Anglican Missal Propers for Ember Saturday in Advent

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Missal Propers
for the Ember Days

Ember Saturday in Advent

**INTROIT. Veni et ostende. Ps. 80.**
COME and shew us the light of thy countenance, O Lord, thou that sittest upon the Cherubims: and we shall be whole. Ps. ibid. Hear, O thou Shepherd of Israel: thou that leadest Joseph like a sheep. V. Glory be.

After Kyrie eleison is said forthwith: Let us pray. Let us bow the knee. R. Arise.

COLLECT.
O GOD, who seest us to be sore afflicted by reason of the frailty of our mortal nature: grant, we beseech tee, that we may be relieved by thy gracious visitation. Who livest and reignest with the Father.

**The Lesson. Isaiah 19:20-22
20 IN those days: they shall cry unto the LORD because of the oppressors, and he shall send them a saviour, and a great one, and he shall deliver them.
21 And the LORD shall be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians shall know the LORD in that day, and shall do sacrifice and oblation; yea, they shall vow a vow unto the LORD, and perform it.
22 And the LORD shall smite Egypt: he shall smite and heal it: and they shall return even to the LORD, and he shall be entreated of them, and shall heal them.

GRADUAL. Ps. 19. He goeth forth from the uttermost part of the heaven: and runneth about unto the end of it again. V. The heavens declare the glory of God: and the firmament sheweth his handy-work.

Let us pray. Let us bow the knee. R. Arise

COLLECT.
GRANT, we beseech thee, Almighty God: that we, who as at this time await the Birth of thy only-begotten Son, may thereby be delivered from the bondage of the sins which aforetime we have committed. Through the same.

The Lesson. Isaiah 35:1-7
1 THUS saith the Lord: the wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.
2 It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the LORD, and the excellency of our God.
3 Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.
4 Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come and save you.
5 Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
6 Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.
7 And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water; saith the Lord Almighty.

GRADUAL. Ps. 19. In heaven hath he set a tabernacle for the sun: which cometh forth as a bridegroom out of his chamber. V. He goeth forth as from the uttermost part of the heaven: and runneth about unto the end of it again.

Let us pray. Let us bow the knee. R. Arise.

The Lesson. Isaiah 40:9-11
9 THUS saith the Lord: O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God!
10 Behold, the Lord GOD will come with strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.
11 He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, he the Lord our God.

GRADUAL. Ps. 80. Turn us again, O Lord God of hosts: shew the light of thy countenance and we shall be whole. V. Stir up thy strength, O Lord, and come and help us.

Let us pray. Let us bow the knee. R. Arise.

COLLECT.
GRANT, we beseech thee, Almighty God: that the coming festival of thy Son may avail for the healing of our souls in this present life, and obtain for us in that which is to come the rewards of eternal felicity. Through the same.

The Lesson. Isaiah 45.1-8
1 Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut;
2 I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron:
3 And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the LORD, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel.
4 For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me.
5 I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:
6 That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else.
7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.
8 Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I the LORD have created it.

GRADUAL. Ps. 80. Stir up thy strength, O Lord, and come and help us. V. Hear, O thou Shepherd of Israel; thou that leadest Joseph like a sheep: shew thyself, thou that sittest upon the Cherubims, before Ephraim, Benjamin and Manasses.

Let us pray. Let us bow the knee. R. Arise.

COLLECT.
O LORD, we beseech thee, favourably to hear the prayers of thy people: that we, who are justly punished for our offences, may be comforted by the visitation of thy mercy. Through.

The Lesson. Song of the Three Children, v. 26-28**
26 In those day: the angel of the Lord came down into the oven together with Azarias and his fellows, and smote the flame of the fire out of the oven;
27 And made the midst of the furnace as it had been a moist whistling wind, so that the fire touched them not at all, neither hurt nor troubled them.
28 Then the three, as out of one mouth, praised, glorified, and blessed, God in the furnace, saying,

Here Thanks be to God is not said.

HYMN. Ibid.
Blessed art thou, O Lord God of our fathers: And to be praised and magnified above all for ever.
And blessed is thy glorious and holy name: And to be praised and magnified above all for ever.
Blessed art thou in the temple of thine holy glory: And to be praised and magnified above all for ever.
Blessed art thou on the glorious throne of thy kingdom: And to be praised and magnified above all for ever.
Blessed art thou in the sceptre of thy Godhead. And to be praised and magnified above all for ever.
Blessed art thou that beholdest the depths, and dwellest between the Cherubims. And to be praised and magnified above all for ever.
Blessed art thou that walkest on the wings of the winds, and on the waves of the sea. And to be praised and magnified above all for ever.
Let all thine Angels and Saints bless thee. And praise thee and magnify thee above all for ever.
Let the heavens, the earth, the ea, and all that in them is, bless thee. And praise thee and magnify thee above all for ever.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. And worthy to be praised and magnified above all for ever.
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen And worthy to be praised and magnified above all for ever.
Blessed art thou, O Lord God of our fathers. And worthy to be praised and magnified above all for ever.

Here is not said Let us bow the knee, but V. the Lord be with you.Let us pray.

COLLECT.
O GOD, who for the deliverance of the three children didst assuage the flames of fire: mercifully grant that the fiery assaults of temptation may have no power upon us thy servants. Through.

COLLECT 2 of Advent: 3 of St. Mary, or Collect 15 from Various Collects.

**The Epistle. 2 Thess 2:1-8
1 BRETHREN: we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,
2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.
5 Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?
6 And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.
7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.
8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming.

TRACT. Ps. 80. Hear, O thou Shepherd of Israel: thou that leadest Joseph like a sheep. V. Shew thyself, thou that sittest upon the Cherubims, before Ephraim, Benjamin and Manasses. V. Stir up thy strength, O Lord: and come and help us.

GOSPEL. St Luke 3:1-6
1 In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene,
2 Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.
3 And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;
4 As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
5 Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth;
6 And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.

OFFERTORY. Zech. 9. Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Sion, shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee, he is just, and having salvation.

SECRET.
WE beseech thee, O Lord, mercifully to have respect unto these our oblations: that the same may be profitable unto us for our increase in all godliness, and for the attainment of everlasting salvation. Through.

SECRET** 2 of Advent; 3 of St. Mary.

**COMMUNION. Ps. 19. He rejoiceth as a giant to run his course: he goeth forth from the uttermost part of the heaven, and runneth about unto the end of it again.

POSTCOMMUNION.
GRANT, we beseech thee, O Lord our God: that these holy mysteries which thou hast given unto us for the assurance of our salvation, may both in this life and in that which is to come be profitable unto us for the healing of our souls. Through.

POSTCOMMUNION** 2 of Advent; 3 of St. Mary.

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