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Today is the third and final of the so-called "Silly Sundays" of Pre-Lent. This season has been dropped from modern Prayer Books and Missals, but is still part of the 1962 BCP and is still celebrated here at St. Stephen's.

Today was once also known as Carnival Sunday, as it was during this Sunday that festivities would be occurring to mark the last days before Lent.

At the Mass

The following is taken from:

The Introit

Antiphon: Psalm 31 Be thou my God and defender, and a place of refuge, that thou mayest save me: for thou art my upholder, my refuge, and my Saviour; and for thy Holy Name’s sake be thou my leader; and my sustainer:

Verse: Ibid In thee, O Lord, have I put my trust; let me never be put to confusion: but rid me, and deliver me in thy righteousness.

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.

Repeat the Antiphon Be thou my God ...

The English Gradual: Part II - The Proper, Pages 39-40

The Collect

O Lord, who hast taught us that all our doings without charity are nothing worth: Send thy Holy Spirit, and pour into our hearts that most excellent gift of charity, the very bond of peace and of all virtues, without which whosoever liveth is counted dead before thee. Grant this for thine only Son Jesus Christ’s sake. Amen.

The Book of Common Prayer (1962), Page 136

The Epistle
1 Corinthians 13. 1.

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil, rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away. For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away. When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things. For now we see in a glass darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three: but the greatest of these is charity.

1 Corinthians 13:1-13 NIV KJV NRSV NASB RSV NKJV ESV

The Book of Common Prayer (1962), Pages 136-137

Gradual

Psalm 77 Thou art the God, that doeth wonders: and hast declared thy power among the people. Thou hast mightily delivered thy people: even the sons of Jacob and Joseph.

The English Gradual: Part II - The Proper, Pages 39-40

Tract

Psalm 100 O be joyful in the Lord, all ye lands: serve the Lord with gladness. ℣. Come before his presence with a song: be ye sure that the Lord, he is God. ℣. It is he that had made us and not we ourselves: we are his people and the sheep of his pasture.

The English Gradual: Part II - The Proper, Pages 39-40

The Gospel
St. Luke 18. 31.

Then Jesus took unto him the twelve, and said unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished. For he shall be delivered unto the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on: and they shall scourge him, and put him to death; and the third day he shall rise again. And they understood none of these things: and this saying was hid from them, neither knew they the things which were spoken. And it came to pass, that as he was come nigh unto Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the way-side begging: and hearing the multitude pass by, he asked what it meant. And they told him, that Jesus of Nazareth passeth by. And he cried, saying, Jesus, thou Son of David, have mercy on me. And they which went before rebuked him, that he should hold his peace: but he cried so much the more, Thou Son of David, have mercy on me. And Jesus stood, and commanded him to be brought unto him: and when he was come near, he asked him, saying, What wilt thou that I should do unto thee? And he said, Lord, that I may receive my sight. And Jesus said unto him, Receive thy sight; thy faith hath saved thee. And immediately he received his sight, and followed him, glorifying God: and all the people, when they saw it, gave praise unto God.

Luke 18.31-43 NIV KJV NRSV NASB RSV NKJV ESV

The Book of Common Prayer (1962), Pages 137-138

The Offertory

Psalm 119 Blessed art thou, O Lord; O teach me thy statutes: with my lips have I been telling of all the judgements of thy mouth.

The English Gradual: Part II - The Proper, Pages 39-40

The Communion

Psalm 78 They did eat, and were well filled, for the Lord gave them their own desire: they were not disappointed of their lust.

The English Gradual: Part II - The Proper, Pages 39-40

At the Offices

Morning Prayer

Psalm(s): 84, 133
First Lesson: Genesis 12:1-9 (Year I)
Genesis 28:10-end (Year II)
Second Lesson: 1 Corinthians 12:4-end
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Evening Prayer

Psalm(s): 103
First Lesson: Genesis 6:5-end (Year I)
Genesis 41:1-40 (Year II)
Second Lesson: Luke 17:20-end (Year I)
1 John 4:7-end (Year II)
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For the Ferial Days

  Morning Prayer Evening Prayer
First Lesson Second Lesson First Lesson Second Lesson
Monday Genesis 31:1-21 Matthew 23:13-end Genesis 31:22-32:2 Romans 12
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Tuesday Genesis 32:3-30 Matthew 24:1-28 Genesis 33 Romans 13
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Wednesday* Isaiah 57:15-end Mark 2:13-22 Isaiah 58 Hebrews 3:12-4:13
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Thursday Genesis 35:1-20 Matthew 24:29-end Genesis 37 Romans 14
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Friday Genesis 39 Matthew 25:1-30 Genesis 40 Romans 15
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Saturday Genesis 41:1-40 Matthew 25:31-end Genesis 41:41-end Romans 16
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*Wednesday shall be Ash Wednesday.

 

The Book of Common Prayer (1962), Pages xxii and xxiii