The Sentence may be used daily instead of the Lesson or the Psalter, or as an Antiphon preceding the Creed, at the discretion of the Reader. The Collects. TO BE USED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. The First Sunday in Advent. The Collect. LMIGHTY God, give us grace that we may cast away the works of darkness, and put upon us the armor of light, now in the time of this mortal life, in which Thy Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility; that in the last day, when He shall come again in His glorious Majesty to judge both the quick and dead, we may rise to the life immortal, through Him who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost now and ever. Amen. The Sentence. HE night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light. Rom. 13:12. The Second Sunday in Advent. The Collect. LESSED LORD, who hast caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning; Grant that we may in such wise hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that by patience, and comfort of Thy holy Word, we may embrace, and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life, which Thou hast given us in our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. W The Sentence. HATSOEVER things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope. Rom. 15:4. |