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16th Sunday after Trinity
(If you can, go to mass today. If you can't, read the mass propers
for today, found on pages 212-213
of the Book of Common Prayer.)
MORNING PRAYER (Abbreviated Version)
MORNING PRAYER (Full Version)
Ps 116. Dilexi, quoniam.
The First
Lesson
Isaiah 12
1 And in that day thou shalt say, O LORD, I will praise thee:
though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and
thou comfortedst me.
2 Behold,
God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the
LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my
salvation.
3 Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of
salvation.
4 And in that day shall ye say, Praise the LORD, call upon his
name, declare his doings among the people, make mention that
his name is exalted.
5 Sing unto the LORD; for he hath done excellent things: this
is known in all the earth.
6 Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the
Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.
The Second
Lesson
John 11:21-44
21 Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here,
my brother had not died.
22 But I know, that even now, whatsoever thou wilt ask of God,
God will give it thee.
23 Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again.
24 Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in
the resurrection at the last day.
25 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life:
he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
26 And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die.
Believest thou this?
27 She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou art the
Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world.
28 And when she had so said, she went her way, and called Mary
her sister secretly, saying, The Master is come, and calleth
for thee.
29 As soon as she heard that, she arose quickly, and came unto
him.
30 Now Jesus was not yet come into the town, but was in that
place where Martha met him.
31 The Jews then which were with her in the house, and comforted
her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up hastily and went out,
followed her, saying, She goeth unto the grave to weep there.
32 Then when Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw him, she
fell down at his feet, saying unto him, Lord, if thou hadst been
here, my brother had not died.
33 When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping
which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled,
34 And said, Where have ye laid him? They said unto him, Lord,
come and see.
35 Jesus
wept.
36 Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him!
37 And some of them said, Could not this man, which opened the
eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man should not
have died?
38 Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave.
It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.
39 Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of
him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh:
for he hath been dead four days.
40 Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou
wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?
41 Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead
was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank
thee that thou hast heard me.
42 And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the
people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou
hast sent me.
43 And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus,
come forth.
44 And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with
graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus
saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.
EVENING
PRAYER (Abbreviated
+ Full)
(Sunday)
Ps 90. Domine, refugium.
The First
Lesson
Ezekiel 33:1-9
1 Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto
them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the
land take a man of their coasts, and set him for their watchman:
3 If when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the
trumpet, and warn the people;
4 Then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh
not warning; if the sword come, and take him away, his blood
shall be upon his own head.
5 He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; his
blood shall be upon him. But he that taketh warning shall deliver
his soul.
6 But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet,
and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any
person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but
his blood will I require at the watchman's hand.
7 So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the
house of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth,
and warn them from me.
8 When
I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if
thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked
man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at
thine hand.
9 Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from
it; if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity;
but thou hast delivered thy soul.
The Second
Lesson
Matthew 24:37-51
37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the
Son of man be.
38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating
and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day
that Noe entered into the ark,
39 And
knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall
also the coming of the Son of man be.
40 Then
shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other
left.
41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be
taken, and the other left.
42 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth
come.
43 But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known
in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and
would not have suffered his house to be broken up.
44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think
not the Son of man cometh.
45 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath
made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?
46 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall
find so doing.
47 Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all
his goods.
48 But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord
delayeth his coming;
49 And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and
drink with the drunken;
50 The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh
not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,
51 And
shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites:
there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Monday
MORNING PRAYER (Abbreviated Version)
MORNING PRAYER (Full Version)
Ps 103. Benedic, anima mea.
The First
Lesson
1 Kings 8:1-11
1 Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads
of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel,
unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, that they might bring up the
ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which
is Zion.
2 And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king Solomon
at the feast in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month.
3 And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up
the ark.
4 And they brought up the ark of the LORD, and the tabernacle
of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the
tabernacle, even those did the priests and the Levites bring
up.
5 And king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel, that
were assembled unto him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing
sheep and oxen, that could not be told nor numbered for multitude.
6 And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD
unto his place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy
place, even under the wings of the cherubims.
7 For the cherubims spread forth their two wings over the place
of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves
thereof above.
8 And they drew out the staves, that the ends of the staves were
seen out in the holy place before the oracle, and they were not
seen without: and there they are unto this day.
9 There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone,
which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant
with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of
Egypt.
10 And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the
holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the LORD,
11 So
that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud:
for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of the LORD.
The Second
Lesson
1 Thessalonians 1
1 Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians
which is in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace
be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus
Christ.
2 We
give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you
in our prayers;
3 Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour
of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the
sight of God and our Father;
4 Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God.
5 For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in
power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know
what manner of men we were among you for your sake.
6 And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received
the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost:
7 So that ye were examples to all that believe in Macedonia and
Achaia.
8 For from you sounded out the word of the Lord not only in Macedonia
and Achaia, but also in every place your faith to God-ward is
spread abroad; so that we need not to speak any thing.
9 For
they themselves show of us what manner of entering in we had
unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living
and true God;
10 And
to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead,
even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.
EVENING
PRAYER (Abbreviated
+ Full)
(Monday)
Ps 104. Benedic, anima
mea.
The First
Lesson
Ecclesiasticus 43:13-19
13 By his commandment he maketh the snow to fall aplace, and
sendeth swiftly the lightnings of his judgment.
14 Through this the treasures are opened: and clouds fly forth
as fowls.
15 By his great power he maketh the clouds firm, and the hailstones
are broken small.
16 At his sight the mountains are shaken, and at his will the
south wind bloweth.
17 The noise of the thunder maketh the earth to tremble: so doth
the northern storm and the whirlwind: as birds flying he scattereth
the snow, and the falling down thereof is as the lighting of
grasshoppers:
18 The eye marvelleth at the beauty of the whiteness thereof,
and the heart is astonished at the raining of it.
19 The
hoarfrost also as salt he poureth on the earth, and being congealed,
it lieth on the top of sharp stakes.
The Second
Lesson
Matthew 9:18-35
18 While he spake these things unto them, behold, there came
a certain ruler, and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is even
now dead: but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live.
19 And Jesus arose, and followed him, and so did his disciples.
20 And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of
blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his
garment:
21 For she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment,
I shall be whole.
22 But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said,
Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole.
And the woman was made whole from that hour.
23 And when Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the minstrels
and the people making a noise,
24 He
said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth.
And they laughed him to scorn.
25 But when the people were put forth, he went in, and took her
by the hand, and the maid arose.
26 And the fame hereof went abroad into all that land.
27 And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him,
crying, and saying, Thou Son of David, have mercy on us.
28 And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to
him: and Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able to
do this? They said unto him, Yea, Lord.
29 Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith
be it unto you.
30 And their eyes were opened; and Jesus straitly charged them,
saying, See that no man know it.
31 But they, when they were departed, spread abroad his fame
in all that country.
32 As they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man possessed
with a devil.
33 And when the devil was cast out, the dumb spake: and the multitudes
marvelled, saying, It was never so seen in Israel.
34 But the Pharisees said, He casteth out devils through the
prince of the devils.
35 And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching
in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom,
and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.
Tuesday
MORNING PRAYER (Abbreviated Version)
MORNING PRAYER (Full Version)
Ps 118. Confitemini Domino.
The First
Lesson
1 Kings 8:12-21
12 Then spake Solomon, The LORD said that he would dwell in the
thick darkness.
13 I have surely built thee an house to dwell in, a settled place
for thee to abide in for ever.
14 And the king turned his face about, and blessed all the congregation
of Israel: (and all the congregation of Israel stood;)
15 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which spake
with his mouth unto David my father, and hath with his hand fulfilled
it, saying,
16 Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of
Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build
an house, that my name might be therein; but I chose David to
be over my people Israel.
17 And it was in the heart of David my father to build an house
for the name of the LORD God of Israel.
18 And the LORD said unto David my father, Whereas it was in
thine heart to build an house unto my name, thou didst well that
it was in thine heart.
19 Nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that
shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house unto
my name.
20 And the LORD hath performed his word that he spake, and I
am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne
of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built an house for
the name of the LORD God of Israel.
21 And
I have set there a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant
of the LORD, which he made with our fathers, when he brought
them out of the land of Egypt.
The Second
Lesson
1 Thessalonians 2:1-13
1 For yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto you, that
it was not in vain:
2 But even after that we had suffered before, and were shamefully
entreated, as ye know, at Philippi, we were bold in our God to
speak unto you the gospel of God with much contention.
3 For our exhortation was not of deceit, nor of uncleanness,
nor in guile:
4 But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel,
even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth
our hearts.
5 For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know,
nor a cloak of covetousness; God is witness:
6 Nor of men sought we glory, neither of you, nor yet of others,
when we might have been burdensome, as the apostles of Christ.
7 But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her
children:
8 So being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to
have imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also
our own souls, because ye were dear unto us.
9 For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouring
night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of
you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.
10 Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and
unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe:
11 As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every
one of you, as a father doth his children,
12 That
ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom
and glory.
13 For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because,
when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received
it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of
God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.
EVENING
PRAYER (Abbreviated
+ Full)
(Tuesday)
Ps 111. Confitebor tibi.
Ps 113. Laudate, pueri.
The First
Lesson
Ecclesiasticus 43:20-33
20 When the cold north wind bloweth, and the water is congealed
into ice, it abideth upon every gathering together of water,
and clotheth the water as with a breastplate.
21 It devoureth the mountains, and burneth the wilderness, and
consumeth the grass as fire.
22 A present remedy of all is a mist coming speedily, a dew coming
after heat refresheth.
23 By his counsel he appeaseth the deep, and planteth islands
therein.
24 They that sail on the sea tell of the danger thereof; and
when we hear it with our ears, we marvel thereat.
25 For therein be strange and wondrous works, variety of all
kinds of beasts and whales created.
26 By him the end of them hath prosperous success, and by his
word all things consist.
27 We may speak much, and yet come short: wherefore in sum, he
is all.
28 How shall we be able to magnify him? for he is great above
all his works.
29 The Lord is terrible and very great, and marvellous is his
power.
30 When
ye glorify the Lord, exalt him as much as ye can; for even yet
will he far exceed: and when ye exalt him, put forth all your
strength, and be not weary; for ye can never go far enough.
31 Who hath seen him, that he might tell us? and who can magnify
him as he is?
32 There are yet hid greater things than these be, for we have
seen but a few of his works.
33 For the Lord hath made all things; and to the godly hath he
given wisdom.
The Second
Lesson
Matthew 9:36-10:15
36 But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion
on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as
sheep having no shepherd.
37 Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous,
but the labourers are few;
38 Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send
forth labourers into his harvest.
1 And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave
them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to
heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease.
2 Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first,
Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the
son of Zebedee, and John his brother;
3 Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican;
James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus;
4 Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed
him.
5 These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying,
Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the
Samaritans enter ye not:
6 But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
7 And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.
8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out
devils: freely ye have received, freely give.
9 Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses,
10 Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes,
nor yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat.
11 And into whatsoever city or town ye shall enter, inquire who
in it is worthy; and there abide till ye go thence.
12 And when ye come into an house, salute it.
13 And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but
if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you.
14 And
whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye
depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your
feet.
15 Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the
land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that
city.
Wednesday
MORNING PRAYER (Abbreviated Version)
MORNING PRAYER (Full Version)
Ps 119:113-128
Iniquos odio habui.
The First Lesson
1 Kings 8:22-30
22 And Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence
of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands
toward heaven:
23 And he said, LORD God of Israel, there is no God like thee,
in heaven above, or on earth beneath, who keepest covenant and
mercy with thy servants that walk before thee with all their
heart:
24 Who hast kept with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst
him: thou spakest also with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it
with thine hand, as it is this day.
25 Therefore now, LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David
my father that thou promisedst him, saying, There shall not fail
thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel; so that
thy children take heed to their way, that they walk before me
as thou hast walked before me.
26 And now, O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be verified,
which thou spakest unto thy servant David my father.
27 But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven
and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this
house that I have builded?
28 Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and
to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and
to the prayer, which thy servant prayeth before thee today:
29 That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day,
even toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall
be there: that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy
servant shall make toward this place.
30 And
hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people
Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear thou
in heaven thy dwellingplace: and when thou hearest, forgive.
The Second
Lesson
1 Thessalonians 2:17-3:13
17 But we, brethren, being taken from you for a short time in
presence, not in heart, endeavoured the more abundantly to see
your face with great desire.
18 Wherefore we would have come unto you, even I Paul, once and
again; but Satan hindered us.
19 For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not
even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?
20 For
ye are our glory and joy.
1 Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good
to be left at Athens alone;
2 And sent Timotheus, our brother, and minister of God, and our
fellowlabourer in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and
to comfort you concerning your faith:
3 That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves
know that we are appointed thereunto.
4 For verily, when we were with you, we told you before that
we should suffer tribulation; even as it came to pass, and ye
know.
5 For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know
your faith, lest by some means the tempter have tempted you,
and our labour be in vain.
6 But now when Timotheus came from you unto us, and brought us
good tidings of your faith and charity, and that ye have good
remembrance of us always, desiring greatly to see us, as we also
to see you:
7 Therefore, brethren, we were comforted over you in all our
affliction and distress by your faith:
8 For now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord.
9 For what thanks can we render to God again for you, for all
the joy wherewith we joy for your sakes before our God;
10 Night and day praying exceedingly that we might see your face,
and might perfect that which is lacking in your faith?
11 Now God himself and our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ,
direct our way unto you.
12 And
the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another,
and toward all men, even as we do toward you:
13 To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness
before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus
Christ with all his saints.
EVENING
PRAYER (Abbreviated
+ Full)
(Wednesday)
Ps 119:129-144
Mirabilia.
Ps 117. Laudate Dominum.
The First
Lesson
Ecclesiasticus 44:1-15
1 Let us now praise famous men, and our fathers that begat us.
2 The Lord hath wrought great glory by them through his great
power from the beginning.
3 Such as did bear rule in their kingdoms, men renowned for their
power, giving counsel by their understanding, and declaring prophecies:
4 Leaders of the people by their counsels, and by their knowledge
of learning meet for the people, wise and eloquent are their
instructions:
5 Such as found out musical tunes, and recited verses in writing:
6 Rich men furnished with ability, living peaceably in their
habitations:
7 All these were honoured in their generations, and were the
glory of their times.
8 There be of them, that have left a name behind them, that their
praises might be reported.
9 And
some there be, which have no memorial; who are perished, as though
they had never been; and are become as though they had never
been born; and their children after them.
10 But these were merciful men, whose righteousness hath not
been forgotten.
11 With their seed shall continually remain a good inheritance,
and their children are within the covenant.
12 Their seed standeth fast, and their children for their sakes.
13 Their seed shall remain for ever, and their glory shall not
be blotted out.
14 Their bodies are buried in peace; but their name liveth for
evermore.
15 The people will tell of their wisdom, and the congregation
will shew forth their praise.
The First
Lesson
Matthew 10:16-31
16
Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be
ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
17 But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils,
and they will scourge you in their synagogues;
18 And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my
sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.
19 But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what
ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what
ye shall speak.
20 For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father
which speaketh in you.
21 And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and
the father the child: and the children shall rise up against
their parents, and cause them to be put to death.
22 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he
that endureth to the end shall be saved.
23 But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another:
for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities
of Israel, till the Son of man be come.
24 The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above
his lord.
25 It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and
the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the
house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household?
26 Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that
shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.
27 What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what
ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.
28 And
fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the
soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul
and body in hell.
29 Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them
shall not fall on the ground without your Father.
30 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
31 Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.
Thursday
MORNING PRAYER (Abbreviated Version)
MORNING PRAYER (Full Version)
Ps 126. In convertendo.
Ps 128. Beati omnes.
The First
Lesson
1 Kings 8:54-63
54 And it was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying
all this prayer and supplication unto the LORD, he arose from
before the altar of the LORD, from kneeling on his knees with
his hands spread up to heaven.
55 And he stood, and blessed all the congregation of Israel with
a loud voice, saying,
56 Blessed be the LORD, that hath given rest unto his people
Israel, according to all that he promised: there hath not failed
one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the hand
of Moses his servant.
57 The LORD our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let
him not leave us, nor forsake us:
58 That he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his
ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his
judgments, which he commanded our fathers.
59 And let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication
before the LORD, be nigh unto the LORD our God day and night,
that he maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his
people Israel at all times, as the matter shall require:
60 That all the people of the earth may know that the LORD is
God, and that there is none else.
61 Let your heart therefore be perfect with the LORD our God,
to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at
this day.
62 And the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before
the LORD.
63 And
Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered
unto the LORD, two and twenty thousand oxen, and an hundred and
twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel
dedicated the house of the LORD.
The Second
Lesson
1 Thessalonians 4:1-12
1 Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by
the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to
walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more.
2 For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.
3 For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that
ye should abstain from fornication:
4 That
every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification
and honour;
5 Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which
know not God:
6 That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter:
because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also
have forewarned you and testified.
7 For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.
8 He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who
hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.
9 But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto
you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.
10 And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in all
Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more
and more;
11 And
that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to
work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
12 That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and
that ye may have lack of nothing.
EVENING
PRAYER (Abbreviated
+ Full)
(Thursday)
Ps 121. Levavi oculos.
Ps 122. Laetatus sum.
Ps 138. Confitebor tibi.
The First
Lesson
Job 1:1-12
1 There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and
that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and
eschewed evil.
2 And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.
3 His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand
camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses,
and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest
of all the men of the east.
4 And his sons went and feasted in their houses, every one his
day; and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to
drink with them.
5 And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about,
that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning,
and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all:
for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed
God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.
6 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves
before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.
7 And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan
answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth,
and from walking up and down in it.
8 And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant
Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and
an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?
9 Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for
nought?
10 Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house,
and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the
work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.
11 But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath,
and he will curse thee to thy face.
12 And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is
in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So
Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD.
The Second
Lesson
Matthew 10:32-11:1
32
Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess
also before my Father which is in heaven.
33 But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny
before my Father which is in heaven.
34 Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not
to send peace, but a sword.
35 For I am come to set a man at variance against his father,
and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-in-law
against her mother-in-law.
36 And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.
37 He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy
of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not
worthy of me.
38 And
he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not
worthy of me.
39 He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth
his life for my sake shall find it.
40 He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth
me receiveth him that sent me.
41 He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall
receive a prophet's reward; and he that receiveth a righteous
man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous
man's reward.
42 And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little
ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily
I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.
1 And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of commanding
his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach
in their cities.
Friday
MORNING PRAYER (Abbreviated Version)
MORNING PRAYER (Full Version)
Ps 102. Domine, exaudi.
The First
Lesson
1 Kings 9:1-9
1 And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished the building
of the house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all Solomon's
desire which he was pleased to do,
2 That the LORD appeared to Solomon the second time, as he had
appeared unto him at Gibeon.
3 And
the LORD said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication,
that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which
thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes
and mine heart shall be there perpetually.
4 And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked,
in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to
all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and
my judgments:
5 Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel
for ever, as I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall
not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel.
6 But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your children,
and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have
set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them:
7 Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given
them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will
I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword
among all people:
8 And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by
it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why
hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and to this house?
9 And they shall answer, Because they forsook the LORD their
God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt,
and have taken hold upon other gods, and have worshipped them,
and served them: therefore hath the LORD brought upon them all
this evil.
The Second
Lesson
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18
13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning
them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which
have no hope.
14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so
them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we
which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall
not prevent them which are asleep.
16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout,
with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and
the dead in Christ shall rise first:
17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together
with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so
shall we ever be with the Lord.
18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
EVENING
PRAYER (Abbreviated
+ Full)
(Friday)
Ps 139. Domine, probasti.
The First
Lesson
Job 1:13-22
13 And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating
and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house:
14 And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were
plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:
15 And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away; yea, they
have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only
am escaped alone to tell thee.
16 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said,
The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the
sheep, and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped
alone to tell thee.
17 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said,
The Chaldeans made out three bands, and fell upon the camels,
and have carried them away, yea, and slain the servants with
the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
18 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said,
Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their
eldest brother's house:
19 And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness,
and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the
young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to
tell thee.
20 Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head,
and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,
21 And
said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I
return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away;
blessed be the name of the LORD.
22 In
all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.
The Second
Lesson
Matthew 11:2-19
2 Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ,
he sent two of his disciples,
3 And said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look
for another?
4 Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and show John again those
things which ye do hear and see:
5 The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers
are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and
the poor have the gospel preached to them.
6 And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me.
7 And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes
concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see?
A reed shaken with the wind?
8 But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment?
behold, they that wear soft clothing are in kings' houses.
9 But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto
you, and more than a prophet.
10 For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger
before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
11 Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there
hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding
he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
12 And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom
of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.
13 For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.
14 And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to
come.
15 He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
16 But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto
children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows,
17 And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced;
we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented.
18 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He
hath a devil.
19 The
Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man
gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners.
But wisdom is justified of her children.
Saturday
MORNING PRAYER (Abbreviated Version)
MORNING PRAYER (Full Version)
Ps 143. Domine, exaudi.
Ps 149. Cantate Domino.
The First Lesson
1 Kings 11:26-31, 34-37
26 And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephrathite of Zereda, Solomon's
servant, whose mother's name was Zeruah, a widow woman, even
he lifted up his hand against the king.
27 And this was the cause that he lifted up his hand against
the king: Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breaches of the
city of David his father.
28 And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valour: and Solomon
seeing the young man that he was industrious, he made him ruler
over all the charge of the house of Joseph.
29 And it came to pass at that time when Jeroboam went out of
Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in
the way; and he had clad himself with a new garment; and they
two were alone in the field:
30 And Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him, and rent
it in twelve pieces:
31 And he said to Jeroboam, Take thee ten pieces: for thus saith
the LORD, the God of Israel, Behold, I will rend the kingdom
out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to thee:
34 Howbeit I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand:
but I will make him prince all the days of his life for David
my servant's sake, whom I chose, because he kept my commandments
and my statutes:
35 But I will take the kingdom out of his son's hand, and will
give it unto thee, even ten tribes.
36 And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant
may have a light always before me in Jerusalem, the city which
I have chosen me to put my name there.
37 And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all
that thy soul desireth, and shalt be king over Israel.
The Second
Lesson
1 Thessalonians 5:1-11
1 But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need
that I write unto you.
2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh
as a thief in the night.
3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction
cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they
shall not escape.
4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should
overtake you as a thief.
5 Ye
are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we
are not of the night, nor of darkness.
6 Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch
and be sober.
7 For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken
are drunken in the night.
8 But
let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate
of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.
9 For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation
by our Lord Jesus Christ,
10 Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should
live together with him.
11 Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another,
even as also ye do.
EVENING
PRAYER (Abbreviated
+ Full)
(Saturday)
Ps 97. Dominus regnavit.
Ps 98. Cantate Domino.
The First
Lesson
Job 2
1 Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present
themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them to
present himself before the LORD.
2 And the LORD said unto Satan, From whence comest thou? And
Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the
earth, and from walking up and down in it.
3 And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant
Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and
an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and
still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me
against him, to destroy him without cause.
4 And
Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that
a man hath will he give for his life.
5 But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh,
and he will curse thee to thy face.
6 And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand;
but save his life.
7 So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote
Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.
8 And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he
sat down among the ashes.
9 Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity?
curse God, and die.
10 But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish
women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God,
and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with
his lips.
11 Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was
come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz
the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite:
for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with
him and to comfort him.
12 And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him
not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every
one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.
13 So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven
nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his
grief was very great.
The Second
Lesson
Matthew 11:20-30
20 Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty
works were done, because they repented not:
21 Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if
the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre
and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and
ashes.
22 But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and
Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you.
23 And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt
be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have
been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained
until this day.
24 But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the
land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.
25 At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father,
Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things
from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.
26 Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight.
27 All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man
knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the
Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal
him.
28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and
I will give you rest.
29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and
lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
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