Friday after Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity
EVENING
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. 22.
| My God, my God, look upon me; why hast thou forsaken me? and art so far from my health, and from the words of my complaint? |
| O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season also I take no rest. |
| And thou continuest holy, O thou worship of Israel. |
| Our fathers hoped in thee; they trusted in thee, and thou didst deliver them. |
| They called upon thee, and were holpen; they put their trust in thee, and were not confounded. |
| But as for me, I am a worm, and no man; a very scorn of men, and the outcast of the people. |
| All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out their lips, and shake their heads, saying, |
| He trusted in God, that he would deliver him; let him deliver him, if he will have him. |
| But thou art he that took me out of my mother's womb; thou wast my hope, when I hanged yet upon my mother's breasts. |
| I have been left unto thee ever since I was born; thou art my God, even from my mother's womb. |
| O go not from me, for trouble is hard at hand, and there is none to help me. |
| Many oxen are come about me; fat bulls of Basan close me in on every side. |
| They gape upon me with their mouths, as it were a ramping and a roaring lion. |
| I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint; my heart also in the midst of my body is even like melting wax. |
| My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue cleaveth to my gums, and thou shalt bring me into the dust of death. |
| For many dogs are come about me, and the council of the wicked layeth siege against me. |
| They pierced my hands and my feet; I may tell all my bones: they stand staring and looking upon me. |
| They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture. |
| But be not thou far from me, O Lord; thou art my succour, haste thee to help me. |
| Deliver my soul from the sword, my darling from the power of the dog. |
| Save me from the lion's mouth; thou hast heard me also from among the horns of the unicorns. |
| I will declare thy Name unto my brethren; in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee. |
| O praise the Lord, ye that fear him: magnify him, all ye of the seed of Jacob, and fear him, all ye seed of Israel; |
| For he hath not despised, nor abhorred, the low estate of the poor; he hath not hid his face from him, but when he called unto him he heard him. |
| My praise is of thee in the great congregation; my vows will I perform in the sight of them that fear him. |
| The poor shall eat and be satisfied: they that seek after the Lord shall praise him; your heart shall live for ever. |
| All the ends of the world shall remember themselves, and be turned unto the Lord; and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before him. |
| For the kingdom is the Lord's, and he is the Governor among the people. |
| All such as be fat upon earth have eaten and worshipped. |
| All they that go down into the dust shall kneel before him; and no man hath quickened his own soul. |
| My seed shall serve him: they shall be counted unto the Lord for a generation. |
| They shall come, and the heavens shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, whom the Lord hath made. |
| 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. 23.
| The Lord is my shepherd; therefore can I lack nothing. |
| He shall feed me in a green pasture, and lead me forth beside the waters of comfort. |
| He shall convert my soul, and bring me forth in the paths of righteousness, for his Name's sake. |
| Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff comfort me. |
| Thou shalt prepare a table before me against them that trouble me; thou hast anointed my head with oil, and my cup shall be full. |
| But thy lovingkindness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I will dwell in the house of the Lord 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. |
First Lesson✤
| Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink. |
| The Lord God hath sworn by his holiness, that, lo, the days shall come upon you, that he will take you away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks. |
| And ye shall go out at the breaches, every cow at that which is before her; and ye shall cast them into the palace, saith the Lord. |
| Come to Beth-el, and transgress; at Gilgal multiply transgression; and bring your sacrifices every morning, and your tithes after three years: |
| And offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with leaven, and proclaim and publish the free offerings: for this liketh you, O ye children of Israel, saith the Lord God. |
| And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord. |
| And also I have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered. |
| So two or three cities wandered unto one city, to drink water; but they were not satisfied: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord. |
| I have smitten you with blasting and mildew: when your gardens and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees increased, the palmerworm devoured them: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord. |
| I have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt: your young men have I slain with the sword, and have taken away your horses; and I have made the stink of your camps to come up unto your nostrils: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord. |
| I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord. |
| Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: and because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel. |
| For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man what is his thought, that maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth, The Lord, The God of hosts, is his name. |
MAGNIFICATFirst Canticle
My soul doth magnify the Lord, and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
For he hath regarded the lowliness of his handmaiden.
For behold, from henceforth
all generations shall call me blessed.
For he that is mighty hath magnified me;
and holy is his Name.
And his mercy is on them that fear him
throughout all generations.
He hath showed strength with his arm;
he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
He hath put down the mighty from their seat,
and hath exalted the humble and meek.
He hath filled the hungry with good things;
and the rich he hath sent empty away.
He remembering his mercy, hath holpen his servant Israel;
as he promised to our forefathers, Abraham and his seed, 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✤
| Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: |
| By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. |
| And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; |
| And patience, experience; and experience, hope: |
| And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us. |
| For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. |
| For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. |
| But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. |
| Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. |
| For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. |
| And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement. |
| Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: |
| (For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law. |
| Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come. |
| But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many. |
| And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto justification. |
| For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.) |
| Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life. |
| For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous. |
| Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound: |
| That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord. |
NUNC DIMITTISSecond Canticle
Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word.
For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,
Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people;
To be a light to lighten the Gentiles, and to be the glory of thy people 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.
Collect of the Day
Almighty and merciful God, of whose only gift it cometh, that thy faithful people do unto thee true and laudable service; Grant, we beseech thee, that we may so faithfully serve thee in this life, that we fail not finally to attain thy heavenly promises, through the merits of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Collect for Peace
O God, from whom all holy desires, all good counsels, and all just works do proceed; Give unto thy servants that peace which the world cannot give; that both our hearts may be set to obey thy commandments, and also that by thee we being defended from the fear of our enemies, may pass our time in rest and quietness, through the merits of Jesus Christ our Saviour. Amen.
Collect for Aid Against All Perils
Lighten our darkness, we beseech thee, O Lord; and by thy great mercy defend us from all perils and dangers of this night, for the love of thy only Son, our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.
