Tuesday after Fourth Sunday in Lent
MORNING
Lord's Prayer and Preces
Our Father, whichwho art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done inon earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive them thatthose 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, for ever and ever. Amen.
O Lord, open thou our lips.
And our mouth shall show forth thy praise.
O God, make speed to save us.
O Lord, make haste to help us.
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.
Praise ye the Lord.
The Lord's Name be praised.
Ps. 95.
| O come, let us sing unto the Lord; let us heartily rejoice in the strength of our salvation. |
| Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and shew ourselves glad in him with psalms. |
| For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods. |
| In his hand are all the corners of the earth, and the strength of the hills is his also. |
| The sea is his, and he made it; and his hands prepared the dry land. |
| O come, let us worship and fall down, and kneel before the Lord our Maker. |
| For he is the Lord our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. |
| Today if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts: as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness; |
| When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works. |
| Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their hearts, for they have not known my ways; |
| Unto whom I sware in my wrath, that they should not enter into my rest. |
| 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. |
Ps. 86.
| Bow down thine ear, O Lord, and hear me; for I am poor, and in misery. |
| Preserve thou my soul, for I am holy: my God, save thy servant that putteth his trust in thee. |
| Be merciful unto me, O Lord; for I will call daily upon thee. |
| Comfort the soul of thy servant; for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul. |
| For thou, Lord, art good and gracious, and of great mercy unto all them that call upon thee. |
| Give ear, Lord, unto my prayer, and ponder the voice of my humble desires. |
| In the time of my trouble I will call upon thee; for thou hearest me. |
| Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord; there is not one that can do as thou doest. |
| All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy Name. |
| For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art God alone. |
| Teach me thy way, O Lord, and I will walk in thy truth: O knit my heart unto thee, that I may fear thy Name. |
| I will thank thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart; and will praise thy Name for evermore. |
| For great is thy mercy toward me; and thou hast delivered my soul from the nethermost hell. |
| O God, the proud are risen against me; and the congregations of naughty men have sought after my soul, and have not set thee before their eyes. |
| But thou, O Lord God, art full of compassion and mercy, longsuffering, plenteous in goodness and truth. |
| O turn thee then unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and help the son of thine handmaid. |
| Shew some token upon me for good, that they who hate me may see it and be ashamed, because thou, Lord, hast holpen me and comforted me. |
| 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. |
Ps. 87.
| Her foundations are upon the holy hills: the Lord loveth the gates of Sion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. |
| Very excellent things are spoken of thee, thou city of God. |
| I will think upon Rahab and Babylon with them that know me. |
| Behold ye the Philistines also: and they of Tyre, with the Morians; lo, there was he born. |
| And of Sion it shall be reported that he was born in her: and the most High shall stablish her. |
| The Lord shall rehearse it when he writeth up the people; that he was born there. |
| The singers also and trumpeters shall he rehearse: All my fresh springs shall be in thee. |
| 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. |
Ps. 88.
| O Lord God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee: O let my prayer enter into thy presence, incline thine ear unto my calling. |
| For my soul is full of trouble, and my life draweth nigh unto hell. |
| I am counted as one of them that go down into the pit, and I have been even as a man that hath no strength. |
| Free among the dead, like unto them that are wounded, and lie in the grave: who are out of remembrance, and are cut away from thy hand. |
| Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in a place of darkness, and in the deep. |
| Thine indignation lieth hard upon me, and thou hast vexed me with all thy storms. |
| Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me, and made me to be abhorred of them. |
| I am so fast in prison that I cannot get forth. |
| My sight faileth for very trouble; Lord, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched forth my hands unto thee. |
| Dost thou shew wonders among the dead? or shall the dead rise up again, and praise thee? |
| Shall thy lovingkindness be shewed in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction? |
| Shall thy wondrous works be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land where all things are forgotten? |
| Unto thee have I cried, O Lord; and early shall my prayer come before thee. |
| Lord, why abhorrest thou my soul, and hidest thou thy face from me? |
| I am in misery, and like unto him that is at the point to die; even from my youth up thy terrors have I suffered with a troubled mind. |
| Thy wrathful displeasure goeth over me, and the fear of thee hath undone me. |
| They came round about me daily like water, and compassed me together on every side. |
| My lovers and friends hast thou put away from me, and hid mine acquaintance out of my sight. |
| 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. |
First Lesson✤
| And an angel of the Lord came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you. |
| And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why have ye done this? |
| Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you. |
| And it came to pass, when the angel of the Lord spake these words unto all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept. |
| And they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed there unto the Lord. |
| And when Joshua had let the people go, the children of Israel went every man unto his inheritance to possess the land. |
| And the people served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great works of the Lord, that he did for Israel. |
| And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died, being an hundred and ten years old. |
| And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath-heres, in the mount of Ephraim, on the north side of the hill Gaash. |
| And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the Lord, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel. |
| And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and served Baalim: |
| And they forsook the Lord God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people that were round about them, and bowed themselves unto them, and provoked the Lord to anger. |
| And they forsook the Lord, and served Baal and Ashtaroth. |
| And the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies. |
| Whithersoever they went out, the hand of the Lord was against them for evil, as the Lord had said, and as the Lord had sworn unto them: and they were greatly distressed. |
| Nevertheless the Lord raised up judges, which delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them. |
| And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the Lord; but they did not so. |
| And when the Lord raised them up judges, then the Lord was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented the Lord because of their groanings by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them. |
| And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned, and corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from their own doings, nor from their stubborn way. |
| And the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel; and he said, Because that this people hath transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice; |
| I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations which Joshua left when he died: |
| That through them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of the Lord to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not. |
| Therefore the Lord left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua. |
BENEDICITE, OMNIA OPERA DOMINIFirst Canticle
O all ye Works of the Lord, bless ye the Lord:
praise him, and magnify him for ever.
O ye Angels of the Lord, bless ye the Lord:
praise him, and magnify him for ever.
O ye Heavens, bless ye the Lord:
praise him, and magnify him for ever.
O ye Waters that be above the firmament, bless ye the Lord:
praise him, and magnify him for ever.
O all ye Powers of the Lord, bless ye the Lord:
praise him, and magnify him for ever.
O ye Sun and Moon, bless ye the Lord:
praise him, and magnify him for ever.
O ye Stars of heaven, bless ye the Lord:
praise him, and magnify him for ever.
O ye Showers and Dew, bless ye the Lord:
praise him, and magnify him for ever.
O ye Winds of God, bless ye the Lord:
praise him, and magnify him for ever.
O ye Fire and Heat, bless ye the Lord:
praise him, and magnify him for ever.
O ye Winter and Summer, bless ye the Lord:
praise him, and magnify him for ever.
O ye Dews and Frosts, bless ye the Lord:
praise him, and magnify him for ever.
O ye Frost and Cold, bless ye the Lord:
praise him, and magnify him for ever.
O ye Ice and Snow, bless ye the Lord:
praise him, and magnify him for ever.
O ye Nights and Days, bless ye the Lord:
praise him, and magnify him for ever.
O ye Light and Darkness, bless ye the Lord:
praise him, and magnify him for ever.
O ye Lightnings and Clouds, bless ye the Lord:
praise him, and magnify him for ever.
O let the Earth bless the Lord:
yea, let it praise him, and magnify him for ever.
O ye Mountains and Hills, bless ye the Lord:
praise him, and magnify him for ever.
O all ye Green things upon the earth, bless ye the Lord:
praise him, and magnify him for ever.
O ye Wells, bless ye the Lord:
praise him, and magnify him for ever.
O ye Seas and Floods, bless ye the Lord:
praise him, and magnify him for ever.
O ye Whales, and all that move in the waters, bless ye the Lord:
praise him, and magnify him for ever.
O all ye Fowls of the air, bless ye the Lord:
praise him, and magnify him for ever.
O all ye Beasts and Cattle, bless ye the Lord:
praise him, and magnify him for ever.
O ye Children of men, bless ye the Lord:
praise him, and magnify him for ever.
O let Israel bless the Lord:
praise him, and magnify him for ever.
O ye Priests of the Lord, bless ye the Lord:
praise him, and magnify him for ever.
O ye Servants of the Lord, bless ye the Lord:
praise him, and magnify him for ever.
O ye Spirits and Souls of the righteous, bless ye the Lord:
praise him, and magnify him for ever.
O ye Holy and Humble men of heart, bless ye the Lord:
praise him, and magnify him for ever.
O Ananias, Azarias, and Misael, bless ye the Lord:
praise him, and magnify him for ever.
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.
Second Lesson✤
| When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John, |
| (Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples,) |
| He left Judæa, and departed again into Galilee. |
| And he must needs go through Samaria. |
| Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. |
| Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour. |
| There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink. |
| (For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.) |
| Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans. |
| Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water. |
| The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water? |
| Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle? |
| Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again: |
| But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life. |
| The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw. |
| Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither. |
| The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband: |
| For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly. |
| The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet. |
| Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship. |
| Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father. |
| Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews. |
| But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. |
| God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. |
| The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things. |
| Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he. |
| And upon this came his disciples, and marvelled that he talked with the woman: yet no man said, What seekest thou? or, Why talkest thou with her? |
| The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men, |
| Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ? |
| Then they went out of the city, and came unto him. |
| In the mean while his disciples prayed him, saying, Master, eat. |
| But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of. |
| Therefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any man brought him ought to eat? |
| Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work. |
| Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest. |
| And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together. |
| And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth. |
| I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours. |
| And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the saying of the woman, which testified, He told me all that ever I did. |
| So when the Samaritans were come unto him, they besought him that he would tarry with them: and he abode there two days. |
| And many more believed because of his own word; |
| And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world. |
| Now after two days he departed thence, and went into Galilee. |
| For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath no honour in his own country. |
| Then when he was come into Galilee, the Galilæans received him, having seen all the things that he did at Jerusalem at the feast: for they also went unto the feast. |
| So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum. |
| When he heard that Jesus was come out of Judæa into Galilee, he went unto him, and besought him that he would come down, and heal his son: for he was at the point of death. |
| Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe. |
| The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die. |
| Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth. And the man believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his way. |
| And as he was now going down, his servants met him, and told him, saying, Thy son liveth. |
| Then enquired he of them the hour when he began to amend. And they said unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him. |
| So the father knew that it was at the same hour, in the which Jesus said unto him, Thy son liveth: and himself believed, and his whole house. |
| This is again the second miracle that Jesus did, when he was come out of Judæa into Galilee. |
BENEDICTUSSecond Canticle
Blessed be the Lord God of Israel;
for he hath visited and redeemed his people;
And hath raised up a mighty salvation for us,
in the house of his servant David;
As he spake by the mouth of his holy Prophets,
which have been since the world began;
That we should be saved from our enemies,
and from the hand of all that hate us:
To perform the mercy promised to our forefathers, and to remember his holy covenant;
To perform the oath which he sware to our forefather Abraham, that he would give us;
That we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear;
In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.
And thou, Child, shalt be called the Prophet of the Highest:
for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;
To give knowledge of salvation unto his people
for the remission of their sins,
Through the tender mercy of our God;
whereby the Day-spring from on high hath visited us;
To give light to them that sit in darkness, and in the shadow of death,
and to guide our feet into the way of peace.
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.
Collect of the Day
Grant, we beseech thee, Almighty God, that we, who for our evil deeds do worthily deserve to be punished, by the comfort of thy grace may mercifully be relieved, through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.
Collect of Lent
Almighty and everlasting God, who hatest nothing that thou hast made, and dost forgive the sins of all them thatthose who are penitent; Create and make in us new and contrite hearts, that we worthily lamenting our sins, and acknowledging our wretchedness, may obtain of thee, the God of all mercy, perfect remission and forgiveness, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Collect for Peace
O God, who art the author of peace, and lover of concord, in knowledge of whom standeth our eternal life, whose service is perfect freedom; Defend us thy humble servants in all assaults of our enemies; that we surely trusting in thy defence, may not fear the power of any adversaries, through the might of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Collect for Grace
O Lord our heavenly Father, Almighty and everlasting God, who hast safely brought us to the beginning of this day; Defend us in the same with thy mighty power; and grant that this day we fall into no sin, neither run into any kind of danger; but that all our doings may be ordered by thy governance, to do always that isdoings, being ordered by thy governance, may be righteous in thy sight, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
