Lenten Services,
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Part 1: 6th Hour and Vespers
Thursday
SIXTH HOUR
Isaih 6:1-12
1 In the year
that king Uzziah died I saw also the LORD sitting upon
a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. 2 Above it stood
the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he
covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did
fly. 3 And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of
hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory. 4 And the posts of the door moved
at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke. 5 Then
said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man
of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine
eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts. 6 Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he
had taken with the tongs from off the altar: 7 And he laid it upon my mouth,
and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine
iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged. 8 Also I heard the voice of the
Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for
us? Then said I, Here am I; send me. 9 And he said, Go, and tell this people,
Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not. 10
Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their
eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand
with their heart, and convert, and be healed. 11 Then
said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the
cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land
be utterly desolate, 12 And the LORD have removed men far away, and there be a
great forsaking in the midst of the land.
VESPERS
Genesis 5:1-24
1 This is the
book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the
likeness of God made he him; 2 Male and female created he them; and blessed
them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created. 3 And Adam
lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, and
after his image; and called his name Seth: 4 And the days of Adam after he had
begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters: 5 And
all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died. 6
And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos:
7 And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred
and seven years, and begat sons and daughters: 8 And
all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died. 9 And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan:
10 And Enos lived after he begat Cainan
eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters: 11 And all the days of Enos were nine
hundred and five years: and he died. 12 And Cainan
lived seventy years and begat Mahalaleel: 13 And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel
eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters: 14 And all the days of Cainan were
nine hundred and ten years: and he died. 15 And Mahalaleel
lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared: 16 And Mahalaleel
lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and
daughters: 17 And all the days of Mahalaleel
were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died. 18 And Jared lived an
hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch: 19 And Jared lived after he
begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: 20 And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two
years: and he died. 21 And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat
Methuselah: 22 And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three
hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: 23 And
all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years: 24 And Enoch
walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.
Proverbs 6:3-20
3 Do this now,
my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend;
go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend. 4 Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine
eyelids. 5 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of
the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler. 6 Go to the ant, thou
sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: 7 Which
having no guide, overseer, or ruler, 8 Provideth her
meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the
harvest. 9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when
wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? 10 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a
little folding of the hands to sleep: 11 So shall thy
poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as
an armed man. 12 A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh
with a froward mouth. 13 He winketh
with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers; 14 Frowardness
is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he
soweth discord. 15 Therefore shall his calamity come
suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy. 16 These six things doth
the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: 17 A proud look, a lying
tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, 18 An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running
to mischief, 19 A false witness that speaketh lies,
and he that soweth discord among brethren. 20 My son,
keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law
of thy mother: