After the _Lessons_ a _Responsory_ may be chanted. Then may be sung a Hymn. Then may follow a _Sermon_, after which the _Offerings_ may be gathered. Then shall be sung The Hymn. Then, all standing, may be chanted or said this _Versicle_. But on Festival Days a special _Versicle_ may be used. _Minister._ Let my prayers be set forth before Thee as incense; _Congregation._ =And the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.= The Canticle. Then shall be chanted the Magnificat. Luke 1, 46-55. =My soul doth magnify the Lord: and my spirit hath rejoiced in God, my Savior.= =For He hath regarded: the low estate of His handmaiden.= =For, behold, from henceforth: all generations shall call me blessed.= =For He that is mighty hath done to me great things: and holy is His name.= =And His mercy is on them that fear Him: from generation to generation.= =He hath showed strength with His arm: He hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.= =He hath put down the mighty from their seats: and exalted them of low degree.= =He hath filled the hungry with good things: and the rich He hath sent empty away.= =He hath holpen His servant Israel in remembrance of His mercy: as He spake to our fathers, to Abraham and to his seed, forever.= =Glory be to the Father and to the Son: and to the Holy Ghost;= =As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen.= or the Nunc Dimittis. Luke 2, 29-32. =Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in peace: according to Thy word;= =For mine eyes have seen Thy salvation: which Thou hast prepared before the face of all people;= =A light to lighten the Gentiles: and the glory of Thy people Israel.= =Glory be to the Father and to the Son: and to the Holy Ghost;= =As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen.= An _Antiphon_ may be chanted with the _Canticle_. Then shall be said the _Prayers_ here following, or the _Suffrages_, the _Litany_, or other prayers. The Prayer. _Minister._ Lord, have mercy upon us. _Congregation._ =Lord, have mercy upon us.= _Minister._ Christ, have mercy upon us. _Congregation._ =Christ, have mercy upon us.= _Minister._ Lord, have mercy upon us. _Congregation._ =Lord, have mercy upon us.= Then all shall say: =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 forever and ever. Amen.= _Minister._ The Lord be with you. _Congregation._ =And with thy spirit.= Let us pray.