Monday after Second Sunday in Lent
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. 12.
| Help me, Lord, for there is not one godly man left; for the faithful are minished from among the children of men. |
| They talk of vanity every one with his neighbour; they do but flatter with their lips, and dissemble in their double heart. |
| The Lord shall root out all deceitful lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things; |
| Which have said, With our tongue will we prevail; we are they that ought to speak, who is lord over us? |
| Now for the comfortless trouble's sake of the needy, and because of the deep sighing of the poor, |
| I will up, saith the Lord; and will help every one from him that swelleth against him, and will set him at rest. |
| The words of the Lord are pure words; even as the silver, which from the earth is tried, and purified seven times in the fire. |
| Thou shalt keep them, O Lord; thou shalt preserve him from this generation for ever. |
| The ungodly walk on every side: when they are exalted, the children of men are put to rebuke. |
| 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. 13.
| How long wilt thou forget me, O Lord, for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me? |
| How long shall I seek counsel in my soul, and be so vexed in my heart? how long shall mine enemies triumph over me? |
| Consider, and hear me, O Lord my God; lighten mine eyes, that I sleep not in death. |
| Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him: for if I be cast down, they that trouble me will rejoice at it. |
| But my trust is in thy mercy, and my heart is joyful in thy salvation. |
| I will sing of the Lord, because he hath dealt so lovingly with me; yea, I will praise the Name of the Lord most Highest. |
| 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. 14.
| The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. |
| They are corrupt, and become abominable in their doings; there is none that doeth good, no not one. |
| The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that would understand, and seek after God. |
| But they are all gone out of the way, they are altogether become abominable; there is none that doeth good, no not one. |
| Their throat is an open sepulchre, with their tongues have they deceived; the poison of asps is under their lips. |
| Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness; their feet are swift to shed blood. |
| Destruction and unhappiness is in their ways, and the way of peace have they not known; there is no fear of God before their eyes. |
| Have they no knowledge, that they are all such workers of mischief, eating up my people as it were bread, and call not upon the Lord? |
| There were they brought in great fear, even where no fear was; for God is in the generation of the righteous. |
| As for you, ye have made a mock at the counsel of the poor, because he putteth his trust in the Lord. |
| Who shall give salvation unto Israel out of Sion? When the Lord turneth the captivity of his people, then shall Jacob rejoice, and Israel shall be glad. |
| 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✤
| The priests the Levites, and all the tribe of Levi, shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of the Lord made by fire, and his inheritance. |
| Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren: the Lord is their inheritance, as he hath said unto them. |
| And this shall be the priest's due from the people, from them that offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep; and they shall give unto the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw. |
| The firstfruit also of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give him. |
| For the Lord thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the Lord, him and his sons for ever. |
| And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel, where he sojourned, and come with all the desire of his mind unto the place which the Lord shall choose; |
| Then he shall minister in the name of the Lord his God, as all his brethren the Levites do, which stand there before the Lord. |
| They shall have like portions to eat, beside that which cometh of the sale of his patrimony. |
| When thou art come into the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations. |
| There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, |
| Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. |
| For all that do these things are an abomination unto the Lord: and because of these abominations the Lord thy God doth drive them out from before thee. |
| Thou shalt be perfect with the Lord thy God. |
| For these nations, which thou shalt possess, hearkened unto observers of times, and unto diviners: but as for thee, the Lord thy God hath not suffered thee so to do. |
| The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken; |
| According to all that thou desiredst of the Lord thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of the Lord my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not. |
| And the Lord said unto me, They have well spoken that which they have spoken. |
| I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him. |
| And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him. |
| But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die. |
| And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the Lord hath not spoken? |
| When a prophet speaketh in the name of the Lord, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the Lord hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him. |
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✤
| Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons: |
| Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. |
| I thank my God upon every remembrance of you, |
| Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy, |
| For your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now; |
| Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ: |
| Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers of my grace. |
| For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ. |
| And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment; |
| That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ; |
| Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God. |
| But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things which happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel; |
| So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all other places; |
| And many of the brethren in the Lord, waxing confident by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word without fear. |
| Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some also of good will: |
| The one preach Christ of contention, not sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my bonds: |
| But the other of love, knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel. |
| What then? notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretence, or in truth, Christ is preached; and I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice. |
| For I know that this shall turn to my salvation through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, |
| According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death. |
| For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. |
| But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not. |
| For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better: |
| Nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you. |
| And having this confidence, I know that I shall abide and continue with you all for your furtherance and joy of faith; |
| That your rejoicing may be more abundant in Jesus Christ for me by my coming to you again. |
| Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel; |
| And in nothing terrified by your adversaries: which is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that of God. |
| For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake; |
| Having the same conflict which ye saw in me, and now hear to be in me. |
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 God, who seest that we have no power of ourselves to help ourselves; Keep us both outwardly in our bodies, and inwardly in our souls; that we may be defended from all adversities which may happen to the body, and from all evil thoughts which may assault and hurt the soul, through Jesus Christ our Lord. 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, 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.
