Saint Bartholomew the
Apostle
August 24
Psalm 115
Non nobis,
Domine
1. NOT unto
us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy Name give the praise : for thy loving
mercy and for thy truth’s sake.
2. Wherefore
shall the heathen say : Where is now their God?
3. As for our
God, he is in heaven : he hath done whatsoever pleased him.
4. Their
idols are silver and gold : even the work of men’s hands.
5. They have
mouths, and speak not : eyes have they, and see not.
6. They have
ears, and hear not : noses have they and smell not.
7. They have
hands, and handle not; feet have they, and walk not : neither speak they
through their throat.
8. They that
make them are like unto them ; and so are all such as put their trust in them.
9. But thou,
house of Israel, trust thou in the Lord : he is their succour and defence.
10. Ye house
of Aaron, put your trust in the Lord : he is their helper and defender.
11. Ye that
fear the Lord, put your trust in the Lord : he is their helper and defender.
12. The Lord
hath been mindful of us, and he shall bless us : even he shall bless the house
of Israel, he shall bless the house of Aaron.
13. He shall
bless them that fear the Lord : both small and great.
14. The Lord
shall increase you more and more : you and your children.
15. Ye are
the blessed of the Lord : who made heaven and earth.
16. All the
whole heavens are the Lord’s : the earth hath he given to the children of men.
17. The dead
praise not thee, O Lord : neither all they that go down into silence.
18. But we
will praise the Lord : from this time forth for evermore. Praise the Lord.
The
Collect
O
almighty and everlasting God, who didst give to thine Apostle Bartholomew grace
truly to believe and to preach thy Word; Grant, we beseech thee, unto thy
Church, to love that Word which he believed, and both to preach and receive the
same; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Old
Testament Reading: Deuteronomy 18.15-18
Psalter:
Psalm 91
Epistle
Reading: 1 Corinthians 4.9-15
Gospel
Reading: St. Luke 22.24-30
Lesser
Feasts and Fasts – 2006: “Bartholomew is one of the twelve Apostles known to us
only by his being listed among them in the Gospels according to Matthew, Mark,
and Luke. His name means “Son of Tolmai,” and he is sometimes identified with
Nathanael, the friend of Philip, the “Israelite without guile” in John’s
Gospel, to whom Jesus promised the vision of angels ascending and descending on
the Son of Man. Nothing more is heard of him in the four Gospels. Some sources
credit Bartholomew with having written a Gospel, whose existence was known to
Jerome and Bede, but which is lost today. There is a tradition that Bartholomew
traveled to India, and Eusebius reports that when Pantaenus of Alexandria
visited India, between 150 and 200, he found there “the Gospel according to Matthew” in
Hebrew, which had been left behind by “Bartholomew, one of the Apostles.” An
ancient tradition maintains that Bartholomew was flayed alive at Albanopolis in
Armenia” (354).
For a
short historical piece regarding an event that happened on this day see my blog
post:
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