Cross
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Lift up your heads, you gates!
Be lifted up, you everlasting doors,
and the King of glory will come in.
Who is the King of glory?
The Lord, strong and mighty,
The Lord, mighty in battle.
Lift up your heads, you gates;
yes, lift them up, you everlasting doors,
and the King of glory will come in.
Who is this King of glory?
The Lord of hosts is the King of glory!
— Psalm 24:7-10†
Invitatory
How lovely are your dwellings, O Lord of hosts!
My soul longs … for the courts of the Lord.
My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
The sparrow has found a home,
and the swallow a nest for herself … .
Blessed are those who dwell in your house.
They are always praising you.
Blessed are those whose strength is in you,
who have set their hearts on a pilgrimage.
Passing through the valley of weeping,
they make it a place of springs.
The autumn rain covers it with blessings.
They go from strength to strength.
— Psalm 84:1-7a†
Cruciform
Behold, I send my messenger,
and he will prepare the way before me;
and the Lord will come suddenly to his temple;
and the messenger, whom you desire: behold, he comes!
— Malachi 3:1†
Weeks
Simeon said to Mary: “Behold —
this child is set for the falling and the rising of many in Israel,
… and a sword will pierce your own soul, too. … ”
— Luke 2:34-35†
Following the seventh bead:
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit
as it was in the beginning, is now,
and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Dimissory
Lord, now let your servant depart in peace,
according to your word.
For these eyes of mine have seen your salvation,
which you have prepared before the face of all people,
to be a light to lighten the gentiles,
and to be the glory of your people, Israel.
— BCP1928†
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.