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St. Philip and St. James Apostles

St. James (Lesser) Martyr

May 1    

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Links to Images of the saints:

   - Biblical Art on the WWW:

       - Portraits of St. Philip        

       - Portraits of St. James

   - Textweek.com
      - St. Philip

      - St. James

 

THE COLLECT.  

O ALMIGHTY God, whom truly to know is everlasting life: Grant us perfectly to know thy Son Jesus Christ to be the way, the truth, and the life; that, following the steps of thy holy Apostles, Saint Philip and Saint James, we may stedfastly walk in the way that leadeth to eternal life; through the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

 

In the 1962 Canadian BCP, a rubric instructs that "the following additional Collect, of the Brethren of the Lord, may be said at the discretion of the Priest."

O HEAVENLY Father, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning: We bless thy holy Name for the witness of James and Jude, the kinsmen of the Lord, and pray that we may be made true members of thy heavenly family; through him who willed to be the firstborn among many brethren, even the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

 

THE EPISTLE.   St James 1. 1.

JAMES, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting. My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into manifold 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 GOSPEL.    St John 14. 1.

AND Jesus said unto his disciples, Let not your heart be troubled; ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you: and if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself, that where I am, there ye may be also. And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know. Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest, and how can we know the way? Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father but by me. If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him. Philip saith unto him, Lord, show us the Father, and it sufficeth us. Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? He that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Show us the Father? Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? The words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself; but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works. Believe me, that I am in the Father, and the Father in me; or else believe me for the very works' sake. Verily, verily I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father. And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.


 

 

INTROIT.  Ps 33:1-6 

REJOICE in the LORD, O ye righteous; / for it becometh well the just to be thankful.
2 Praise the LORD with harp: / sing praises unto him with the lute, and instrument of ten strings.
3 Sing unto the LORD a new song: / sing praises lustily with a good courage.
4 FOR the word of the LORD is true, / and all his works are faithful.
5 He loveth righteousness and judgement: / the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD.
6 By the word of the LORD were the heavens made, / and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
Glory be.

 

GRADUAL.  Ps 89:5-8   
5 O LORD, the very heavens shall praise thy wondrous works, / and thy faithfulness in the congregation of the holy ones.
6 For who is he in the skies that shall be compared unto the LORD? / and what is he among the gods that shall be like unto the LORD?
7 God is very greatly to be feared in the council of the holy ones, / and to be had in reverence above all them that are round about him.
8 O LORD God of hosts, who is like unto thee? / thy faithfulness, most mighty LORD, is on every side.