Evensong Order of Service
preces — psalmody — OT — Magnificat — NT — Nunc dimittis — Apostles’ Creed — responses — LP — collects — prayers of intercession — blessing.
Order of Service
stand
Introit
Preces
and our mouth shall shew forth thy praise.
O God, make speed to save us.
O Lord, make haste to help us.
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.
Praise ye the Lord.
The Lord’s name be praised.
welcome
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Psalmody
after the last psalm please stand for
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be:
world without end. Amen.
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Old Testament Reading
stand
Magnificat
My soul doth magnify the Lord:
and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.For he hath regarded:
the lowliness of his handmaiden.For behold, from henceforth:
all generations shall call me blessed.For he that is mighty hath magnified me:
and holy is his Name.And his mercy is on them that fear him:
throughout all generations.He hath shewed strength with his arm:
he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.He hath put down the mighty from their seat:
and hath exalted the humble and meek.He hath filled the hungry with good things:
and the rich he hath sent empty away.He remembering his mercy hath holpen his servant Israel:
as he promised to our forefathers, Abraham and his seed for ever.
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New Testament Reading
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Nunc Dimittis
Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace:
according to thy word.For mine eyes have seen:
thy salvation;Which thou hast prepared:
before the face of all people;To be a light to lighten the Gentiles:
and to be the glory of thy people Israel
The Apostles’ Creed
creator of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord,
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary,
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,
he is seated at the right hand of the Father,
and he will come 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.
Responses, Lord’s Prayer and Collects
sit
Collects of the Day
Anthem
The Prayers of Intercession
Notices
stand
[Offertory Hymn]
Blessing
Voluntary
Terms
- Introit
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The action, or an act, of going in; entrance. Ecclesiastical. An antiphon or psalm sung while the priest approaches the altar.
- Preces
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Prayers, esp. prayers said or chanted responsorially; (also) spec. intercessions made by the priest between the Lord’s Prayer and the first Collect at matins and evensong.
- Psalmody
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The action, practice, or art of singing psalms (or sacred vocal music in general, including hymns and anthems), esp. in public worship
- Magnificat
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The hymn of the Virgin Mary in Luke 1:46–55; this hymn used liturgically as a canticle at evensong or vespers.
- Nunc Dimittis
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The song of Simeon in Luke 2:29–32; this song used liturgically as a canticle at evensong or compline.
- Canticle
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One of the hymns (mostly taken from the Scriptures) used in the public services of the Church. (In the English Prayer-Book applied only to the Benedicite; but often used also of the Benedictus, Jubilate, Magnificat, Cantate, Nunc Dimittis, and Deus misereatur, and sometimes of the Te Deum.)
- Responses
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A liturgical chant traditionally consisting of a series of versicles (One of a series of short sentences, usually taken from the Psalms and of a precatory (expressing a request) nature, said or sung antiphonally in divine service) and responses, said or sung by a cantor and choir alternately
- Collects
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A name given to ‘a comparatively short prayer, more or less condensed in form, and aiming at a single point, or at two points closely connected with each other’, one or more of which, according to the occasion and season, have been used in the public worship of the Western Church from an early date. Applied particularly to the prayer, which varies with the day, week, or octave, said before the Epistle in the Mass or Eucharistic service, and in the Anglican service also in Morning and Evening Prayer, called for distinction the collect of the day.
- Intercession
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The action of interceding or pleading on behalf of (rarely against) another; entreaty, solicitation, or prayer for another; mediation.