#ember friday

[roratecaeli]

And you have said: The way of the Lord is not right. Hear ye, therefore, O house of Israel: Is it my way that is not right, and are not rather your ways perverse?

Ezechiel 18:25

Ary Scheffer- Christ Weeping Over Jerusalem, 1851

[septembersung]

O Lord, be gracious to Thy people; and as Thou makest them devoted to Thee, in Thy mercy cherish them by Thy kind assistance.

Collect for Ember Friday in Lent, 1962 Roman Missal.

[septembersung]

We beseech Thee, O almighty God, grant that as year by year we devoutly keep these sacred fasts, we may please Thee both in body and mind.

Collect for Ember Friday in September (1962 Roman Missal)

[1928americanprayerbook]

First Sunday in Lent: Ember Friday: Evening Prayer: Second Lesson: 1 Timothy 4

Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;    2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;    3 Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.    4 For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:    5 For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.    6 If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained.    7 But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.    8 For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.    9 This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation.    10 For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe.    11 These things command and teach.    12 Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.    13 Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.    14 Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.    15 Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all.    16 Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.

[1928americanprayerbook]

First Sunday in Lent: Ember Friday: Evening Prayer: Psalm 77

I WILL cry unto God with my voice; * even unto God will I cry with my voice, and he shall hearken unto me.     2 In the time of my trouble I sought the Lord: * I stretched forth my hands unto him, and ceased not in the night season; my soul refused comfort.     3 When I am in heaviness, I will think upon God; * when      my heart is vexed, I will complain.     4 Thou holdest mine eyes waking: * I am so feeble that I cannot speak.     5 I have considered the days of old, * and the years that are past.                6 I call to remembrance my song, * and in the night I commune with mine own heart, and search out my spirit.     7 Will the Lord absent himself for ever? * and will hebe no more intreated?     8 Is his mercy clean gone for ever? * and is his promise come utterly to an end for evermore?     9 Hath God forgotten to be gracious? * and will he shut up his loving-kindness in displeasure?     10 And I said, It is mine own infirmity; * but I will remember the years of the right hand of the Most Highest.      11 I will remember the works of the LORD, * and call to mind thy wonders of old time.      12 I will think also of all thy works, * and my talking shall be of thy doings.      13 Thy way, O God, is holy: * who is so great a God as our God?      14 Thou art the God that doest wonders, * and hast declared thy power among the peoples.      15 Thou hast mightily delivered thy people, * even the sons of Jacob and Joseph.      16 The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee, and were afraid; * the depths also were troubled.      17 The clouds poured out water, the air thundered, * and thine arrows went abroad.      18 The voice of thy thunder was heard round about: * the lightnings shone upon the ground; the earth was moved, and shook withal.      19 Thy way is in the sea, and thy paths in the great waters, * and thy footsteps are not known.       20 Thou leddest thy people like sheep, * by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

[1928americanprayerbook]

First Sunday in Lent: Ember Friday: Morning Prayer: Second Lesson: St. Matthew 10:24-33, 37-42

     24 The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord.      25 It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household?      26 Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.      27 What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.      28 And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.      29 Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.      30 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.      31 Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.      32 Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.      33 But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny      before my Father which is in heaven.      37 He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.      38 And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.      39 He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.      40 He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.      41 He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward.      42 And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.

[1928americanprayerbook]

Third Sunday in Advent: Ember Friday: Evening Prayer: Second Lesson: 2 Timothy 3:14-4:8

  14 But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them;   15 And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith  which is in Christ Jesus.   16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:  17 That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.   1 I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;   2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.   3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;   4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.   5 But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.   6 For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.   7 I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:   8 Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.

[1928americanprayerbook]

Eve of The Dedication of a Church: Evening Prayer: First Psalm: Psalm 84

OHOW amiable are thy dwellings, * thou LORD of hosts!    2 My soul hath a desire and longing to enter into the courts of the LORD; * my heart and my flesh rejoice in the living God.    3 Yea, the sparrow hath found her an house, and the swallow a nest, where she may lay her young; * even thy altars, O LORD of hosts, my King and my God.    4 Blessed are they that dwell in thy house; * they will be alway praising thee.    5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; * in whose heart are thy ways.    6 Who going through the vale of misery use it for a well; * and the pools are filled with water.    7 They will go from strength to strength, * and unto the God of gods appeareth every one of them in Sion.    8 O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer; * hearken, O God of Jacob.    9 Behold, O God our defender, * and look upon the face of thine anointed.    10 For one day in thy courts * is better than a thousand.    11 I had rather be a door-keeper in the house of my God, * than to dwell in the tents of ungodliness.    12 For the LORD God is a light and defence; * the LORD will give grace and worship; and no good thing shall he withhold from them that live a godly life.    13 O LORD God of hosts, * blessed is the man that putteth his trust in thee.