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Propers
Psalms from the Daily Office

Propers

        Introit

Dicit Dominus. Jeremiah 29
Thus saith the Lord: I know the thoughts that I think towards you, thoughts of peace, and not of affliction; ye shall call upon me, and I will hearken unto you: and will bring again your captivity from every nation. [Psalm 85] Lord, thou art become gracious unto thy land: thou hast turned away the captivity of Jacob. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen. Thus saith the Lord . . .

        Collect

Stir up, we beseech thee, O Lord, the wills of thy faithful people; that they, plenteously bringing forth the fruit of good works, may by thee be plenteously rewarded; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

        Epistle

Jeremiah 23:5–8
Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that they shall no more say, The LORD liveth, which brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt; But, The LORD liveth, which brought up and which led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all countries whither I had driven them; and they shall dwell in their own land.

        Gradual

[Psalm 44] It is thou, O Lord, that savest us from our enemies: and puttest them to confusion that hate us. We make our boast of God all day long: and will praise thy Name for ever. 

        Alleluia

Alleluia, alleluia. [Psalm 130] Out of the deep have I called unto thee, O Lord: Lord, hear my voice. Alleluia.

        Gospel

St. John 6:5–14
When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat? And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do. Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little. One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, saith unto him, There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many? And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand. And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would. When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost. Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above unto them that had eaten.
Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world.

        Offertory

[Psalm 130] Out of the deep have I called unto thee, O Lord: Lord, hear my voice.

        Communion

[St. Mark 11] Verily I say unto you, what things soever ye desire when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and it shall be done unto you.

Psalms from the Daily Office

Below are plainsong renditions of the Psalms as published in the Saint Dunstan’s Plainsong Psalter.

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