Thursday 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. 27.
| The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom then shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom then shall I be afraid? |
| When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell. |
| Though an host of men were laid against me, yet shall not my heart be afraid; and though there rose up war against me, yet will I put my trust in him. |
| One thing have I desired of the Lord, which I will require; even that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the fair beauty of the Lord, and to visit his temple. |
| For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his tabernacle; yea, in the secret place of his dwelling shall he hide me, and set me up upon a rock of stone. |
| And now shall he lift up mine head above mine enemies round about me. |
| Therefore will I offer in his dwelling an oblation with great gladness: I will sing, and speak praises unto the Lord. |
| Hearken unto my voice, O Lord, when I cry unto thee; have mercy upon me, and hear me. |
| My heart hath talked of thee, Seek ye my face: Thy face, Lord, will I seek. |
| O hide not thou thy face from me, nor cast thy servant away in displeasure. |
| Thou hast been my succour; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation. |
| When my father and my mother forsake me, the Lord taketh me up. |
| Teach me thy way, O Lord, and lead me in the right way, because of mine enemies. |
| Deliver me not over into the will of mine adversaries: for there are false witnesses risen up against me, and such as speak wrong. |
| I should utterly have fainted, but that I believe verily to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. |
| O tarry thou the Lord's leisure: be strong, and he shall comfort thine heart; and put thou thy trust in the Lord. |
| 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. 28.
| Unto thee will I cry, O Lord my strength: think no scorn of me; lest, if thou make as though thou hearest not, I become like them that go down into the pit. |
| Hear the voice of my humble petitions, when I cry unto thee; when I hold up my hands towards the mercy seat of thy holy temple. |
| O pluck me not away, neither destroy me, with the ungodly and wicked doers, which speak friendly to their neighbours, but imagine mischief in their hearts. |
| Reward them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their own inventions. |
| Recompense them after the work of their hands; pay them that they have deserved. |
| For they regard not in their mind the works of the Lord, nor the operation of his hands; therefore shall he break them down, and not build them up. |
| Praised be the Lord; for he hath heard the voice of my humble petitions. |
| The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart hath trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart danceth for joy, and in my song will I praise him. |
| The Lord is my strength, and he is the wholesome defence of his Anointed. |
| O save thy people, and give thy blessing unto thine inheritance: feed them, and set them up 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. |
Ps. 29.
| Bring unto the Lord, O ye mighty, bring young rams unto the Lord; ascribe unto the Lord worship and strength. |
| Give the Lord the honour due unto his Name; worship the Lord with holy worship. |
| It is the Lord that commandeth the waters; it is the glorious God that maketh the thunder. |
| It is the Lord that ruleth the sea; the voice of the Lord is mighty in operation: the voice of the Lord is a glorious voice. |
| The voice of the Lord breaketh the cedar trees; yea, the Lord breaketh the cedars of Libanus. |
| He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Libanus also, and Sirion, like a young unicorn. |
| The voice of the Lord divideth the flames of fire; the voice of the Lord shaketh the wilderness: yea, the Lord shaketh the wilderness of Cades. |
| The voice of the Lord maketh the hinds to bring forth young, and discovereth the thick bushes; in his temple doth every man speak of his honour. |
| The Lord sitteth above the waterflood, and the Lord remaineth a King for ever. |
| The Lord shall give strength unto his people; the Lord shall give his people the blessing 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. |
First Lesson✤
| If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked. |
| And it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to his fault, by a certain number. |
| Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed: lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should seem vile unto thee. |
| Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn. |
| If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband's brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband's brother unto her. |
| And it shall be, that the firstborn which she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be not put out of Israel. |
| And if the man like not to take his brother's wife, then let his brother's wife go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, My husband's brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel, he will not perform the duty of my husband's brother. |
| Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto him: and if he stand to it, and say, I like not to take her; |
| Then shall his brother's wife come unto him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face, and shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto that man that will not build up his brother's house. |
| And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that hath his shoe loosed. |
| When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draweth near for to deliver her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth him, and putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by the secrets: |
| Then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall not pity her. |
| Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small. |
| Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great and a small. |
| But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. |
| For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the Lord thy God. |
| Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way, when ye were come forth out of Egypt; |
| How he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, even all that were feeble behind thee, when thou wast faint and weary; and he feared not God. |
| Therefore it shall be, when the Lord thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it, that thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; thou shalt not forget it. |
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, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved. |
| I beseech Euodias, and beseech Syntyche, that they be of the same mind in the Lord. |
| And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my fellowlabourers, whose names are in the book of life. |
| Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice. |
| Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand. |
| Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. |
| And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. |
| Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. |
| Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you. |
| But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at the last your care of me hath flourished again; wherein ye were also careful, but ye lacked opportunity. |
| Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. |
| I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. |
| I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. |
| Notwithstanding ye have well done, that ye did communicate with my affliction. |
| Now ye Philippians know also, that in the beginning of the gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church communicated with me as concerning giving and receiving, but ye only. |
| For even in Thessalonica ye sent once and again unto my necessity. |
| Not because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit that may abound to your account. |
| But I have all, and abound: I am full, having received of Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you, an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, wellpleasing to God. |
| But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus. |
| Now unto God and our Father be glory for ever and ever. Amen. |
| Salute every saint in Christ Jesus. The brethren which are with me greet you. |
| All the saints salute you, chiefly they that are of Cæsar's household. |
| The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. |
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.
