THE FIFTH SUNDAY IN LENT, COMMONLY CALLED PASSION SUNDAY (APRIL 6TH)

The Pharisees Taking Up Stones to Stone Jesus, From a Latin Medieval Codex

MISSAL MASS PROPERS FOR THE FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT, ACCORDING TO THE USE OF THE LITURGY OF ST. JAMES OF JERUSALEM, IN THE ANCIENT CHURCH OF THE WEST 

INTROIT: PSALM 43 - 

Give sentence with me, O God, and defend my cause against the ungodly people: O deliver my soul from the deceitful and wicked man: for thou art the God of my strength. O send out thy light and thy truth, that they may lead me: and bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy dwelling. Give sentence with me. 

(Glory be to the Father is not said at the Introit from henceforth until Easter, except upon a feast day, if any shall occur; but the Psalm being ended, the Introit is repeated straightway, up to the beginning of the Psalm.) 

COLLECTS 

We beseech thee, Almighty God, mercifully to look upon thy people: that by thy great goodness they may be governed and preserved evermore, both in body and soul. Through Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen. 

O God, who didst call thy handmaid Mary from the bondage of sin to the glorious liberty of the children of God; grant that, being penitent after her example, we may obtain the mercy which she found, and with her ever rejoice in the vision of thy face; through Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen. 

O GOD, who didst endow thy servant Isidore with wisdom and learning, that he might strengthen thy Church and instruct thy people: Grant, we beseech thee, that following his example, we may diligently seek thy truth, and through thy grace, bring the light of knowledge to those in darkness; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen. 

OLD TESTAMENT READING: EXODUS 3:7-14 - 

(FROM THE ST JAMES 5 YEAR LECTIONARY) 

And the Lord said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows; and I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites. Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them. Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt. And Moses said unto God, Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt? And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be a token unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain. And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them? And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you. 

Reader: The Word of the Lord

All: Thanks be to God

THE SEQUENTIAL EPISTLE: ACTS 26:22-29 - 

(FROM THE ST JAMES 2 YEAR LECTIONARY) 

Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come: That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should shew light unto the people, and to the Gentiles. And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad. But he said, I am not mad, most noble Festus; but speak forth the words of truth and soberness. For the king knoweth of these things, before whom also I speak freely: for I am persuaded that none of these things are hidden from him; for this thing was not done in a corner. King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thou believest. Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian. And Paul said, I would to God, that not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these bonds. 

Reader: The Word of the Lord

All: Thanks be to God

THE SHORT EPISTLE: HEBREWS 9:11-15 - 

(FROM THE TRADITIONAL WESTERN 1 YEAR LECTIONARY) 

Brethren: Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building; neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us. For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh: how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance. 

Reader: The Word of the Lord

All: Thanks be to God

GRADUAL: PSALM 143 - 

Deliver me, O Lord, from mine enemies: teach me to do the thing that pleaseth thee. 

V. It is the Lord that delivereth me from my cruel enemies, and setteth me up above mine adversaries: thou shalt rid me from the wicked man. 

TRACT: PSALM 129 - 

Many a time have they fought against me from my youth up. 

V. May Israel now say: yea many a time have they vexed me from my youth up. 

V. But they have not prevailed against me: the plowers plowed upon my back. 

V. And made long furrows: but the righteous Lord hath hewn the snares of the ungodly in pieces. 

GOSPEL: ST. JOHN 8:46-59 - 

(FROM THE TRADITIONAL WESTERN 1 YEAR LECTIONARY) 

Priest/Deacon: The Holy Gospel according to St. John, beginning in the Eighth Chapter, and in the forty-sixth verse

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At that time: Jesus said; Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me? He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God. Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil? Jesus answered, I have not a devil; but I honour my Father, and ye do dishonour me. And I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth. Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death. Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death. Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself? Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God: yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying. Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad. Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham? Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am. Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple. 

Priest/Deacon: The Gospel of Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ

All: Praise be to Thee, Lord Christ 

OFFERTORY: PSALM 119 - 

I will give thanks unto the Lord with my whole heart. O do well unto thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy word: quicken thou me, according to thy word, O Lord. 

SECRET PRAYER 

Grant, O Lord, we pray thee, that these our oblations may deliver us from every bond of iniquity, and obtain for us the bounteous gifts of thy mercy. Through Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen. 

COMMUNION: I CORINTHIANS 11 - 

This is my Body, which is given for you: this cup is the new testament in my Blood, saith the Lord: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. 

POSTCOMMUNION COLLECT 

Assist us mercifully, O Lord our God: that we whom thou hast here refreshed with thy holy mysteries, may be defended by thy perpetual succour. Through Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen.