The
Fifth Sunday in Lent,
Commonly Called Passion Sunday
1st
Evensong
The Psalms Appointed
119:105-144
The Antiphon for the Magnificat
I am one that bear witness of myself: * and the
Father that sent me beareth witness of me.
Matins
The Psalms Appointed
42 & 43
The Readings
Gen 22:1-13 &
John 10:1-16
The Antiphon for the Benedictus
Which
among you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, wherefore do ye not believe
me? * He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not,
because ye are not of God.
Holy
Communion
The Introit Psalm
54. Deus, in Nomine.
2 Hear my prayer, O God, * and hearken unto the words of my mouth.
3 For strangers are risen up against me; * and tyrants, which have not God before their eyes, seek after my soul.
4 Behold, God is my helper; * the Lord is with them that uphold my soul.
5 He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: * destroy thou them in thy truth.
6 An offering of a free heart will I give thee, and praise thy Name, O LORD; * because it is so comfortable.
7 For he hath delivered me out of all my trouble; * and mine eye hath seen his desire upon mine enemies.
The Collect.
The Epistle. Heb. ix. 11.
The Tract Ps
143:1-10
2 And enter not into judgement with thy servant; / for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
3 For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground: / he hath laid me in the darkness, as the men that have been long dead.
4 Therefore is my spirit vexed within me, / and my heart within me is desolate.
5 Yet do I remember the time past; I muse upon all thy works: / yea, I meditate upon the works of thy hands.
6 I spread forth my hands unto thee: / my soul gaspeth unto thee as a thirsty land.
7 Hear me, O Lord, and that soon, for my spirit waxeth faint: / hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.
8 O let me hear thy loving-kindness betimes in the morning, for in thee is my trust: / show thou me the way that I should walk in, for I lift up my soul unto thee.
9 Deliver me, O Lord, from mine enemies; / for I flee unto thee to hide me.
10 Teach me to do the thing that pleaseth thee, for thou art my God: / let thy loving Spirit lead me forth into the land of righteousness.
The Gospel. St. John viii. 46.
2nd Evensong
The Psalms Appointed
119:145-176
The Readings
I Kings 8:22-53
& John 17
The Antiphon for the Magnificat
Verily,
verily, I say unto you: Before Abraham was, I am. * The people then took up
stones to cast at Jesus; but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple.
Wednesday in the Fifth Week of
Lent
The
Collect.
WE beseech thee, Almighty God, mercifully to
look upon thy people; that by thy great goodness they "lay be governed and
preserved evermore, both in body and soul; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
The
Epistle. Isaiah 49: 1-6.
LISTEN, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye
people, from far; The LORD hath
called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of
my name. And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his
hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished arrow; in his quiver hath he hid
me; and said unto me, Thou art my servant, O Israel, in whom I will be
glorified. Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought,
and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the LORD, and my work with my God. And now, saith the LORD that formed me from the womb to be his servant,
to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be
glorious in the eyes of the LORD, and my God shall be my strength. And he said, It is a light thing
that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore
the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles,
that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
The
Gospel. St. John 11:1-46.
NOW a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of
Beth-any, the town of Mary and her sister Martha. (It was that Mary which anointed
the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus
was,-sick.) Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom
thou lovest is sick. When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not unto
death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified
thereby. Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and
Lazarus. When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he abode two days still
in the
same place where he was. Then after that saith
he to his disciples, Let us go into Judsea again. His disciples say unto him,
Master, the Jews of late sought to I stone thee; and goest thou thither again?
Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the
day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world. But if a man
walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light
in him. These things said he: and after that he
saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him
out of sleep. Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well.
Howbeit Jesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of taking
of rest in sleep. Then said Jesus unto them plainly Lazarus is dead. And I am
glad for your sakes that I was not there, to the intent ye may believe;
nevertheless let us go unto him. Then said Thomas, which is called Didymus,
unto his fellow disciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him. Then when
Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave four days already. Now
Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off: and many of the
Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother. Then
Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met him: but Mary
sat still
in the house. Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord,
if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. But I know, that even now, whatsoever
thou wilt ask of God, God will give it thee. Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother
shall rise again. Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the
resurrection at the last day. Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and
the life: he that believeth in me,
though he were dead, yet shall he live: and
whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this? She
saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God,
which should come into the world. And
when she had so said, she went her way, and called Mary her sister secretly,
saying, The Master is come, and calleth for thee. As soon as she heard that,
she arose quickly, and came unto him. Now Jesus was not yet come into the town,
but was in that place where Martha met him. The Jews then which were with her
in the house, and comforted her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up hastily
and went out, followed her, saying, She goeth unto the grave to weep there.
Then when Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his
feet, saying unto him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.
When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with
her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled, and said, Where have ye laid
him? They said unto him, Lord, come and see. Jesus wept. Then said the Jews,
Behold how he loved him! And some of them said, Could not this man, which
opened the eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man should not have
died? Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was a
cave, and a stone lay upon it. Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the
sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh:
for he hath been dead four days. Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee,
that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God? Then they
took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up
his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me. And I knew
that thou hearest me always: but because of the people which stand by I said
it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me. And when he thus had spoken,
he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. And he that was dead came
forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with
a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go. Then many of the
Jews which came to Mary, and had seen the things which Jesus did, believed on
him. But some of them went their ways to the Pharisees, and told them what
things Jesus had done.
Friday in the Fifth Week of Lent
The
Collect.
WE beseech thee. Almighty God, mercifully to
look upon thy people; that by thy great goodness they may be governed and
preserved evermore, both in body and soul; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The
Epistle. Isaiah 52:13-53:12
BEHOLD, my servant shall prosper, he shall be
exalted and extolled, and be very high. As many were astonished at thee; his
visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men:
so shall he startle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him: for
that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not
heard shall they consider. Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm
of the LORD revealed?
For he grew up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground:
he hath no form nor comeliness, that we should look at him, and no beauty that
we should desire him. He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and
acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was
despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried
our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But
he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the
chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. All
we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and
the LORD hath
laid on him the iniquity of us all. He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet
he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a
Aeep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. He was taken
from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was
cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was
he stricken. And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his
death; although he had atone no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.
Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when
thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall
prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand. He shall see of the travail of his soul,
and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many;
for he shall bear their iniquities. Therefore will I divide him a portion with
the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath
poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and
he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
The
Gospel. St. John 12:23-32.
JESUS answered them, saying, The hour is come,
that the Son of man should be glorified. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except
a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die,
it bringeth forth much fruit. He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he
that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal. If any man
serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if
any man serve me, him will my Father honour. Now is my soul troubled; and what
shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto
this hour. Father, glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from heaven,
saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again. The people
therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it thundered: others said, An
angel spake to him. Jesus answered and said, This voice came not because of me,
but for your sakes. Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of
this world be cast out. And I,
if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all
men unto me.
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