The Introits, Collects, etc. 9th Sunday after Trinity and the Week Following

The Ninth Sunday after Trinity

1st Evensong

The Psalms Appointed

37

The Antiphon for the Magnificat

I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,* and am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.

Matins

The Psalms Appointed

46 & 47

The Readings

Exo 32:1-24 & John 4:1-30

The Antiphon for the Benedictus

But the father said to his servants,* Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet: and bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it;

Holy Communion

The Introit Psalm 119 IX. Bonitatem fecisti.

O LORD, thou hast dealt graciously with thy servant, * according unto thy word.

    66 O teach me true understanding and knowledge; * for I have believed thy commandments.
    67 Before I was troubled, I went wrong; * but now have I kept thy word.
    68 Thou art good and gracious; * O teach me thy statutes.
    69 The proud have imagined a lie against me; * but I will keep thy commandments with my whole heart.
    70 Their heart is as fat as brawn; * but my delight hath been in thy law.
    71 It is good for me that I have been in trouble; * that I may learn thy statutes.
    72 The law of thy mouth is dearer unto me * than thousands of gold and silver.

The Collect.

GRANT to us, Lord, we beseech thee, the spirit to think and do always such things as are right*; that we, who cannot do any thing that is good without thee, may by thee be enabled to live according to thy will; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Epistle. 1 Cor. x. 1.

BRETHREN I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; and were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea; and did all eat the same spiritual meat; and did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ. But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness. Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted. Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is writ ten, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play. Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand. Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents. Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer. Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come. Where fore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall. There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

The Gradual   Ps 105:39-42

39 He spread out a cloud to be a covering, * and fire to give light in the night-season.
40 At their desire he brought quails, * and he filled them with the bread of heaven. 
41 He opened the rock of stone, and the waters flowed out, * so that rivers ran in the dry places.
42 For why? he remembered his holy promise, * and Abraham his servant.

The Alleluia Ps 105:43

Alleluia! Alleluia! And he brought forth his people with joy, * and his chosen with gladness. Alleluia!  

The Gospel. St. Luke xv. 11.

JESUS said, A certain man had two sons: and the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living. And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living. And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want. And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him. And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger ! I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, and am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants. And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him. And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son. But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet: and bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry: for this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry. Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing. And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things meant. And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound. And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and intreated him. And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends: but as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf. And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine. It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found. 

2nd Evensong

The Psalms Appointed

44 & 45

The Readings

Jonah 1:1-2:1,10 & Acts 7:14-60

The Antiphon for the Magnificat

Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine. It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad:* for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found. Alleluia!

Wednesday after the Nineth Sundayafter Trinity

Holy Communion

The Epistle  Rom. vi. 16-1

Brethren, know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you. Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness in Christ Jesus our Lord.

The Gospel  Luke xvi. 10-15

At that time, Jesus said to his disciples, He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much. If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches? And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man’s, who shall give you that which is your own? No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him. And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.