Day of Pentecost

The following is taken from:

• The Book of Common Prayer (1962), Anglican Church of Canada, Anglican Book Centre, Toronto © The General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada, 1962, Used without permission.
• The English Gradual: Part II - The Proper, Edited by Francis Burgess, originally produced by the Plainchant and Mediaeval Music Society, Royal School of Church Music, Dorking.

These Anthems shall be sung or said instead of Venite at Morning Prayer, and may be used at the Holy Communion except when the latter Service is combined with Morning Prayer.

O SING unto the LORD a new song; / for he hath done marvellous things.     Psalm 98. 1.

Christ, being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, / hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.     Acts 2. 33.

And because ye are sons, / God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, Abba, Father.     Galatians 4. 6.

We all, with open face / beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, Are changed into the same image from glory to glory, / even as by the Spirit of the Lord.     2 Corinthians 3. 18.

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.

Antiphon: Wisdom 1 The Spirit of the Lord hath filled the whole world, alleluia: and that which containeth all things hath knowledge of the voice, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

Verse: Psalm 68 Let God arise, and let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him.

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.

Repeat the Antiphon The Spirit of the ...

The English Gradual: Part II - The Proper, Pages 90-95

O God, who as at this time didst teach the hearts of thy faithful people, by the sending to them the light of thy Holy Spirit: Grant us by the same Spirit to have a right judgement in all things, and evermore to rejoice in his holy comfort; through the merits of Christ Jesus our Saviour, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the same Spirit, one God, world without end. Amen.

The Collect of Pentecost is to be used daily until Trinity Sunday.

The following additional Collect may be used on Whitsunday and the six days following.

O God, who makest us glad with the yearly remembrance of the coming of the Holy Spirit upon thy disciples in Jerusalem: Grant that we who celebrate before thee the Feast of Pentecost may continue thine for ever, and daily increase in thy Holy Spirit, until we come to thine eternal kingdom; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Book of Common Prayer (1962), Page 205

When the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues, like as of fire, and it rested upon each of them: and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven. Now when this sound was heard, the multitude came together, and were bewildered, because that every man heard them speak in his own language. And they were all amazed, and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans? And how hear we every man in our own tongue wherein we were born? Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia, Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers from Rome, both Jews and proselytes, Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God.

Acts 2:1-11 NIV KJV NRSV NASB RSV NKJV ESV

The Book of Common Prayer (1962), Pages 205-206

Alleluia. Alleluia. Psalm 104 O send forth thy Spirit, and they shall be made: and thou shalt renew the face of the earth. Alleluia. The Holy Spirit, proceeding from the throne, came down in unseen majesty, as on this day, upon the Twelve, purifying their inmost hearts.

Come, Thou holy Paraclete,

And from Thy celestial seat Send Thy light and brilliancy:

Father of the poor, draw near; Giver of all gifts, be here; Come, the soul’s true radiancy.

Come, of comforters the best, Of the soul the sweetest guest, Come in toil refreshingly:

Thou in labor rest most sweet, Thou art shadow from the heat, Comfort in adversity.

O Thou Light, most pure and blest, Shine within the inmost breast Of Thy faithful company.

Where Thou art not, man hath naught; Every holy deed and thought Comes from Thy divinity.

What is soilèd, make Thou pure; What is wounded, work its cure; What is parchèd, fructify;

What is rigid, gently bend; What is frozen, warmly tend; Strengthen what goes erringly.

Fill Thy faithful, who confide In Thy power to guard and guide, With Thy sevenfold mystery.

Here Thy grace and virtue send: Grant salvation to the end, And in Heav’n felicity. Amen. Alleluia.

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. Judas saith unto him, (not Iscariot,) Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world? Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words, and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father’s which sent me. These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you. But the Comforter, which is the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

John 14:15-27 NIV KJV NRSV NASB RSV NKJV ESV

The Book of Common Prayer (1962), Pages 206-207

Psalm 68 Stablish the thing, O God, that thou hast wrought in us: for thy temple’s sake at Jerusalem, shall kings bring presents unto thee, alleluia.

The English Gradual: Part II - The Proper, Pages 90-95

Upon Whitsunday, and six days after, and at Ordinations and Synods.

Through Jesus Christ our Lord; according to whose most true promise, the Holy Spirit came down as at this time from heaven, lighting upon the disciples to teach them, and to lead them into all truth; giving them both the gift of tongues, and also boldness with fervent zeal constantly to preach the Gospel unto all nations; whereby we have been brought out of darkness and error into the clear light and true knowledge of thee, and of thy Son Jesus Christ. Therefore with Angels, etc.

The Book of Common Prayer (1962), Pages 80-81

St. John 14 I will not leave you comfortless; I will come to you yet again, alleluia: and your heart shall be joyful, alleluia, alleluia.

The English Gradual: Part II - The Proper, Pages 90-95

Morning Prayer

Evening Prayer

For the Ferial Days

The Book of Common Prayer (1962), Pages xxx and xxxi