mon Peter answered and said, Thou
art Christ, the Son of the living God. And Jesus answered and said
unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona: for flesh and blood
hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.
And I say also unto thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock
I will build my Church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail
against it. And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of
heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in
heaven; and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed
in heaven.

SAINT JAMES THE APOSTLE _July_ 25.

THE COLLECT.

Grant, O merciful God, that as thine holy Apostle Saint James,
leaving his father and all that he had, without delay was obedient
unto the calling of thy Son Jesus Christ, and followed him; so we,
forsaking all worldly and carnal affections, may be evermore ready
to follow thy holy commandments; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
_Amen_.

FOR THE EPISTLE. Acts xi. 27, and part of Chapter xii.

In those days came prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch. And there
stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit,
that there should be great dearth throughout all the world; which
came to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar. Then the disciples,
every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto
the brethren which dwelt at Judaea: which also they did, and sent
it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul. Now about that
time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of
the Church. And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.
And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to
take Peter also.

THE GOSPEL. St Matth. xx. 20.

Then came to him the mother of Zebedee's children with her sons,
worshipping him, and desiring a certain thing of him. And he said
unto her, What wilt thou? She saith unto him, Grant that these my
two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on the
left, in thy kingdom. But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not
what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink
of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?
They say unto him, We are able. And he saith unto them, Ye shall
drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am
baptized with: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not
mine to give; but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared
of my Fath