Richard Rolle, 1349, Walter Hilton, 1396, and Margery Kempe c. 1440, Mystics

The Collect:

Rite I:
Direct our hearts, O Gracious God, and inspire our minds, that like thy servants Richard Rolle, Walter Hilton, and Margery Kempe, we might pass through the cloud of unknowing until we behold thy glory face to face. In the Name of Jesus Christ our Lord; who with thee and the Holy Ghost liveth and reigneth, one God, world without end. Amen.

Rite II:
Direct our hearts, O Gracious God, and inspire our minds, that like your servants Richard Rolle, Walter Hilton, and Margery Kempe, we might pass through the cloud of unknowing until we behold your glory face to face. In the Name of Jesus Christ our Lord; who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

First Lesson: Romans 11:33–36

³³ O the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgements and how inscrutable his ways!
³⁴ ‘For who has known the mind of the Lord?
   Or who has been his counsellor?’
³⁵ ‘Or who has given a gift to him,
   to receive a gift in return?’
³⁶For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be the glory for ever. Amen.

Psalm: Psalm 63:1-8

¹ O God, you are my God; eagerly I seek you; *
       my soul thirsts for you, my flesh faints for you,
       as in a barren and dry land where there is no water.
² Therefore I have gazed upon you in your holy place, *
       that I might behold your power and your glory.
³ For your loving-kindness is better than life itself; *
       my lips shall give you praise.
⁴ So will I bless you as long as I live *
       and lift up my hands in your Name.
⁵ My soul is content, as with marrow and fatness, *
       and my mouth praises you with joyful lips,
⁶ When I remember you upon my bed, *
       and meditate on you in the night watches.
⁷ For you have been my helper, *
       and under the shadow of your wings I will rejoice.
⁸ My soul clings to you; *
       your right hand holds me fast.

Gospel: Mark 4:35-41

³⁵ On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, ‘Let us go across to the other side.’ ³⁶ And leaving the crowd behind, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was. Other boats were with him. ³⁷ A great gale arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that the boat was already being swamped. ³⁸ But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion; and they woke him up and said to him, ‘Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?’ ³⁹ He woke up and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, ‘Peace! Be still!’ Then the wind ceased, and there was a dead calm. ⁴⁰ He said to them, ‘Why are you afraid? Have you still no faith?’ ⁴¹ And they were filled with great awe and said to one another, ‘Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?’

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