@Viscount_Castlereagh Thank-you Sir for replying to and agreeing with, my comment on the ordination of women to the priesthood. It was sad to see a training video on the prayer book services being conducted by an ordained woman. I was interested to see your title as I live in North Down and pass Mountstewart most days. The National Trust staff have told me that you have made a substantial contribution to the current exhibition re. the history of the Castlereagh family. D.Burns
This video is what started me on watching the amazing Evensong services from the UK on youtube. I love Mattins and Evensong and I'm so grateful I stumbled upon these services.
Does the PBS not use the 1662 version? In my book it clearly shows in the consecrations of Priests and Bishops that the people being consecrated are men. Any women are just as ordained as I am, meaning not ordained at all.
These services are not for your simple "enjoyment" pleasure. They have meaning and carry doctrinal truth. How does one offer the service of the 1662 BCP and yet deny (more like, despise) the fullness of the biblical doctrine it proclaims? That is both a serious and fatal disconnect. Lex orandi, Lex credendi.
@@fr.jamesjohnson1567 Sir, I do not know what you quite mean by denying that biblical doctrine is "full", do you mean taking the words literally? When you come from rural Ireland and it's low church, modern, evangelical ways, you grow thankful and learn to enjoy these traditional language ones.
Since joining the Anglican church we have had two male priests and now a newly ordained female priest. She is by far the kindest, professional, dedicated and pastoral of the three.
But that's not the point. Using the same kind of logic you'd have to be against womens ordination if she were not the kindest, professional and pastoral of them. For 460 years the Anglican Church has only allowed male clergy. And now, because they're woke and because they think that "Womens Lib" is a great thing they've changed all that. So, they've been doing it wrong for 460 years? Which means that God left them alone for 460 years?
It's admittedly a little harder to be joyous through a said service, but this is such as for a weekday not the Sunday service, when the canticles and psalms are normally sung in some way (advanced musical settings, or traditional Anglican chant)
The ordination of women is a reality in today's Church of England and, in line with the House of Bishops' Five Guiding Principles, the Prayer Book Society seeks to support and encourage all clergy and ordinands (whatever their sex or integrity) in the use and understanding of the Book of Common Prayer.
It is indeed very disappointing to learn the position of the Prayer Book Society UK is in line with the current zeitgeist of political correctness and apostasy and stands counter to the timeless, unchanging teaching of Holy Scripture as presented in the classic Book of Common Prayer and Ordinal. A pity.
PBS has always had diverse support, so I don't know why you're shocked. Its individual members can grind its male-only clergy axes elsewhere. That is a settled issue from a CofE perspective, for about 25 years! It is a minority issue only for those under extended protection. It is in the interest of PBS to have as wide support as possible to advance its aims regarding the use of the prayer book.
@@Peter_Kalve This is why Anglicanism is collapsing: betrayal of biblical authority with snark. Episcopal church after Episcopal church has closed in my county. Three of their empty churches are now mosques. So.... chuckle on! Chuckle on!
In the early church there were women deacons. But as time passed the practice was suppressed. Christ did have women disciples, witness Mary and Martha, Mary Magdalene, and others such as the wife of the head priest of the Jerusalem temple, who bought him a seamless garment. Women were of little worth in Jewish society and Greek society and would not be able to travel and proselytize as Peter and Paul did. In addition, it has been discerned that the comments about women being silent in church were inserted in Paul's epistles by an unknown author. Who was it who came to anoint Christ and prepare his body for burial? It was not Peter or John. The women had to go and fetch them from a back room, where they were hiding with the other disciples, in fear of being crucified also. Women then and now did all the nut and bolt jobs in the church. It was all they were allowed, but Jesus loved them. Witness His words to Martha: "Many things are needed, but Mary hath chosen the better part, and she shall not have it taken away from her. " Shame on all those who have debased women in the church, who seek in this way to continue the ancient degradation of women. Shame on you Timothy and shame on you James. Women of the church, do not be afraid. Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit are with you. Your time of acknowledgement is now. Speak out!
@Mack Quigley Dear Quigley, During the hundreds of years after the gospels were formulated, there were many inclusions that were not part of the original texts. The areas where the gospels were first preached, especially Greece, were very anti-woman. Greeks thought that women should: "Neither be mentioned in scorn or in praise." Most Greek women were sequestered. They were not taught to read, or even to do the weekly shopping or hold money in their hands. They had no rights. That was the prevalent thought about women with them. I guess the Greek men thought they were being big letting women attend church at all! They would not have had a place in their minds for the kind of broadminded, intelligent views Jesus had. In fact it has taken thousands of years for some people to catch up with the goodness and love of Jesus Christ. The only reason he did not send women disciples out into the word to preach was because of the reception they would have gotten in the Jewish and Greek communities of his time. Women were dirt. They had no stature. They would have been laughed at. Praise Jesus and the Holy Spirit that is not the case now. Or is it? Look around in church the next time you attend. Women are worthy of more than vacuuming the rugs and cleaning the altar linens. Jesus thought so. Why don't you?
@@robertamcguffin3446 Madam, you so highly misinformed with specious scholarship it would be laughable were it not so tragic--the voice of modern revisionism!
Morning PRyer, Book of Alternative Services (Canada) All stand. If the Penitential Rite has not been used, the officiant may read an opening sentence proper to the day or time of day. Either or both of the following responses may be used. One of the alternative introductory responses on pp. 96-100 may replace all that precedes the Invitatory or, on ordinary weekdays, all that precedes the psalm. Officiant Lord, open our lips, People And our mouth shall proclaim your praise. Officiant O God, make speed to save us. People O Lord, make haste to help us. All Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen. Except in Lent, add, Alleluia! The Invitatory Then follows one of the Invitatory psalms, or the Easter canticle, or a suitable hymn. One of the following antiphons may be said or sung before and after the Invitatory psalm (and between the sections of the psalm, if desired). 1 God rules over all the earth: O come, let us worship. 2 The Lord is in his holy temple: O come, let us worship. 3 The Lord is our refuge and strength: O come, let us worship. 48 Morning Prayer 4 The Lord is our light and our life: O come, let us worship. Advent 5 The kingdom of God is at hand: O come, let us worship. Incarnation 6 To us a child is born: O come, let us worship. 7 The Word was made flesh and dwelt among us: O come, let us worship. Lent 8 The Lord is full of compassion and mercy: O come, let us worship. Passion 9 Christ became obedient unto death: O come, let us worship. Easter 10 Alleluia! The Lord is risen indeed: O come, let us worship. Ascension 11 Alleluia! The Sun of righteousness has risen: O come, let us worship. Pentecost 12 Alleluia! The Spirit of the Lord renews the face of the earth: O come, let us worship. Trinity 13 Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God almighty: O come, let us worship. Saints’ Days 14 The Lord is glorious in his saints: O come, let us worship. Morning Prayer 49 Venite Psalm 95.1-7 Come, let us sing to the Lord; * let us shout for joy to the rock of our salvation. Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving * and raise a loud shout to him with psalms. For the Lord is a great God, * and a great king above all gods. In his hand are the caverns of the earth, * and the heights of the hills are his also. The sea is his for he made it, * and his hands have moulded the dry land. Come, let us bow down, and bend the knee, * and kneel before the Lord our maker. For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand. * Oh, that today you would hearken to his voice! Jubilate Psalm 100 Be joyful in the Lord, all you lands; * serve the Lord with gladness and come before his presence with a song. Know this: The Lord himself is God; * he himself has made us, and we are his; we are his people and the sheep of his pasture. Enter his gates with thanksgiving; go into his courts with praise; * give thanks to him and call upon his name. For the Lord is good; his mercy is everlasting; * and his faithfulness endures from age to age. 50 Morning Prayer One of the following psalms may be used as the Invitatory. Psalm 24 Psalm 63.1-8 Psalm 145 Psalm 51.1-18 Psalm 67 The following may be sung or said from Easter until Pentecost. Christ our Passover 1 Corinthians 5.7-8; Romans 6.9-11; 1 Corinthians 15.20-22 Alleluia! Christ our Passover has been sacrificed for us; * therefore let us keep the feast, Not with the old leaven, the leaven of malice and evil, * but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. Alleluia! Christ being raised from the dead will never die again; * death no longer has dominion over him. The death that he died, he died to sin, once for all; * but the life he lives, he lives to God. So also consider yourselves dead to sin, * and alive to God in Jesus Christ our Lord. Alleluia! Christ has been raised from the dead, * the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep. For since by a man came death, * by a man has come also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, * so also in Christ shall all be made alive. Alleluia! The Psalms The psalm, or psalms, precede or follow the first reading. When the theme of the psalm is closely related to that of the reading, it is appropriate that the psalm follow the reading as a reflection. Morning Prayer 51 At the end of the psalm or psalms, silence may be kept and a prayer may be said. The following may be said or sung, or omitted. Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: as it was in the beginning, is now and will be for ever. Amen. The Proclamation of the Word The Readings The reading, or readings, as appointed are read, the reader first saying, A reading from . . . After each reading the reader may say, The word of the Lord. People Thanks be to God. The congregation may stand or sit for a Gospel reading. The reader may say, The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to . . . People Glory to you, Lord Jesus Christ. Then at the conclusion of the Gospel, the reader says, The Gospel of Christ. People Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ. The readings may be followed by silence, a canticle, a responsory, an anthem or other music, or a hymn. A combination of these responses may be appropriate. The psalm, as appointed, may follow the first reading. 52 Morning Prayer Sermon A sermon or other comment on the readings is appropriate at principal services on Sundays and at other major gatherings of the Christian community. A silence for reflection may follow. Affirmation of Faith The Apostles’ Creed or Hear, O Israel may be said. The Apostles’ Creed I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord. He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended to the dead. On the third day he rose again. He ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen. Morning Prayer 53 Or the following: Hear, O Israel Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength. This is the first and the great commandment. The second is like it: Love your neighbour as yourself. There is no commandment greater than these. Intercessions and Thanksgivings A deacon or lay member of the community may lead the intercessions and thanksgivings. Intercession or thanksgiving may be offered for the Church the Queen and all in authority the world the local community those in need the departed. A short litany may be selected from pp. 110-127. A thanksgiving litany and the forms of General Thanksgiving are found on pp. 128-130. Other prayers are found on pp. 675-684. These prayers and thanksgivings may be modified in accordance with local need, or extempore forms of prayer may be used. The Collect The Collect of the Day or a collect appropriate to the time of day may be said. 54 Morning Prayer The Lord’s Prayer Officiant Gathering our prayers and praises into one, let us pray as our Saviour taught us, All Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. Save us from the time of trial, and deliver us from evil. For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours, now and for ever. Amen. Or Officiant And now, as our Saviour Christ has taught us, we are bold to say, All Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who 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. Morning Prayer 55 Dismissal Then may be said or sung, Officiant Let us bless the Lord. People Thanks be to God. From Easter Day through the Day of Pentecost, Alleluia is added to the dismissal and the people’s response. The officiant may conclude with one of the following: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with us all evermore. Amen. May the God of hope fill us with all joy and peace in believing through the power of the Holy Spirit. Amen. May the God of peace enable us to do his will in every kind of goodness, working in us what pleases him, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory for ever and ever. Amen. The Lord bless us and keep us. The Lord make his face shine on us and be gracious to us. The Lord look upon us with favour and grant us peace. Amen
Why is a BAS reference necessary here? This beautiful service of Morning Prayer needs no further option it is while in and of itself. The BAS movement of the 80s and 90s to eradicate the Book of Common Prayer from the lives of people of the Church is over.
It should come as no surprise, but this service has a very Protestant and "wordy" character. Not really very worshipful. Too much talking, and monotone.
I must admit that there seems to be a rather heavy determinism overlaying this service. However, if you read the text prayerfully, it does function rather well liturgically. The “wordiness” is not really a problem. I suspect there is an underlying social discomfort to read these words as living prayer. I find that the words, if spoken prayerfully with a contemplative heart, are deeply effective and affecting (in a good way). But you do have a point regarding this particular recording.
How ironic that you should claim it has a "wordy" character when it actually condenses 5 services into 1 and uses liturgical English which is far more efficient and can say much more, more precisely with fewer words than contemporary idiom. The monotone is the deficiency of the liturgist. But mind you, this service is also meant to be sung!
Exclusively white, upper middle class, and an almost entirely an elderly congregation. Depressing. The language is undeniably beautiful. But the exclusivity is painful. Jesus came to call the poor and the outcast. Jesus blessed the refugee and the prostitute. But here? Exclusively the wealthy self-satisfied white middle class.
Please be aware that these are training videos, whose purpose is to assist clergy and others who may be unfamiliar with conducting BCP services, and the 'congregation' consists of a group of volunteers who were able and willing to come along for the recording. Although you would not know it from watching the recording, everything had to be filmed three times from different camera angles, and it was a very lengthy process. I don't suppose many working-class people would be free to take time off for that on a weekday.
@@adamm2693 Good innit ! A perfect word for degenerate, hypocritical, preachy, dictatorial, comfy, smug, war-mongering, racist lefties who don’t like free speech and open debate. Btw: I spelt it wrongly; it should be spelt ‘Wokist’
There needs to be a great surge to get The Book of Common prayer back into our churches asap.
I agree. My BCP says only men are consecrated as Priests.
@Viscount_Castlereagh Thank-you Sir for replying to and agreeing with, my comment on the ordination of women to the priesthood. It was sad to see a training video on the prayer book services being conducted by an ordained woman.
I was interested to see your title as I live in North Down and pass Mountstewart most days.
The National Trust staff have told me that you have made a substantial contribution to the current exhibition re. the history of the Castlereagh family.
D.Burns
This video is what started me on watching the amazing Evensong services from the UK on youtube. I love Mattins and Evensong and I'm so grateful I stumbled upon these services.
As an Episcopalian who is in the wilderness, I thank you. Pax Christi.
Hello! I was wondering, will yous be doing a video for other, lesser used services? Churching of Women, Compline, etc.
Does the PBS not use the 1662 version? In my book it clearly shows in the consecrations of Priests and Bishops that the people being consecrated are men. Any women are just as ordained as I am, meaning not ordained at all.
That's what the Bible teaches too. Creation order.
I pray there are some people here to simply enjoy these traditional services rather than to complain about female clergy!
These services are not for your simple "enjoyment" pleasure. They have meaning and carry doctrinal truth. How does one offer the service of the 1662 BCP and yet deny (more like, despise) the fullness of the biblical doctrine it proclaims? That is both a serious and fatal disconnect. Lex orandi, Lex credendi.
@@fr.jamesjohnson1567 Sir, I do not know what you quite mean by denying that biblical doctrine is "full", do you mean taking the words literally? When you come from rural Ireland and it's low church, modern, evangelical ways, you grow thankful and learn to enjoy these traditional language ones.
Thank you, so powerful.
Which BCP version is this ?
1662
23:06 Closing Collects
Since joining the Anglican church we have had two male priests and now a newly ordained female priest. She is by far the kindest, professional, dedicated and pastoral of the three.
But that's not the point. Using the same kind of logic you'd have to be against womens ordination if she were not the kindest, professional and pastoral of them.
For 460 years the Anglican Church has only allowed male clergy. And now, because they're woke and because they think that "Womens Lib" is a great thing they've changed all that. So, they've been doing it wrong for 460 years? Which means that God left them alone for 460 years?
I'm not sure about women's ordination, but most female priests I know of are terrible pastors
Irrelevant.
Beautiful delivery
20:30 Morning Collects
A scepter? Too ashamed of a cross or crucifix?
Please tell me, someone, where is the joy?
It's admittedly a little harder to be joyous through a said service, but this is such as for a weekday not the Sunday service, when the canticles and psalms are normally sung in some way (advanced musical settings, or traditional Anglican chant)
These people dont have joy? That's your emotional "judgement based on appearances", as Christ says. Make a righteous judgement.
The mattins is a somber prayer service intended just upon waking up, it is not meant to be joyful
ok
Since when did the Prayer Book Society endorse women as clergy? I'm very shocked and disappointed!
The ordination of women is a reality in today's Church of England and, in line with the House of Bishops' Five Guiding Principles, the Prayer Book Society seeks to support and encourage all clergy and ordinands (whatever their sex or integrity) in the use and understanding of the Book of Common Prayer.
It is indeed very disappointing to learn the position of the Prayer Book Society UK is in line with the current zeitgeist of political correctness and apostasy and stands counter to the timeless, unchanging teaching of Holy Scripture as presented in the classic Book of Common Prayer and Ordinal. A pity.
I am shocked and sad, maybe the P.B.S. needs to be a Traditional Anglican grouping and not just a literalist supporter of the old Prayer book words.
PBS has always had diverse support, so I don't know why you're shocked. Its individual members can grind its male-only clergy axes elsewhere. That is a settled issue from a CofE perspective, for about 25 years! It is a minority issue only for those under extended protection. It is in the interest of PBS to have as wide support as possible to advance its aims regarding the use of the prayer book.
Can you not already join Reform or Forward in Faith? How many factions do you want?
Classical Anglicanism is biblical. There can be no lady ministers. I cannot watch this sin.
You can always watch “Love Island” instead. Frankly, jog on.
@@Peter_Kalve This is why Anglicanism is collapsing: betrayal of biblical authority with snark. Episcopal church after Episcopal church has closed in my county. Three of their empty churches are now mosques. So.... chuckle on! Chuckle on!
@@timothy9434 may i know where the churches have been turn into mosques?
@@timothy9434 just a matter of interpretation isn’t it
In the early church there were women deacons. But as time passed the practice was suppressed. Christ did have women disciples, witness Mary and Martha, Mary Magdalene, and others such as the wife of the head priest of the Jerusalem temple, who bought him a seamless garment. Women were of little worth in Jewish society and Greek society and would not be able to travel and proselytize as Peter and Paul did. In addition, it has been discerned that the comments about women being silent in church were inserted in Paul's epistles by an unknown author. Who was it who came to anoint Christ and prepare his body for burial? It was not Peter or John. The women had to go and fetch them from a back room, where they were hiding with the other disciples, in fear of being crucified also. Women then and now did all the nut and bolt jobs in the church. It was all they were allowed, but Jesus loved them. Witness His words to Martha: "Many things are needed, but Mary hath chosen the better part, and she shall not have it taken away from her. " Shame on all those who have debased women in the church, who seek in this way to continue the ancient degradation of women. Shame on you Timothy and shame on you James. Women of the church, do not be afraid. Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit are with you. Your time of acknowledgement is now. Speak out!
@Mack Quigley
Dear Quigley,
During the hundreds of years after the gospels were formulated, there were many inclusions that were not part of the original texts. The areas where the gospels were first preached, especially Greece, were very anti-woman. Greeks thought that women should: "Neither be mentioned in scorn or in praise." Most Greek women were sequestered. They were not taught to read, or even to do the weekly shopping or hold money in their hands. They had no rights. That was the prevalent thought about women with them. I guess the Greek men thought they were being big letting women attend church at all! They would not have had a place in their minds for the kind of broadminded, intelligent views Jesus had. In fact it has taken thousands of years for some people to catch up with the goodness and love of Jesus Christ.
The only reason he did not send women disciples out into the word to preach was because of the reception they would have gotten in the Jewish and Greek communities of his time. Women were dirt. They had no stature. They would have been laughed at. Praise Jesus and the Holy Spirit that is not the case now. Or is it?
Look around in church the next time you attend. Women are worthy of more than vacuuming the rugs and cleaning the altar linens. Jesus thought so. Why don't you?
@@robertamcguffin3446 Madam, you so highly misinformed with specious scholarship it would be laughable were it not so tragic--the voice of modern revisionism!
And nowadays, Fr Jimmy might call you "woke" for such a smart point!! 😆😂
Why didn’t Christ choose a woman to be one of his 12 Apostles?
Morning PRyer, Book of Alternative Services (Canada)
All stand. If the Penitential Rite has not been used, the officiant may read an
opening sentence proper to the day or time of day.
Either or both of the following responses may be used. One of the alternative
introductory responses on pp. 96-100 may replace all that precedes the
Invitatory or, on ordinary weekdays, all that precedes the psalm.
Officiant Lord, open our lips,
People And our mouth shall proclaim your praise.
Officiant O God, make speed to save us.
People O Lord, make haste to help us.
All Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the
Holy Spirit: as it was in the beginning, is now,
and will be for ever. Amen.
Except in Lent, add,
Alleluia!
The Invitatory
Then follows one of the Invitatory psalms, or the Easter canticle, or a suitable
hymn.
One of the following antiphons may be said or sung before and after the
Invitatory psalm (and between the sections of the psalm, if desired).
1 God rules over all the earth: O come, let us worship.
2 The Lord is in his holy temple: O come, let us worship.
3 The Lord is our refuge and strength: O come, let
us worship.
48 Morning Prayer
4 The Lord is our light and our life: O come, let us worship.
Advent
5 The kingdom of God is at hand: O come, let us worship.
Incarnation
6 To us a child is born: O come, let us worship.
7 The Word was made flesh and dwelt among us:
O come, let us worship.
Lent
8 The Lord is full of compassion and mercy: O come, let us
worship.
Passion
9 Christ became obedient unto death: O come, let us
worship.
Easter
10 Alleluia! The Lord is risen indeed: O come, let us worship.
Ascension
11 Alleluia! The Sun of righteousness has risen: O come, let us
worship.
Pentecost
12 Alleluia! The Spirit of the Lord renews the face of the earth:
O come, let us worship.
Trinity
13 Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God almighty: O come, let us
worship.
Saints’ Days
14 The Lord is glorious in his saints: O come, let us worship.
Morning Prayer 49
Venite
Psalm 95.1-7
Come, let us sing to the Lord; *
let us shout for joy to the rock of our salvation.
Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving *
and raise a loud shout to him with psalms.
For the Lord is a great God, *
and a great king above all gods.
In his hand are the caverns of the earth, *
and the heights of the hills are his also.
The sea is his for he made it, *
and his hands have moulded the dry land.
Come, let us bow down, and bend the knee, *
and kneel before the Lord our maker.
For he is our God,
and we are the people of his pasture and the
sheep of his hand. *
Oh, that today you would hearken to his voice!
Jubilate
Psalm 100
Be joyful in the Lord, all you lands; *
serve the Lord with gladness
and come before his presence with a song.
Know this: The Lord himself is God; *
he himself has made us, and we are his;
we are his people and the sheep of his pasture.
Enter his gates with thanksgiving;
go into his courts with praise; *
give thanks to him and call upon his name.
For the Lord is good;
his mercy is everlasting; *
and his faithfulness endures from age to age.
50 Morning Prayer
One of the following psalms may be used as the Invitatory.
Psalm 24 Psalm 63.1-8 Psalm 145
Psalm 51.1-18 Psalm 67
The following may be sung or said from Easter until Pentecost.
Christ our Passover
1 Corinthians 5.7-8; Romans 6.9-11; 1 Corinthians 15.20-22
Alleluia!
Christ our Passover has been sacrificed for us; *
therefore let us keep the feast,
Not with the old leaven, the leaven of malice and evil, *
but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
Alleluia!
Christ being raised from the dead will never die again; *
death no longer has dominion over him.
The death that he died, he died to sin, once for all; *
but the life he lives, he lives to God.
So also consider yourselves dead to sin, *
and alive to God in Jesus Christ our Lord. Alleluia!
Christ has been raised from the dead, *
the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep.
For since by a man came death, *
by a man has come also the resurrection of the dead.
For as in Adam all die, *
so also in Christ shall all be made alive. Alleluia!
The Psalms
The psalm, or psalms, precede or follow the first reading. When the theme of
the psalm is closely related to that of the reading, it is appropriate that the
psalm follow the reading as a reflection.
Morning Prayer 51
At the end of the psalm or psalms, silence may be kept and a prayer may be
said. The following may be said or sung, or omitted.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:
as it was in the beginning, is now and will be for ever.
Amen.
The Proclamation of the Word
The Readings
The reading, or readings, as appointed are read, the reader first saying,
A reading from . . .
After each reading the reader may say,
The word of the Lord.
People Thanks be to God.
The congregation may stand or sit for a Gospel reading. The reader may say,
The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ
according to . . .
People Glory to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
Then at the conclusion of the Gospel, the reader says,
The Gospel of Christ.
People Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
The readings may be followed by silence, a canticle, a responsory, an anthem
or other music, or a hymn. A combination of these responses may be
appropriate. The psalm, as appointed, may follow the first reading.
52 Morning Prayer
Sermon
A sermon or other comment on the readings is appropriate at principal
services on Sundays and at other major gatherings of the Christian
community. A silence for reflection may follow.
Affirmation of Faith
The Apostles’ Creed or Hear, O Israel may be said.
The Apostles’ Creed
I believe in God,
the Father almighty,
creator of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord.
He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit
and born of the Virgin Mary.
He suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried.
He descended to the dead.
On the third day he rose again.
He ascended into heaven,
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again
to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic Church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting. Amen.
Morning Prayer 53
Or the following:
Hear, O Israel
Hear, O Israel,
the Lord our God, the Lord is one.
Love the Lord your God
with all your heart,
with all your soul,
with all your mind,
and with all your strength.
This is the first and the great commandment.
The second is like it:
Love your neighbour as yourself.
There is no commandment greater than these.
Intercessions and Thanksgivings
A deacon or lay member of the community may lead the intercessions and
thanksgivings. Intercession or thanksgiving may be offered for
the Church
the Queen and all in authority
the world
the local community
those in need
the departed.
A short litany may be selected from pp. 110-127. A thanksgiving litany and
the forms of General Thanksgiving are found on pp. 128-130. Other prayers
are found on pp. 675-684. These prayers and thanksgivings may be modified
in accordance with local need, or extempore forms of prayer may be used.
The Collect
The Collect of the Day or a collect appropriate to the time of day may be said.
54 Morning Prayer
The Lord’s Prayer
Officiant Gathering our prayers and praises into one,
let us pray as our Saviour taught us,
All Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins
as we forgive those who sin against us.
Save us from the time of trial,
and deliver us from evil.
For the kingdom, the power,
and the glory are yours,
now and for ever. Amen.
Or
Officiant And now, as our Saviour Christ has taught us,
we are bold to say,
All Our Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name,
thy kingdom come,
thy will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who 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.
Morning Prayer 55
Dismissal
Then may be said or sung,
Officiant Let us bless the Lord.
People Thanks be to God.
From Easter Day through the Day of Pentecost, Alleluia is added to the
dismissal and the people’s response.
The officiant may conclude with one of the following:
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and
the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with us all evermore. Amen.
May the God of hope fill us with all joy and peace in believing
through the power of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
May the God of peace enable us to do his will in every kind of
goodness, working in us what pleases him, through Jesus
Christ, to whom be the glory for ever and ever. Amen.
The Lord bless us and keep us. The Lord make his face shine
on us and be gracious to us. The Lord look upon us with favour
and grant us peace. Amen
Why is a BAS reference necessary here? This beautiful service of Morning Prayer needs no further option it is while in and of itself. The BAS movement of the 80s and 90s to eradicate the Book of Common Prayer from the lives of people of the Church is over.
Babilon
It should come as no surprise, but this service has a very Protestant and "wordy" character. Not really very worshipful. Too much talking, and monotone.
I must admit that there seems to be a rather heavy determinism overlaying this service. However, if you read the text prayerfully, it does function rather well liturgically. The “wordiness” is not really a problem. I suspect there is an underlying social discomfort to read these words as living prayer. I find that the words, if spoken prayerfully with a contemplative heart, are deeply effective and affecting (in a good way). But you do have a point regarding this particular recording.
How ironic that you should claim it has a "wordy" character when it actually condenses 5 services into 1 and uses liturgical English which is far more efficient and can say much more, more precisely with fewer words than contemporary idiom. The monotone is the deficiency of the liturgist. But mind you, this service is also meant to be sung!
LOL i bet you'd call Hezekiahs reforms "wordy"
Exclusively white, upper middle class, and an almost entirely an elderly congregation. Depressing. The language is undeniably beautiful. But the exclusivity is painful. Jesus came to call the poor and the outcast. Jesus blessed the refugee and the prostitute. But here? Exclusively the wealthy self-satisfied white middle class.
Please be aware that these are training videos, whose purpose is to assist clergy and others who may be unfamiliar with conducting BCP services, and the 'congregation' consists of a group of volunteers who were able and willing to come along for the recording. Although you would not know it from watching the recording, everything had to be filmed three times from different camera angles, and it was a very lengthy process. I don't suppose many working-class people would be free to take time off for that on a weekday.
The reader has a northern accent and an earring.
Oh ! Dearly me ! A Wokist !
@@jamesgibson2179 There's that word again.. Also your invented term is spelled "wokeist". . .
@@adamm2693
Good innit !
A perfect word for degenerate, hypocritical, preachy, dictatorial, comfy, smug, war-mongering, racist lefties who don’t like free speech and open debate.
Btw: I spelt it wrongly; it should be spelt ‘Wokist’