Easter, instead of Te Deum, which is | LORD GOD made the earth and the only said on Festivals. MONDAY. Of the Book of Genesis. SO GOD created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and And God saw every thing that He had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day. it was so. Ry. When the LORD GOD walked in the garden in the cool of the day, He called unto Adam, and said, Where art thou? I heard Thy voice, O LORD, and I hid myself. V. heard Thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked. And. Lesson II. Chap. ii. THUS the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day GOD ended His work which He had made; and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it; because that in it He had rested from all his work which GOD created and made. These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the heavens, and every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew for the LORD GOD had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground. But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground. Ry. In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, said the LORD to Adam: when thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; * thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee. . Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake. Thorns. Lesson III. AND the LORD GOD formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. And the LORD GOD planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. And out of the ground made the LORD GOD to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil. And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads. Ry. The LORD formed man. p. ci. Of the Book of Genesis. Lesson I. Chap. ii. AND the LORD GOD took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. And the LORD GOD commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. And the LORD GOD said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will | eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be make him an help meet for him. Ry. The LORD GOD took the man. p. ci. Lesson II. AND out of the ground the LORD GOD formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them; and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the as gods, knowing good and evil. And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. And the eyes of them both were opened. cii. Ry. The LORD GOD had planted. p. Lesson II. fowl of the air, and to every beast of AND they knew that they were the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him. Ry. The LORD GOD said. p. ci. AN Lesson III. naked, and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons. And they heard the voice of the LORD GOD walking in the garden in the cool of the day and Adam and his wife ND the LORD GOD caused a deep hid themselves from the presence of sleep to fall upon Adam, and he the LORD GOD amongst the trees of slept: and he took one of his ribs, the garden. And the LORD GOD and closed up the flesh instead thereof. called unto Adam, and said unto him, And the rib, which the LORD God had Where art thou? And he said, I taken from the man, made he a heard thy voice in the garden, and I woman, and brought her unto the was afraid, because I was naked; and man. And Adam said, This is now I hid myself. And he said, Who told bone of my bones, and flesh of my thee that thou wast naked? Hast flesh: she shall be called Woman, thou eaten of the tree, whereof I combecause she was taken out of Man.manded thee that thou shouldest not Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. Ry. The LORD caused. p. ci. WEDNESDAY. Of the Book of Genesis. NOW the serpent was more subtil eat? And the man said, The woman Lesson III. the LORD GOD had made. And he AND the LORD GOD said unto the said unto the woman, Yea, hath GoD said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: and I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in ɛorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to | slew him. And the LORD said unto thy husband, and he shall rule over Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? thee. And unto Adam he said, Be- And he said, I know not: Am I my cause thou hast hearkened unto the brother's keeper? And he said, What voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of hast thou done? the voice of thy the tree, of which I commanded thee, brother's blood crieth unto me from saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: the ground. And now art thou cursed cursed is the ground for thy sake; in from the earth, which hath opened sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the her mouth to receive thy brother's days of thy life: thorns also and blood from thy hand; when thou thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and tillest the ground, it shall not hencethou shalt eat the herb of the field. forth yield unto thee her strength; a In the sweat of thy face shalt thou fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be eat bread, till thou return unto the in the earth. ground; for out of it wast thou taken : for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living. Ry. Where is Abel. p. cii. THURSDAY. . Of the Book of Genesis. Lesson I. Chap. iv. Ry. In the beginning. p. c. AN ND Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear. Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that AND Adam knew Eve his wife; and findeth me shall slay me. And the she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD. And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD. And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering: but unto Cain and his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. And the Ry. In the beginning. p. c. LORD said unto him, Therefore whoso- Ry. The LORD formed. p. ci. Of the Book of Genesis. Lesson I. Chap. iv. ⚫ conceived, and bare Enoch; and he builded a city, and called the city, after the name of his son, Enoch. And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech. And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah. And Adah bare Jabal: he was AND Cain talked with Abel his the father of such as dwell in tents, brother and it came to pass, and of such as have cattle. And his when they were in the field, that Cain brother's name was Jubal: he was the rose up against Abel his brother, and | father of all such as handle the harp and organ. And Zillah, she also bare | sixty and two years, and he begat Tubal-cain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah. Ry. The LORD GOD took. p. ci. Lesson II. Enoch: and Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: and all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died. And AND Lamech said unto his wives, Enoch lived sixty and five years, and Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt. If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold. And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For GoD, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew. And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD. Ry. The LORD GOD said. p. ci. Lesson III. Chap. v. THIS is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that GOD created man, in the likeness of GOD made he him; male and female created he them; and blessed them, and | called their name Adam, in the day when they were created. And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth and the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years and he begat sons and daughters and all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years and he died. Ry. The LORD caused. p. ci. AN Of the Book of Genesis. Lesson I. Chap. v. ND Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared: and Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters and all the days of Mahalaleel were eight begat Methuselah. Ry. The LORD GOD had planted. p. cii. Lesson II. AND Enoch walked with GOD after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: and all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years: and Enoch walked with GoD: and he was not; for GOD took him. And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech: and Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters and all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine: and he died. Ry. Behold, Adam. p. cii. Lesson III. AND Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son: and he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed. And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters: and all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died. Ry. Where is Abel. p. cii. SEXAGESIMA SUNDAY. Inv. As Septuagesima, p. xcix. in the Psalter, p. 5. FIRST NOCTURN. of Nocts. as Of the Book of Genesis. Lesson I. Chaps. v. and vi. hundred ninety and five years: and AND Noah was five hundred years he died. And Jared lived an hundred old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, that the sons of GOD saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years. There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of GOD came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown. Ry. The LORD said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me: the earth is full of their iniquity:* and I will destroy them with the earth. . Make thee an ark of gopher wood; stories shalt thou make in it. And. Lesson II. Chap. vi. AND GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only_evil continually. And it repented the LORD that He had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them. But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD. Ry. Noah was a just and perfect man, and walked before GOD;* and did whatsoever GOD commanded him. . He made the ark, that the seed of man might be saved. And. Lesson III. THESE are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with GOD. And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. The earth also was corrupt before GoD, and the earth was filled with violence. And God looked upon the earth, and behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and behold I will destroy them with the earth. Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits. Ry. For forty days and forty nights the heavens were opened, and there entered into the ark of all that had the breath of life. * And the LORD shut them in. . The same day Noah entered into the ark, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives. And. Glory. And. SECOND NOCturn. From the Book of S. Ambrose the Bishop, on Noah and the Ark. Lesson IV. Chap. iv. YOU have heard that the LORD was angry, although He knew that man, dwelling on the earth, and bearing flesh, could not be without sin: for the earth is as it were the place of temptation, and flesh the enticement of concupiscence. Yet although man had a mind capable of reason, and the virtue of that mind infused into the body, without reflection he rushed into sin, and would not recall himself from it. Nor are GoD's thoughts as man's, so that any new purpose occurs to Him; nor is He angry as if He were changeable; but the expression is used to set forth the grievous nature of our sins, which have merited the Divine anger, as if our fault had risen to that pitch, that GoD, Who, by His nature is moved neither to anger nor hatred, is represented as provoked to indignation. |