so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

his own nature inclined to evil,

And deliver us for thy Name's sake.

We acknowledge and bewail our manifold sins and wickedness

by thy merciful guiding

The Lord has put away all your sins

do you take this woman as your mother?

V. O Lord, let thy mercy be showed upon us;

we have erred and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep

Prayers and Thanksgivings

Who can fail to do you homage, Lord, and sing the praises of your Name?

ministered with unfailing use of Christ's words of institution and of the elements ordained by Him

The Congregation expresses its approval. Applause is appropriate.

Be sober, be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. Resist him, firm in your faith.

put all things in subjection under your Christ,

The peace of God, which passeth all understanding

my tongue,

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness;

from dying suddenly and unprepared,

For you, O Lord, are the God of those who repent,

Seek him that made the Pleiades and Orion

peace which the world cannot give, I give to you

It is not necessary that the Traditions and Ceremonies be in all places one, or utterly like;

may persevere in running

we pray you to set your passion, cross, and death between your judgment and our souls

the Priest dips a thumb in the holy oil

Seek him that made the Pleiades and Orion

I publish the Banns of Marriage

O God, who wonderfully created, and yet more wonderfully restored, the dignity of human nature