Friday, July 3, 2026
Weekday in Trinity 4
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Stand. It is customary to bow the head at the name of the Trinity and at the name of Jesus throughout the office.
O Lord, open my lips.
And my mouth will declare your praise.
Make haste, O God, to deliver me.
Make haste to help me, O Lord.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.
Praise to You, O Christ. Alleluia.
Blessed be God, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
O come, let us worship Him.
O come, let us sing to the Lord; let us make a joyful noise to the Rock of our salvation.
Let us come into His presence with thanksgiving, let us make a joyful noise to Him with songs of praise.
For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods.
The deep places of the earth are in His hand; the strength of the hills is His also.
The sea is His, for He made it, and His hand formed the dry land.
O come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker.
For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture and the sheep of His hand.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.
Blessed be God, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
O come, let us worship Him.
Psalm 51 Tone F
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Joshua 8:1-28
Acts 11:1-18
Forever, O Lord, Your Word is firmly set in the heavens.
Lord, I love the habitation of Your house and the place where Your glory dwells.
Blessed are those who hear the Word of God and keep it.
Lord, I love the habitation of Your house and the place where Your glory dwells.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.
Lord, I love the habitation of Your house and the place where Your glory dwells.
Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies, Book III, Chapter 12
And He commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is He which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and dead. To Him give all the prophets witness, that, through His name, every one that believes in Him does receive remission of sins. Acts 10:37-44 The apostles, therefore, did preach the Son of God, of whom men were ignorant; and His advent, to those who had been already instructed as to God; but they did not bring in another god. For if Peter had known any such thing, he would have preached freely to the Gentiles, that the God of the Jews was indeed one, but the God of the Christians another; and all of them, doubtless, being awe-struck because of the vision of the angel, would have believed whatever he told them. But it is evident from Peter's words that he did indeed still retain the God who was already known to them; but he also bore witness to them that Jesus Christ was the Son of God, the Judge of quick and dead, into whom he did also command them to be baptized for the remission of sins; and not this alone, but he witnessed that Jesus was Himself the Son of God, who also, having been anointed with the Holy Spirit, is called Jesus Christ. And He is the same being that was born of Mary, as the testimony of Peter implies. Can it really be, that Peter was not at that time as yet in possession of the perfect knowledge which these men discovered afterwards? According to them, therefore, Peter was imperfect, and the rest of the apostles were imperfect; and so it would be fitting that they, coming to life again, should become disciples of these men, in order that they too might be made perfect. But this is truly ridiculous. These men, in fact, are proved to be not disciples of the apostles, but of their own wicked notions. To this cause also are due the various opinions which exist among them, inasmuch as each one adopted error just as he was capable [of embracing it]. But the Church throughout all the world, having its origin firm from the apostles, perseveres in one and the same opinion with regard to God and His Son.
Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies, Book III, Chapter 12
paired with Acts 10:34-48
Chapter 12 of Book III walks through Peter's preaching in Acts — including the Cornelius episode — to argue that the God preached by the apostles is the same God who spoke through the Law and the prophets. Irenaeus reads Cornelius as a sign that the same God who spoke under the Law now purifies the Gentiles through the blood of His Son. This is a strong catholic and evangelical reading: Peter does not invent a new God or a new Gospel, but preaches the fulfillment of the promises in Christ crucified and risen.
Stand
We praise you, O God; we acknowledge you to be the Lord. All the earth now worships you, the Father everlasting. To you all angels cry aloud, the heavens and all the powers therein. To you cherubim and seraphim continually cry:
Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of Sabaoth; heaven and earth are full of the majesty of your glory. The glorious company of the apostles praise you. The goodly fellowship of the prophets praise you.
The noble army of martyrs praise you. The holy Church throughout all the world does acknowledge you. The Father of an infinite majesty; your adorable, true, and only Son; also the Holy Ghost, the Comforter.
You are the King of Glory, O Christ; You are the everlasting Son of the Father.
When you took upon yourself to deliver man, you humbled yourself to be born of a Virgin. When you had overcome the sharpness of death, you opened the Kingdom of Heaven to all believers.
You sit at the right hand of God, in the glory of the Father. We believe that you will come to be our judge.
We therefore pray you, help your servants, whom you have redeemed with your precious blood. Make them to be numbered with your saints, in glory everlasting.
O Lord, save your people, and bless your heritage. Govern them, and lift them up forever. Day by day we magnify you; And we worship your name forever and ever.
Grant, O Lord, to keep us this day without sin. O Lord, have mercy upon us, have mercy upon us. O Lord, let your mercy be upon us, as our trust is in you. O Lord, in you have I trusted; let me never be confounded.
Lord, have mercy. Christ, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.
Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven; give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever and ever. Amen.
O Lord, hear my prayer.
And let my prayer come to you.
O Lord, our heavenly Father, almighty and everlasting God, You have safely brought us to the beginning of this day: defend us in the same with your mighty power, and grant that this day we fall into no sin, neither run into any kind of danger; but that all our doings, being ordered by your governance, may be righteous in your sight; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, Who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
Amen.
Bow to receive the benediction.
Let us bless the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with us all.
Amen.