Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost
Introit (Daniel 3: 31, 29, 35) All that Thou hast done to us, O Lord, Thou hast done in true judgment: because we have sinned against Thee, and we have not obeyed Thy commandments: but give glory to Thy Name, and deal with us according to the multitude of Thy mercy. Psalm. Blessed are the undefiled in the way; who walk in the law of the Lord. ℣. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. — All that Thou hast done to us …
Collect Be appeased, O Lord, we beseech Thee, and bestow on Thy faithful pardon and peace, cleansing them from every sin and letting them feel secure in Thy service. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son …
Epistle (Ephesians 5:15-21) Brethren: See how you walk circumspectly, not as unwise, but as wise; redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Wherefore, become not unwise, but understanding what is the will of God. And be not drunk with wine, wherein is luxury: but be ye filled with the Holy Spirit, speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual canticles, singing and making melody in your hearts to the Lord: giving thanks always for all things, in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God and the Father; being subject one to another in the fear of Christ.
Gradual (Psalm 144:15, 16) The eyes of all hope in Thee, O Lord; and Thou givest them meat in due season. Thou openest Thy hand, and fillest every living creature with Thy blessing. Alleluia, alleluia. (Ps. 107:2.) My heart is ready, O God, my heart is ready: I will sing, and will give praise to Thee, my glory. Alleluia.
Gospel (John 4:46-53) At that time, there was a certain ruler whose son was sick at Capharnaum. He having heard that Jesus was come from Judea into Galilee, went to Him, and prayed Him to come down, and heal his son; for he was at the point of death. Jesus therefore said to him: Unless you see signs and wonders, you believe not. The ruler said to Him: Lord, come down before my son die. Jesus said to him: Go thy way, thy son lives. The man believed the word which Jesus said to him, and went his way. And as he was going down, his servants met him, and they brought word, saying that his son lived. He asked therefore of them the hour wherein he grew better. And they said to him: Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him. The father therefore knew that it was at the same hour that Jesus said to him: Thy son lives; and himself believed, and his whole house.
Offertory (Psalm 136:1) Upon the rivers of Babylon there we sat and wept; when we remembered thee, O Sion.
Secret May these Mysteries, we beseech Thee, O Lord, provide us with a heavenly remedy; and purge our hearts from their vices. Through our Lord Jesus Christ …
Communion Be Thou mindful of Thy word to Thy servant, O Lord, in which Thou hast given me hope: this hath comforted me in my humiliation.
Postcommunion Make us worthy of Thy sacred gifts, we beseech Thee, Lord, by keeping us always obedient to Thy commandments. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son …
