afraid. And He went up unto them into the ship; and the wind ceased: and they were sore amazed in themselves beyond measure, and wondered. For they considered not the miracle of the loaves: for their heart was hardened. And when they had passed over, they came into the land of Gennesaret, and drew to the shore. And when they were come out of the ship, straightway they knew Him, and ran through that whole region round about, and began to carry about in beds those that were sick, where they heard He was. And whithersoever He entered, into villages, or cities, or country, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought Him that they might touch if it were but the border of His garment and as many as touched Him were made whole. SECRET. LORD, we beseech Thee, to make us ready by the duties of abstinence we have undertaken that we may evermore celebrate this solemn sacrifice with sober minds. Through. POSTCOMMUNION. WE beseech Thee, O Lord, being strengthened by the gift of heavenly life: that what is a mystery to us in this life present, may be a help for the life everlasting. Through. PRAYER. MAKE us, O Lord, we beseech Thee, to work out our own salvation: and so may we ever continually seek the means thereto with devout service, and now with greater devotion celebrate those which have just begun. Through. First Sunday in Lent. INTROIT. Invocavit. HE shall call upon Me, and I will hear him; I will deliver him, and bring him to honour: with long life will I satisfy him. Ps. xci. 15. PSALM. Whoso dwelleth under the defence of the most High: shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. (v. 1.) Glory. He shall. COLLECT. 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. Or this. GOD, Who dost purify Thy Church by a yearly fast of forty days: grant unto this Thy family; that those good things which by absti nence we do strive to obtain from Thee, we may by our good works shew forth. Through. Other Collects as on Ash | V. They shall bear thee in Wednesday, page 183. EPISTLE. 2 Corinthians vi. I. WE then, as workers to gether with Him, beseech you also, that ye receive not the grace of God in vain; for He saith: I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation; giving no offence in anything, that the ministry be not blamed; but in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings; by pureness, by knowledge, by long-suffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned, by the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left, by honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report; as deceivers, and yet true; as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed; as sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things. GRADUAL. God shall give His Angels charge over thee: to keep thee in all thy ways. their hands: that thou hurt not thy foot against a stone. Ps. xci. 11. TRACT. Whoso dwelleth under the defence of the most High: shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. V. Thou art my hope, and my I will say unto the Lord: stronghold: my God, in Him will I trust. V. For He shall deliver thee from the snare of the hunter: and from the noisome pestilence. V. He shall defend thee under His wings and thou shalt be safe under His feathers. V. His faithfulness and truth shall be thy shield and buckler: thou shalt not be afraid for any terror by night. Y. For the arrow that flieth by day: for the pestilence that walketh in darkness, nor for the sickness that destroyeth in the noon-day. V. A thousand shall fall beside thee, and ten thousand at thy right hand: but it shall not come nigh thee. V. For He shall give His Angels charge over thee: to keep thee in all thy thee in their hands: that thou ways. V. They shall bear hurt not thy foot against a stone. V. Thou shalt go upon the lion and adder: the shalt thou tread under thy young lion and the dragon feet. V. Because he hath set his love upon Me: therefore will I deliver him : I will set him up, because he hath known My Name. V. He shall call upon Me, and I will hear him yea, I am with him in trouble. V. I will deliver him, and bring him to honour with long life will I satisfy him, and shew him My salvation. Ps. xci. GOSPEL. St. Matthew iv. I. THEN was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness, to be tempted of the devil. And when He had fasted forty days and forty nights, He was afterward anhungred. And when the tempter came to Him, he said: If Thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. But He answered and said: It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. Then the devil taketh Him up into the holy city, and setteth Him on a pinnacle of the temple, and saith unto Him: If Thou be the Son of God, cast Thyself down; for it is written: He shall give His Angels charge concerning Thee, and in their hands they shall bear Thee up, lest at any time Thou dash Thy foot against a stone. Jesus said unto him: It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord Thy God. Again the devil taketh Him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth Him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; and saith unto Him: All these things will I give Thee, if Thou wilt fall down and worship me. Then saith Jesus unto him: Get thee hence Satan; for it is written : Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and Him only shalt thou serve. Then the devil leaveth Him, and behold, Angels came and ministered unto Him. The Creed. OFFERTORY. The Lord shall defend thee under His wings: and thou shalt be safe under His feathers: His faithfulness and truth shall be thy shield and buckler. Ps. xci. 4. SECRET. LORD, we solemnly offer fice at the beginning of the Lenten Fast, most humbly beseeching Thee: that while unto Thee this our Sacri we abstain from carnal feast ings, we may also keep ourselves from hurtful pleasures. Through. Secrets as on Ash Wednesday. COMMUNION. Elias arose and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God. 1 Kings xix. 8. (P.) POSTCOMMUNION. LORD, we beseech Thee, that the offering of Thy holy Sacrament may renew us so that we who have been cleansed from our old nature, may become partakers of Thy Mysteries. Through. ¶ Postcommunions as on Monday after Envocavit. INTROIT. Sicut oculi. AS the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters 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. Ps. cxxiii. 2. PSALM. Unto Thee lift I up mine eyes: O Thou that dwellest in the heavens (v.1). Glory. As the eyes. COLLECT. TURN Thou us, O God, our Saviour: and that our Lenten Fast may profit us, do Thou instruct our minds by Thy heavenly discipline. Through. LESSON. Ezekiel xxxiv. 11. THUS saith the Lord God: Behold, I, even I, will both search My sheep, and seek them out. As a shep herd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out My sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day. And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country. I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel will cause them to lie down, I will feed My flock, and I saith the Lord God. I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick but I will strong; I will feed them with fat and the destroy the judgment, saith the Lord almighty. GRADUAL. Behold, O God, our defender and look upon. Thy servants. V. O Lord God of Hosts, hear the prayers of Thy servants. Ps. lxxxiv. 9. TRACT. As on Ash Wed nesday, page 183. GOSPEL. St. Matthew xxv. 31. JESUS said: When the Son of Man shall come in His glory, and all the holy Angels with Him, then shall He sit upon the throne of His glory: and before Him shall be gathered all nations: and He shall separate them one from another, as a shepherddivideth his sheep from the goats: and He shall set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left. Then shall the King say unto them on His right hand: Come, ye blessed of My Father, inherit ye the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: for I was an hungred, and ye gave Me meat : I was thirsty, and ye gave Me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took Me in naked, and ye clothed Me: I was sick, and ye visited Me: I was in prison, and ye came unto Me. Then shall the righteous answer Him, saying: Lord when saw we Thee an hungred, and fed Thee? or thirsty, and gave Thee drink? When saw we Thee a stranger, and took Thee in ? or naked, and clothed Thee? Or when saw we Thee sick, or in prison, and came unto Thee? And the King shall answer and say unto them: Verily, I say unto you, Inasmuch as have done it unto one of the least of these My brethren, ye have done it unto Me. Then shall He say also unto them on the left hand: Depart from Me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: for I was an hungred, and ye gave Me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave Me no drink: I was a stranger, and ye took Me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited Me not. Then shall they also answer Him, saying: Lord, when saw we Thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto Thee? Then shall He answer them, saying: Verily I say LORD, we beseech Thee, that the offering which we devoutly make may be accepted by Thee: so that by Thy working it may both sanctify our fast, and obtain for us the favour of Thy heavenly comfort. Through. COMMUNION. I did call upon the Lord with my voice: and He heard me out of His holy hill; I will not be afraid of ten thousand of the people, that have set themselves against me round about. Ps. iii. 4. POSTCOMMUNION. |