SIXTH HOUR

The voice of the Lord \* is upon the waters.

Prokeimenon of the Prophecy. Tone 4.

Verse: Bring to the Lord, you children of God, bring to the Lord young rams, bring to the Lord glory and honour.

Thus says the Lord: Draw water with gladness from the wells of salvation.  And you will say in that day, ‘Sing praise to the Lord and cry out his name.  Proclaim among the Nations his glorious deeds  Remind them that his name has been exalted . Sing praise to the name of the Lord, for he has done mighty things.  Proclaim these in all the earth.  Rejoice and be glad, you that dwell in Sion, because the Holy One of Israel has been exalted in the midst of her.

8. The Reading is from the Prophecy of Isaias.

Brethren, as many of us as were baptized into Christ were baptized into his death. We were buried then with him through baptism to death, so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life. For if we have grown into union with him through a death like his, we shall also be united with him in the resurrection. For we know that our old self was crucified with him, so that our sinful body might be done away with, that we might no longer be in slavery to sin. For one who has died has been justified from sin. If then we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him. For we know that Christ, being raised from the dead, dies no more; death no longer lords it over him. As to dying, he died once and for all; as to living, he lives for God. Consequently, you also must consider yourselves dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

9. The Reading is from the Epistle of Paul to the Romans.