THE THIRD SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY (JAN. 25TH)
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✠ THE DIVINE LITURGY OF ST.
JAMES ✠
ACCORDING TO THE USE OF THE ANCIENT CHURCH OF THE WEST
✠ THE THIRD SUNDAY AFTER THE
EPIPHANY ✠
✠ THE PREPARATION ✠
INTROIT. Adorate Deum.
Psalm 97.
All ye angels of God, fall down, and worship before him:
Sion heard of it, and rejoiced, and the daughters of Judah were glad.
Psalm ibid. The Lord is King, the earth may be glad thereof:
yea, the multitude of the isles may be glad thereof.
V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy
Ghost; R. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without
end. Amen.
✠ THE COLLECTS ✠
ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, mercifully look upon our infirmities: and
in all our dangers and necessities, stretch forth thy right hand to help and
defend us; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and
the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen.
ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who didst call Timothy to the
ministry of the Gospel and the oversight of Thy Church; who by Thy mighty grace
didst convert Paul the Apostle, making him a chosen vessel to bear Thy
Name before the nations; and who by the power of the Holy Ghost didst rescue
and regenerate Muirgen, giving her new birth in Holy Baptism, a new
name, and a place among Thy saints: Grant that we, instructed by apostolic
teaching, renewed by true repentance, and strengthened by Thy Holy Sacraments,
may fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, and enter at last
into the joy and rest of Thy heavenly kingdom; through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, ever one
God, world without end. Amen.
✠ THE LITURGY OF THE WORD ✠
THE OLD TESTAMENT LESSON. Joshua 4:19–24; 5:1; 6:1–5.
And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of
the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho. And
those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal. And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall
ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these stones? Then ye
shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land. For the Lord your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before you, until
ye were passed over, as the Lord your God did to the Red sea, which he dried up
from before us, until we were gone over: That all the people of the earth
might know the hand of the Lord, that it is mighty: that ye might fear the Lord
your God for ever.
5:1 And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites,
which were on the side of Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites,
which were by the sea, heard that the Lord had dried up the waters of Jordan
from before the children of Israel, until we were passed over, that their heart
melted, neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the children of
Israel.
6:1 Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children
of Israel: none went out, and none came in. And the Lord said unto Joshua,
See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty
men of valour. Ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, and go round
about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days. And seven priests shall
bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams' horns: and the seventh day ye shall
compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets. And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the ram's
horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout
with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the
people shall ascend up every man straight before him.
THE TESTAMENT LESSON. Hebrews 1.
God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in
time past unto the fathers by the prophets, Hath in these last days spoken
unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he
made the worlds; Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image
of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had
by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high; Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained
a more excellent name than they. For unto which of the angels said he at any
time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to
him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son? And again, when he bringeth in the
firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship
him. And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his
ministers a flame of fire. But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is
for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom. Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God,
hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. And, Thou,
Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens
are the works of thine hands: They shall perish; but thou remainest; and
they all shall wax old as doth a garment; And as a vesture shalt thou fold
them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall
not fail. But to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit on my right
hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool? 14 Are they not all ministering
spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?
GRADUAL. Psalm 102.
The heathen shall fear thy Name, O Lord: and all the kings
of the earth thy majesty.
V. When the Lord shall build up Sion: and when his glory
shall appear.
Alleluia, alleluia.
V. Psalm 97. The Lord is King, the earth may be glad
thereof: yea, the multitude of the isles may be glad thereof.
Alleluia.
THE HOLY GOSPEL. Saint John 2:1–11.
And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee;
and the mother of Jesus was there: And both Jesus was called, and his
disciples, to the marriage. And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus
saith unto him, They have no wine. Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I
to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come. His mother saith unto the
servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it. And there were set there six
waterpots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing
two or three firkins apiece. Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with
water. And they filled them up to the brim. And he saith unto them, Draw out
now, and bear unto the governor of the feast. And they bare it. When the
ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and knew not whence
it was: (but the servants which drew the water knew;) the governor of the feast
called the bridegroom, And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth
set forth good wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse:
but thou hast kept the good wine until now. This beginning of miracles did
Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his disciples
believed on him.
✠ THE LITURGY OF THE FAITHFUL ✠
OFFERTORY. Psalm 118.
The right hand of the Lord hath the pre-eminence, the right
hand of the Lord bringeth mighty things to pass: I shall not die, but live, and
declare the works of the Lord.
SECRET.
GRANT, O Lord, we pray thee, that this oblation may in such
wise cleanse us from all our sins: that we thy servants, being sanctified both
in body and soul, may worthily offer unto thee this our sacrifice; through
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
COMMUNION. Saint John 2.
The Lord saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water, and
bear unto the governor of the feast. When the ruler of the feast had tasted the
water that was made wine, he saith unto the bridegroom, Thou hast kept the good
wine until now. This beginning of miracles did Jesus before his disciples.
POSTCOMMUNION.
O LORD, who hast vouchsafed unto us to be made partakers of
so great a mystery; we humbly beseech thee, that thou wouldest render us worthy
thereby to enjoy the benefits of the same; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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