A Western Rite Orthodox Daily Office for 3/24/2023

(1928 BCP, 1892 Psalter, elements from Anglican Breviary)050360x

Evening Prayer for Friday after the Third Sunday in Lent

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Opening Sentence

To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him; neither have we obeyed the voice of the LORD our God, to walk in his laws which he set before us. Dan. ix. 9, 10.

Opening Versicles & Invitatory

℣. O Lord, open thou our lips.
℟. And our mouth shall show forth thy praise.
℣. O God, make speed to save us.
℟. O Lord, make haste to help us.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost:
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

℣. Praise ye the Lord.
℟. The Lord's Name be praised.

The Psalm or Psalms Appointed

I will thank thee † with an unfeigned heart when I shall have learned the judgements of thy righteousness.

PSALM 119. Beati immaculati

1   BLESSED are those that are undefiled in the way:
and walk in the law of the LORD.
2   Blessed are they that keep his testimonies:
and seek him with their whole heart.
3   For they who do no wickedness:
walk in his ways.
4   Thou hast charged:
that we shall diligently keep thy commandments.
5   O that my ways were made so direct:
that I might keep thy statutes!
6   So shall I not be confounded:
while I have respect unto all thy commandments.
7   I will thank thee with an unfeigned heart:
when I shall have learned the judgments of thy righteousness.
8   I will keep thy ceremonies:
O forsake me not utterly.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, *
and to the Holy Ghost:
as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, *
world without end. Amen.

I will thank thee † with an unfeigned heart when I shall have learned the judgements of thy righteousness.

O let me not go † wrong out of thy commandments.

Psalm 119. II. In quo corrigit?
9   WHEREWITHAL shall a young man cleanse his way? :
even by ruling himself after thy word.
10   With my whole heart have I sought thee:
O let me not go wrong out of thy commandments.
11   Thy words have I hid within my heart:
that I should not sin against thee.
12   Blessed art thou, O LORD:
O teach me thy statutes.
13   With my lips have I been telling:
of all the judgments of thy mouth.
14   I have had as great delight in the way of thy testimonies:
as in all manner of riches.
15   I will talk of thy commandments:
and have respect unto thy ways.
16   My delight shall be in thy statutes:
and I will not forget thy word.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, *
and to the Holy Ghost:
as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, *
world without end. Amen.

O let me not go † wrong out of thy commandments.

Open thou mine eyes † that I may see the wondrous things of thy law.

Psalm 119. III. Retribue servo tuo.
17   O DO well unto thy servant:
that I may live, and keep thy word.
18   Open thou mine eyes:
that I may see the wondrous things of thy law.
19   I am a stranger upon earth:
O hide not thy commandments from me.
20   My soul breaketh out for the very fervent desire:
that it hath alway unto thy judgments.
21   Thou hast rebuked the proud:
and cursed are they that do err from thy commandments.
22   O turn from me shame and rebuke:
for I have kept thy testimonies.
23   Princes also did sit and speak against me:
but thy servant is occupied in thy statutes.
24   For thy testimonies are my delight:

and my counsellors.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, *
and to the Holy Ghost:
as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, *
world without end. Amen.

Open thou mine eyes † that I may see the wondrous things of thy law.

Take from me † the way of lying and cause thou me to make much of thy law.

Psalm 119. IV. Adhaesit pavimento.
25   MY soul cleaveth to the dust:
O quicken thou me. according to thy word.
26   I have acknowledged my ways, and thou heardest me:
O teach me thy statutes.
27   Make me to understand the way of thy commandments:
and so shall I talk of thy wondrous works.
28   My soul melteth away for very heaviness:
comfort thou me according unto thy word.
29   Take from me the way of lying:
and cause thou me to make much of thy law.
30   I have chosen the way of truth:
and thy judgments have I laid before me.
31   I have stuck unto thy testimonies:
O LORD, confound me not.
32   I will run the way of thy commandments:
when thou hast set my heart at liberty.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, *
and to the Holy Ghost:
as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, *
world without end. Amen.

Take from me † the way of lying and cause thou me to make much of thy law.

Be merciful unto me, O LORD, † for I will call daily upon thee. Comfort the soul of thy servant for unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul.

PSALM 86. Inclina, Domine

1   BOW down thine ear, O LORD, and hear me:
for I am poor, and in misery.
2   Preserve thou my soul, for I am holy:
my God, save thy servant that putteth his trust in thee.
3   Be merciful unto me, O LORD:
for I will call daily upon thee.
4   Comfort the soul of thy servant:
for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.
5   For thou, Lord, art good and gracious:
and of great mercy unto all them that call upon thee.
6   Give ear, LORD, unto my prayer:
and ponder the voice of my humble desires.
7   In the time of my trouble I will call upon thee:
for thou hearest me.
8   Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord:
there is not one that can do as thou doest.
9   All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship thee, O Lord:
and shall glorify thy Name.
10   For thou art great, and doest wondrous things:
thou art God alone.
11   Teach me thy way, O LORD, and I will walk in thy truth:
O knit my heart unto thee, that I may fear thy Name.
12   I will thank thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart:
and will praise thy Name for evermore.
13   For great is thy mercy toward me:
and thou hast delivered my soul from the nethermost hell.
14   O God, the proud are risen against me:
and the congregations of naughty men have sought after my soul, and have not set thee before their eyes.
15   But thou, O Lord God, art full of compassion and mercy:
long-suffering, plenteous in goodness and truth.
16   O turn thee then unto me, and have mercy upon me:
give thy strength unto thy servant, and help the son of thine handmaid.
17   Show some token upon me for good; that they who hate me may see it, and be ashamed:
because thou, LORD, hast holpen me, and comforted me.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, *
and to the Holy Ghost:
as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, *
world without end. Amen.

Be merciful unto me, O LORD, † for I will call daily upon thee. Comfort the soul of thy servant for unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul.

The Lessons

Here beginneth the 1st verse of the 38th Chapter of Jeremiah

Then Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashur the son of Malchiah, heard the words that Jeremiah had spoken unto all the people, saying, Thus saith the LORD, He that remaineth in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live; for he shall have his life for a prey, and shall live. Thus saith the LORD, This city shall surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, which shall take it. Therefore the princes said unto the king, We beseech thee, let this man be put to death: for thus he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt. Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for the king is not he that can do any thing against you. Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire. Now when Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs which was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon; the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin; Ebedmelech went forth out of the king's house, and spake to the king saying, My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is like to die for hunger in the place where he is: for there is no more bread in the city. Then the king commanded Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from hence thirty men with thee, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die. So Ebedmelech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took thence old cast clouts and old rotten rags, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah. And Ebedmelech the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah, Put now these old cast clouts and rotten rags under thine armholes under the cords. And Jeremiah did so. So they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and took him up out of the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.

Here beginneth the 17th verse of the 9th Chapter of Jeremiah

Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning women, that they may come: And let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters. For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we spoiled! we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because our dwellings have cast us out. Yet hear the word of the LORD, O ye women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, and every one her neighbour lamentation. For death is come up into our windows, and is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets. Speak, Thus saith the LORD, Even the carcases of men shall fall as dung upon the open field, and as the handful after the harvestman, and none shall gather them. Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches: But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the LORD.

Here endeth the First Lesson.

Office Hymn

Hymn: Audi benigne conditor

O Merciful Creator, hear!
To us in pity bow Thine ear:
accept the tearful prayer we raise
in this our fast of forty days.

Our hearts are open, Lord, to Thee:
Thou knowest our infirmity;
pour out on all who seek Thy face
abundance of Thy pardoning grace.

Our sins are many, this we know;
spare us, good Lord, Thy mercy show;
and for the honor of Thy name
our fainting souls to life reclaim.

Give us the self-control that springs
from discipline of outward things,
that fasting inward secretly
the soul may purely dwell with Thee.

We pray Thee, Holy Trinity,
one God, unchanging Unity,
that we from this our abstinence
may reap the fruits of penitence. Amen.

Here beginneth the 1st verse of the 12th Chapter of Luke

In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known. Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops. And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him. Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God? But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows. Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God: But he that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels of God. And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but unto him that blasphemeth against the Holy Ghost it shall not be forgiven. And when they bring you unto the synagogues, and unto magistrates, and powers, take ye no thought how or what thing ye shall answer, or what ye shall say: For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say.

Here beginneth the 1st verse of the 12th Chapter of Mark

And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country. And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard. And they caught him, and beat him, and sent him away empty. And again he sent unto them another servant; and at him they cast stones, and wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully handled. And again he sent another; and him they killed, and many others; beating some, and killing some. Having yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son. But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be our's. And they took him, and killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard. What shall therefore the lord of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others. And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner: This was the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes? And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people: for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and they left him, and went their way.

Here endeth the Second Lesson.

Second Canticle

The Song of Mary Magnificat
Luke 1:46-55

Through the tender mercy † of our God, * the Day-Spring from on high hath visited us.

MY soul doth magnify the Lord, * and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Savior.
For he hath regarded * the lowliness of his handmaiden.
For behold from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
For he that is mighty hath magnified me, * and holy is his Name.
And his mercy is on them that fear him * throughout all generations.
He hath showed strength with his arm; * he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
He hath put down the mighty from their seat, * and hath exalted the humble and meek.
He hath filled the hungry with good things, * and the rich he hath sent empty away.
He remembering his mercy hath holpen his servant Israel, * as he promised to our forefathers,
Abraham and his seed for ever.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost:
as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Through the tender mercy † of our God, * the Day-Spring from on high hath visited us.

The Apostles' Creed

I BELIEVE in God the Father Almighty,
Maker of heaven and earth:
And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord:
Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost,
Born of the Virgin Mary:
Suffered under Pontius Pilate,
Was crucified, dead, and buried:
He descended into hell;
The third day he rose again from the dead:
He ascended into heaven,
And sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty:
From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Ghost:
The holy Catholic Church;
The Communion of Saints:
The Forgiveness of sins:
The Resurrection of the body:
And the Life everlasting. Amen.

The Prayers

℣. The Lord be with you.
℟. And with thy spirit.
℣. Let us pray.

℣. Lord, have mercy upon us.℣. Kyrie eleison
℟. Christ, have mercy upon us. or  ℟. Christe eleison
℣. Lord, have mercy upon us.℣. Kyrie eleison

Our Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy Name,
thy kingdom come,
thy will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory,
for ever and ever. Amen.

℣. O Lord, show thy mercy upon us.
℟. And grant us thy salvation.
℣. O Lord, save the State.
℟. And mercifully hear us when we call upon thee.
℣. Endue thy Ministers with righteousness.
℟. And make thy chosen people joyful.
℣. O Lord, save thy people.
℟. And bless thine inheritance.
℣. Give peace in our time, O Lord.
℟. For it is thou, Lord, only, that makest us dwell in safety.
℣. O God, make clean our hearts within us.
℟. And take not thy Holy Spirit from us.

The Collect of the Day

WE beseech thee, Almighty God, look upon the hearty desires of thy humble servants, and stretch forth the right hand of thy Majesty, to be our defence against all our enemies; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who hatest nothing that thou hast made, and dost forgive the sins of all those who are penitent; Create and make in us new and contrite hearts, that we,worthily lamenting our sins and acknowledging our wretchedness. may obtain of thee, the God of all mercy, perfect remission and forgiveness; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

¶ This Collect is to be said every day in Lent, after the Collect appointed for the day, until Palm Sunday.

A Collect for Peace

O God, from whom all holy desires, all good counsels, and all just works do proceed: Give unto thy servants the peace which the world cannot give, that our hearts may be set to obey thy commandments, and also that by thee, we, being defended from the fear of all enemies, may pass our time in
rest and quietness; through the merits of Jesus Christ our
Savior. Amen.

A Collect for Aid against Perils

Lighten our darkness, we beseech thee, O Lord; and by thy great mercy defend us from all perils and dangers of this night; for the love of thy only Son, our Savior Jesus Christ. Amen.

The General Thanksgiving

ALMIGHTY God, Father of all mercies, we, thine unworthy servants, do give thee most humble and hearty thanks for all thy goodness and loving-kindness to us and to all men; We bless thee for our creation, preservation, and all the blessings of this life; but above all, for thine inestimable love in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ; for the means of grace, and for the hope of glory. And, we beseech thee, give us that due sense of all thy mercies, that our hearts may he unfeignedly thankful; and that we show forth thy praise, not only with our lips, but in our lives, by giving up our selves to thy service, and by walking before thee in holiness and righteousness all our days; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with thee and the Holy Ghost, be all honour and glory, world without end. Amen.

2 Cor. xiii. 14.

THE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore. Amen.

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