Saint Stephen’s Day.
Psalm
52
Quid gloriaris?
WHY boastest thou thyself, thou tyrant : that thou canst do mischief;
2. Whereas the goodness of God : endureth yet daily?
3. Thy tongue imagineth wickedness : and with lies thou cuttest like a
sharp rasor.
4. Thou hast loved unrighteousness more then goodness : and to talk of
lies more than righteousness.
5. Thou hast loved to speak all words that may do hurt : O thou false
tongue.
6. Therefore shall God destroy thee for ever : he shall take thee, and
pluck thee out of thy dwelling, and root thee out of the land of the living.
7. The righteous also shall see this, and fear : and shall laugh him to
scorn;
8. Lo, this is the man that took not God for his strength : but trusted
unto the multitude of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.
9. As for me, I am like a green olive-tree in the house of God : my
trust is in the tender mercy of God for ever and ever.
10. I will always give thanks unto thee for that thou hast done : and I
will hope in thy Name, for thy saints like it well.
The Collect.
Grant, O Lord, that in all
our sufferings here upon earth for the testimony of thy truth, we may
stedfastly look up to heaven, and by faith behold the glory that shall be
revealed; and, being filled with the Holy Ghost, may learn to love and bless
our persecutors by the example of thy first Martyr Saint Stephen, who prayed
for his murderers to thee, O blessed Jesus, who standest at the right hand of
God to succour all those that suffer for thee, our only Mediator and Advocate. Amen.
Then
shall follow the Collect of the Nativity, which shall be said continually unto
New-year’s Eve.
ALMIGHTY
God,
who hast given us thy only-begotten Son to take our nature upon him, and as at
this time to be born of a pure Virgin: Grant that we, being regenerate and made
thy children by adoption and grace, may daily be renewed by thy Holy Spirit;
through the same our Lord Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth with thee and
the same Spirit ever, one God, world without end. Amen.
Epistle
Reading: Acts (6.8-7.53) 7.54-60
Gospel
Reading: St. Matthew 23.34-39
Saint John the Evangelist’s Day.
Psalm 11
In Domino confido
IN THE Lord put I my trust : how say ye then to my soul, that she
should flee as a bird unto the hill?
2. For lo, the ungodly bend their bow, and make ready their arrows
within the quiver : that they may privily shoot at them which are true of
heart.
3. For the foundations will be cast down : and what have the righteous
done?
4. The Lord is in his holy temple : the Lord’s seat is in heaven.
5. His eyes consider the poor : and his eye-lids try the children of
men.
6. The Lord alloweth the righteous : but the ungodly, and him that
delighteth in wickedness, doth his soul abhor.
7. Upon the ungodly he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, storm and
tempest : this shall be their portion to drink.
8. For the righteous Lord loveth righteousness : his countenance will
behold the thing that is just.
The Collect.
MERCIFUL
Lord,
we beseech thee to cast thy bright beams of light upon thy Church, that it
being enlightened by the doctrine of thy blessed Apostle and Evangelist Saint
John may so walk in the light of thy truth, that it may at length attain to the
light of everlasting life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Then
shall follow the Collect of the Nativity, which shall be said continually unto
New-year’s Eve.
ALMIGHTY
God,
who hast given us thy only-begotten Son to take our nature upon him, and as at
this time to be born of a pure Virgin: Grant that we, being regenerate and made
thy children by adoption and grace, may daily be renewed by thy Holy Spirit;
through the same our Lord Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth with thee and
the same Spirit ever, one God, world without end. Amen.
Epistle
Reading:1 John 1.1-10
Gospel
Reading: St. John 21.19-25
The Sunday after Christmas-Day.
Psalm
121
Levavi oculus
I WILL lift up mine eyes unto the hills : from whence cometh my help.
2. My help cometh even from the Lord : who hath made heaven and earth.
3. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved : and he that keepeth thee
will not sleep.
4. Behold, he that keepeth Israel : shall neither slumber nor sleep.
5. The Lord himself is thy keeper : the Lord is thy defence upon thy
right hand.
6. So that the sun shall not burn thee by day : neither the moon by
night.
7. The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil : yea, it is even he that
shall keep thy soul.
8. The Lord shall preserve thy going out, and thy coming in: from this
time forth for evermore.
The Collect.
ALMIGHTY
God,
who hast given us thy only-begotten Son to take our nature upon him, and as at
this time to be born of a pure Virgin; Grant that we being regenerate, and made
thy children by adoption and grace, may daily be renewed by thy Holy Spirit;
through the same our Lord Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth with thee and
the same Spirit, one God, world without end. Amen.
Then
shall follow the Collect of the Nativity, which shall be said continually unto
New-year’s Eve.
ALMIGHTY
God,
who hast given us thy only-begotten Son to take our nature upon him, and as at
this time to be born of a pure Virgin: Grant that we, being regenerate and made
thy children by adoption and grace, may daily be renewed by thy Holy Spirit; through
the same our Lord Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the same
Spirit ever, one God, world without end. Amen.
Old Testament Reading: Isaiah 9.2-7
Psalter: Morning-2, 8; Evening-89
Epistle Reading: Galatians 4.1-7
Gospel Reading: St. Matthew 1.18-25
St. Irenaeus: “On this account, therefore, the Lord Himself, who is
Emmanuel from the Virgin, is the sign of our salvation, since it was the Lord Himself who saved them, because they could
not be saved by their own instrumentality; and, therefore, when Paul
sets forth human infirmity, he says: “For I know that there dwelleth in my flesh no good thing,” showing that the “good thing” of our
salvation is not from us, but from God. And again: “Wretched man that I
am, who shall deliver me from the body of this death?” Then he introduces the Deliverer,
[saying,] “The grace of Jesus Christ our Lord.” And Isaiah declares this also, [when he says:] “Be ye
strengthened, ye hands that hang down, and ye feeble knees; be ye encouraged,
ye feeble-minded; be comforted, fear not: behold, our God has given judgment
with retribution, and shall recompense: He will come Himself, and will save us.” Here we see, that not by ourselves, but
by the help of God, we must be saved” (“Against Heretics,” III.20.3).
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