Lenten Lectionary Á-? The Third Week of Great Lent - Page of 22
Wednesday in the Third Week - At Vespers
Reader:
The Prokeimenon, Psalm 51, in the 4th Tone: I have
hoped in the mercy of God for ever, and unto the ages of
ages.
Stichos:
Why dost thou boast in evil, O mighty man, and in
iniquity all the day long?
Deacon:
Wisdom!
Reader:
The reading
is from Genesis.
Deacon:
Let us
attend!
Gen 7:6-9
Reader:
6.
And Noe was six hundred years old when the flood
of water was upon the earth.
7.
And then went in Noe and
his sons and his wife, and his sons' wives with him into the
ark, because of the water of the flood.
8.
And of clean flying
creatures and of unclean flying creatures, and of clean
cattle and of unclean cattle, and of all things that creep
upon the earth,
9.
pairs went in to Noe into the ark, male
and female, as God commanded Noe.
Reader:
The Prokeimenon, Psalm 52, in the 4th Tone: When
God hath turned back the captivity of His people, Jacob
shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.
Stichos:
The fool hath said in his own heart: there is no God.
Deacon:
Wisdom!
Reader:
The reading
is from Proverbs.
Deacon:
Let us
attend!
Prov 9:12-18
Reader:
12.
Son, if thou be wise for thyself, thou shalt also be
wise for thy neighbors; and if thou shouldest prove wicked,
thou alone wilt bear the evil. He that stays himself upon
falsehoods, attempts to rule the winds, and the same will