The Ancient Church

Adam and Eve Cast Out of the Garden ✠ THE DIVINE LITURGY OF ST. JAMES ✠ ACCORDING TO THE USE OF THE ANCIENT CHURCH OF THE WEST ✠ Septuagesima ✠ ✠ THE PREPARATION ✠ INTROIT: Circumdederunt The sorrows of death came about me, the pains of hell gat hold upon me and in my tribulation I made my prayer unto the Lord and he regarded my supplication out of his holy temple. Ps. 18 I will love thee, O Lord, my strength: the Lord is my stony rock, my fortress and my Savior. Glory be. ✠ COLLECTS ✠ O LORD, we beseech thee favorably to hear the prayers of thy people; that we, who are justly punished for our offences, may be mercifully delivered by thy goodness, for the glory of thy Name; through Jesus Christ our Savior, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost ever, one God, world without end. Amen. FEAST OF ST. POLYCARP God of all creation, Who was pleased to give the Bishop Saint Polycarp a place in the company of the Thy Martyrs, grant, through his intercession, that, sharing with him...