INTROIT. Cum sanctificatus. Ezek. 36.
When I shall be sanctified in you, I will gather you out of all countries: and I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean from all your filthiness: and a new spirit will I put within you. Ps. 34. I will always give thanks unto the Lord: his praise shall ever be in my mouth. V. Glory be.

After Kyrie Eleison is said forthwith : Let us pray. Let us bow the knee. R. arise.

COLLECT.
O God, who dost grant unto the righteous the reward of their godliness, and unto sinners that turn unto thee, upon us thy humble servants : that we, confessing the sins which we have committed, may obtain of thee the remission of all our iniquities. Through.

LESSON Ezekiel 36:23-28
23 THUS saith the Lord God: I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, saith the Lord GOD, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.
24 For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land.
25 Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.
27 And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
28 And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.

GRADUAL. Ps. 34. Come, ye children, and hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the Lord. V. they had an eye unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed.

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

COLLECT.
Grant, we beseech thee, Almighty God, that we duly mortifying the flesh by this our abstinence, may inwardly rejoice in holiness of spirit : that being delivered from all earthly and carnal affections we may speedily obtain thy heavenly promises. Through.

Seasonal Prayers as on Ash Wednesday.

LESSON. Isaiah 1:16-19
16 THUS saith the Lord God: Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
17 Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
19 If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land: saith the Lord Almighty.

GRADUAL. Ps. 33. Blessed are the people, whose God is the Lord Jehovah: and blessed are the folk that he hath chosen to him to be his inheritance. V. By the word of the Lord were the heavens made: and all the hosts of them by the breath of his mouth.

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 9:1-38
1 AT that time: Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth.
2 And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?
3 Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.
4 I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
6 When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay,
7 And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is by interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing.
8 The neighbours therefore, and they which before had seen him that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged?
9 Some said, This is he: others said, He is like him: but he said, I am he.
10 Therefore said they unto him, How were thine eyes opened?
11 He answered and said, A man that is called Jesus made clay, and anointed mine eyes, and said unto me, Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash: and I went and washed, and I received sight.
12 Then said they unto him, Where is he? He said, I know not.
13 They brought to the Pharisees him that aforetime was blind.
14 And it was the sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes.
15 Then again the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. He said unto them, He put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed, and do see.
16 Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, because he keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them.
17 They say unto the blind man again, What sayest thou of him, that he hath opened thine eyes? He said, He is a prophet.
18 But the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and received his sight, until they called the parents of him that had received his sight.
19 And they asked them, saying, Is this your son, who ye say was born blind? how then doth he now see?
20 His parents answered them and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind:
21 But by what means he now seeth, we know not; or who hath opened his eyes, we know not: he is of age; ask him: he shall speak for himself.
22 These words spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.
23 Therefore said his parents, He is of age; ask him.
24 Then again called they the man that was blind, and said unto him, Give God the praise: we know that this man is a sinner.
25 He answered and said, Whether he be a sinner or no, I know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see.
26 Then said they to him again, What did he to thee? how opened he thine eyes?
27 He answered them, I have told you already, and ye did not hear: wherefore would ye hear it again? will ye also be his disciples?
28 Then they reviled him, and said, Thou art his disciple; but we are Moses' disciples.
29 We know that God spake unto Moses: as for this fellow, we know not from whence he is.
30 The man answered and said unto them, Why herein is a marvellous thing, that ye know not from whence he is, and yet he hath opened mine eyes.
31 Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.
32 Since the world began was it not heard that any man opened the eyes of one that was born blind.
33 If this man were not of God, he could do nothing.
34 They answered and said unto him, Thou wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out.
35 Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when he had found him, he said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God?
36 He answered and said, Who is he, Lord, that I might believe on him?
37 And Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both seen him, and it is he that talketh with thee.
38 And he said, Lord, I believe. (Here Genuflect) And he worshipped him.

OFFERTORY. Ps. 66. O praise our God ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard: who holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to slip: praised be God, who hath not cast out my prayer, not turned his mercy from me.

SECRET.
We humbly beseech thee, Almighty God: that by this sacrifice we may be cleansed from all our sins, and obtain of thee true healing both of body and soul. Through.

COMMUNION. St. John 9. The Lord made clay of the spittle, and anointed mine eyes: and I went, and washed, and received sight, and believed in God.

POSTCOMMUNION.
O Lord, our God, who hast made us partakers of this holy Sacrament: grant, we beseech thee, that we may thereby inwardly be satisfied with heavenly food, and outwardly defended against all adversities. Through.

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

COLLECT.
Let thy merciful ears, O Lord, be open to the prayers of thy humble servants: and that they may obtain their petitions make them to ask such things as shall please thee. Through.