Cross
Alleluia! Christ is Risen!
The Lord is risen indeed! Alleluia!
— from BCP1979
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
The Lord said:
“The Father loves me, because I lay down my life,
that I may take it again.
No one takes it from me,
but I lay it down by myself.
I have power to lay it down,
and I have power to take it again.
I received this commandment from my Father.”
— John 10:17-18
Invitatory
My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord,
and my spirit rejoices in God my Saviour;
for he has looked with favour on his lowly servant;
from this day all generations will call me blessèd.
The Almighty has done great things for me,
and holy is his Name.
He has mercy on those who fear him
throughout all generations.
He has shown the strength of his arm;
he has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
He has cast down the mighty from their thrones,
and has lifted up the humble and meek.
He has filled the hungry with good things,
and the rich he has sent empty away.
He has come to the help of his servant Israel,
for he has remembered his promise of mercy:
the promise he made to our forebears,
to Abraham and his seed for ever.
— Magnificat, Luke 1:46-55, from BCP1979
Cruciform
My little children,
let us not love in word only,
but in deed and truth.
This is his commandment,
that we should love one another.
By this we know that he remains in us,
by the Spirit which he gave us.
— 1 John 3:18, 23-24
Weeks
I am the good shepherd. I know my own,
and my own know me.
— John 10:14 (WEB & ASV)
Following the seventh bead:
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit
as it was in the beginning, is now,
and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Dimissory
The Lord is my shepherd:
I shall lack nothing.
He makes me lie down in green pastures.
He leads me beside still waters.
He restores my soul.
He guides me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil, for you are with me.
Your rod and your staff,
they comfort me.
You prepare a table before me
in the presence of my enemies.
You anoint my head with oil.
My cup runs over.
Surely goodness and loving kindness
shall follow me all the days of my life,
and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.
— Psalm 23
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
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