30 June - Commemoration of Saint Paul, Apostle (gd.) - Gallo-Russo-Byzantine and Anglican-Byzantine Rites

 PSALTER

II Tim 1.12  I KNOW whom I have believed, and I am certain that he is able to keep that which I committed to him, against that day; being a just judge. Ps. 135.1,2  Lord, Thou hast proved me and known me: thou hast known my sitting down, and my rising up. Gal. 2.8-9   He who wrought in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, wrought in me also among the Gentiles; and they knew the grace of God, which was given to me. I Cor. 15.10.   The grace of God in me hath not been void; but grace always remaineth in me. Holy Apostle Paul, preacher of truth, and doctor of the Genitles, intercede for us.

Ps. 106.8. Let the mercies of the Lord give glory to him: and his wonderful works to the children of men. Alleluia. O Holy Apostle Paul, Preacher of the truth, and Teacher of the Gentiles, intercede for us to God who hath chosen thee. Thou art a vessel of election, holy Paul the Apostle: thou art indeed worthy to be glorified. The preacher of truth, and doctor of the Gentiles in faith and truth. Through thee all the Gentiles have have known the grace of God. Intercede for us to God, who hath chosen thee. 

VERSE

Alleluia. Matt. 19.28,29  Amen I say to you, that you, who have left all things and followed me, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall possess life everlasting.

COLLECT

O GOD, who by the preaching of blessed Paul the Apostle, didst teach the multitude of the Gentiles: grant, we beseech thee, that we who celebrate his heavenly birthday, may also experience his patronage. O GOD, who by delivering to thy blessed Apostle Peter the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven, didst confer upon him the pontifical power of binding and of loosing, grant that, by the help of his intercession, we may be freed from the bonds of sin: Who livest and reignest.

EPISTLE Gal. 1.11-20    BRETHREN, I give you to understand, brethren, that the Gospel which was preached by me is not according to man. For neither did I receive it of man, nor did I learn it; but by the revelation of Jesus Christ. For you have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews' religion: how that, beyond measure, I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it. And I made progress in the Jews' religion above many of my equals in my own nation, being more abundantly zealous for the traditions of my fathers. But when it pleased him, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace, To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the Gentiles, immediately I condescended not to flesh and blood. Neither went I to Jerusalem, to the apostles who were before me: but I went into Arabia, and again I returned to Damascus. Then, after three years, I went to Jerusalem, to see Peter, and I tarried with him fifteen days. But other of the apostles I saw none, saving James the brother of the Lord. Now the things which I write to you, behold, before God, I lie not.

+ The Continuation of the Holy Gospel according to Matthew (10.16-22)    
AT that time, Jesus said to his disciples: Behold I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves. Be ye therefore wise as serpents and simple as doves. But beware of men. For they will deliver you up in councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues. And you shall be brought before governors, and before kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the Gentiles: But when they shall deliver you up, take no thought how or what to speak: for it shall be given you in that hour what to speak. For it is not you that speak, but the Spirit of your Father that speaketh in you. The brother also shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the son: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and shall put them to death. And you shall be hated by all men for my name's sake: but he that shall persevere unto the end, he shall be saved.  

29 June - Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles (d1 with oct.3) - Gallo-Russo-Byzantine and Anglican-Byzantine Rites

 Patrons of the United Roman-Ruthenian Church & the Stato Pontificio Imperiale 

PSALTER

Acts 12.11    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. 138.1,2 I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall be always in my mouth. Ps. 44.17-18    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.

Matt. 16.18.  Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church. And the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. And I will give to you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven. And whatsoever thou shalt bind upon earth, it shall be bound also in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth, it shall be loosed also in heaven. Ps. 44.17-18   Thou shalt make them princes over all the earth: they shall remember thy Name, O Lord, throughout all generations.

VERSE

Alleluia. Matt. 16.18.  Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church.

COLLECT

O GOD, who hast made this day holy by the martyrdom of thine Apostles, Peter and Paul: grant that thy Church may in all things follow the precepts of those through whom she received the beginnings of the Faith. Through.

EPISTLE Acts 12.1-11   IN those days, Herod the king stretched forth his hands to afflict some of the Church: and he killed James, the brother of John, with the sword; and seeing that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to take up Peter also. Now it was in the days of the azymes: and when he had apprehended him, he cast him into prison, delivering him to four files of soldiers to be kept, intending after the pasch to bring him forth to the people. Peter therefore was kept in prison; but prayer was made without ceasing by the Church unto God for him. And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains; and the keepers before the door kept the prison: and behold, an Angel of the Lord stood by him and a light shined in the room; and he striking Peter on the side, raised him up, saying: Arise quickly, and the chains fell off from his hands; and the Angel said to him: Gird thyself, and put on thy sandals; and he did so; and he said to him, cast thy garment about thee, and follow me; and going out, he followed him: and he knew not that it was true which was done by the Angel; but he thought he saw a vision. And passing through the first and the second ward, they came to the iron gate that leadeth to the city, which of itself opened to them; and going out, they passed on through one street, and immediately the Angel departed from him. And Peter coming to himself, said, Now I know in very deed that the Lord hath sent His Angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.

+ The Continuation of the Holy Gospel according to Matthew (16.13-19)    
AT that time, Jesus came into the quarters of Caesarea Phillippi, and he asked his disciples saying: Whom do men say that the Son of man is? But they said: Some, John the Baptist, and other some, Elias, and others, Jermias, or one of the prophets. Jesus saith to them: But who do you say that I am? Simon Peter answered and said: Thou art Christ, the Son of the living God. And Jesus answering, said to them Blessed art thou, Simon BarJona, because flesh and blood hath not revealed it to thee, but my Father who is in heaven: and I say to thee: that thou are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church. And the gates of hell shall not prevail against it; and to thee I will give the keys of the kingdom of heaven. Whatsoever thou shalt bind upon earth, shall be bound also in heaven. And whatsoever though shalt loose upon earth, shall be loosed also in heaven.   


28 June - Saint Irenaeus, Bishop & Martyr (d.) - Gallo-Russo-Byzantine and Anglican-Byzantine Rites

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. 




27 June - Octave of Saint John Baptist (oct. 3) - Gallo-Russo-Byzantine and Anglican-Byzantine Rites

  PSALTER

Isa. 49.1,2    THE Lord hath called me by my name from the womb of my mother, and he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword: in the shadow of his hand he hath protected me, and hath made me as a chosen arrow. Ps. 91.2   It is good to give praise to the Lord, and to sing to thy name, O Most High.

Jer. 1.5,9    Before I formed thee in the bowels of thy mother, I knew thee: and before thou camest forth out of the womb, I sanctified thee. The Lord put forth his hand, and touched my mouth: and said to me. Luke 1.76. Thou, child, shalt be called the Prophet of the Highest; thou shalt go before the Lord to prepare his ways.

VERSE

Alleluia. Luke 1.76.    Thou, child, shalt be called the Prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways

COLLECT

O GOD, who hast made this day worthy of honor by the birth of blessed John: grant to thy people the grace of spiritual joys, and direct the minds of all the faithful in the way of eternal salvation. Through.

LESSON Is. 49.1-3,5,6,7    GIVE ear, ye islands, and hearken, ye people from afar. The Lord hath called me from the womb, from the bowels of my mother he hath been mindful of my name. And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword: in the shadow of his hand he hath protected me, and hath made me as a chosen arrow: in his quiver he hath hidden me. And he said to me: Thou art my servant Israel, for in thee will I glory. And now saith the Lord, that formed me from the womb to be his servant: Behold I have given thee to be the light of the Gentiles, that thou mayest be My salvation even to the farthest part of the earth. Kings shall see and princes shall rise up, and adore for the Lord's sake, and for the Holy One of Israel, Who hath chosen thee.

+ The Continuation of the Holy Gospel according to Luke  (1.57-68)
NOW Elizabeth's full time of being delivered was come, and she brought forth a son. And her neighbours and kinsfolks heard that the Lord had showed his great mercy towards her, and they congratulated with her. And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they called him by his father's name Zachary. And his mother answering, said: Not so; but he shall be called John. And they said to her: There is none of thy kindred that is called by this name. And they made signs to his father, how he would have him called. And demanding a writing table, he wrote, saying: John is his name. And they all wondered. And immediately his mouth was opened, and his tongue loosed, and he spoke, blessing God. And fear came upon all their neighbors; and all these things were noised abroad over all the hill country of Judea. And all they that had heard them laid them up in their heart, saying: What an one, think ye, shall this child be? For the hand of the Lord was with him. And Zachary his father was filled with the Holy Ghost; and he prophesied, saying: Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; because he hath visited and wrought the redemption of his people.

26 June - Saints John and Paul, Martyrs (d.) - Gallo-Russo-Byzantine and Anglican-Byzantine Rites

 PSALTER

Ps. 63.11.   THE just shall rejoice in the Lord, and shall hope in him: and all the upright in heart shall be praised. Ps. 73.2. Hear, O God, my prayer when I make supplications to Thee: deliver my soul from the fear of the enemy. Ps. 36.24, 26 When the just man shall fall, he shall not be bruised: for the Lord putteth his hand under him. He showed mercy and lendeth all the day long: and his seed shall be in blessing. 

John 8. 12. He that followeth me walketh not in darkness, but shall have the light of life eternal. Ps. 111.1-3    Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord: he delighteth exceedingly in his commandments. His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the righteous shall be blessed. Glory and wealth shall be in his house, and his justice remaineth for ever and ever.

VERSE

Alleluia. John. 12.26.   If any man minister to me, let him follow me: and where I am, there also shall my minister be.

COLLECT

GRANT, we beseech thee, almighty God: that through the intercession of blessed John and Paul, thy Martyrs, we may be delivered from all adversity that may happen to the body, and may be cleansed in mind from evil thoughts. Through.

LESSON Wis. 3.1-8.    THE souls of the just are in the hand of God, and the torment of death shall not touch them. In the sight of the unwise they seemed to die: and their departure was taken for misery: And their going away from us, for utter destruction: but they are in peace. And though in the sight of men they suffered torments, their hope is full of immortality. Afflicted in few things, in many they shall be well rewarded: because God hath tried them, and found them worthy of himself. 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. The just shall shine, and shall run to and fro like sparks among the reeds. They shall judge nations, and rule over people, and their Lord shall reign for ever.

+ The Continuation of the Holy Gospel according to Luke (21.9-19)
AT that time: Jesus said unto his disciples: when you shall hear of wars and seditions, be not terrified. These things must first come to pass: but the end is not yet presently. Then he said to them: Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there shall be great earthquakes in divers places and pestilences and famines and terrors from heaven: and there shall be great signs. But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and into prisons, dragging you before kings and governors, for my name's sake. And it shall happen unto you for a testimony. Lay it up therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before how you shall answer: For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to resist and gainsay. And you shall be betrayed by your parents and brethren and kinsmen and friends: and some of you they will put to death. And you shall be hated by all men for my name's sake. But not a hair of your head shall not perish. In your patience you shall possess your souls. 

25 June - Saint William, Abbot (d.) - Gallo-Russo-Byzantine and Anglican-Byzantine Rites

 PSALTER

Ps. 36.30-31.    THE mouth of the just shall meditate wisdom and his tongue shall speak judgement: the law of his God is in his heart.  Ps. 36.1. Be not emulous of evildoers: nor envy them that work iniquity. Ps. 20.4-5.   Lord, thou hast prevented him with blessings of sweetness: thou hast set on his head a crown of precious stones. He asked life of thee, and thou hast given him length of days for ever and ever. Ps. 91.13. The just shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow up like the cedar of Libanus. Alleluia.

Ps. 111.1-3. Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord: he shall delight exceedingly in his commandments. His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the righteous shall be blessed. Glory and wealth shall be in his house: and his justice remaineth for ever and ever. Ps. 91.13. The just shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow up like the cedar of Libanus. Alleluia. Osee 14.6. The just shall spring as the lily: and flourish for ever before the Lord.

VERSE

Alleluia. Luke 12.42. The faithful and wise servant, whom his lord setteth over his family, to give them their measure of wheat in due season.

COLLECT

MAY the intercession of blessed William the Abbot, commend us unto thee, we beseech thee, O Lord: so that what we may not have by any merits of ours, we may obtain by his patronage. Through.

LESSON Ecclus. 45.1-6.    BELOVED of God, and men: whose memory is in benediction. He made him like the saints in glory, and magnified him in the fear of his enemies, and with his words he made prodigies to cease. He glorified him in the  sight of kings, and gave him commandments in the sight of his people, and shewed him his glory. He sanctified him in his faith, and meekness, and chose him out of all flesh. For he heard him, and his voice, and brought him into a cloud. And he gave him commandments before his face, and a law of life and instruction.

+ The Continuation of the Holy Gospel according to Matthew (19.27-29)
AT that time, Peter said to Jesus: Behold we have left all things, and have followed thee: what therefore 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 seat of his majesty, you also shall sit on twelve seats, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. And every one that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my Name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall possess life everlasting.


24 June - Nativity of Saint John the Baptist (d1 with oct.3) - Gallo-Russo-Byzantine and Anglican-Byzantine Rites

 PSALTER

Isa. 49.1,2    THE Lord hath called me by my name from the womb of my mother, and he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword: in the shadow of his hand he hath protected me, and hath made me as a chosen arrow. Ps. 91.2   It is good to give praise to the Lord, and to sing to thy name, O Most High.

Jer. 1.5,9    Before I formed thee in the bowels of thy mother, I knew thee: and before thou camest forth out of the womb, I sanctified thee. The Lord put forth his hand, and touched my mouth: and said to me. Luke 1.76. Thou, child, shalt be called the Prophet of the Highest; thou shalt go before the Lord to prepare his ways.

VERSE

Alleluia. Luke 1.76.    Thou, child, shalt be called the Prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways

COLLECT

O GOD, who hast made this day worthy of honor by the birth of blessed John: grant to thy people the grace of spiritual joys, and direct the minds of all the faithful in the way of eternal salvation. Through.

LESSON Is. 49.1-3,5,6,7    GIVE ear, ye islands, and hearken, ye people from afar. The Lord hath called me from the womb, from the bowels of my mother he hath been mindful of my name. And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword: in the shadow of his hand he hath protected me, and hath made me as a chosen arrow: in his quiver he hath hidden me. And he said to me: Thou art my servant Israel, for in thee will I glory. And now saith the Lord, that formed me from the womb to be his servant: Behold I have given thee to be the light of the Gentiles, that thou mayest be My salvation even to the farthest part of the earth. Kings shall see and princes shall rise up, and adore for the Lord's sake, and for the Holy One of Israel, Who hath chosen thee.

+ The Continuation of the Holy Gospel according to Luke  (1.57-68)
NOW Elizabeth's full time of being delivered was come, and she brought forth a son. And her neighbours and kinsfolks heard that the Lord had showed his great mercy towards her, and they congratulated with her. And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they called him by his father's name Zachary. And his mother answering, said: Not so; but he shall be called John. And they said to her: There is none of thy kindred that is called by this name. And they made signs to his father, how he would have him called. And demanding a writing table, he wrote, saying: John is his name. And they all wondered. And immediately his mouth was opened, and his tongue loosed, and he spoke, blessing God. And fear came upon all their neighbors; and all these things were noised abroad over all the hill country of Judea. And all they that had heard them laid them up in their heart, saying: What an one, think ye, shall this child be? For the hand of the Lord was with him. And Zachary his father was filled with the Holy Ghost; and he prophesied, saying: Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; because he hath visited and wrought the redemption of his people.

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