_Deacon._ Let us attend.
_The fifth priest._ Peace to all.
_Prokimenon, tone v._
Thou, O Lord, shalt keep us and shalt protect us, from this generation,
and for ever.
_Verse._ Save me, O Lord, for the righteous are become few.
_Deacon._ Wisdom.
_The epistle to the Corinthians, section clxviii._
Brethren, we would not have you ignorant.... _ending_, by many on our
behalf.[23]
_Priest._ Peace to thee.
_Alleluia, tone v._
_Verse._ I will sing of thy mercy, O Lord, for ever.
_The gospel from Matthew, section cvi._
The Lord spake this parable, Then shall the kingdom.... _ending_, wherein
the Son of man cometh.[24]
_And the deacon._