New Every Morning Anglican Fellowship
Morning and Evening Prayer
Job Aid 3 · Priest · Deacon · Lay Reader · 1928 BCP pp. 3–34 · Canon 21
THE ABSOLUTION — THREE LEVELS PRIEST: pronounces the Absolution ("He pardoneth and absolveth all them that truly repent…") DEACON: 1928 BCP omits — traditional APCK custom: Collect for Trinity 21 ("Grant, we beseech thee, merciful Lord, to thy faithful people pardon and peace") LAY READER: Canon 21.03(1)(a) — omit the Absolution; make NO substitution
MORNING PRAYER (BCP pp. 3–22)
1. Opening Sentences [one or more; seasonal sentences appointed]
2. Exhortation [SHALL on Advent 1, Lent 1, and Trinity Sunday; MAY on other Sundays and Holy Days [BCP p. 5]. When obligatory, at least some part must be said; total omission on those three occasions is not permitted]
3. General Confession [all kneeling; minister and people together]
4. Absolution / Collect for Trinity 21 / Omission [see box above]
5. Lord's Prayer [minister alone first; then all together]
6. Versicles and Responses ["O Lord, open thou our lips" / "And our mouth shall shew forth thy praise"]
7. Venite (Ps. 95) ["O come, let us sing unto the LORD" — invitatory]
8. Psalms for the Day [from Table of Psalms; appointed portion for morning]
9. First Lesson [Old Testament; announced by book, chapter, verse]
10. Te Deum OR Benedicite [Te Deum in ordinary time; BENEDICITE in Lent and Advent [SHALL]]
11. Second Lesson [New Testament]
12. Benedictus OR Jubilate [Benedictus ordinary; Jubilate as alternative]
13. Apostles' Creed [all standing; said together]
14. Kyrie and Lord's Prayer [all kneeling]
15. Suffrages [versicles and responses]
16. Collect of the Day [proper collect for the Sunday or feast]
17. Collect for Peace ["O God, who art the author of peace…"]
18. Collect for Grace ["O Lord our heavenly Father, Almighty and everlasting God…"]
19. Prayer for the President and Civil Authority [if not said at Holy Communion]
20. Prayer for the Clergy and People
21. General Thanksgiving ["Almighty God, Father of all mercies…"]
22. Prayer of St. Chrysostom
23. Grace ["The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ…" — said by all]
CANTICLE SELECTION — MORNING PRAYER
• After First Lesson: Te Deum — ordinary time
• After First Lesson: Benedicite — Sundays and weekdays in Lent; Sundays in Advent [SHALL — BCP p. 14]
• After Second Lesson: Benedictus — preferred; Jubilate as alternative
EVENING PRAYER (BCP pp. 23–34)
1. Opening Sentences [seasonal; evening sentences appointed]
2. Exhortation (as needed)
3. General Confession / Absolution [same three-level rule — see box above]
4. Lord's Prayer
5. Versicles and Responses ["O Lord, open thou our lips…"]
6. Psalms for the Day [evening portion from Table of Psalms]
7. First Lesson
8. Magnificat OR Cantate Domino [Magnificat preferred; Cantate Domino as alternative]
9. Second Lesson
10. Nunc Dimittis OR Deus Misereatur [Nunc Dimittis preferred; Deus Misereatur as alternative]
11. Apostles' Creed [standing]
12. Kyrie and Lord's Prayer
13. Suffrages
14. Collect of the Day
15. Collect for Peace ["O God, from whom all holy desires…"]
16. Collect for Aid Against Perils ["Lighten our darkness, we beseech thee…"]
17. General Thanksgiving and St. Chrysostom [as at Morning Prayer]
18. Grace [all together]
CANTICLE SELECTION — EVENING PRAYER
• After First Lesson: Magnificat — preferred; Cantate Domino — alternative
• After Second Lesson: Nunc Dimittis — preferred; Deus Misereatur — alternative
LAY READER RESTRICTIONS [Canon 21.03]
• MAY read: Morning and Evening Prayer (omitting Absolution — NO substitution); Litany; Penitential Office; Burial Office (substituting the Grace for the Priestly Blessing); Epistle only at Holy Communion; approved sermons and addresses
• MAY NOT read: Absolution (or any substitute); Gospel at Holy Communion; any part of the Canon
⚠ Lay Reader: Canon 21.03(1)(a) — omit the Absolution, making NO substitution for it. Not even the Trinity 21 Collect.
THE ATHANASIAN CREED (QUICUNQUE VULT) [BCP p. 62-67; Canon 13.03; Article VIII]
• 1928 BCP provision [BCP p. 139, Additional Directions]: the Athanasian Creed MAY be used in place of the Nicene Creed on Trinity Sunday and other occasions as appropriate
• This is a MAY rubric — PERMISSIVE. The 1928 BCP does not carry the 1662 BCP thirteen-occasion SHALL requirement
• Principal traditional occasion: Trinity Sunday at Morning Prayer and at Holy Communion in place of the Nicene Creed
• Article VIII of the Thirty-Nine Articles: the Creed of Athanasius ought thoroughly to be received and believed
• Canon 13.03: every candidate for ordination SHALL publicly subscribe to the Creed of St. Athanasius
On the Damnatory Clauses
The Quicunque Vult opens: "Whosoever will be saved, before all things it is necessary that he hold the Catholic Faith" and closes: "This is the Catholic Faith, which except a man believe faithfully and stedfastly, he cannot be saved." These clauses caused sufficient controversy that the 1928 BCP reduced the Creed from mandatory (1662: SHALL on thirteen occasions) to permissive (1928: MAY on Trinity Sunday and other occasions). The Catholic Anglican position, consistent with the APCK doctrinal foundations and Canon 13.03, is that the damnatory clauses state the objective necessity of the Catholic Faith for salvation — they are not a judgment on the subjective state of any individual soul, nor on invincible ignorance. Article VIII requires the Creed to be believed. Canon 10.04 (jus liturgicum) governs the frequency and manner of its use in diocesan worship.
Canon 10.05: only the King James Version of Scripture shall be used in public worship.
© 2026 · The Reverend P. A. Ternahan, M.A. Hum. · The Continuing Anglican Tradition of the 1928 Book of Common Prayer