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THE LESSON
St. James 1.2 – 12
Dearly beloved: Count it all joy when ye fall into divers
temptations; Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh
patience. But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be
perfect and entire, wanting nothing. If any of you lack wisdom, let
him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it
shall be given him. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For
he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and
tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing
of the Lord. A double minded man is unstable in all his
ways. Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is
exalted: But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of
the grass he shall pass away. For the sun is no sooner risen with a
burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and
the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away
in his ways. Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when
he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to
them that love him.
THE LESSON
I St. Peter 4.13 – 19
Dearly beloved: Rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings;
that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding
joy. If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye;
for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil
spoken of, but on your part he is glorified. But let none of you
suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in
other men's matters. Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him
not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf. For the time
is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at
us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?
And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner
appear? Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God
commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful
Creator.
THE GOSPEL
St John 12.24 – 26
At that time: Jesus unto his disciples: Verily, verily, I say unto you,
Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it
die, it bringeth forth much fruit. He that loveth his life shall
lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life
eternal. If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am,
there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.
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