Common of a Virgin Not a Martyr
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Common of a Virgin not a Martyr
Office.
Thou hast loved righteousness and hated iniquity: wherefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.2
In Easter-tide, Alleluya, alleluya, alleluya.
Ps. My heart is inditing of a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made unto the king.3
Glory be etc. As it was etc.
Collect.
Almighty, everlasting God, the author of virtue and lover of virginity, grant, we beseech thee, that we may be commended by the merits of the holy virgin N., which were well pleasing unto thee, and whose life of chastity deserved to win thy favour. Through etc.
1. Epistle. 2 Cor. x. 17, 18; xi. 1, 2.
He that glorieth . . . virgin to Christ.
2. Lesson. Wisdom, vii. 30; viii. 1–4.
Vice shall not prevail . . . lover of his works.
2 Ps. xlv. 8. 3 Ib. 1.
Warren, Part II, printed p. 48 · open scan3. Lesson. Is. lxi. 10, 11; lxii. 5.
I will greatly rejoice . . . rejoice over thee.
Gradual.
Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity.1
V. Wherefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness.2
Alleluya. V. Full of grace are thy lips, because God hath blessed thee for ever.3
Alleluya. V. I am jealous over you with godly jealousy; for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.4
Sequence.
A holy virgin, worthy to be reckoned
Amongst the wise, O friends, we celebrate;
A daughter she of the king's mother Mary,
Adopted sister of the Son of God.
She with the curb of fasting tamed her flesh,
And cut off luxury by suffering's sword.
With all the enemy's assaults she wrestled;
Trusting in Christ, she smote and vanquished him.
With joyous spirit following the bridegroom,
Who from the courts of heaven did visit her,
Into his chamber hasted she to enter.
O thou, in fulness of delights abiding,
Plead before Christ our present low estate,
And ask for us a plenteous consolation.
Gospel. St. Matt. xxv. 1–13.
The kingdom of heaven is like . . . day nor the hour.
Offertory.
The virgins that be her fellows shall bear her company, and shall be brought unto thee.5
1 Ps. xlv. 8. 2 Ib. 3 Ib. 3. 4 2 Cor. xi. 2. 5 Ps. xlv. 15.
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Rejoicing, O Lord, we offer unto thee prayers and gifts, in honour of thy holy virgin N. Grant, we beseech thee, that we may both fitly perform this service, and may also prevail to obtain everlasting healing. Through etc.
Communion.
Full of grace are thy lips, because God hath blessed thee for ever.1
Postcommunion.
We beseech thee, O Lord, that the mysteries which we have received may be profitable unto us; and that through the intercession of thy blessed virgin N. they may both deliver us from our sins, and exalt us by the protection of thy favour. Through etc.
1 Ps. xlv. 3.