St. John the Baptist

St. John the Baptist

Ode 9, Part 2 Canticle of Zachary Luke 1 :68-79

BLESSED be the Lord God of Israel, because he hath visited and wrought the redemption of his people: And hath raised up an horn of salvation to us, in the house of David his servant:

As he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets, who have been since the world began.

Salvation from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us:

To perform mercy to our fathers, and to remember his holy testament,

The oath, which he swore to Abraham our father, that he would grant to us,

That being delivered from the hand of our enemies, we may serve him without fear.

In holiness and justice before him, all our days.

And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways:

To give knowledge of salvation to his people, unto the remission of their sins:

Through the bowels of the mercy of our God, in which the Orient from on high hath visited us:

To give light to them that sit in darkness, and in the shadow of death: to direct our feet into the way of peace.

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.

Canticle of Isaias

Is. 12, 1-6

I WILL give thanks to thee, O Lord, for thou wast angry with me: thy wrath is turned away, and thou hast comforted me.

Behold, God is my saviour, I will deal confidently, and will not fear:

Because the Lord is my strength, and my praise, and he is become my salvation.

You shall draw waters with joy out of the saviour's fountains:

And you shall say in that day: Praise ye the Lord, and call upon his name:

Make his works known among the people: remember that his name is high.

Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath done great things: shew this forth in all the earth.

Rejoice, and praise, O thou habitation of Sion: for great is he that is in the midst of thee, the Holy One of Israel.

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.

Ant. Thy wrath is turned away, O Lord, and thou hast comforted me.

Ant. 5 Oh, praise.

Canticle of David

1 Par. 29, 10-13

BLESSED art thou, O Lord the God of Israel, our father from eternity to eternity.

Thine, O Lord, is magnificence, and power, and glory, and victory: and to thee is praise:

for all that is in heaven, and in earth, is thine: thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art above all princes.

Thine are riches, and thine is glory, thou hast dominion over all,

in thy hand is power and might: in thy hand greatness, and the empire of all things.

Now therefore our God we give thanks to thee, and we praise thy glorious name.

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.

Ant. We praise thy glorious name, O our God.

Ant. 5 Oh praise.

Christ Jesus our only Lord and Saviour

the stars that shine and the powers in motion

all vanish in the splendour of your light

and remain still before the power of your greatness.

You alone are visible, you reveal the image of the Father almighty,

and thus you manifest the sublimity of the Father and the Son.

As the Father is almighty in the heavenly sphere,

so are you, the Son, in our universe

the first-born, the guide and Lord of all power;

you, from the beginning, are the second grandeur

that comes from that of the Father;

you are the foundation of all the world.

You are our archetype,

the mind which ordains and the one who steers;

you are the way and the door that opens into light.

You are the image of justice;

you are ever our shining star.

To you we render thanks, praise and blessing.

Before you we bend the knee

and we ask, with trust, that we be made holy.

Grant that we may be ever strong in faith,

sound in mind and body

to sing for ever and without ceasing your praises,

that you, the Immortal, ,the Infinite, the Eternal

may be celebrated in every place.

You are the model and essence of the Spirit,

you are our blessed Father,

our king and our God.

With eyes fixed on you, we shall not die, O Lord;

if we confess your name we shall not be lost.