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INTROIT Ps. 131.9-10.
LET thy priests, O Lord, be clothed with justice, and let thy Saints rejoice: for thy servant David’s sake, turn not away the face of thine Anointed. Ps. 131.1. O Lord, remember David and all his meekness. V. Glory be.
COLLECT
O God, who by the inestimable gift of thy grace dost glorify thy Saints: grant, we beseech thee; that at the intercession of blessed Cuthbert thy Confessor and Bishop, we may be found worthy to attain to the perfection of all virtues.
Then under one ending, commemorate the Lenten feria as in the mass below.
EPISTLE Heb. 7.23-27.
Brethren: The others indeed were made many priests, because by reason of death they were not suffered to continue: But this, for that he continueth for ever, hath an everlasting priesthood: Whereby he is able also to save for ever them that come to God by him; always living to make intercession for us. For it was fitting that we should have such a high priest, holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners, and made higher than the heavens: Who needeth not daily (as the other priests) to offer sacrifices, first for his own sins, and then for the people's: for this he did once, in offering himself.
Gradual Ps. 131.16-17.
I will clothe her priests with salvation: and her saints shall rejoice with exceeding great joy. There will I bring forth a horn to David: I have prepared a lamp for mine Anointed.
Tract Ps. 111.1-3.
Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord: he shall delight exceedingly in his commandments. V. His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the righteous shall be blessed. V. Glory and wealth shall be in his house : and his justice remaineth for ever and ever.
+ The Continuation of the Holy Gospel according to Matthew (24.42-47)
At that time: Jesus said unto his disciples: Watch ye therefore, because you know not what hour your Lord will come. But this know ye, that, if the goodman of the house knew at what hour the thief would come, he would certainly watch and would not suffer his house to be broken open. Wherefore be you also ready, because at what hour you know not the Son of man will come. Who, thinkest thou, is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath appointed over his family, to give them meat in season? Blessed is that servant, whom when his lord shall come he shall find so doing. Amen I say to you: He shall place him over all his goods.
OFFERTORY Ps. 88.25.
My truth and my mercy shall be with him: and in my Name shall his horn be exalted.
SECRET
We beseech thee, O Lord, mercifully to accept the sacrifice of our redemption: and at the intercession of blessed Cuthbert thy Confessor and Bishop, mercifully accomplish in us salvation both of body and soul.
Then under one ending, commemorate the Lenten feria as in the mass below.
Communion Matt. 24.46-47.
Blessed is that servant, whom when his lord shall come he shall find so doing: Amen I say to you, he shall place him over all his goods.
POSTCOMMUNION
We beseech thee, O Lord, that these holy Sacraments which we have received may evermore defend us by their mighty power: and at the intercession of blessed Cuthbert thy Confessor and Bishop, whose life shone forth in glory; they may preserve us in all peace and holiness.
Then under one ending, commemorate the Lenten feria as in the mass below.
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FRIDAY AFTER THE
FOURTH SUNDAY IN LENT
Greater Non-Priv. Feria – Rose/Purple
INTROIT Ps. 18.15
The thoughts of my heart are always before thee, O Lord, my helper and my Redeemer. Ps. 18.2. The heavens show forth the glory of God, and the firmament proclaims his handiwork. V. Glory be.
COLLECT
O God, thou renewest the world through the miracle of thy Sacraments. May thy Church be faithful to thine eternal commands and be assisted by thee in this life. Through.
SEASONAL COLLECTS
As given before Ash Wednesday
LESSON III Kings 17.17-24
In those days, the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick, and the sickness was very grievous, so that there was no breath left in him. And she said to Elias: What have I to do with thee, thou man of God? art thou come to me, that my iniquities should be remembered, and that thou shouldst kill my son? And Elias said to her: Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him into the upper chamber where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed. And he cried to the Lord, and said: O Lord, my God, hast thou afflicted also the widow, with whom I am after a sort maintained, so as to kill her son? And he stretched, and measured himself upon the child three times, and cried to the Lord, and said: O Lord, my God, let the soul of this child, I beseech thee, return into his body. And the Lord heard the voice of Elias: and the soul of the child returned into him, and he revived. And Elias took the child, and brought him down from the upper chamber to the house below, and delivered him to his mother, and said to her: Behold thy son liveth. And the woman said to Elias: Now by this I know that thou art a man of God, and the word of the Lord in thy mouth is true.
GRADUAL Ps. 117.8-9
It is better to trust in the Lord than to confide in man. V. It is better to have confidence in the Lord than to rely on princes.
TRACT Ps. 102.10; 78.8-9
O Lord, repay us not according to the sins we have committed, nor according to our iniquities. V. O Lord, remember not our iniquities of the past; let thy mercy come quickly to us, for we are being brought very low (All kneel.)
V. Help us, O God our Saviour, and for the glory of thy Name, O Lord, deliver us; and pardon us our sins for thy Name's sake.
+ The Continuation of the Holy Gospel according to John (11.1-45)
At that time, there was a certain man sick, named Lazarus, of Bethania, of the town of Mary and of Martha her sister. (And Mary was she that anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair: whose brother Lazarus was sick.) His sisters therefore sent to him, saying: Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick. And Jesus hearing it, said to them: This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God: that the Son of God may be glorified by it. Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister Mary and Lazarus. When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he still remained in the same place two days. Then after that, he said to his disciples: Let us go into Judea again. The disciples say to him: Rabbi, the Jews but now sought to stone thee. And goest thou thither again? Jesus answered: Are there not twelve hours of the day? If a man walk in the day he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world: But if he walk in the night, he stumbleth, because the light is not in him. These things he said; and after that he said to them: Lazarus our friend sleepeth: but I go that I may awake him out of sleep. His disciples therefore said: Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well. But Jesus spoke of his death: and they thought that he spoke of the repose of sleep. Then therefore Jesus said to them plainly: Lazarus is dead. And I am glad, for your sakes; that I was not there, that you may believe. But, let us go to him. Thomas therefore, who is called Didymus, said to his fellow disciples: Let us also go, that we may die with him. Jesus therefore came: and found that he had been four days already in the grave. (Now Bethania was near Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off.) And many of the Jews were come to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother. Martha therefore, as soon as she heard that Jesus was come, went to meet him: but Mary sat at home. Martha therefore said to Jesus: Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. But now also I know that whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, God will give it thee. Jesus saith to her: Thy brother shall rise again. Martha saith to him: I know that he shall rise again, in the resurrection at the last day. Jesus said to her: I am the resurrection and the life: he that believeth in me, although he be dead, shall live: And every one that liveth and believeth in me shall not die for ever. Believest thou this? She saith to him: Yea, Lord, I have believed that thou art Christ, the Son of the living God, who art come into this world. And when she had said these things, she went and called her sister Mary secretly, saying: The master is come and calleth for thee. She, as soon as she heard this, riseth quickly and cometh to him. For Jesus was not yet come into the town: but he was still in that place where Martha had met him. The Jews therefore, who were with her in the house and comforted her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up speedily and went out, followed her, saying: She goeth to the grave to weep there. When Mary therefore was come where Jesus was, seeing him, she fell down at his feet and saith to him. Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. Jesus, therefore, when he saw her weeping, and the Jews that were come with her weeping, groaned in the spirit and troubled himself, And said: Where have you laid him? They say to him: Lord, come and see. And Jesus wept. The Jews therefore said: Behold how he loved him. But some of them said: Could not he that opened the eyes of the man born blind have caused that this man should not die? Jesus therefore again groaning in himself, cometh to the sepulchre. Now it was a cave; and a stone was laid over it. Jesus saith: Take away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith to him: Lord, by this time he stinketh, for he is now of four days. Jesus saith to her: Did not I say to thee that if thou believe, thou shalt see the glory of God? They took therefore the stone away. And Jesus lifting up his eyes, said: Father, I give thee thanks that thou hast heard me. And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people who stand about have I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me. When he had said these things, he cried with a loud voice: Lazarus, come forth. And presently he that had been dead came forth, bound feet and hands with winding bands. And his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus said to them: Loose him and let him go. Many therefore of the Jews, who were come to Mary and Martha and had seen the things that Jesus did, believed in him.
OFFERTORY Ps. 17.28, 32
Thou wilt save the humble, O Lord, but the eyes of the proud thou wilt bring low; for who is God except thee, O Lord?
SECRET
O Lord, purify us through the gifts we offer thee and let us be reconciled with thee forever. Through.
SEASONAL COLLECTS
As given before Ash Wednesday
COMMUNION John 11.33, 35, 43, 44
When the Lord saw the sisters of Lazarus weeping at the tomb, He wept before the Jews, and cried out, Lazarus, come forth! And he who had been dead four days came forth, bound hands and feet.
POSTCOMMUNION
O Lord, may the reception of this Sacrament cleanse us forever from our sins and shield us from all adversity. Through.
SEASONAL COLLECTS
As given before Ash Wednesday
PRAYER OVER THE PEOPLE
O Lord, we are aware of our own weakness but we trust in thy strength. May we always rejoice in thy loving care. Through.
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