An Intercession for the Church

From Wednesday at the Sixth Hour

I believe in one holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church ;
And the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

Let us pray :

For the Church Catholic.

For the holy Catholic Church from one end of the world to the other, let us beseech the Lord ;

Lord, have mercy.

That she may be established in peace, immovable and unshakable upon the rock of her faith ;

Lord, have mercy.

For particular churches that are persecuted and suffereing ;

Lord, have mercy.

For them that are rich or poor or weak or tempted ;

Lord, have mercy.

For our own church ;

Lord, have mercy.

That she may offer herself a pure sacrifice of prayer and lowly service ;

Lord, have mercy.

That she may be truly catholic in faith and love ;

Lord, have mercy.

That she may use her freedom for the ministry of Truth ;

Lord, have mercy.

That she may be at peace within her borders ;

Lord, have mercy.

For all who love Christ and pray with us, yet are in separation ;

Lord, have mercy.

The Lord be with you ;
And with thy spirit.

Let us pray.

GRACIOUS Father, we humbly beseech thee for thy holy Catholic Church. Fill it with all truth ; in all truth with all peace. Where it is corrupt, purge it ; and where it is in error, direct it ; where it is superstitious, rectify it ; where anything 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 up the breaches of it ; O thou Holy One of Israel. Amen.


Let us pray :

For the Church Apostolic.

That we may continue steadfast in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, in the breaking of bread and in the prayers, we humbly pray :

Lord, hear us.

For our fathers the bishops and rulers of the Christian Church ;

Lord, hear us.

That they may be blameless, vigilant, and holy ;

Lord, hear us.

For the priests and shepherds of Christ's flock ;

Lord, hear us.

That they may burn with the love of souls, and be mighty to convert;

Lord, hear us.

For the deacons and ministers of the household of God ;

Lord, hear us.

For those who have heard and answered the call to Holy Orders ;

Lord, hear us.

That their hearts may be kindled, and their minds enlightened in the days of making ready ;

Lord, hear us.

The Lord be with you ;
And with thy spirit.

Let us pray.

O GOD, who dost ever hallow and protect thy Church : Raise up therein, through thy Spirit, good and faithful stewards of the mysteries of Christ ; that, by their ministry and example, the Christian people may abide under thy protection, and be guided in the way of truth ; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, one God, ever, world without end. Amen.

Let us pray :

For the Holiness of the Church.

That everywhere and at all times, in the power of faith and the ministry of love, she may show forth Christ, by inward spirit and outward deed;

We beseech thee, O Lord.

For the faithful in every land;

We beseech thee, O Lord.

That they may be strengthened and confirmed in sacrament and prayer, and in every good work ;

We beseech thee, O Lord.

For those pledge to the perfection of Jesus, under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience;

We beseech thee, O Lord.

For all guilds and confraternities devoted to the building up of Christian life;

We beseech thee, O Lord.

The Lord be with you;
And with thy spirit.

Let us pray.

VOUCHSAFE, we beseech thee, O Lord, to strengthen and confirm all thy faithful, and to lift them up more and more continually to heavenly desires ; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen.

Let us pray :

For the Unity of the Church.

That the bitter grief of a sundered Church may pass away ;

Lord, hear us.

That the Holy Spirit may bind us in new fellowship to seek peace and ensue it ;

Lord, hear us.

For a new and living faith in the communion of saints ;

Lord, hear us.

That the unity and clear vision of those at rest may help our blindness ;

Lord, hear us.

That our broken fellowship on earth may not mar our share in the perfect fellowship above;

Lord, hear us.

The Lord be with you ;
And with thy spirit.

Let us pray.

O LORD Jesu Christ, who didst say to thine Apostles, Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: Regard not our sins, but the faith of thy Church, and grant her that peace and unity which is agreeable to thy will ; who livest and reignest with the Father and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen.

Lord, have mercy.

Christ, have mercy.

Lord, have mercy.

Our Father . . .

O GOD of unchangeable power and eternal light, look favourably on thy whole Church, that wonderful and sacred mystery ; and by the tranquil operation of thy perpetual providence carry out the work of man's salvation ; and let the whole world feel and see that things which were cast down are being raised up ; that those which had grown old are being made new ; and that all things are returning to perfection, through him from whom they took their origin, even our Lord Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, one God, in glory everlasting. Amen.

E. Milner-White & B.T.D. Smith
Cambridge Offices and Orisons
1921

Anglo-Catholic Eucharistic Reparation

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O LORD JESUS CHRIST, who for our salvation didst endure the outrages of those who crucified thee, and now endurest the irreverence of those who discern thee not: Rather than withhold thy Sacred Presence from our Altars, give us grace to bewail the indignities committed against thee; and to repair, as far as lies in our power, and with devout love, the many dishonours thou still continuest to receive in this Adorable Mystery; Who livest and reignest, world without end. Amen.

O My Lord and My God, My God and My All, who hast willed to abide with us always in this Wonderful Sacrament, thus ever-glorifying thy Father by making present thy Passion in perpetual Memorial, and giving unto us thy very Self, the Food of Life: Grant us grace to grieve with a hearty sorrow for the insults offered thy Holy Mystery, and with sincere love to offer reparation for the many abuses and sacrileges thou still continuest to receive in thy Blessed Sacrament, who livest and reignest with the Father, in the Unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen.

Holy God,
Holy and Mighty,
Holy and Immortal,
have mercy upon us.

Holy God,
Holy and Mighty,
Holy and Immortal,
have mercy upon us.

Holy God,
Holy and Mighty,
Holy and Immortal,
have mercy upon us.

Daily Prayer of St Edmund the Martyr

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Into Thy hands, O Lord, and into the hands of Thy holy Angels, I commit and entrust this day my soul, my relations, my benefactors, my friends and enemies, and all Thy Catholic people. Keep us, O Lord, through the day, by the merits and intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary and all Thy Saints, from all vicious and unruly desires, from all sins and temptations of the devil, and from sudden and unprovided death and the pains of hell. Illuminate my heart with the grace of Thy Holy Spirit; grant that I may ever be obedient to Thy commandments; suffer me not to be separated from Thee, O God, who livest and reignest with God the Father and the same Holy Spirit for ever and ever. Amen.

St. Edmund
The Raccolta
1957

That we may be delivered from every sling and arrow,

St. Edmund, pray for us.

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Deaconesses in the Anglican Heritage

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The Sainted Missionary Deaconess Harriet Bedell

O LORD, we beseech thee mercifully to receive the prayers of thy handmaidens who call upon thee; and grant that they may both perceive and know what things they ought to do, and also may have grace and power faithfully to fulfill the same; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Elizabeth Catherine Ferard

Many Episcopalians and Anglicans, present and former, still recall with great affection the Deaconesses in their lives.  We recall some of them in their distinctive cap or distinctive cross.  Some of us recall a Deaconess dressed like a nun in a voluminous black, navy, or grey habit.  Today some will know them in a distinctive blue cassock with blue cincture.  When the Episcopalian Church in the USA decided to ordain women to the diaconate, the Deaconesses all but disappeared.  Since 2002 the Order of Deaconesses has been established canonically among the Reformed Episcopalians where the Deaconesses provide many forms of help including performing baptisms when no deacon or priest is available.  Deaconesses continue to serve in other parts of the Anglican Communion.  The duties of the Deaconess in the various Anglican Churches did indeed vary, but behind all interpretations was a desire for the Deaconess to be in the local church as St. Phoebe was in Sacred Scripture, an idea at the heart of the setting apart of Deaconess Elizabeth Catherine Ferard in the Church of England as the first Deaconess of that Church.  Deaconess Isabella Gilmore in the Diocese of Rochester, England explored a different model for the life of the Deaconess that was very influential.  And among the many Deaconesses, the first African-American Deaconess in the state of Georgia in the USA is venerated as one of sainted memory:  Deaconess Anna E.B. Alexander. 

Deaconess Isabella Gilmore

This very special Anglican form of religious life for women was a genuine gift for the whole universal Church.  It is not an ordained ministry but is a form of religious life.  Is it possible that the many ways the Anglican faithful sought to create forms of religious life could have a life in the Catholic Church?  Obviously, there is room for traditional orders like the wonderful All Saints Sisters of the Poor and Mother Angelica's Poor Clare Nuns of Perpetual Adoration at Our Lady of the Atonement Anglican Use Parish in San Antonio.  But can those particular forms for consecrated Virgins and Widows be a part of that Anglican heritage and identity now welcome in the Church.  May we again offer to women the calling of Deaconess as one way of living the religious life.  (Bear in mind that I am speaking of a form of religious life not a form of ordained ministry.)

Deaconess Anna E.B. Alexander

Below is the old Office for the Setting Apart of Deaconesses from The Book of Offices 1949 of the Protestant Episcopal Church (USA).  Perhaps you have never seen this liturgical form or heard of this manner of life.  I commend it for your consideration as a gift we could once again make available to our daughters and the women of our communities.  

Perhaps even now there are women in the new Ordinariate groups and the Anglican Use parishes who are called to this manner of active religious life which developed among the Anglicans some time ago.

The Form for the Setting Apart of Deaconesses

¶ All things being in readiness, a Priest shall present to the Bishop, sitting in his chair near the Holy Table, such as are to be set apart as Deaconesses, saying,

REVEREND Father in God, I present unto you these women, to be set apart to the office and work of Deaconess.

¶ Then shall the Bishop say,

DECLARE, we pray you, unto those who are here gathered what the office and work of a Deaconess are.

¶ Then shall the Priest, addressing the People, say,

DEARLY beloved, that it is agreeable to the mind of Christ that women should do him service by offices of loving-kindness, we gather from Saint Paul, who saith to the Philippians, Help those women which laboured with me in the Gospel, and who also commendeth unto the Romans one Phoebe, a Deaconess of the Church which was at Cenchrea.

    Touching the duty of women set apart to this office and ministry, the Canons of the Church affirm that it is to assist the Ministry in the care of the poor and sick, in the religious training of the young and others, and in the work of moral reformation. That they may be duly appointed to such service, have these women come hither.

¶ Then shall the Bishop say,

BELOVED, we have good confidence that they who are now presented to be set apart to the office of Deaconess are competent thereto, for it hath been so certified unto us, as the Canons require, by them whose word we trust. Nevertheless, if there be any who can allege aught on account of which it is inexpedient that these persons be so set apart, let protest be now made openly and before all men.

¶ If no good reason be alleged by any why any should not be set apart, the following Lesson shall be read.

Romans 12.

¶ Then shall be said or sung Psalm 100, or the Magnificat.

Psalm 100. Jubilate Deo.

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; it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; * we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
    O go your way into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise; * be thankful unto him, and speak good of his Name.
    For the Lord is gracious, his mercy is everlasting; * and his truth endureth from generation to generation.
    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. Amen.

¶ Then, all kneeling, the Bishop shall say,

    Unto thee lift we up our eyes;
    O thou that dwellest in the heavens.
    As the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters;
    And as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress;
    Even so our eyes wait upon thee, O Lord;
    Until thou have mercy upon us.
    O Lord, have mercy upon us.
    Have mercy upon us.
    O Lord, let thy mercy lighten upon us;
    As our trust is in thee.

¶ The Bishop shall then say,

O ETERNAL God, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hast in all times accepted and blessed the services of holy women; Look mercifully, we beseech thee, upon these thy servants, about to be set apart to the office and work of Deaconess. Protect them in the way wherein they go, and grant that in singleness of purpose and with a willing mind they may worthily accomplish the task committed to them, to thy glory and to the praise of thy Christ, to whom with thee, O Father, and thee, O Holy Ghost, be glory and worship for ever and ever. Amen.

¶ Then shall the Bishop ask of them the following questions, to which each Candidate shall answer for herself.

DEARLY beloved in the Lord, who are minded to take upon you this service in the Church of God, have you duly considered how weighty an undertaking this is, and are you prepared with a willing mind to take upon you this office of ministering to the suffering and needy, and in all humility and godly submission to help the Ministers of God’s Word and Sacraments?
    Answer. I have so considered it, and will do so, by the help of God.

    Bishop. Will you be obedient to those who are over you in the Lord, cheerfully and faithfully performing the service that shall be appointed to you?
    Answer. I will, by the help of God.

    Bishop. Inasmuch as this office is not to be lightly undertaken, is it your desire to give yourself to the work of the Lord as a Deaconess in singleness of heart?
    Answer. I desire to do so, by the help of God.

¶ Then shall the Candidate kneel, and the Bishop shall say,

ALMIGHTY God, who hath called you to serve him in this holy life, give you the power to fulfil this your service acceptably; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

¶ Then shall the Bishop lay his hand upon the head of the person to be made Deaconess, saying,

GOD the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Ghost, bless, preserve, and sanctify you; and so endow you with all faith, wisdom, and humility, that you may serve before him to the glory of his great Name, and to the benefit of his Church and people; and make you faithful unto death, and give you the crown of everlasting life. Amen.

N. I admit thee to the office of Deaconess, In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.

Let us pray.

O GOD, who didst teach the hearts of thy faithful people, by sending to them the light of thy Holy Spirit; Grant unto this thy servant by the same Spirit to perceive and know what things she ought to do, and to have grace and strength evermore to do the same; direct her in all times of doubt and perplexity; strengthen her to bear the trial of her faith and patience; comfort her in times of sorrow; cheer her when faint and weary in the way. May thy love, abounding towards her more and more, stir up her heart to greater deeds of love to thee, and to all who need her service. And upon all those called to the office of Deaconess in thy Church bestow thy grace and heavenly benediction; enable them to bear each other’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. Make them to know and feel their oneness in the mystical Body of thy dear Son, so that their fellowship here in works of love may prove to them a blessed discipline, and thus prepare them at last for the society of thy redeemed in heaven; through Jesus Christ our most blessed Lord and Saviour. Amen.

O GOD, who in thy holy Word dost commend above all goodly apparel the ornament of a quiet spirit; Adorn, we beseech thee, these thy servants with the meekness and the gentleness of Christ, that in all humility and singleness of heart they may run the way of thy Commandments; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

THE God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

¶ It is desirable that the Service of Holy Communion should follow, the newly set apart Deaconesses communicating.

At the Communion

The Collect

O GOD, who hast prepared for those who love thee such good things as pass man’s understanding; Pour into our hearts such love toward thee, that we, loving thee above all things, may obtain thy promises, which exceed all that we can desire; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Epistle. Romans 15:1-6.
The Gospel. St. Luke 12:35-39. 

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A Necessary Primer on Anglican Patrimony

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I have needed to expand this post and to likewise enlarge one of the answers to the suggested Primer.  The changes are in maroon or red typface for ease in seeing the original & the augmentations.

You, dear reader, may not be  aware how angry some Anglicans are because they mistakenly presume that the Holy See intends  to determine what is or what is not the Anglican Patrimony.  Some simple Catechism style questions and answers could clear this up quickly.  The genius of the expression, "The Anglican Patrimony is our people." made by the Chancellor of the U.S. Ordinariate should be the touchstone for this effort.   Let us remove misunderstanding and give no cause for anger among our fellow Christians, and embrace what all are doing for the cause of Christ arising from the Anglican heritage we hold in common.

It is too be greatly lamented that the broad vision of Anglicanorum coetibus is being whittled away by someone a piece at a time.  What a pity that some Reformed Episcopalian clergy are being told that they do not have a place in this invitation when they manifestly do.  What a tragedy that the U.S. Anglo-Lutherans were rebuffed when the U.S. Lutheran liturgical tradition in English is nearly identical with Book of Common Prayer and the King James Bible (See the Service Book and Hymnal of the Lutheran Church in America for a clear example of the same... they even said the Prayer of Humble Access, dear reader.)

By way of example ... could we not read the following (or something like it) on all Ordinariate and Anglican Use congregation websites as part of a short primer that we hold in common?:  

Question:  What is the Anglican Patrimony?  

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• Answer:  All of the children, women, and men of the Anglican Communion, related Churches, and Churches sharing The Book of Common Prayer tradition together with the Catholics of the British Isles who went before them; Roman Catholics who are of Anglican heritage by blood or by choice; and, those of Anglican background who have found a welcome among the Eastern Orthodox faithful: all of these people are the Anglican Patrimony.  

Question:  Is the Anglican Patrimony welcome within the Catholic Church?

• Answer:  (1) Those who are the Anglican Patrimony are welcome within the Catholic Church when (a) they are in communion with the Chair of St. Peter and (b) are committed to the Magisterium of the Church.  
• Answer (continued): (2) They are expected to articulate the Anglican heritage and traditions which have been welcomed into the Church through Anglicanorum coetibus, and this articulation of the Anglican tradition and heritage shall be made by the laity, religious, and clergy in the context of and in a manner consistent with the Magisterium of the Church and the Teaching Authority of the Bishop of Rome.  
• Answer (continued):  (3) They are also expected to take up the Call for the New Evangelisation of Blessed Pope John Paul II and confirmed by H.H. Pope Benedict XVI and to evangelise the world for Jesus Christ with their unique gifts and heritage.

 Question:  Are only Caucasian English-speaking members of the Anglican Patrimony welcome within the Catholic Church?

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• Answer:  All members of the Anglican Patrimony are welcome regardless of their language, race, or national origin provided that they are in Communion with the Chair of St. Peter, are obedient to the Magisterium of the Church, and loyal to the Teaching Authority of the Bishop of Rome.   Those who are not yet in Communion with the Chair of St. Peter are invited to study, receive the necessary Sacraments, and become members of Holy Mother Church and join the family of loyal sons and daughters of the Vicar of Christ, the Pope, the Bishop of Rome.

Certainly some of you, dear readers, are better at this sort of thing than I am.  But I hope you will consider how important such a primer could be for the dissemination of truth and the encouragement of goodwill.  Separately I hope you will consider the content of  what I have written as it tries to respond to a number of criticisms and misunderstandings that have arisen.  I believe it is essential that these things be said and published abroad for all to see and appreciate.

The first expression of the idea that the Anglican Patrimony and the Anglican people are one in the same was to be found online here: http://atonementparish.blogspot.com/2010/01/anglican-patrimony.html

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Anglican Use Collect, Revised

I offer this revised collect for consideration

O HOLY Ghost the Lord, who on Pentecost gavest the Church the gift of tongues that Christ might be known, loved and served by peoples of divers nations and customs: watch over the Anglican heritage within thy Church, we pray thee, that, led by thy guidance and strengthened by thy grace, this Anglican Patrimony may find such favour in thy sight that its people may increase both in holiness and number, and so show forth thy glory; who livest and reignest with the Father and the Son, one God world without end. Amen.

This splendid collect has been revised by me to include the phrase "Anglican patrimony" and thereby reference Pope Benedict XVI's great gift to the Church of Anglicanorum coetibus.

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Thanksgiving for the Resurrection and the Ascension of the Lord

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LET us bless the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost:
Let us praise and exalt him for ever.

Then shall be said together:

BLESSING and honour and glory and power
be unto him that sitteth upon the throne
and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.
Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty:
Just and true are thy ways, thou King of Saints;
All glorious thy gifts, thou Spirit of life.
Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving
and honour and power and might
be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.

O GIVE thanks unto the Lord, for he is gracious;
And his mercy endureth for ever.

Who hath loved us from all eternity;
For his mercy endureth for ever.

And remembered us when we were in trouble;
For his mercy endureth for ever.

Who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven;
For his mercy endureth for ever.

And was incarnate by the Holy Ghost of the Virgin Mary, and was made man;
For his mercy endureth for ever.

Who by his Cross and Passion hath redeemed the world;
For his mercy endureth for ever.

And hath washed us from our sins in his own blood;
For his mercy endureth for ever.

Who on the third day rose from the dead;
For his mercy endureth for ever.

And hath given us the victory;
For his mercy endureth for ever.

Who ascended up on high;
For his mercy endureth for ever.

And opened wide for us the everlasting doors;
For his mercy endureth for ever.

Who sitteth on the right hand of God;
For his mercy endureth for ever.

And ever liveth to make intercession for us;
For his mercy endureth 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. Amen.

FOR the gift of his Spirit;
Blessed be Christ.

For the Catholic Church;
Blessed be Christ.

For the means of grace;
Blessed be Christ.

For the hope of glory;
Blessed be Christ.

For the triumphs of his gospel;
Blessed be Christ.

For the lives of his saints;
Blessed be Christ.

In joy and in sorrow;
Blessed be Christ.

In life and in death;
Blessed be Christ.

Now and unto the end of the ages;
Blessed be Christ.

Here may be added thanksgivings for particular mercies, and at their end all shall say together the General Thanksgiving.

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 show forth thy praise,
not only with our lips, but in our lives,
by giving up our selves 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 Spirit,
be all honor and glory, world without end. Amen.

BLESSING and honour and thanksgiving and praise more than we can utter, more than we can conceive, be unto thee, O most adorable Trinity, + Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, by all angels, all men, all creatures, for ever and ever. Amen and Amen.

Cambridge Offices and Orisons
Eric Milner-White
B.T.D. Smith

Radio KUHF Report on Walsingham in Texas

Today I am sharing a link to a splendid report by Melissa Galvez on Our Lady of Walsingham Catholic Church (Anglican Use). She interviews three of my favourite people: Fr. James Ramsey, Pastor of Our Lady of Walsingham, and Nancy Macarthur and Don Dean.

One can listen to the radio broadcast or read the transcript.

Applause and the tipping of my former Anglican biretta to Melissa Galvez for her excellent reporting.

Three Prayers

ARMENIAN LITURGY
Thou who didst spread thy creating arms to the stars, strengthen our arms with power to intercede when we lift up our hands unto thee.

LITURGY OF MALABAR
With expectation have I awaited the Body and Blood of Christ the Lord upon his holy altar. Let us all offer it with fear and praise, crying with the angels "Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord Our God."

The poor shall eat, and be satisfied with the Body and Blood of Christ set forth upon this holy altar. Let us all offer it with fear and praise, crying with the angels "Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord Our God."

May all glory be given to the ever-glorious Trinity, world without end; and may Christ who was sacrificed as an oblation for our salvation and has commanded that we should offer sacrifice in memory of his Passion, Death and Resurrection, receive this sacrifice from our hands through his grace and love.

ROMAN CATHOLIC ANGLICAN USE
O HOLY Ghost the Lord, who on Pentecost gavest the Church the gift of tongues that Christ might be known, loved and served by peoples of divers nations and customs: watch over the Anglican heritage within thy Church, we pray thee, that, led by thy guidance and strengthened by thy grace, that Use may find such favour in thy sight that its people may increase both in holiness and number, and so show forth thy glory; who livest and reignest with the Father and the Son, one God, world without end. Amen.

The Anglican Use Society of the Roman Catholic Church

Magnificent Speakers!

Important Conference!

All are cordially invited to attend this very important conference!

Featured speakers include:

• Daniel Cardinal DiNardo, Archbishop of Galveston-Houston
  
  
• Fr. John Saward, former Anglican priest and noted English Catholic theologian
  
  
• Fr. James Moore, founding co-pastor of Our Lady of Walsingham Catholic Church
  
  
• Mary C. Moorman, apologist, author, and consultant
  
  
• Dr. Hans-Jurgen Feulner, Professor of Liturgical Studies and Sacramental Theology at the University of Vienna.

[note from Vincent: Mary Moorman is an expert on the Caroline Divines who were such an important part of my catholic formation in the Anglican Church. Her books are outstanding, and she is one of the few I have read who understand how important the Caroline Divine Mark Frank is to the theological foundation of the catholic wing of the Anglican Church into which I was born.]

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Prayer of Humble Access

I have come to believe that the following is the best form of this prayer
for Anglican Usage Catholics and anglo-catholics:


We do not presume to come to this thy Table, O merciful Lord,
trusting in our own righteousness,
but in thy manifold and great mercies.
We are not worthy so much as to gather up the crumbs under thy Table.
But thou art the same Lord, whose property is always to have mercy;
In these holy mysteries, grant us therefore, gracious Lord,
so to eat the flesh of thy dear Son Jesus Christ, and to drink his blood,
that our souls and bodies may be washed and cleansed
by the Sacrifice of his most precious Body and Blood,
and that we may evermore dwell in him, and he in us. Amen.

phrase from the earliest form of this prayer

phrase from the Liturgy of Comprehension, 1689

things which were cast down are being raised up

DEUS, incommutabilis virtus et lumen aeternum, respice propitius ad totius Ecclesiae mirabile sacramentum, et opus salutis humanae perpetuae dispositionis effectu tranquillius operare; totusque mundus experiatur et videat dejecta erigi, inveterata renovari et per ipsum Christum redire omnia in integrum, a quo sumpsere principium; Dominum Nostrum Jesum Christum Filium tuum, qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitate Spiritus Sancti, Deus, per omnia sæcula sæculorum. Amen.


O GOD of unchangeable power and eternal light: Look favorably upon thy whole Church, that wonderful and sacred mystery; by the effectual working of thy providence, carry out in tranquillity the plan of salvation; let the whole world see and know that things which were cast down are being raised up, and things which had grown old are being made new, and that all things are being brought to their perfection by him through whom all things were made, thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord; who liveth and reigenth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

For the USA: Happy Feast of Sovereignty

July 4th Collect from the USA BCP 1979:

Lord God Almighty, in whose Name the founders of this country won liberty for themselves and for us, and lit the torch of freedom for nations then unborn: Grant we beseech thee, that we and all the people of this land may have grace to maintain our liberties in righteousness and peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.


The alternative collect for July 4th from the USA BCP 1979:

Lord God Almighty, who hast made all the peoples of the earth for thy glory, to serve you in freedom and in peace: Give to the people of our country a zeal for justice and the strength
of forbearance, that we may use our liberty in accordance with thy gracious will; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.


The Preface of Trinity Sunday is used at the Holy Eucharist

The Collect for the Anglican Use

O HOLY Ghost the Lord, who on Pentecost gavest the Church the gift of tongues that Christ might be known, loved and served by peoples of divers nations and customs: watch over the Anglican heritage within thy Church, we pray thee, that, led by thy guidance and strengthened by thy grace, that Use may find such favour in thy sight that its people may increase both in holiness and number, and so show forth thy glory; who livest and reignest with the Father and the Son, one God world without end. Amen.

Of St. Anne, the Mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary

The Grandmother of the Lord Jesus Christ


O GOD and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, from whom every fatherhood in heaven and earth is named, vouchsafe, on this day of the blessed parent, St. Anne, to renew, in thy people, the consecration of the family, its affections and responsibilities, with increasing holiness unto thee, that this and every generation may be hallowed by thy love and fear ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Feast observed on July 26
The People's Missal
(Anglican, drawing from Sarum and other Uses)
The Revd E. A. L. Clarke, A.K.C
1919

Of St. Mary Magdalene

MERCIFUL Father, give us grace, that, repenting us of our manifold offences, and receiving a lively faith for the remission of our sins, we may be rendered whole, like Mary Magdalene, from whatsoever ills, and attain the glory of the resurrection ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Feast observed on July 22
The People's Missal
(Anglican drawing from Sarum and other Uses)
The Revd E. A. L. Clarke, A.K.C
1919

Of the Visitation

Abridged from the Sarum Collect for July 2

O GOD, who didst prompt the most holy Virgin Mary, the Mother of thine only begotten Son, to visit the blessed Elisabeth, for a mutual joy and strengthening in thee, mercifully grant, that being protected from all adversities and in the bonds of faith with thy whole Church, we may enjoy the grace of thy perpetual visitation ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The People's Missal
(Anglican drawing from Sarum and other Uses)
The Revd E. A. L. Clarke, A.K.C
1919

Of Saint Alban, Protomartyr of England

ALMIGHTY Lord, who didst endue the blessed Alban, thy martyr, with a glorious charity and courage, so that he protected a servant of thine and suffered in his stead, grant unto us all, as thou shalt give us opportunity, to defend the weak, and to support the true ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The People's Missal
(Anglican drawing from Sarum and other Uses)
The Revd E. A. L. Clarke, A.K.C
1919

Of the Blessed Virgin Mary

ALMIGHTY God, who didst send forth thy Son, made of a woman, that we might be redeemed and receive the adoption of sons : Grant that, beholding what Majesty did become incarnate for our sakes, we may, with all generations, call her blessed, through whom as Virgin-Mother of the Lord we have been thus blest : to thine honour and glory, who livest and reignest in the unity of the Spirit, ever one God, world without end. Amen.

The People's Missal
(Anglican drawing from Sarum and other Uses)
The Revd E. A. L. Clarke, A.K.C
1919

A Collect for St. Peter

O ALMIGHTY God, who by thy son Jesus Christ didst give to thy Apostle Saint Peter many excellent gifts, and commandedst him earnestly to feed thy flock ; Make, we beseech thee, all Bishops and Pastors diligently to preach thy holy Word, and the people obediently to follow the same, that they may receive the crown of everlasting glory ; through Jesus Christ the Lord. Amen.

The People's Missal
(Anglican drawing from Sarum and other Uses)
The Revd E. A. L. Clarke, A.K.C
1919