Thursday 11th March, 2010
The Third Sunday In Lent
Evensong
An Opening Organ Voluntary
Ach Herr, mich armen Sünder (Bach) ACH Herr, mich armen Sünder Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) |  Ach Herr, mich armen Sunder, BWV 742 (MP3 Download) |
A Hymn
Back to top of pageI Heard The Voice Of Jesus Say
I HEARD I heard
the voice of Jesus say, "Come unto Me and rest;
Lay down, thou weary one, lay down Thy head upon My breast."
I came to Jesus as I was, weary and worn and sad;
I found in Him a resting place, and He has made me glad.
I heard the voice of Jesus say, "Behold, I freely give
The living water; thirsty one, stoop down, and drink, and live."
I came to Jesus, and I drank of that life giving stream;
My thirst was quenched, my soul revived, and now I live in Him.
I heard the voice of Jesus say, "I am this dark world's Light;
Look unto Me, thy morn shall rise, and all thy day be bright."
I looked to Jesus, and I found in Him my Star, my Sun;
And in that light of life I'll walk, till traveling days are done.
Horatius Bonar (1808-1889)
Sentences
At the beginning of Evening Prayer the Minister shall read with a loud voice some one or more of these Sentences of the Scriptures that follow. And then he shall say that which is written after the said Sentences.
WHEN the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed,
and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive. Ezek. xviii. 27.
I acknowledge my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me. Psalm li. 3.
Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities. Psalm li. 9.
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. Psalm li. 17.
Rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger,
and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil. Joel ii. 13.
To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him; neither have we obeyed the
voice of the Lord our God, to walk in his laws which he set before us. Daniel ix. 9, 10.
O Lord, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing. Jer. x. 24. Psalm vi. 1.
Repent ye; for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand. St. Matt. iii. 2.
I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,
and am no more worthy to be called thy son. St. Luke xv. 18, 19.
Enter not into judgment with thy servant, O Lord; for in thy sight shall no man living be justified. Psalm cxliii. 2.
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us; but if we confess our sins,
God is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 St. John i. 8, 9.
A General Confession
DEARLY beloved brethren, the Scripture moveth us, in sundry places, to acknowledge and confess our manifold sins and wickedness;1 Jn 1:9 Jas 5:16 Mt 3:4-6 Ps 32:5 and that we should not dissemble nor cloak them before the face of Almighty God our heavenly Father;Is 29v15-16 Ezek 9:9 but confess them with an humble, lowly, penitent, and obedient heart;Is 59:12-15 to the end that we may obtain forgiveness of the same,Mt 6:14-15 by his infinite goodness and mercy.Ps 86:5 And although we ought, at all times, humbly to acknowledge our sins before God; yet ought we chiefly so to do, when we assemble and meet together to render thanks for the great benefits that we have received at his hands,Ps 68:19 to set forth his most worthy praise, to hear his most holy Word,Acts 13:43-49 and to ask those things which are requisite and necessary, as well for the body as the soul.Lk 12:28-31 Wherefore I pray and beseech you, as many as are here present, to accompany me with a pure heart, and humble voice, unto the throne of the heavenly grace,Heb 4:16 saying after me;
A general Confession to be said of the whole Congregation after the Minister, all kneeling.
ALMIGHTY and most merciful Father; We have erred, and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep. 1 Pet 2:25 Ezek 34:1-10 We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts.Ps 140:8 We have offended against thy holy laws.Jas 2:8-9 Gal 6:2 We have left undone those things which we ought to have done; And we have done those things which we ought not to have done; And there is no health in us.Ps 38:3 But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us, miserable offenders. Spare thou them, O God, who confess their faults.Mal 3:16-18 Restore thou them that are penitent;Ezek 18:30-32 According to thy promises declared unto mankind in Christ Jesu our Lord.Acts 17:30-31 And grant, O most merciful Father, for his sake; That we may hereafter live a godly, righteous, and sober life,1 Pet 5:6-11 To the glory of thy holy Name. Amen.
The Absolution or Remission of sins to be pronounced by the Priest alone, standing: the people still kneeling.
ALMIGHTY God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who desireth not the death of a sinner,2 Tim 2:3-4 Ezek 18:30-32 but rather that he may turn from his wickedness, and live;Ezek 18:30-32 and hath given power, and commandment, to his Ministers, to declare and pronounce to his people, being penitent, the Absolution and Remission of their sins:Jn 20:21-22 He pardoneth and absolveth all them that truly repent, and unfeignedly believe his holy Gospel. Wherefore let us beseech him to grant us true repentance, and his Holy Spirit, that those things may please him, which we do at this present;Rom 8:7-9 and that the rest of our life hereafter may be pure, and holy; so that at the last we may come to his eternal joy;Mt 25:21 through Jesus Christ our Lord.
The people shall answer here, and at the end of all other prayers,
Amen.
If no priest be present the person saying the service shall read the Collect for the Twenty-First Sunday after Trinity, that person and the people still kneeling.
GRANT, we beseech thee, merciful Lord, to thy faithful people pardon and peace, that they may be cleansed from all their sins, 1 Jn 1:9 and serve thee with a quiet mind; Is 32:14-16 through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Lord's Prayer
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OUR FatherRom 8:14-17 Gal 4:1-7, which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name.Lev 23:32 Ez 36:22-23 Rom 2:17-24 Thy kingdom come.Lk 11:20 Mk 1:14 1 Cor 11:26 Thy will be done in earth, As it is in heaven.Mk 14:35-36 Give us this day our daily bread.Jn 6:56-58 And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive them that trespass against usMk 11:25 Mt 18:21. And lead us not into temptation,1 Cor 10:13 Jas 1:12-15 But deliver us from evil.Gal 1:3-4 For thine is the kingdom, The power, and the glory, For ever and ever. Amen. |
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