episcopalnet.org + BACK + NEXT 1928 BCP + Ordo Kalendar + CyberHymnal MISSAL PROPERS: FRIDAY AFTER 2nd SUNDAY IN LENT Station at St. Vitalis. Introit. Ego autem. Ps. 17 As for me, I will behold thy presence in righteousness: and when I awake up after thy likeness I shall be satisfied with it. Ps. ibid. Hear the right, O Lord: consider my complaint. V. Glory be. COLLECT. Almighty God, we humbly beseech thee, that we may in such wise be cleansed by this holy time of fasting, that we may keep the coming feast in all sincerity. Through. Seasonal Prayers as on Ash Wednesday. LESSON. Genesis 37:6-22 6. In those days : Joseph said unto his brethren: Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed: 7 For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf. 8 And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words. 9 And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me. 10 And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth? 11 And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying. 12 And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Shechem. 13 And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock in Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to him, Here am I. 14 And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem. 15 And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou? 16 And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed their flocks. 17 And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan. 18 And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him. 19 And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh. 20 Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams. 21 And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him. 22 And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again. GRADUAL. Ps. 120. When I was in trouble, I called upon the Lord, and he heard me. V. Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue. TRACT. Ps. 103. O Lord, deal not with us after our sins; nor reward us according to wickednesses. V. Ps. 79. Lord, remember not our old sins, but have mercy upon us, and that soon: for we are come to great misery. V. (Here genuflect.) Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy Name, O Lord: O deliver us and be merciful unto our sins, for thy Name's sake. GOSPEL. St. Matthew 21:33-46 33At that time : Jesus spake this parable unto the multitudes of the Jews and the chief priests: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country: 34 And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it. 35 And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another. 36 Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto them likewise. 37 But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son. 38 But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance. 39 And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him. 40 When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those husbandmen? 41 They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons. 42 Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes? 43 Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof. 44 And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder. 45 And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them. 46 But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet. OFFERTORY. Ps. 40. Make haste, O Lord, to help me: let them be ashamed and confounded together, that seek after my soul to destroy it: make haste, O Lord, to help me. SECRET. Grant, O Lord, we pray thee, that this holy sacrifice may continually work in us to good effect, and be strengthened in the power of its operation. through. COMMUNION. Ps. 12. thou shalt keep us O Lord : thou shalt preserve us from the generation for ever. POSTCOMMUNION. O Lord, who hast bestowed on us these pledges of our salvation : grant us, we pray thee, that we may so walk worthily of the same that we may attain unto their fulfillment in everlasting life. Through. Over the people. Let us pray. Bow down before the Lord. COLLECT. Keep, we beseech thee, O Lord, thy faithful people both outwardly in their bodies and inwardly in their souls : that they, cleaving stedfastly to all good works, may ever be defended by thy mighty power. through.      All Rights Reserved. © 2002 episcopalnet.org