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00:22Let us pray
00:25Praise honour and glory be to you O Christ
00:29Who for our sake gave yourself up into the service of your parents
00:34And to teach us true humility
00:36Carried by your mother into the temple
00:39And there redeemed with the offerings of the poor
00:43When the righteous Simeon and the prophetess Anna
00:46Gladdened by your presence
00:48Gave glorious witness concerning you
00:51May the slightest breath of vanity never affect my innermost soul
00:56May all arrogance be ever cast down
00:59May all longing for the praise of men be extinguished
01:02May all wantonness of self-conceit be quenched within me
01:06Give me grace O Lord to flee any honour
01:10To hate distinction
01:11And to submit myself with readiness to all men for your sake
01:17Praise honour and glory be to you O Christ
01:20Who as a little child did with your tender mother
01:24Suffer persecution
01:25And did not refuse to be carried as an exile
01:28Fleeing into Egypt
01:31Give me grace amidst the storms of adversity
01:34And the blasts of persecution and misfortune
01:37To fly for refuge to you alone
01:40To seek you
01:41To call upon you
01:44Grant that I may receive all things with gladness at your hands
01:48May endure all things in meekness of heart
01:51And may cleave with thanksgiving without wavering to you
01:56Praise honour and glory be to you O Christ
01:59Who when you remained behind in the temple
02:02Your mother sought for sorrowing
02:05And at length with joy found you sitting in the midst of the doctors
02:08Hearing and asking them questions
02:12May you so give and communicate yourself to me
02:15That I may never be separated from you
02:18And never be without the comfort of your blessed friendship
02:22Drive sloth from my heart
02:24Dispel any dullness that is displeasing in your sight
02:29Grant me perfect devotion
02:31And such an ardent thirst after piety
02:34That my soul may be so affected
02:36And possessed by it
02:38As never to feel satisfied
02:40With worshipping you
02:43Praise, honour and glory be to you
02:45Who gave yourself up
02:47To live in concealment for thirty years
02:50To be reputed by the Jews
02:52The son of Joseph the carpenter
02:54And be subject to the commands of your mother
02:57And the same Joseph
02:59May your grace
03:00I beg you
03:01Root out and thoroughly pluck up
03:04From the innermost recesses of my heart
03:06Any ambition
03:08And seeking of glory
03:10That I may become belittled in my own eyes
03:13And may love to be unknown
03:15And considered of no account
03:17Submitting myself to all
03:19And obeying them for your honour
03:22Praise, honour and glory be to you O Christ
03:25Who did not refuse to come to the River Jordan
03:28And be baptised there
03:31By your servant John
03:33May you thoroughly cleanse me
03:36By your merits in this life
03:38That freed from all vices and sins
03:41I may be filled with the love of you
03:43And long for my heavenly country
03:47Make me, I beg you
03:49Before my soul quits this body
03:51Pleasing to you in all things
03:54That, departing from this life
03:56I may be for ever
03:58In heaven with you
03:59To see you
04:00To enjoy you
04:02And to praise your holy name
04:03For ever and ever
04:06Praise, honour and glory be to you O Christ
04:08Who for our sake dwelt in the wilderness
04:12Amongst the wild beasts
04:14And fasted and watched in prayer
04:16For forty days and forty nights
04:19Permitting yourself to be tempted
04:20By the devil
04:21Whom you overcame
04:23When angels came and ministered to you
04:26Grant me grace
04:28To discipline, overcome
04:29And bring into subjection
04:31My sinful flesh
04:32With its evil affections
04:37Give me grace to be instant in prayer
04:39And all other spiritual exercises
04:41And grant that with your continual help
04:45I may completely overcome
04:47Sins of gluttony
04:48And may escape the snares and schemes
04:52Of the devil
04:54Let no temptations, I beg you
04:56Defile me
04:57Nor separate me from you
04:59But may they rather
05:01Purify me
05:02And unite and join me with you
05:05Praise, honour and glory be to you O Christ
05:08Who gave himself up
05:11To preach repentance
05:12To call to you disciples
05:14And from them choose the twelve apostles
05:16To be the special heralds of the faith
05:20Gathering together the children of God
05:22That were scattered abroad
05:24Draw me after you
05:26And powerfully excite my heart to love you
05:30Do not permit me to neglect the grace
05:33With which you called me
05:34But make me ready to despise the world
05:37And all perishable things
05:38Following you
05:40Taking your humility and charity
05:42As my example
05:43Give me grace to look for you alone
05:46And with earnest longing
05:48To sigh continually after you
05:52Amen
05:56O Lord open our lips
05:58And our mouths shall sing your praise
06:08O be joyful in the Lord
06:12O be joyful in the Lord
06:14O be glad
06:15Serve the Lord with gladness
06:18And come in all his presence
06:23With a song
06:25Be sure that the Lord
06:29He is God
06:31Is he that can pay us
06:34And just be ourselves
06:36We are his people
06:40And the sheep of his master
06:44Who put your way
06:46Into his days with thy strength
06:50And into his constant praise
06:55Be thankful unto him
06:59And speak to the Lord
07:01Of his name
07:03O the Lord is gracious
07:07His mercy is everlasting
07:13And his truth
07:16And his truth
07:17And purest from generation
07:19To generation
07:27Glory be to the Father
07:30And to the Son
07:33And to the Holy Ghost
07:38As it was in the beginning
07:41Is now and ever shall be
07:47World without end
07:55Amen
08:08Blessed is the man
08:11That hath not walked in the crowns
08:14Of the Lord
08:15Of the God
08:16Nor stood in the way
08:20Of sinners
08:22And hath not sat in the seat
08:26Of the strife
08:29But his delight is in the law
08:34Of the Lord
08:36And in his law
08:39Where he exercise himself
08:42Day and night
08:45And he shall be like
08:48A tree planted
08:50By the horse of style
08:52That will bring forth
08:56This frozen new season
09:00It will be for the child
09:03And the kingdom
09:06And look
09:08What the heaven
09:11In your head
09:13It shall prosper
09:16As for thee
09:18And the leeches
09:20Not snow and heaven
09:23But they are like
09:25The chaff
09:26Which the wind scattereth
09:30Away from the face
09:32Of the earth
09:35Where all the apostles
09:38Shall not be able
09:40To stand in the judgment
09:44Neither the sinners
09:47In the congregation
09:48Of the righteous
09:52Thus the Lord
09:55Know and the way
09:56Of the righteous
09:59And the way
10:02Of the apostles
10:03Shall perish
10:07Glory be to the Father
10:10And to the Son
10:14And to the Holy Ghost
10:18As it was in the beginning
10:22Is now and ever shall be
10:29World in the heaven
10:35Amen
10:46A reading from the gospel
10:48According to St Luke
10:49Chapter 1
10:53Since many have undertaken
10:55To set in order
10:56A narrative concerning
10:58Those matters
10:59Which have been fulfilled
11:00Among us
11:02Even as those
11:03Who from the beginning
11:04Were eyewitnesses
11:05And servants of the word
11:06Delivered them to us
11:08It seemed good to me also
11:10Having traced the course
11:12Of all things
11:12Accurately from the first
11:14To write to you
11:16In order most excellent
11:18Theophilus
11:19That you might know
11:21The certainty
11:21Concerning the things
11:23In which you were instructed
11:29During the reign of Herod
11:31The king of Judea
11:32There lived a priest
11:33Named Zechariah
11:34Who belonged to the
11:34Priestly division
11:35Of Abijah
11:36And had a wife
11:38Named Elizabeth
11:38Who was a descendant
11:40Of Herod
11:42They were both righteous
11:44In the sight of God
11:46Following all the commandments
11:47And ordinances
11:48Of the Lord blamelessly
11:50But they did not have a child
11:51Because Elizabeth was barren
11:54And they were both very old
11:58Now while Zechariah
11:59Was serving as priest
12:00Before God
12:01When his division
12:02Was on duty
12:02He was chosen by lot
12:05According to the custom
12:06Of the priesthood
12:07To enter the holy place
12:08Of the Lord
12:09And burn incense
12:12Now the whole crowd
12:13Of people
12:14Were praying outside
12:15At the hour
12:16Of the incense offering
12:18An angel of the Lord
12:19Standing on the right side
12:21Of the altar of incense
12:22Appeared to them
12:24Zechariah
12:25Visibly shaken
12:25When he saw the angel
12:27Was seized with fear
12:28But the angel
12:29Said to him
12:30Do not be afraid
12:32Zechariah
12:32For your prayer
12:33Has been heard
12:34Your wife Elizabeth
12:36Will pay you a son
12:37You will name him
12:38John
12:40Joy and gladness
12:41Will come to you
12:42And many will rejoice
12:43At his birth
12:44For he will be great
12:46In the sight of the Lord
12:48He must never drink
12:49Strong wine
12:50Or drink
12:51And he will be filled
12:52With the Holy Spirit
12:53Even before his birth
12:56He will turn many
12:57Of the people of Israel
12:59To the Lord their God
13:00He will go as forerunner
13:02Before the Lord
13:02In the spirit
13:03And power of Elijah
13:04To turn the hearts
13:06Of the fathers
13:06Back to their children
13:07And the disobedience
13:09To the wisdom
13:09Of the just
13:11To make ready
13:11For the Lord
13:12A people prepared
13:14For him
13:18Zechariah said
13:18To the angel
13:19How can I be sure
13:20Of this
13:21For I am an old man
13:22And my wife
13:23Is old as well
13:26The angel answered him
13:27I am Gabriel
13:28Who stands in the presence
13:30Of God
13:30And I was said
13:32To speak to you
13:32And bring you
13:33This good news
13:35Now because you did not
13:37Believe my words
13:38Which will be fulfilled
13:39In their time
13:40You will be silent
13:41And unable to speak
13:42Until the day
13:43These things take place
13:47Now the people
13:47Were waiting for
13:48Zechariah
13:49And they began to wonder
13:50Why he was delayed
13:51In the holy place
13:54When he came out
13:55He was unable
13:55To speak to them
13:56And they realised
13:57That he had seen
13:58A vision in the holy place
14:00Because he was making
14:01Signs to them
14:02And remained unable
14:03To speak
14:05When his time of service
14:07Was over
14:07He went home
14:09After some time
14:10His wife Elizabeth
14:11Became pregnant
14:12And for five months
14:14She kept herself
14:14In seclusion
14:15She said
14:18This is what the Lord
14:19Has done for me
14:20At the time
14:20When he has been
14:21Gracious to me
14:23To take away
14:24My disgrace
14:25Among people
14:29This is the word
14:30Of the Lord
14:32Thanks be to God
14:43Luke starts his gospel
14:44With the account
14:45Of a childless couple
14:46Who were faithful
14:47To God
14:49Zechariah
14:50And Elizabeth
14:52There are several
14:53Accounts of couples
14:54In this situation
14:55In the Bible
14:57Abraham and Sarah
14:58Hannah and Elkanah
15:01Manoah
15:02And his wife
15:03Being those
15:04Who immediately
15:05Spring to mind
15:09Elizabeth and Sarah
15:10Have two other factors
15:11In common
15:11For they were both
15:13Beyond the age
15:13Of normal parenting
15:15And they both
15:16Disbelieved the angel
15:19When they heard
15:20That they were
15:20To become parents
15:23However
15:24Both couples
15:25Were blessed
15:25And not only blessed
15:27With an ordinary child
15:28But an exceptional one
15:31For just as Isaac
15:32Was destined for great things
15:33So would be
15:34John the Baptist
15:36Even though his life
15:37Would be cut short
15:38He was to be
15:39The messenger of the Christ
15:41Than one to prepare the way
15:46Zechariah and Elizabeth
15:47Had waited a lifetime
15:48For a child
15:49And yet
15:49Despite their disappointment
15:50They had kept
15:51Their faith with God
15:55Zechariah continued
15:56To undertake
15:56His priestly duties
15:57And there was no rebuke
15:59From the angel Gabriel
16:00Other than
16:00In respect of his doubt
16:04Perhaps one of the
16:06Really hard things
16:06For us
16:07Is to have patience
16:08With God
16:08For his timetable
16:10Is beyond our comprehension
16:12And yet
16:13He has the ultimate
16:14Patience for us
16:16We pray and pray
16:18And nothing appears
16:19To happen
16:20Does God not listen
16:22Does God not care
16:24Of course he does
16:25And when the time
16:27Is right
16:27He will act
16:28With perfection
16:29And in ways
16:30Well beyond
16:31Our expectation
16:35Let us notice
16:36Some features
16:37Of this sketch
16:38That is given
16:39Of the priest
16:40And of the things
16:41That happened
16:41In the altar
16:42Of incense
16:47It is a picture
16:48Of a soul
16:49Waiting for God
16:50That waiting
16:51Which is emphasized
16:53In the Old Testament
16:54Scriptures
16:54As one of the essentials
16:55Of piety
16:57How beautiful are the words
16:59More than they
17:00That watch for the morning
17:02My soul waits
17:03For the Lord
17:06It is good
17:07That a man should
17:08Both hope
17:08And quietly wait
17:09For the salvation
17:10Of the Lord
17:12Illustrated in the life
17:13And the attitude
17:14Of Zachariah
17:15And Elizabeth
17:17Year on year
17:18They had waited
17:18In their hillside home
17:21Asking for the blessing
17:22Of the Son
17:25Apparently the hope
17:26Had set in the heavens
17:27That were only for us
17:29But one thing
17:30Was ever bright
17:31And real
17:31Their faith
17:33In the living God
17:33And they walked
17:34In all his commandments
17:35And ordinances
17:37Blamelessly
17:39Our wills
17:40Are ours
17:41To make them
17:42Yours
17:44It is easier
17:45To consent
17:46To God's will
17:46When the demand
17:48Is to act
17:48Than to consent
17:50When the demand
17:51Is simply to wait
17:52To direct our prayer
17:54To the eternal
17:54And to look up
17:56One of the lessons
17:57Which we are always
17:58Slow to learn
17:59Is walk humbly
18:00With your God
18:04The passage
18:05Before us
18:06Reveals
18:07The hearer
18:08Of prayer
18:11Verse 13
18:13The angel says
18:14Your prayer
18:16Is heard
18:17Was this
18:18The prayer
18:19From the Son
18:19Or was it
18:20The priestly prayer
18:21Offered at the altar
18:22And through the incense
18:23For the hope
18:24And the salvation
18:25Of Israel
18:27Both it may be
18:28Are included
18:29And answered
18:30For it is noteworthy
18:32That in the two
18:32Scriptural instances
18:34Of incense
18:36Longing for a son
18:37That of Hannah
18:39And that of Zechariah
18:40The blessing
18:40To the individual
18:41Is associated
18:42With the blessing
18:43To the whole church
18:44Of God
18:46The prayer of faith
18:47Has interconnections
18:48With the purpose
18:49Of God
18:49Far beyond our power
18:51To estimate
18:53And the doing
18:54Is exceedingly
18:56Abundantly
18:57Above all
18:57That we ask
18:58Or think
19:01Your prayer
19:02Is heard
19:03And the answer
19:04Often looks
19:05A great way
19:06Back
19:08As Matthew
19:08Henry puts it
19:10Prayers are filed
19:11In heaven
19:12And are not forgotten
19:13Though the thing
19:14Prayed for
19:15Is not presently given
19:17The time
19:18As well as the thing
19:19Is in the answer
19:20And God's gift
19:22Always transcends
19:23The measure
19:24Of the promise
19:29The angel answering
19:31Said unto him
19:32I am Gabriel
19:33That stands
19:34In the presence
19:35Of God
19:35And I was said
19:37To speak to you
19:38And to bring you
19:39These good tidings
19:41This same presence
19:43As we meet
19:43In the book of Daniel
19:45Gabriel is the angel
19:47For the greatly beloved
19:48The angel
19:49With the glad tidings
19:50He who afterwards
19:52Bore the most wonderful
19:53Of messages
19:53To the Hebrew maiden
19:56Our ideas
19:57Are very confused
19:58To the holy angels
19:59There can be no doubt
20:01That the tendency
20:02Of thought
20:03In our day
20:03Is to narrow
20:05The sphere
20:05Of the supernatural
20:07In the spiritual
20:08Formally
20:08It dominated
20:09Over thought
20:09And action
20:10The influence
20:11Of spirit
20:12And occult
20:13Spiritual forces
20:14Was brought in
20:14To account for such
20:16Today
20:17That is referable
20:18To laws and powers
20:19Of nature
20:22Nowadays
20:23Nowadays men
20:23Are occupied
20:23In tracing
20:24Natural law
20:25In the spirit world
20:27But who can
20:28Accept the truth
20:29Of this first chapter
20:30Of St Luke's gospel
20:31And doubt
20:32As to the reality
20:34Of a spiritual universe
20:36Encompassing material
20:38And if there be
20:40Such a universe
20:41Why should it seem
20:42Incredible
20:43That spiritual
20:44Presences
20:45Should
20:45From time to time
20:47Be declared to men
20:48That Gabriel's
20:49And Michael's
20:50Should that God's
20:51Bidding
20:51Speed and post
20:53O'er land and ocean
20:54Without rest
20:56Ministering spirits
20:57Send forth to minister
20:58To them
20:59Who should be
20:59Heirs of salvation
21:03The spiritual mind
21:04Can have
21:04Difficulty with this
21:06It will recognize
21:07In the vision
21:08Of Zechariah
21:09A truth for all of us
21:11Where there is
21:12A praying heart
21:13There is
21:14The angel
21:15On the right side
21:16Of the altar
21:16Of incense
21:22Finally
21:22We have the punishment
21:24Recorded
21:25Full of many warnings
21:26In scripture
21:27Against unbelief
21:28Which should limit
21:29The Holy One of Israel
21:32How can these things be
21:35How shall I know this
21:37Are questions
21:38Ever arising
21:39In the heart
21:40The good priest
21:41Had waited
21:42Many a long year
21:43When expectation
21:45Failed
21:45He bared his head
21:46To God's will
21:49No doubt
21:49One and another
21:50He and his wife
21:52Now well stricken
21:53In years
21:54Had often recalled
21:55The word to Abraham
21:56Concerning Sarah's laughter
21:58Is anything too hard
22:00For the Lord
22:02But when the time of trial
22:03Actually comes
22:04Does not the faith falter
22:06Can we not understand this
22:09We limp
22:10When we should walk
22:10And not be weary
22:12You shall be silent
22:13Because you did not believe
22:16Is not the constant result
22:18Of spiritual
22:19Unbelief
22:20Silence
22:21And the close heart
22:23Is followed by the closed lips
22:24Silent and unable to speak
22:28O Lord
22:29Increase our faith
22:32Let us pray for patience
22:33And for the strength of faith
22:35In him
22:35Who has nothing but love
22:37Patience
22:38And belief
22:39In us
22:45Let us pray
22:48Almighty and everlasting God
22:50Who has given us
22:52Your servant's grace
22:53By the confession
22:55Of a true faith
22:56To acknowledge the glory
22:57Of the eternal trinity
22:59In the power of your divine majesty
23:02To worship the unity
23:04We beseech you
23:06That you keep us steadfast
23:08In this faith
23:09And evermore defend us
23:11From all adversities
23:12Who lives and reigns
23:15One God
23:16World without end
23:17Amen
23:23May the Lord bless us
23:25And keep us from all evil
23:27Bringing us to everlasting life
23:31Amen