The Special Morning Prayer On Holy Saturday English

The Special Morning Prayer On Holy Saturday English Book of Common Prayer Holy Trinity Church Utrecht An Anglican Church in the Diocese in Europe

Morning Prayer The Minister shall read aloud one of these Sentences of Scripture: Dienaar All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. Isaiah 53. 6. The Exhortation Dienaar Dearly beloved brethren, the Scripture moveth us in sundry places to acknowledge and confess our manifold sins and wickedness; and that we should not dissemble nor cloke them before the face of Almighty God our heavenly Father; but confess them with an humble, lowly, penitent, and obedient heart; to the end that we may obtain forgiveness of the same, by his infinite goodness and mercy. And although we ought at all times humbly to acknowledge our sins before God; yet ought we most chiefly so to do, when we assemble and meet together to render thanks for the great benefits that we have received at his hands, to set forth his most worthy praise, to hear his most holy Word, and to ask those things which are requisite and necessary, as well for the body as the soul. Wherefore I pray and beseech you, as many as are here present, to accompany me with a pure heart and humble voice unto the throne of the

THE CONFESSION A general Confession to be said of the whole Congregation with the Minister. All 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, O 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.

ABSOLUTION Priest 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, 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 we beseech him to grant us true repentance and his Holy Spirit, that those things may please him which 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. All Amen.

Here the Lord's Prayer may be said, together with the Minister. All Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name; Thy kingdom come; Thy will be done, on 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. For thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen. Then will follow Dienaar O Lord, open thou our lips; All And our mouth shall show forth thy praise. Dienaar O God, make speed to save us; All O Lord, make haste to help us. Dienaar GLORY be to the Father, and to the Son, and the Holy Ghost; All As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Dienaar Praise ye the Lord; All The Lord's Name be praised.

PSALM 16 1. PRESERVE │ me, O │ God : for in thee │ have I │ put my │ trust. 2. O my soul, thou hast said │ unto • the │ Lord : Thou art my God, * my goods are │ nothing │ unto │ thee. 3. All my delight is upon the saints, that are │ in the │ earth : and upon │ such as • ex-│cel in │ virtue. 4. But they that run after an-│other god : shall │ have │ great │ trouble. 5. Their drink-offerings of blood will │ I not │ offer : neither make mention of their │ names with-│in my │ lips. 6. The Lord himself is the portion of mine inheritance, and │ of my │ cup : thou │ shalt main-│tain my │ lot. 7. The lot is fallen unto me in a │ fair │ ground : yea, I │ have a │ goodly │ heritage. 8. I will thank the Lord for │ giving • me │ warning : my reins also chasten me │ in the │ night-│season. 9. I have set God │ always • be-│fore me : for he is on my right hand, │ therefore • I │ shall not │ fall.

PSALM 16 10. Wherefore my heart was glad, and my │ glory • re-│joiced : my flesh │ also • shall │ rest in │ hope. 11. For why? * thou shalt not leave my │ soul in │ hell : neither shalt thou suffer thy Holy │ One to │ see cor-│ruption. 12. Thou shalt shew me the path of life; * in thy presence is the │ fulness • of │ joy : and at thy right hand there is │ pleasure • for │ ever-│more. 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. A-│- -│ men.

PSALM 30 1. WILL magnify thee, O Lord, * for thou hast │ set me │ up : and not made my foes to │ triumph │ over │ me. 2. O Lord my God, I cried │ unto │ thee : and │ thou hast │ healed │ me. 3. Thou, Lord, hast brought my soul │ out of │ hell : thou hast kept my life from them that go │ down │ to the │ pit. 4. Sing praises unto the Lord, O ye │ saints of │ his : and give thanks unto him for a re-│ membrance │ of his │ holiness. 5. For his wrath endureth but the twinkling of an eye, * and in his │ pleasure • is │ life : heaviness may endure for a night, * but joy │ cometh │ in the │ morning. 6. And in my prosperity I said, * I shall never │ be re-│ moved : thou, Lord, of thy goodness hast │ made my │ hill so │ strong. 7. Thou didst turn thy │ face │ from me : and │ I │ was │ troubled. 8. Then cried I unto │ thee O │ Lord : and gat me │ to my │ Lord right │ humbly.

PSALM 30 9. What profit is there │ in my │ blood : when I go │ down │ to the │ pit? 10. Shall the dust give thanks │ unto │ thee : or shall │ it de-│ clare thy │ truth? 11. Hear, O Lord, and have │ mercy • up-│ on me : Lord, be │ thou │ my │ helper. 12. Thou hast turned my heaviness │ into │ joy : thou hast put off my sackcloth, and │ girded │ me with │ gladness. 13. Therefore shall every good man sing of thy praise with-│ out │ ceasing : O my God, I will give thanks │ unto │ thee for │ ever. 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. A-│- -│ men.

OLD TESTAMENT LESSON JOB 14: 1 -14

SALVATOR MUNDI 1. O Saviour of the World who by thy Cross and precious Blood hast re-│ deemed │ us : Save us and help us we humbly be-│ seech │ thee O │ Lord. 2. Thou didst save thy disciples when │ ready • to │ perish : Hear us and save us we humbly be-│ seech │ thee. 3. Let the pitifulness of │ thy great │ mercy : Loose us from our sins we humbly be-│ seech │ thee. 4. Make it appear that thou art our Saviour and │ mighty • de-│ liverer : O save us that we may praise thee, we humbly be-│ seech │ thee. 5. Draw near according to thy promise from the throne │ of thy │ glory : Look down and hear our crying we humbly be-│ seech │ thee. 6. Come again and dwell with us, O Lord Christ │ Je-│ sus : Abide with us for ever we humbly be-│ seech │ thee. 7. And when thou shalt appear with pow’r │ and great │

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. A-│ - - │ men. NEW TESTAMENT LESSON PETER 3: 17 -22

ANTHEM FOR HOLY SATURDAY 1. When Thou hadst humbled Thy-│self to │death : Je-│su, Thou │life im-│mortal, 2. With the glory │of Thy │Godhead : Thou didst │shine in-│to • the ob-│scure. 3. Thou didst preach unto the spi-│rits in │prison: and smotest │hell with │deadly │wound. 4. Thou didst spoil principali-│ties and │powers : and show Thyself tri-│umphant │over │them. 5. When Thou didst lead cap-│tive- • ty │captive: The host of heaven │saw Thee │and a-│dored. 6. O Christ our God, │Giver • of │life: Glo-│- ry │be to │Thee. 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. _ │A - │men.

GOSPEL: MATTHEW 27: 57 -66 SERMON HYMN 106 1 Drop, drop, slow tears, and bathe those beauteous feet, which brought from heaven the news and Prince of Peace. 2 Cease not, wet eyes, his mercies to entreat; to cry for vengeance sin doth never cease. 3 In your deep floods drown all my faults and fears; nor let his eye see sin, but through my tears.

THE APOSTOLIC CREED Spoken or sung with the congregation 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 Ghost, 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 Ghost; The holy Catholic Church; The Communion of Saints; The Forgiveness of sins; The Resurrection of the body, And the Life everlasting. Amen

Minister The Lord be with you; All And with thy spirit. Let us pray Minister Lord, have mercy upon us. All Christ, have mercy upon us. Minister Lord, have mercy upon us. THE LORD’S PRAYER Said together with the Minister. All OUR Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, on 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

Then the Priest standing up shall say: Minister O Lord, show thy mercy upon us; All And grant us thy salvation. Minister O Lord, save the King; All And mercifully hear us when we call upon thee. Minister Endue thy Ministers with righteousness; All And make thy chosen people joyful. Minister O Lord, save thy people; All And bless thine inheritance. Minister Give peace in our time, O Lord; All Because there is none other that fighteth for us, but only thou, O God. Minister O God, make clean our hearts within us; Allen And take not thy Holy Spirit from us.

THE COLLECTS For Holy Saturday Minister GRANT, O Lord, that as we are baptized into the death of thy blessed Son our Saviour Jesus Christ, so by continually mortifying our corrupt affections we may be buried with him; and that, through the grave, and gate of death, we may pass to our joyful resurrection; for his merits, who died, and was buried, and rose again for us, thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. All Amen. For Peace Minister 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. All Amen. For Grace Minister 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. All Amen.

PRAYERS For the Church Minister Most gracious God, we humbly beseech thee for thy holy Catholic Church. Fill it with all truth; in all truth with all peace. Where it is corrupt, purify it; where it is in error, direct it; where any thing is amiss, reform it; where it is right, strengthen and confirm it; where it is in want, furnish it; where it is divided and rent asunder, make it whole again; through Jesus Christ our Lord. All Amen. Minister Almighty and everlasting God, who alone workest great marvels: Send down upon our Bishops, and Curates, and all Congregations committed to their charge, the healthful Spirit of thy grace; and that they may truly please thee, pour upon them the continual dew of thy blessing. Grant this, O Lord, for the honour of our Advocate and Mediator, Jesus Christ. All Amen. for the Parish Minister ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who dost govern all things in heaven and earth: Mercifully hear our prayers, and grant to this Parish all things needful for its spiritual welfare, ministers to labour in this portion of thy vineyard, churches complete in the beauty of holiness. Strengthen and confirm the faithful; protect and guide the children;

Visit and relieve the sick; turn and soften the wicked; arouse the careless; recover the fallen; restore the penitent. Remove all hindrances to the advancement of thy truth; and bring us all to be of one heart and mind within the fold of thy holy Church, to the honour and glory of thy blessed Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord. All Amen. Remembering the departed Minister ALMIGHTY and most merciful Father, we bless Thy holy Name for all Thy servants departed this life in Thy faith and fear. And we beseech Thee that they may rest in Thy peace; and that Thou wilt give unto us grace so follow their good examples, that we with them may be partakers of Thy heavenly kingdom. Grant this, O Father, for Jesus Christ’s sake, our only Mediator and Advocate. All Amen. for Kings and Governments Minister O LORD, our heavenly Father, high and mighty, King of kings, Lord of lords, the only Ruler of princes, who dost from thy throne behold all the dwellers upon earth: Most heartily we beseech thee with thy favour to behold all Christian kings, princes, and governors and especially Thy servants N. N. and N. N. ; and so replenish them with the grace of thy Holy Spirit, that they may alway incline to thy will, and walk in thy way. Endue them plenteously with heavenly gifts;

A general supplication Minister BE mindful, O Lord, of thy people bowed before thee, and of those who are absent through age, sickness, or infirmity. Care for the infants, guide the young, support the aged, encourage the faint-hearted, collect the scattered, and bring the wandering to thy fold. Travel with the voyagers, defend the widows, shield the orphans, deliver the captives, heal the sick. Succour all who are in tribulation, necessity, or distress. Remember for good all those that love us, and those that hate us, and those that have desired us, unworthy as we are, to pray for them (. . . ). And those whom we have forgotten, do thou, O Lord, remember. For thou art the Helper of the helpless, the Saviour of the lost, the Refuge of the wanderer, the Healer of the sick. Thou, who knowest each man’s need, and hast heard his prayer, grant unto each according to thy merciful loving-kindness and thy eternal love; through Jesus Christ our Lord. All Amen. A prayer which may be used after any of the former Minister GOD, whose nature and property is ever to have mercy and to forgive: Receive our humble petitions; and though we be tied and bound with the chain of our sins, yet let the pitifulness of thy great mercy loose us; for the honour of Jesus Christ, our Mediator and Advocate. All Amen.

THE THANKSGIVING Said by all together All ALMIGHTY God, Father of all mercies, we thine unworthy servants do give thee most humble and hearty thanks for all thy goodness and loving-kindness to us and to all men; We bless thee for our creation, preservation, and all the blessings of this life; but above all for thine inestimable love in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ, for the means of grace, and for the hope of glory. And we beseech thee, give us that due sense of all thy mercies, that our hearts may be unfeignedly thankful, and that we shew forth thy praise, not only with our lips, but in our lives; by giving up ourselves to thy service, and by walking before thee in holiness and righteousness all our days; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom with thee and the Holy Ghost be all honour and glory, world without end. Amen.

PRAYER OF ST. CHRYSOSTOM Minister ALMIGHTY God, who hast given us grace at this time with one accord to make our common supplications unto thee; and does promise that when two or three are gathered together in thy Name thou wilt grant their requests: Fulfil now, O Lord, the desires and petitions of thy servants, as may be most expedient for them; granting us in this world knowledge of thy truth, and in the world to come life everlasting. All Amen.

HYMN 150 1 Our sins, our sorrows, Lord, were laid on thee; Thy stripes have healed, thy bonds have set us free; And now thy toil is o’er: thy grief and pain Have passed away: the Veil is rent in twain. 2 Now hast thou laid Thee down in perfect peace, Where all the wicked from their troubling cease, Thy tranquil Sabbath in the grave to keep: Thy Father giveth his Beloved sleep. 3 On yester-eve thou didst to hell descend, In God’s own Name the prison-bars to rend; This day thou wast in Paradise, to keep

4 Yet in thy glory, on the throne above, Thou wast abiding ever, Love of Love, Eternal, filling all created things With thine own presence, Jesu, King of Kings! 5 E’en now our place is with thee on the throne, For thou abidest ever with thine own; Yet in the tomb with thee we watch for day: Oh! Let the angel roll the stone away. 6 Oh! by thy life within us set us free: Reveal the glory that is “hid with thee; ” Glory to God the Father, God the Son, And God the Holy Spirit, ever One.

The Grace All THE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore. Amen.