Thursday, November 9, 2023

Benedictus




Benedictus
St. Luke 1. 68

BLESSED be the Lord God of Israel * for he hath visited, and redeemed his people;
  And hath raised up a mighty salvation for us * in the house of his servant David;
 
As he spake by the mouth of his holy Prophets * which have been since the world began;
 
That we should be saved from our enemies, * and from the hands of all that hate us;
  To perform the mercy promised to our forefathers * and to remember his holy covenant;
 
To perform the oath which he sware to our forefather Abraham * that he would give us;
 
That we being delivered out of the hands of our enemies * might serve him without fear;
 
In holiness and righteousness before him, * all the days of our life.
  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;
10  To give knowledge of salvation unto his people * for the remission of their sins;
11  Through the tender mercy of our God; * whereby the day-spring from on high hath visited us;
12  To give light to them that sit in darkness, and in the shadow of death * and to guide 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.









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