Thursday, August 22, 2002

Afterfeast of the Transfiguration

Fasting: No fastVigilJulian: August 9

Vespers

Wisdom of Solomon 3.1-9

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1But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and there shall no torment touch them.Log in to add notes

2In the sight of the unwise they seemed to die: and their departure is taken for misery,Log in to add notes

3And their going from us to be utter destruction: but they are in peace.Log in to add notes

4For though they be punished in the sight of men, yet is their hope full of immortality.Log in to add notes

5And having been a little chastised, they shall be greatly rewarded: for God proved them, and found them worthy for himself.Log in to add notes

6As gold in the furnace hath he tried them, and received them as a burnt offering.Log in to add notes

7And in the time of their visitation they shall shine, and run to and fro like sparks among the stubble.Log in to add notes

8They shall judge the nations, and have dominion over the people, and their Lord shall reign for ever.Log in to add notes

9They that put their trust in him shall understand the truth: and such as be faithful in love shall abide with him: for grace and mercy is to his saints, and he hath care for his elect.Log in to add notes

Vespers

Wisdom of Solomon 5.15-6.3

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5:15But the righteous live for evermore; their reward also is with the Lord, and the care of them is with the most High.Log in to add notes

5:16Therefore shall they receive a glorious kingdom, and a beautiful crown from the Lord’s hand: for with his right hand shall he cover them, and with his arm shall he protect them.Log in to add notes

5:17He shall take to him his jealousy for complete armour, and make the creature his weapon for the revenge of his enemies.Log in to add notes

5:18He shall put on righteousness as a breastplate, and true judgment instead of an helmet.Log in to add notes

5:19He shall take holiness for an invincible shield.Log in to add notes

5:20His severe wrath shall he sharpen for a sword, and the world shall fight with him against the unwise.Log in to add notes

5:21Then shall the right aiming thunderbolts go abroad; and from the clouds, as from a well drawn bow, shall they fly to the mark.Log in to add notes

5:22And hailstones full of wrath shall be cast as out of a stone bow, and the water of the sea shall rage against them, and the floods shall cruelly drown them.Log in to add notes

5:23Yea, a mighty wind shall stand up against them, and like a storm shall blow them away: thus iniquity shall lay waste the whole earth, and ill dealing shall overthrow the thrones of the mighty.Log in to add notes

6:1Hear therefore, O ye kings, and understand; learn, ye that be judges of the ends of the earth.Log in to add notes

6:2Give ear, ye that rule the people, and glory in the multitude of nations.Log in to add notes

6:3For power is given you of the Lord, and sovereignty from the Highest, who shall try your works, and search out your counsels.Log in to add notes

Vespers

Wisdom of Solomon 4.7-15

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7But though the righteous be prevented with death, yet shall he be in rest.Log in to add notes

8For honourable age is not that which standeth in length of time, nor that is measured by number of years.Log in to add notes

9But wisdom is the gray hair unto men, and an unspotted life is old age.Log in to add notes

10He pleased God, and was beloved of him: so that living among sinners he was translated.Log in to add notes

11Yea speedily was he taken away, lest that wickedness should alter his understanding, or deceit beguile his soul.Log in to add notes

12For the bewitching of naughtiness doth obscure things that are honest; and the wandering of concupiscence doth undermine the simple mind.Log in to add notes

13He, being made perfect in a short time, fulfilled a long time:Log in to add notes

14For his soul pleased the Lord: therefore hasted he to take him away from among the wicked.Log in to add notes

15This the people saw, and understood it not, neither laid they up this in their minds, That his grace and mercy is with his saints, and that he hath respect unto his chosen.Log in to add notes

Matins Gospel

Matthew 11.27-30

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27All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.Log in to add notes

28Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.Log in to add notes

29Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.Log in to add notes

30For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.Log in to add notes

Epistle

1 Corinthians 14.6-19

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6Now, brethren, if I come unto you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you, except I shall speak to you either by revelation, or by knowledge, or by prophesying, or by doctrine?Log in to add notes

7And even things without life giving sound, whether pipe or harp, except they give a distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped?Log in to add notes

8For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?Log in to add notes

9So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye shall speak into the air.Log in to add notes

10There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of them is without signification.Log in to add notes

11Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be unto him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh shall be a barbarian unto me.Log in to add notes

12Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek that ye may excel to the edifying of the church.Log in to add notes

13Wherefore let him that speaketh in an unknown tongue pray that he may interpret.Log in to add notes

14For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.Log in to add notes

15What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.Log in to add notes

16Else when thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he that occupieth the room of the unlearned say Amen at thy giving of thanks, seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest?Log in to add notes

17For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified.Log in to add notes

18I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all:Log in to add notes

19Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.Log in to add notes

Epistle — St Herman

Galatians 5.22-6.2

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5:22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,Log in to add notes

5:23Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.Log in to add notes

5:24And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.Log in to add notes

5:25If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.Log in to add notes

5:26Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.Log in to add notes

6:1Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.Log in to add notes

6:2Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.Log in to add notes

Gospel

Matthew 20.17-28

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17And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart in the way, and said unto them,Log in to add notes

18Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death,Log in to add notes

19And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again.Log in to add notes

20Then came to him the mother of Zebedee’s children with her sons, worshipping him, and desiring a certain thing of him.Log in to add notes

21And he said unto her, What wilt thou? She saith unto him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on the left, in thy kingdom.Log in to add notes

22But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able.Log in to add notes

23And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father.Log in to add notes

24And when the ten heard it, they were moved with indignation against the two brethren.Log in to add notes

25But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them.Log in to add notes

26But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;Log in to add notes

27And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:Log in to add notes

28Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.Log in to add notes

Gospel — St Herman

Luke 6.17-23

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17And he came down with them, and stood in the plain, and the company of his disciples, and a great multitude of people out of all Judea and Jerusalem, and from the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, which came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases;Log in to add notes

18And they that were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed.Log in to add notes

19And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all.Log in to add notes

20And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.Log in to add notes

21Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.Log in to add notes

22Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man’s sake.Log in to add notes

23Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets.Log in to add notes