Holy Monday
being the Monday before Easter.
Matins
The Psalms Appointed
42
The Antiphon for the Benedictus
O
righteous Father, the world hath not known thee * but I have known thee, and
these have known that thou hast sent me.
Holy Communion
The Collect.
ALMIGHTY God, whose most dear Son went not up to joy but first he
suffered pain, and entered not into glory before he was crucified; Mercifully
grant that we, walking in the way of the cross, may find it none other than the
way of life and peace; through the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
For the Epistle. Isa.
lxiii. 1.
WHO is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah?
this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his
strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save. Wherefore art thou red
in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winefat? I
have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was none with me: for
I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood
shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment. For the
day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come. And I
looked, and there was none, to help; and I wondered that there was none to
uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my fury it upheld
me. And I will tread down the people in mine anger, and make them drunk in my
fury, and I will bring down their strength to the earth. I will mention the
lovingkindnesses of the Lord, and the praises of the Lord according to all that
the Lord hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel,
which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the
multitude of his lovingkindnesses. For he said, Surely they are my people,
children that will not lie: so he was their Saviour. In all their affliction he
was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his
pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.
But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit; therefore he was turned to be
their enemy, and he fought against them. Then he remembered the days of old,
Moses, and his people, saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea
with the shepherd of his flock? where is he that put his holy Spirit within
him? that led them by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm, dividing
the water before them, to make himself an everlasting name? that led them
through the deep, as an horse in the wilderness., that they should not stumble?
As a beast goeth down into the valley, the spirit of the Lord caused him to
rest: so didst thou lead thy people, to make thyself a glorious name. Look down
from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory:
where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy
mercies toward me? are they restrained? Doubtless thou art our father, though
Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not, thou, O Lord, art our
father our redeemer; thy name is from everlasting. O Lord, why hast thou made
us to err from thy ways, and hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy
servants' sake, the tribes of thine inheritance. The people of thy holiness
have possessed it but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy
sanctuary. We are thine: thou never barest rule over them; they were not called
by thy name.
The Gospel. St. Mark
xiv. 1.
AFTER two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened
bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by
craft, and put him to death. But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be
an uproar of the people. And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper,
as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of
spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head. And
there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this
waste of the ointment made? for it might have been sold for more than three
hundred pence, and have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her.
And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work
on me. For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do
them good: but me ye have not always. She hath done what she could: she is come
aforehand to anoint my body to the burying. Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever
this gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, this also that she
hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her. And Judas Iscariot, one of
the twelve, went unto the chief priests, to betray him unto them. And when they
heard it, they were glad, and promised to give him money. And he sought how he
might conveniently betray him. And the first day of unleavened bread, when they
killed the passover, his disciples said unto him, Where wilt thou that we go
and prepare that thou mayest eat the passover? And he sendeth forth two of his
disciples, and saith unto them, Go ye into the city, and there shall meet you a
man bearing a pitcher of water: follow him. And wheresoever he shall go in, say
ye to the good-man of the house, The Master saith, Where is the guestchamber,
where I shall eat the passover with my disciples? And he will shew you a large
upper room furnished and prepared: there make ready for us. And his disciples
went forth, and came into the city, and found as he had said unto them: and
they made ready the passover. And in the evening he cometh with the twelve. And
as they sat and did eat, Jesus said, Verily I say unto you, One of you which
eateth with me shall betray me. And they began to be sorrowful, and to say unto
him one by one, Is it I? and another said, Is it I? And he answered and said
unto them, It is one of the twelve, that dippeth with me in the dish. The Son
of man indeed goeth, as it is written of him: but woe to that man by whom the
Son of man is betrayed! good were it for that man if he had never been born.
And as they did eat, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and brake it, and gave to
them, and said, Take, eat;this is my body. And he took the cup, and when he had
given thanks, he gave it to them: and they all drank of it. And he said unto
them, This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many. Verily I
say unto you, I will drink no more of the fruit of the vine, until that day
that I drink it new in the kingdom of God. And when they had sung an hymn, they
went out into the mount of Olives. And Jesus saith unto them, All ye shall be
offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the
shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered. But after that I am risen I will go
before you into Galilee. But Peter said unto him, Although all shall be
offended, yet will not I. And Jesus saith unto him, Verily I say unto thee,
that this day even in this night, before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny
me thrice. But he spake the more vehemently, If I should die with thee, I will
not deny thee in any wise. Likewise also said they all. And they came to a
place which was named Gethsemane: and he saith to his disciples, Sit ye here,
while I shall pray. And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began
to be sore amazed, and to be very heavy; and saith unto them, My soul is
exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, and watch. And he went forward a
little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour
might pass from him. And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto
thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou
wilt. And he cometh. and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, Simon,
sleepest thou? couldest not thou watch one hour? Watch ye and pray, lest ye
enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak. And
again lie went away, and prayed, and spake the same words. And when ho
returned, he found them asleep again, (for their eyes were heavy,) neither wist
they what to answer him. And he cometh the third time, and saith unto them,
Sleep on now, and take your rest: it is enough, the hour is come; behold, the
Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. Rise up, let us go; lo, he
that betrayeth me is at hand. And immediately, while he yet spake, cometh
Judas, one of the twelve, and with him a great multitude with swords and
staves, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders. And he that
betrayed him had given them a token, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same
is he; take him, and lead him away safely. And as soon as he was come, he goeth
straightway to him, and saith, Master, master; and kissed him. And they laid
their hands on him, and took him. And one of them that stood by drew a sword,
and smote a servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear. And Jesus answered
and said unto them, Are ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and with
staves, to take me? I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and ye took me
not: but the scriptures must be fulfilled. And they all forsook him, and fled.
And there followed him a certain young man, having a linen cloth cast about his
naked body; and the young men laid hold on him: and he left the linen cloth,
and fled from them naked. And they led Jesus away to the high priest: and with
him were assembled all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes. And
Peter followed him afar off, even into the palace of the high priest: and he
sat with the servants, and warmed himself at the fire. And the chief priests
and all the council sought for witness against Jesus to put him to death; and
found none. For many bare false witness against him, but their witness agreed
not together. And there arose certain, and bare false witness against him,
saying, We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands,
and within three days I will build another made without hands. But neither so
did their witness agree together. And the high priest stood up in the midst,
and asked Jesus, saying, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness
against thee? But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high
priest asked him, and said unto him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the
Blessed? And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the
right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven. Then the high priest
rent his clothes, and saith, What need we any further witnesses? ye have heard
the blasphemy: what think ye? And they all condemned him to be guilty of death.
And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to
say unto him, Prophesy: and the servants did strike him with the palms of their
hands. And as Peter was beneath in the palace, there cometh one of the maids of
the high priest: and when she saw Peter warming himself, she looked upon him,
and said, And thou also wast with Jesus of Nazareth. But he denied, saying, I
know not, neither understand I what thou sayest. And he went out into the
porch; and the cock crew. And a maid saw him again, and began to say to them
that stood by, This is one of them. And he denied it again. And a little after,
they that stood by said again to Peter, Surely thou art one of them: for thou
art a Galilean, and thy speech agreeth thereto. But he began to curse and to
swear, saying, I know not this man of whom ye speak. And the second time the
cock crew. And Peter called to mind the word that Jesus said unto him, Before
the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. And when he thought thereon, he
wept.
Evensong
The Psalms Appointed
43
The Antiphon for the Magnificat
And as
Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, * even so must the Son of man be
lifted up
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