Evening Prayer Readings
Friday after Easter (of the Octave)

The First Lesson
The Second Lesson
The Collect
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The Psalter


Psalm 110


The One Hundred Tenth Psalm

Dixit Dominus.


THE LORD said unto my Lord, * Sit thou on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
 
The LORD shall send the rod of thy power out of Sion: * be thou ruler, even in the midst among thine enemies.
 
In the day of thy power shall thy people offer themselves willingly with an holy worship: * thy young men come to thee as dew from the womb of the morning.
 
The LORD sware, and will not repent, * Thou art a Priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
 
The Lord upon thy right hand * shall wound even kings in the day of his wrath.
 
He shall judge among the heathen; * he shall fill the places with the dead bodies, and smite in sunder the heads over divers countries.
 
He shall drink of the brook in the way; * therefore shall he lift up his head.


Psalm 114


The One Hundred Fourteenth Psalm

In exitu Israel.


WHEN Israel came out of Egypt, * and the house of Jacob from among the strange people,
 
Judah was his sanctuary, * and Israel his dominion.
 
The sea saw that, and fled; * Jordan was driven back.
 
The mountains skipped like rams, * and the little hills like young sheep.
 
What aileth thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? * and thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back?
 
Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams? * and ye little hills, like young sheep?
 
Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord: * at the presence of the God of Jacob;
 
Who turned the hard rock into a standing water, * and the flint-stone into a springing well.



 

The First Lesson


Zephaniah 3:14


Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem. The Lord hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine enemy: the king of Israel, even the Lord, is in the midst of thee: thou shalt not see evil any more. In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not: and to Zion, Let not thine hands be slack. The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing. I will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn assembly, who are of thee, to whom the reproach of it was a burden. Behold, at that time I will undo all that afflict thee: and I will save her that halteth, and gather her that was driven out; and I will get them praise and fame in every land where they have been put to shame. At that time will I bring you again, even in the time that I gather you: for I will make you a name and a praise among all people of the earth, when I turn back your captivity before your eyes, saith the Lord.



 

The Second Lesson

St. John 21:1-14

After these things Jesus shewed himself again to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias; and on this wise shewed he himself. There were together Simon Peter, and Thomas called Didymus, and Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two other of his disciples. Simon Peter saith unto them, I go a fishing. They say unto him, We also go with thee. They went forth, and entered into a ship immediately; and that night they caught nothing. But when the morning was now come, Jesus stood on the shore: but the disciples knew not that it was Jesus. Then Jesus saith unto them, Children, have ye any meat? They answered him, No. And he said unto them, Cast the net on the right side of the ship, and ye shall find. They cast therefore, and now they were not able to draw it for the multitude of fishes. Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved saith unto Peter, It is the Lord. Now when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he girt his fisher's coat unto him, (for he was naked,) and did cast himself into the sea. And the other disciples came in a little ship; (for they were not far from land, but as it were two hundred cubits,) dragging the net with fishes. As soon then as they were come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid thereon, and bread. Jesus saith unto them, Bring of the fish which ye have now caught. Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to land full of great fishes, an hundred and fifty and three: and for all there were so many, yet was not the net broken. Jesus saith unto them, Come and dine. And none of the disciples durst ask him, Who art thou? knowing that it was the Lord. Jesus then cometh, and taketh bread, and giveth them, and fish likewise. This is now the third time that Jesus shewed himself to his disciples, after that he was risen from the dead.



 

The Collect

Easter Sunday

ALMIGHTY God, who through thine only-begotten Son Jesus Christ hast overcome death, and opened unto us the gate of everlasting life; We humbly beseech thee that, as by thy special grace preventing us thou dost put into our minds good desires, so by thy continual help we may bring the same to good effect; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost ever, one God, world without end. Amen.



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