Sext is said or sung at noon.
The greater services such as the Holy Eucharist, Vespers, and Benediction, are intended principally to pour out spiritual strength upon the world, whereas these minor offices may not unreasonably be regarded as designed especially for the benefit if those who take part in them.
Prime, Sext, and Complin are short services, which can be led by a layman if necessary and would therefore be eminently suited for a community office, for family prayers, or for use by a schoolmaster who wished to say morning, noon, or evening prayers with his pupils. They also, of course, lend themselves for use in church: Prime, when the Holy Eucharist cannot be celebrated, or as a preparation therefor; and complin as an addition to Vespers, or when Vespers and Benediction
In order to avoid constant repitition, where Prime, Sext, and Complin are said daily, or where Prime is used in conjunction with the Holy Eucharist, other short lections seclected from any part of the Liturgy may at discretion of the priest, or ministrant, be read as lessons instead of the epistle and gospel.
P: In the name of the Father ✠ and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. R/. Amen
P: O Lord open thou our lips
C: And our mouth shall show forth thy praise.
P: Our help is in the name of the Lord.
C: Who hath made heaven and earth.
P: At morn and at even will we praise Him.
C: For our hearts rest ever in His love.
O Lord, Thou hast created man to an image of Thine own eternity; yet often we forget the glory of our heritage and wander from the path which leads to righteousness. But Thou, O Lord, hast made us for Thyself and our hearts are ever restless till they find their rest in Thee. Look with the eyes of Thy love upon our manifold imperfections and pardon all our shortcomings, that we may be filled with the brightness of the everlasting light and become the unspotted mirror of Thy power and the image of Thy goodness; throught Christ our Lord. Amen.
M: May the Lord bless us and ✠ absolve us from all our sins; and may His peace rest upon us this day and evermore.
C: Thanks be to God.
Praise ye the Lord.
The Lord's name be praised.
1. O be joyful in the Lord, all ye lands: serve the Lord with gladness, and come before His presence with a song.
2. Be ye sure that the Lord He is God: it is He that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are His people and the sheep of His pasture.
3. O go your way into His gates with thanksgiving and into His courts with praise: be thankful unto Him and speak to good of His name.
4. For the Lord is gracious, His mercy is everlasting: and His truth endureth from generation to generation.
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.
Praise ye the Lord.
The Lord's name be praised.
The Lord upholdeth the rightous.
And His inheritance shall endure for ever.
1. Lord who shall dwell in Thy tabernacle: or who shall rest upon Thy holy hill?
2. Even He that leadeth an uncorrupt life: and doeth the thing which is right and speaketh the truth from his heart.
3. He that hath used no deceit in his tongue, nor done evil to his neighbour: and hath not slandered his neighbour.
4. He that setteth not by himself, but is lowly in his own eyes: and maketh much of them that love the Lord.
5. Whoso doeth these things: shall never fall.
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.
The Lord upholdeth the rightous.
And His inheritance shall endure for ever.
We believe in one god, the Father Almighty, Maker of all things both visible and invisible; And in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the Son of God; begotten of the Father, alone-born, that is,
of the substance of the Father, God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God, begotten not made,
being of one substance with the Father, by whom all things were made, both those in heaven and
those in earth; who for us men and for our salvation descended (here all genuflect) was
incarnate and was made man (all rise again) suffered, and rose the third day, ascended into
the heavens, and cometh to judge the quick and the dead; ✠ And in the Holy Ghost. Amen.
P: Let us pray.
P: Teach us, O Lord, to see thy life in all the peoples of thine earth and so guide the nations into the understanding of thy laws that peace and goodwill may reign upon earth; through Christ or Lord. R. Amen.
O God of truth, O Lord of might
Who orderest time and change aright,
Arrainging morn with joyful gleams
And kindling noondays fiery beams
Quench thou on earth the flames of strive;
From passion's heat preserve our life;
Our bodies keep from perils free
And grant our souls true peace in Thee.
Almighty Father, hear our cry
Through Jesus Christ our Lord most high;
Who with the Holy Ghost and Thee,
Doth live and reign eternally. Amen.
I have set God always before me
Therefore I shall not fail.
1. The lord is my shepard: therefore can I lack nothing.
2. He shall feed me in a green pasture: and lead me forth beside the waters of comfort.
3. He shall convert my soul: and bring me forth in the paths of righteousness, for His name's sake.
4. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for Thou art with me; Thy rod and Thy staff comfort me.
5. And Thy lovingkindnessand mercy shall follow me and the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.
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.
I have set God always before me
Therefore I shall not fail.
P: Let us Pray.
P: Almighty God, unto whom all hearts be open, all desires known and from whom no secrets are hid; clense the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of Thy Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love Thee and worthily Thy Holy Name; through Christ our Lord. R. Amen.
P: Let us bless the Lord.
C: Henceforth and for evermore.
P: The Lord give us His peace.
C: And life everlasting.
M: ✠ The grace of out Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore. R. Amen.
C: Thanks be to God.
