THE SIXTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY (SEPT. 20)
A Modern Icon of Christ Raising the Widow’s Son FOR THE DIVINE LITURGY OF ST. JAMES OF JERUSALEM ACCORDING TO THE USE OF THE ANCIENT CHURCH OF THE WEST INTROIT. Miserere mihi. Ps. 86. BE MERCIFUL unto me, O Lord, for I will call daily upon thee: for thou, O Lord, art good and gracious, and of great mercy unto all them that call upon thee. Ps. ibid. Bow down thine ear, O Lord, and hear me: for I am poor and in misery. V. Glory be. COLLECT. O LORD, we beseech thee, let thy continual pity cleanse and defend thy Church: and, because it cannot continue in safety without thy succour, preserve it evermore by thy help and goodness. Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. COMMEMORATION OF ST. CYPRIAN. ALMIGHTY GOD, who brought Cyprian to faith in Christ, made him a bishop in the Church, and crowned his witness with a martyr’s death: Grant that, after his example, we may love the Church and her teachings, find thy forgiveness within her fellowship, and so come to share the heavenly banq...
