Then likewise he shall say, O Lord, open thou our lips. Answer. And our mouth shall show forth thy praise. ¶ Here, all standing up, the Minister shall say, Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: and to the Holy Ghost; Answer. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Minister. Praise ye the Lord. Amen. Answer. The Lord's Name be praised. Then shall be sung or said this Psalm following; except on the days for which Proper Anthems are appointed; except also, on Ash Wednesday, the six days next before Easter, and when it is used in the course of the Psalms, on the nineteenth day of the month. But Note, That, save on the Sundays in Lent, the latter portion of the Venite may be omitted. Venite, exultemus Domino. Psalm xcv. COME, let us sing unto the LORD: let us heartily rejoice in the strength of our salvation. Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving: and show ourselves glad in him with psalms. : For the LORD is a great God and a great King above all gods. : In his hand are all the corners of the earth and the strength of the hills is his also. : The sea is his, and he made it and his hands prepared the dry land. O come, let us worship and fall down before the LORD our Maker. : and kneel For he is the Lord our God and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To-day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness; When your fathers tempted me saw my works. proved me, and Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said: It is a people that do err in their hearts, for they have not known my ways; Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest. Then shall follow a Portion of the Psalms, or one of the Selections of Psalms, as they are appointed. And at the end of every Psalm, and likewise at the end of the Venite, Benedictus es, Domine, Benedicite, Benedictus, Jubilate, De profundis, may be, and at the end of the whole Portion or Selection from the Psalter, shall be sung or said the Gloria Patri. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen. At the end of the whole Portion of the Psalms or Selection from the Psalter, the Gloria in excelsis may be sung or said, instead of the Gloria Patri. Then shall be read the First Lesson, according to the Table or Calendar. Note, That before every Lesson, the Minister, or he that readeth, shall say, Here beginneth such a Chapter, or Verse of such a Chapter, of such a Book: and after every Lesson, Here endeth the First, or the Second Lesson. Te Deum laudamus. E praise thee, O God: we acknowledge thee to be the Lord. ᎳᎬ All the earth doth worship thee: the Father everlasting. To thee, all Angels cry aloud: the Heavens, and all the Powers therein. To thee, Cherubim and Seraphim: continually do cry, Holy, Holy, Holy: Lord God of Sabaoth; : Heaven and earth are full of the Majesty of thy Glory. The glorious company of the Apostles: praise thee. The goodly fellowship of the Prophets thee. The noble army of Martyrs : praise thee. praise The holy Church throughout all the world: doth acknowledge thee; The Father of an infinite Majesty ; Thine adorable, true : and only Son; Also the Holy Ghost the Comforter. Thou art the King of Glory : O Christ. Thou art the everlasting Son of the Father. When thou tookest upon thee to deliver man : thou didst humble thyself to be born of a Virgin. When thou hadst overcome the sharpness of death : thou didst open the Kingdom of Heaven to all believers. Thou sittest at the right hand of God in the Glory of the Father. We believe that thou shalt come to be our Judge. We therefore pray thee, help thy servants: whom thou hast redeemed with thy precious blood. Make them to be numbered with thy Saints: in glory everlasting. sin. O Lord, save thy people and bless thine heritage. Govern them and lift them up for ever. : Day by day we magnify thee; And we worship thy Name : ever, world without end. Vouchsafe, O Lord to keep us this day without O Lord, have mercy upon us have mercy upon us. O Lord, let thy mercy be upon us as our trust is in thee. O Lord, in thee have I trusted let me never be confounded. Or this Canticle. Benedictus es, Domine. BL our ever. O ye Angels of the Lord, bless ye the Lord praise LESSED art thou, Ohim, and magnify him for Lord God of fathers praised and ex- O ye Heavens, bless ye alted above all for ever. the Lord praise him, and Blessed art thou for the magnify him for ever. Name of thy Majesty: O ye Waters that be praised and exalted above above the firmament, bless all for ever. ye the Lord praise him, Blessed art thou in the and magnify him for ever. temple of thy holiness: O all ye Powers of the praised and exalted above Lord, bless ye the Lord: all for ever. praise him, and magnify Blessed art thou that him for ever. beholdest the depths, and O ye Sun and Moon, bless dwellest between the Cher-ye the Lord : praise him, and ubim praised and exalted magnify him for ever. above all for ever. Oye Stars of Heaven, Blessed art thou on the bless ye the Lord praise glorious throne of thy King-him, and magnify him for dom praised and exalted ever. above all for ever. .0 ye Showers and Dew, Blessed art thou in the bless ye the Lord praise firmament of heaven him, and magnify him for praised and exalted above ever. all for ever. ¶ Or this. O ye Winds of God, bless ye the Lord praise him, Benedicite, omnia opera and magnify him for ever. Domini. ye O ye Fire and Heat, bless ALL Works of the ye the Lord praise him, Lord, bless ye the Lord: and magnify him for ever. praise him, and magnify O ye Winter and Sumhim for ever. mer, bless ye the Lord: praise him, and magnify the Lord: praise him, and him for ever. magnify him for ever. O ye Dews and Frosts, O ye Wells, bless ye the bless ye the Lord: praise Lord: praise him, and maghim, and magnify him for nify him for ever. ever. O ye Seas and Floods, 0 ye Frost and Cold, bless ye the Lord praise bless ye the Lord praise him, and magnify him for him, and magnify him for ever. ever. O ye Whales, and all that O ye Ice and Snow, bless move in the waters, bless ye the Lord praise him, ye the Lord praise him, and magnify him for ever. and magnify him for ever. O ye Nights and Days, O all ye Fowls of the bless ye the Lord praise Air, bless ye the Lord : him, and magnify him for praise him, and magnify him for ever. ever. O ye Light and Dark- O all ye Beasts and Catness, bless ye the Lord tle, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify praise him, and magnify him for ever. him for ever. O ye Lightnings and O ye Children of Men, Clouds, bless ye the Lord bless ye the Lord praise praise him, and magnify him, and magnify him for him for ever. ever. O let the Earth bless the O let Israel bless the Lord: yea, let it praise him, Lord: praise him, and magand magnify him for ever. nify him for ever. : O ye Mountains and O ye Priests of the Lord, Hills, bless ye the Lord bless ye the Lord : praise praise him, and magnify him, and magnify him for him for ever. ever. O all ye Green Things O ye Servants of the upon the earth, bless ye Lord, bless ye the Lord : |