PASSION SUNDAY

THE FIFTH SUNDAY IN LENT

March 17th, 2024

INTROIT. Judica me. Ps. 43,Give sentence with me, O God, and defend my cause against the ungodly people: O deliver my soul from the deceitful and wicked man: for thou art the God of my strength. Ps. Ibid. O send out thy light and thy truth, that they may lead me: and bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy dwelling. Give sentence with me.

¶ Glory be to the Father is not said at the Introit from henceforth until Easter, except upon a feast day, if any shall occur; but the Psalm being ended, the Introit is repeated straightway, up to the beginning of the Psalm.

COLLECT.We beseech thee, Almighty God, mercifully to look upon thy people: that by thy great goodness they may be governed and preserved evermore, both in body and soul. Through Jesus Christ our Lord. [who.]

First Lesson:  Genesis 17:3-9

[3] Then Abram fell on his face; and God said to him,
[4] “Behold, my covenant is with you, and you shall be the father of a multitude of nations.
[5] No longer shall your name be Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.
[6] I will make you exceedingly fruitful; and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come forth from you.
[7] And I will establish my covenant between me and you and your descendants after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your descendants after you.
[8] And I will give to you, and to your descendants after you, the land of your sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.”
[9] And God said to Abraham, “As for you, you shall keep my covenant, you and your descendants after you throughout their generations.

 

Psalm 105:4-9

[4] Seek the LORD and his strength, seek his presence continually!
[5] Remember the wonderful works that he has done, his miracles, and the judgments he uttered,
[6] O offspring of Abraham his servant, sons of Jacob, his chosen ones!
[7] He is the LORD our God; his judgments are in all the earth.
[8] He is mindful of his covenant for ever, of the word that he commanded, for a thousand generations,
[9] the covenant which he made with Abraham, his sworn promise to Isaac

EPISTLE. Hebrews 9:11-15. 11 BRETHREN: Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building; 12 Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us. 13 For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh: 14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? 15 And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.

GRADUAL. Ps. l43. Deliver me, O Lord, from mine enemies: teach me to do the thing that pleaseth thee. V. Ps. 18. It is the Lord that delivereth me from my cruel enemies, and setteth me up above mine adversaries: thou shalt rid me from the wicked man.

GOSPEL. St. John 8:46-59. 46 AT that time: Jesus said; Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me? 47 He that is of God heareth God’s words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God. 48 Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil? 49 Jesus answered, I have not a devil; but I honour my Father, and ye do dishonour me. 50 And I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth. 51 Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death. 52 Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death. 53 Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself? 54 Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God: 55 Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying. 56 Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad. 57 Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham? 58 Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am. 59 Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple.

OFFERTORY. Ps. 119. I will give thanks unto the Lord with my whole heart O do well unto thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy word: quicken thou me, according to thy word, O Lord.