Collect

Collect

God our redeemer,
who prepared the Blessed Virgin Mary
to be the mother of your Son:
grant that, as she looked for his coming as our saviour,
so we may be ready to greet him
when he comes again as our judge;
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Old Testament

Micah 5:2-5a

   ²But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.

   ³Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she which travaileth hath brought forth: then the remnant of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel.

   ⁴And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God; and they shall abide: for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth.

   ⁵And this man shall be the peace, when the Assyrian shall come into our land: and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men.

Epistle

Hebrews 10:5-10

   ⁵Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:

   ⁶In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure.

   ⁷Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.

   ⁸Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law;

   ⁹Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.

   ¹⁰By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

Psalm

Canticle: Magnificat

My soul doth magnify the Lord : and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
For he hath regarded : the lowliness of his handmaiden.
For behold, from henceforth : all generations shall call me blessed.
For he that is mighty hath magnified me : and holy is his Name.
And his mercy is on them that fear him : throughout all generations.
He hath shewed strength with his arm : he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
He hath put down the mighty from their seat : and hath exalted the humble and meek.
He hath filled the hungry with good things : and the rich he hath sent empty away.
He remembering his mercy hath holpen his servant Israel : as he promised to our forefathers, Abraham and his seed for ever.

Gospel

Luke 1:39-55

   ³⁹And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda;

   ⁴⁰And entered into the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elisabeth.

   ⁴¹And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost:

   ⁴²And she spake out with a loud voice, and said, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.

   ⁴³And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?

   ⁴⁴For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy.

   ⁴⁵And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord.

   ⁴⁶And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord,

   ⁴⁷And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.

   ⁴⁸For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.

   ⁴⁹For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his name.

   ⁵⁰And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation.

   ⁵¹He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.

   ⁵²He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree.

   ⁵³He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.

   ⁵⁴He hath helped his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy;

   ⁵⁵As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever.

Introit

Tell out, my soul

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Gradual

The angel Gabriel from heaven came

Complete Anglican - 634

Offertory

O come, O come, Emmanuel

Complete Anglican - 480

Communion

Anthem

Let all mortal flesh keep silence

Complete Anglican - 381

Recessional

Like a candle flame

Complete Anglican - 399