--- Wayne McNamara <wayne.mcnamara@...> wrote: > > Also, Any Vigil of Pentecost Services floating > around all you liturgically > orthodox brethren? > > Wayne+ > "================================== Lamburn, in "Ritual Notes" indicates The Vigil of Pentecost is a vigil of the first class having "precedence over all other observances whatever." "----------------------------------- Vigil of Pentecost FOR THE BLESSING OF THE FONT The Office having been said, the Priest and ministers, vested in violet, go up to the Altar, and after the reverence, the Priest kisses it in the centre. Then are read the Prophecies without title, the candles of the Altar being unlighted up to the beginning of the Mass, as on Holy Saturday. The Priest reads them with the subdued voice at the Epistle horn of the Altar. At the end of the Prophecies are said the Collects without Let us bow the knee. [In the Sarum Use was said only the 1st, 3rd, 4th, and 5th Prophecies, indicated below.] Prophecy the First Genesis 22.1-19 Let us pray. COLLECT O God, who in the works of Abraham thy servant hast sanctified a pattern of obedience to all mankind: grant us so to conquer the perversity of our desires, that we may in all things fulfill the righteousness of thy commandments. Through. Prophecy the Second Exodus 14.24-15.1 TRACT (Exodus 15) Minister: We will sing unto the Lord: For he hath triumphed gloriously: Minister: The horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea: The Lord is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation. Minister: He is my God, And I will prepare him an habitation: Minister: My father's God, and I will exalt him. The Lord is a man of war: the Lord is his name. Let us pray. COLLECT O God, who by the light of thy new covenant hast made manifest thy wonders wrought in former times, shewing in the Red Sea a pattern of the waters of baptism, and in the deliverance of thy people from bondage in Egypt foreshadowing the sacraments of thy Christian grant that all nations, being admitted by the merit of their faith to the privilege of Israel, may be regenerated by the partaking of thy Holy Spirit. Through ... in the unity of the same. Prophecy the Third Deuteronomy 31.22-30 TRACT (Deuteronomy 32) Minister: Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak: And hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. Minister: My doctrine shall drop as the rain: My speech shall distil as the dew. Minister: As the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass: Because I will publish the Name of the Lord. Minister: Ascribe ye greatness unto our God: He is the rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are judgement: Minister: A God of truth and without iniquity: Just and right is he. Let us pray. COLLECT O God, who art the glory of the faithful and the life of the righteous; who likewise by Moses thy servant hast taught us to sing songs of praise unto thee: accomplish in all nations the work of thy mercy, granting them felicity, and delivering them from all terror: that those things which were uttered for a warning of thy vengeance may be made profitable for our healing unto life everlasting. Through. Prophecy the Fourth Isaiah 4.1-6 TRACT (Isaiah 5) Minister: My well-beloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill: And he fenced it and gathered out the stones thereof: Minister: And planted it with the choicest vine, And built a tower in the midst of it. Minister: And also made a winepress therein: For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel. Let us pray. COLLECT Almighty and everlasting God, who in thine only-begotten Son hast revealed thyself to be the husbandman of thy Church, who dost mercifully purge every branch that bringeth forth fruit in the true vine, even the same Christ thy Son, to the intent that it may bring forth more fruit: we pray thee that the thorns and briars of sin may not prevail against thy faithful people, whom by the waters of baptism thou hast brought like a vine out of Egypt; that being confirmed by the sanctifying power of thy Holy Spirit, they may evermore bring forth fruit in abundance. through ... in the unity of the same. Prophecy the Fifth Baruch 3.9-37 Let us pray. O God, who by the mouths of thy prophets hast commanded us to leave behind us all things temporal, and to strive earnestly after things eternal: grant that we thy servants, knowing those things thou commandest, by thy heavenly inspiration may be enabled to perform the same. Through. Prophecy the Sixth Ezekiel 37.1-14 Let us pray. O Lord God of Hosts, who restorest those things that are broken down, and preservest those things that thou restorest: increase, we pray thee, the peoples that shall be regenerated in the sanctification of thy Name; that they that are washed in the waters of baptism may in all things be guided by thy inspiration. Through. § These ended, the Celebrant puts on a violet Cope, and while he descends to the font, the following is sung: TRACT (Psalm 42) Like as the hart desireth the water brooks: So longeth my soul after thee, O God. My soul is athirst for the living God: When shall I come to appear before the presence of God? My tears have been my meat day and night, While they daily say unto me: Where is now thy God? Then the Priest, before he enters the Baptistry to bless the font, says: The Lord be with you. And with thy spirit. Let us pray. COLLECT Grant, we beseech thee, Almighty God: that we which here observe this day whereon thou didst send forth thy Holy Spirit, may in such wise be influenced with heavenly desires that we may ever thirst for the waters of life. Through ... in the unity of the same. Then he proceeds to bless the font, as on Holy Saturday. § But where there is no baptismal Font, when the last Prophecy and Collect is ended the Celebrant lays aside his chasuble, and with the Ministers lies prostrate before the Altar: and all kneeling the LITANY IS CHANTED by two Cantors in the midst of the Choir, and both sides of the Choir make the responses together. But when has been said the final repetition of R. Good Lord, deliver us, the Priest and Ministers arise, and go to the Sacristy to array themselves in red vestments for the Solemn Mass; and meanwhile the Altar candles are lighted. At the end of the Litany Kyrie eleison is solemnly intoned, and repeated as usual. And this having been begun, the Priest with the Ministers proceeds to the Altar, and makes the Confession: then, going up, he kisses the Altar, and incenses it in the accustomed way. The Kyrie eleison being finished, Gloria in excelsis is solemnly begun, and the bells are rung. ___________________________________________________ AT THE MASS § In private Masses of this Vigil, the Prophecies, Collects, and Litany are omitted, and the Mass begins at once with the following Introit: INTROIT Cum sanctificatus (Ezekiel 36) When I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes, I will gather you before all countries: Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, And ye shall be clean from all your filthiness, And a new spirit will I put within you, Alleluia, alleluia. § (Psalm 34) I will always give thanks unto the Lord: His praise shall ever be in my mouth. Glory be ... As it was ... (Repeat to §.) Then is said the Kyrie eleison, and Gloria in excelsis. ___________________________________________________ The Lord be with you. And with thy spirit. THE COLLECT Grant, we beseech thee, Almighty God, that the splendour of thy glory may in such wise shine forth upon us: that the brightness of thy light may by the illumination of thy Holy Spirit, strengthen the hearts of them which through thy grace are born again. Through ... in the unity of the same. This Collect only is said, even though a Commemoration were made in the Office. THE LESSON Acts 19.1 – 8 In those days: It came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples, He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost. And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And they said, Unto John's baptism. Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus. When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied. And all the men were about twelve. And he went into the synagogue, and spake boldly for the space of three months, disputing and persuading the things concerning the kingdom of God. ALLELUIA Alleluia: (Psalm 107) O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is gracious: People And his mercy endureth for ever. Alleluia is not repeated, but there immediately follows: TRACT (Psalm 117) O praise the Lord, all ye heathen: People Praise him all ye nations. For his merciful kindness is ever more and more toward us: And the truth of the Lord endureth for ever. At the Gospel, lights are not carried, but incense only. THE GOSPEL St. John 14.15 – 21 At that time: Jesus said unto his disciples: If ye love me, keep my commandments. And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also. At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you. He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. OFFERTORY Psalm 104 O send forth thy Spirit, and they shall be made: and thou shalt renew the face of the earth, alleluia. SECRET Sanctify, O Lord, we beseech thee, these our oblations: that being enlightened by the beams of thy Holy Spirit, our hearts may be purified from all evil. Through ... in the unity of the same. PREFACE and CANON of Pentecost. These are said up to the following Saturday inclusive. COMMUNION St. John 7 In the last day of the feast Jesus cried: He that believeth on me, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water: but this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive, alleluia, alleluia. POSTCOMMUNION We humbly beseech thee, O Lord, that thou wouldest send down upon our hearts the healthful Spirit of thy grace: and, that we may bring forth fruit unto thee, pour upon us the inward dew of his blessing. Through ... in the unity of the same. From Anglican Missal American Version http://societies.anglican.org/anglocatholic/