Grant that thy Church, being alway preserved from false Apostles

put not our trust in any thing that we do

Thy way, O God, is holy who is so great a God as our God?

stretch forth thy right hand to help and defend us

I AM the resurrection and the life, saith the Lord

perceive and know what things they ought to do

the fruition of thy glorious Godhead

mortified from all worldly and carnal lusts

make us clean from all sin

Grant us the true Circumcision of the Spirit

teach us to number our days : that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.

made thy children by adoption and grace

out of the mouths of babes and sucklings hast ordained strength

cast thy bright beams of light upon thy Church

stedfastly look up to heaven, and by faith behold the glory that shall be revealed

COMMONLY CALLED CHRISTMAS DAY

given us thy only-begotten Son to take our nature upon him

Christ came to visit us in great humility

O Lord, raise up (we pray thee) thy power, and come among us, and with great might succour us

Grant us so perfectly, and without all doubt, to believe in thy Son Jesus Christ

that both by their life and doctrine they may set forth thy glory, and set forward the salvation of all men

thou didst not abhor the Virgin's womb.

O Sapientia

Grant that the ministers and stewards of thy mysteries may likewise so prepare and make ready thy way

hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them

after that to the people also in order, into their hands, all meekly kneeling.

he shall come again in his glorious majesty to judge both the quick and the dead

give up ourselves obediently to fulfil the holy commandments

O ETERNAL Lord God, who alone spreadest out the heavens, and rulest the raging of the sea

plenteously bringing forth the fruit of good works

Stir up, we beseech thee, O Lord

O Lord, open thou our lips

O let the Earth bless the Lord : yea, let it praise him, and magnify him for ever.

by reason of the frailty of our nature we cannot always stand upright

thy manifold and great mercies