Also this day: Vigil of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles (min. vig.)
Ecclus. 45.30. THE Lord made to him a covenant of peace, and made him a prince: that the dignity of the priesthood should be to him forever. Ps. 131.1. O Lord, remember David: and all his meekness. Ps. 88.21-23. I have found David, my servant: with my holy oil I have anointed him: for my hand shall help him, and my arm shall strengthen him. The enemy shall have no advantage over him, nor the son of iniquity have power to hurt him.
Verse. Thou art a priest for ever, according to the order of Melchisedech. Ps. 8.6-7. Thou hast crowned him with glory and honor. And hast set him over the works of thy hands, O Lord. This is the priest whom the Lord hath crowned.
VERSE
Alleluia. Ps. 88.21-22. I have found David my servant, with my holy oil I have anointed him; for my hand shall help him, and my arm shall strengthen him.
COLLECT
LOOK down on our weakness, almighty God; and since the weight of our own deeds bears us down, may the glorious intercession of blessed Irenaeus, thy Bishop and Martyr, protect us. Through.
EPISTLE James 1.12-18. DEARLY Beloved: Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for, when he hath been proved, he shall receive the crown of life which God hath promised to them that love him. Let no man, when he is tempted, say that he is tempted by God. For God is not a tempter of evils: and he tempteth no man. But every man is tempted by his own concupiscence, being drawn away and allured. Then, when concupiscence hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin. But sin, when it is completed, begetteth death. Do not err, therefore, my dearest brethren. Every best gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change nor shadow of alteration. For of his own will hath he begotten us by the word of truth, that we might be some beginning of his creature.
+ The Continuation of the Holy Gospel according to Luke (14.26-33)
AT that time, Jesus said: If any man come to me, and hate not his father and mother and wife and children and brethren and sisters, yea and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. And whosoever doth not carry his cross and come after me cannot be my disciple. For which of you, having a mind to build a tower, doth not first sit down and reckon the charges that are necessary, whether he have wherewithal to finish it: Lest, after he hath laid the foundation and is not able to finish it, all that see it begin to mock him, Saying: This man began to build and was not able to finish. Or, what king, about to go to make war against another king, doth not first sit down and think whether he be able, with ten thousand, to meet him that, with twenty thousand, cometh against him? Or else, while the other is yet afar off, sending an embassy, he desireth conditions of peace. So likewise every one of you that doth not renounce all that he possesseth cannot be my disciple.
Vigil of Sts. Peter and Paul, Apostles
PSALTER
Ps. 33.19 MANY are the afflictions of the just, and out of all these the Lord hath delivered them: the Lord keepeth all their bones; not one of them shall be broken. Ps. 33.1. I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall be always in my mouth. Ps. 18.5,2 Their sound went forth into all the earth: and their words to the end of the world. The heavens show forth the glory of God: and the firmament declareth the works of his hands.
John 21.15,17 Simon, son of John, lovest thou me more then these? Lord, thou knowest all things: thou knowest, Lord, that I love thee. Ps. 138.17 Thy friends, O God, are exceedingly honorable; their principality is exceedingly strengthened.
VERSE
Let us bless the Lord. John 21.15,17 Simon, son of John, lovest thou me more then these? Lord, thou knowest all things: thou knowest, Lord, that I love thee.
COLLECT
WE beseech thee, almighty God, that thou suffer no disturbance to shake us, whom thou hast founded on the rock of the confession of thine Apostles. Through.
EPISTLE Acts 3.1-10 IN those days, Peter and John went up into the temple at the ninth hour of prayer. And a certain man who was lame from his mother's womb, was carried: whom they laid every day at the gate of the temple, which is called Beautiful, that he might ask alms of them that went into the temple. He, when he had seen Peter and John about to go into the temple, asked to receive an alms. But Peter with John fastening his eyes upon him, said: Look upon us. But he looked earnestly upon them, hoping that he should receive something of them. But Peter said: Silver and gold I have none; but what I have, I give thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, arise, and walk. And taking him by the right hand, he lifted him up, and forthwith his feet and soles received strength. And he leaping up, stood, and walked, and went in with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God. And all the people saw him walking and praising God. And they knew him, that it was he who sat begging alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple: and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened to him.
+ The Continuation of the Holy Gospel according to John (21.15-19)
AT that time, Jesus said to Simon Peter: Simon, son of John, lovest thou me more then these? He saith to him: Yea, Lord, thou knowest that I love thee. He saith to him: Feed my lambs. He saith to him again: Simon, son of John, lovest thou me? He saith to him: Yea, Lord, thou knowest that I love thee. He saith to him: Feed my lambs. He said to him the third time: Simon, son of John, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved, because he had said to him the third time: Lovest thou me? And he said to him: Lord, thou knowest all things: thou knowest that I love thee. He said to him: Feed my sheep. Amen, amen I say to thee, when thou wast younger, thou didst gird thyself, and didst walk where thou wouldst. But when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and lead thee whither thou wouldst not. And this he said, signifying by what death he should glorify God.