The Ninth day
Morning Prayer
In the Name of the Father…
Opening Prayer
O Lord our heavenly Father, we ask and pray to you to look mercifully on our infirmities: and the glory of your holy name turn from us all those evils that we must righteously have deserved; and grant that in all our troubles we may put our whole trust and confidence in your mercy; through our lord Jesus Christ. Amen. Our Father…
Psalm 44: 1-26
44:1 We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old. 44:2 How thou didst drive out the heathen with your hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out. 44:3 For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but your right hand, and your arm, and the light of your countenance, because thou hadst a favour to them. 44:4 You are my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob. 44:5 Through thee will we push down our enemies: through your name will we tread them under that rise up against us. 44:6 For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me. 44:7 But you have saved us from our enemies, and have put them to shame that hated us. 44:8 In God we boast all the day long, and praise your name forever. Selah. 44:9 But you have cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies. 44:10 You make us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves. 44:11 You have given us like sheep appointed for meat; and have scattered us among the heathen. 44:12 Thou sellest your people for nought, and dost not increase your wealth by their price. 44:13 You make us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us. 44:14 You make us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people. 44:15 My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me, 44:16 For the voice of him that reproaches and blasphemes; by reason of the enemy and avenger. 44:17 All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in your covenant. 44:18 Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from your way; 44:19 Though you have sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death. 44:20 If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god; 44:21 Shall not God search this out? for he knows the secrets of the heart. 44:22 Yea, for your sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter. 44:23 Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off forever. 44:24 Wherefore hide thou your face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression? 44:25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaves to the earth. 44:26 Arise for our help, and redeem us for your mercies' sake. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, As it was in the beginning…
Psalm 45: 1-17
45:1 My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer. 45:2 You are fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into your lips: therefore God hath blessed thee forever. 45:3 Gird your sword upon your thigh, O most mighty, with your glory and your majesty. 45:4 And in your majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and your right hand shall teach thee terrible things. 45:5 Your arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; whereby the people fall under thee. 45:6 Your throne, O God, is forever and ever: the sceptre of your kingdom is a right sceptre. 45:7 Thou lovest righteousness, and hate wickedness: therefore God, your God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above your fellows. 45:8 All your garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad. 45:9 Kings' daughters were among your honourable women: upon your right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir. 45:10 Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline your ear; forget also your own people, and your father's house; 45:11 So shall the king greatly desire your beauty: for he is your Lord; and worship thou him. 45:12 And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich among the people shall intreat your favour. 45:13 The king's daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of wrought gold. 45:14 She shall be brought to the king in raiment of needlework: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought to thee. 45:15 With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought: they shall enter into the king's palace. 45:16 Instead of your fathers shall be your children, whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth. 45:17 I will make your name to be remembered in all generations: therefore shall the people praise thee forever and ever. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, As it was in the beginning…
Psalm 46:1-11
46:1 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. 46:2 Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; 46:3 Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah. 46:4 There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High. 46:5 God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early. 46:6 The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted. 46:7 The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah. 46:8 Come, behold the works of the Lord, what desolations he hath made in the earth. 46:9 He makes wars to cease to the end of the earth; he breaks the bow, and cuts the spear in sunder; he burns the chariot in the fire. 46:10 Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. 46:11 The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, As it was in the beginning…
Scripture Readings
1st Reading
Isaiah 44:6-8
44:6 Thus saith the Lord the King of Israel, and his redeemer the Lord of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God. And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I appointed the ancient people? and the things that are coming, and shall come, let them show to them. Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a god beside me? yea, there is no other God; I know not any. He who receives the Prophet by the name of the Prophet shall receive the Prophet’s reward. Amen
2nd Reading
Jude 1: 17-25
1:17 But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ; How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts. These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit. But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life. And of some have compassion, making a difference: And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh. Now to him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, to the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen. He who receives the Apostle by the name of the Apostle shall receive the Apostle’ s reward. Amen
Or Jude 1:24-25
1:24 Now to him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen. He who receives the Apostle by the name of the Apostle shall receive the Apostle’ s reward. Amen
3rd Reading (Chant)
Psalm 105:1-2
105:1 O give thanks to the Lord; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people. 105:2 Sing to him, sing psalms to him: talk ye of all his wondrous works. Halleluiah! Stand and harken to the Holy Gospel, the message of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
4th Reading
The Gospel of St. John 15: 12-17
15:12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knows not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known to you. Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you. These things I command you, that ye love one another. He that believeth in the Son hath everlasting life…
Concluding Prayer
O Lord our God, We pray to you, mercifully to receive our heartful prayer which we call upon you with faith; and grant us that we may both perceive and know what things we ought to do, and also may have grace and power faithfully to fulfil the same: Amen. Our Father …
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Day 9
Evening Prayer
In the name of the Father………….
Opening Prayer
Look with your favour on our evening prayer, Lord, and help and teach us how to pray and praise you with firm faith in you, bless this evening and the coming night with your grace, and grant us a perfect night. Amen. Our Father….
Psalm 47: 1-9
47:1 O clap your hands, all ye people; shout to God with the voice of triumph. 47:2 For the Lord most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth. 47:3 He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet. 47:4 He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah. 47:5 God is gone up with a shout, the Lord with the sound of a trumpet. 47:6 Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises to our King, sing praises. 47:7 For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding. 47:8 God reigns over the heathen: God sits upon the throne of his holiness. 47:9 The princes of the people are gathered together, even the people of the God of Abraham: for the shields of the earth belong to God: he is greatly exalted. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, As it was in the beginning…
Psalm 48: 1-14
48:1 Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness. 48:2 Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King. 48:3 God is known in her palaces for a refuge. 48:4 For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together. 48:5 They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away. 48:6 Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail. 48:7 Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind. 48:8 As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it forever. Selah. 48:9 We have thought of your loving-kindness, O God, in the midst of your temple. 48:10 According to your name, O God, so is your praise to the ends of the earth: your right hand is full of righteousness. 48:11 Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of your judgments. 48:12 Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof. 48:13 Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following. 48:14 For this God is our God forever and ever: he will be our guide even to death. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, As it was in the beginning…
Psalm 49: 1-20
49:1 Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world: 49:2 Both low and high, rich and poor, together. 49:3 My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding. 49:4 I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp. 49:5 Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about? 49:6 They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches; 49:7 None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him: 49:8 (For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth forever:) 49:9 That he should still live forever, and not see corruption. 49:10 For he seesthat wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others. 49:11 Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue forever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names. 49:12 Nevertheless man being in honour abides not: he is like the beasts that perish. 49:13 This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah. 49:14 Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling. 49:15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah. 49:16 Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased; 49:17 For when he dies he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him. 49:18 Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself. 49:19 He shall go to the generation of his father’s; they shall never see light. 49:20 Man that is in honour, and understands not, is like the beasts that perish. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, As it was in the beginning…
Scripture Readings
1st Reading
Isaiah 40: 10-17
40:10 Behold, the Lord GOD will come with strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him. He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young. Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance? Who hath directed the Spirit of the Lord, or being his counsellor hath taught him? With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and showed to him the way of understanding? Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he takes up the isles as a very little thing. And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering. All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity. He who receives the Prophet by the name of the Prophet shall receive the Prophet’s reward. Amen
2nd Reading
Ephesians 3: 20-21
3:20 Now to him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, To him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen. He who receives the Apostle by the name of the Apostle shall receive the Apostle’ s reward. Amen
3rd Reading (Chant)
Psalm 75: 1-2
75:1 To thee, O God, do we give thanks, to thee do we give thanks: for that your name is near your wondrous works declare. 75:2 When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly. Halleluiah! Stand and harken to the Holy Gospel, the message of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
4th Reading
The Gospel of St. Matthew 21: 21-22
21:21 Jesus answered and said to them, Verily I say to you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say to this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done. And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive. He who receives the saint” by the name of the saint, shall receive the saint’s reward. Or Heaven and Earth…
Concluding Prayer
Lord our God and King, at the end of this day, we ask you to give us your grace to proclaim your greatness in our evening prayer and may your kingdom come in all its justice, forgive us all the harm that we have done today; and guide us in the path of justice and truth. Amen Our Father…
The Synaxarium:
Saints/Feasts/Fasts to be commemmorated/celebrated: Bale Wold (Feast of Igziabher Wold)
THE SECOND MONTH
TEKEMT 29
(November 08)
IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND THE SON AND THE HOLY SPIRIT,
ONE GOD. AMEN.
On this day is celebrated the festival of the Birth of our Lord and Redeemer Jesus Christ, by the Lady of us all, the holy two-fold virgin Mary, the God-bearer, for ever and ever, Amen. Salutation to Thy birth O Flower Who blossomed without water.
And on this day also the great Saint Demetrius became a martyr. This holy man lived in the days of Maximianus the infidel, and he was a native of the city of Thessalonica; he was a Christian, and he learned various kinds of learning, but he held in more esteem than all of them the doctrine of the Church, the Holy Orthodox Faith. And he taught and preached continually in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ, and he converted many pagans, and brought them into the Faith of our Lord Jesus Christ. And certain men made accusations against Saint Demetrius to the infidel emperor, who commanded [his soldiers] to bring him to him. And there came to the place where the emperor was a man who was strong in his body, and thick in his bones, and who vanquished every man by his strength, and he was a skilled fighting man and no one was able to vanquish him. And the emperor loved this man exceedingly, and boasted of his superiority over every other man, and said, “I will give much money to the man who shall vanquish him”; but there was no man who was able to do so. At that moment there rose up from among those who were there a certain man, a Christian, whose name was Bastius, and he came to Saint Demetrius and asked him to pray for him, and to make the sign of the Cross with his hand on his body. And Saint Demetrius prayed over him, and he made upon the body of that man the sign of the Cross, which makes invincible him that believed thereon. And that man went to the emperor and asked him to let him fight with that fighter of whom the emperor boasted. And the emperor commanded that Bastius should fight with him, and he thought that the mighty man would vanquish him just as he had vanquished every other man. When Bastius joined in fight with that mighty man, he vanquished him and threw him on the ground, and the emperor was very sorry for this and was ashamed, and he marveled, and said, “By what means did Bastius vanquish that mighty man?” And the emperor asked his soldiers concerning this, and they told him that the holy man Demetrius had prayed over him and had made the sign of the Cross upon his body. When the emperor heard this he was exceedingly wroth with Saint Demetrius, and he commanded his soldiers to beat him until he offered incense to the gods, and worshipped them, and they did as he commanded. And when Demetrius would not obey his command the emperor commanded the soldiers to thrust at him with spears until he died. And the soldiers told Demetrius about this command, and they thought that he would deny and abandon the Faith of Christ, and worship idols. And Saint Demetrius said unto them, “Do whatsoever ye please, for I will neither offer incense to nor worship the filthy gods; I will worship only our Lord [Jesus Christ], the Son of the Living God, Who is God in truth.” And straightway the soldiers drove spears into him until he died, and he delivered up his pure soul into the hands of Christ. And when they threw out the body of the saint certain believing Christians took it and laid it in a sarcophagus in their house, and it remained hidden among them until the end of the days of persecution. And God revealed it to the Christians, who brought out his body, which was with them, and they built a great church for him in the city of Thessalonica, and they laid the body of the saint therein, and to this day it works great signs and miracles. And each day there distills from it oil and unguent having an exceedingly sweet odor, and when those who are sick anoint themselves therewith in firm faith they become healed, especially on the day of his commemoration. On that day he distills the unguent in a larger quantity than on any other day, and it drips from the walls of the church and the pillars thereof, and the people collect it and pour it into their scent bottles. And this sign shall continue, and shall be found to exist until the end of the world; now the priests and the righteous men who have seen this wonderful thing testify concerning [the truth thereof]. Salutation to Demetrius who was stabbed to death with spears.
Salutation to Sakter the martyr, the friend of Mar Demetrius (?), and salutation to his servant who was cut to pieces after him.
Glory be to God Who is glorified in His Saints. Amen.
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