episcopalnet.org + BACK + NEXT 1928 BCP + Ordo Kalendar + CyberHymnal MISSAL PROPERS: THURSDAY AFTER 2nd SUNDAY IN LENT Station at St. Mary beyond the Tiber. Introit. Deus in adjutorium. Ps. 70. Haste thee, O God, to deliver me: make haste to help me, O Lord: let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul. Ps. ibid. Let them be turned backward and put to confusion: that wish me evil. V. Glory be. COLLECT. Grant to us, Lord, we beseech thee, the help of thy grace : that we, being devoutly given to abstinence and prayer, may be preserved both in body and soul from all the assaults of our enemies. Through. Seasonal Prayers as on Ash Wednesday. LESSON. Jeremiah 17:5-10 5 Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD. 6 For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited. 7 Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is. 8 For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit. 9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? 10 I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings, saith the Lord Almighty. GRADUAL. Ps. 79. Be merciful unto our sins, O Lord; wherefore do the heathen say: Where is now their God? V. Help us, O God of our salvation: for the glory of thy Name deliver us, O Lord. GOSPEL. St. Luke 16:19-31 19 AT that time: Jesus said unto the Pharisees: There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: 20 And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores, 21 And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. 22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; 23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. 24 And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame. 25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented. 26 And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence. 27 Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house: 28 For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment. 29 Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them. 30 And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent. 31 And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead. OFFERTORY. Exod. 32. Moses besought the Lord his God, and said: Why, O Lord, doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people? Turn from thy fierce wrath; remember Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to whom thou swarest to give a land flowing with milk and honey; and the Lord repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people. SECRET. Grant, O Lord, we pray thee, that the fast, which we have dedicated to the honour of thy Name, may by our present sacrifice be sanctified in thy sight: that this profession of our outward observance may inwardly work in us to good effect. Through. COMMUNION. St. John. 6. He that eateth my Flesh and drinketh my Blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him, saith the Lord. POSTCOMMUNION. We beseech thee, O Lord, that we thy servants, never failing of the succour of thy grace, may in all things be devoutly given to thy holy service and stablished by thy continual help. Through. Over the people. Let us pray. Bow down before the Lord. COLLECT. Assist, O Lord, we pray thee, us thy servants, who call on the perpetual bounty of thy loving kindness : and, forasmuch as we do glory in thee alone, our author and our governour, vouchsafe that we may be in all things united and restored by thee, and evermore preserved in that state, whereunto thou dost restore us. through.        All Rights Reserved. © 2002 episcopalnet.org