INTROIT. Deus in Nomine. Ps. 54.
Save me O God, for thy Names's sake, and avenge me in thy strength: hear my prayer, O God: and hearken unto the words of my mouth. Ps. ibid. For strangers are risen up against me: and tyrants seek after my soul. V. Glory be.

COLLECT.
Grant, we beseech thee, Almighty God: that we who year by year devoutly keep this holy ordinance of fasting, may serve thee acceptably both in body and soul. Through.

Seasonal Prayers as on Ash Wednesday.

LESSON. I Kings 3:16-28.
16 Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto king Solomon, and stood before him.
17 And the one woman said, O my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house.
18 And it came to pass the third day after that I was delivered, that this woman was delivered also: and we were together; there was no stranger with us in the house, save we two in the house.
19 And this woman's child died in the night; because she overlaid it.
20 And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.
21 And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it was dead: but when I had considered it in the morning, behold, it was not my son, which I did bear.
22 And the other woman said, Nay; but the living is my son, and the dead is thy son. And this said, No; but the dead is thy son, and the living is my son. Thus they spake before the king.
23 Then said the king, The one saith, This is my son that liveth, and thy son is the dead: and the other saith, Nay; but thy son is the dead, and my son is the living.
24 And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king.
25 And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.
26 Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide it.
27 Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof.
28 And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do judgment.

GRADUAL. Ps. 31. Be thou my strong rock, and house of defence, that thou mayest save me. V. Ps. 71. In thee, O Lord, have I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion.

TRACT. Ps. 103. O Lord, deal not with us after our sins; nor reward us according to wickednesses. V. Ps. 79. Lord, remember not our old sins, but have mercy upon us, and that soon: for we are come to great misery. V. (Here genuflect.) Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy Name, O Lord: O deliver us and be merciful unto our sins, for thy Name's sake.

GOSPEL. St. John 2:13-25.
13 AT that time: the Jews' passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem,
14 And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting:
15 And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers' money, and overthrew the tables;
16 And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father's house an house of merchandise.
17 And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.
18 Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign showest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things?
19 Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
20 Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?
21 But he spake of the temple of his body.
22 When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this unto them; and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.
23 Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast day, many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did.
24 But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men,
25 And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man.

OFFERTORY. Ps. 100. O be joyful in the Lord, all ye lands, serve the Lord with gladness: and come before his presence with a song: be ye sure that the Lord he is God.

SECRET.
We beseech thee O Lord, that this sacrifice, which we offer unto thee, may evermore avail to quicken and defend us. through.

COMMUNION. Ps. 19. O cleanse thou me from my secret faults: keep thy servant also from presumptuous sins.

POSTCOMMUNION.
O Lord, who here hast fed us with the Sacrament of our redemption: grant, we pray thee, that we may thereby grow and increase toward the attainment of everlasting salvation. Through.

Over the people. Let us pray. Bow down before the Lord.

COLLECT.
O Lord we beseech thee, graciously to hear our prayers: and grant that we to whom thou hast given an hearty desire to pray, may ever be defended by thy mighty power. Through.