Monastic Breviary

3:2 Why, O Lord, are they multiplied that afflict me? * many are they who rise up against me.

3:3 Many say to my soul: * There is no salvation for him in his God.

3:4 But thou, O Lord art my protector, * my glory, and the lifter up of my head.

3:5 I have cried to the Lord with my voice: * and he hath heard me from his holy hill.

3:6 I have slept and taken my rest: * and I have risen up, because the Lord hath protected me.

3:7 I will not fear thousands of the people, surrounding me: * arise, O Lord; save me, O my God.

3:8 For thou hast struck all them who are my adversaries without cause: * thou hast broken the teeth of sinners.

3:9 Salvation is of the Lord: * and thy blessing is upon thy people.

Come let us praise the Lord with joy: let us joyfully sing to God our saviour. Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving; and make a joyful noise to him with psalms.

For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods. For the Lord will not cast off his people: for in his hand are all the ends of the earth, and the heights of the mountains are his.

For the sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land. (genuflect) Come let us adore and fall down: and weep before the Lord that made us: For he is the Lord our God: and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand.

Today if you shall hear his voice, harden not your hearts: As in the provocation, according to the day of temptation in the wilderness: where your fathers tempted me, they proved me, and saw my works.

Forty years long was I offended with that generation, and I said: These always err in heart. And these men have not known my ways: so I swore in my wrath that they shall not enter into my rest.

Giver of life, eternal Lord!

thy own redeemed defend;

Mother of grace! thy children save,

And help them to the end.

All ye who high above the stars

In heavenly glory reign!

May we through your prevailing prayers

Unto your joys attain.

Praise, honour, to the Father be,

Praise to his only Son;

Praise, Holy Paraclete, to thee,

While endless ages run.

Amen.

1:1 Blessed is the man who hath not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stood in the way of sinners, * nor sat in the chair of pestilence.

1:2 But his will is in the law of the Lord, * and on his law he shall meditate day and night.

1:3 And he shall be like a tree which is planted near the running waters, * which shall bring forth its fruit, in due season.

1:3 And his leaf shall not fall off: * and all whatsoever he shall do shall prosper.

1:4 Not so the wicked, not so: * but like the dust, which the wind driveth from the face of the earth.

1:5 Therefore the wicked shall not rise again in judgment: * nor sinners in the council of the just.

1:6 For the Lord knoweth the way of the just: * and the way of the wicked shall perish.

4:2 When I called upon him, the God of my justice heard me: * when I was in distress, thou hast enlarged me.

4:2 Have mercy on me: * and hear my prayer.

4:3 O ye sons of men, how long will you be dull of heart? * Why do you love vanity, and seek after lying?

4:4 Know ye also that the Lord hath made his holy one wonderful: * the Lord will hear me when I shall cry unto him.

4:5 Be ye angry, and sin not: * the things you say in your hearts, be sorry for them upon your beds.

4:6 Offer up the sacrifice of justice, and trust in the Lord: * many say, Who sheweth us good things?

4:7 The light of thy countenance, O Lord, is signed upon us: * thou hast given gladness in my heart.

4:8 By the fruit of their corn, their wine, and oil, * they are multiplied.

4:9 In peace in the selfsame * I will sleep, and I will rest:

4:10 For thou, O Lord, singularly * hast settled me in hope.

5:2 Give ear, O Lord, to my words * understand my cry.

5:3 Hearken to the voice of my prayer, * O my King and my God.

5:4 For to thee will I pray: * O Lord, in the morning thou shalt hear my voice.

5:5 In the morning I will stand before thee, and will see: * because thou art not a God that willest iniquity.

5:6 Neither shall the wicked dwell near thee: * nor shall the unjust abide before thy eyes.

5:7 Thou hatest all the workers of iniquity: * thou wilt destroy all that speak a lie.

5:7 The bloody and the deceitful man the Lord will abhor. * But as for me in the multitude of thy mercy,

5:8 I will come into thy house; * I will worship towards thy holy temple, in thy fear.

5:9 Conduct me, O Lord, in thy justice: * because of my enemies, direct my way in thy sight.

5:10 For there is no truth in their mouth: * their heart is vain.

5:11 Their throat is an open sepulchre: they dealt deceitfully with their tongues: * judge them, O God.

5:11 Let them fall from their devices: according to the multitude of their wickednesses cast them out: * for they have provoked thee, O Lord.

5:12 But let all them be glad that hope in thee: * they shall rejoice for ever, and thou shalt dwell in them.

5:12 And all they that love thy name shall glory in thee: * For thou wilt bless the just.

5:13 O Lord, thou hast crowned us, * as with a shield of thy good will.

8:2 O Lord our Lord, * how admirable is thy name in the whole earth!

8:2 For thy magnificence is elevated * above the heavens.

8:3 Out of the mouth of infants and of sucklings thou hast perfected praise, because of thy enemies, * that thou mayst destroy the enemy and the avenger.

8:4 For I will behold thy heavens, the works of thy fingers: * the moon and the stars which thou hast founded.

8:5 What is man that thou art mindful of him? * or the son of man that thou visitest him?

8:6 Thou hast made him a little less than the angels, thou hast crowned him with glory and honour: * and hast set him over the works of thy hands.

8:8 Thou hast subjected all things under his feet, * all sheep and oxen: moreover the beasts also of the fields.

8:9 The birds of the air, and the fishes of the sea, * that pass through the paths of the sea.

8:10 O Lord our Lord, * how admirable is thy name in all the earth!

14:1 Lord, who shall dwell in thy tabernacle? * or who shall rest in thy holy hill?

14:2 He that walketh without blemish, * and worketh justice:

14:3 He that speaketh truth in his heart, * who hath not used deceit in his tongue:

14:3 Nor hath done evil to his neighbour: * nor taken up a reproach against his neighbours.

14:4 In his sight the malignant is brought to nothing: * but he glorifieth them that fear the Lord:

14:4 He that sweareth to his neighbour, and deceiveth not; * He that hath not put out his money to usury, nor taken bribes against the innocent:

14:5 He that doth these things, * shall not be moved for ever.

23:1 The earth is the Lord’s and the fulness thereof: * the world, and all they that dwell therein.

23:2 For he hath founded it upon the seas; * and hath prepared it upon the rivers.

23:3 Who shall ascend into the mountain of the Lord: * or who shall stand in his holy place?

23:4 The innocent in hands, and clean of heart, * who hath not taken his soul in vain, nor sworn deceitfully to his neighbour.

23:5 He shall receive a blessing from the Lord, * and mercy from God his Saviour.

23:6 This is the generation of them that seek him, * of them that seek the face of the God of Jacob.

23:7 Lift up your gates, O ye princes, and be ye lifted up, O eternal gates: * and the King of Glory shall enter in.

23:8 Who is this King of Glory? * the Lord who is strong and mighty: the Lord mighty in battle.

23:9 Lift up your gates, O ye princes, and be ye lifted up, O eternal gates: * and the King of Glory shall enter in.

23:10 Who is this King of Glory? * the Lord of hosts, he is the King of Glory.

Our Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us.

Lesson from the book of Ecclesiasticus

1 Let us now praise men of renown, and our fathers in their generation.

2 The Lord hath wrought great glory through his magnificence from the beginning.

3 Such as have borne rule in their dominions, men of great power, and endued with their wisdom, shewing forth in the prophets the dignity of prophets,

4 And ruling over the present people, and by the strength of wisdom instructing the people in most holy words.

5 Such as by their skill sought out musical tunes, and published canticles of the scriptures.

6 Rich men in virtue, studying beautifulness: living at peace in their houses.

7 All these have gained glory in their generations, and were praised in their days.

8 They that were born of them have left a name behind them, that their praises might be related:

9 And there are some, of whom there is no memorial: who are perished, as if they had never been: and are become as if they had never been born, and their children with them.

10 But these were men of mercy, whose godly deeds have not failed:

11 Good things continue with their seed,

12 Their posterity are a holy inheritance, and their seed hath stood in the covenants.

13 And their children for their sakes remain for ever: their seed and their glory shall not be forsaken.

14 Their bodies are buried in peace, and their name liveth unto generation and generation.

15 Let the people shew forth their wisdom, and the church declare their praise.

30:2 In thee, O Lord, have I hoped, let me never be confounded: * deliver me in thy justice.

30:3 Bow down thy ear to me: * make haste to deliver me.

30:3 Be thou unto me a God, a protector, and a house of refuge, * to save me.

30:4 For thou art my strength and my refuge; * and for thy name’s sake thou wilt lead me, and nourish me.

30:5 Thou wilt bring me out of this snare, which they have hidden for me: * for thou art my protector.

30:6 Into thy hands I commend my spirit: * thou hast redeemed me, O Lord, the God of truth.

30:7 Thou hast hated them that regard vanities, * to no purpose.

30:7 But I have hoped in the Lord: * I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy.

30:8 For thou hast regarded my humility, * thou hast saved my soul out of distresses.

30:9 And thou hast not shut me up in the hands of the enemy: * thou hast set my feet in a spacious place.

30:10 Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am afflicted: * my eye is troubled with wrath, my soul, and my belly:

30:11 For my life is wasted with grief: * and my years in sighs.

30:11 My strength is weakened through poverty * and my bones are disturbed.

30:12 I am become a reproach among all my enemies, and very much to my neighbours; * and a fear to my acquaintance.

30:12 They that saw me without fled from me. * I am forgotten as one dead from the heart.

30:13 I am become as a vessel that is destroyed. * For I have heard the blame of many that dwell round about.

30:14 While they assembled together against me, * they consulted to take away my life.

30:15 But I have put my trust in thee, O Lord: * I said: Thou art my God. My lots are in thy hands.

30:16 Deliver me out of the hands of my enemies; * and from them that persecute me.

30:17 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; save me in thy mercy. * Let me not be confounded, O Lord, for I have called upon thee.

30:18 Let the wicked be ashamed, and be brought down to hell. * Let deceitful lips be made dumb.

30:19 Which speak iniquity against the just, * with pride and abuse.

30:20 How great is the multitude of thy sweetness, O Lord, * which thou hast hidden for them that fear thee!

30:20 Which thou hast wrought for them that hope in thee, * in the sight of the sons of men.

30:21 Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy face, * from the disturbance of men.

30:21 Thou shalt protect them in thy tabernacle * from the contradiction of tongues.

30:22 Blessed be the Lord, * for he hath shewn his wonderful mercy to me in a fortified city.

30:23 But I said in the excess of my mind: * I am cast away from before thy eyes.

30:23 Therefore thou hast heard the voice of my prayer, * when I cried to thee.

30:24 O love the Lord, all ye his saints: * for the Lord will require truth, and will repay them abundantly that act proudly.

30:25 Do ye manfully, and let your heart be strengthened, * all ye that hope in the Lord.

31:1 Blessed are those whose iniquities are forgiven * and whose sins are covered.

31:2 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord hath not imputed sin, * and in whose spirit there is no guile.

31:3 Because I was silent my bones grew old; * whilst I cried out all the day long.

31:4 For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: * I am turned in my anguish, whilst the thorn is fastened.

31:5 I have acknowledged my sin to thee, * and my injustice I have not concealed.

31:5 I said I will confess against myself my injustice to the Lord: * and thou hast forgiven the wickedness of my sin.

31:6 For this shall every one that is holy pray to thee * in a seasonable time.

31:6 And yet in a flood of many waters, * they shall not come nigh unto him.

31:7 Thou art my refuge from the trouble which hath encompassed me: * my joy, deliver me from them that surround me.

31:8 I will give thee understanding, and I will instruct thee in this way, in which thou shalt go: * I will fix my eyes upon thee.

31:9 Do not become like the horse and the mule, * who have no understanding.

31:9 With bit and bridle bind fast their jaws, * who come not near unto thee.

31:10 Many are the scourges of the sinner, * but mercy shall encompass him that hopeth in the Lord.

31:11 Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye just, * and glory, all ye right of heart.

33:2 I will bless the Lord at all times, * his praise shall be always in my mouth.

33:3 In the Lord shall my soul be praised: * let the meek hear and rejoice.

33:4 O magnify the Lord with me; * and let us extol his name together.

33:5 I sought the Lord, and he heard me; * and he delivered me from all my troubles.

33:6 Come ye to him and be enlightened: * and your faces shall not be confounded.

33:7 This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him: * and saved him out of all his troubles.

33:8 The Angel of the Lord shall encamp round about them that fear him: * and shall deliver them.

33:9 O taste, and see that the Lord is sweet: * blessed is the man that hopeth in him.

33:10 Fear the Lord, all ye his saints: * for there is no want to them that fear him.

33:11 The rich have wanted, and have suffered hunger: * but they that seek the Lord shall not be deprived of any good.

33:12 Come, children, hearken to me: * I will teach you the fear of the Lord.

33:13 Who is the man that desireth life: * who loveth to see good days?

33:14 Keep thy tongue from evil, * and thy lips from speaking guile.

33:15 Turn away from evil and do good: * seek after peace and pursue it.

33:16 The eyes of the Lord are upon the just: * and his ears unto their prayers.

33:17 But the countenance of the Lord is against them that do evil things: * to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

33:18 The just cried, and the Lord heard them: * and delivered them out of all their troubles.

33:19 The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a contrite heart: * and he will save the humble of spirit.

33:20 Many are the afflictions of the just; * but out of them all will the Lord deliver them.

33:21 The Lord keepeth all their bones, * not one of them shall be broken.

33:22 The death of the wicked is very evil: * and they that hate the just shall be guilty.

33:23 The Lord will redeem the souls of his servants: * and none of them that trust in him shall offend.

60:2 Hear, O God, my supplication: * be attentive to my prayer.

60:3 To thee have I cried from the ends of the earth: * when my heart was in anguish, thou hast exalted me on a rock.

60:4 Thou hast conducted me; for thou hast been my hope: * a tower of strength against the face of the enemy.

60:5 In thy tabernacle I shall dwell for ever: * I shall be protected under the covert of thy wings.

60:6 For thou, my God, hast heard my prayer: * thou hast given an inheritance to them that fear thy name.

60:7 Thou wilt add days to the days of the king: * his years even to generation and generation.

60:8 He abideth for ever in the sight of God: * his mercy and truth who shall search?

60:9 So will I sing a psalm to thy name for ever and ever: * that I may pay my vows from day to day.

83:2 How lovely are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts! * my soul longeth and fainteth for the courts of the Lord.

83:3 My heart and my flesh * have rejoiced in the living God.

83:4 For the sparrow hath found herself a house, * and the turtledove a nest for herself where she may lay her young ones:

83:4 Thy altars, O Lord of hosts, * my king and my God.

83:5 Blessed are they that dwell in thy house, O Lord: * they shall praise thee for ever and ever.

83:6 Blessed is the man whose help is from thee: * in his heart he hath disposed to ascend by steps, in the vale of tears, in the place which he hath set.

83:8 For the lawgiver shall give a blessing, they shall go from virtue to virtue: * the God of gods shall be seen in Sion.

83:9 O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer: * give ear, O God of Jacob.

83:10 Behold, O God our protector: * and look on the face of thy Christ.

83:11 For better is one day in thy courts * above thousands.

83:11 I have chosen to be an abject in the house of my God, * rather than to dwell in the tabernacles of sinners.

83:12 For God loveth mercy and truth: * the Lord will give grace and glory.

83:13 He will not deprive of good things them that walk in innocence: * O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.

96:1 The Lord hath reigned, let the earth rejoice: * let many islands be glad.

96:2 Clouds and darkness are round about him: * justice and judgment are the establishment of his throne.

96:3 A fire shall go before him, * and shall burn his enemies round about.

96:4 His lightnings have shone forth to the world: * the earth saw and trembled.

96:5 The mountains melted like wax, at the presence of the Lord: * at the presence of the Lord of all the earth.

96:6 The heavens declared his justice: * and all people saw his glory.

96:7 Let them be all confounded that adore graven things, * and that glory in their idols.

96:7 Adore him, all you his angels: * Sion heard, and was glad.

96:8 And the daughters of Juda rejoiced, * because of thy judgments, O Lord.

96:9 For thou art the most high Lord over all the earth: * thou art exalted exceedingly above all gods.

96:10 You that love the Lord, hate evil: * the Lord preserveth the souls of his saints, he will deliver them out of the hand of the sinner.

96:11 Light is risen to the just, * and joy to the right of heart.

96:12 Rejoice, ye just, in the Lord: * and give praise to the remembrance of his holiness.

Our Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us.

From St John Damascene

Blessed, yea, thrice blessed, are they that have them loved God, and, for his love's sake, have counted their suffering as nothing worth. For they wept and here mourned, day and night, that they might gain glory and everlasting comfort: they humbled themselves after willingly, that there they might be exalted: they afflicted the flesh with hunger and thirst and vigil, that there they might come to the pleasures and joys of Paradise.

By their purity of heart they became a tabernacle of the Holy Ghost, as it is written, “I will dwell in them and walk in them.” They crucified themselves unto the world, that they might stand at the right hand of the Crucified: they girt their loins with truth, and alway had their lamps ready, looking for the coming of the immortal bridegroom. The eye of their mind being enlightened, they continually looked forward to that awful hour, and kept the contemplation of future happiness and everlasting punishment immovable from their hearts, and pained themselves to labour, that they might not lose eternal glory. They became passionless as the Angels, and now they weave the dance in their fellowship, whose lives also they imitated.

Blessed, yea, thrice blessed are they, because with sure spiritual vision they discerned the vanity of this present world and the uncertainty and inconstancy of mortal fortune, and cast it aside, and laid up for themselves everlasting blessings, and laid hold of that life which never faileth, nor is broken by death.

These then are the marvellous holy men whose with their examples we, that are poor and vile, strive to imitate, contrast but cannot attain to the high level of the life of these heavenly citizens. Nevertheless, so far as is in misery possible for our weakness and feeble power, we take of this assured that this holy profession is a means to perfection and an aid to the incorruption given us by holy baptism.

3:1 But the souls of the just are in the hand of God, * and the torment of death shall not touch them.

3:2 In the sight of the unwise they seemed to die: * and their departure was taken for misery:

3:3 And their going away from us, for utter destruction: * but they are in peace.

3:4 And though in the sight of men they suffered torments, * their hope is full of immortality.

3:5 Afflicted in few things, in many they shall be well rewarded: * because God hath tried them, and found them worthy of himself.

3:6 As gold in the furnace he hath proved them, and as a victim of a holocaust he hath received them, * and in time there shall be respect had to them.

3:7 The just shall shine, * and shall run to and fro like sparks among the reeds.

3:8 They shall judge nations, and rule over people, * and their Lord shall reign forever.

3:9 They that trust in him, shall understand the truth: * and they that are faithful in love shall rest in him:

3:9 For grace * and peace is to his elect.

10:17 And God rendered to the just the wages of their labours, * and conducted them in a wonderful way:

10:17 And he was to them for a covert by day, * and for the light of stars by night:

10:18 And he brought them through the Red Sea, * and carried them over through a great water.

10:19 But their enemies he drowned in the sea, * and from the depth of hell he brought them out.

10:20 Therefore the just took the spoils of the wicked, * and they sung to your holy name, O Lord,

10:21 And they praised with one accord your victorious hand, for wisdom opened the mouth of the dumb, * and made the tongues of infants eloquent.

Our Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us.

Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew

At that time Peter said to Jesus: Behold we have left all things, and have followed thee: what therefore shall we have? And so on.

From a homily of St Bernard, abbot

Brethren, you have just heard our Lord making a promise to His disciples, saying to them: “You shall sit on seats, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.” Behold, the restfulness of being seated and the honor of passing judgment are promised. Now our Lord Himself was unwilling to receive these rewards except by humility and labor. Wherefore He was condemned to a most shameful death, loaded with torments, filled with opprobrium. So has He done, together with all who imitate Him in journeying on the way, in order that the enemy might be confounded. He it is, O wicked creature, He it is who will be seated on the throne of His Majesty, like to the Most High and equal to Him. The angels considered this when, at the fall of the evil one, they did not consent to his apostasy, thereby leaving us an example that as they chose to serve, so should we.

Let those who fly labor and seek honor know that they imitate him who sought for himself power and majesty; and if the devil's crime does not terrify them, his punishment should. The saints of God, who indeed wilt be seated in judgment, have given us an example of prudence in avoiding these vices. They, I say, in their own esteem, wretched worms of the earth, will sit in judgment. “Do you not know,” says the Apostle, “that we shall judge even the angels?” They indeed who went forth weeping, sowing their seed, will come with joy carrying their sheaves. They who have sown labor and humility reap honor and rest. Because “for their double confusion and shame they wilt receive double in their land.” Wherefore also a certain one has said: “Behold my lowliness and sorrow.”

Not only that life itself, but also the promises of eternal life and the eager anticipation of it, are a joy for the just, and, a joy so great that anything to be desired cannot be compared with it. At the time when the followers of the wisdom of this world, which is indeed foolishness in God's sight, and of the prudence of the flesh, which worketh death and is inimical to God, withdrew from Christ, the holy apostles, when they clung to our Lord, sowed for us the seed of prudence. Manifestly, the martyrs sowed fortitude; the confessors followed justice throughout their lives. The same comparison exists between the martyrs and confessors as between Peter leaving all things, and Abraham using the wealth of this world for good purposes. For as the martyrs, having become perfect in a short time, filled out for a long time, so did the confessors endure long and varied martyrdoms. Plainly, the virgins who thus trod upon lust sowed temperance.

Our heavenly father, guide, master, and legislator, Benedict, also instructs us in this doctrine and directs our steps along the way of peace. Moreover, he strengthens and animates us for a life of justice in such a way that we are so much the more impelled to practice what he taught as we are certain that he taught not otherwise than he acted. The example of works is indeed a living and effective sermon, since it makes what is spoken most persuasive, showing that that which is urged is possible. In this regard his sanctity comforts us, his piety instructs us, his justice strengthens us. With what great piety was he not animated who provided not only for his children present, but was also solicitous for those of the future! He nourishes us by his life, his teaching, and by his intercession. Being always thus helped, dearly beloved, become fruitful; since for this were you appointed, “that you should go and bring forth fruit.” Let us imitate him, because for this end he came, that he might give us the example and show us the way.

We praise thee, O God, * we acknowledge thee to be the Lord.

All the earth doth worship thee, * the Father everlasting.

To thee all Angels cry aloud, * the Heavens, and all the Powers therein.

To thee Cherubim and Seraphim * continually do cry.

bow head Holy, Holy, Holy * Lord God of Sabaoth;

Heaven and earth are full * of the Majesty of thy glory.

The glorious company of the Apostles * praise thee.

The goodly fellowship of the Prophets * praise thee.

The noble army of Martyrs * praise thee.

The holy Church throughout all the world * doth acknowledge thee;

The Father, * of an infinite Majesty.

Thine honourable, true, * and only Son;

Also the Holy Ghost, * the Comforter.

Thou art the King of Glory, * O Christ.

Thou art the everlasting * Son of the Father.

During the following verse all make a profound bow: When thou tookest upon thee to deliver man, * thou didst not abhor the Virgin's womb.

When thou hadst overcome the sharpness of death, * thou didst open the Kingdom of Heaven to all believers.

Thou sittest at the right hand of God, * in the glory of the Father.

We believe that thou shalt come * to be our Judge.

Kneel for the following verse We therefore pray thee, help thy servants, * whom thou hast redeemed with thy precious Blood.

Make them to be numbered with thy Saints, * in glory everlasting.

O Lord, save thy people, * and bless thine heritage.

Govern them, * and lift them up for ever.

Day by day * we magnify thee;

During the following verse, by local custom, all make a profound bow. And we worship thy Name * ever, world without end.

Vouchsafe, O Lord, to keep us * this day without sin.

O Lord, have mercy upon us, * have mercy upon us.

O Lord, let thy mercy lighten upon us, * as our trust is in thee.

O Lord, in thee have I trusted, * let me never be confounded.

Continuation + of the Holy Gospel according to Matthew

At that time, Peter said to Jesus, Behold, we have left all and followed You; what then shall we have? And Jesus said to them, Amen I say to you that you who have followed Me, in the regeneration when the Son of Man shall sit on the throne of His glory, shall also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. And everyone who has left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for My name’s sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and shall possess life everlasting.

Thou art worthy of praise, thou art worthy of hymns, to Thee be glory: to God the Father and the Son with the Holy Ghost, world without end. Amen.

Let us pray.

Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.