Lenten Lectionary Á-? The Third Week of Great Lent - Page of 22
Thursday in the Third Week - At the Sixth Hour
Reader:
The Troparion of the Prophecy, 3rd Tone:
Choir:
If Thou shouldest mark iniquities, O Lover of mankind,
what hope of salvation is there for us? But as Thou art
compassionate, from on high send down Thy help upon Thy
people, O Lord.
GloryÁ-¬. Both NowÁ-¬
And the choir repeats the Troparion
Reader:
The Prokeimenon, Psalm 53, in the 4th Tone: O
God, in Thy name save me, and in Thy strength do Thou
judge me.
Stichos:
O God, hearken unto my prayer, give ear unto the
words of my mouth.
Deacon:
Wisdom!
Reader:
The reading
is from the
Prophecy of
Isaiah.
Deacon:
Let us
attend!
Is 11:10-13, 16 - 12:2
Reader:
10.
And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, and
he that shall arise to rule over the Gentiles; in him shall
the Gentiles trust, and his rest shall be glorious.
11.
And it
shall be in that day, [that] the Lord shall again show his
hand, to be zealous for the remnant that is left of the
people, which shall be left by the Assyrians, and [that]
from Egypt, and from Ethiopia, and from the Elamites, and
from the rising of the sun, and out of Arabia.
12.
And he
shall lift up a standard for the nations, and he shall gather
the lost ones of Israel, and he shall gather the dispersed of
Juda from the four corners of the earth.
13.
And the envy of