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MORNING PRAYER.

First Lesson.

Proverbs 24:13-22

My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste:

14  So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.
15  Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:
16  For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.
17  Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:
18  Lest the Lord see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.
19  Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked:
20  For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.
21  My son, fear thou the Lord and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change:
22  For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both?

Second Lesson.

John 15:17-16:11

These things I command you, that ye love one another.

18  If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.
19  If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
20  Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.
21  But all these things will they do unto you for my name’s sake, because they know not him that sent me.
22  If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloak for their sin.
23  He that hateth me hateth my Father also.
24  If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.
25  But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.
26  But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:
27  And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.

These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended.

2  They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.
3  And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.
4  But these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. And these things I said not unto you at the beginning, because I was with you.
5  But now I go my way to him that sent me; and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou?
6  But because I have said these things unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart.
7  Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.
8  And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:
9  Of sin, because they believe not on me;
10  Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more;
11  Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.

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The schedule or “Lectionary” for the Psalms and Lessons used in this calendar follows the originally published 1928 Lectionary or Table of Lessons for the Church Year in the 1928 Book of Common Prayer.

Psalms used on this site are found in the 1928 Book of Common Prayer. Public Domain. Archival copies can be found at The Book of Common Prayer site.

Lessons are from The Authorized King James Bible. Public Domain.

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