THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER

1 THE book OF. COMMON PRAYER . 1962. CANADA. THE book OF. COMMON PRAYER . AND ADMINISTRATION OF. THE SACRAMENTS. AND OTHER RITES AND CEREMONIES OF. THE church . ACCORDING TO THE USE OF. THE ANGLICAN. church OF CANADA. TOGETHER WITH. THE PSALTER. AS IT IS APPOINTED TO BE SAID OR SUNG. IN CHURCHES. AND THE FORM AND MANNER OF MAKING. ORDAINING AND CONSECRATING OF. BISHOPS PRIESTS AND DEACONS. TORONTO. ANGLICAN book CENTRE. Small Pica Issued by the Authority of the General Synod of the Anglican church of Canada 1962. The General Synod of the Anglican church of Canada 1962. Reprinted and bound in Canada by Best book Manufacturers, 1997. THE. CONTENTS OF THIS book . 1 The Preface .. page vii 2 Solemn Declaration .. viii 3 The Calendar .. ix 4 Days of Fasting, Abstinence, and Solemn PRAYER . xiii 5 A Table of Moveable Feasts .. xiv 6 Tables of Lessons .. xvi 7 Tables of Proper Psalms.

2 Xlviii 8 The Order for Morning PRAYER .. 1. 9 Prayers at Mid-day .. 16. 10 The Order for Evening PRAYER .. 17. 11 Additional Canticles .. 25. 12 The Litany .. 30. 13 Prayers and Thanksgivings .. 37. 14 A Bidding PRAYER .. 62. 15 The Order of the Ministration of the Holy Communion .. 67. 16 The Collects, Epistles, and Gospels .. 94. 17 The Psalter .. 331. 18 The Ministration of Holy Baptism .. 522. 19 The Catechism .. 544. 20 The Order for Confirmation .. 556. 21 A Table of Kindred and Affinity .. 562. 22 The Solemnization of Matrimony .. 563. 23 The Thanksgiving after Child-birth .. 573. 24 The Ministry to the Sick .. 576. 25 The Order for the Burial of the Dead .. 591. v CONTENTS. 26 A Penitential Service .. page 611. 27 Services on Special Occasions .. 616. 28 Harvest Thanksgiving .. 617. 29 An Order of Service for Young People .. 622. 30 Forms of PRAYER to be used at Sea.

3 628. 31 The Form and Manner of Making, Ordaining, and Consecrating of Bishops, Priests, and Deacons . 637. 32 Form of Institution and Induction .. 668. 33 Office for Laying the Foundation Stone of a church or Chapel .. 677. 34 Form of Consecration of a church or Chapel . 681. 35 Form of Consecration of a church -yard .. 692. 36 The Creed of St Athanasius .. 695. 37 Articles of Religion .. 698. 38 Historical Prefaces .. 715. 39 An Order for Compline .. 722. 40 Family PRAYER .. 728. vi THE PREFACE. TO THE CANADIAN REVISION OF 1918. ALTERED IN 1959. T HE book of COMMON PRAYER is a priceless possession of our church . By its intrinsic merits, as a book designed for the reverent and seemly worship of Almighty God, it has en- deared itself to generation after generation of devout Christians throughout the world. None would desire or advocate any change therein which would impair or lessen this deep-seated affection.

4 But through the lapse of some three hundred years many changes have taken place in the life of the church and in its outlook upon the world. In the judgement of the General Synod of 1911 these changes warranted adaptation and enrichment of the book in order that it might meet more fully the needs of the church in this land. Yet the revisers of some forty years ago bequeathed to their successors an uncompleted task. They were agreed that no major alterations should be made at that time to the Service of Holy Communion. Any changes which were made elsewhere in the book were designed to render the Services more readily understood by the people, or to provide such additional Services as were needed in the growing life of the church . By order of the General Synod Of 1943 the work of revision was taken up again. In the years of preparation and study, the principles which governed those who first gave to the church its book of COMMON PRAYER have been constantly borne in mind.

5 The aim throughout has been to set forth an order which the people may use with under-standing and which is agreeable with Holy Scripture and with the usage of the primitive church . And always there has been the understanding that no altera- tions should be made which would involve or imply any change of doctrine of the church as set forth in the book of COMMON PRAYER , or any other alteration not in accord with the 27th Resolution of the Lambeth Conference of 1908 and the 78th Resolution of the Lambeth Conference Of 1948. When the Bishops, Clergy, and Laity of the church in Canada assembled for the first General Synod in 1893, they made a Solemn Declaration of the faith in which they met together. It is in that faith that this book of COMMON PRAYER is offered to the church , with the hope that those who use it may become more truly what they already are: the People of God, that New Creation in Christ which finds its joy in adoration of the Creator and Redeemer of all.

6 Vii SOLEMN DECLARATION. 1893. I N the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. WE, the Bishops, together with the Delegates from the Clergy and Laity of the church of England in the Dominion of Canada, now assembled in the first General Synod, hereby make the following Solemn Declaration: WE declare this church to be, and desire that it shall con- tinue, in full communion with the church of England throughout the world, as an integral portion of the One Body of Christ composed of Churches which, united under the One Divine Head and in the fellowship of the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic church , hold the One Faith revealed in Holy Writ, and defined in the Creeds as maintained by the undivided primitive church in the undisputed Ecumenical Councils;. receive the same Canonical Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, as containing all things necessary to salvation.

7 Teach the same Word of God; partake of the same Divinely ordained Sacraments, through the ministry of the same Apostolic Orders; and worship One God and Father through the same Lord Jesus Christ, by the same Holy and Divine Spirit who is given to them that believe to guide them into all truth. And we are determined by the help of God to hold and maintain the Doctrine, Sacraments, and Discipline of Christ as the Lord hath commanded in his Holy Word, and as the church of England hath received and set forth the same in The book of COMMON PRAYER and Administration of the Sacraments and other Rites and Ceremonies of the church , according to the use of the church of England; together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, pointed as they are to be sung or said in Churches; and the Form and Manner of Making, Ordaining, and Consecrating of Bishops, Priests, and Deacons';. and in the Thirty-nine Articles of Religion; and to transmit the same unimpaired to our posterity.

8 Viii THE CALENDAR. The Holy-days which are appointed to be observed, commonly called the Red Letter Days, are printed in red. The other entries, which are commonly called the Black Letter Days, are partly lesser commemorations, which may be observed in accord- ance with the rubrics at the end of the Collects, Epistles, and Gospels, pages 309 and following, and partly historical entries, which have been included for the information and devotion of the faithful. Certain ancient memorials whose historical character is obscure have been retained, and are printed in brackets. New names have been added from the ancient calendars, and also from the history of the Anglican Communion, without thereby enrolling or commending such persons as Saints of the church . JANUARY. 1 The Octave Day of Christmas and Circumcision of our Lord, being New Year's Day. 6 The Epiphany of our Lord with commemoration of his Baptism in the Octave.

9 10 William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, Martyr 1645. 12 Benedict Biscop, Abbot and Scholar, 689. John Horden, Missionary, first Bishop of Moosonee, 1893. 13 The Octave Day of the Epiphany. Hilary, Doctor, Bishop of Poitiers, France, 368. 19 Henry, Missionary, Bishop in Finland, 1150. 21 [Agnes, Virgin and Martyr, Rome, c. 304.]. Vincent, Deacon and Martyr, Spain, c. 304. 24 St Timothy and St Titus, Apostolic men. 25 The Conversion of St Paul. 26 Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna, Apostolic man, Martyr 155 or 156. 27 John Chrysostom, Doctor, Bishop of Constantinople, 407. 30 Charles Stuart, King, beheaded 1649. FEBRUARY. 2 The Presentation of Christ in the Temple, and the Purifiation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. 3 Anskar, Missionary, first Bishop in Sweden, 864. 11 C dmon, first recorded Christian Poet in England, c. 680. 14 [Valentine, Bishop and Martyr.]. 23 Lindel Tsen, Bishop in China, consecrated 1929; and Paul Sasaki, Bishop in Japan, consecrated 1935.

10 24 St Matthias the Apostle. 27 George Herbert, Pastor and Poet, 1633. MARCH. 1 St David of Wales, Archbishop of Menevia, c. 544. 2 Chad, Missionary and first Bishop of Lichfield, 672. John Wesley, Preacher, 1791; Charles Wesley, Poet, 1788. 6 Perpetua and her companions, Martyrs, Africa, 203. ix CALENDAR. 7 Thomas Aquinas, Doctor and Poet, 1274. 12 Gregory the Great, Doctor, Bishop of Rome, 604. 17 St Patrick of Ireland, Missionary and Bishop, 461. 19 St Joseph of Nazareth, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Thomas Ken, Bishop of Bath and Wells, Poet, 1711. 20 Cuthbert, Missionary, Bishop of Lindisfarne, 687. 21 Benedict, Abbot of Monte Cassino, Italy, c. 540. Thomas Cranmer, Translator and Reviser of the Liturgy, Arch- bishop of Canterbury, Martyr 1556. 25 The Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. 29 John Keble of Oxford, Scholar and Poet, 1866. APRIL. 2 Henry Budd, first North American Indian to be ordained to the ministry, 1850.