Friday after First 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. 120.
| When I was in trouble I called upon the Lord, and he heard me. |
| Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue. |
| What reward shall be given or done unto thee, thou false tongue? even mighty and sharp arrows, with hot burning coals. |
| Woe is me, that I am constrained to dwell with Mesech, and to have my habitation among the tents of Kedar. |
| My soul hath long dwelt among them that are enemies unto peace. |
| I labour for peace, but when I speak unto them thereof, they make them ready to battle. |
| 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. 121.
| I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills; from whence cometh my help. |
| My help cometh even from the Lord, who hath made heaven and earth. |
| He will not suffer thy foot to be moved; and he that keepeth thee will not sleep. |
| Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. |
| The Lord himself is thy keeper; the Lord is thy defence upon thy right hand; |
| So that the sun shall not burn thee by day, neither the moon by night. |
| The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil; yea, it is even he that shall keep thy soul. |
| The Lord shall preserve thy going out, and thy coming in, from this time forth for evermore. |
| 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. 122.
| I was glad when they said unto me, We will go into the house of the Lord. |
| Our feet shall stand in thy gates, O Jerusalem. |
| Jerusalem is built as a city that is at unity in itself. |
| For thither the tribes go up, even the tribes of the Lord, to testify unto Israel, to give thanks unto the Name of the Lord. |
| For there is the seat of judgement, even the seat of the house of David. |
| O pray for the peace of Jerusalem; they shall prosper that love thee. |
| Peace be within thy walls, and plenteousness within thy palaces. |
| For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will wish thee prosperity. |
| Yea, because of the house of the Lord our God, I will seek to do thee good. |
| 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. 123.
| Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens. |
| Behold, even as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress, even so our eyes wait upon the Lord our God, until he have mercy upon us. |
| Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us; for we are utterly despised. |
| Our soul is filled with the scornful reproof of the wealthy, and with the despitefulness of the proud. |
| 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. 124.
| If the Lord himself had not been on our side, now may Israel say; if the Lord himself had not been on our side, when men rose up against us; |
| They had swallowed us up quick, when they were so wrathfully displeased at us. |
| Yea, the waters had drowned us, and the stream had gone over our soul. |
| The deep waters of the proud had gone even over our soul. |
| But praised be the Lord, who hath not given us over for a prey unto their teeth. |
| Our soul is escaped even as a bird out of the snare of the fowler; the snare is broken, and we are delivered. |
| Our help standeth in the Name of the Lord, who hath made heaven and earth. |
| 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. 125.
| They that put their trust in the Lord shall be even as the mount Sion, which may not be removed, but standeth fast for ever. |
| The hills stand about Jerusalem; even so standeth the Lord round about his people, from this time forth for evermore. |
| For the rod of the ungodly cometh not into the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put their hand unto wickedness. |
| Do well, O Lord, unto those that are good and true of heart. |
| As for such as turn back unto their own wickedness, the Lord shall lead them forth with the evil doers; but peace shall be upon 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. |
First Lesson✤
| Hear, O Israel: Thou art to pass over Jordan this day, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fenced up to heaven, |
| A people great and tall, the children of the Anakims, whom thou knowest, and of whom thou hast heard say, Who can stand before the children of Anak! |
| Understand therefore this day, that the Lord thy God is he which goeth over before thee; as a consuming fire he shall destroy them, and he shall bring them down before thy face: so shalt thou drive them out, and destroy them quickly, as the Lord hath said unto thee. |
| Speak not thou in thine heart, after that the Lord thy God hath cast them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness the Lord hath brought me in to possess this land: but for the wickedness of these nations the Lord doth drive them out from before thee. |
| Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the Lord thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform the word which the Lord sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. |
| Understand therefore, that the Lord thy God giveth thee not this good land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou art a stiffnecked people. |
| Remember, and forget not, how thou provokedst the Lord thy God to wrath in the wilderness: from the day that thou didst depart out of the land of Egypt, until ye came unto this place, ye have been rebellious against the Lord. |
| Also in Horeb ye provoked the Lord to wrath, so that the Lord was angry with you to have destroyed you. |
| When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant which the Lord made with you, then I abode in the mount forty days and forty nights, I neither did eat bread nor drink water: |
| And the Lord delivered unto me two tables of stone written with the finger of God; and on them was written according to all the words, which the Lord spake with you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly. |
| And it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, that the Lord gave me the two tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant. |
| And the Lord said unto me, Arise, get thee down quickly from hence; for thy people which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt have corrupted themselves; they are quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them; they have made them a molten image. |
| Furthermore the Lord spake unto me, saying, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people: |
| Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven: and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they. |
| So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount burned with fire: and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands. |
| And I looked, and, behold, ye had sinned against the Lord your God, and had made you a molten calf: ye had turned aside quickly out of the way which the Lord had commanded you. |
| And I took the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and brake them before your eyes. |
| And I fell down before the Lord, as at the first, forty days and forty nights: I did neither eat bread, nor drink water, because of all your sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger. |
| For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure, wherewith the Lord was wroth against you to destroy you. But the Lord hearkened unto me at that time also. |
| And the Lord was very angry with Aaron to have destroyed him: and I prayed for Aaron also the same time. |
| And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small, even until it was as small as dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended out of the mount. |
| And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibroth-hattaavah, ye provoked the Lord to wrath. |
| Likewise when the Lord sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying, Go up and possess the land which I have given you; then ye rebelled against the commandment of the Lord your God, and ye believed him not, nor hearkened to his voice. |
| Ye have been rebellious against the Lord from the day that I knew you. |
| Thus I fell down before the Lord forty days and forty nights, as I fell down at the first; because the Lord had said he would destroy you. |
| I prayed therefore unto the Lord, and said, O Lord God, destroy not thy people and thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed through thy greatness, which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand. |
| Remember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not unto the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin: |
| Lest the land whence thou broughtest us out say, Because the Lord was not able to bring them into the land which he promised them, and because he hated them, he hath brought them out to slay them in the wilderness. |
| Yet they are thy people and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest out by thy mighty power and by thy stretched out arm. |
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✤
| After these things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come. |
| Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest. |
| Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves. |
| Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes: and salute no man by the way. |
| And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace be to this house. |
| And if the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it: if not, it shall turn to you again. |
| And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give: for the labourer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house. |
| And into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you, eat such things as are set before you: |
| And heal the sick that are therein, and say unto them, The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you. |
| But into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you not, go your ways out into the streets of the same, and say, |
| Even the very dust of your city, which cleaveth on us, we do wipe off against you: notwithstanding be ye sure of this, that the kingdom of God is come nigh unto you. |
| But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city. |
| Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, they had a great while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. |
| But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment, than for you. |
| And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to heaven, shalt be thrust down to hell. |
| He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me. |
| And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name. |
| And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven. |
| Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you. |
| Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven. |
| In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight. |
| All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him. |
| And he turned him unto his disciples, and said privately, Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see: |
| For I tell you, that many prophets and kings have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them. |
| And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? |
| He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou? |
| And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself. |
| And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live. |
| But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour? |
| And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead. |
| And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. |
| And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked on him, and passed by on the other side. |
| But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him, |
| And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him. |
| And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave them to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee. |
| Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves? |
| And he said, He that shewed mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise. |
| Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house. |
| And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus' feet, and heard his word. |
| But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me. |
| And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things: |
| But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her. |
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
O Lord, who for our sake didst fast forty days and forty nights; Give us grace to use such abstinence, that our flesh being subdued to the Spirit, we may ever obey thy godly motions in righteousness and true holiness, to thy honour and glory, who livest and reignest with the Father and the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. 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.
