Sunday 1st August, 2010
The Ninth Sunday After Trinity
A Thanksgiving After Childbirth
A Hymn
GRACIOUS Savior, who didst honor
Womankind as woman’s Son;
Very Man, though God begotten,
And with God the Father One;
Grant our womanhood may be
Consecrated, Lord, to Thee.
Jesus, Son of human mother,
Bless our motherhood, we pray;
Give us grace to lead our children,
Draw them to Thee day by day;
May our sons and daughters be
Dedicated, Lord, to Thee.
Thou Who didst with Joseph labor,
Nor didst humble work disdain,
Grant we may Thy footsteps follow
Patiently through toil and pain;
May our quiet home life be
Lived, O Lord, in Thee, to Thee.
Thou Who didst go forth in sorrow,
Toiling for the souls of men,
Thou Who shalt draw all men to Thee,
Though despised, rejected then;
Humble though our influence be,
Use it in the world for Thee.
Emily Shirreff (1814-1897)
The Psalm
The Woman, at the usual time after her Delivery, shall come into the Church decently apparelled, and there shall kneel down in some convenient place, as hath been accustomed, or as the Ordinary shall direct: And then the Priest shall say unto her,
FORASMUCH as it hath pleased Almighty God of his goodness to give you safe deliverance, and hath preserved you in the great danger of Child-birth: you shall therefore give hearty thanks unto God, and say,
Then shall the Priest say the 116th Psalm.
Dilexi quoniam.
|
Psalm 116: I Am Well Pleased
I AM well pleased: that the Lord hath heard the voice of my
prayer;
That he hath inclined his ear unto me: therefore will I call
upon him as long as I live.
The snares of death compassed me round about: and the pains of
hell gat hold upon me.
I found trouble and heaviness, and I called upon the Name of
the Lord: O Lord, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.
Gracious is the Lord, and righteous: yea, our God is merciful.
The Lord preserveth the simple: I was in misery, and he helped
me.
Turn again then unto thy rest, O my soul: for the Lord hath
rewarded thee.
And why? thou hast delivered my soul from death: mine eyes from
tears, and my feet from falling.
I will walk before the Lord: in the land of the living.
I believed, and therefore will I speak; but I was sore
troubled: I said in my haste, All men are liars.
What reward shall I give unto the Lord: for all the benefits
that he hath done unto me?
I will receive the cup of salvation: and call upon the Name of
the Lord.
I will pay my vows now in the presence of all his people: in
the courts of the Lord's house, even in the midst of thee, O
Jerusalem. Praise the Lord.
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.
Or, Psalm 127.
Nisi Dominus.
|
 |
EXCEPT the Lord build the house: their labour is but lost that
build it.
Except the Lord keep the city: the watchman waketh but in vain.
It is but lost labour that ye haste to rise up early, and so
late take rest, and eat the bread of carefulness: for so he giveth
his beloved sleep.
Lo, children and the fruit of the womb: are an heritage and
gift that cometh of the Lord.
Like as the arrows in the hand of the giant: even so are the
young children.
Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall
not be ashamed when they speak with their enemies in the gate.
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.
The Lord's Prayer
Then the Priest shall say,
Let us pray.
Lord, have mercy upon us.
Christ, have mercy upon us.
Lord, have mercy upon us.
OUR Father, which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; But deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, The power, and the glory, For ever and ever. Amen.
Minister. O Lord, save this woman thy servant;
Answer. Who putteth her trust in thee.
Minister. Be thou to her a strong tower;
Answer. From the face of her enemy.
Minister. Lord, hear our prayer.
Answer. And let our cry come unto thee.
A Prayer of Thanksgiving
Minister. Let us pray.
O ALMIGHTY God, we give thee humble thanks for that thou hast vouchsafed to deliver this woman thy servant from the great pain and peril of Child-birth: Grant, we beseech thee, most merciful Father, that she, through thy help, may both faithfully live, and walk according to thy will, in this life present; and also may be partaker of everlasting glory in the life to come; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Woman, that cometh to give her thanks, must offer accustomed offerings; and, if there be a Communion, it is convenient that she receive the holy Communion.
