Lenten Lectionary Á-? The Second Week of Great Lent - Page of 24
Reader:
The Prokeimenon, Psalm 28, in the 7th Tone:
The
Lord will give strength unto His people; the Lord will bless
His people with peace.
Stichos:
Bring unto the Lord, ye sons of God, bring unto the
Lord the sons of rams.
Deacon:
Wisdom!
Reader:
The reading
is from Proverbs.
Deacon:
Let us
attend!
Prov 5:1-15
Reader:
1.
My son, attend to my wisdom, and apply thine ear
to
my
words;
2.
that
thou
mayest
keep
good
understanding, and the discretion of my lips gives thee a
charge. Give no heed to a worthless woman;
3.
for honey
drops from the lips of a harlot, who for a season pleases
thy palate:
4.
but afterwards thou wilt find her more bitter
than gall, and sharper than a two-edged sword.
5.
For the
feet of folly lead those who deal with her down to the
grave with death; and her steps are not established.
6.
For
she goes not upon the paths of life; but her ways are
slippery, and not easily known.
7.
Now then, my son, hear
me, and make not my words of none effect.
8.
Remove thy
way far from her; draw not near to the doors of her house:
9.
lest thou give away thy life to others, and thy substance
to the merciless:
10.
lest strangers be filled with thy
strength, and thy labors come into the houses of
strangers;
11.
and thou repent at last, when the flesh of thy
body is consumed,
12.
and thou shalt say, How have I hated
instruction, and my heart avoided reproofs!
13.
I heard not
the voice of him that instructed me, and taught me,
neither did I apply mine ear.
14.
I was almost in all evil in