27
October
The
Victory at Saxa Rubra
"Labarum, hoc est Christi
sacratum nomine signum."
Collect: Almighty God, Captain of the Host, grant,
we beseech thee, that through thy grace we might be ever vigilant to recognize
thy sign, and hear thy calling; through thy Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, who
liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, one God, forever and ever.
Amen
Psalm 144: Benedictus Dominus.
BLESSED be the LORD my strength, who teacheth my hands to war, and
my fingers to fight: My hope and my fortress, my castle and deliverer, my
defender in whom I trust; who subdueth my people that is under me. LORD, what
is man, that thou hast such respect unto him? or the son of man, that thou so
regardest him? Man is like a thing of nought; his time passeth away like a
shadow. Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down; touch the mountains, and they
shall smoke. Cast forth thy lightning, and tear them; shoot out thine arrows,
and consume them. Send down thine hand from above; deliver me, and take me but
of the great waters, from the hand of strangers; Whose mouth talketh of vanity,
and their right hand is a right hand of wickedness. I will sing a new song unto
thee, O God; and sing praises unto thee upon a ten-stringed lute. Thou hast
given victory unto kings, and hast delivered David thy servant from the peril
of the sword. Save me, and deliver me from the hand of strangers, whose mouth
talketh of vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of iniquity: That our
sons may grow up as the young plants, and that our daughters may be as the
polished corners of the temple; That our garners may be full and plenteous with
all manner of store; that our sheep may bring forth thousands, and ten
thousands in our fields; That our oxen may be strong to labour; that there be
no decay, no leading into captivity, and no complaining in our streets. Happy
are the people that are in such a case; yea, blessed are the people who have
the LORD for their God.
Ephesians 6: 10-18
Finally,
my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Put on the
whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the
devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities,
against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against
spiritual wickedness in high places. Wherefore take unto you the whole armour
of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all,
to stand. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having
on the breastplate of righteousness; And your feet shod with the preparation of
the gospel of peace; Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall
be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the helmet of
salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: Praying
always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto
with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
Luke xii. 35
Let
your loins be girded about, and your lights burning; And ye yourselves like
unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that
when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately. Blessed are
those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say
unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and
will come forth and serve them. And if he shall come in the second watch, or
come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants. And this
know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would
come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken
through. Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when
ye think not.
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