We begin with The Introit which is taken from Psalm 17
AT the Introit the Church invites us in the following words to give praise to God:
Clap your hands all ye Gentiles:
Shout unto God with the voice of joy. For the Lord is most high, he is terrible: he is a great King over all the earth.
Glory, be to the Father and to the Son and to The Holy Ghost.
The Collect is as follows
O God, whose providence is unerring in what it ordains, we humbly beseech Thee to put away from us all hurtful things, and to give us all things which will profit us. Through Christ Our Lord. Amen
• Epistle
The EPISTLE is taken from Romans chapter 6 verses 19 to 23. Where Saint Paul says:
Brethren: I speak a human thing, because of the infirmity of your flesh : for as you have yielded your members to serve uncleanness and iniquity unto iniquity, so now yield your members to serve justice, unto sanctification.
For when you were the servants of sin, you were free from justice.
What fruit therefore had you then in those things of which you are now ashamed ?
For the end of them is death. But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, you have your fruit unto sanctification, and the end life everlasting.
For the wages of sin is death. But the grace of God, life everlasting, in Christ Jesus our Lord.
The Gradual is taken from Psalm 23 verses 12 an 6
Come, children, harken to me; I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
Come ye to him and be enlightened; and your faces shall not be confounded. Alleluia, alleluia,
O clap your hands, all ye nations; shout unto God with the voice of joy: Alleluia
The Gospel for the 7th Sunday after Pentecost is taken from Matthew chapter seven verses 15 to 21.
At that time: Jesus said
to his disciples :
Beware of false prophets, who come to you in the clothing of sheep, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
By their fruits you shall know them.
Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit, and the evil tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can an evil tree bring forth good fruit.
Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit, shall be cut down, and shall be cast into the fire.
Wherefore by their fruits you shall know them.
Not every one that saith to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven: but he that doth the will of my Father who is in heaven, he shall enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Offertory
As in holocausts of rams and bullocks, and as in thousands of fat lambs; so let our sacrifice be made in Thy sight this day, that it may please Thee: for there is no confusion to them that trust in Thee, O Lord.
The Secret Prayer is said silently by the priest
O God who hast justified the variety of sacrifices of the Law by the perfection of this one sacrifice;
accept the Sacrifice of thy servants who are dedicated to Thee, and sanctify it with a blessing like to that which Thou didst bestow upon the gifts of Abel,
and what each one of us has offered to the honor of Thy Majesty,
may prophet us all unto salvation.
Through Our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.
The preface today is the same as the preface of the Holy Trinity
It is truly meet and just; right; and for our salvation, that we should at all times and in all places give thanks unto Thee, O holy Lord. Father almighty, everlasting God; Who together with Thine only-begotten Son, and the Holy Ghost, are one God one Lord; not in the oneness of a single Person, but in the Trinity of One substance. For what, we believe by Thy revelation of Thy glory the same do we believe of Thy Son the same of the Holy Ghost, without difference or separation. So that in confessing the true and everlasting Godhead distinction in persons, unity in essence and equality in majesty may be adored. Which the Angels and Archangels, the Cherubim also and Seraphim do praise: who cease not daily to cry out, with one voice saying:
And here we have the words of the Sanctus which do not change.
The Communion prayer is from Psalm 30 verse 3
Bow down Thy ear, make haste to deliver me.
The Postcommunion Prayer
May Thy healing work, O Lord, both mercifully free us from our perversities, and lead us to those things which be right. Through Our Lord Jesus Christ.