Accession (Prayer Book)

A Psalm of the Church testifying her desire and endeavour to imitate
both the mercy and the justice of Christ, and to exercise just
discipline over her members, remembering the judgment-seat of {130}
Christ. A Psalm also appropriate to a Christian ruler, as the minister
of Christ.

PSALM cii. _Domine exaudi_

Heb. i. 10-12. Ash Wednesday, evening (Prayer Book)

This may be regarded in part as appropriate to our Lord weeping over
Jerusalem; in a wider sense it is a Psalm of the faithful sorrowing
over the decay of the Church, offering their penitence, looking forward
to restoration, and trusting in the changelessness of Christ, Who
remains the same though earth and heaven pass away, and has promised
the like continuance to His Church.

PSALM ciii. _Benedic, anima mea_

A Psalm of the Church's thanksgiving for God's forgiveness in Christ,
for His love in the past and the certainty of its continuance in the
future. Angels and saints and the powers of nature are summoned to
join in this thanksgiving.

PSALM civ. _Benedic, anima mea_

Whitsun Day, evening (Prayer Book)

The Church's witness to the immanence of the Word in all creation; she
recognises this in the beauty, the order, the preservation of all forms
of varied life. Especially in the renewal of natural life (vv. 30-5)
she recognises and praises {131} the life-giving activity of the Holy
Spirit, and sees in it a prophecy of the restoration of all things in
the Resurrection to their first perfection, and the final overthrow of
evil.

PSALM cv. _Confitemini Domino_

A Psalm of the Church's thanksgiving as she reviews her history and the
providence which has preserved her in all vicissitudes, and considers
the eternal inheritance which is the reward of obedience.

PSALM cvi. _Confitemini Domino_

Also an historical Psalm, in which the Church in time of exile and
persecution recalls God's providence, and her many failures; she places
her trust in the intercession of Christ, of Whom Moses was a type, and
prays for her restoration.

PSALM cvii. _Confitemini Domino_

Thanksgiving after a Storm at Sea (Prayer Book)

The Church celebrates the age-long compassion of God towards the
wanderer, the prisoner, the sufferer, as seen in the salvation of His
Church, and in the Incarnation of the Word (ver. 20). The refrain (vv.
8, 15, 21, 31) exhorts to thanksgiving, and especially to the offering
of the Holy Euchar