Lenten Lectionary Á-? The Second Week of Great Lent - Page of 24
I am grieved that I have made them.
Reader:
The Prokeimenon, Psalm 40, in the 6th Tone: I said:
O Lord, have mercy on me, heal my soul
Stichos:
Blessed is the man that hath understanding for the
poor man and the pauper.
Deacon: Command:
Priest: Wisdom! Aright! The Light of Christ
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(Prostration by all)
Deacon:
Wisdom!
Reader:
The reading
is from Proverbs.
Deacon:
Let us
attend!
Prov 6:20 - 7:5, 7:24-8:1
Reader:
20.
My son, keep the laws of thy father, and reject not
the ordinances of thy mother:
21.
but bind them upon thy
soul continually, and hang them as a chain about thy neck.
22.
Whensoever thou walkest, lead this along and let it be
with thee; and when thou sleepest let it keep thee; that it
may talk with thee when thou wakest.
23.
For the
commandment of the law is a lamp and a light; a way of
life; reproof also and correction:
24.
to keep thee continually
from a married woman, and from the calumny of a strange
tongue.
25.
Let not the desire of beauty overcome thee,
neither be thou caught by thine eyes, neither be
captivated with her eyelids.
26.
For the value of a harlot is
as much as of one loaf; and a woman hunts for the
precious souls of men.
27.
Shall any one bind fire in his
bosom, and not burn his garments?
28.
or will any one walk
on coals of fire, and not burn his feet?
29.
So is he that goes
in to a married woman; he shall not be held guiltless,
neither any one that touches her.
30.
It is not to be