THE NINTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY (AUGUST 17TH)
ACCORDING TO THE DIVINE LITURGY OF ST. JAMES OF JERUSALEM IN THE ANCIENT CHURCH OF THE WEST INTROIT: ECCE DEUS - PSALM 54 Behold, God is my helper, the Lord is with them that uphold my soul: reward thou evil unto mine enemies: and destroy thou them in thy truth, O Lord my defender. Save me, O God, for thy Name’s sake: and avenge me in thy strength. 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. Behold, God is my helper, the Lord is with them that uphold my soul: reward thou evil unto mine enemies: and destroy thou them in thy truth, O Lord my defender. COLLECTS 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 the same Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world w...