| The Liturgical Customary of the Church of the Advent,
Boston
The Daily Office
Morning Prayer
Evening Prayer
What follows are guidelines for the recitation of the Daily Office at the
Church of the Advent. Items in [square brackets] are optional. Page numbers
refer to the Anglican Service Book.
Please vest in a black cassock. Be prepared both to lead the Office
and read the Lessons should the appointed clergy not be available.
Announce that MORNING PRAYER begins on page 38 "of the black Anglican
Service Book."
[STAND for Opening Sentence (choose one according to the Season), pp.
32-36.]
STAND for the opening versicle and response and Gloria Patri, p. 38,
and "Praise ye the Lord"; the Antiphon (choose one according
to the Season), pp. 39-41; the Venite and Gloria Patri, p. 41; repeat
Antiphon. NOTE: During Lent, use the traditional Venite on p. 559; during
Eastertide, use the Pascha Nostrum, p. 42-43, without antiphons.
SIT for Psalms of the day (morning), (Psalter begins on p. 445), followed
by the Gloria Patri. Special Psalms are appointed for Major Holy Days
and Sundays. (Where more than one psalm is appointed, the Gloria Patri
is used after each Psalm. The sections of Psalm 119 are treated as a
single Psalm. In reciting the Psalter, "a distinct pause" should
be observed at the asterisk.)
SIT for OT Lesson as appointed on Desk Calendar (should be in your stall;
if not, look in one of the clergy stalls). A definite pause should follow
the reading of each lesson.
STAND for the first Canticle. The weekday rotation of this Canticle
is as follows:
Mon: Ecce Deus, p. 58
Tue: Benedictus es, p. 46
Wed: Surge, illuminare, p. 60 (in Lent: Kyrie Pantocrator, p. 60)
Thu: Cantemus Domino, p. 57 (in Lent: Kyrie Pantocrator, p. 60)
Fri: Quaerite Dominum, p. 59
Sat: Benedicite, p. 44
Sundays and Major Feasts: Te Deum, p. 47 (in Lent: Kyrie Pantocrator, p. 60)
SIT for the NT Lesson as appointed on Calendar.
STAND for the Benedictus Dominus Deus, p. 46, and Gloria Patri;
STAND for the Apostles' Creed, p. 49, said facing East (the High Altar);
KNEEL for the Prayers, beginning with the Our Father, p. 50, and Suffrages,
pp. 50-51, followed by the Collects:
Collect for the Day (either weekly Proper or Major Feast)
Collect for Peace, p. 51
Collect for Grace, p. 52
**Use 3 Collects only. However, during Advent and Lent the Seasonal Collect
(Advent Sunday and Ash Wednesday, respectively) may be used in addition to
the 3 set collects.**
KNEEL for the Grace, p. 56.
Announce that EVENING PRAYER begins on page 71 "of the black Anglican
Service Book."
STAND for Opening Sentence (Seasonal), pp. 68-69 (or use the ones from
Morning Prayer, pp. 32-36).
STAND for the opening versicle and response and Gloria Patri, p. 71.
STAND for the hymn, "O Gracious Light," p. 71.
SIT for Psalms of the day (evening), (Psalter begins on p. 445), followed
by the Gloria Patri. Special Psalms are appointed for Major Holy Days.
Where more than one psalm is appointed, the Gloria Patri is used after
each Psalm. (The sections of Psalm 119 are treated as a single Psalm.)
In reciting the Psalter, "a distinct pause" should be observed
at the asterisk.
SIT for OT Lesson as appointed on Desk Calendar. A definite pause should
follow the reading of each lesson.
STAND for the Magnificat and Gloria Patri, p. 73. (During the eight
days before Christmas Eve, the "Great O Antiphons", on pp.
672-673, are said with the Magnificat. A different antiphon is provided
for each day.)
SIT for the NT Lesson as appointed on Calendar.
STAND for the Nunc Dimittis and Gloria Patri, p. 74.
STAND for the Apostles' Creed, p. 75, said facing East (the High Altar).
KNEEL for the Prayers, beginning with the Our Father, p. 76, and the
Suffrages, pp. 76-78, followed by the Collects:
Collect for Day (either weekly Proper or Major Feast)
Collect for Peace, p. 78
Collect for Aid against Perils, p. 79.
**Use 3 Collects only. However, during Advent and Lent the Seasonal Collect
(Advent Sunday and Ash Wednesday, respectively) may be used in addition to
the 3 set collects.**
KNEEL for the Salutation and Grace, p. 83.
[STAND for the seasonal Marian Anthems, pp. 729-732.]
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