship of the | Prophets | praise thee:
8.The noble army of | Martyrs |praise thee:
the holy Church throughout | all the | world doth ac-| knowledge thee:
9.(2nd part) The Father of an | infinite | Majesty: thine honourable, true and only Son,*
also the | Holy | Spirit, the | Comforter.
10.Thou art the King of | Glory O | Christ: thou art the ever- | lasting | Son of the | Father.
11.When thou tookest upon thee to de- | liver | man: thou didst not ab-|-hor the | Virgin's |womb
12.(2nd part)When thou hadst overcome the | sharpness of | death:
Thou didst open the kingdom of | heav'n to | all be- |lievers.
13.Thou sittest at the | right hand of | God in the | Glory | of the | Father.
14.We be-| lieve that | thou shalt | come to | be our | Judge.
15.We therefore pray thee, | help thy |servants:
Whom thou hast | redeem'd with thy | precious | blood.
16.Make them to be | numbered with thy | saints in | glory | ever- | lasting.
17.O Lord, save thy people, and | bless thine | heritage:
Govern them and | lift them | up for | ever.
18.Day by | day we | magnify thee: and we worship thy | Name ever | world without | end.
19.Vouchsafe O Lord to keep us this | day without |sin:
O Lord have mercy up -| on us, have | mercy up- | on us.
20.O Lord let thy mercy | lighten up- | on us: as our | trust-- | is in | thee.
21.(2nd part) O Lord in | thee have I | trusted: let me | never | be con- | founded.
7.Second Lesson
8. Benedictus Dominus
1. Blessed be the | Lord God of | Israel: for he hath visited | and re- | deemed his | people;
2.And hath rais'd up a mighty sal- | vation | for us: in the | house of his | servant | David;
3.As he spake by the mouth of his | holy | Prophets: which have | been since the | world be- | gan:
4.That we should be | sav'd from our | enemies: and from the | hands of | all that | hate us;
5.To perform the mercy | promis'd to our | forefathers: and to re- | member his | holy | Covenant;
6. To per- | form the | oath which he | sware to our | forefather | Abraham;
7.That he would give us, that we being deliver'd out of the | hand of our | enemies:
might | serve--- | him without | fear:
8.In holiness and | righteousness be- | fore him: all the | days--- | of our | life.
9.And thou child shall be call'd the | Prophet of the | Highest:
for thou shalt go before the face of the | Lord to pre- | pare his ways;
10.To give knowledge of salvation | unto his | people: for the re- | mission | of their | sins;
11.Through the tender | mercy of our | God:
whereby the | dayspring from on | high hath | visited us:
12.To give light to them that sit in darkness,* and in the | shadow of | death:
and to guide our | feet into the | way of peace.
Glory | be to the | Father, and to the Son,| and to the | Holy Spirit:
As it was in the beginning,* is now, and | ever shall | be, world without | end. A-| --|men.
9.The Creed
I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth:
And in Jesus Christ, his only Son our Lord, Who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, Born of the Virgin Mary, Suffered under Pontius Pilate, Was crucified, dead and buried: he descended into hell; The third day he rose again from the dead; He ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God, the Father Almighty; From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit; the Holy Catholic Church; the Communion of Saints; the Forgiveness of Sins; the Resurrection of the body, And the Life everlasting. Amen.
10. Responses.
The Lord be with you; And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
(Kneel)
Lord, have mercy upon us. Christ, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us.
Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, in earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive them that trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, But deliver us from evil. Amen.
O Lord show thy mercy upon us; And grant us thy sal - vation.
O Lord, save the Queen; And mercifully hear us when we call up - on thee.
Endue thy ministers with righteousness; And make thy chosen people joyful.
O Lord, save thy people; And bless thine inher - itance.
Give peace in our time, O Lord; because there is none other that fighteth for us, but only thou, O God.
O God, make clean our hearts within us;and take not thy Holy Spirit from us.
Let us pray.
11. The First Collect.... Amen.
12. The Second Collect, for Peace.
O God, who art the author of peace and lover of concord, in knowledge of whom standeth our eternal life, whose service is perfect freedom: Defend us thy humble servants in all assaults of our enemies; that we, surely trusting in thy defence, may not fear the power of any adversaries; through the might of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
13.The Third Collect, for Grace.
O Lord our heavenly Father, Almighty and Everlasting God, who hast safely brought us to the beginning of this day: Defend us in the same with thy mighty power; and grant that this day we fall into no sin, neither run into any kind of danger; but that all our doings may be ordered by thy governance, to do always that is righteous in thy sight; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
14.Anthem.
15.Hymn
16.Prayers.
17.Hymn.
18.Sermon.
19.Offertory Hymn
20.Blessing. Amen