Morning Prayer Readings
Wednesday after Trinity 7

The First Lesson
The Second Lesson
The Collect
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The Psalter


Psalm 80


The Eightieth Psalm

Qui regis Israel.


HEAR, O thou Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; * show thyself also, thou that sittest upon the Cherubim.
 
Before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh, * stir up thy strength, and come and help us.
 
Turn us again, O God; * show the light of thy countenance, and we shall be whole.
 
O LORD God of hosts, * how long wilt thou be angry with thy people that prayeth?
 
Thou feedest them with the bread of tears, * and givest them plenteousness of tears to drink.
 
Thou hast made us a very strife unto our neighbours, * and our enemies laugh us to scorn.
 
Turn us again, thou God of hosts; * show the light of thy countenance, and we shall be whole.
 
Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt; * thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.
 
Thou madest room for it; * and when it had taken root, it filled the land.
 
The hills were covered with the shadow of it, * and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedar-trees.
 
She stretched out her branches unto the sea, * and her boughs unto the River.
 
Why hast thou then broken down her hedge, * that all they that go by pluck off her grapes?
 
The wild boar out of the wood doth root it up, * and the wild beasts of the field devour it.
 
Turn thee again, thou God of hosts, look down from heaven, * behold, and visit this vine;
 
And the place of the vineyard that thy right hand hath planted, * and the branch that thou madest so strong for thyself.
 
It is burnt with fire, and cut down; * and they shall perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.
 
Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, * and upon the son of man, whom thou madest so strong for thine own self.
 
And so will not we go back from thee: * let us live, and we shall call upon thy Name.
 
Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts; * show the light of thy countenance, and we shall be whole.



 

The First Lesson


I Samuel 9:11-21


And as they went up the hill to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them, Is the seer here? And they answered them, and said, He is; behold, he is before you: make haste now, for he came today to the city; for there is a sacrifice of the people today in the high place: As soon as ye be come into the city, ye shall straightway find him, before he go up to the high place to eat: for the people will not eat until he come, because he doth bless the sacrifice; and afterwards they eat that be bidden. Now therefore get you up; for about this time ye shall find him. And they went up into the city: and when they were come into the city, behold, Samuel came out against them, for to go up to the high place. Now the Lord had told Samuel in his ear a day before Saul came, saying, Tomorrow about this time I will send thee a man out of the land of Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint him to be captain over my people Israel, that he may save my people out of the hand of the Philistines: for I have looked upon my people, because their cry is come unto me. And when Samuel saw Saul, the Lord said unto him, Behold the man whom I spake to thee of! this same shall reign over my people. Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, where the seer's house is. And Samuel answered Saul, and said, I am the seer: go up before me unto the high place; for ye shall eat with me today, and tomorrow I will let thee go, and will tell thee all that is in thine heart. And as for thine asses that were lost three days ago, set not thy mind on them; for they are found. And on whom is all the desire of Israel? Is it not on thee, and on all thy father's house? And Saul answered and said, Am not I a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? wherefore then speakest thou so to me?



 

The Second Lesson

St. Luke 13:22

And he went through the cities and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem. Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And he said unto them, Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are: Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets. But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out. And they shall come from the east, and from the west, and from the north, and from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God. And, behold, there are last which shall be first, and there are first which shall be last. The same day there came certain of the Pharisees, saying unto him, Get thee out, and depart hence: for Herod will kill thee. And he said unto them, Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and I do cures to day and to morrow, and the third day I shall be perfected. Nevertheless I must walk to day, and to morrow, and the day following: for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem. O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not! Behold, your house is left unto you desolate: and verily I say unto you, Ye shall not see me, until the time come when ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.



 

The Collect

Seventh Sunday after Trinity

LORD of all power and might, who art the author and giver of all good things; Graft in our hearts the love of thy Name, increase in us true religion, nourish us with all goodness, and of thy great mercy keep us in the same; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.



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