O God the King of glory, who hast exalted thine only Son Jesus
Christ with great triumph unto thy kingdom in heaven: We beseech
thee, leave us not comfortless; but send to us thine Holy Ghost to
comfort us, and exalt us unto the same place whither our Saviour
Christ is gone before, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the
Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. _Amen_.
THE EPISTLE. 1 St Peter iv. 7.
The end of all things is at hand; be ye therefore I sober, and
watch unto prayer. And above all things have fervent charity among
yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins. Use
hospitality one to another without grudging. As every man hath
received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as
good stewards of the manifold grace of God. If any man speak, let
him speak as the oracles of God: if any man minister, let him do it
as of the ability which God giveth; that God in all things may be
glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for
ever and ever. Amen.
THE GOSPEL. St John xv. 26, and part of Chapter xvi.
When the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the
Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father,
he shall testify of me: and ye also shall bear witness, because
ye have been with me from the beginning. These things have I spoken
unto you, that ye should not be offended. They shall put you out
of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth
you will think that he doeth God service. And these things will
they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.
But these things have I told you, that, when the time shall come,
ye may remember that I told you of them.