Morning Prayer Readings
Tuesday after Trinity 11

The First Lesson
The Second Lesson
The Collect
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The Psalter


Psalm 115


The One Hundred Fifteenth Psalm

Non nobis, Domine.


NOT unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy Name give the praise; * for thy loving mercy, and for thy truth's sake.
 
Wherefore shall the heathen say, * Where is now their God?
 
As for our God, he is in heaven: * he hath done whatsoever pleased him.
 
Their idols are silver and gold, * even the work of men's hands.
 
They have mouths, and speak not; * eyes have they, and see not.
 
They have ears, and hear not; * noses have they, and smell not.
 
They have hands, and handle not; feet have they, and walk not; * neither speak they through their throat.
 
They that make them are like unto them; * and so are all such as put their trust in them.
 
But thou, house of Israel, trust thou in the LORD; * he is their helper and defender.
 
Ye house of Aaron, put your trust in the LORD; * he is their helper and defender.
 
Ye that fear the LORD, put your trust in the LORD; * he is their helper and defender.
 
The LORD hath been mindful of us, and he shall bless us; * even he shall bless the house of Israel, he shall bless the house of Aaron.
 
He shall bless them that fear the LORD, * both small and great.
 
The LORD shall increase you more and more, * you and your children.
 
Ye are the blessed of the LORD, * who made heaven and earth.
 
All the whole heavens are the LORD'S; * the earth hath he given to the children of men.
 
The dead praise not thee, O LORD, * neither all they that go down into silence.
 
But we will praise the LORD, * from this time forth for evermore. Praise the LORD.



 

The First Lesson


II Samuel 7:1-11,16-17


And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the Lord had given him rest round about from all his enemies; That the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains. And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in thine heart; for the Lord is with thee. And it came to pass that night, that the word of the Lord came unto Nathan, saying, Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the Lord, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in? Whereas I have not dwelt in any house since the time that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle. In all the places wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel spake I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why build ye not me an house of cedar? Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel: And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies out of thy sight, and have made thee a great name, like unto the name of the great men that are in the earth. Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as beforetime, And as since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel, and have caused thee to rest from all thine enemies. Also the Lord telleth thee that he will make thee an house. And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established forever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever. According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.



 

The Second Lesson

St. Luke 23:26-38

And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might bear it after Jesus. And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him. But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children. For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck. Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us. For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry? And there were also two other, malefactors, led with him to be put to death. And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left. Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots. And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also with them derided him, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if he be Christ, the chosen of God. And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering him vinegar, And saying, If thou be the king of the Jews, save thyself. And a superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.



 

The Collect

Twelfth Sunday after Trinity

ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who art always more ready to hear than we to pray, and art wont to give more than either we desire or deserve; Pour down upon us the abundance of thy mercy; forgiving us those things whereof our conscience is afraid, and giving us those good things which we are not worthy to ask, but through the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ, thy Son, our Lord. Amen.



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