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Daily Prayer for the Companions of St. Alfred

The first prayer: Of the human condition. Almighty and most merciful Father, we have erred and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep.  We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts.  We have offended against thy holy laws.  We have left undone those things which we ought to have done; we have done those things which we ought not to have done; and there is no health in us.  But have mercy upon us, O Lord, for we are miserable offenders.  Spare thou those, O God, who confess their faults; restore thou those who are penitent; according to thy promises declared unto mankind in Christ Jesus our Lord.  And grant, O most merciful Father, for his sake, that we may hereafter live a godly, righteous, and sober life, to the glory of thy holy Name.  Amen. The second prayer: Of Christians. Our Father which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.  Thy kingdom come.  Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.  Give us this d...
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Anglicanized Anaphora of St. Basil the Great

The Lord with with you. And with thy spirit. Lift up your hearts. We lift them up unto the Lord. Let us give thanks unto the Lord our God. It is meet and right so to do. Almighty Father, Lord God and Master of all, it is very meet, right, and our bounden duty, at all times and in every place, with humble and contrite hearts to praise thee, bless thee, worship thee, and give thanks to thee, for thou hast given us to know thy Truth, O thou who art the only true God.  Who is worthy to praise thy deeds of might?  Or meet to make known all thy praises?  Or to tell of thine every work of mystery and awe, from before the foundations of the earth? Creator and Master divine of heaven and earth, and of all creatures visible and invisible, thou art seated upon a throne of glory, and beholdest the heights and the depths.  Thou art without beginning, unchanging, invisible, beyond all words or mortal comprehension. O God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, thy livin...
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Anglicanized Anaphora of St. John Chrysostom

The Lord be with you. And with thy spirit. Lift up your hearts. We lift them unto the Lord. Let us give thanks unto the Lord our God. It is meet and right so to do. It is indeed meet, right, and our bounden duty, in every place of thy dominion, to render thanks unto thee, almighty Father, for thou art invisible and ineffable, beyond all mortal understanding and comprehension, existing forever and unchanging. Thou didst fashion us out of nothing, and when we were fallen, thou didst raise us up again.  Though unworthy, because of our manifold sins and wickedness, thou madest us worthy, and lead us to thine heavenly kingdom through the merits of thy Son Jesus Christ. For this and all things thou hast given us, known and unknown, seen and unseen, do we give thee hearty thanks.  And moreover do we thank thee for accepting these prayers from our unworthy lips, surrounded as thou art by the unnumbered host of heaven, by angels and archangel...
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Eucharistic Prayer D

The Lord be with you. And with thy spirit. Lift up your hearts. We lift them unto the Lord. Let us give thanks unto the Lord our God. It is meet and right so to do. It is truly right to glorify thee, Father, and to give unto thee thanks; for thou alone art God, living and true, dwelling in light inaccessible from before time and forever. Fountain of life and source of all goodness, thou madest all things and fillest them with thy blessing; thou createdest them to rejoice in the splendor of thy radiance. Countless throngs of angels stand before thee to serve thee night and day; and, beholding the glory of thy presence, they offer unto thee unceasing praise. Joining with them, and giving voice to every creature under heaven, we acclaim thee, and glorify thy Name, as we sing (say), Holy, Holy, Holy Lord, God of power and might, heaven and earth are full of thy glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest. We accl...
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Eucharistic Prayer B

The Lord be with you. And with thy spirit. Lift up your hearts. We lift them unto the Lord. Let us give thanks unto the Lord our God. It is meet and right so to do. It is meet, right, and our bounden duty, always and everywhere to give thanks to thee, Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth. [Insert Proper Preface] Therefore we praise thee, joining our voices with Angels and Archangels and all the company of heaven, who forever sing this hymn to proclaim the glory of thy Name: Holy, Holy, Holy Lord, God of power and might, heaven and earth are full of thy glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest. We give thanks to thee, O God, for the goodness and love which thou hast made known to us in creation; in the calling of Israel to be thy people; in thy Word spoken through the prophets; and above all in the Word made flesh, Jesus, thy Son. For in these last days thou didst send him to be incarnate from t...
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Eucharistic Prayer A

The Lord be with you. And with thy spirit. Lift up your hearts. We lift them unto the Lord. Let us give thanks unto the Lord our God. It is meet and right so to do. It is meet, right, and our bounden duty, always and everywhere to give thanks to thee, Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth. [Insert Proper Preface] Therefore we praise thee, joining our voices with Angels and Archangels and all the company of heaven, who forever sing this hymn to proclaim the glory of thy Name: Holy, Holy, Holy Lord, God of power and might, heaven and earth are full of thy glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest. O Holy and gracious Father: In thine infinite love thou madest us for thyself, and, when we had fallen into sin and become subject to evil and death, thou, in thy mercy, didst send Jesus Christ, thine only and eternal Son, to share our human nature, to live and die as one of us, to reconcile us to thee, t...
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The 'Star Trek prayer' in Elizabethan idiom

Maybe you've heard of the Anglican Service Book. Published by an Anglo-Catholic church in Pennsylvania, it's essentially Rite II of the 1979 Book of Common Prayer rendered into Elizabethan idiom. I once had a look at it through interlibrary loan, but it's way too expensive to want to own a copy. Most of it is available on Google Books, but the eucharistic canons are omitted (because why would you buy the cow if you can get the PDF for free?). And the one canon from Rite II that the authors of the ASB didn't even bother to include in the print version was the so-called 'Star Trek prayer,' Eucharistic Prayer C. I'm here to rectify that glaring omission. I think the language of Cranmer and Shakespeare and King James (or his translators, at any rate) are perfect for prayer in the Final Frontier. So for your liturgizing pleasure, I have re-written Eucharist Prayer C in Elizabethan idiom. Enjoyest thyself. The Lord be with you. And with thy spirit. L...
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