Second Sunday of Advent

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.
• The English Hymnal (1906), Church of England, Oxford University Press.

Antiphon: Isaiah 30 O People of Sion, behold, the Lord is nigh at hand to redeem the nations: and in the gladness of your heart the Lord shall cause his glorious voice to be heard.

Verse: Psalm 80 Hear, O thou Shepherd of Israel: thou that leadest Joseph like a sheep.

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 O People of Sion, ...

The English Gradual: Part II - The Proper, Pages 3-4

Blessed Lord, who hast caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning: Grant that we may in such wise hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that by patience and comfort of thy holy Word, we may embrace and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life, which thou hast given us in our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.

Almighty God, give us grace that we may cast away the works of darkness, and put upon us the armour of light, now in the time of this mortal life, in which thy Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility; that in the last day, when he shall come again in his glorious Majesty, to judge both the quick and the dead, we may rise to the life immortal; through him who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, now and ever. Amen.

This Collect is to be repeated every day after the other Collects in Advent, until Christmas Eve.

Whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning; that we through patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope. Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be like-minded one towards another, according to Christ Jesus: that ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us, to the glory of God. Now I say, that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers; and that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will give praise to thee among the Gentiles, And sing unto thy Name. And again he saith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people. And again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles, And laud him, all ye people. And again, Isaiah saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, And he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles, In him shall the Gentiles hope. Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit.

Romans 15:4-13 NIV KJV NRSV NASB RSV NKJV ESV

The Book of Common Prayer (1962), Pages 97-98

Antiphon: Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness

Be not wroth very sore, O Lord, neither remember iniquity forever: thy holy cities are a wilderness, Sion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation: our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee. Isaiah 64.9-11a

Repeat the Antiphon Drop down, ye heavens,...

We have sinned, and are as an unclean thing, and we all do fade as a leaf: our iniquities, like the wind have taken us away; thou hast hid thy face from us: and has consumed us, because of our iniquities. Isaiah 64.6-7

Repeat the Antiphon Drop down, ye heavens,...

English Hymnal (1906)

Psalm 50 Out of Sion hath God appeared: in perfect beauty. Gather my saints together unto me: those that have made a covenant with me with sacrifice.

Alleluia. Alleluia. Psalm 122 I was glad when they said unto me: We will go into the house of the Lord. Alleluia.

The English Gradual: Part II - The Proper, Pages 3-4

Jesus said unto his disciples, There shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring; men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. And then shall they see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh. And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig-tree, and all the trees; when they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand. So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand. Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled: heaven and earth shall pass away; but my words shall not pass away.

Luke 21:25-33 NIV KJV NRSV NASB RSV NKJV ESV

The Book of Common Prayer (1962), Pages 98-99

Psalm 85.6-7 Wilt not thou turn again, O God, and quicken us; that thy people may rejoice in thee: shew us thy mercy, O Lord; and grant us thy salvation.

The English Gradual: Part II - The Proper, Pages 3-4

Baruch 4 and 5 Jerusalem, haste thee, and stand on high: and behold the joy and gladness that cometh unto thee from God thy Savoiur.

The English Gradual: Part II - The Proper, Pages 3-4

Morning Prayer

After the First Lesson shall be sung or said the Hymn Te Deum Laudamus. But the Canticle Benedicite, Omnia Opera is suitable of use in Advent, in Lent, on Ember Days (except those in Whitsun Week), on Rogation Days, and when the third chapter of Daniel is read as the First Lesson.

Evening Prayer

For the Ferial Days

The Book of Common Prayer (1962), Pages xvi, xvii, l and 7