WEEKLY READINGS

SEXAGESIMA

Sunday

February 7^th 2010

Lessons and Psalms

The 1928 The Book of Common Prayer found on page xvi

(Psalm 71,* Isaiah 50:4-10, 2 Corinthians 12:1-12)

The Book of Psalms

Psalm 71 In te, Domine, speravi.

1. IN thee, O LORD, have I put my trust; let me never be put to confusion, * but rid me and deliver me in thy righteousness; incline thine ear unto me, and save me.
2. Be thou my stronghold, whereunto I may alway resort: * thou hast promised to help me, for thou art my house of defence, and my castle.
3. Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the ungodly, * out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
4. For thou, O Lord GOD, art the thing that I long for: * thou art my hope, even from my youth.
5. Through thee have I been holden up ever since I was born: * thou art he that took me out of my mother's womb: my praise shall be alway of thee.
6. I am become as it were a monster unto many, * but my sure trust is in thee.
7. O let my mouth be filled with thy praise, * that I may sing of thy glory and honour all the day long.
8. Cast me not away in the time of age; * forsake me not when my strength faileth me.
9. For mine enemies speak against me; * and they that lay wait for my soul take their counsel together, saying,
10. God hath forsaken him; * persecute him, and take him, for there is none to deliver him.
11. Go not far from me, O God; * my God, haste thee to help me.
12. Let them be confounded and perish that are against my soul; * let them be covered with shame and dishonour that seek to do me evil.
13. As for me, I will patiently abide alway, * and will praise thee more and more.
14. My mouth shall daily speak of thy righteousness and salvation; * for I know no end thereof.
15. I will go forth in the strength of the Lord GOD, *and will make mention of thy righteousness only.
16. Thou, O God, hast taught me from my youth up until now; * therefore will I tell of thy wondrous works.
17. Forsake me not, O God, in mine old age, when I am gray-headed, * until I have showed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to all them that are yet for to come.
18. Thy righteousness, O God, is very high, * and great things are they that thou hast done: O God, who is like unto thee!
19. O what great troubles and adversities hast thou showed me ! and yet didst thou turn and refresh me; * yea, and broughtest me from the deep of the earth again.
20. Thou hast brought me to great honour, * and comforted me on every side:
21. Therefore will I praise thee, and thy faithfulness, O God, playing upon an instrument

of music: * unto thee will I sing upon the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel.
22. My lips will be glad when I sing unto thee; * and so will my soul whom thou hast delivered.
23. My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long; * for they are confounded and brought unto shame that seek to do me evil.

Here beginnith the 1^st lesson that is written in the 50^th chapter of Isaiah beginning at the 4^th verse.

The Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned. The Lord God hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back. I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting. For the Lord God will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed. He is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let us stand together: who is mine adversary? let him come near to me. Behold, the Lord God will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? lo, they all shall wax old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up. Who is among you that feareth the Lord, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the Lord, and stay upon his God.

Here endeth the 1^st lesson.

Here beginnith the 2^nd lesson that is written in the 12th chapter of 2Corinthians beginning at the 1^st verse.

It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord. I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven. And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter. Of such an one will I glory: yet of myself I will not glory, but in mine infirmities. For though I would desire to glory, I shall not be a fool; for I will say the truth: but now I forbear, lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth me to be, or that he heareth of me. And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure. For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong. I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing. Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds.

Here endeth the 2^nd lesson.

The Collect

Sexagesima

O LORD God, who seest that we put not our trust in any thing we do; Mercifully grant that by thy power we may be defended against all adversity; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Monday

February 8^th 2010

(Psalm 2,3, 1^st lesson Genesis 7:1, 7-10, 17-23, 2^nd lesson St. Mark 7:24)

The Book of Psalms

Psalm 2 Quare fremuerent gentes?

1. WHY do the heathen so furiously rage together? * and why do the people imagine a vain thing?
2. The kings of the earth stand up, and the rulers take counsel together * against the LORD, and against his Anointed:
3. Let us break their bonds asunder, * and cast away their cords from us.
4. He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn: * the Lord shall have them in derision.
5. Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, * and vex them in his sore displeasure:
6. Yet have I set my King * upon my holy hill of Sion.
7. I will rehearse the decree; * the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.
8. Desire of me, and I shall give thee the nations for thine inheritance, * and the utmost parts of the earth for thy possession.
9. Thou shalt bruise them with a rod of iron, * and break them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
10. Be wise now therefore, O ye kings; * be instructed, ye that are judges of the earth.
11. Serve the LORD in fear, * and rejoice unto him with reverence.
12. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and so ye perish from the right way, if his wrath be kindled, yea but a little. * Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.

Psalm 3 Domine, quid multiplicati?

1. LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! * many are they that rise against me.
2. Many one there be that say of my soul, * There is no help for him in his God.
3. But thou, O LORD, art my defender; * thou art my worship, and the lifter up of my head.
4. I did call upon the LORD with my voice, * and he heard me out of his holy hill.
5. I laid me down and slept, and rose up again; * for the LORD sustained me.
6. I will not be afraid for ten thousands of the people; * that have set themselves against me round about.
7. Up, LORD, and help me, O my God, * for thou smitest all mine enemies upon the cheek-bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.
8. Salvation belongeth unto the LORD; * and thy blessing is upon thy people.

Here beginnith the 1^st lesson that is written in the 7^th chapter of Genesis beginning at the 1^st verse.

And the Lord said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation. And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood. Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth, There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah. And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth. And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth. And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters. And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered. Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered. And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man: All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died. And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.

Here endeth the 1^st lesson.

Here beginnith the 2^nd lesson that is written in the 7^th chapter of St. Mark beginning at the 24^th verse.

And from thence he arose, and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into an house, and would have no man know it: but he could not be hid. For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his feet: The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter. But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it unto the dogs. And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs. And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter. And when she was come to her house, she found the devil gone out, and her daughter laid upon the bed. And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis. And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him. And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue; And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened. And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain. And he charged them that they should tell no man: but the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal they published it; And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well: he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.

Here endeth the 2^nd lesson.

The Collect

Sexagesima

O LORD God, who seest that we put not our trust in any thing we do; Mercifully grant that by thy power we may be defended against all adversity; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Tuesday

February 9^th 2010

(Psalm 5, 1^st Lesson Genesis 8:6, 2^nd Lesson Mark 8:11-26)

The Book of Psalms

Psalm 5 Verba mea auribus.

1. PONDER my words, O LORD, * consider my meditation.
2. O hearken thou unto the voice of my calling, my King and my God: * for unto thee will I make my prayer.
3. My voice shalt thou hear betimes, O LORD; * early in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.
4. For thou art the God that hast no pleasure in wickedness; * neither shall any evil dwell with thee.
5. Such as be foolish shall not stand in thy sight; * for thou hatest all them that work iniquity.
6. Thou shalt destroy them that speak lies: * the LORD will abhor both the blood-thirsty and deceitful man.
7. But as for me, in the multitude of thy mercy I will come into thine house; * and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.
8. Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness, because of mine enemies; * make thy way plain before my face.
9. For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; * their inward parts are very wickedness.
10. Their throat is an open sepulchre; * they flatter with their tongue.
11. Destroy thou them, O God; let them perish through their own imaginations; * cast them out in the multitude of their ungodliness; for they have rebelled against thee.
12. And let all them that put their trust in thee rejoice: * they shall ever be giving of thanks, because thou defendest them; they that love thy Name shall be joyful in thee;
13. For thou, LORD, wilt give thy blessing unto the righteous, * and with thy favourable kindness wilt thou defend him as with a shield.

Here beginnith the 1^st lesson that is written in the 8^th chapter of Genesis beginning at the 6^th verse.

And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made: And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth. Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground; But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark. And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark; And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf plucked off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth. And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more. And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry. And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried. And God spake unto Noah, saying, Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee. Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth. And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him: Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark. And Noah builded an altar unto the Lord; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar. And the Lord smelled a sweet savour; and the Lord said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done. While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.

Here endeth the 1^st lesson.

Here beginnith the 2^nd lesson that is written in the 8^th chapter of St. Mark beginning at the 11^th verse.

And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him. And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth this generation seek after a sign? verily I say unto you, There shall no sign be given unto this generation. And he left them, and entering into the ship again departed to the other side. Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread, neither had they in the ship with them more than one loaf. And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod. And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have no bread. And when Jesus knew it, he saith unto them, Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, neither understand? have ye your heart yet hardened? Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember? When I brake the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? They say unto him, Twelve. And when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? And they said, Seven. And he said unto them, How is it that ye do not understand? And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him. And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought. And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking. After that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made him look up: and he was restored, and saw every man clearly. And he sent him away to his house, saying, Neither go into the town, nor tell it to any in the town.

Here endeth the 2^nd lesson.

The Collect

Sexagesima

O LORD God, who seest that we put not our trust in any thing we do; Mercifully grant that by thy power we may be defended against all adversity; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Wednesday

February 10^th 2010

(Psalm 7, 1^st lesson Genesis 9:8-17, 2^nd lesson St. Mark 8:27—9:1)

The Book of Psalms

Psalm 7 Domine, Deus meus.

1. O LORD my God, in thee have I put my trust: * save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me;
2. Lest he devour my soul like a lion, and tear it in pieces, * while there is none to help.
3. O LORD my God, if I have done any such thing; * or if there be any wickedness in my hands;
4. If I have rewarded evil unto him that dealt friendly with me; * (yea, I have delivered him that without any cause is mine enemy;)
5. Then let mine enemy persecute my soul, and take me; * yea, let him tread my life down upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust.
6. Stand up, O LORD, in thy wrath, and lift up thyself, because of the indignation of mine enemies; * arise up for me in the judgment that thou hast commanded.
7. And so shall the congregation of the peoples come about thee: * for their sakes therefore lift up thyself again.
8. The LORD shall judge the peoples: give sentence with me, O LORD, * according to my righteousness, and according to the innocency that is in me.
9. O let the wickedness of the ungodly come to an end; * but guide thou the just.
10. For the righteous God * trieth the very hearts and reins.
11. My help cometh of God, * who preserveth them that are true of heart.
12. God is a righteous Judge, strong, and patient; * and God is provoked every day.
13. If a man will not turn, he will whet his sword; * he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
14. He hath prepared for him the instruments of death; * he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.
15. Behold, the ungodly travaileth with iniquity; * he hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
16. He hath graven and digged up a pit, * and is fallen himself into the destruction that he made for other.
17. For his travail shall come upon his own head, * and his wickedness shall fall on his own pate.
18. I will give thanks unto the LORD, according to his righteousness; * and I will praise the Name of the LORD Most High.

Here beginnith the 1^st lesson that is written in the 9^th chapter of Genesis beginning at the 8^th verse.

And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying, And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you; And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth. And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth. And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth. And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud: And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh. And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth. And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth.

Here endeth the 1^st lesson.

Here beginnith the 2^nd lesson that is written in the 8^th chapter of St. Mark beginning at the 27^th verse.

And Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the towns of Caesarea Philippi: and by the way he asked his disciples, saying unto them, Whom do men say that I am? And they answered, John the Baptist: but some say, Elias; and others, One of the prophets. And he saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Peter answereth and saith unto him, Thou art the Christ. And he charged them that they should tell no man of him. And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. And he spake that saying openly. And Peter took him, and began to rebuke him. But when he had turned about and looked on his disciples, he rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men. And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it. For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels. And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That there be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power.

Here endeth the 2^nd lesson.

The Collect

Sexagesima

O LORD God, who seest that we put not our trust in any thing we do; Mercifully grant that by thy power we may be defended against all adversity; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Thursday

February 11^th 2010

(Psalm 9, 1^st Lesson Genesis 11:1-9, 2^nd Lesson St Mark 9:2-13)

The Book of Psalms

Psalm 9 Confitebor tibi.

1. I WILL give thanks unto thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; * I will speak of all thy marvellous works.
2. I will be glad and rejoice in thee; * yea, my songs will I make of thy Name, O thou Most Highest.
3. While mine enemies are driven back, * they shall fall and perish at thy presence.
4. For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; * thou art set in the throne that judgest right.
5. Thou hast rebuked the heathen, and destroyed the ungodly; * thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.
6. O thou enemy, thy destructions are come to a perpetual end; * even as the cities which thou hast destroyed, whose memorial is perished with them.
7. But the LORD shall endure for ever; * he hath also prepared his seat for judgment.
8. For he shall judge the world in righteousness, * and minister true judgment unto the people.
9. The LORD also will be a defence for the oppressed, * even a refuge in due time of trouble.
10. And they that know thy Name will put their trust in thee; * for thou, LORD, hast never failed them that seek thee.
11. O praise the LORD which dwelleth in Sion; * show the people of his doings.
12. For when he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them, * and forgetteth not the complaint of the poor.
13. Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider the trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, * thou that liftest me up from the gates of death;
14. That I may show all thy praises within the gates of the daughter of Sion: * I will rejoice in thy salvation.
15. The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made; * in the same net which they hid privily is their foot taken.
16. The LORD is known to execute judgment; * the ungodly is trapped in the work of his own hands.
17. The wicked shall be turned to destruction, * and all the people that forget God.
18. For the poor shall not alway be forgotten; * the patient abiding of the meek shall not perish for ever.
19. Up, LORD, and let not man have the upper hand; * let the heathen be judged in thy sight.
20. Put them in fear, O LORD, * that the heathen may know themselves to be but men.

Here beginnith the 1^st lesson that is written in the 11 chapter of Genesis beginning at the 1^st verse.

And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there. And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar. And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth. And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded. And the Lord said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech. So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city. Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.

Here endeth the 1^st lesson.

Here beginnith the 2^nd lesson that is written in 9^th chapter of St. Mark beginning at the 2^nd verse.

And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John, and leadeth them up into an high mountain apart by themselves: and he was transfigured before them. And his raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow; so as no fuller on earth can white them. And there appeared unto them Elias with Moses: and they were talking with Jesus. And Peter answered and said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias. For he wist not what to say; for they were sore afraid. And there was a cloud that overshadowed them: and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him. And suddenly, when they had looked round about, they saw no man any more, save Jesus only with themselves. And as they came down from the mountain, he charged them that they should tell no man what things they had seen, till the Son of man were risen from the dead. And they kept that saying with themselves, questioning one with another what the rising from the dead should mean. And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must first come? And he answered and told them, Elias verily cometh first, and restoreth all things; and how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at nought. But I say unto you, That Elias is indeed come, and they have done unto him whatsoever they listed, as it is written of him.

Here endeth the 2^nd lesson.

The Collect

Sexagesima

O LORD God, who seest that we put not our trust in any thing we do; Mercifully grant that by thy power we may be defended against all adversity; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Friday

February 12^th 2010

(Psalm 22, 1^st Lesson Genesis 11-27—12:8, St. Mark 9:14-29)

The Book of Psalms

Psalm 22 Deus, deus meus.

1. 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?
2. O my God, I cry in the day-time, but thou hearest not; * and in the night season also I take no rest.
3. And thou continuest holy, * O thou Worship of Israel.
4. Our fathers hoped in thee; * they trusted in thee, and thou didst deliver them.
5. They called upon thee, and were holpen; * they put their trust in thee, and were not confounded.
6. But as for me, I am a worm, and no man; * a very scorn of men, and the outcast of the people.
7. All they that see me laugh me to scorn; * they shoot out their lips, and shake their heads, saying,
8. He trusted in the LORD, that he would deliver him; * let him deliver him, if he will have him.
9. 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.
10. I have been left unto thee ever since I was born; * thou art my God even from my mother's womb.
11. O go not from me; for trouble is hard at hand, * and there is none to help me.
12. Many oxen are come about me; * fat bulls of Bashan close me in on every side.
13. They gape upon me with their mouths, * as it were a ramping and a roaring lion.
14. 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.
15. My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue cleaveth to my gums, * and thou bringest me into the dust of death.
16. For many dogs are come about me, * and the council of the wicked layeth siege against me.
17. They pierced my hands and my feet: I may tell all my bones: * they stand staring and looking upon me.
18. They part my garments among them, * and cast lots upon my vesture.
19. But be not thou far from me, O LORD; * thou art my succour, haste thee to help me.

20. Deliver my soul from the sword, * my darling from the power of the dog.
21. Save me from the lion's mouth; * thou hast heard me also from among the horns of the unicorns.
22. I will declare thy Name unto my brethren; * in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.

23. 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.
24. 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.
25. My praise is of thee in the great congregation; * my vows will I perform in the sight of them that fear him.
26. The poor shall eat, and be satisfied; they that seek after the LORD shall praise him: * your heart shall live for ever.
27. 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.
28. For the kingdom is the LORD'S, * and he is the Governor among the nations.
29. All such as be fat upon earth * have eaten, and worshipped.
30. All they that go down into the dust shall kneel before him; * and no man hath quickened his own soul.
31. My seed shall serve him: * they shall be counted unto the Lord for a generation.
32. They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness * unto a people that shall be born, whom the Lord hath made.

Here beginnith the 1^st lesson that is written in the 11^th chapter of Genesis beginning at the 27^th verse.

Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot. And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees. And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah. But Sarai was barren; she had no child. And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there. And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran. Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee: And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. So Abram departed, as the Lord had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran. And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came. And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land. And the Lord appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the Lord, who appeared unto him. And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the Lord, and called upon the name of the Lord. And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.

Here endeth the 1^st lesson.

Here beginnith the 2^nd lesson that is written in the 9^th chapter of St. Mark beginning at the 14^th verse.

And when he came to his disciples, he saw a great multitude about them, and the scribes questioning with them. And straightway all the people, when they beheld him, were greatly amazed, and running to him saluted him. And he asked the scribes, What question ye with them? And one of the multitude answered and said, Master, I have brought unto thee my son, which hath a dumb spirit; And wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him: and he foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away: and I spake to thy disciples that they should cast him out; and they could not. He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me. And they brought him unto him: and when he saw him, straightway the spirit tare him; and he fell on the ground, and wallowed foaming. And he asked his father, How long is it ago since this came unto him? And he said, Of a child. And ofttimes it hath cast him into the fire, and into the waters, to destroy him: but if thou canst do any thing, have compassion on us, and help us. Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth. And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief. When Jesus saw that the people came running together, he rebuked the foul spirit, saying unto him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him. And the spirit cried, and rent him sore, and came out of him: and he was as one dead; insomuch that many said, He is dead. But Jesus took him by the hand, and lifted him up; and he arose. And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, Why could not we cast him out? And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.

Here endeth the 2^nd lesson.

The Collect

Sexagesima

O LORD God, who seest that we put not our trust in any thing we do; Mercifully grant that by thy power we may be defended against all adversity; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Saturday

February 13^th 2010

(Psalms 16, 1^st Lesson Genesis 13:2, 5-18, 2^nd Lesson St. Mark 9:30-37)

The Book of Psalms

Psalm 16 Conserva me, Domine.

1. PRESERVE me, O God; * for in thee have I put my trust.
2. O my soul, thou hast said unto the LORD, * Thou art my God; I have no good like unto thee.
3. All my delight is upon the saints that are in the earth, * and upon such as excel in virtue.
4. But they that run after another god * shall have great trouble.
5. Their drink-offerings of blood will I not offer, * neither make mention of their names within my lips.
6. The LORD himself is the portion of mine inheritance, and of my cup; * thou shalt maintain my lot.
7. The lot is fallen unto me in a fair ground; * yea, I have a goodly heritage.
8. I will thank the LORD for giving me warning; * my reins also chasten me in the night season.
9. I have set the LORD alway before me; * for he is on my right hand, therefore I shall not fall.
10. Wherefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: * my flesh also shall rest in hope.
11. For why? thou shalt not leave my soul in hell; * neither shalt thou suffer thy Holy One to see corruption.
12. Thou shalt show me the path of life: in thy presence is the fulness of joy, * and at thy right hand there is pleasure for evermore.

Here beginnith the 1^st lesson that is written in the 13^th chapter of Genesis beginning at the 2^nd verse.

And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold. And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents. And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together. And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle and the herdmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land. And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren. Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left. And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar. Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other. Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom. But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the Lord exceedingly. And the Lord said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward: For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever. And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered. Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee. Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the Lord.

Here endeth the 1^st lesson.

Here beginnith the 2^nd lesson that is written in the 9^th chapter of St. Mark beginning at the 30^th verse.

And they departed thence, and passed through Galilee; and he would not that any man should know it. For he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The Son of man is delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and after that he is killed, he shall rise the third day. But they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask him. And he came to Capernaum: and being in the house he asked them, What was it that ye disputed among yourselves by the way? But they held their peace: for by the way they had disputed among themselves, who should be the greatest. And he sat down, and called the twelve, and saith unto them, If any man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all, and servant of all. And he took a child, and set him in the midst of them: and when he had taken him in his arms, he said unto them, Whosoever shall receive one of such children in my name, receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me, receiveth not me, but him that sent me.

Here endeth the 2^nd lesson.

The Collect

Sexagesima

O LORD God, who seest that we put not our trust in any thing we do; Mercifully grant that by thy power we may be defended against all adversity; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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WEEKLY READINGS

SEXAGESIMA

Sunday

February 7^th 2010

Lessons and Psalms

The 1928 The Book of Common Prayer found on page xvi

(Psalm 71,* Isaiah 50:4-10, 2 Corinthians 12:1-12)

The Book of Psalms

Psalm 71 In te, Domine, speravi.

1. IN thee, O LORD, have I put my trust; let me never be put to confusion, * but rid me and deliver me in thy righteousness; incline thine ear unto me, and save me.
2. Be thou my stronghold, whereunto I may alway resort: * thou hast promised to help me, for thou art my house of defence, and my castle.
3. Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the ungodly, * out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
4. For thou, O Lord GOD, art the thing that I long for: * thou art my hope, even from my youth.
5. Through thee have I been holden up ever since I was born: * thou art he that took me out of my mother's womb: my praise shall be alway of thee.
6. I am become as it were a monster unto many, * but my sure trust is in thee.
7. O let my mouth be filled with thy praise, * that I may sing of thy glory and honour all the day long.
8. Cast me not away in the time of age; * forsake me not when my strength faileth me.
9. For mine enemies speak against me; * and they that lay wait for my soul take their counsel together, saying,
10. God hath forsaken him; * persecute him, and take him, for there is none to deliver him.
11. Go not far from me, O God; * my God, haste thee to help me.
12. Let them be confounded and perish that are against my soul; * let them be covered with shame and dishonour that seek to do me evil.
13. As for me, I will patiently abide alway, * and will praise thee more and more.
14. My mouth shall daily speak of thy righteousness and salvation; * for I know no end thereof.
15. I will go forth in the strength of the Lord GOD, *and will make mention of thy righteousness only.
16. Thou, O God, hast taught me from my youth up until now; * therefore will I tell of thy wondrous works.
17. Forsake me not, O God, in mine old age, when I am gray-headed, * until I have showed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to all them that are yet for to come.
18. Thy righteousness, O God, is very high, * and great things are they that thou hast done: O God, who is like unto thee!
19. O what great troubles and adversities hast thou showed me ! and yet didst thou turn and refresh me; * yea, and broughtest me from the deep of the earth again.
20. Thou hast brought me to great honour, * and comforted me on every side:
21. Therefore will I praise thee, and thy faithfulness, O God, playing upon an instrument

of music: * unto thee will I sing upon the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel.
22. My lips will be glad when I sing unto thee; * and so will my soul whom thou hast delivered.
23. My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long; * for they are confounded and brought unto shame that seek to do me evil.

Here beginnith the 1^st lesson that is written in the 50^th chapter of Isaiah beginning at the 4^th verse.

The Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned. The Lord God hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back. I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting. For the Lord God will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed. He is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let us stand together: who is mine adversary? let him come near to me. Behold, the Lord God will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? lo, they all shall wax old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up. Who is among you that feareth the Lord, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the Lord, and stay upon his God.

Here endeth the 1^st lesson.

Here beginnith the 2^nd lesson that is written in the 12th chapter of 2Corinthians beginning at the 1^st verse.

It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord. I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven. And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter. Of such an one will I glory: yet of myself I will not glory, but in mine infirmities. For though I would desire to glory, I shall not be a fool; for I will say the truth: but now I forbear, lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth me to be, or that he heareth of me. And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure. For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong. I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing. Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds.

Here endeth the 2^nd lesson.

The Collect

Sexagesima

O LORD God, who seest that we put not our trust in any thing we do; Mercifully grant that by thy power we may be defended against all adversity; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Monday

February 8^th 2010

(Psalm 2,3, 1^st lesson Genesis 7:1, 7-10, 17-23, 2^nd lesson St. Mark 7:24)

The Book of Psalms

Psalm 2 Quare fremuerent gentes?

1. WHY do the heathen so furiously rage together? * and why do the people imagine a vain thing?
2. The kings of the earth stand up, and the rulers take counsel together * against the LORD, and against his Anointed:
3. Let us break their bonds asunder, * and cast away their cords from us.
4. He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn: * the Lord shall have them in derision.
5. Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, * and vex them in his sore displeasure:
6. Yet have I set my King * upon my holy hill of Sion.
7. I will rehearse the decree; * the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.
8. Desire of me, and I shall give thee the nations for thine inheritance, * and the utmost parts of the earth for thy possession.
9. Thou shalt bruise them with a rod of iron, * and break them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
10. Be wise now therefore, O ye kings; * be instructed, ye that are judges of the earth.
11. Serve the LORD in fear, * and rejoice unto him with reverence.
12. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and so ye perish from the right way, if his wrath be kindled, yea but a little. * Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.

Psalm 3 Domine, quid multiplicati?

1. LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! * many are they that rise against me.
2. Many one there be that say of my soul, * There is no help for him in his God.
3. But thou, O LORD, art my defender; * thou art my worship, and the lifter up of my head.
4. I did call upon the LORD with my voice, * and he heard me out of his holy hill.
5. I laid me down and slept, and rose up again; * for the LORD sustained me.
6. I will not be afraid for ten thousands of the people; * that have set themselves against me round about.
7. Up, LORD, and help me, O my God, * for thou smitest all mine enemies upon the cheek-bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.
8. Salvation belongeth unto the LORD; * and thy blessing is upon thy people.

Here beginnith the 1^st lesson that is written in the 7^th chapter of Genesis beginning at the 1^st verse.

And the Lord said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation. And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood. Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth, There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah. And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth. And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth. And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters. And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered. Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered. And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man: All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died. And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.

Here endeth the 1^st lesson.

Here beginnith the 2^nd lesson that is written in the 7^th chapter of St. Mark beginning at the 24^th verse.

And from thence he arose, and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into an house, and would have no man know it: but he could not be hid. For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his feet: The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter. But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it unto the dogs. And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs. And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter. And when she was come to her house, she found the devil gone out, and her daughter laid upon the bed. And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis. And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him. And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue; And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened. And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain. And he charged them that they should tell no man: but the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal they published it; And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well: he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.

Here endeth the 2^nd lesson.

The Collect

Sexagesima

O LORD God, who seest that we put not our trust in any thing we do; Mercifully grant that by thy power we may be defended against all adversity; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Tuesday

February 9^th 2010

(Psalm 5, 1^st Lesson Genesis 8:6, 2^nd Lesson Mark 8:11-26)

The Book of Psalms

Psalm 5 Verba mea auribus.

1. PONDER my words, O LORD, * consider my meditation.
2. O hearken thou unto the voice of my calling, my King and my God: * for unto thee will I make my prayer.
3. My voice shalt thou hear betimes, O LORD; * early in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.
4. For thou art the God that hast no pleasure in wickedness; * neither shall any evil dwell with thee.
5. Such as be foolish shall not stand in thy sight; * for thou hatest all them that work iniquity.
6. Thou shalt destroy them that speak lies: * the LORD will abhor both the blood-thirsty and deceitful man.
7. But as for me, in the multitude of thy mercy I will come into thine house; * and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.
8. Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness, because of mine enemies; * make thy way plain before my face.
9. For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; * their inward parts are very wickedness.
10. Their throat is an open sepulchre; * they flatter with their tongue.
11. Destroy thou them, O God; let them perish through their own imaginations; * cast them out in the multitude of their ungodliness; for they have rebelled against thee.
12. And let all them that put their trust in thee rejoice: * they shall ever be giving of thanks, because thou defendest them; they that love thy Name shall be joyful in thee;
13. For thou, LORD, wilt give thy blessing unto the righteous, * and with thy favourable kindness wilt thou defend him as with a shield.

Here beginnith the 1^st lesson that is written in the 8^th chapter of Genesis beginning at the 6^th verse.

And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made: And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth. Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground; But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark. And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark; And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf plucked off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth. And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more. And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry. And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried. And God spake unto Noah, saying, Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee. Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth. And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him: Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark. And Noah builded an altar unto the Lord; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar. And the Lord smelled a sweet savour; and the Lord said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done. While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.

Here endeth the 1^st lesson.

Here beginnith the 2^nd lesson that is written in the 8^th chapter of St. Mark beginning at the 11^th verse.

And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him. And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth this generation seek after a sign? verily I say unto you, There shall no sign be given unto this generation. And he left them, and entering into the ship again departed to the other side. Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread, neither had they in the ship with them more than one loaf. And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod. And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have no bread. And when Jesus knew it, he saith unto them, Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, neither understand? have ye your heart yet hardened? Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember? When I brake the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? They say unto him, Twelve. And when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? And they said, Seven. And he said unto them, How is it that ye do not understand? And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him. And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought. And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking. After that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made him look up: and he was restored, and saw every man clearly. And he sent him away to his house, saying, Neither go into the town, nor tell it to any in the town.

Here endeth the 2^nd lesson.

The Collect

Sexagesima

O LORD God, who seest that we put not our trust in any thing we do; Mercifully grant that by thy power we may be defended against all adversity; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Wednesday

February 10^th 2010

(Psalm 7, 1^st lesson Genesis 9:8-17, 2^nd lesson St. Mark 8:27—9:1)

The Book of Psalms

Psalm 7 Domine, Deus meus.

1. O LORD my God, in thee have I put my trust: * save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me;
2. Lest he devour my soul like a lion, and tear it in pieces, * while there is none to help.
3. O LORD my God, if I have done any such thing; * or if there be any wickedness in my hands;
4. If I have rewarded evil unto him that dealt friendly with me; * (yea, I have delivered him that without any cause is mine enemy;)
5. Then let mine enemy persecute my soul, and take me; * yea, let him tread my life down upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust.
6. Stand up, O LORD, in thy wrath, and lift up thyself, because of the indignation of mine enemies; * arise up for me in the judgment that thou hast commanded.
7. And so shall the congregation of the peoples come about thee: * for their sakes therefore lift up thyself again.
8. The LORD shall judge the peoples: give sentence with me, O LORD, * according to my righteousness, and according to the innocency that is in me.
9. O let the wickedness of the ungodly come to an end; * but guide thou the just.
10. For the righteous God * trieth the very hearts and reins.
11. My help cometh of God, * who preserveth them that are true of heart.
12. God is a righteous Judge, strong, and patient; * and God is provoked every day.
13. If a man will not turn, he will whet his sword; * he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
14. He hath prepared for him the instruments of death; * he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.
15. Behold, the ungodly travaileth with iniquity; * he hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
16. He hath graven and digged up a pit, * and is fallen himself into the destruction that he made for other.
17. For his travail shall come upon his own head, * and his wickedness shall fall on his own pate.
18. I will give thanks unto the LORD, according to his righteousness; * and I will praise the Name of the LORD Most High.

Here beginnith the 1^st lesson that is written in the 9^th chapter of Genesis beginning at the 8^th verse.

And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying, And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you; And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth. And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth. And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth. And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud: And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh. And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth. And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth.

Here endeth the 1^st lesson.

Here beginnith the 2^nd lesson that is written in the 8^th chapter of St. Mark beginning at the 27^th verse.

And Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the towns of Caesarea Philippi: and by the way he asked his disciples, saying unto them, Whom do men say that I am? And they answered, John the Baptist: but some say, Elias; and others, One of the prophets. And he saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Peter answereth and saith unto him, Thou art the Christ. And he charged them that they should tell no man of him. And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. And he spake that saying openly. And Peter took him, and began to rebuke him. But when he had turned about and looked on his disciples, he rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men. And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it. For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels. And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That there be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power.

Here endeth the 2^nd lesson.

The Collect

Sexagesima

O LORD God, who seest that we put not our trust in any thing we do; Mercifully grant that by thy power we may be defended against all adversity; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Thursday

February 11^th 2010

(Psalm 9, 1^st Lesson Genesis 11:1-9, 2^nd Lesson St Mark 9:2-13)

The Book of Psalms

Psalm 9 Confitebor tibi.

1. I WILL give thanks unto thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; * I will speak of all thy marvellous works.
2. I will be glad and rejoice in thee; * yea, my songs will I make of thy Name, O thou Most Highest.
3. While mine enemies are driven back, * they shall fall and perish at thy presence.
4. For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; * thou art set in the throne that judgest right.
5. Thou hast rebuked the heathen, and destroyed the ungodly; * thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.
6. O thou enemy, thy destructions are come to a perpetual end; * even as the cities which thou hast destroyed, whose memorial is perished with them.
7. But the LORD shall endure for ever; * he hath also prepared his seat for judgment.
8. For he shall judge the world in righteousness, * and minister true judgment unto the people.
9. The LORD also will be a defence for the oppressed, * even a refuge in due time of trouble.
10. And they that know thy Name will put their trust in thee; * for thou, LORD, hast never failed them that seek thee.
11. O praise the LORD which dwelleth in Sion; * show the people of his doings.
12. For when he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them, * and forgetteth not the complaint of the poor.
13. Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider the trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, * thou that liftest me up from the gates of death;
14. That I may show all thy praises within the gates of the daughter of Sion: * I will rejoice in thy salvation.
15. The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made; * in the same net which they hid privily is their foot taken.
16. The LORD is known to execute judgment; * the ungodly is trapped in the work of his own hands.
17. The wicked shall be turned to destruction, * and all the people that forget God.
18. For the poor shall not alway be forgotten; * the patient abiding of the meek shall not perish for ever.
19. Up, LORD, and let not man have the upper hand; * let the heathen be judged in thy sight.
20. Put them in fear, O LORD, * that the heathen may know themselves to be but men.

Here beginnith the 1^st lesson that is written in the 11 chapter of Genesis beginning at the 1^st verse.

And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there. And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar. And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth. And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded. And the Lord said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech. So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city. Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.

Here endeth the 1^st lesson.

Here beginnith the 2^nd lesson that is written in 9^th chapter of St. Mark beginning at the 2^nd verse.

And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John, and leadeth them up into an high mountain apart by themselves: and he was transfigured before them. And his raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow; so as no fuller on earth can white them. And there appeared unto them Elias with Moses: and they were talking with Jesus. And Peter answered and said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias. For he wist not what to say; for they were sore afraid. And there was a cloud that overshadowed them: and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him. And suddenly, when they had looked round about, they saw no man any more, save Jesus only with themselves. And as they came down from the mountain, he charged them that they should tell no man what things they had seen, till the Son of man were risen from the dead. And they kept that saying with themselves, questioning one with another what the rising from the dead should mean. And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must first come? And he answered and told them, Elias verily cometh first, and restoreth all things; and how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at nought. But I say unto you, That Elias is indeed come, and they have done unto him whatsoever they listed, as it is written of him.

Here endeth the 2^nd lesson.

The Collect

Sexagesima

O LORD God, who seest that we put not our trust in any thing we do; Mercifully grant that by thy power we may be defended against all adversity; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Friday

February 12^th 2010

(Psalm 22, 1^st Lesson Genesis 11-27—12:8, St. Mark 9:14-29)

The Book of Psalms

Psalm 22 Deus, deus meus.

1. 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?
2. O my God, I cry in the day-time, but thou hearest not; * and in the night season also I take no rest.
3. And thou continuest holy, * O thou Worship of Israel.
4. Our fathers hoped in thee; * they trusted in thee, and thou didst deliver them.
5. They called upon thee, and were holpen; * they put their trust in thee, and were not confounded.
6. But as for me, I am a worm, and no man; * a very scorn of men, and the outcast of the people.
7. All they that see me laugh me to scorn; * they shoot out their lips, and shake their heads, saying,
8. He trusted in the LORD, that he would deliver him; * let him deliver him, if he will have him.
9. 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.
10. I have been left unto thee ever since I was born; * thou art my God even from my mother's womb.
11. O go not from me; for trouble is hard at hand, * and there is none to help me.
12. Many oxen are come about me; * fat bulls of Bashan close me in on every side.
13. They gape upon me with their mouths, * as it were a ramping and a roaring lion.
14. 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.
15. My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue cleaveth to my gums, * and thou bringest me into the dust of death.
16. For many dogs are come about me, * and the council of the wicked layeth siege against me.
17. They pierced my hands and my feet: I may tell all my bones: * they stand staring and looking upon me.
18. They part my garments among them, * and cast lots upon my vesture.
19. But be not thou far from me, O LORD; * thou art my succour, haste thee to help me.

20. Deliver my soul from the sword, * my darling from the power of the dog.
21. Save me from the lion's mouth; * thou hast heard me also from among the horns of the unicorns.
22. I will declare thy Name unto my brethren; * in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.

23. 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.
24. 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.
25. My praise is of thee in the great congregation; * my vows will I perform in the sight of them that fear him.
26. The poor shall eat, and be satisfied; they that seek after the LORD shall praise him: * your heart shall live for ever.
27. 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.
28. For the kingdom is the LORD'S, * and he is the Governor among the nations.
29. All such as be fat upon earth * have eaten, and worshipped.
30. All they that go down into the dust shall kneel before him; * and no man hath quickened his own soul.
31. My seed shall serve him: * they shall be counted unto the Lord for a generation.
32. They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness * unto a people that shall be born, whom the Lord hath made.

Here beginnith the 1^st lesson that is written in the 11^th chapter of Genesis beginning at the 27^th verse.

Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot. And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees. And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah. But Sarai was barren; she had no child. And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there. And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran. Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee: And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. So Abram departed, as the Lord had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran. And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came. And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land. And the Lord appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the Lord, who appeared unto him. And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the Lord, and called upon the name of the Lord. And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.

Here endeth the 1^st lesson.

Here beginnith the 2^nd lesson that is written in the 9^th chapter of St. Mark beginning at the 14^th verse.

And when he came to his disciples, he saw a great multitude about them, and the scribes questioning with them. And straightway all the people, when they beheld him, were greatly amazed, and running to him saluted him. And he asked the scribes, What question ye with them? And one of the multitude answered and said, Master, I have brought unto thee my son, which hath a dumb spirit; And wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him: and he foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away: and I spake to thy disciples that they should cast him out; and they could not. He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me. And they brought him unto him: and when he saw him, straightway the spirit tare him; and he fell on the ground, and wallowed foaming. And he asked his father, How long is it ago since this came unto him? And he said, Of a child. And ofttimes it hath cast him into the fire, and into the waters, to destroy him: but if thou canst do any thing, have compassion on us, and help us. Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth. And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief. When Jesus saw that the people came running together, he rebuked the foul spirit, saying unto him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him. And the spirit cried, and rent him sore, and came out of him: and he was as one dead; insomuch that many said, He is dead. But Jesus took him by the hand, and lifted him up; and he arose. And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, Why could not we cast him out? And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.

Here endeth the 2^nd lesson.

The Collect

Sexagesima

O LORD God, who seest that we put not our trust in any thing we do; Mercifully grant that by thy power we may be defended against all adversity; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Saturday

February 13^th 2010

(Psalms 16, 1^st Lesson Genesis 13:2, 5-18, 2^nd Lesson St. Mark 9:30-37)

The Book of Psalms

Psalm 16 Conserva me, Domine.

1. PRESERVE me, O God; * for in thee have I put my trust.
2. O my soul, thou hast said unto the LORD, * Thou art my God; I have no good like unto thee.
3. All my delight is upon the saints that are in the earth, * and upon such as excel in virtue.
4. But they that run after another god * shall have great trouble.
5. Their drink-offerings of blood will I not offer, * neither make mention of their names within my lips.
6. The LORD himself is the portion of mine inheritance, and of my cup; * thou shalt maintain my lot.
7. The lot is fallen unto me in a fair ground; * yea, I have a goodly heritage.
8. I will thank the LORD for giving me warning; * my reins also chasten me in the night season.
9. I have set the LORD alway before me; * for he is on my right hand, therefore I shall not fall.
10. Wherefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: * my flesh also shall rest in hope.
11. For why? thou shalt not leave my soul in hell; * neither shalt thou suffer thy Holy One to see corruption.
12. Thou shalt show me the path of life: in thy presence is the fulness of joy, * and at thy right hand there is pleasure for evermore.

Here beginnith the 1^st lesson that is written in the 13^th chapter of Genesis beginning at the 2^nd verse.

And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold. And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents. And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together. And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle and the herdmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land. And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren. Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left. And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar. Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other. Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom. But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the Lord exceedingly. And the Lord said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward: For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever. And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered. Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee. Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the Lord.

Here endeth the 1^st lesson.

Here beginnith the 2^nd lesson that is written in the 9^th chapter of St. Mark beginning at the 30^th verse.

And they departed thence, and passed through Galilee; and he would not that any man should know it. For he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The Son of man is delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and after that he is killed, he shall rise the third day. But they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask him. And he came to Capernaum: and being in the house he asked them, What was it that ye disputed among yourselves by the way? But they held their peace: for by the way they had disputed among themselves, who should be the greatest. And he sat down, and called the twelve, and saith unto them, If any man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all, and servant of all. And he took a child, and set him in the midst of them: and when he had taken him in his arms, he said unto them, Whosoever shall receive one of such children in my name, receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me, receiveth not me, but him that sent me.

Here endeth the 2^nd lesson.

The Collect

Sexagesima

O LORD God, who seest that we put not our trust in any thing we do; Mercifully grant that by thy power we may be defended against all adversity; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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WEEKLY READINGS

SEXAGESIMA

Sunday

February 7^th 2010

Lessons and Psalms

The 1928 The Book of Common Prayer found on page xvi

(Psalm 71,* Isaiah 50:4-10, 2 Corinthians 12:1-12)

The Book of Psalms

Psalm 71 In te, Domine, speravi.

1. IN thee, O LORD, have I put my trust; let me never be put to confusion, * but rid me and deliver me in thy righteousness; incline thine ear unto me, and save me.
2. Be thou my stronghold, whereunto I may alway resort: * thou hast promised to help me, for thou art my house of defence, and my castle.
3. Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the ungodly, * out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
4. For thou, O Lord GOD, art the thing that I long for: * thou art my hope, even from my youth.
5. Through thee have I been holden up ever since I was born: * thou art he that took me out of my mother's womb: my praise shall be alway of thee.
6. I am become as it were a monster unto many, * but my sure trust is in thee.
7. O let my mouth be filled with thy praise, * that I may sing of thy glory and honour all the day long.
8. Cast me not away in the time of age; * forsake me not when my strength faileth me.
9. For mine enemies speak against me; * and they that lay wait for my soul take their counsel together, saying,
10. God hath forsaken him; * persecute him, and take him, for there is none to deliver him.
11. Go not far from me, O God; * my God, haste thee to help me.
12. Let them be confounded and perish that are against my soul; * let them be covered with shame and dishonour that seek to do me evil.
13. As for me, I will patiently abide alway, * and will praise thee more and more.
14. My mouth shall daily speak of thy righteousness and salvation; * for I know no end thereof.
15. I will go forth in the strength of the Lord GOD, *and will make mention of thy righteousness only.
16. Thou, O God, hast taught me from my youth up until now; * therefore will I tell of thy wondrous works.
17. Forsake me not, O God, in mine old age, when I am gray-headed, * until I have showed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to all them that are yet for to come.
18. Thy righteousness, O God, is very high, * and great things are they that thou hast done: O God, who is like unto thee!
19. O what great troubles and adversities hast thou showed me ! and yet didst thou turn and refresh me; * yea, and broughtest me from the deep of the earth again.
20. Thou hast brought me to great honour, * and comforted me on every side:
21. Therefore will I praise thee, and thy faithfulness, O God, playing upon an instrument

of music: * unto thee will I sing upon the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel.
22. My lips will be glad when I sing unto thee; * and so will my soul whom thou hast delivered.
23. My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long; * for they are confounded and brought unto shame that seek to do me evil.

Here beginnith the 1^st lesson that is written in the 50^th chapter of Isaiah beginning at the 4^th verse.

The Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned. The Lord God hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back. I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting. For the Lord God will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed. He is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let us stand together: who is mine adversary? let him come near to me. Behold, the Lord God will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? lo, they all shall wax old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up. Who is among you that feareth the Lord, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the Lord, and stay upon his God.

Here endeth the 1^st lesson.

Here beginnith the 2^nd lesson that is written in the 12th chapter of 2Corinthians beginning at the 1^st verse.

It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord. I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven. And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter. Of such an one will I glory: yet of myself I will not glory, but in mine infirmities. For though I would desire to glory, I shall not be a fool; for I will say the truth: but now I forbear, lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth me to be, or that he heareth of me. And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure. For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong. I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing. Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds.

Here endeth the 2^nd lesson.

The Collect

Sexagesima

O LORD God, who seest that we put not our trust in any thing we do; Mercifully grant that by thy power we may be defended against all adversity; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Monday

February 8^th 2010

(Psalm 2,3, 1^st lesson Genesis 7:1, 7-10, 17-23, 2^nd lesson St. Mark 7:24)

The Book of Psalms

Psalm 2 Quare fremuerent gentes?

1. WHY do the heathen so furiously rage together? * and why do the people imagine a vain thing?
2. The kings of the earth stand up, and the rulers take counsel together * against the LORD, and against his Anointed:
3. Let us break their bonds asunder, * and cast away their cords from us.
4. He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn: * the Lord shall have them in derision.
5. Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, * and vex them in his sore displeasure:
6. Yet have I set my King * upon my holy hill of Sion.
7. I will rehearse the decree; * the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.
8. Desire of me, and I shall give thee the nations for thine inheritance, * and the utmost parts of the earth for thy possession.
9. Thou shalt bruise them with a rod of iron, * and break them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
10. Be wise now therefore, O ye kings; * be instructed, ye that are judges of the earth.
11. Serve the LORD in fear, * and rejoice unto him with reverence.
12. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and so ye perish from the right way, if his wrath be kindled, yea but a little. * Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.

Psalm 3 Domine, quid multiplicati?

1. LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! * many are they that rise against me.
2. Many one there be that say of my soul, * There is no help for him in his God.
3. But thou, O LORD, art my defender; * thou art my worship, and the lifter up of my head.
4. I did call upon the LORD with my voice, * and he heard me out of his holy hill.
5. I laid me down and slept, and rose up again; * for the LORD sustained me.
6. I will not be afraid for ten thousands of the people; * that have set themselves against me round about.
7. Up, LORD, and help me, O my God, * for thou smitest all mine enemies upon the cheek-bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.
8. Salvation belongeth unto the LORD; * and thy blessing is upon thy people.

Here beginnith the 1^st lesson that is written in the 7^th chapter of Genesis beginning at the 1^st verse.

And the Lord said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation. And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood. Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth, There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah. And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth. And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth. And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters. And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered. Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered. And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man: All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died. And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.

Here endeth the 1^st lesson.

Here beginnith the 2^nd lesson that is written in the 7^th chapter of St. Mark beginning at the 24^th verse.

And from thence he arose, and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into an house, and would have no man know it: but he could not be hid. For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his feet: The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter. But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it unto the dogs. And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs. And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter. And when she was come to her house, she found the devil gone out, and her daughter laid upon the bed. And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis. And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him. And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue; And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened. And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain. And he charged them that they should tell no man: but the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal they published it; And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well: he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.

Here endeth the 2^nd lesson.

The Collect

Sexagesima

O LORD God, who seest that we put not our trust in any thing we do; Mercifully grant that by thy power we may be defended against all adversity; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Tuesday

February 9^th 2010

(Psalm 5, 1^st Lesson Genesis 8:6, 2^nd Lesson Mark 8:11-26)

The Book of Psalms

Psalm 5 Verba mea auribus.

1. PONDER my words, O LORD, * consider my meditation.
2. O hearken thou unto the voice of my calling, my King and my God: * for unto thee will I make my prayer.
3. My voice shalt thou hear betimes, O LORD; * early in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.
4. For thou art the God that hast no pleasure in wickedness; * neither shall any evil dwell with thee.
5. Such as be foolish shall not stand in thy sight; * for thou hatest all them that work iniquity.
6. Thou shalt destroy them that speak lies: * the LORD will abhor both the blood-thirsty and deceitful man.
7. But as for me, in the multitude of thy mercy I will come into thine house; * and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.
8. Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness, because of mine enemies; * make thy way plain before my face.
9. For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; * their inward parts are very wickedness.
10. Their throat is an open sepulchre; * they flatter with their tongue.
11. Destroy thou them, O God; let them perish through their own imaginations; * cast them out in the multitude of their ungodliness; for they have rebelled against thee.
12. And let all them that put their trust in thee rejoice: * they shall ever be giving of thanks, because thou defendest them; they that love thy Name shall be joyful in thee;
13. For thou, LORD, wilt give thy blessing unto the righteous, * and with thy favourable kindness wilt thou defend him as with a shield.

Here beginnith the 1^st lesson that is written in the 8^th chapter of Genesis beginning at the 6^th verse.

And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made: And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth. Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground; But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark. And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark; And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf plucked off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth. And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more. And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry. And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried. And God spake unto Noah, saying, Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee. Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth. And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him: Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark. And Noah builded an altar unto the Lord; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar. And the Lord smelled a sweet savour; and the Lord said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done. While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.

Here endeth the 1^st lesson.

Here beginnith the 2^nd lesson that is written in the 8^th chapter of St. Mark beginning at the 11^th verse.

And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him. And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth this generation seek after a sign? verily I say unto you, There shall no sign be given unto this generation. And he left them, and entering into the ship again departed to the other side. Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread, neither had they in the ship with them more than one loaf. And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod. And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have no bread. And when Jesus knew it, he saith unto them, Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, neither understand? have ye your heart yet hardened? Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember? When I brake the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? They say unto him, Twelve. And when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? And they said, Seven. And he said unto them, How is it that ye do not understand? And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him. And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought. And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking. After that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made him look up: and he was restored, and saw every man clearly. And he sent him away to his house, saying, Neither go into the town, nor tell it to any in the town.

Here endeth the 2^nd lesson.

The Collect

Sexagesima

O LORD God, who seest that we put not our trust in any thing we do; Mercifully grant that by thy power we may be defended against all adversity; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Wednesday

February 10^th 2010

(Psalm 7, 1^st lesson Genesis 9:8-17, 2^nd lesson St. Mark 8:27—9:1)

The Book of Psalms

Psalm 7 Domine, Deus meus.

1. O LORD my God, in thee have I put my trust: * save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me;
2. Lest he devour my soul like a lion, and tear it in pieces, * while there is none to help.
3. O LORD my God, if I have done any such thing; * or if there be any wickedness in my hands;
4. If I have rewarded evil unto him that dealt friendly with me; * (yea, I have delivered him that without any cause is mine enemy;)
5. Then let mine enemy persecute my soul, and take me; * yea, let him tread my life down upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust.
6. Stand up, O LORD, in thy wrath, and lift up thyself, because of the indignation of mine enemies; * arise up for me in the judgment that thou hast commanded.
7. And so shall the congregation of the peoples come about thee: * for their sakes therefore lift up thyself again.
8. The LORD shall judge the peoples: give sentence with me, O LORD, * according to my righteousness, and according to the innocency that is in me.
9. O let the wickedness of the ungodly come to an end; * but guide thou the just.
10. For the righteous God * trieth the very hearts and reins.
11. My help cometh of God, * who preserveth them that are true of heart.
12. God is a righteous Judge, strong, and patient; * and God is provoked every day.
13. If a man will not turn, he will whet his sword; * he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
14. He hath prepared for him the instruments of death; * he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.
15. Behold, the ungodly travaileth with iniquity; * he hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
16. He hath graven and digged up a pit, * and is fallen himself into the destruction that he made for other.
17. For his travail shall come upon his own head, * and his wickedness shall fall on his own pate.
18. I will give thanks unto the LORD, according to his righteousness; * and I will praise the Name of the LORD Most High.

Here beginnith the 1^st lesson that is written in the 9^th chapter of Genesis beginning at the 8^th verse.

And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying, And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you; And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth. And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth. And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth. And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud: And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh. And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth. And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth.

Here endeth the 1^st lesson.

Here beginnith the 2^nd lesson that is written in the 8^th chapter of St. Mark beginning at the 27^th verse.

And Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the towns of Caesarea Philippi: and by the way he asked his disciples, saying unto them, Whom do men say that I am? And they answered, John the Baptist: but some say, Elias; and others, One of the prophets. And he saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Peter answereth and saith unto him, Thou art the Christ. And he charged them that they should tell no man of him. And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. And he spake that saying openly. And Peter took him, and began to rebuke him. But when he had turned about and looked on his disciples, he rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men. And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it. For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels. And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That there be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power.

Here endeth the 2^nd lesson.

The Collect

Sexagesima

O LORD God, who seest that we put not our trust in any thing we do; Mercifully grant that by thy power we may be defended against all adversity; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Thursday

February 11^th 2010

(Psalm 9, 1^st Lesson Genesis 11:1-9, 2^nd Lesson St Mark 9:2-13)

The Book of Psalms

Psalm 9 Confitebor tibi.

1. I WILL give thanks unto thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; * I will speak of all thy marvellous works.
2. I will be glad and rejoice in thee; * yea, my songs will I make of thy Name, O thou Most Highest.
3. While mine enemies are driven back, * they shall fall and perish at thy presence.
4. For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; * thou art set in the throne that judgest right.
5. Thou hast rebuked the heathen, and destroyed the ungodly; * thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.
6. O thou enemy, thy destructions are come to a perpetual end; * even as the cities which thou hast destroyed, whose memorial is perished with them.
7. But the LORD shall endure for ever; * he hath also prepared his seat for judgment.
8. For he shall judge the world in righteousness, * and minister true judgment unto the people.
9. The LORD also will be a defence for the oppressed, * even a refuge in due time of trouble.
10. And they that know thy Name will put their trust in thee; * for thou, LORD, hast never failed them that seek thee.
11. O praise the LORD which dwelleth in Sion; * show the people of his doings.
12. For when he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them, * and forgetteth not the complaint of the poor.
13. Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider the trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, * thou that liftest me up from the gates of death;
14. That I may show all thy praises within the gates of the daughter of Sion: * I will rejoice in thy salvation.
15. The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made; * in the same net which they hid privily is their foot taken.
16. The LORD is known to execute judgment; * the ungodly is trapped in the work of his own hands.
17. The wicked shall be turned to destruction, * and all the people that forget God.
18. For the poor shall not alway be forgotten; * the patient abiding of the meek shall not perish for ever.
19. Up, LORD, and let not man have the upper hand; * let the heathen be judged in thy sight.
20. Put them in fear, O LORD, * that the heathen may know themselves to be but men.

Here beginnith the 1^st lesson that is written in the 11 chapter of Genesis beginning at the 1^st verse.

And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there. And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar. And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth. And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded. And the Lord said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech. So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city. Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.

Here endeth the 1^st lesson.

Here beginnith the 2^nd lesson that is written in 9^th chapter of St. Mark beginning at the 2^nd verse.

And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John, and leadeth them up into an high mountain apart by themselves: and he was transfigured before them. And his raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow; so as no fuller on earth can white them. And there appeared unto them Elias with Moses: and they were talking with Jesus. And Peter answered and said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias. For he wist not what to say; for they were sore afraid. And there was a cloud that overshadowed them: and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him. And suddenly, when they had looked round about, they saw no man any more, save Jesus only with themselves. And as they came down from the mountain, he charged them that they should tell no man what things they had seen, till the Son of man were risen from the dead. And they kept that saying with themselves, questioning one with another what the rising from the dead should mean. And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must first come? And he answered and told them, Elias verily cometh first, and restoreth all things; and how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at nought. But I say unto you, That Elias is indeed come, and they have done unto him whatsoever they listed, as it is written of him.

Here endeth the 2^nd lesson.

The Collect

Sexagesima

O LORD God, who seest that we put not our trust in any thing we do; Mercifully grant that by thy power we may be defended against all adversity; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Friday

February 12^th 2010

(Psalm 22, 1^st Lesson Genesis 11-27—12:8, St. Mark 9:14-29)

The Book of Psalms

Psalm 22 Deus, deus meus.

1. 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?
2. O my God, I cry in the day-time, but thou hearest not; * and in the night season also I take no rest.
3. And thou continuest holy, * O thou Worship of Israel.
4. Our fathers hoped in thee; * they trusted in thee, and thou didst deliver them.
5. They called upon thee, and were holpen; * they put their trust in thee, and were not confounded.
6. But as for me, I am a worm, and no man; * a very scorn of men, and the outcast of the people.
7. All they that see me laugh me to scorn; * they shoot out their lips, and shake their heads, saying,
8. He trusted in the LORD, that he would deliver him; * let him deliver him, if he will have him.
9. 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.
10. I have been left unto thee ever since I was born; * thou art my God even from my mother's womb.
11. O go not from me; for trouble is hard at hand, * and there is none to help me.
12. Many oxen are come about me; * fat bulls of Bashan close me in on every side.
13. They gape upon me with their mouths, * as it were a ramping and a roaring lion.
14. 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.
15. My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue cleaveth to my gums, * and thou bringest me into the dust of death.
16. For many dogs are come about me, * and the council of the wicked layeth siege against me.
17. They pierced my hands and my feet: I may tell all my bones: * they stand staring and looking upon me.
18. They part my garments among them, * and cast lots upon my vesture.
19. But be not thou far from me, O LORD; * thou art my succour, haste thee to help me.

20. Deliver my soul from the sword, * my darling from the power of the dog.
21. Save me from the lion's mouth; * thou hast heard me also from among the horns of the unicorns.
22. I will declare thy Name unto my brethren; * in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.

23. 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.
24. 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.
25. My praise is of thee in the great congregation; * my vows will I perform in the sight of them that fear him.
26. The poor shall eat, and be satisfied; they that seek after the LORD shall praise him: * your heart shall live for ever.
27. 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.
28. For the kingdom is the LORD'S, * and he is the Governor among the nations.
29. All such as be fat upon earth * have eaten, and worshipped.
30. All they that go down into the dust shall kneel before him; * and no man hath quickened his own soul.
31. My seed shall serve him: * they shall be counted unto the Lord for a generation.
32. They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness * unto a people that shall be born, whom the Lord hath made.

Here beginnith the 1^st lesson that is written in the 11^th chapter of Genesis beginning at the 27^th verse.

Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot. And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees. And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah. But Sarai was barren; she had no child. And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there. And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran. Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee: And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. So Abram departed, as the Lord had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran. And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came. And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land. And the Lord appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the Lord, who appeared unto him. And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the Lord, and called upon the name of the Lord. And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.

Here endeth the 1^st lesson.

Here beginnith the 2^nd lesson that is written in the 9^th chapter of St. Mark beginning at the 14^th verse.

And when he came to his disciples, he saw a great multitude about them, and the scribes questioning with them. And straightway all the people, when they beheld him, were greatly amazed, and running to him saluted him. And he asked the scribes, What question ye with them? And one of the multitude answered and said, Master, I have brought unto thee my son, which hath a dumb spirit; And wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him: and he foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away: and I spake to thy disciples that they should cast him out; and they could not. He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me. And they brought him unto him: and when he saw him, straightway the spirit tare him; and he fell on the ground, and wallowed foaming. And he asked his father, How long is it ago since this came unto him? And he said, Of a child. And ofttimes it hath cast him into the fire, and into the waters, to destroy him: but if thou canst do any thing, have compassion on us, and help us. Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth. And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief. When Jesus saw that the people came running together, he rebuked the foul spirit, saying unto him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him. And the spirit cried, and rent him sore, and came out of him: and he was as one dead; insomuch that many said, He is dead. But Jesus took him by the hand, and lifted him up; and he arose. And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, Why could not we cast him out? And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.

Here endeth the 2^nd lesson.

The Collect

Sexagesima

O LORD God, who seest that we put not our trust in any thing we do; Mercifully grant that by thy power we may be defended against all adversity; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Saturday

February 13^th 2010

(Psalms 16, 1^st Lesson Genesis 13:2, 5-18, 2^nd Lesson St. Mark 9:30-37)

The Book of Psalms

Psalm 16 Conserva me, Domine.

1. PRESERVE me, O God; * for in thee have I put my trust.
2. O my soul, thou hast said unto the LORD, * Thou art my God; I have no good like unto thee.
3. All my delight is upon the saints that are in the earth, * and upon such as excel in virtue.
4. But they that run after another god * shall have great trouble.
5. Their drink-offerings of blood will I not offer, * neither make mention of their names within my lips.
6. The LORD himself is the portion of mine inheritance, and of my cup; * thou shalt maintain my lot.
7. The lot is fallen unto me in a fair ground; * yea, I have a goodly heritage.
8. I will thank the LORD for giving me warning; * my reins also chasten me in the night season.
9. I have set the LORD alway before me; * for he is on my right hand, therefore I shall not fall.
10. Wherefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: * my flesh also shall rest in hope.
11. For why? thou shalt not leave my soul in hell; * neither shalt thou suffer thy Holy One to see corruption.
12. Thou shalt show me the path of life: in thy presence is the fulness of joy, * and at thy right hand there is pleasure for evermore.

Here beginnith the 1^st lesson that is written in the 13^th chapter of Genesis beginning at the 2^nd verse.

And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold. And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents. And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together. And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle and the herdmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land. And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren. Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left. And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar. Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other. Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom. But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the Lord exceedingly. And the Lord said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward: For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever. And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered. Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee. Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the Lord.

Here endeth the 1^st lesson.

Here beginnith the 2^nd lesson that is written in the 9^th chapter of St. Mark beginning at the 30^th verse.

And they departed thence, and passed through Galilee; and he would not that any man should know it. For he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The Son of man is delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and after that he is killed, he shall rise the third day. But they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask him. And he came to Capernaum: and being in the house he asked them, What was it that ye disputed among yourselves by the way? But they held their peace: for by the way they had disputed among themselves, who should be the greatest. And he sat down, and called the twelve, and saith unto them, If any man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all, and servant of all. And he took a child, and set him in the midst of them: and when he had taken him in his arms, he said unto them, Whosoever shall receive one of such children in my name, receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me, receiveth not me, but him that sent me.

Here endeth the 2^nd lesson.

The Collect

Sexagesima

O LORD God, who seest that we put not our trust in any thing we do; Mercifully grant that by thy power we may be defended against all adversity; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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WEEKLY READINGS

SEXAGESIMA

Sunday

February 7^th 2010

Lessons and Psalms

The 1928 The Book of Common Prayer found on page xvi

(Psalm 71,* Isaiah 50:4-10, 2 Corinthians 12:1-12)

The Book of Psalms

Psalm 71 In te, Domine, speravi.

1. IN thee, O LORD, have I put my trust; let me never be put to confusion, * but rid me and deliver me in thy righteousness; incline thine ear unto me, and save me.
2. Be thou my stronghold, whereunto I may alway resort: * thou hast promised to help me, for thou art my house of defence, and my castle.
3. Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the ungodly, * out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
4. For thou, O Lord GOD, art the thing that I long for: * thou art my hope, even from my youth.
5. Through thee have I been holden up ever since I was born: * thou art he that took me out of my mother's womb: my praise shall be alway of thee.
6. I am become as it were a monster unto many, * but my sure trust is in thee.
7. O let my mouth be filled with thy praise, * that I may sing of thy glory and honour all the day long.
8. Cast me not away in the time of age; * forsake me not when my strength faileth me.
9. For mine enemies speak against me; * and they that lay wait for my soul take their counsel together, saying,
10. God hath forsaken him; * persecute him, and take him, for there is none to deliver him.
11. Go not far from me, O God; * my God, haste thee to help me.
12. Let them be confounded and perish that are against my soul; * let them be covered with shame and dishonour that seek to do me evil.
13. As for me, I will patiently abide alway, * and will praise thee more and more.
14. My mouth shall daily speak of thy righteousness and salvation; * for I know no end thereof.
15. I will go forth in the strength of the Lord GOD, *and will make mention of thy righteousness only.
16. Thou, O God, hast taught me from my youth up until now; * therefore will I tell of thy wondrous works.
17. Forsake me not, O God, in mine old age, when I am gray-headed, * until I have showed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to all them that are yet for to come.
18. Thy righteousness, O God, is very high, * and great things are they that thou hast done: O God, who is like unto thee!
19. O what great troubles and adversities hast thou showed me ! and yet didst thou turn and refresh me; * yea, and broughtest me from the deep of the earth again.
20. Thou hast brought me to great honour, * and comforted me on every side:
21. Therefore will I praise thee, and thy faithfulness, O God, playing upon an instrument

of music: * unto thee will I sing upon the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel.
22. My lips will be glad when I sing unto thee; * and so will my soul whom thou hast delivered.
23. My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long; * for they are confounded and brought unto shame that seek to do me evil.

Here beginnith the 1^st lesson that is written in the 50^th chapter of Isaiah beginning at the 4^th verse.

The Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned. The Lord God hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back. I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting. For the Lord God will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed. He is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let us stand together: who is mine adversary? let him come near to me. Behold, the Lord God will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? lo, they all shall wax old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up. Who is among you that feareth the Lord, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the Lord, and stay upon his God.

Here endeth the 1^st lesson.

Here beginnith the 2^nd lesson that is written in the 12th chapter of 2Corinthians beginning at the 1^st verse.

It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord. I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven. And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter. Of such an one will I glory: yet of myself I will not glory, but in mine infirmities. For though I would desire to glory, I shall not be a fool; for I will say the truth: but now I forbear, lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth me to be, or that he heareth of me. And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure. For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong. I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing. Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds.

Here endeth the 2^nd lesson.

The Collect

Sexagesima

O LORD God, who seest that we put not our trust in any thing we do; Mercifully grant that by thy power we may be defended against all adversity; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Monday

February 8^th 2010

(Psalm 2,3, 1^st lesson Genesis 7:1, 7-10, 17-23, 2^nd lesson St. Mark 7:24)

The Book of Psalms

Psalm 2 Quare fremuerent gentes?

1. WHY do the heathen so furiously rage together? * and why do the people imagine a vain thing?
2. The kings of the earth stand up, and the rulers take counsel together * against the LORD, and against his Anointed:
3. Let us break their bonds asunder, * and cast away their cords from us.
4. He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn: * the Lord shall have them in derision.
5. Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, * and vex them in his sore displeasure:
6. Yet have I set my King * upon my holy hill of Sion.
7. I will rehearse the decree; * the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.
8. Desire of me, and I shall give thee the nations for thine inheritance, * and the utmost parts of the earth for thy possession.
9. Thou shalt bruise them with a rod of iron, * and break them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
10. Be wise now therefore, O ye kings; * be instructed, ye that are judges of the earth.
11. Serve the LORD in fear, * and rejoice unto him with reverence.
12. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and so ye perish from the right way, if his wrath be kindled, yea but a little. * Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.

Psalm 3 Domine, quid multiplicati?

1. LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! * many are they that rise against me.
2. Many one there be that say of my soul, * There is no help for him in his God.
3. But thou, O LORD, art my defender; * thou art my worship, and the lifter up of my head.
4. I did call upon the LORD with my voice, * and he heard me out of his holy hill.
5. I laid me down and slept, and rose up again; * for the LORD sustained me.
6. I will not be afraid for ten thousands of the people; * that have set themselves against me round about.
7. Up, LORD, and help me, O my God, * for thou smitest all mine enemies upon the cheek-bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.
8. Salvation belongeth unto the LORD; * and thy blessing is upon thy people.

Here beginnith the 1^st lesson that is written in the 7^th chapter of Genesis beginning at the 1^st verse.

And the Lord said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation. And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood. Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth, There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah. And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth. And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth. And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters. And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered. Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered. And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man: All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died. And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.

Here endeth the 1^st lesson.

Here beginnith the 2^nd lesson that is written in the 7^th chapter of St. Mark beginning at the 24^th verse.

And from thence he arose, and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into an house, and would have no man know it: but he could not be hid. For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his feet: The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter. But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it unto the dogs. And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs. And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter. And when she was come to her house, she found the devil gone out, and her daughter laid upon the bed. And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis. And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him. And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue; And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened. And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain. And he charged them that they should tell no man: but the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal they published it; And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well: he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.

Here endeth the 2^nd lesson.

The Collect

Sexagesima

O LORD God, who seest that we put not our trust in any thing we do; Mercifully grant that by thy power we may be defended against all adversity; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Tuesday

February 9^th 2010

(Psalm 5, 1^st Lesson Genesis 8:6, 2^nd Lesson Mark 8:11-26)

The Book of Psalms

Psalm 5 Verba mea auribus.

1. PONDER my words, O LORD, * consider my meditation.
2. O hearken thou unto the voice of my calling, my King and my God: * for unto thee will I make my prayer.
3. My voice shalt thou hear betimes, O LORD; * early in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.
4. For thou art the God that hast no pleasure in wickedness; * neither shall any evil dwell with thee.
5. Such as be foolish shall not stand in thy sight; * for thou hatest all them that work iniquity.
6. Thou shalt destroy them that speak lies: * the LORD will abhor both the blood-thirsty and deceitful man.
7. But as for me, in the multitude of thy mercy I will come into thine house; * and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.
8. Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness, because of mine enemies; * make thy way plain before my face.
9. For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; * their inward parts are very wickedness.
10. Their throat is an open sepulchre; * they flatter with their tongue.
11. Destroy thou them, O God; let them perish through their own imaginations; * cast them out in the multitude of their ungodliness; for they have rebelled against thee.
12. And let all them that put their trust in thee rejoice: * they shall ever be giving of thanks, because thou defendest them; they that love thy Name shall be joyful in thee;
13. For thou, LORD, wilt give thy blessing unto the righteous, * and with thy favourable kindness wilt thou defend him as with a shield.

Here beginnith the 1^st lesson that is written in the 8^th chapter of Genesis beginning at the 6^th verse.

And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made: And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth. Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground; But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark. And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark; And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf plucked off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth. And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more. And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry. And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried. And God spake unto Noah, saying, Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee. Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth. And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him: Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark. And Noah builded an altar unto the Lord; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar. And the Lord smelled a sweet savour; and the Lord said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done. While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.

Here endeth the 1^st lesson.

Here beginnith the 2^nd lesson that is written in the 8^th chapter of St. Mark beginning at the 11^th verse.

And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him. And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth this generation seek after a sign? verily I say unto you, There shall no sign be given unto this generation. And he left them, and entering into the ship again departed to the other side. Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread, neither had they in the ship with them more than one loaf. And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod. And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have no bread. And when Jesus knew it, he saith unto them, Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, neither understand? have ye your heart yet hardened? Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember? When I brake the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? They say unto him, Twelve. And when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? And they said, Seven. And he said unto them, How is it that ye do not understand? And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him. And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought. And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking. After that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made him look up: and he was restored, and saw every man clearly. And he sent him away to his house, saying, Neither go into the town, nor tell it to any in the town.

Here endeth the 2^nd lesson.

The Collect

Sexagesima

O LORD God, who seest that we put not our trust in any thing we do; Mercifully grant that by thy power we may be defended against all adversity; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Wednesday

February 10^th 2010

(Psalm 7, 1^st lesson Genesis 9:8-17, 2^nd lesson St. Mark 8:27—9:1)

The Book of Psalms

Psalm 7 Domine, Deus meus.

1. O LORD my God, in thee have I put my trust: * save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me;
2. Lest he devour my soul like a lion, and tear it in pieces, * while there is none to help.
3. O LORD my God, if I have done any such thing; * or if there be any wickedness in my hands;
4. If I have rewarded evil unto him that dealt friendly with me; * (yea, I have delivered him that without any cause is mine enemy;)
5. Then let mine enemy persecute my soul, and take me; * yea, let him tread my life down upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust.
6. Stand up, O LORD, in thy wrath, and lift up thyself, because of the indignation of mine enemies; * arise up for me in the judgment that thou hast commanded.
7. And so shall the congregation of the peoples come about thee: * for their sakes therefore lift up thyself again.
8. The LORD shall judge the peoples: give sentence with me, O LORD, * according to my righteousness, and according to the innocency that is in me.
9. O let the wickedness of the ungodly come to an end; * but guide thou the just.
10. For the righteous God * trieth the very hearts and reins.
11. My help cometh of God, * who preserveth them that are true of heart.
12. God is a righteous Judge, strong, and patient; * and God is provoked every day.
13. If a man will not turn, he will whet his sword; * he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
14. He hath prepared for him the instruments of death; * he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.
15. Behold, the ungodly travaileth with iniquity; * he hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
16. He hath graven and digged up a pit, * and is fallen himself into the destruction that he made for other.
17. For his travail shall come upon his own head, * and his wickedness shall fall on his own pate.
18. I will give thanks unto the LORD, according to his righteousness; * and I will praise the Name of the LORD Most High.

Here beginnith the 1^st lesson that is written in the 9^th chapter of Genesis beginning at the 8^th verse.

And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying, And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you; And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth. And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth. And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth. And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud: And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh. And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth. And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth.

Here endeth the 1^st lesson.

Here beginnith the 2^nd lesson that is written in the 8^th chapter of St. Mark beginning at the 27^th verse.

And Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the towns of Caesarea Philippi: and by the way he asked his disciples, saying unto them, Whom do men say that I am? And they answered, John the Baptist: but some say, Elias; and others, One of the prophets. And he saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Peter answereth and saith unto him, Thou art the Christ. And he charged them that they should tell no man of him. And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. And he spake that saying openly. And Peter took him, and began to rebuke him. But when he had turned about and looked on his disciples, he rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men. And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it. For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels. And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That there be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power.

Here endeth the 2^nd lesson.

The Collect

Sexagesima

O LORD God, who seest that we put not our trust in any thing we do; Mercifully grant that by thy power we may be defended against all adversity; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Thursday

February 11^th 2010

(Psalm 9, 1^st Lesson Genesis 11:1-9, 2^nd Lesson St Mark 9:2-13)

The Book of Psalms

Psalm 9 Confitebor tibi.

1. I WILL give thanks unto thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; * I will speak of all thy marvellous works.
2. I will be glad and rejoice in thee; * yea, my songs will I make of thy Name, O thou Most Highest.
3. While mine enemies are driven back, * they shall fall and perish at thy presence.
4. For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; * thou art set in the throne that judgest right.
5. Thou hast rebuked the heathen, and destroyed the ungodly; * thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.
6. O thou enemy, thy destructions are come to a perpetual end; * even as the cities which thou hast destroyed, whose memorial is perished with them.
7. But the LORD shall endure for ever; * he hath also prepared his seat for judgment.
8. For he shall judge the world in righteousness, * and minister true judgment unto the people.
9. The LORD also will be a defence for the oppressed, * even a refuge in due time of trouble.
10. And they that know thy Name will put their trust in thee; * for thou, LORD, hast never failed them that seek thee.
11. O praise the LORD which dwelleth in Sion; * show the people of his doings.
12. For when he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them, * and forgetteth not the complaint of the poor.
13. Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider the trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, * thou that liftest me up from the gates of death;
14. That I may show all thy praises within the gates of the daughter of Sion: * I will rejoice in thy salvation.
15. The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made; * in the same net which they hid privily is their foot taken.
16. The LORD is known to execute judgment; * the ungodly is trapped in the work of his own hands.
17. The wicked shall be turned to destruction, * and all the people that forget God.
18. For the poor shall not alway be forgotten; * the patient abiding of the meek shall not perish for ever.
19. Up, LORD, and let not man have the upper hand; * let the heathen be judged in thy sight.
20. Put them in fear, O LORD, * that the heathen may know themselves to be but men.

Here beginnith the 1^st lesson that is written in the 11 chapter of Genesis beginning at the 1^st verse.

And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there. And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar. And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth. And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded. And the Lord said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech. So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city. Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.

Here endeth the 1^st lesson.

Here beginnith the 2^nd lesson that is written in 9^th chapter of St. Mark beginning at the 2^nd verse.

And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John, and leadeth them up into an high mountain apart by themselves: and he was transfigured before them. And his raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow; so as no fuller on earth can white them. And there appeared unto them Elias with Moses: and they were talking with Jesus. And Peter answered and said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias. For he wist not what to say; for they were sore afraid. And there was a cloud that overshadowed them: and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him. And suddenly, when they had looked round about, they saw no man any more, save Jesus only with themselves. And as they came down from the mountain, he charged them that they should tell no man what things they had seen, till the Son of man were risen from the dead. And they kept that saying with themselves, questioning one with another what the rising from the dead should mean. And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must first come? And he answered and told them, Elias verily cometh first, and restoreth all things; and how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at nought. But I say unto you, That Elias is indeed come, and they have done unto him whatsoever they listed, as it is written of him.

Here endeth the 2^nd lesson.

The Collect

Sexagesima

O LORD God, who seest that we put not our trust in any thing we do; Mercifully grant that by thy power we may be defended against all adversity; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Friday

February 12^th 2010

(Psalm 22, 1^st Lesson Genesis 11-27—12:8, St. Mark 9:14-29)

The Book of Psalms

Psalm 22 Deus, deus meus.

1. 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?
2. O my God, I cry in the day-time, but thou hearest not; * and in the night season also I take no rest.
3. And thou continuest holy, * O thou Worship of Israel.
4. Our fathers hoped in thee; * they trusted in thee, and thou didst deliver them.
5. They called upon thee, and were holpen; * they put their trust in thee, and were not confounded.
6. But as for me, I am a worm, and no man; * a very scorn of men, and the outcast of the people.
7. All they that see me laugh me to scorn; * they shoot out their lips, and shake their heads, saying,
8. He trusted in the LORD, that he would deliver him; * let him deliver him, if he will have him.
9. 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.
10. I have been left unto thee ever since I was born; * thou art my God even from my mother's womb.
11. O go not from me; for trouble is hard at hand, * and there is none to help me.
12. Many oxen are come about me; * fat bulls of Bashan close me in on every side.
13. They gape upon me with their mouths, * as it were a ramping and a roaring lion.
14. 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.
15. My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue cleaveth to my gums, * and thou bringest me into the dust of death.
16. For many dogs are come about me, * and the council of the wicked layeth siege against me.
17. They pierced my hands and my feet: I may tell all my bones: * they stand staring and looking upon me.
18. They part my garments among them, * and cast lots upon my vesture.
19. But be not thou far from me, O LORD; * thou art my succour, haste thee to help me.

20. Deliver my soul from the sword, * my darling from the power of the dog.
21. Save me from the lion's mouth; * thou hast heard me also from among the horns of the unicorns.
22. I will declare thy Name unto my brethren; * in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.

23. 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.
24. 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.
25. My praise is of thee in the great congregation; * my vows will I perform in the sight of them that fear him.
26. The poor shall eat, and be satisfied; they that seek after the LORD shall praise him: * your heart shall live for ever.
27. 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.
28. For the kingdom is the LORD'S, * and he is the Governor among the nations.
29. All such as be fat upon earth * have eaten, and worshipped.
30. All they that go down into the dust shall kneel before him; * and no man hath quickened his own soul.
31. My seed shall serve him: * they shall be counted unto the Lord for a generation.
32. They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness * unto a people that shall be born, whom the Lord hath made.

Here beginnith the 1^st lesson that is written in the 11^th chapter of Genesis beginning at the 27^th verse.

Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot. And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees. And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah. But Sarai was barren; she had no child. And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there. And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran. Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee: And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. So Abram departed, as the Lord had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran. And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came. And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land. And the Lord appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the Lord, who appeared unto him. And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the Lord, and called upon the name of the Lord. And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.

Here endeth the 1^st lesson.

Here beginnith the 2^nd lesson that is written in the 9^th chapter of St. Mark beginning at the 14^th verse.

And when he came to his disciples, he saw a great multitude about them, and the scribes questioning with them. And straightway all the people, when they beheld him, were greatly amazed, and running to him saluted him. And he asked the scribes, What question ye with them? And one of the multitude answered and said, Master, I have brought unto thee my son, which hath a dumb spirit; And wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him: and he foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away: and I spake to thy disciples that they should cast him out; and they could not. He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me. And they brought him unto him: and when he saw him, straightway the spirit tare him; and he fell on the ground, and wallowed foaming. And he asked his father, How long is it ago since this came unto him? And he said, Of a child. And ofttimes it hath cast him into the fire, and into the waters, to destroy him: but if thou canst do any thing, have compassion on us, and help us. Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth. And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief. When Jesus saw that the people came running together, he rebuked the foul spirit, saying unto him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him. And the spirit cried, and rent him sore, and came out of him: and he was as one dead; insomuch that many said, He is dead. But Jesus took him by the hand, and lifted him up; and he arose. And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, Why could not we cast him out? And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.

Here endeth the 2^nd lesson.

The Collect

Sexagesima

O LORD God, who seest that we put not our trust in any thing we do; Mercifully grant that by thy power we may be defended against all adversity; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Saturday

February 13^th 2010

(Psalms 16, 1^st Lesson Genesis 13:2, 5-18, 2^nd Lesson St. Mark 9:30-37)

The Book of Psalms

Psalm 16 Conserva me, Domine.

1. PRESERVE me, O God; * for in thee have I put my trust.
2. O my soul, thou hast said unto the LORD, * Thou art my God; I have no good like unto thee.
3. All my delight is upon the saints that are in the earth, * and upon such as excel in virtue.
4. But they that run after another god * shall have great trouble.
5. Their drink-offerings of blood will I not offer, * neither make mention of their names within my lips.
6. The LORD himself is the portion of mine inheritance, and of my cup; * thou shalt maintain my lot.
7. The lot is fallen unto me in a fair ground; * yea, I have a goodly heritage.
8. I will thank the LORD for giving me warning; * my reins also chasten me in the night season.
9. I have set the LORD alway before me; * for he is on my right hand, therefore I shall not fall.
10. Wherefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: * my flesh also shall rest in hope.
11. For why? thou shalt not leave my soul in hell; * neither shalt thou suffer thy Holy One to see corruption.
12. Thou shalt show me the path of life: in thy presence is the fulness of joy, * and at thy right hand there is pleasure for evermore.

Here beginnith the 1^st lesson that is written in the 13^th chapter of Genesis beginning at the 2^nd verse.

And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold. And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents. And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together. And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle and the herdmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land. And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren. Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left. And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar. Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other. Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom. But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the Lord exceedingly. And the Lord said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward: For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever. And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered. Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee. Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the Lord.

Here endeth the 1^st lesson.

Here beginnith the 2^nd lesson that is written in the 9^th chapter of St. Mark beginning at the 30^th verse.

And they departed thence, and passed through Galilee; and he would not that any man should know it. For he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The Son of man is delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and after that he is killed, he shall rise the third day. But they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask him. And he came to Capernaum: and being in the house he asked them, What was it that ye disputed among yourselves by the way? But they held their peace: for by the way they had disputed among themselves, who should be the greatest. And he sat down, and called the twelve, and saith unto them, If any man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all, and servant of all. And he took a child, and set him in the midst of them: and when he had taken him in his arms, he said unto them, Whosoever shall receive one of such children in my name, receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me, receiveth not me, but him that sent me.

Here endeth the 2^nd lesson.

The Collect

Sexagesima

O LORD God, who seest that we put not our trust in any thing we do; Mercifully grant that by thy power we may be defended against all adversity; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.