Sunday
\n1Peter 2: 19\u00a0 Dearly beloved: This is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully. For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God. For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps: who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously: who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the Tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.
\nPrayer:\u00a0 O Lord, our God, in Thy goodness and love for men forgive me all the sins I have committed today in word, deed or thought. Grant me peaceful and undisturbed sleep. Send Thy Guardian Angel to guard and protect me from all evil. For Thou art the guardian of our souls and bodies, and to Thee we ascribe glory, to the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, now and ever, and to the ages of ages. Amen.
\n*(Evening Prayer and Confession of Sins)<\/p>\n
Monday
\n*Continuing with readings from Holy Week about prophecy about Christ and the Church in the Old Testament<\/p>\n
Isaiah 48:12\u00a0Listen to Me, O Jacob and Israel, whom I call: I am the first, and I am
\nforever. My hand also laid the foundation of the earth, and My right hand established
\nheaven. I shall call them, and they will stand together. All shall be
\ngathered and hear: Who declared these things to them? Because I love you,
\nI did your will against Babylon, to slay the seed of the Chaldeans. I have spoken,
\nI have called him, I have brought him, and made his way prosper.
\nCome near to Me, hear this: I have not spoken in secret from the beginning,
\nnor did I speak in a dark place of the earth. When it took place, I was there,
\nand now the Lord and His Spirit have sent Me.\u201d Thus says the Lord who delivers
\nyou, the Holy One of Israel: \u201cI am your God, who showed you how to
\nfind the way wherein you should walk. If only you had heeded My commandments,
\nthen your peace would be like a river, and your righteousness
\nas a wave of the sea. Your seed would also be like the sand, and the offspring
\nof your womb like the dust of the ground. Neither would you be utterly destroyed
\nnow, nor would your name perish before Me.\u201d Go forth from Babylon,
\nyou who are fleeing from the Chaldeans. Proclaim a voice of gladness
\nand let it become well known. Proclaim it to the end of the earth, and say,
\n\u201cThe Lord delivered His servant Jacob.\u201d If they shall thirst, He will lead
\nthem through the desert, and water shall flow from the rock for them. He
\nwill split the rock, the water shall flow, and My people will drink. \u201cThere is
\nno rejoicing,\u201d says the Lord, \u201cfor the ungodly.\u201d<\/p>\n
Prayer:\u00a0 O come, let us worship God our King.
\nO come, let us worship and fall down before Christ our King and God.
\nO come, let us worship and fall down before Christ Himself, our King and God.<\/p>\n
Tuesday
\nNahum 1:2\u00a0God is jealous, and the Lord is an avenger; the Lord is avenging with
\nfury; the Lord takes vengeance on His adversaries and drives out His enemies.
\nThe Lord is patient and His power is great, but the Lord will not acquit
\nthe guilty. His way is in destruction and in a whirlwind; the clouds are
\nthe dust of His feet. He threatens the sea and makes it dry, and he dries up
\nall the rivers. Bashan and Carmel have diminished, and the flowers of Lebanon
\nhave died out. By Him the mountains are shaken and the hills quake,
\nand the earth heaves at His presence\u2014the whole earth and all who dwell in
\nit. Who can stand before His wrath? Who can withstand the fierceness of
\nHis anger? His fury melts away ruling powers, and He shatters the rocks
\ninto pieces. The Lord is merciful to those who wait on Him in the day of affliction,
\nand He knows those who reverence Him. For with an overwhelming
\nflood He shall make an end to those rising up, and darkness will pursue
\nHis enemies.<\/p>\n
Prayer:\u00a0 Soul of Christ, sanctify me, Body of Christ, save me Blood of Christ, inebriate me, Water from Christ’s side, wash me, Passion of Christ, strengthen me, O good Jesus, hear me, Within Thy wounds hide me, Suffer me not to be separated from Thee, From the malicious enemy defend me, In the hour of my death call me, And bid me come unto Thee, That I may praise Thee with Thy saints, and with Thy angels, Forever and ever, Amen.<\/p>\n
Wednesday
\nZEPHANIAH 1:2-12
\n\u201cLet all things be totally consumed from the face of the earth,\u201d says the
\nLord. \u201cLet man and cattle cease. Let the birds of the air and the fish of the
\nsea be consumed. I shall drive mankind from the face of the land,\u201d says the
\nLord. \u201cI shall stretch out My hand against Judah and against all the inhabitants
\nof Jerusalem. And I shall remove the names of Baal from this place
\nand the names of the priests\u2014 those who worship the host of heaven on the
\nhousetops and who swear oaths by the Lord and who swear oaths by their
\nking\u2014 those who turn away from the Lord, neither seeking the Lord nor
\nholding steadfastly to Him. \u201cFear before the presence of the Lord God, for
\nthe day of the Lord is at hand. The Lord has prepared His sacrifice; He has
\nsanctified His guests. And it shall be in the day of the Lord\u2019s sacrifice that I
\nshall take vengeance on the princes and on the king\u2019s house, and upon all
\nclothed with strange garments. And I will openly take vengeance upon all
\nthose in the gates in that day, on those who fill the house of the Lord their
\nGod with ungodliness and deceit. \u201cAnd in that day,\u201d says the Lord, \u201cthere
\nwill be from the gate the sound of shouting from men killing, and a wailing
\nfrom the second gate along with a great destruction from the hills. Mourn,
\nthose of you dwelling here, being cut down in pieces; for all the people are
\nlike Canaan. All those exalting in silver are utterly destroyed. \u201cAnd it shall
\ncome to pass in that day that I shall search Jerusalem with a lamp and shall
\ntake vengeance on the men having scorned their charge, the ones saying in
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\ntheir hearts, \u2018The Lord shall not do any good, nor shall He do any harm.\u2019<\/p>\n
Prayer:\u00a0 Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to thy protection, implored thy help, or sought thine intercession was left unaided.\u00a0 Inspired by this confidence, I fly unto thee, O Virgin of virgins, my mother; to thee do I come, before thee I stand, sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in thy mercy hear and answer me.
\n*Memorare<\/p>\n
Thursday
\nZEPHANIAH 1:14- 2:2
\n\u201cFor the great day of the Lord is near. It is near and quick. The sound of
\nthe day of the Lord is bitter and harsh. A mighty day of wrath has been appointed:
\na day of affliction and distress, a day of unseasonable happenings
\nand destruction, a day of gloom and darkness, a day of cloud and vapor, a
\nday of the trumpet and shouting against the fortified cities and the high towers.
\nI will greatly afflict the men, and they will walk as blind men, for they
\nsinned against the Lord; and He shall pour out their blood as dust and their
\nflesh as dung. Their silver and gold shall not be able to deliver them in the
\nday of the wrath of the Lord, but the whole land shall be consumed by the
\nfire of His zeal; for He will bring about a speedy end to all those who dwell
\nin the land. \u201cO untaught nation, be gathered together and united to one another,
\nbefore you become like a flower that passes away, before the anger of
\nthe Lord comes upon you, before the day of the wrath of the Lord comes
\nupon you! Seek the Lord, all you humble of the earth. Bring about justice,
\nseek righteousness, and give answer to these things, so you may be sheltered
\nin the day of the Lord\u2019s wrath.<\/p>\n
Prayer:\u00a0 Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and kindle in them the fire of your love. Send forth your Spirit and they shall be created. And You shall renew the face of the earth. O, God, who taught the hearts of the faithful by the light of the Holy Spirit,\u00a0 grant that by the same Holy Spirit we may be truly wise and ever rejoice in His consolations, Through Christ Our Lord, Amen.<\/p>\n
Friday
\nJOEL 1:5-15
\nGet sober, you who are drunk from your wine, and weep, mourn all you
\nwho drink wine, for joy and gladness are removed from your mouth. For a
\nnation strong and numberless came up against My land. His teeth are the
\nteeth of a lion and his molars those of a young lion. He laid waste My vine
\nand splintered My fig tree. He diligently searched out and uprooted My
\nvine, peeling off its outer bark. Mourn before Me more than a virgin bride
\nclothed with sackcloth for the husband of her youth. The meat-offering and
\nthe drink-offering are removed from the house of the Lord. Mourn, you
\npriests, you who serve at the altar, for the fields languish and the land
\nmourns; for the grain withers, the wine is dried up, and the olive oil is
\nscarce. The farmers are exhausted. Mourn for the sake of your fields of
\nwheat and barley, for the harvest from the field has been lost. The vine is
\nshriveled up, and the fig trees are scarce in number. The pomegranate and
\nthe palm tree, the apple tree and all the trees of the field are withered, for
\nthey put to shame the delight of the sons of men. Gird yourself with sackcloth
\nand wail, you priests. Mourn, you who serve at the altar. Go in, sleep
\nin sackcloth, you who minister unto God, for the grain-offering and drinkoffering
\nare withheld from the house of your God. Sanctify a fast. Call a solemn
\nassembly. Gather all the elders and all the people of the land into the
\nhouse of the Lord your God, and cry out fervently to the Lord. Alas! Alas!
\nAlas! For the day of the Lord draws near, and it will come as misery upon
\nmisery.<\/p>\n
Prayer:\u00a0 With the Saints, give rest, O Christ, to the souls of Thy servants, where there is no pain, no sorrow, no sighing, but life everlasting.
\n*Kontakion of the Departed<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Saturday
\nMICAH 2:3-11
\nTherefore thus says the Lord: \u201cBehold, I am devising evils against this
\ntribe from which you shall not lift up your neck, nor will you suddenly walk
\nupright, for this is a time of evil. In that day a parable shall be taken up
\nagainst you, and a dirge will be wailed, saying, \u2018In misery we have suffered
\nhardship. The portion of my people has been measured out with a measuring
\nline, and there was no one who was able to stop Him. Our fields have
\nbeen divided among them.\u2019 Therefore there will be no one to put out a
\nmeasuring line for a lot for you in the assembly of the Lord. \u201cDo not shed
\ntears, nor even weep over these things; for He will not dismiss the reproaches
\nwho says, \u2018The house of Jacob has provoked the Spirit of the Lord;
\nare these not His practices? Are not His words good with Him, and have
\nthey not proceeded as predicted? And previously, for enmity my people resisted
\nagainst His peace. They flayed his skin to remove hope in the ravages
\nof war. Therefore those leading my people will be cast out of their luxurious
\nhomes; they have been driven out because of their wicked practices. Draw
\nnear to the everlasting mountains.\u2019 \u201d Arise and depart, for this is not a final
\nresting place for you on account of uncleanness; you have been utterly destroyed
\nby corruption. You were pursued by no one pursuing!<\/p>\n
Prayer:\u00a0 Lord, I have cried to Thee, hearken unto me. Hearken unto me, O Lord. Lord, I have cried to Thee, hearken unto me.\u00a0 Attend to the voice of my prayer, when I cry unto Thee. Hearken unto me, O Lord. Let my prayer be set forth as incense before Thee, the lifting up of my hands as an evening sacrifice.\u00a0 Hearken unto me, O Lord.
\n*Psalm 140 (141)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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