Variable Portions of the Liturgy of Presanctified Gifts
4th Friday in Great Lent
“Lord I Call” Stichera
Begin “Lord, I Call” in Tone 7
The following are chanted at the end of Psalm 142:
Reader: Bring my soul out of prison, that I may confess Thy name.
The righteous shall await me for Thou wilt recompense me.
Out of the depths have I cried to Thee, O Lord; Lord, hear my voice. Let Thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications. If Thou, O Lord, shouldst mark iniquities, Lord, who could stand? But with Thee, there is forgiveness. Because of Thy name, I have waited for Thee, O Lord; my soul has waited for Thy word; my soul has hoped on the Lord. From the morning watch until night, from the morning watch, let Israel hope on the Lord. For with the Lord there is mercy and with Him is plentious redemption, and He will deliver Israel from all his iniquities.
Tone 7 By my passions I have ruined my soul’s nobility.
Like a beast, I cannot look up to Thee, O Most High.
But bowing low, O Christ, I pray like the Publican, crying:
have mercy on me, O God, and save me.
Reader: Praise the Lord, all nations. Praise Him, all peoples.
Tone 3 The power of Thy Cross is great, O Lord.
Set in one place, it acts throughout the world.
It made fishermen into apostles,
and the nations into martyrs.
May they always pray for our souls.
Reader: For His mercy is confirmed on us, and the truth of the Lord endures forever.
Tone 3 The prophets, apostles, and martyrs of Christ,
taught us to sing the praises of the consubstantial Trinity.
They enlightened the nations which had gone astray,
and made the sons of men companions of the angels.
Reader: Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
Now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.
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Theotokion in the tone of the week
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The Readings from Holy Scripture
4thFriday in Great Lent
Priest: Let us attend! Peace be unto all!
Reader: And to your spirit!
Priest: Wisdom!
Reader: The Prokeimenon in the 4th Tone: Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel. Thou who leadest Joseph like a flock!
People: Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel. Thou who leadest Joseph like a flock!
Reader: Thou who art enthroned upon the cherubim, shine forth.
People: Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel. Thou who leadest Joseph like a flock!
Reader: Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel.
People: Thou who leadest Joseph like a flock!
Priest: Wisdom!
Reader: The Reading is from Genesis.
Priest: Let us attend!
Genesis 12:1-7
Reader: Now the Lord had said to Abram: "Get out of your country, From your family And from your father's house, To a land that I will show you. I will make you a great nation; I will bless you And make your name great; And you shall be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, And I will curse him who curses you; And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed."
So Abram departed as the Lord had spoken to him, and Lot went with him. And Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran. Then Abram took Sarai his wife and Lot his brother's son, and all their possessions that they had gathered, and the people whom they had acquired in Haran, and they departed to go to the land of Canaan. So they came to the land of Canaan.
Abram passed through the land to the place of Shechem, as far as the terebinth tree of Moreh. And the Canaanites were then in the land. Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, "To your descendants I will give this land." And there he built an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him.
Priest: Wisdom!
Reader: The Prokeimenon in the 4th Tone: Rejoice in God our Helper.
People: Rejoice in God our Helper.
Reader: Raise a song, sound the timbrel.
People: Rejoice in God our Helper.
Reader: Rejoice in God.
People: Our Helper.
The priest comes forth with the candle and censer.
All make a prostration or kneel.
Priest: Wisdom! Let us attend!
The Light of Christ illumines all!
Reader: The Reading is from Proverbs.
Priest: Let us attend!
Proverbs 14:15-26
Reader: The simple believes every word, But the prudent considers well his steps.
A wise man fears and departs from evil, But a fool rages and is self-confident.
A quick-tempered man acts foolishly, And a man of wicked intentions is hated.
The simple inherit folly, But the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
The evil will bow before the good, And the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
The poor man is hated even by his own neighbor, But the rich has many friends.
He who despises his neighbor sins; But he who has mercy on the poor, happy is he.
Do they not go astray who devise evil? But mercy and truth belong to those who devise good.
In all labor there is profit, But idle chatter leads only to poverty.
The crown of the wise is their riches, But the foolishness of fools is folly.
A true witness delivers souls, But a deceitful witness speaks lies.
In the fear of the Lord there is strong confidence, And His children will have a place of refuge.
Priest: Peace be unto you. Wisdom!
Let My Prayer Arise follows
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