Templar Easter Observance
When the Knights are entering the church or hall, they will uncover as they pass the door, and remain standing beside their seats.
All—Holy Father, Holy Son, Holy Spirit, Three in One, praise and glory be to thee, now and through eternity.
Prelate—The Lord is in his holy temple; let all the earth keep silence before him. What doth the Lord require of thee?
Knights—To do justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with our God.
P—O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee.
Knights—My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is.
P—My soul followeth hard after thee.
Knights—Thy right hand upholdeth me.
P—Hear my prayer, O God.
Knights—Attend unto my cry.
P—God be merciful unto us, and bless us.
Knights—And cause his face to shine upon us.
P—Not unto us, not unto us, O Lord.
Knights—But unto thy great name be all the glory.
P—Blessing, and honor, and glory, and power be unto Him that sitteth upon the throne.
Knights—And unto the Lamb for ever.
P—Brethren, let us pray.
All—Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, for thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.
P—God be merciful unto us, and bless us, and show us the light of His countenance, and be very merciful unto us. Amen. Please be seated.
The First Reading: Acts 10:34-43
The Holy Gospel: John 20:1-18
P—Let us pray. Almighty God, our Heavenly Father, King of kings, and Lord of lords, we humbly bow ourselves at thy footstool, and beseech thee to forgive our sins, and blot our transgressions from before thee. Give unto each of us a clean heart, and renew within us a right spirit. Lift upon us the light of thy countenance, and be reconciled to us; and may the words of our mouths, and the meditations of our hearts all be acceptable in thy sight, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. God spake these words and said: I am the Lord thy God; thou shalt have no other gods before me.
Knights—Lord have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law.
P—Thou shalt not make unto me any graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them; for I, the Lord thy God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; and showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
Knights—Lord have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law.
P—Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh His name in vain.
Knights—Lord have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law.
P—Remember the sabbath day to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work; but the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God; in it thou shalt not do any work, thou nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor the stranger that is within thy gates; for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day; wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
Knights—Lord have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law.
P—Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
Knights—Lord have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law.
P—Thou shalt not kill.
Knights—Lord have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law.
P—Thou shalt not commit adultery.
Knights—Lord have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law.
P—Thou shalt not steal.
Knights—Lord have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law.
P—Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.
Knights—Lord have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law.
P—Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is thy neighbor's.
Knights—Lord have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law.
P—Sir Knights, join me in affirming the Christian Creed.
All—I believe in God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth;
and in Jesus Christ His only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead and buried; He descended into hell; the third day He arose from the dead, He ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God, the Father Almighty; from thence He shall come to judge the quick and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Ghost, the holy catholic church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness' of sin, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen!
All—Praise God from whom all blessings flow. Praise Him all creatures here below. Praise Him above, ye heavenly host. Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
P—The blessing of God Almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, be
amongst you, and remain with you always. Amen!
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