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The Church and its worship
morning, and the Magnificat in the evening)
• A reading from the New Testament
• A canticle (in the book of Common Prayer, this is the Benedictus or Jubilate Deo
in the morning, and the Nunc Dimittis in the evening)
• The Apostles’ Creed
A short collection of Prayers:
• These include the Lesser Litany, the Lord’s Prayer, another set of Versicles and Responses and three Collects.
An Anthem (sung by the choir, if there is one)
Some concluding prayers, ending with the words of
The Grace.
Usually, hymns, a sermon and further prayers are added to this structure.
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